PART 1

WRITTEN STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSIONS (40 points)

In questions 1–60, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts
of the sentence are listed respectively A, B, C and D. Identify the one underlined word or phrase
that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

1. Because there are less members present tonight than there were last night, we must wait until the next
meeting to vote.

a. less

b. than

c. were

d. to vote

2. The progress made in space travel for the early 1960s is remarkable.

a. progress

a. made

c. in space

d. for

3. The governor has not decided how to deal with the new problems already.

a. The

b. has

c. how to deal with

d. already

4. The professor had already give the homework assignment when he had remembered that Monday was a
holiday.

a. the homework assignment

b. had remembered

c. Monday

d. was

5. This table is not strong enough to support a television, and that one probably isn’t neither.

a. not study enough

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b. to support

c. that one

d. neither

6. The company representative sold to the manager a sewing machine for forty dollars.

a. The company

b. to the manager

c. sewing

d. for

7. These televisions are quite popular in Europe, but those ones are not.

a. quite

b. in

c. those ones

d. are

8. The price of crude oil used to be a great deal lower than now, wasn’t it?

a. price of

b. great

c. lower

d. wasn’t it

9. Jim was upset last night because he had to do too many homeworks.

a. upset

b. because

c. had to do

d. many homeworks

10. The Board of Realtors doesn’t have any informations about the increase in rent for this area.

a. informations

b. about

c. increase

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d. in rent for

11. There were so much people trying to leave the burning building that the police had a great deal of
trouble controlling them.

a. There were

b. much

c. the burning

d. that

12. The fire began in the fifth floor of the hotel, but it soon spread to adjacent floors.

a. in

b. fifth

c. of

d. soon spread

13. They are planning on attending the convention next month, and so I am.

a. planning on

b. attending

c. next

d. so I am

14. While they were away at the beach, they allowed their neighbors use their barbecue grill.

a. While

b. were

c. their neighbors

d. use

15. Mumps are a very common disease which usually affects children.

a. are

b. common disease

c. which

d. usually

16. Before she moved here, Arlene had been president of the organization since four years.
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a. Before

b. been

c. of the

d. since

17. The athlete, together with his coach and several relatives, are traveling to the Olympic Games.

a. athlete

b. with

c. his coach

d. are

18. My brother is in California on vacation, but I wish he was here so that he could help me repair my car.

a. in

b. on

c. was

d. me repair my car

19. The chemistry instructor explained the experiment in such of a way that it was easily understood.

a. in

b. such of a way

c. was

d. easily understood

20. He has less friends in his classes now than he had last year.

a. less

b. his

c. than

d. last year

21. The influence of the nation’s literature, art, and science have captured widespread attention.

a. nation’s

b. science

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c. have

d. widespread

22. Many of the population in the rural areas is composed of manual laborers.

a. Many

b. rural areas

c. composed of

d. laborers

23. Keith is one of the most intelligent boys of the science class.

a. the

b. most

c. of

d. science

24. When Keith visited Alaska, he lived in a igloo in the winter months as well as in the spring.

a. lived

b. a

c. months

d. as well as

25. Janet is finally used to cook on an electric stove after having a gas one for so long.

a. cook

b. after having

c. one

d. for so long

26. Stuart stopped to write his letter because he had to leave for the hospital.

a. to write

b. because

c. leave

d. for the hospital

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27. Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities.

a. with

b. her cousins from

c. are

d. to attend

28. All the students are looking forward spending their free time relaxing in the sun this summer.

a. students

b. are

c. forward spending

d. their

29. Mary and her sister just bought two new winters coats at the clearance sale.

a. her sister

b. just bought

c. two new

d. winters

30. Some of us have to study their lessons more carefully if we expect to pass this examination.

a. have to

b. their

c. more carefully if

d. to pass

31. This instructor advised the students for the procedures to follow in writing the term paper.

a. for

b. procedures

c. follow

d. in writing

32. The new technique calls for heat the mixture before applying it to the wood.

a. calls

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b. heat

c. applying

d. it to the wood

33. A five-thousand-dollars reward was offered for the capture of the escaped criminals.

a. A

b. dollars

c. was offered

d. for the capture of

34. A liter is one of the metric measurements, aren’t they?

a. A

b. one of the

c. measurements

d. aren’t they

35. There are a large amount of furniture in the storeroom to the left of the library entrance.

a. are

b. of furniture

c. in the storeroom

d. to the left of

36. The president refuses to accept either of the four new proposals made by the contractors.

a. to accept

b. either

c. new proposals

d. made by

37. While searching for the wreckage of a unidentified aircraft, the Coast Guard encountered severe
squalls at sea.

a. While searching

b. the

c. a
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38. Since it was so difficult for American Indians to negotiate a peace treaty or declare war in their native
language, they used a universal understood form of sign language.

a. so difficult for

b. to negotiate

c. in their native language

d. universal

39. Louis Braille designed a form of communication enabling people to convey and preserve their
thoughts to incorporate a series of dots which were read by the finger tips.

a. enabling

b. to convey

c. to incorporate

d. were read

40. The need for a well-rounded education was an idea espoused by the Greeks in time of Socrates.

a. for

b. well-rounded education

c. espoused

d. in time of

41. In the spirit of the naturalist writers, that author’s work portrays man’s struggle for surviving.

a. In the spirit

b. naturalist

c. author’s

d. surviving

42. Stephen Crane’s story is a clinical portrayal of man as an animal trapped by the fear and hunger.

a. Stephen Crane’s story

b. a

c. of man as an animal

d. the fear

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43. Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in our large, industrial cities today.

a. with

b. are

c. many

d. in our large

44. Because of the severe snow storm and the road blocks, the air force dropped food and medical
supplies close the city.

a. Because of

b. the

c. dropped food

d. close the city

45. Hummingbirds are the only birds capable to fly backward as well as forward, up, and down.

a. the only birds

b. to fly

c. as well as

d. forward

46. The news of the president’s treaty negotiations with the foreign government were received with mixed
emotions by the citizens of both governments.

a. The

b. were

c. received with mixed emotions

d. of both governments

47. Angie’s bilingual ability and previous experience were the qualities that which helped her get the job
over all the other candidates.

a. were

b. that which

c. helped her

d. the other

48. Joel giving up smoking has caused him to gain weight and become irritable with his acquaintances.
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a. Joel

b. smoking has

c. caused him to gain

d. become irritable

49. We are suppose to read all of chapter seven and answer the questions for tomorrow’s class.

a. suppose

b. all of chapter

c. answer

d. for tomorrow’s class

50. After studying all the new materials, the student was able to rise his test score by twenty-five points.

a. After studying

b. all the new

c. was able

d. rise

51. I suggest that he goes to the doctor as soon as he returns from talking the exam.

a. that

b. goes

c. to the doctor

d. returns from

52. I do not know where could he have gone so early in the morning.

a. could he have

b. gone

c. so early

d. in the

53. The professor was considering postponing the examination until the following week because the
students’ confusion.

a. considering

b. postponing

c. the following week

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d. because

54. Having lost the election, the presidential candidate intends supporting the opposition despite the
objections of his staff.

a. Having lost

b. supporting

c. despite

d. the objections of

55. The congressman, accompanied by secret service agents and aides, are preparing to enter the
convention hall within the next few minutes.

a. by

b. are

c. to enter

d. within the next

56. Because of the torrential rains had devastated the area, the governor sent the National Guard to assist
in the clean-up operation.

a. Because of

b. torrential

c. had devastated

d. to assist in

57. Lack of sanitation in restaurants are a major cause of disease in some areas of the country.

a. of sanitation

b. are

c. cause of

d. in some areas of

58. John’s wisdom teeth were troubling him, so he went to a dental surgeon to see about having them
pull.

a. were troubling

b. to see about

c. them

d. pull

59. Hardly he had entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.

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a. Hardly he had

b. the office

c. that he had

d. forgotten his

60. Some bacteria are extremely harmful, but anothers are regularly used in producing cheeses, crackers,
and many other foods.

a. are extremely

b. anothers

c. regularly

d. many other foods

In questions 1–20, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts
of the sentence are listed respectively A, B, C and D. Identify the one underlined word or phrase
that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

1. Writers like William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe are not only prolific but too
interesting.
2. When archeologist begin digging, they generally have a good idea of what they are looking
for and where they are like to find it.
3. Through the study of the trees rings, which originated in Arizona, the houses in which the
Anasazi lived can accurately be dated.
4. In Mesopotamia Kings were regarded as the servants of the gods, but in Egypt, on the other
hand, the pharaoh was thought he was divine.
5. The composer Verdi has written the opera Aida to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal,
but the opera was not performed until 1871.
6. Jason’s professor had him to rewrite his thesis many times before allowing him to present it to
the committee.
7. Mr. Harris will be divided the biology class into two sections to prevent overcrowding in his
classroom.
8. Hundreds of houses and other buildings were destroying by ranging tropical storm which
developed into a hurricane

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9. Maribel has registered for both the afternoon anthropology class as well as the evening
sociology lecture.
10. Food prices have raised so rapidly in the past few months that some families have been
forced to alter their eating habits.
11. Buying clothes are often a very time-consuming practice because those clothes that a person
likes are rarely the ones that fit him or her
12. Because they had spent too many time considering the new contract, the students lost the
opportunity to lease the apartment.
13. These televisions are all too expensive for we to buy at this time, but perhaps we will return
later.
14. After she had bought himself a new automobile, she sold her bicycle.
15. The next important question we have to decide is when do we have to submit the proposal.
16. John decided to buy in the morning a new car, but in the afternoon he changed his mind.
17. Some of the plants in this store require very little care, but this one needs much more
sunlight than the others ones.
18. Many theories on conserving the purity of water has been proposed, but not one has been as
widely accepted as this one.
19. The food that Mark is cooking in the kitchen is smelling delicious.
20. Those homeworks that your teacher assigned is due to on Tuesday unless you have made
prior arrangement to turn it in late.

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