WRITING PART 2 ANSWERS d.

fell (into) from first rank in 1985 to fourth rank in

Directions: Read the sentences carefully. Each 1995.
sentence is divided into 4 parts marked A, B, C, and 24.
D. Identify the part that must be changed to make a. Any government
the sentence correct. b. should implement certain policies
c. which would cater (to) the economic, political,
16. moral,
a. He (is) has been living in this country d. and the social needs of the nation.
b. ever since he came
c. but he makes no 25.
d. attempt to speak our language. a. The indication
b. of social (distinct) distinctiveness
17. c. or the credibility of a piece of information
a. Some doubt about the state of truth of those who d. can lead to interesting state of perplexity.
do not share their faith,
b. but they leniently tolerate the situation
c. even if they (are) hinder
d. the motives of others.

18.
a. Human beings
b. have this natural inclination
c. for fending off (lonely) loneliness, exile, and death
d. by dressing up the passing moment as a miracle.

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) films
c. Made in Italy
d. To help put Rome back to the filmmakers’ maps.

20.
a. Oil prices have (shaping) shaped 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.

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.

22.
a. The most popular (alumnae) alumni
b. of a barangay high school
c. is now serving a president
d. of a well-known state university in manila.

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