SECTION 2

Structure
Time: 20 Minutes

This section tests your ability to recognize both correct and incorrect English structures.

Directions: There are two types of items in this section. One type involves a sentence that is
missing a word or phrase. Four words or phrases appear below the sentence.
You must choose the one that best completes the sentence.

Example:
_________ large natural lakes are found in the state of South Carolina.
(A) There are no
(B) Not the
(C) It is not
(D) No
The correct answer is (D). This sentence should properly read, “No large natural lakes are
found in the state of South Carolina.”

The other type of item involves a sentence in which four words or phrases have been underlined. You must
identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be considered correct.

Example:
When painting a fresco, an artist is applied paint directly to the damp plaster of a wall .
A B C D
The correct answer is (B). This sentence should read, “When painting a fresco, an artist applies
paint directly to the damp plaster of a wall.”

As soon as you understand the directions, begin work on this section. There are 25 questions.
1. _________ team sports require cooperation. 3. Not everyone realizes that the most largest
A B
(A) Of all organ of the human body is the skin .
(B) They are all C D
(C) All
(D) Why are all 4. Clifford Holland, _________ civil engineer,
was in charge of the construction of the
2. Ceramics can be harder, light , and more first tunnel under the Hudson River.
A
resistant to heat than metals . (A) He was a
B C D (B) a
(C) being a
(D) who was, as a

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5. Mold is extremely destruction to books in a 13. Sharks can detect minute electrical dis-
A B C A B
library . charges coming from its prey.
D C D
6. A tapestry consists of a foundation weave, 14. A dark nebula consists of a cloud of
A A
called the warp, which across are passed interstellar dust enough dense to obscure
B B C
different colored threads, called the weft, the stars beyond it.
C D
forming decorative patterns .
D 15. The various parts of the body require so
A B
7. Perhaps humans’ first important musical different surgical skills that many surgical
A B C D
influence were the songs of birds . specialties have developed.
C D
8. Frontier surgeon Ephraim MacDonald had to 16. One reason birds have been so successful is
perform operations ___________ anesthesia. A
because of their able to escape from danger
(A) no B C
(B) not having quickly .
(C) without D
(D) there wasn’t
17. A major concern among archaeologists
9. ___________________, her teaching, and today is the preservation of archaeological
her writing, Maria Cadrilla de Martinez sites, _____________ are threatened by
helped preserve the traditions and customs development.
of her native Puerto Rico.
(A) of which many
(A) Through her research (B) many of them
(B) Her research (C) many of which
(C) By researching (D) which many
(D) Her doing research
18. ________ parrots are native to tropical
10. The techniques of science and magic are regions is untrue.
A (A) That all
quite different , but their basic aims—
B (B) All
to understand and control nature—they are (C) Why all
C D (D) Since all
very similar.
19. Chemical engineering is based on the
A
11. It was in a cave near Magdalena, New principles of physics, chemists, and
B C
Mexico, when the oldest known ears of mathematics .
A B C D
cultivated corn were discovered .
D 20. Ballet performers must be believable actors
A B
12. Most modern barns are both insulated , and actresses as well as experts dancers.
A B C D
ventilated, and equipped with electricity .
C D

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21. _____________ young, chimpanzees are 24. The higher the temperature of a molecule,
easily trained. _____________________.
(A) When are (A) the more energy it has
(B) When (B) than it has more energy
(C) They are (C) more energy has it
(D) When are they (D) it has more energy

22. Chemical compounds with barium, cobalt, 25. The work of the early American woodcarv-
A A
and strontium are responsible to many of ers had many artistic qualities, but these
B C B
the vivid colors in fireworks. craftsmen probably did not think of them as
D C D
artists.
23. Rarely _________________ seen far from
water.
(A) spotted turtles
(B) spotted turtles are
(C) have spotted turtles
(D) are spotted turtles

This is the end of Section 2. Go on to Section 3.

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