Test 5
Section 5
1. The delegates coming this far, they did not want to return without accomplishing something.
(A)The delegates coming this far, they
(B)Corning this far, the delegates felt they
(C)Having come this far, the delegates
(D)To come this far, the delegates
(E)The delegates came this far, so that they
2. After marching for four hours in temperatures exceeding ninety degrees, the band members were as soaked as if marching through a rainstorm.
(A)if marching'
(B)having marched
(C)if from marching
(D)if they had marched
(E)if they would have marched
3. The harmful effects of smoking on the vascular system is increasingly well documented.
(A)is increasingly well documented
(B)is more and more documented
(C)are increasingly well documented
(D)are increasing in better documentation
(E)has increased in better documentation
4. The issue the council debated, winch was whether repeal of rent control will improve housing or just increase profits for landlords.
(A)debated, which was whether repeal of rent control will improve
(B)debated was if they would repeal rent control would this improve
(C)debated was that repeal of rent control would result in improved
(D)debated was will repealing rent control mean improvement in
(E)debated was whether repeal of rent control would improve
5. American journalist Harriet Quimb, the first woman to pilot a plane across the English Channel, doing it just nine years after the Wright brothers' first powered flight.
(A)Harriet Quimby, the first woman to pilot a plane across the English Channel, doing it
(B)Harriet Quimby the first woman who piloted a plane across the English Channel, and who did so
(C)Harriet Quimby became the first woman to have piloted a plane across the English Channel and did it
(D)Harriet Quimby became the first woman to pilot a plane across the English Channel, accomplishing this feat
(E)Harriet Quimby was the first woman piloting a plane across the English Channel, the feat was accomplished
6. Naomi and Charles will represent Ammonton High in the debating contest, their work in this having been excellent this year.
(A)contest, their work in this having been excellent this year
(B)contest; they have done excellent work this year in this
(C)contest, for this year they have done excellent work in this
(D)contest, for their work as public speakers has been excellent this year
(E)contest; their work as public speakers having been excellent this year
7. The poem's colorful images and its verbal wit give the reader pleasure.
(A)give the reader pleasure
(B)please the one who is reading
(C)gives pleasure to the one who reads it
(D)give one pleasure in the reading of it
(E)gives one pleasure in reading it
8. Being as she is a gifted storyteller, Linda Goss is an expert at describing people and places.
(A)Being as she is a gifted storyteller
(B)In being a gifted storyteller
(C)A gifted storyteller
(D)Although she is a gifted storyteller
(E)Telling stories giftedly
9. Although the English artist William Blake never having painted portraits, he regarded them as merely mechanical reproductions that, despite their popularity, lacked true creativity.
(A)Although the English artist William Blake never having painted portraits, he regarded them
(B)The English artist William Blake never painted portraits, he regarded them
(C)Never having painted a portrait, they were regarded by the English artist William Blake
(D)The English artist William Blake never painted portraits; however, regarding them
(E)The English artist William Blake never painted portraits because he regarded them
10. The heat was already overwhelming and lasted a week, which duration made it seem sheer torture.
(A)overwhelming and lasted a week, which duration made it seem
(B)overwhelming, and because of lasting a week, it made it seem
(C)overwhelming and lasted the duration of a week to make it to seem
(D)overwhelming, and its lasting a week made it seem
(E)overwhelming and, by lasting a week, making' it seem
11. The reason first novels are so often their writers’ best work is that it draws upon all the experiences of childhood.
(A)is that it draws upon
(B)is that these first efforts draw upon
(C)is because of these first efforts drawing from
(D)is because of them drawing upon
(E)is their drawing from
12. Directed by George Wolfe, the Broadway musical Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk telling (A) how (B) tap dancing evolved from (C) the African American experience in the decades following (D) the Civil War. No error (E)
13. The question of whether (A) certain chemical fertilizers are a curse or are they (B) a blessing is (C) still being (D) debated. No error (E)
14. People which need (A) immediate reeducation for employment are (B) impatient with (C) the prolonged debate over (D) funding for the new national program. No error (E)
15. The thoughtful student wonders what Patrick Henry meant (A) when he talked (B) about liberty because (C) most of the members of the House of Burgesses then having been (D) slaveholders. No error (E)
16. One challenge that writer Eleanor Wong Telemaque faced was how preserving (A) her ethnic identity while becoming (B) more accessible to (C) readers who are not accustomed (D) to writers from other cultural backgrounds. No error (E)
17. No one objects to (A) his company, even though he has made insulting remarks about (B) almost every (C) member of the group, when (D) he is a remarkably witty man. No error (E)
18. Just how (A) critical an improved balance of trade is to (B) a healthy economy has never been (C) more clearer (D) than it is now. No error (E)
19. Critics contend that (A) reforms in welfare has not managed (B) to bring the high percentage of our nation's children living in poverty the economic security that they need (C) to thrive . (D) No error (E)
20. Crabs living in (A) polluted waters will come in contact with (B) large numbers of disease-causing microorganisms because it feeds (C) by filtering (D) nutrients from water. No error (E)
21. The new system, which uses (A) remote cameras in the catching of (B) speeding motorists, (C) may undermine (D) the police department's authority. No error (E)
22. Although the politician was initially (A) very sensitive to be criticized (B) by the press, he quickly became (C) more confident about responding to (D) reporters' sometimes pointed questions. No error (E)
23. Although (A) Pre-Raphaelite artists advocated the close study of nature (B), their (C) paintings sometimes seem elaborately artificial (D) to modern viewers. No error (E)
24. Lions and tigers may be (A) identical in size, but (B) the tiger is the fiercer (C) animal and the lion the strongest. (D) No error (E)
25. The decline in science education during the period had (A) two causes: less funding for (B) scientific research with a decrease (C) in jobs related to (D) space and defense. No error (E)
26. The number of awards given this year (A) to biochemists accentuate (B) the significant gains (C) being made in (D) the study of the chemistry of living organisms. No error (E)
27. The novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was once (A) more widely read (B) and was more popular (C) in high schools in the United States than Charlotte Bronte .(D) No error (E)
28. Until it (A) can be replaced by a faster, (B) more efficient, and more economical means of transportation, trucks will carry most (C) of the freight within and through (D) metropolitan areas. No error (E)
29. Nearly all (A) of the editors of the magazine agree (B) that of the two articles to be published, (C) Fujimura's is the more exciting. (D) No error (E)
Questions 30-35 are based on the following passage.
(1) This summer I felt as if I were listening in on the Middle Ages with a hidden microphone. (2) No, there were no microphones in those days. (3) But there were letters, and sometimes these letters speak to me like voices from very long ago.
(4) A book I found contained selected letters from five generations of a family. (5) The Pastons, who lived in a remote part of England over 500 years ago.
(6) Getting anywhere in the Middle Ages was really hard, with deep rivers and few bridges and sudden snowstorms coming on in the empty lands between settlements. (7) An earl rebelled in London, so that a ' messenger rode for days to tell the distant head of the Paston family of a feared civil war.
(8) Through- the letters a modem reader can sense their anxieties about rebellious sons and daughters, belligerent neighbors, outbreaks of plague, and shortages of certain foods and textiles. (9) Unbelievably, there is a 1470 love letter. (10) The man who wrote it ends "I beg you, let no one see this letter. (11) As soon as you have read it, bum it, for I would not want anyone to see it." (12) I was sitting on the front porch with bare feet on the hottest afternoon in July and I read that with a shiver. (13) I had been part of a centuries-old secret.
30. The best way to describe the relationship of sentence 2 to sentence 1 is that sentence 2
(A) anticipates a reader's possible response to sentence 1
(B) provides historical background for sentence 1
(C) repeats the idea presented in sentence 1
(D) introduces a contrasting view of sentence 1
(E) corrects an inaccuracy stated in sentence 1
31. Which of the following sentences would be most logical to insert before sentence 4 ?
(A) I first came across these letters while browsing in a library.
(B) No, I am not dreaming; I have been reading them.
(C) On the contrary, microphones are a recent invention.
(D) Obviously, a library can open the door to mystery.
(E) However, letters are not the oldest form of communication.
32. In context, which is the best version of the underlined portions of sentences 4 and 5 (reproduced below) ?
A book I found contained selected letters from five generations of a family. The Pas tons, who lived in a remote part of England over 500 years ago.
(A) (as it is now)
(B) a family. The Pastons, living
(C) a family; it was the Pastons living
(D) the Paston family, who lived
(E) the family named Paston and living
33. In context, which of the following is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 7 (reproduced below) ?
An earl rebelled in London, so that a messenger rode for days to tell the distant head of the Paston family of a feared civil war.
(A) (As it is now)
(B) An earl had rebelled in London, so
(C) For example, with a rebelling earl in London
(D) While an earl rebels in London,
(E) Once, when an earl rebelled in London,
34. In context, which is the best revision to make to sentence 8 (reproduced below) ?
Through the letters a modern reader can sense their anxieties about rebellious sons and daughters, belligerent neighbors, outbreaks of plague, and shortages of certain foods and textiles.
(A) Insert "one's reading of' after "Through".
(B) Change "their" to "the Pastons' ".
(C) Change "sense" to "record".
(D) Delete some of the examples.
(E) Insert "etc." after "textiles".
35. All of the following strategies are used by the writer of the passage EXCEPT
(A) background explanation
(B) imaginative description
(C) rhetorical questions
(D) personal narration
(E) direct quotation
Section 10
1. At Versailles after the First World War, the Allies believed they had drafted a treaty that would have ensured permanent peace.
(A)would have ensured permanent peace
(B)would ensure permanent peace
(C)had ensured permanent peace
(D)will ensure permanent peace
(E)ensures permanent peace
2. The new bird sanctuary, consisting of one hundred acres of unspoiled tideland, and is protected by the state.
(A)sanctuary, consisting of one hundred acres of unspoiled tideland, and is protected by the state
(B)sanctuary is protected by the state, it consists of one hundred acres of unspoiled tideland
(C)sanctuary, consisting of one hundred acres of unspoiled tideland, is protected by the state
(D)sanctuary is protected by the state consisting of one hundred acres of unspoiled tideland
(E)sanctuary to consist of one hundred acres of unspoiled tideland and to be protected by the state
3. Most people know about calories and nutrition, but they do not use this knowledge to lose weight permanently and keep it off.
(A) permanently and keep it off
(8) permanent and have it stay off
(C)and have it be off permanently
(D)and make it permanent
(E)and keep it off permanently
4. No sooner had Andrea del Sarto traveled to France to work for the French king but his wife persuaded him to return to Italy.
(A)but his wife persuaded him to return
(B)but his wife had him persuaded into returning
(C)than he was persuaded by his wife that he will return
(D)but he was persuaded by his wife into returning
(E)than his wife persuaded him to return
5. During the 1980's and early 1990's, one reason highways in the United States became safer than ever, the use of seat belts increased to about 67 percent nationwide.
(A)ever, the use of seat belts increased to about 67 percent nationwide
(B)ever, nationwide, the use of seat belts increased to about 67 percent
(C)ever, there was a nationwide increase in seat belt use to 67 percent
(D)ever since they increased seat belt use to 67 percent nationwide
(E)ever was that the use of seat belts nationwide increased to about 67 percent
6. Chaplin will not be remembered for espousing radical causes any more than they will remember Wayne for endorsing conservative political candidates.
(A)any more than they will remember Wayne
(B)as will Wayne not be remembered
(C)any more than Wayne will be remembered
(D)just as they will not remember Wayne
(E)no more than Wayne will be remembered
7. Civil rights leader and author W. E. B. Du Bois was interested in drama because he believed that if you represented historical events on stage it could have a greater, more lasting effect than any exhibit or lecture.
(A) if you represented historical events on stage it
(B) with the events of history represented on stage they
(C)events which were represented historically on stage
(D)by representing historical events on stage
(E)representing historical events on stage
8. Many colleges are adopting work-study programs, which offer practical advantages to both the students and the institutions.
(A)programs, which offer practical advantages to both the students and
(B)programs, which offers practical advantages to both the students and
(C)programs, which offer both practical advantages to the students plus
(D)programs; it offers practical advantages to both the students as well as
(E)programs; this offers practical advantages both to the students and
9. One.of the first people to recognize the talent of Langston Hughes, Jessie Fauset, was an editor at Crisis magazine, publishing Hughes's poetry in 1921.
(A)Jessie Fauset, was an editor at Crisis magazine, publishing
(B)Jessie Fauset who edited Crisis magazine and published
(C)Jessie Fauset edited Crisis magazine who published
(D)Jessie Fauset, an editor at Crisis magazine, published
(E)the editor, Jessie Fauset, published at Crisis magazine
10. Until being widely hunted for its ivory and blubber in the eighteenth century, walruses were plentiful in the waters of the northeastern United States.
(A)Until being widely hunted for its
(B)Before having been widely hunted for its
(C)Up to them being widely hunted for their
(D)Until they were widely hunted for their
(E)Before they have been widely hunted for their
11. Jesse passed the California bar examination last year, and he has been practicing law in California ever since.
(A)and he has been practicing law in California ever since
(B)since that time he has practiced law there
(C)where ever since he practices law
(D)he has been practicing law in California since then
(E)and since then is practicing law there
12. Persuading even the queasiest of readers to spend hours learning about an extravagant variety of invertebrates, the effect of Richard Conniff’s Spineless Wonders is to render the repulsive beautiful.
(A)the effect of Richard Conniff’s Spineless Wonders is to render the repulsive beautiful
(B)Richard Conniff renders the repulsive beautiful in Spineless Wonders
(C)the effect of Spineless Wonders, by Richard Conniff, is to render the repulsive beautiful
(D)Richard Conniff has had the effect of rendering the repulsive beautiful in Spineless Wonders
(E)Spineless Wonders, by Richard Conniff, has effect in rendering the repulsive beautiful
13. Most drivers know not only that excessive speeding on highways wastes gasoline, but also that it is dangerous.
(A)know not only that excessive speeding on highways wastes
(B)know that excessive speeding on highways could be wasteful of
(C)are knowledgeable that excessive speeding on highways not only wastes
(D)have known that excessive speeding on highways wastes not only
(E)know that excessive speeding on highways not only by itself can waste
14. Walt Disney's first success was his third Mickey Mouse film, in which Disney produced a cartoon with sound, and Mickey was made to talk.
(A)sound, and Mickey was made to talk
(B)sound and making Mickey talk
(C)sound, with the result being Mickey talking
(D)sound in where Mickey talks
(E)sound and made Mickey talk