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EPT Reviewer Part 7

Directions: Read the sentences carefully. Each sentence is divided
into 4 parts marked A, B, C, and D. Identify the part that must be
changed to make the sentence correct.
 
1.
 
a. Marc Chaggall, a painter,
 
b. was considered a forefather of the art of surrealism
 
c. an art on how can be characterized by incongruous imagery
 
d. produced by unnatural juxtapositions and combinations.
 
 
ans: c. an art (on how) that can be characterized by incongruous
imagery
 
 
2.
 
a. Since the time the World Wide Fund for nature reported
 
b. that more than 22 species of wild felines have declining
 
c. different non-government agencies have given their support
 
d. to the program that would protect the species.
 
 
ans: b. that more than 22 species of wild felines have (declining)
declined.
 
 
3.
 
a. The threat of deculturation

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b. now hangs over many small ethnic minority
 
c. that are scattered
 
d. in the depths of many forests. 
 
 
ans: b. now hangs over many small ethnic (minority) minorities.
 
 
4.
 
a. Unclean water and improper disposal of waste
 
b. can be carried highly communicable diseases
 
c. because of their injurious effects
 
d. to human life.
 
 
ans: b. can (be carried) carry highly communicable diseases
 
 
5.
 
a. Language was brought into the spotlight
 
b. as a crucial factor
 
c. for Nigeria’s social, economic, and the political future
 
d. because multilingualism inevitably results in communication
problems.
 
 
ans: c. (for) in Nigeria’s social, economic, and the political future
 

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6.
 
a. The failure of tree-planting project was due to the inconsistent
reforestation program
 
b. haphazard community tree-planting schemes, and meddling
practices of indifference individuals
 
c. who reduced the anti-erosion fences
 
d. just to benefit their pasture land businesses
 
 
ans: b. haphazard community tree-planting schemes, and meddling
practices of (indifference) indifferent individuals
 
 
7.
 
a. Because of new coffee growers
 
b. flooding the global market,
 
c. the official price of a pound of coffee in the United States
 
d. crashed into $6 in 1977 to 42 cents in 2001
 
 
ans: d. crashed (into) from $6 in 1977 to 42 cents in 2001
 
 
8.
 
a. The navy contributes
 
b. to the protection of the environment and preservation of natural
resources
 

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c. by scuttle out cylindrical blocks

 
d. to serve as artificial reefs.
 
 
ans: d. crashed (into) from $6 in 1977 to 42 cents in 2001
 
 
9.
 
a. Trinh Xuan Thuan, an astrophysicist from Vietnam
 
b. wrote The Birth of the Universe: The Big Bang and After, in 1993,
 
c. a book on how it elucidates
 
d. the information and evolution of galaxies.

 
ans: c. a book (on how it) that elucidates
 
 
10.
 
a. Susana earned money for her vacation
 
b. by working in an antique store all summer
 
c. but the amount was inefficient
 
d. for all that she needed
 
 
ans: c. but the amount was (inefficient) insufficient
 
 
11.
 
a. The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991

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b. was one of the many misfortunes
 
c. to wreak havoc
 
d. in Central Luzon.
 
 
ans: c. to wreak havoc
 
 
12.
 
a. After participating the fertility rites,
 
b. the childless woman,
 
c. who was blessed with a healthy baby
 
d. experienced a blissful and contented life.
 
 
ans: a. After participating (the) in fertility rites,
 
 
13.
 
a. Media produce
 
b. a sociology phenomenon
 
c. such as psychological, moral, and academic confusion
 
d. about the present culture.
 
 
ans: b. a (sociology) sociological phenomenon
 
 

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14.
 
a. Concentrating on the physical intricacies
 
b. of different pose of the body
 
c. forced one to filter out
 
d. physiological anxieties.
 
 
ans: b. of different (pose) parts of the body & c. (forced) forces one
to filter out
 
 
15.
 
a. Any nation
 
b. that aspires to elevate morality
 
c. will have difficulty
 
d. stamp out prostitution
 
 
ans: d. (stamp) stamping out prostitution
 
 
16. 
 
a. He is living in this country
 
b. ever since he came
 
c. but he makes no
 
d. attempt to speak our language.
 

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ans: a. He (is) has been living in this country
 
 
17.
 
a. Some doubt about the state of truth of those who do not share
their faith,
 
b. but they leniently tolerate the situation
 
c. even if they are hinder
 
d. the motives of others.
 
 
ans: c. even if they (are) hinder
 
 
18.
 
a. Human beings
 
b. have this natural inclination
 
c. for fending off lonely, exile, and death
 
d. by dressing up the passing moment as a miracle.
 
 
ans: c. for fending off (lonely) loneliness, exile, and death
 
 
19.
 
a. Costing more than $40 million and grossing $20 million in the
first two weeks,
 
b. Pinocchio is one of the most expensive film

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c. Made in Italy
 
d. To help put Rome back to the filmmakers’ maps.
 
 
ans: b. Pinocchio is one of the most expensive (film) films
 
 
20.
 
a. Oil prices have shaping the world economy for many years
 
b. but the emergence of the New Economy and the rise of service
industries
 
c. have supposedly made oil
 
d. increasingly less vital to economic growth.
 
 
ans: a. Oil prices have (shaping) shaped the world economy for
many years
 
 
21.
 
a. The movie we have seen
 
b. is a precision-carved jigsaw puzzle
 
c. that it took us inside the head
 
d. of a deeply disturbed, isolated schizophrenic man.
 
 
ans: c. that (it) took us inside the head
 
 

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22.
 
a. The most popular alumnae
 
b. of a barangay high school
 
c. is now serving a president
 
d. of a well-known state university in manila.
 
 
ans: a. The most popular (alumnae) alumni
 
 
23.
 
a. As of January 2003,
 
b. Okinawa has the highest proportion of centenarians in the word
 
c. but its ranking of male life expectancy
 
d. fell into first rank in 1985 to fourth rank in 1995.
 
 
ans: d. fell (into) from first rank in 1985 to fourth rank in 1995.
 
 
24.
 
a. Any government
 
b. should implement certain policies
 
c. which would cater to the economic, political, moral,
 
d. and the social needs of the nation.
 
 

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ans: c. which would cater (to) the economic, political, moral,

 
 
25.
 
a. The indication
 
b. of social distinct
 
c. or the credibility of a piece of information
 
d. can lead to interesting state of perplexity.

 
ans: b. of social (distinct) distinctiveness

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