Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as
instructed.The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a
maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should
proofread the passage and correct it in the following way.
In the first year or so of Web business, most of the action
has revolved around efforts to tap the consumer market. More recently, if the
Web proved to be more than a fashion, companies have started to buy and sell
products and services with one another. Nonetheless, many
companies still hesitate to use the Web because doubts about its reliability.
Some companies are limiting the risk by conducting online transactions only with
established business partners who are given access in the company’s private
intranet. Another major shift in the model for Internet
commerce is concerned the technology available for marketing. Until recently,
Internet marketing activities have focused on strategies to" pull" customers
into sites. In the past year, additionally, software companies have developed
tools that allow companies to" push" information directly out to consumers,
transmits marketing messages directly to targeted customers. But push technology
has earned the contempt of many Web users. Online culture thinks high of the
notion that the information flowing onto the screen comes there by specific
request. As long as commercial promotion begins to fill the screen uninviting,
the distinction between the Web and television fades. That’s a prospect that
horrifies Net purists. But it is hardly inevitable that
companies on the Web will need to resort to push strategies to make money. The
examples of Virtual Vineyards, Amazon. corn, and other pioneers show that a Web
site selling the right kind of products with the right mix of interactivity,
hostility, and security will attract online customers. And the cost of
computing power continues to free fall, which is a good sign for any enterprise
setting up shop in silicon. People looking back 5 or 10 years from now may as
well wonder why so few companies took the online plunge. ______