Part IV                 Error Correction            ( 15 minutes)
     When we consider the comfortable circumstances of a working
family today, the life of the workingman in 1882 seems missrable
indeed. But earlier it had been even hard. At the beginning of the       71.
nineteenth century working hours were from sunrise to sunset,
pay was awful, and working conditions being poor and dangerous.        72.
The  workingman  had  little  schooling  beyond  his  craft,
and  there was  little  hope  that  their children  would  have       73.
nothing better. There were no public schools, and besides, the few       74.
pennies which the children could earn needed to help support the       75.
family, If he was present because of sickness, there was often no       76.
job from him when he returned. Since there were always plenty of       77.
other workers to take his job, he was likely to be hired if he asked       78.
for more pay.
      Viewed against today's standards, the attitude of the nine-
Teenth-century factory owners seems incredible. They believed
that was good business to hire men, women and children as cheaply       79.
as possible, make them to work as hard as they could and, when       80.
They became inefficient, worn out, or unable to work for any reason,
discharge them.

Part V                     Writing                (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: We
         Need to Broaden Our Knowledge. You should write no less than 120 words and
         you should base your composition on the outline ( given in Chinese ) below:

  1．科学技术是社会发展所不可缺少的。
  2．社会科学和自然科学相互渗透。
  3．现代大学生需要广博的知识。
Remember to write your composition coherently and neatly.