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 "∧" 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 tine.
A lot of people believe that television has a
harmful effect on children. A few years ago, the same criticisms were made
of the cinema. But despite child psychologists have spent a
(1) ______ great deal of time studying this problem,
there is not many
(2) ______ evidence that television brings up juvenile delinquency.
(3)
______ Few people in the modern world share the views of
parents a hundred years ago. In those days, writers for children carefully
avoided any reference on sex in their books but had
(4) ______ no inhibitions abut including scenes of
violence. These days children are often brought up to think
freely about sex but violence is discouraged. Nevertheless,
television companies receive a large amount of letters every week
(5)
______ complaining about programs with adult themes being shown at times
which a few young children may be awake. Strangely
(6) ______ enough, the parents who complain
about these programs see no harm in cartoon films for children in which the
villain, usually either an animal or a monster, but in some cases a
human being, suffers one cruel punishment after the other.
(7)
______ The fact is that, which every parent knows, different
(8)
______ things frighten different children. One child can read a
ghost story without having bad dreams while another can not bear to have
the book in his bedroom. In the same way, there is little consistency about
the things that terrify adults. Almost everyone has a irrational private fear
but while some of us
(9) ______ can not stand the sight of spiders, for example, others
are frightened from snakes or rats.
(10) ______