2e2e2oe2eQe2e2e? DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST SECTION 2 STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION ‘Time—25 minutes (including the reading of the directions) Now set your clock for 25 minutes. ‘This section is designed to measure your ability to recognize language that is appropriate for standard written English. There are two types of questions in this section, with special directions for each type Structure -ctions: These questions are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 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. Look at the following examples. Example 1 Sample Answer The president the election by a landslide. en (4) won (B)_hewon (C)_ yesterday (D) fortunately ‘The sentence should read, “The president won the election by a landslide.” Therefore, you should choose answer (A). Example IL Sample Answer When the conference? A). the doctor attended (B) did the doctor attend (C). the doctor will attend {D) the doctor’ attendance The sentence should read, “When did the doctor attend the conference?" Therefore, you should choose answer (B), Cs sucd STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION PRE-TEST2Zeo2e2e2e2e2e2e? 1, The North Pole degrees north. a latitude of 90 (A) has (B) ishaving (©) which is having (D) ithas 2, greyhound, can achieve speeds up to thirty-six miles per hour: (a) The (B) The fastest (C) The fastest dog (D) The fastest dog, the 3. The Mayffower was bound for Virginia, but a hurricane off course. (A) blew it (B) toblowit (©) itblew {D) blowing it heat 4. The greenhouse effect occurs radiating from the Sun, (a) when does the Earths atmosphere trap (B) docs the Earth’s atmosphere trap (©) when the Earth’s atmosphere traps (D) the Earth's atmosphere traps The Rose Bow! place on New Year’ Day, is the oldest postseason collegiate football game in the United States. (A) takes (8) which takes, (C) ittakes (D) took 6. Experiments represent a giant step into the medicine of the future. (A) using gene therapy (B) use gene therapy (©) they use (D) gene therapy uses ‘STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION PRE-TEST 7. _ off the Hawaiian coastline are living, others are dead. (A) Coral reels (B)_ Some types of coral reels (©) There are many types of coral reefs (D)_ While some types of coral reefs People who reverse the letters of words to read suffer from dyslexia, (A) ifthey tried (B) when trying (©) when tried (D) ithe tries Featured at the Henry Ford Museum — ‘of antique cars dating from 1865. (A) anexhibitis (B) anexhibit (C) isanexhibit (D) which is an exhibit Rubber ____ from vuleanized silicones with a high molecular weight is difficult 10 distinguish from natural rubber (A) is produced (B) producing (©) that produces (D) produced in scope, romanticism was a reaction against neoclassical principles. (&)_ Mainly literary (B) TLwas mainly literary (©) The main literature was (D) The literature was mainly ‘The Central Intelligence Ageney (CIA) ‘came about as a result of the National Security Act of 1947, (a) what (B) itwas (©) was what (D) twas what E>2e2e2oe2e2e2e2Qe? 13. Oil shale is a soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock oil and natural gas are obtained. (&) from (B) istrom (©) iswhich (D) trom which appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical illusion, (A). The Moon (B) That the Moon (©) When the Moon (D) The Moon which 15, According to the World Health Organization, there to be an outbreak of any of the six most dangerous diseases, this could be cause for quarantine, (a) were (B) they were (©) there were (D) were they youre STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION PRE-TEST2e2e2oe2eQede2e? Written Expression Directions: In these questions, 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 cr phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be 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, Look at the following examples. Example 1 Sample Answer @od ‘The four string on a violin are tune a B cD in fifths. ‘The sentence should read, “The four strings on a violin are tuned in fifths.” Therefore, you should, choose answer (B) Example IT Sample Answer ‘The research for the book Roots taking a) Alex Haley twelve years Sen ‘The sentence should read, “The research for the book Roots took Alex Haley twelve years.” Therefore, you should choose answer (C), Cenc 92 STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION PRE-TEST ote20 16. 1, a 22, 23. 24, 26. 2e2e2e2e2e202 onal by the Supreme Court in D Segregation in public schools was declare oR B 1954. Sirius, the Dog Star is the most brightest star in the sky with an absolute magnitude a re about twenty-three times that of the Sun, icaeDe Killer whales tend to wander in family clusters that hunt, play, and resting together: c D Some of the most useful resistor material are carbon, metals, and metallic alloys. a BC D The community of Bethesda, Maryland, was previous known as Darcy's Store. =e : D up therapy early in the past century when “x B c tuberculosis patients together to discuss its disease, D brought Alloys of gold and copper have been widely using in various types of coins. x BC ‘The United States has import all carpet wools in recent years hecause domestic x “E c ‘wools are too fine and soft for carpets. D ‘Banks are rushing to merge because consolidations enable them to slash theirs costs x BC! and expand. D ‘That water has a very high specific heat means that, without a large temperature a B change, water can add or lose a large number of heat, c D Benny Goodman was equally talented as both a jazz performer as well as a classical “a BUC mound STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION PRE-TEST 93.DZQerererererdededD ed with the emphasis of the Denishawn School, Martha Graham 27. Nolonger satis a B c is moving to the stalf of the Eastman School in 1925. D 28, Irving Berlin wrote “Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning” while serving in a A Beer ec, U.S. Army during World War I. D 29. Shortly before the Allied invasion of Normandy, Ernest Hemingway has gone to a ~B London as a war correspondent for Collier D 30, During the 1960s, the Berkeley campus of the University of California came to a national attention as a result its radical political activity BUCO 31, Because of the flourish with which John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence, his name become synonymous with signature. B c D 32. On the floor of the Pacific Ocean is hundreds of flat-topped mountains more than a a B c mile beneath sea level. 33, William Hart was an best known for his roles as western heros in silent films. a BO Cc oD 34, Prior to an extermination program early in the last century, alive wolves roamed a across nearly all of North America, D 35. The state seal still used in Massachusetts designed by Paul Revere, who also 7 ig he designed the first Continental currene: D 36, Artist Gutzon Borghum designed the Mount Rushmore Memorial and worked on a 1 from 1925 until his death in 1941 oman 94 STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION PRE-TESTerPe2rPe2rererere? 31, 38, 39, Itis proving less costly and more profitably for drugmakers to market directly to ra c D patients. Sapphites weighing as much as two pounds have on occasion mined. welghing —— Like snakes, lizards nd on all others continents except Antarctica, . pn) except, c D Banks, savings and loans, and finance companies have recently been doing home equity loans with greater This is the end of the Structure and Written Expression Pre-Test. (‘Winen you finish ihe est you may do ie towing») 1 to the Diagnostic Chart on pages 553-555, and circle the numbers of the questions that you missed. + Turn to Scoring Information on pages 549-550, and determine your TOEFL score. + Turn to the Progress Chart on page 559, and add your score to the chart. STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION PRE-TEST s