Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark ( A ) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a
word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.
Example:
　　 Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods.　　1. time/times/period
Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature　　2. /
as a school subject are valid for/] Study of television.　　3. the
It was an unusual election and a most exciting one. It was also a
highly significant one. All presidential elections are important. Yet 1992　　1.______
election year derives added importance from the victory of a Democrat
and the end to 12 years of Republican Party rule in presidential
politics. Arguably l it could be the end of a conservative era that has　　2.______
stretched over a generation and the beginning with a new direction in
American politics. If such, its importance will transcend that most,　　3.______
place it in a category with those of 1980, 1968, and 1960, all foreshadow ing　　4.______
decisive changes in the national's political agenda.
　　 Conservatives have controlled the White House from the election of　　5.______
1968. The Republican Party has won five of the six Presidential
elections held between 1968 and 1988, a string broken only up the　　6. ______
success of Jimmy Carter, a moderate to conservative Democrat in 1976,
in the aftermath of the Watergate Scandal.With the promise of giving
new direction to America's government and a pledge to address the
economical concerns that were paramount to the electorate, Bill Clinton　　7. ______
and his vice-presidential running mate, AL Gore, won a potentially
historic victory. How far they choose -- or are able -- to take the
country in a new direction and how successfully they are in addressing　　8.______
the nation's fundamental economic and social problems are yet to be　　9.______
determined. For the present, the significance is in the election results:
another party "is in power and a new team has been taken office.　　10.______