六级改错考前训练(1)
Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In the passage there a
re altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a w
ord, add a word or delete a word. If you change a word, cross it out and write t
he correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion
mark(∧)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.
The place of the child in society has varied for thousands of years and has been effected by different cultures and religions. In ancient times unwanted children were occasionally abandoned, put to death, exploiting or offered for religious sacrifices, and in any event a large percentage of them didn’t survive their physically hazardous existence to reach to maturity.?
In western civilization within the last few hundred years, there have been many changes in attitude with the young. In agricultural Europe, and later with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the children of the poor work long hours for little or no pay, and there was no public concern on their safety or welfare punishment could be brutal and severe.?
By the eighteenth century the harsh and severe methods began to show any change