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STRUCTURE _________ of the city.

Directions: This test measures your ability to
recognize language that is appropriate for standard
written English.
Items 1-15 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each
sentence, you will see four words or phrases marked
A, B, C, and D. Choose the word or phrase that best
completes the sentence, then shade the letter
corresponding to your answer in the Answer Sheet.
1. The enterprising daughter who ____________ a
vast fortune from her super rich and powerful father
is going to Europe to venture into other business
deals.
a. Inherit                        b. inherited                 c. is
inheriting                d. was inherited
2. Helium, a new element in the sun, is the ash left
______________ atoms of hydrogen are fused in the
furnace of the sun.
a. while                          b. unless                      c. when                     society.
d. until
3. To everybody’s surprise, the captain, looking
_____________, eas there ahead of all the rest.
a. his best                      b. at his best                 c. in his
best                     d. for his best
4. People _________ Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
damage were not necessarily those who had smoked
the longest but those who began smoking at a young
age.
a. of worst                   b. of worse                c. within the
worse             d. within in the worst
5. The primordial purpose _________ schooling is
ultimately to learn how to learn.
a. in                          b. for                          c. of                     websites where you can access for more information
d. at
6. Before the seeds germinated, I did not know what
kind of plants the _________________.
a. will be                           b. would be                           c.
can be                             d. could be
7. In April 1906, an earthquake never before equaled
in violence ___________ a part of the United States,
particularly San Francisco, California.
a. striked                           b. stroke                           c.
strikes                           d. struck
a. speedily growing economy                                   b.
speedy economic growing
c. speedy growing economic                                     d.
growing economic speed
9. The latest addition to the year – round regional
cultural showcase is the new, state-of-the-art light
and sound museum which _________ the country’s
past and its present.
a. exhibit                       b. exhibits                         c.
exhibited                 d. is exhibiting
10. Oral rehydration ________________ attempted to
replace lost body fluids in the early stages of fever.
a. is                        b. would be                     c. was                       
d. has been
11. It _______ be gleaned from the article that mass
media have both positive and negative influence to
a. would                               b. could                              c.
must                            d. might
12. Of all the sports that _________________ strong
bodies, swimming is the best.
a. develops                    b. developed                          c.
develop                 d. is developing
13. The legalization of divorce, until such time, has
been _____________ in our society.
a. a hotly-contested issues                                                   
c. the hot contested issue
b. a hotly-contesting issue                                                   
d. the hot contesting issue
14. A website is limited _____________ you to other
and discoveries.
a. until it is linking              b. because it links              c.
since it linked           d. while it link
15. The happy children, ________, paraded in the
busy streets in celebration of their school foundation.
a. majestic costumes                                   c. majestically
costumes
b. majestic costumed                                  d. majestically
costumed

8. Ballooning revenue collections, mushrooming

infrastructures and expanding transportation and
communication facilities conspicuously manifest the