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.
Directions: Questions 1-1 are incomplete sentences. !eneath each sentence you will see four
words or phrases, mar"ed #$%, #!%, #&%, and #'%. &hoose the one word or phrase that best
completes the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill
in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you ha(e chosen.
1. 'airy farming is leading
agricultural acti(ity in the )nited
*tates.
#$% a
#!% at
#&% then
#'% none
+. $lthough thunder and lightning are
produced at the same time, light
wa(es tra(el faster , so
we see the lightning before we hear
the thunder.
#$% than sounds wa(e do
#!% than sounds wa(e are
#&% do sound wa(es
#'% sound wa(es
,. !eef cattle ---------- of all
li(estoc" for economic growth in
certain geographic regions.
#$% the most are important
#!% are the most important
#&% the most important are
#'% that are the most important
.. The disco(ery of the halftone process
in photography in 1//1 made it
----------- photographs in boo"s
and newspapers.
#$% the possible reproduction
#!% possible to reproduce
#&% the possibility of reproducing
#'% possibly reproduced
. 0lag 'ay is a legal holiday only in
the state of 1ennsyl(ania
---------- !etsy 2oss sewed the
first $merican flag.
#$% which
#!% where
#&% that
#'% has
3. ------------- (astness of the
4rand &anyon, it is difficult to
capture it in a single photograph.
#$% 5hile the
#!% The
#&% 0or the
#'% !ecause of the
6. *peciation, --------, results when
an animal population becomes
isolated by some factor, usually
geographic.
#$% form biological species
#!% biological species are formed
#&% which forming biological species
#'% the formation of biological
species
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/. 8n its pure state antimony has no
important uses, but ---------- with
other substances, it is an e9tremely
useful metal.
#$% when combined physically or
chemically.
#!% combined when physically or
chemically.
#&% the physical and chemical
combination.
#'% it is combined physically and
chemically.
:. The dawn redwood appears
----------- some 177 million
years ago in northern forests around
the world.
#$% was flourished
#!% ha(ing to flourish
#&% to ha(e flourished
#'% ha(e flourished
17. !eginning in the ;iddle $ges,
composers of 5estern music used a
system of notating their
compositions -------------- be
performed by musicians.
#$% will
#!% that
#&% and when to
#'% so they could
11. &i(il 2ights are the freedoms and
rights --------- as a member of a
community, state, or nation.
#$% may ha(e a person
#!% may ha(e a person who
#&% a person may ha(e
#'% and a person may ha(e
1+. 2ichard 5right en<oyed success and
influence ------------- among
!lac" $merican writers of his era.
#$% were unparalleled
#!% are unparalleled
#&% unparalleled
#'% the unparalleled
1,. --------- of large mammals once
dominated the =orth $merican
prairies: the $merican bison and the
pronghorn antelope.
#$% There are two species
#!% 5ith two species
#&% Two species are
#'% Two species
1.. 0ran"lin '. 2oose(elt was --------
the great force of radio and the
opportunity it pro(ided for tal"ing
go(ernment policies directly to the
people.
#$% as the first 1resident he
understood fully
#!% the first 1resident that, to fully
understand
#&% the first 1resident fully
understood
#'% the first 1resident to understand
fully
1. 'uring the late fifteenth century,
----------- of the nati(e societies
of $merica had professions in the
fields of arts and crafts.
#$% only a few
#!% a few but
#&% few, but only
#'% a few only
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Written Expression
Directions 8n questions 13-.7 each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four
underlined parts of the sentence are mar"ed #$%, #!%, #&%, and #'%. 8dentify 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 ha(e chosen.
13. The firstly na(al battle of the 2e(olutionary 5ar was fought off the coast of ;achias
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;aine, in >une 166.
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16. The public ceremonies of the 1lains 8ndians are lesser elaborate than those of the
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=a(a<o in the *outhwest.
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1/. 8n some species of fish, such the three-spined stic"lebac", the male, not the female
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performs the tas" of caring for the young.
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1:. 5hen she retires in *eptember 1:/:, tennis champion &hristine E(ert was the most
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famous woman athlete in the )nited *tates.
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+7. The ancient 2omans used (essels equipped with sails and ban"s of oars
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to transporting their armies.
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+1. 'inosaurs are traditionally classified as cold-blooded reptiles, but recent e(idence based
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on eating habits, posture, and s"eletal structural suggests some may ha(e been warm-
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blooded.
++. *ince the 4reat 'epression of the 1:,7?s, social programs such as *ocial *ecurity ha(e
$
been built into the economy to help a(ert se(erity business declines.
! & '
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+,. 8n the 1:67?s, consumer acti(ities succeeded in promoting laws that set safety
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standards for automobiles, children?s clothing, and a widely range of household
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products.
+.. @oos in =ew Arleans, *an 'iego, 'etroit, and the !ron9 ha(e become biological
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par"s where animals roams free and people watch from across a moat.
! & '
+. 8n human beings, as in other mammal, hairs around the eyes and ears and in the
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nose pre(ent dust, insects, and other matter from entering these organs.
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+3. The 2oc"y ;ountains were e9plored by fur traders during the early 1/77?s, in a
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decades preceding the )nited *tates &i(il 5ar.
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+6. The wor"s of the author Berman ;el(ille are literary creations of a high order, blending
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fact, fiction, ad(enture, and subtle symbolic.
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+/. Each chemical element is characterized to the number of protons that an atom of
$ ! &
that element contains, called its atomic number.
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+:. The body structure that de(eloped in birds o(er millions of years is well designed
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for flight, being both lightly in weight and remar"ably strong.
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,7. 0rom 1:7 to 1:+7, $merican no(elist Edith 5harton was at the height of her writing
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career, publishing of her three most famous no(els.
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,1. 8n the Early twentieth century, there was considerable interesting among sociologists in
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the fact that in the )nited *tates the family was losing its traditional roles.
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,+. $lthough pure diamond is colorless and transparent, when contaminated with other
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material it may appear in (arious color, ranging from pastels to opaque blac".
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,,. &omparati(e anatomy is concerned to the structural differences among animal forms.
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,.. $ seismograph records oscillation of the ground caused by seismic wa(es,
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(ibrations that tra(el from its point of origin through the Earth or along its surface.
! & '
,. Electric lamps came into widespread use during the early 1:77?s and ha(e replaced
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other type of fat, gas, or oil lamps for almost e(ery purpose.
! & '
,3. Cocated in &anada , the &olumbia 8cefield co(ers area of 1+7 square miles and is ,,,77
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feet thic" in some places.
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,6. &omposer 2ichard 2odgers and lyricist Ascar Bammerstein 88 brought to the musical
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OklahomaD e9tensi(e musical and theatrical bac"grounds as well as familiar with the
! &
traditional forms of operetta and musical comedy.
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,/. !ecause of its (ast tracts of (irtually uninhabited northern forest, &anada has one of
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the lowest population density in the world.
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,:. 2ice, which it still forms the staple diet of much of the world?s population, grows best
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in hot, wet lands.
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.7. 4o(ernment money appropriated for art in the 1:,7?s made possible hundreds of
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murals and statues still admiration in small towns all o(er the united *tates.
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