填空题

The passage contains 10 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 ii 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 line.
For a missing word mark the position of the missing word with a " 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.
Critics continuously debate literature’s chief function. Tracing their 1.______
arguments towards Plato, many contend that literature’s primary function is 2.______
moral, its chief value being its usefulness of cultural or societal purposes. 3.______
But others, like Aristotle, hold that a work of arts can be analyzed and 4.______
broken down into its various parts, with a part contributing to the overall 5.______
enjoyment of the work itself. For these critics, the value of a text is found
under the text itself or is inseparably linked to the work itself. In its most 6.______
simple terms, the debate centers around two concerns: Is literature’s chief
function to teach or to entertain In the other words, can we read a text for 7.______
the just fun of it, or must we always be studying and learning from what we 8.______
read
Such questions and their various answers lead us directly to literary
theory, for literary theory concerned itself not only with ontological 9.______
questions ( whether a text really exists), but also with epistemological issues
(how we know or ways of knowing). When we ask, then, that literature’s 10.______
chief function is to entertain or to teach, we are really asking
epistemological questions. Whether we read a text to learn from it or to be
entertained, we can say that once we have read a text we "know" that text.

【参考答案】

concerned→concems
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