Summary of Reverse-engineering the Brain

According to the National Academy of Engineering, reverse-engineering the brain does not only help develop the artificial intelligence, but also offer rewards beyond neurological research. By reverse-engineering the brain researchers can increase the computing capacity of the computer. In this way more effective simulation rooted in the power of computer will become reality and may be used in many other areas. There are already some applications using AI that benefit from simulation based on reverse-engineering the brain. The use of AI insights for repairing the brain will have more potential impact on human health and well-being. Computer chips can be used to reconnect the disrupted nerve communication. There are also progresses in repairing hearing loss, restoring vision and regaining speech. Research has also been done to control artificial limbs which receiving signals from the nerve cells. However, in order to make more progress further advances are needed in technology to understand the brain. The code of the neurotransmitters and the trace of the signal path are the obstacles in front of the engineers in reverse-engineering the brain. The understanding of the brain will open a door for engineers to make grander accomplishments for enhancing people’s life.

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There are TEN (10) errors in the following text involving verbs, verb forms, sentence structure, relative clauses, articles, conjunctions and prepositions. Circle/ Highlight the errors and write the correction in the box provided below the paragragh.

Photography and climbing have been hobbies of mine for twenty years. I always believed that I was going to be geologist so I went to
university in England and got a degree in geology. A further 4 years of studying gained me a Doctorate (PhD) in geology in the University of Leeds.
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Sadly, jobs in England for geologists were difficult to find so I decided to accept a challenging job developing gas sensors for using in environmental monitoring that would, in turn, help industries reduce their pollution.
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I enjoyed this work for 4 years, soon realize that my gas sensors could help geologists to predict volcanic eruptions. The research promised to be exciting (sometimes dangerous!) and new, but I had to find some money. With the collaborating of colleagues at university, my idea won funding for 1 year only.
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Alhough good results, the backing of experts, and lots of hard work climbing volcanoes, I couldn’t persuade British industry to give me money to finish what I felt was important work. I know I was really disappointed at the time, but I soon snapped out of feeling that way! I started to think of doing something more positive than feel sorry for myself.
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It was during that time that I decided to become a professional photography. However, I needed money to pay for lessons to help me develop my photography skills. So I started to work part-time as a Youth Hostel warden and window cleaning to earn enough to help me pay my bills. It was tough because I had to work long hours and was sometimes so exhausted that I fell asleep during eating my dinner!
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I concentrated on nature photography because I have always loved animals and travelling to different countries, especially Africa and South East Asia. In 1997, my efforts pay off and I won the award of “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” competition, and last year I won another major prize for my nature photography. Maybe, one day, someone will pay me to photograph volcanoes?
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1 Improve the texts below by correcting all the non-parallel elements in the following paragraphs.

Intermediate

She was a successful businesswoman, a member of a rock band (1)and women’s soccer is also her passion. Who is this superstar? It’s none other than Barbie doll. A little hard to believe, but the Barbie doll started out as a human being! She was Barbara Handler, the daughter of Ruth and Elliot Handler.

In the early 1950s, Handler saw that her young daughter, Barbara, and her girlfriends (2)are enjoying playing with adult female dolls as much or more than with baby dolls. Handler felt that it was just as important for girls to imagine what they themselves might grow up to become, (3)and also for them to focus on what caring for children might be like.

Handler observed that all the adult dolls available were either made of paper (4)and cardboard so she decided to create a three-dimensional adult female doll (5)that was both lifelike and serves as an inspiration for her daughter’s dreams of her future. Handler took her idea to the ad executives at Mattel Corp., the company that she and her husband, Eliot, had founded in their garage some years before. The all-male committee rejected the idea as too expensive and (6)it was said that there was little potential for wide market appeal.

Sometime later, Handler returned from Europe with a “Lilli” doll, modelled after a character in a German comic strip. Handler was so inspired by this doll that she not only spent hours creating a doll similar to Lilli, (7)and also she hired a designer to make realistic doll clothes. The result was the Barbie doll (named after the Handlers’ daughter) a pint-sized model of the “girl-next-door”.

Mattel finally agreed to back Handler’s efforts; and the Barbie doll debuted at the American Toy Fair in New York City in 1959. Girls clamoured for the doll and a new sales record (8)was set for Mattel in its first year on the market (351,000 dolls, at $3 each). Today the Barbie product line is the most successful in the history of the toy industry.

The first Barbie doll sported a ponytail hairstyle, black and white zebra-striped bathing suit, open-toed shoes, (9)and she also wore sunglasses and earrings. Buyers at the industry’s annual Toy Fair in New York were not impressed by the Barbie doll, but (10)she certainly impressed little girls. In fact, the Barbie doll took retailers by storm. Mattel was so swamped with orders that it took several years for supply to catch up with demand.

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She was a successful businesswoman, a member of a rock band (1) and a women’s soccer enthusiast. Who is this superstar? It’s none other than Barbie doll. A little hard to believe, but the Barbie doll started out as a human being! She was Barbara Handler, the daughter of Ruth and Elliot Handler.

In the early 1950s, Handler saw that her young daughter, Barbara, and her girlfriends (2) were enjoying playing with adult female dolls as much or more than with baby dolls. Handler felt that it was just as important for girls to imagine what they themselves might grow up to become, (3) as it was for them to focus on what caring for children might be like.

Handler observed that all the adult dolls available were either made of paper (4) or cardboard so she decided to create a three-dimensional adult female doll (5) that was both lifelike and served as an inspiration for her daughter’s dreams of her future. Handler took her idea to the ad executives at Mattel Corp., the company that she and her husband, Eliot, had founded in their garage some years before. The all-male committee rejected the idea as too expensive and (6) said that there was little potential for wide market appeal.