Section 2
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Structure and
Written Expression
Time: 2S minute. (Including the reading of the direction.)
Now set your clock for 25 minute ••
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
Directions: Questions 1-15 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you
will see four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (0). 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. Fill in the space so that the letter inside the oval cannot be
seen.
Sample Answer
Example I
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Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes -------
they both emit hot liquids from below the Earth's surface.
(A) due to
(B) because
(C) in spite of
(0) regardless of
The sentence should read, "Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes because
they both emit hot liquids from below the Earth's surface." Therefore, you should
choose (B).
Sample Answer
Example II
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During the early period of ocean navigation, ------
any need for sophisticated instruments and techniques.
(A) so that hardly
(B) when there hardly was
(C) hardly was
(D) there was hardly
The sentence should read, "During the early period of ocean navigation, there was
hardly any need for sophisticated instruments and techniques." Therefore, you should
choose (0).
Now begin work on the questions.
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1. ------- is helping to break new 5. Cold temperatures, short growing
ground in drug research. seasons, and heavy snows prevent
.(A) Computers are being used ------ at high elevations .
more if (A) grow trees
(B) The increasing use of the (B) the growth of trees
computer (C) trees are growing
(C) If an increase in the use of (D) and growth of trees
the computer
(D) Computers are being used 6. Usually, the more skilled an athlete
more ------- the more effortless the
athlete's movements appear to be.
2. An elephant ------ vigorously
(A) what is
when it is overheated.
(B) that is
(A) flapping its ears (C) that it is
(B) its ears flap (D) is
(C) flaps its ears
(D) ears flap it 7. Trilobites, a group of spineless
animals, flourished in the oceans
3. Broadway musical comedy has for several hundred million years
been called ------- of the United ------- some 200 million years ago.
States to modern theater.
(A) until they became extinct
(A) the major contribution that (B) and their extinction
(B) what is the major contribution (C) that were extinct
(C) the major contribution (D) because their extinction
(D) to the major contribution
8.' Recent engineering developments
4. ------- in 1968 as a nonprofit have made ------ to recycle plastic
agency to finance the growth . soda bottles into polyester fabric.
of noncommercial radio and
(A) possible, and
television in the United StateS.
(B). it is possible
(A) The Corporation for Public (C) the possible
Broadcasting established (D) it possible
(B) The Corporation for Public
Broadcasting was established
(C) When the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting was
established
(D) Even though the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting was
established
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9. -------, bottle-nosed dolphins 13. ------, the hummingbird gets its
become talented performers at name from the sound that its
many aquariums. wings make dllring flight
(A) When to train (A) Has a brilliant color
(B) Are training (B) The brilliant color
(C) When trained (C) Which is brilliantly colored
(0) To train them (D) Brilliantly colored
10. The art of the 1970' s was 14. Except for the Sun, all stars are
characterized by diversity and by too far from the Earth for their
the independence of artists ----- distances ------ in miles or
main affinities were more often kilometerS.
sociopolitical than stylistic. (A) to be conveniently measured
(A) whose (B) which conveniently measured
(B) that (C) to measure conveniently
(C) they have (0) conveniently measured
(0) of which
15. Many technological innovations,
II. Flower oils are ------ of the such as the telephone, ------- the
ingredients used in making result of sudden bursts of
perfume. inspiration in fact were preceded
by many inconclusive efforts.
(A) among expensive
(B) among the most expensive (A) whose appearance
(C) being most expensive (B) that appear to be
(0) expensive (C) and appear to be
(0) are appearing
12. A quilt that looks ordinary -~----
may become a work of abstract art
when it is hung on a white wall.
(A) lying on a bed
(B) lies on a bed
(C) to be lying on a bed
(0) to lie on a bed
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Written Expression
Directions: In questions '16-40 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 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 space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
ExampleI , Sample Answer
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Guppies are sometimes _call rainbow fish because of
',A B ",C ''C,''
-,themales', bright colors. I (A ~'- , ;-
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The sentence should read, '~Guppies are sometimes called rainbow fish because j
of the males' bright colors." Therefore, you should choose (A). /_,',,- I,;
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Examplell - '. Sample Answer \ ;
. ~.Serving several te~_in C~mgress, Shirley Chisholm" - -.! @ '. ~--<JP
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. A- B -_~.,.
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became an important ,United ~tates politician ~ 1'.(, ,"
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The sentence should read, !~Servingseveral terms in Congress, Shirley Chisholm became
an important United States politician." Therefore, you shQuld choose (B):. J!il: •• ' ~-
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16. Corporations, companies owned by much stockholders rather than by a single
ABC
proprietor, began to play an important economic role in the late nineteenth century.
D
17. Diamonds have the unique ability to allow the passage of ~ infrared and
ABC
visible light.
D
18. Gilbert Newton Lewis, ! chemist, helped to develop the modem electron theory
A B
of valence, a theory what explains the forces holding ~toms together in molecules.
C D
19. The first ~ governor in United States history ~ Nellie Tayloe Ross,
A B
who was elected governor of Wyoming in 1925.
C D
20. Because of a high birthrate and considerable immigration, the United States
A B
population in the late nineteenth century increased tremendously i!!!2 31 million
C D
in 1860 to 76 million in 1900.
21. In laboratory experiments, an investigator often begins by work out different
A B
conditions for two groups of subjects.
C D
22. In Florida, when the temperature drops below freezing, citrus growers keep young
A B
~ warm by constantly showering them with water.
C D
23. The pitch of a musical instrument is defined ~ the relative highness or low of
ABC
the sound it produces.
D
24. The delicious of chocolate depends not only on the quality of the cacao but also
ABC
on a """pi", ~. of grinding. hnotin~ ••• b'erub"•••••.
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25. Scientists havefound that occasional exposure to bright light can be help a person
A. B
get use9 to working the night shift.
C D
26. Rocks have fonning, wearing away and re-forming ever since the Earth took
ABC D
shape.
27. For most of their history, especially since the 1860's, New York City has been
ABC
undergoing major ethnic population changes.
D
28. The dramatic first-floor gallery ~ New Britain Museum of American Art
A B
is devoted to Thomas Benton's series of five oversized mural.
C D
29. Although coloris!.l!!!!!.2!: factor in soil composition, it is excellent characteristic
ABC
by which to distinguish different soil layers.
D
30. Eagles are predatory birds that have large, heavy, ~ bills and strong, sharp
ABC
claws called as "talons."
D
31. Cotton is one of the most popular f!2!:! used to make clothes.
ABC D
32. Turreted mansions decorated with elaborate wooden ornamentation ~ a
ABC
mark of wealthy and elegance in the United States in the late nineteenth century.
D
33. Most of our ideas of ~ ancient people looke(l !!!.2..dressed come from the
ABC
works of Renaissance artists. .
D
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.34. Plants require much ~ !!!2ill in cold weather !h!!! in warm weather.
ABC D
35. All nations may have to make fundamental changes in their economic, political,
A B
and the technological institutions if they are to preserve the environment.
C D
36. Massachusetts was first explored in the late sixteenth and ear!r seventeenth
A B
centuries, and the first permanent settlement at Plymouth in 1620.
C D
37. Sarah Vaughan had a voice like a perfect instrument, and it was ~ instrument
A B
that she knew how to use it with the ~ skill.
C D
38. During early nineteenth century, the building of canals and railroads
A B
strengthened the state oflndiana's links ~ the eastern United States.
C D
39. Maryland, even though a southern state, remained loyalty to the Union during
ABC D
the Civil War.
40. A monsoon is an enormous cycle of air ~ in motion by differences temperature
ABC
~ land and sea.
D
This is the end of Section 2.
If you finish in less than 25 minutes, check your work on Section 2 only.
Do NOT read or work on any other section of the test.
At the end of 25 minutes, go on to Section 3.
Use exactly 55 minutes to work on Section 3.
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