PRACTICE TEST Answers on page 196 Directions hems in the first part of this section are i these sentences, there are four words or itences. Under each Me, Choowe be one word Examete | Reflexes very valuable in protecting the body against harm. (A) that are ®) being © are (D) are being The best answer is (C). The sentence should read, “Reflexes are very valuable im protecting the body against harm.” ® Exampte Il Seismographs are used to locate oil, to determine ocean depth, and ey and measure earthquakes. ; (A) detect (B) to detect (C)_ be detecting (@) are detecting ‘The best answer is (B). The sentence should read, “Seismographs are used locate oil, to determine ocean depth, and to detect and measure earthquakes. www.petersons.com 160 Peterson's @ In-A-Flash: Grammar for the TO!a 0 UL — ¢ core of the moon is much smaller, in relation to its size, of the planets those than those ones than is those silver is sometimes mixed with copper an alloy that is harder and stronger than pure silver. (Ato form ®) forms © it forms () the forming of samuel Clemens, under the pen name Mark Twain, created characters that reflected purely American traits and habits. (A) he wrote (B) and he wrote (© who wrote @) wrote beetles have hard ‘ing cases that protect the wings when not in use (A) Of all @) All (©) Because all ) They are ail Not anywhere in the thirteen colonies before the American Revolution. (A) a single bank @) a bank existed single ©) existed a single bank ©) a single bank existed PRACTICE TEST 2 161 6 Mosquito bites a human being of other animal Suffering from a certain disease, it carties off the disease germs in its saliva =A (B) Should a (©) Whenever a (D) That a in 1607, Jamestown in Virginia was the first settlement in the New World. (A) @) © @) 8. Both the lantern fish and the deep sea angler a luminous gland system in their bodies. “@ ®) © @) 9. An effective paragraph must be unified and ordered but also complete. (A) in addition @) either (©) not only @) as well Founded It was founded Founding To be found they have have had having 10, , the Mormons fled from Illinois in 1846. (A) Their religious beliefs made @) Their religious beliefs because Because their beliefs, religious Because of their religious beliefs © @)162 ll. 12. 13. PART II S the greatest philosophers, wrote extensively about physics and other sciences. one of he is one of (©) of it is he one of Exactly we can replace our soil disappearing through erosion is not known. (A) what @) how © if @) by which varieties of potato that produce three-quarters of the U.S. potato crop. (A) There are four (B) They are four (©) Four of the (@) Of the four 14, Henry Ford, 15. TRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION PRACTICE Tesps » Was an outstanding innovator, (A) he founded the Forg Motor Company founded the Ford Motor Company who founded the Ford Motor Company the Ford Motor Company founded @) © @) Pheasants spend most of their time on the ground, many species perch in trees at night. (A) as well as ©) in spite of ©) because @) althoughae tions the rest of the items in this section consist of sentences in which four words or phrases pee been underlined. You must identify ihe (oas Gianna expression ), (B), (C), or (D)—that must be changed in order to correct the sentence. EXAMPLE | swvajo Indians are = more numerous today as they were in the past. a Cc D ¢ best answer is (C). The sentence should read, “Navajo Indians are far more numerous today than they were in the past.” 5 ae a ExampLe Il Though it is one of the rarest metals, gold was one of the first to be discover. Though mew the \GISCOVES, - B C D ‘The best answer is (D). The sentence should read, “Though it is one of the rarest metals, gold was one of the first to be discovered.” ee hurling it against D 46. Wind erodes the land by picking up grains of sand and Cc A B rocks. The Kodak was the first camera designed specifically for both mass A B Cc production or amateur use. D Phlebitis, an inflammation of a vein, can develop in any part of the body, A B but it most commonly occurs in their legs. Cc D 17. 18, 19. Certain bacteria can capture light energy and uses it to make food. D A B Cc 20. During the 1850s and 1860s many people began to experiment with the AS Bs G artist possibilities of photography. DPRESSION PRACTICE TESTS 164 PART II STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXP} 21. Aristotle believed that the mind or soul, who the Greeks called psyche, x B was separate from the body. Cc D 22. The earth is the only planct with a large number of open in ‘s x B A atmosphere 23. The exciting, naturally, free movement of modern dance began with A B c 7 Isadora Duncan. 24. Albany, a city on the Hudson River, is the capital of New York State A B cD since 1797. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Birds have a poor sense of smell but very good hearings and eyesight. A B Cc D Placebos look like real drugs, but most consist only in sugar or a salt A BOC D solution. The Pueblo Indians have traditionally live in stone or adobe structures A c that resemble apartment buildings. D Fabrics woven from plastic fibers feel soft, but the fibers are make from A B c hard plastics. D In about 1960, chemists have developed synthetic pheromones that are A B C used to control insect pests. D ‘The spinal cord is the main pathway for messages traveling between the A B Cc brain to the rest of the body. D After Yellowstone National Park was set up in 1871 as the first National A B Park, another national parks have been established throughout the c D world.32 33. 35. 3 . The pharynx plays an important s PRACTICE TEST2 165 Nearly all chemical agents 4 Nearly harmful to living tissue if enough of them : A : iB is taken. i D In 1875, the American philosopher William James founded what was robable the world’s first psychology laboratory. 2 p ms psy gy a D Few natural prairie regions remain in the world because of most of them A have been tumed into farms or grazing land. rn . D Most species of pigeons live in flocks, and many of the flocks consist A B Cc more than one Species: Asronomee do not think are there any planets in the solar system “3. rc ieeD send Pluto. When an enemy scares a porcupine fish, it enters a hole in a rock and B A to fill its stomach with water to make its spines stick out. Cc D Robert Frost was not well the forties. known as a a_poet until he reached the pee cD A Mushrooms get their food by to cause vegetable matter to decay. A B Cc D significant role in speech, especially in B Cc D A the production of vowel sounds.= PRACTICE TEST 2 (page 160) B PEN AWAY nN y DODO NDAFPODOODFOPOVOPBBDOINGDOOVOPUOPUNFPPFAOFOFe