Variant 1

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Grammar Test
Time: 25 minutes
40 questions

Part I
Directions:

Questions 1-20 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four or five words or phrases
marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

Note: you may not choose two answers as correct. In this situation, none of these answers will be counted in.

1. ______ its richness and varied coloring, Schubert's Symphony in C has enjoyed a deserved reputation among
classical music lovers.
(A) Renowning by (C) Renowned for
(B) Renownable to (D) Renowning with

2. Chopin, a famous Polish composer, died at Place Vendome, ______.

3. From the inception of his long and distinguished career, Frank Lloyd Wright was concerned with how
______architecture with topography.
(A) integrating (C) did he integrate
(B) to integrate (D) integrated

4. Extensive forests, ______, abundant wildlife, and beautiful waterfalls are among the attractions of Glacier
National Park.
(A) it has spectacular mountain scenery (C) spectacular mountain scenery
(B) the mountain scenery is spectacular (D) and the spectacular scenery of the mountains

5. Readily soluble in sulfuric and nitric acid, mercury is ______ birth defects can easily result from its ingestion
by pregnant women.
(A) such poisonous that (C) too poisonous that
(B) so poisonous that (D) very poisonous that

6. Generally, the representatives ______a legislature are constitutionally elected by a broad spectrum of the
population.
(A) who they compose (C) had compose
(B) who compose (D) compose

7. One theory of the origin of the universe is ______ from the explosion of a tiny, extremely dense fireball
several billion years ago.
(A) because what formed (C) that it formed
(B) the formation that (D) when forming

8. It was ______ the Industrial Revolution that the United States was able to increase productivity through
mechanization.
(A) when (C) during
(B) at the time (D) because
9. ______the hamster’s basic diet is vegetarian, some hamsters also eat insects.
(A) Despite (C) Regardless of
(B) Although (D) Consequently

10. ______ one after another, parallel computers perform groups of operations at the same time.
(A) Conventional computers, by handling tasks
(B) Since tasks being handled by conventional computers
(C) Whereas conventional computers handle tasks
(D) While tasks handled by conventional computers

11. The soybean contains vitamins, essential minerals, ______high percentage of protein.
(A) a (C) since a
(B) and a (D) of which a

12. From the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, technology ______ people are beginning to
imagine there are no limits to what we can achieve.
(A) progressed to the point that (C) has progressed to the point that
(B) has to progress to a point (D) progressed a point that

13. It is believed that the modern bird ______ the pterodactyls that existed millions of years ago.
(A) was evolved from (C) evolved
(B) evolved from (D)was evolving from

14. A trap ______ disguise is what has come to be called a Trojan Horse, from the ancient story of the gift of
the wooden horse from the Greeks.
(A) offered a gift of (C) offering a gift to
(B) offers a gift in (D) offered as a gift in

15. The development of the light bulb ______ partly as a result of the widespread availability of electricity and
the need for cheap, clean light.
(A) occurring (C) was occurred
(B) was occurring (D) occurred

16. Telecommuting is a new form of work ______ to work, such as fathers with children, the chance to work
while remaining at home.
(A) affording those previously unable (C) that affording those unable previously
(B) affords those who were previously unable (D) afforded those previously unable

17. ______ big cats, housecats have polyphasic sleeping patterns; that is, they take several naps a day.
(A) They are like (C) It is the
(B) Like (D) The

18. ______ many communications companies are now able to offer radio and television broadcasts over the
Internet.
(A) Advanced technology has enabled (C) Because the introduction of advanced technology
(B) Introducing advanced technology and (D) With the introduction of advanced technology

19. ______ its area of defense, a fort should be built on an elevation and with some sort of natural feature of
the landscape to obstruct direct access to the fort.
(A) To better protect (C) For the better of
(B) Protecting better (D) It is better for

20. ______ Einstein was able to come up with a theory that has yet to be disproved.
(A) Other scientists (C) Just as other scientists
(B) Similar to other scientists (D) To be a scientist
 Part II
Directions:

In questions 21-40, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. These four underlined parts of the
sentence are (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one word or phrase that must be changed in order for the
sentence to be correct.

Note: you may not choose two answers as correct. In this situation, none of these answers will be counted in.

21. The rapid grow of Boston during the mid-nineteenth century coincided with a large influx of European
A B C
immigrants.
D

22. A gene is a biological unit of information who directs the activity of a cell or organism during its lifetime.
A B C D

23. The flowering of African American talent in literature, music, and art in the 1920’s in New York City
A B C
became to know as the Harlem Renaissance.
D

24. Gravitation keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth and the planets other of the solar system in orbit
A B C D
around the Sun.

25. In 1908 Olive Campbell started writing down folk songs by rural people in the southern Appalachian
A B C
mountains near hers home.
D

26. The thirteen stripes of the United States flag represent the original thirteen states of the Union, which
A B C
they all were once colonies of Britain.
D

27. In 1860, more as 90 percent of the people of Indiana lived in rural areas, with only a few cities having a
A B C
population exceeding 10,000.
D

28. Photograph was revolutionized in 1831 by the introduction of the collodion process for making glass
A B C D
negatives.

29. After flax is washed, dry, beaten, and combed, fibers are obtained for use in making fabric.
A B C D

30. A fever is caused which blood cells release proteins called pyrogens, raising the body’s temperature.
A B C D

31. The United States National Labor Relations Board is authorized to investigation allegations of unfair
A B
labor practices on the part of either employers or employees.
C D
32. Because of various gift-giving holidays, most stores clothing in the United Sates do almost as much
A B
business in November and December as they do in the other ten months combined.
C D

33. The Great Potato Famine in Ireland in the 1840’s caused an unprecedented numbers of people from
A B C
Ireland to immigrate to the United States.
D

34. The particles comprising a given cloud are continually changing, as new ones are added while others
A B
are taking away by moving air.
C D

35. The lemur is an unusual animal belonging to the same order than monkeys and apes.
A B C D

36. Cheese may be hard or soft, depending on the amount of water left into it and the character of the cutting.
A B C D

37. At first the poems of E.E. Cummings gained notoriety to their idiosyncratic punctuation and typography,
A B
but they have gradually been recognized for their lyric power as well.
C D

38. Political parties in the United States help to coordinate campaigns of their members and organizes the
A B C
statewide and national conventions that mark election years.
D

39. The Appalachian Mountains formation a natural barrier between the eastern seaboard and the vast
A B
lowlands of the continental interior of North America.
C D

40. While the process of photosynthesis in green plants, light energy is captured and used to convert water,
A B C
carbon dioxide, and minerals into oxygen and organic compounds.
D