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Section 2: Structure and Written Expression

40 QUESTIONS 25 MINUTES

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 (D). 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.

1. Based on the premise that light was composed of color, the Impressionists came to the conclusion ------- not really black.

(A) which was that shadows

(B) was shadows which

(D) that shadows were

2. --------- a parliamentary system, the prime minister must be appointed on the basis of the distribution of power in the parliament.

(A) The considered

(B) To be considered

(D) Considers

3. --------- of the play Mourning Becomes Electra introduces the cast of characters and hints at the plot.

(A) The act first

(B) Act one

(D) First act

4. As soon as --------- with an acid, salt, and sometimes water, is formed.

(A) a base will react

(B) a base reacts

(D) the reaction of a base

5. The Internal Revenue Service ------- their tax forms by April 15 every year.

(A) makes all Americans file

(B) makes all Americans to file

(D) makes all Americans filing

6. Although one of his ships succeeded in sailing all the way back to Spain past the Cape of Good Hope, Magellan never completed the first circumnavigation of the world, and ---------.

(A) most of his crew didn’t too

(B) neither most of his crew did

(D) most of his crew didn’t also

7. To answer accurately is more important than ---------.

(A) a quick finish

(B) to finish quickly

(D) you finish quickly

8. Weathering --------- the action whereby surface rock is disintegrated or decomposed.

(A) it is

(B) is that

(D) being

9. A telephone recording tells callers ---------

(A) what time the movie starts

(B) what time starts the movie

(D) the movie starts what time

10. The people of Western Canada have been considering --------- themselves from the rest of the provinces.

(A) to separate

(B) separated

(D) separating

11. It costs about sixty dollars to have a tooth ---------.

(A) filling

(B) to fill

(D) fill

12. Not until a student has mastered algebra --------- the principles of geometry, trigonometry, and physics.

(A) he can begin to understand

(B) can he begin to understand

(D) begins to understand

13. Although Margaret Mead had several assistants during her long investigations of Samoa, the bulk of the research was done by --------- alone.

(A) herself

(B) she

(D) hers

14. --------- war correspondent, Hemingway used his experiences for some of his most powerful novels.

(A) But a

(B) It is a

(D) A

15. Thirty-eight national sites are known as parks, another eighty-two as monuments, and ---------.

(A) the another one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites

(B) the other one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites

(D) as historical sites one hundred seventy-eight

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.

16. Interest in automatic data processing has grown rapid since the first large calculators were introduced in 1950.

(A) in

(B) grown

(D) since

17. Vaslav Nijinsky achieved world recognition as both a dancer as well as a choreographer.

(A) achieved

(B) as

(D) as well as

18. Airports must be located near to major population centers for the advantage of air transportation to be retained.

(A) be located

(B) near to

(D) to be retained

19. It is said that Einstein felt very badly about the application of his theories to the creation of weapons of war.

(A) it is said

(B) very

(D) to

20. The plants that they belong to the family of ferns are quite varied in their size and structure.

(A) they

(B) belong to

(D) their

21. Despite of the increase in air fares, most people still prefer to travel by plane.

(A) despite of

(B) still

(D) to travel

22. All of we students must have an identification card in order to check books out of the library.

(A) we

(B) have

(D) of

23. Columbus Day is celebrated on the twelve of October because on that day in 1492, Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas.

(A) is celebrated

(B) on

(D) because

24. One of the most influence newspapers in the U.S. is The New York Times, which is widely distributed throughout the world.

(A) the most

(B) influence

(D) widely distributed

25. An unexpected raise in the cost of living as well as a decline in employment opportunities resulted in the rapid creation by Congress of new government programs for the unemployed.

(A) raise

(B) as well as

(D) rapid

26. It is imperative that a graduate student maintains a grade point average of “B” in his major field.

(A) it is

(B) maintains

(D) his

27. Coastal and inland waters are inhabited not only by fish but also by such sea creature as shrimps and clams.

(A) are inhabited

(B) not only

(D) sea creature

28. Economists have tried to discourage the use of the phrase “underdeveloped nation” and encouraging the more accurate phrase “developing nation” in order to suggest an ongoing process.

(A) to discourage

(B) the use

(D) the more

29. A gas like propane will combination with water molecules in a saline solution to form a solid called a hydrate.

(A) like

(B) combination

(D) called

30. Although it cannot be proven, presumable the expansion of the universe will slow down as it approaches a critical radius.

(A) it

(B) be proven.

(D) it approaches

31. Regardless of your teaching method, the objective of any conversation class should be for the students to practice speaking words.

(A) regardless

(B) should

(D) speaking words

32. A City University professor reported that he discovers a vaccine that has been 80 percent effective in reducing the instances of tooth decay among small children.

(A) discovers

(B) that

(D) among

33. American baseball teams, once the only contenders for the world championship, are now being challenged by either Japanese teams and Venezuelan teams.

(A) once

(B) being

(D) either

34. When they have been frightened, as, for example, by an electrical storm, dairy cows may refuse giving milk.

(A) have been

(B) frightened

(D) giving

35. Miami, Florida is among the few cities in the United States that has been awarded official status as bilingual municipalities.

(A) among

(B) that

(D) as

36. No other quality is more important for a scientist to acquire as to observe carefully.

(A) no other

(B) for

(D) carefully

37. After the police had tried unsuccessfully to determine to who the car belonged, they towed it into the station.

(A) the police

(B) unsuccessfully

(D) it

38. Fertilizers are used primarily to enrich soil and increasing yield.

(A) Go back to his hotel.

(B) Pack his suitcase.

(D) Go to the travel agent’s office in the afternoon.

39. If the ozone gases of the atmosphere did not filter out the ultraviolet rays of the sun, life as we know it would not have evolved on Earth.

(A) did not filter out

(B) as

(D) on Earth

40. The regulation requires that everyone who holds a nonimmigrant visa reports an address to the federal government in January of each year.

(A) who

(B) holds

(D) an