Structure and Written Expression
Practice Set 5
40 questions. 25 minutes.
In this section there are two types of questions. Each of the two question types tests your mastery
of standard written English.
Structure
Directions: Questions 1 to 15 are incomplete sentences. You are to complete these sentences by
selecting one of the four answer choices below each sentence. The answer choices are marked
(A), (B), (C), and (D). You must choose the one word or phrase that most appropriately
completes the sentence.
1. Sales of red wine have increased because not only has the wine selection become more
diversified,____ found to have positive effects on health.
(A) but drinking wine
(B) but also to drink wine was
(C) but to drink was
(D) but also drinking wine was
2. Robert Kennedy had hardly begun his efforts on behalf of American civil rights____ in 1967.
(A) which he was assassinated
(B) he was assassinated when
(C) since he was assassinated
(D) when he was assassinated
3. The Pons-Fleischmann study of cold nuclear fusion was proven invalid once it was
determined that its results were based on false claims and ____.
(A) from verifiable evidence
(B) not to verifiable evidence
(C) not on verifiable evidence
(D) also on verifiable evidence
4. Marijuana____ by doctors in some states for the relief of pain caused by cancer.
(A) that it prescribes
(B) prescribed
(C) is prescribed
(D) is prescribing
5. Siblings close in age may not look at all ____.
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(A) similar to
(B) as like
(C) alike
(D) like
6. Louis Leakey, ____, wrote a definitive study of the African Kikuyu people in the 1940’s.
(A) a noted paleoanthropologist
(B) be a noted paleoanthopologist
(C) is a noted paleoanthopologist
(D) was a noted paleoanthropologist
7. The effects of the Great Depression were felt in Europe and _______ to Hitler’s rise to
power.
(A) contributes
(B) contributed
(C) contributing
(D) it contributed
8. Computer scientists are _______ in the United States that technology companies entice them
from other countries.
(A) in such a high demand
(B) in such demand
(C) in so demand
(D) demanding
9. A roots canal is one ___ the most painful procedures that dentists perform.
(A) of
(B) on
(C) in
(D) at
10. _________ Malthus, more individuals are produced than can possibly survive.
(A) According to
(B) Accordingly
(C) In according
(D) According
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11. Tree leaves differ widely pattern, texture, and pigment.
(A) of
(B) in
(C) on
(D) at
12. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness claims ____________.
(A) thousands followers
(B) followers of thousands
(C) thousands of followers
(D) followers
13. Herbal medicine has been practiced since the __________.
(A) early ages
(B) earlier ages
(C) ages
(D) earliest ages
14. Benny Goodman was successful ____ a classical clarinetist.
(A) as
(B) by
(C) in
(D) with
15. The more I work, the _____ I feel.
(A) bad
(B) worst
(C) worse
(E) terrible
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Written Expression
Directions: In questions 16 to 40, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. These
four parts are labeled (A), (B), (C), and (D). You must choose the one word or phrase that must
be changed in order for the sentence to be grammatically correct.
16. In the first permanent communities people were united by religious ceremonies, food
A B C
exchanges and culturally features.
D
17. Platinum is more value than gold because it is the rarest of all precious metals.
A B C D
18. Plato’s writings in philosophy, psychology, and drama have had an enormous influence on
A
Western thought during 387 BC when he founded the Academy of Athens, the first European
B C
university.
D
19. Central Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead in 1858, and he immediately became
A B
an active cultural center for the city of New York.
C D
20. General Patton is best remembered for his African campaign, who he launched during the
A B C D
second World War.
21. Forensic science uses sophisticated laboratory equipment detects the presence of foreign
A B C
substances in a victim.
D
22. The Anglo-Saxon form of representative government had its origin in England in the 12th
A B C
centuries.
D
23. Today’s hospitals have improved patient care considerably through updated procedures for
A B C
processing, organizing, and treat new patients.
D
24.Though they are actually companionable creatures and live in stable groups, coyotes are
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A B
often misunderstood to be solitary animal who roam the night howling soulfully from distant
C D
hilltops.
25. King Henry VII and Thomas Becket were close friend from childhood, yet King Henry used
A
a great many cruel tricks, most notably assassination, to unseat Becket from his appointed
position
B C D
as Archbishop of Canterbury.
26. The practice of price-fixing, in which cartels or members of an industry form an alliance by
A B
establishment and controlling prices paid by consumers, is most often brought about by implicit,
C D
contracts.
27. With each new brands of products on supermarket shelves it becomes more difficult
A B
for shoppers to decide what they should buy.
C D
28. Leo Tolstoy was over 60 years old when he wrote ‘War and Peace’, for what he received
A B C
much critical attention.
D
29. The moon is very far that its surface details are difficult to see.
A B C D
30. During Henry Ford’s life, he was a farm, a machinist, and most notably, an industrialist
A B
responsible for the mass production of automobiles powered by the gasoline engine.
C D
31.The earliest know European music is that of the ancient Greeks and Romans, dating from
A B C D
500 BC.
32 Juan Delgado having secured a major source of financing for the Hispanic Children’s Athletic
A B C
Foundation from prominent Hispanic businesspeople all over the United States in 1976.
D
33. The igloo is a place of habitation that builders with precisely carved blocks of ice.
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A B C D
34. Police officers usually spends from ten to twenty percent of their time appearing for court
A B C
cases.
D
35. Observations indicate that the first day of life is the crucial timing that decides whether some
A B C
animals survive or not.
D
36. Walking past the house, the flowers were visible to everybody
A B C D
37. Certain controversial businessmen at the turn of the century , such as John D. Rockfeller,
A B C
advised regularly the President.
D
38. During the early 20th century, a group of philosophers who emphasis scientific verification
A B
came to be known as logical positivists.
C D
39. Ludwig Wittgenstein argued in his ‘Tractacus’ that language is composed of complex
A B
proposed that can be analyzed and simplified.
C D
40. A polluting factory or a large city sometimes affects the diversified of species in the
A B C
surrounding environment and can even cause many species to disappear.
D
ANSWER KEYS
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Structure Written Expression
1- D 16- D
2- D 17- A
3- C 18- B
4- C 19- A
5- C 20- D
6- A 21- B
7- B 22- D
8- A 23- D
9- A 24- C
10- A 25- A
11- B 26- C
12- C 27- A
13- D 28- C
14- A 29- A
15- C 30- A
31- A
32- A
33- C
34- A
35- B
36- B
37- D
38- A
39- C
40- B
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