Structure and Written Expression

SECTION 2 STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION Time-25 minutes

PART 1 : SENTENCE COMPLETION Directions: Questions 51 to 65 are not complete sentences. One or more are left out of each sentence. Under each sentence, you will see four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that completes the sentence correctly. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the oval that corresponds to the letter of your answer choice.

51. The way the film eventually got made _____, like the story itself, a certain ring of destiny to it. (A) looks (B) has (C) indicates (D) feels 52. The Great Plains in the Midwest of the United States ___ a rich, fertile farming area. (A) definitely making (B) from the beginning (C) the pioneers planted (D) makes up 53. During the Middle Ages, ____, large sets of bells with as many as 70 bells, first became popular. (A) with carillons (B) carillons are (C) carillons have (D) carillons 54. Gustave Eiffel is famous for building the Eiffel Tower, ____ for designing the framework of the Statue of Liberty. (A) he is remembered (B) is remembered (C) yet he is seldom remembered (D) yet remembered 55. _____ as the year 1000 B.C., the Greeks used mirrors made of highly polished metal. (A) In early (B) As early (C) Soon (D) Was as soon 56. Her look of candor depicts a sense or realness to her characters, ______she is a talented actress. (A) the reason is why (B) that is why (C) why (D) which is why 57. A skier making telemark turns ____ to be genuflecting down the mountain. (A) that appear (B) appears (C) in the appearance (D) appear 58. With ____ 5,000 tigers remaining in the world today, time is quickly running out for this beautiful animal. (A) as fewer than (B) so few as (C) not fewer than (D) as few as

59. Seabirds lay elongated eggs, ____ less likely to be blown out of rocky nests. (A) are (B) which are (C) they are (D) therefore, they are

60. Superconductivity will revolutionize the way that energy is used for the next millennium, and ___ the first truly superconductive substance will be remembered as a technological hero. (A) what the discovery of (B) the discovery of (C) whose discovery of (D) whoever discovers

61. Outdoors climbers have to lug equipment into the wilderness and hook it up before ____ to scale the rock. (A) finally beginning (B) begin the final (C) the final beginning (D) finally begun

62. Featured at the Henry Ford Museum _____ of antique cars dating from 1865. (A) is an exhibit (B) an exhibit (C) an exhibit is (D) which is an exhibit

63. The birth of swing music can be traced to Battle of the Bands competitions ____ at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. (A) held (B) were held (C) the holdings (D) to hold 64. The report on the nuclear power plant indicated that when the plant had gone on line ______unsafe. A. and it had been B. it had been C. had been D. that it had been 65. Should ____ early injections against diseases, they might have a lower risk of infection in late preschool and early school age. (A) receive (B) children’s reception (C) be receiving (D) children receive

PART 2: ERROR IDENTIFICATION

Directions: In questions 66 to 90 each sentence has four underlined words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or 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 oval that corresponds to the letter of your answer choice

66. Although we are concerned about the problem of energy sources, we must not fail (A) (B) recognizing the need for environmental protection. (C) (D)

67. Bats locate insects by means of sonar, but some moths were able to avoid capture by sending (A) (B) (C) out a jamming signal. (D)

68. On October 26, 1881, the gunfight at the OK Corral took place in Tombstone, Arizona, and (A) during the gunfight, three members of Ike Clanton’s gang were killed and Wyatt Earp’s (B) (C) brothers wound. (D)

69. Aspen, where the limousines have four-wheel drive and an empty plot can cost ten million (A) (B) dollars, has been declared the more expensive town in America. (C) (D)

70. When he was a little boy, Mark Twain would walk along the piers, watch the river boats, (A) (B) (C) swimming and fish in the Mississippi, much like his famous character, Tom Sawyer. (D)

71. The catalytic converter ensures that nearly all the harmful hydrocarbon emissions from a car (A) (B) is processed before being released as exhaust. (C) (D)

72. Comets, which are heavenly bodies with star-like nuclei and tails, appear luminously when (A) (B) (C) visiting our skies as many as five or more times each year. (D)

73. It is not surprised that the Arabs, who possessed a remarkable gift for astronomy, (A) (B) (C) mathematics, and geometry, were also skillful mapmakers. (D)

74. Sharks can detect minute electrical discharges coming from its prey. (A) (B) (C) (D)

75. Some birds have in the past few years be showing signs of avian botulism, which targets the (A) (B) birds’ nervous systems and leads to torturous deaths. (C) (D)

76. A person with normal color vision can, regardless of how pale the colors may be, (A) distinguishing among more than 100 different hues of color. (B) (C) (D)

77. The Nile River runs over 4,100 miles from it source in Lake Victoria, Uganda to the (A) (B) (C) (D) Mediterranean Sea. 78. Some encyclopedias deal with specific fields, such as music or philosophy, and provide (A) (B) (C) informations only on that subject. (D)

79. Both helicopters and tiltrotors are capable of vertical and horizontal flight, but helicopters are (A) (B) neither as fuel efficient nor as speedily as tiltrotors. (C) (D)

80. Identity theft occurs whenever personal identifying information stolen and used to receive (A) (B) (C) (D) credit in that person’s name by a thief.

81. Other sites of fossil discoveries throughout Wyoming, ranging from the fiery Tyrannosaurus (A) (B) rex to the milder Triceratops, have proven equally excite. (C) (D)

82. In 1776 to 1800, the population of the U.S. continued to rise, reaching five million citizens by (A) (B) (C) (D) the turn of the century.

83. In order for a doctor to practice medicine in any hospital, it must be proved that the doctor (A) (B) has the qualifiers to do so. (C) (D)

84. Afraid civilians usually flee war-torn cities seeking refuge in more peaceful areas. (A) (B) (C) (D) 85. The norovirus causes illness 24 hours to 48 hours after exposure, and can cause a sickness (A) that lasts to three days. It is not life-threatening. It can be passed through food or touching (B) (C) (D) infected surface.

86. In 1944, the Martha Graham ballet Appalachian Spring, with music by Aaron Copland, (A) (B) premiered with Graham in leading role. (C) (D)

87. Sir Walter Scott’s book, Rob Roy, is evoked lovely in Hector Berlioz’s Scottish concert (A) (B) (C) overture “Rob Roy Macgregor”. (D)

88. Native Americans granted their own land and with it the power of self-governance within the (A) (B) (C) (D) framework of federal law.

89. In an isosceles triangle, two sides are congruent and two angles are congruent, so the third (A) (B) (C) side and another angle are not congruent. (D)

90. Without cars or trains, the first pioneers in America had to use covered wagons to do their (A) (B) (C) long journey west. (D)