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SECTION 2
STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION
Time—25 minutes
(including the reading of the directions)
Now set your clock for 25 minutes.
‘This section is designed to measure your ability to recognize language that is appropriate for
standard written English. There are two types of questions in this section, with special directions for
each type.
Structure
rections: Questions 1-15 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words
‘or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the
sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that
corresponds to the ietter of the answer you have chosen. Fill in the space so that the letter inside the
oval cannot be seen.
Look at the following examples.
Example I Sample Answer
The president O80
(a) won
(B) he won
(©) yesterday
(D) fortunately
The sentence should read, “The president won the election by a landslide.” Therefore, you should
choose (A).
Example I Sample Answer
the conference? ®EoOo
When
(A). the doctor attended
(B) did the doctor attend
(©) the doctor will attend
(D) the doctor’s attendance
The sentence should read, “When did the doctor attend the conference?” Therefore, you should
choose (B).
‘Now begin work on the questions.
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The North Pole
degrees north
(A) ithas
(B) is having
(©) which is having
(D) has
a latitude of 90
2. The city of Beverly Hills is surrounded on
the city of Los Angeles.
(A) its sides
(B) the sides are
(© itisthe side of
(D) allsides by
eyhound, can achieve speeds up to
ix miles per hour.
thirty-s
(a) The
(B) The fastest
(©) The fastest dog
(D) The fastest dog, the
4, Marmots spend their time foraging among
meadow plants and flowers or on
rocky cliffs.
(A). gets sun
(B) sunning
(©) the sun
(D) sunny
5, The greenhouse effect occurs heat
radiated from the Sun.
(A)_ when does the Earth’s atmosphere
trap
(B) does the Earth’s atmosphere trap
(©) when the Earth’s atmosphere traps
(D) the Earth’s atmosphere traps
6. The Rose Bowl, place on New Year's
Day, is the oldest postseason collegiate
football game in the United States.
(A) takes
(B) ittakes
(©) which takes
(D) took
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Experiments represent a giant step
into the medicine of the future.
(A) using gene therapy
(B) use gene therapy
(©) theyuse
(D) gene therapy uses
off the Haw
others are dead,
coastline are living,
(A) While some types of coral reefs
(B) Some types of coral reefs
(©) There are many types of coral reefs
(D) Coral reefs
Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark gray
clouds forebode rain.
(a) what
(B) which
(©) what they
(D) which they
Some economists now suggest that home
equity loans are merely a new trap to push
consumers beyond
(A) they can afford.
(B) they can afford it
(©) what is affordable
(D) able to afford
People who reverse the letters of words
to read suffer from dyslexia.
(A) when trying.
(B) if they tried
(©) when tried
(D) ifhe tries
Featured at the Henry Ford Museum
of antique cars dating from 1865.
(A) isan exhibit
(B) an exhibit
(©) anexhibitis
(D) which is an exhibit2°029020202020202
13,
Rubber —__ from vuleanized silicones
with a high molecular weight is difficult to
distinguish from natural rubber.
(A) is produced
(B) producing
(©) that produces
(D) produced
appears considerably larger at the
horizon than it does overhead is merely an
optical illusion.
(A) The Moon
(B) That the Moon
(©) When the Moon
(D) The Moon which
15, According to the World Health
Organization, — any of the six most
dangerous diseases to break out, it could
be cause for quarantine.
(A) were
(B) they were
(©) there were
(D) were they
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Written Expression
in questions 16-40, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four
underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one underlined word
or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Then, on your answer sheet,
find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you
have chosen.
Look at the following examples.
Example I Sample Answer
The four string on a violin are tuned ®OOO
om B 1)
in fifths.
The sentence should read, “The four strings on a violin are tuned in fifths.” Therefore, you should
choose (B)..
Example Il Sample Answer
The research for the book Roots taking @BGOO
KB
Alex Haley twelve years.
D
The sentence should read, “The research for the book Roots took Alex Haley twelve years.” Therefore,
you should choose (C).
Now begin work on the questions.
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16. On the floor of the Pacific Ocean is hundreds of flat-topped mountains more than a
a B ~c Dp
mile beneath sea level.
17. Because of the flourish with which John Hancock signed the Declaration of
a
Independence, his name become synonymous with signature.
Cc D
18. Segregation in public schools was declare uncon:
B B
in 1954.
D
19, Sirius, the Dog Star, is the most brightest star in the sky with an absolute’inagnitude
a B
about twenty-three times that of the Sun.
Cc D
20. Killer whales tend to wander in family clusters that hunt, play, and resting togeth
x 8B cD
21. Some of the most useful resistor material are carbon, metals, and metallic alloys.
a B Cc D
22, The community of Bethesda, Maryland, was previous known as Darcy's Store.
a BOC UO
23. Alloys of gold and copper have been widely using in various types of coins.
~- FC Dp
24, J.H, Pratt used group therapy early in this century when he brought tuberculosis
a B
patients together to discuss its disease.
Dv
28. The United States has import all carpet wools in recent years because domestic
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wools are too fine and soft for carpets.
D
26. Irving Berlin wrote “Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning” while serving in a
a B t
U.S. Army during World War I.
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27. Banks are rushing to merge because consolidations enable them to slash thi
a B c
costs
and expand.
28. That water has a very high specific heat means that without a large temperature
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change water can add or lose a large number of heat.
Cc D
29. Benny Goodman was equally talented as both a jazz performer as well as a
x ec
classical musician.
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30. The state seal still used in Massachusetts designed by Paul Revere, who also
a
designed the first Continental currency.
D
31, Quarter horses were developed in eighteenth-century Virginia to race on
a
courses short of about a quarter of a mile
length.
D
32. No longer satisfied with the emphasis of the Denishawn School, Martha Graham
oe aoe
has moved to the staff of the Eastman School in 1925.
D
33. William Hart was an act best known for his roles as western heroes in silent films.
x 8B D
34. Prior to an extermination program earlier this century, alive wolves roamed
x B c
across nearly all of North America,
35. During the 1960s the Berkeley campus of the University of California came to
a B
national attention as a result its radical political activity.
c
36. Artist Gutzon Borglum designed the Mount Rushmore Memorial and worked on.
x
project from 1925 until his death in 1941
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38.
39.
40.
It is proving less costly and more profitably for drugmakers to market directly to
a B Cee
patients.
‘Sapphires weighing as much as two pounds have on occasion mined.
a D
Like snakes, lizards can be found on all others continents except Antarctica.
x B oC “Dp
Banks, savings and loans, and finance companies have recently been doing home
equity loans with greater frequency than ever before.
ac D
This is the end of the Structure and Written Expression Pre-Test.
Gircle the number of each of the questions that you answered incorrectly or were not sure
of. Then you will see which skills you should be sure to review.
SKILL 1 16. SKILL 22 31. SKILL 48
SKILL 2 17. SKILL 33 32. SKILL 35,
SKILL 3 18, SKILL 31 38. SKILL 42
SKILL 6 19. SKILL 27 34. SKILL 50
SKILLS 7 and 15, 20. SKILL 24 85, SKILL 57
SKILL 12 21. SKILL 21 36. SKILL 52
SKILLS 4 and 13 22. SKILL 47 37. SKILLS 47 and 49
SKILL 8 23. SKILL 51 38. SKILL 38
SKILL 12 24. SKILL 45 39, SKILL 60
SKILL 10 25. SKILL 30 40. SKILL58
|. SKILL 14 26. SKILL51
SKILL 16 27. SKILL 44
SKILLS 5 and 13, 28. SKILL 40
SKILL 9 29. SKILL 25
SKILL 18 30. SKILL 37
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