Part A Structure

* Required

Part B Written Expression

Directions: In question 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 grammatically 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.

16．(By) 1899 (Ransom) olds had (establish) in Detroit, Michigan, the first factory
in the United States for (the) manufacture of automobiles. *
(A) by
(B) Ransom
(C) establish
(D) the

17. The progressive Movement is an umbrella tern (refer) to (a number of) reform
(efforts) that (emerged) in the early 1900’s *
(A) refer
(B) a number of
(C) efforts
(D) emerged

18. The pelican is a water bird with a (large) pouch attached to (its) bill, which it
uses (as) a scoop (for) catch small fish. *
(A) large
(B) its
(C) as
(D) for

19. The invention of reinforced concrete, plate glass, and steel in the mid-1800’s
(was enabled) architects (to design) and build (extremely) tall constructions, (or)
“skyscrapers.” *
(A) was enabled
(B) to design
(C) extremely
(D) or

20. Acoustics, (the) study of sounds, (is) one of the (oldest) of the (physically)
sciences. *
(A) the
(B) is
(C) oldest
(D) physically
21.Each (of functions) (of the body), even thinking, requires (the expenditure) (of
energy). *
(A) of functions
(B) of the body
(C) the expenditure
(D) of energy

22.Gourds were (introduced) to what is now the southwestern United States by

(earliest) peoples (who) migrated north (from) Mesoamerica about 7000 years
ago. *
(A) introduced
(B) earliest
(C) who
(D) from

23. The economic (heart) of Canada, Ontario (accounts for) more than 40
(percentage) of the nation’s productive (capacity). *
(A) heart
(B) accounts for
(C) percentage
(D) capacity

24. Virtually all (parts moving) of an automobile (need to be) lubricated (because),
without lubrication, friction (would increase) power consumption and damage the
parts. *
(A) parts moving
(B) need to be
(C) because
(D) would increase

25. (Rarely has) a technological development (had) as great an (impact on) society
as the rapid (grow) of electronics. *
(A) rarely has
(B) had
(C) impact on
(D) grow

26. The North American Review, a (magazine was) first (published) in 1815, was
one of the (leading) literary (journals) of the past woe centuries. *
(A) magazine was
(B) published
(C) leading
(D) journals

27. Fuel is (any) substance or material (that reacts) chemically (with) another
substance or material to produce (hot). *
(A) any
(B) that reacts
(C) with
(D) hot

28. Glint was (a) favored material of prehistoric humans, (which) used it (to make)
tools and weapons, because it would chip (into) shapes with sharp edges. *
(A) a
(B) which
(C) to make
(D) into

29. Mutiny of a ship’s crew against the captain (signifies) the breakdown of the
(obedience) and (discipline) (required) to deal effectively (to) perils at eat. *
(A) signifies
(B) obedience
(C) discipline
(D) to

30. Of all the art-related reference and research (library) in North America, (that of)
the Metropolitan Museum of a Art in New York City is (among) the largest and
(most complete). *
(A) library
(B) that of
(C) among
(D) most complete

31. Acclimatization is (the process) by which an organism adjusts (to living) in an

environment (to) which (it normally) unsuited. *
(A) the process
(B) to living
(C) to
(D) it normally

32. Glaciers, (mass) of ice that flow (outward) from ice caps, cover (about) one-
tenth of earth’s (land) area. *
(A) mass
(B) outward
(C) about
(D) land

33. (Some) species of (bacteria) and fungi thrive on such (simply) compounds (as)
alcohol. *
(A) some
(B) bacteria
(C) simply
(D) as
34. In 1923 Alice Paul (began campaign) to promote (the adoption) of (an
amendment) to the United States Constitution mandating (equal rights) for
women. *
(A) began campaign
(B) the adoption
(C) an amendment
(D) equal rights

35. (Perhaps) more than (any other) United States city, San Francisco is (a)
collection of (neighborhood). *
(A) perhaps
(B) any other
(C) a
(D) neighborhood

36. Almost (every) the hereditary (material) of (an individual) organism resides (in
the) chromosomes. *
(A) every
(B) material
(C) an individual
(D) in the

37. Only with (early) seventeenth-century (observers) did the music of the (original)
inhabitants of the United States and Canada (entered) recorded history. *
(A) early
(B) observers
(C) original
(D) entered

38. Perhaps the most distinctive (features) of sharks and (undoubtedly) one of the
most important (reasons) for their success is their well-developed (sensory)
system. *
(A) features
(B) undoubtedly
(C) reasons
(D) sensory

39. The major (economic) activities of Cheyenne, Wyoming, (include)

transportation, (chemicals), tourism, (but) governmental activities. *
(A) economic
(B) include
(C) chemicals
(D) but

40. The fiction writer, (poetry), and critic Edgar Allan Poe is among the (most
familiar) of American (writers) and (one of) the most enigmatic. *
(A) poetry
(B) most familiar
(C) writers
(D) one of

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