Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as
instructed. ANSWER SHEET
TWO 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: For a wrong word,
underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided
at the end of the fine. For a missing word,
mark the position of the missing word with a "∧" sign and write the word
you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For
an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash
"/’ and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.
Humanity uses a little less than half the water available
worldwide. Yet occurrences of shortages and droughts are causing famine in
some but industrial and agricultural by-products are polluting
water supplies. (1) _____ Since the world’s population is expecting to
double in the next 50 years, (2) _____ many
experts think we are on the edge of a widespread water crisis.
But that doesn’t have to be the outcome. Water shortages do not have to
trouble the world—if we started valuing water more than we
(3) _____ have in the past. Just like we began to
appreciate petroleum more after (4)
_____ the 1970s oil crisis, today we must start looking at water from a
fresh economical perspective. We can no longer afford to consider water a
(5) _____
virtual free resource of which we can use as much as we
like. (6)
_____ Instead, for all uses except the domestic demand of the
poor, governments should price water to reflect their actual value. This
means (7) _____ charging a fee for the water
itself as well as for the demand costs.
(8) _____ Governments should also protect this resource
by providing water with more economically and environmentally sound ways.
(9)
_____ Often the cheapest way to provide irrigation water in the dry
tropics is through small-scaled projects, such as gathering rainfall in
depressions (10) _____ and pumping it to nearby cropland.