Structure and written Expression

Time: Approximately 50 Minutes

40 Questions

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 1-5 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 ftll in the
space that corresponds the letter of the answer you have chosen. Fill in the space so that the
letter inside the oval cannot be seen

Example

Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes _______ they both emit hot liquids from
below the Earth`s surface.

(A) Due to
(B) Because
(C) In spite of
(D) Regardless of

Sample answer

A B C D

The sentence should read, “Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes because they
both emit hot liquids from below the Earth`s surface. “ Therefore, you should choose (B)

Now begin work on the questions

1. Over the centuries, _______that try to explain the origins of the university
(A) Although many theories
(B) Many theories
(C) Have many theories been
(D) There have been many theories

2. The planet Venus is almost exactly the same size and mass _________ Earth, with a
similar interior, including a nickel-iron core
(A) To
(B) As
(C) is
(D) Than

3. George Washington carver ______ international fame for revolutionizing agriculture

research in the southern united states during the early twentieth century.
(A) Won
(B) Winning
(C) Who has won
(D) The winner of

4. Constituting one of the earliest engineering techniques _____ in Paleolithic time

was done in order to extend natural caves.
(A) Tunnels were built
(B) Which built tunnels
(C) The building of tunnels
(D) Tunnels whose building

5. The tulip tree is native to the eastern united states , _______ the tallest and larges
broadleaf tree.
(A) Where
(B) Where it is
(C) It is where
(D) Is where

6. Elementary schools in the united states provide formal education _______

arithmetic, science, social science, and communication skills that including reading,
writing, spelling, and speaking.
(A) Such subjects as basic in
 (B) As basic subjects in such
(C) In such basic subjects as
(D) As in such basic subjects

7. _____ land and money enabled construction of the union pcific railroad to begin
from council bluffs, lowa in 1865.
(A) By the government granting of
(B) Government grants of
(C) For the government to grant
(D) Government grants so that

8. Appointments to the united states supreme court and all lower federal courts
______ be the president with the advice and consent of the senate.
(A) Making
(B) To make
(C) Are made
(D) Have made

9. The name “squirrel” is commonly used for those forms of the family sciuridae that
live in tress, _______ it is equally accurate for ground dwelling types.
(A) Whether
(B) That
(C) Although
(D) In spite of

10. Green plants combine ______ with water and carbon dioxide to make food.
(A) Energy derived from light
(B) Energy, derived it from light
(C) Energy is derived from light
(D) From light , and energy derived

11. From the archeologist`s perspective, understanding the past is vitally important and
requires ______ of earlier cultures.
(A) The ruins examined
(B) Examining the ruins
 (C) Of the ruins to be examined
(D) Become the state`s poet laureate

12. The Texas legislature selected Vassar Miller _____in 1982, and again in 1988.
(A) Was the state’s poet laureate
(B) As the state’s poet laureate
(C) The state’s poet laureate
(D) Become the state’s poet laureate

13. The distinguishing feature of a fluid, in contrast to a solid, is the ease ______
(A) That a deformed fruit
(B) To deform a fluid
(C) When a fluid that is deformed
(D) With which a fluid may be deformed

14. Oxygen and nutrients reach the body’s tissues _____ from the blood through the tissues
______ from the blood through the capillary wall
(A) Pass
(B) By passing
(C) To be passing
(D) Have passed

15. _____ important development of the Neolithic age was not in the manufacture of stone
tools but in the production of food.
(A) The most
(B) Most
(C) Most of
(D) Of the most

Written Expression

Directions
In questions 16-40 each sentence has four underlined word 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 fer 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.

Example I

Guppies are sometimes call rainbow fish because of the males’ bright colors.
A B C D
Sample Answer

A B C D

The sentence should read, “ guppies are sometimes called rainbow fish because of the
males’ bright colors”. Therefore, you should choose (A).

Example II

Serving several term in Congress, Shirley Chisholm became an important United

A B C

States politican.

Sample Answer

A B C D

The sentence should read, “ Serving several terms in Congress, Shirley Chilson became an
important United State politican”. Therefore, you should choose (B).

Now begin work on the questions.

16. By 1899 Ranson olds had establish in Detoit, Michigan, the first factory in
A B C
 the United States for the manufacture of automobiles.
D
17. The progressive Movement is an umbrella tern refer to a number of reform
A B
efforts that emerged in the early 1900’s.
C D
18. The pelican is a water bird with a large pouch attached to its bill, which it
A B
uses as a scoop for catch small fish.
C D
19. The invention of reinforced concrete, plat glass, and steel in the mid- 1800’s was
enabled architects to design and build extremely tall constructions, or
A B C D
“skyscrapers”.

20. Acoustics, the study of sounds, is one of the oldest of the physically sciences.
A B C D
21. Each of functions of the body, even thinking, requires the expenditure of
A B C
energy.
D
22. Gourds were introduced to what is now the southwestern United States by
A
earlies peoples who migrated north from Mesoamerica about 7000 years ago.
B C D
23. The economic heart of canada, Ontario accounts for more than 40 percentage
A B C
of the nation’s productive capacity.
D

24. Virtually all parts moving of an automobile need to be lubricated because,

A B C
without lubrication, friction C power consumption and damage
D
 the parts.

25. Rarely has a technological development had as great an impact on society as

A B C
the rapid grow of electronics.
D

26. The North American Review, a magazine was first published in 1815, was
A B
one of the leading litetary journals of the woe centuries
C D

27. Fuel is any substance or material that reacts chemically with another
A B C
substance or material to produce hot.
D

28. Glint was a faroved material of prehistoric humans, which used it to make
A B C
tools and weapons, because it would chip into shapes with sharp edges.
D

29. Mutiny of a ship’s crew againts the captain signifies the breakdown of the
A
obedience and discipline required to deal effectively to perils at eat.
B C D

30. Of all the art-related reference and research libary in North America, that of
A B
the Metropolitan Museum of a Art in New York City is among the largest
C
and most complete.
D

31. Acclimatization is the process by which an organism adjusts to living in an

A B
enviroment to which it normally unsuited.
C D
32. Glaciers, mass of ice that flow outward from ice caps, cover about one-tenth
A B C
of the earth’s land area.
D
33. Some species of bacteria and fungi thrive on such simply compounds as
A B C D
alcohol.

34. In 1923 Alice Paul began campaign to promote the adoption of

A B
an amendment to the United States Constitution mandatin equal rights for
C D
women.

35. Perhaps more than any other United States city, San Francisco is a collection
A B C
of reighborhood.
D

36. Almost every the hereditary material of an individual organism resides in the
A B C D
chromosomes.

37. Only with early seventeeth-century observers did the music of the music of
A B
the original inhabitants of the United States and Canada entered recorded
C D
history.

38. Perhaps the most distinctive features of sharks and undoubtedly one of the
A B
most important reasons for their succes is their well-developed sensory
C D
 system.

39. The major economic activities of Cheyenne, Wyoming, include

A B
transportation, chemicals, tourism, but governmental activities.
C D

40. The fiction writer, poetry, and critic Edgar Allan Poe is among the
A
most familiar of American writers and one of the most enigmatic.
B C D