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Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes)
Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete aword. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change aword, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, putan insertion mark() in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete aword, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.
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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 as a 2. having
school subject are valid forstudy of television. 3. the
20036The Seattle Times Company is one newspaper firm that
Has recognized the need for change and done something about
it. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect the diversity
of the communities to which they provide information.
It must reflect that diversity with their news coverage or risk S1.____________
losing their readers"" interest and their advertisers"" support.
Operating within Seattle, which has 20 percents racial S2.___________
minorities, the paper has put into place policies and
procedures for hiring and maintain a diverse workforce. The S3.__________
underlying reason for the change is that for information to be
fair, appropriate, and subjective, it should be reported by the S4.____________
same kind of population that reads it.
A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and
photographers meets regularly to value the Seattle Times"" S5.____________
content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff about
diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a content S6.____________
audit () that evaluates the frequency and manner of
representation of woman and people of color in photographs. S7._____________
Early audits showed that minorities were pictured far too
infrequently and were pictured with a disproportionate
number of negative articles. The audit results from S8. _____________
improvement in the frequency of majority representation and S9._____________
their portrayal in neutral or positive situations. And, with a S10.____________
result, the Seattle Times has improved as a newspaper.
The diversity training and content audits helped the Seattle
Times Company to win the Personnel Journal Optimal Award
for excellence in managing change.
The Seattle Times Company is one newspaper firm that
Has recognized the need for change and done something about
it. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect the diversity
of the communities to which they provide information.
It must reflect that diversity with their news coverage or risk S1. They
losing their readers"" interest and their advertisers"" support.
Operating within Seattle, which has 20 percents racial S2. percent/per cent
minorities, the paper has put into place policies and
procedures for hiring and maintain a diverse workforce. The S3. maintaining
underlying reason for the change is that for information to be
fair, appropriate, and subjective, it should be reported by the S4. objective
same kind of population that reads it.
A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and
photographers meets regularly to value the Seattle Times"" S5. meet
content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff about
diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a content S6. an
audit () that evaluates the frequency and manner of
representation of woman and people of color in photographs. S7. women
Early audits showed that minorities were pictured far too
infrequently and were pictured with a disproportionate
number of negative articles. The audit results from S8. in
improvement in the frequency of majority representation and S9. minority
their portrayal in neutral or positive situations. And, with a S10. as
result, the Seattle Times has improved as a newspaper.
The diversity training and content audits helped the Seattle
Times Company to win the Personnel Journal Optimal Award
for excellence in managing change.
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