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.
Physical fitness is the result of many factors—good medical
care, proper nutrition, adequate rest and relaxation, and sensible personal
habit. But these are never enough. An essential factor is regularly physical
activity-exercise for a body that needs it to function well.
All of us know that ordinary movements—things as running, jumping, and
bending— made possible by muscles. Muscles also do many other things. They suck
air into your lungs, push food along your digestive tract, and tighten your
blood vessels to raise blood pressure when you need more pressure for an
emergency. Your heart is a muscular pump. When your muscles are
not used, or are not used enough, they do not develop and grow proper. They soon
become flabby and weak, shrink in size, and lose the ability to do the jobs they
were mean to do. Recent studies showed that the average high school student
spends fifteen to thirty hours a week watching television and only two hours a
week in organizing play or exercise. That is one reason why one-third of the
200,000 pupils tested for the President’s Council on Physical Fitness failed a
simple test of strength, stamina, and flexible. Some of the boys and girls could
not raise themselves to a sitting position without used their hands!
Cars and buses, elevators and escalators, TV and push-button machines all
tend reduce strenuous physical activity. But our bodies still need exercise.
Without it they soon become weak, ineffective, and unattractive. ______