Pelatihan Persiapan TOEFL

Basic English for Academic Purposes (BEAP)

BAPPENAS 2021
UNIVERSITAS
NUSA CENDANA BAPPENAS

COURSE MATERIALS
STRUCTURE & WRITTEN EXPRESSION
 TOEFEL PREPARATION COURSE
BEAP BAPPENAS 2021
Structure & Written Expressions
1. The structure & written expression section
includes 40 multiple-choice questions and
must be done in 25 minutes.
2. This section has two parts:
a. The first 15 questions are the "structure" part.
Students must choose a word or phrase that
completes the given sentence.
Example:
b. Questions 16 - 40 are "written expression“ part.
They involve choosing the words or phrases that
are grammatically or contextually unacceptable.
That words or phrase must be changed in order for
the sentence to be correct. Example:
What you should know
1. The Structure & Written Expression section measures
your ability to recognize appropriate standard written
English. This section includes questions that test
your knowledge of grammar, idiomatic expressions,
vocabulary, and other aspects of correct English.
2. This section tests your ability to recognize fomal
written English. Many things that are acceptable in
spoken English are not acceptable in formal written
English. You must choose the most economical,
mature, and correct way of stating each sentence
in this section.
3. To be able to choose a word or a phrase to
complete incomplete sentence, and to identify a
wrong or unacceptable part of a sentence in this
section need adequate grammar knowledge of
English.
4. Grammar knowledge cannot be built overnight it
takes time and efforts. Along with vocabulary and
pronunciation, it helps support language skills.
Speaking
Grammar
Writing
Vocabulary Skills Language competence
Listening
Pronunciation
Reading
What you should do
1. For part A questions you should
- Read the entire sentence, inserting the (A)
answer.
- If that is not correct, try to discover WHY it is
incorrect.
- If you can discover why (A) is incorrect,
proceed to answer (B), (C), and (D).
- If you still are not sure, try to remember a
formula for the sentence.
- If you cannot find the correct answer, eliminate
the obviously incorrect answers and GUESS.
Example: I wish you would tell me _________
(A) who is being lived next door.
(B) who does live in the next door
(C) who lives next door
(D) who next door was living
2. For part B questions you should
- Read the entire sentence.
- If an error does not become immediately
evident, try to remember a formula for this
sentence and be sure that portions of the
sentence fit the correct pattern.
Example:
 PRACTICE TEST 1
STRUCTURE & WRITTEN EXPRESSION

The following test items are incomplete sentences. Following each of these incomplete
sentences, there are four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). You should select
the one word or phrase, either (A), (B), (C), or (D that best completes the sentence. Then
choose your answer by clicking on one of the options.

1. The North Platte River______________from Wyoming into Nebraska.

(A) it flowed
(B) flows
(C) flowing
(D) with flowing water

2. ______________ Biloxi received its name from a Sioux word meaning "first people."
(A ) The city of
(B) Located in
(C) It is in
(D) The tour included

3. A pride of lions ____________ up to forty lions, including one to three males, several
females, and cubs.
(A) can contain
(B) it contains
(C) contain
(D) containing

4. ____________ tea plant are small and white.

(A) The
(B) On the
(C) Having flowers the
(D) The flowers of the

5. The tetracyclines, _______________ antibiotics, are used to treat infections.

(A) are a family of
(B) being a family
(C) a family of
(D) their family is

6. Any possible academic assistance from taking stimulants _________ marginal at best.
(A) it is
(B) there is
(C) is
(D) as
7. Henry Adams, born in Boston, ______________ famous as a historian and novelist.
(A) became
(B) and became
(C) he was
(D) and he became
8. The major cause ____________ the pull of the Moon on the Earth.
(A) the ocean tides are
(B) of ocean tides is
(C) of the tides in the ocean
(D) the oceans' tides

9. Still a novelty in the late nineteenth century, ________________ limited to the rich.
(A) was
(B) was photography
(C) it was photography
(D) photography was

10. A computerized map of the freeways using information gathered by sensors embedded in
the pavement _____________ on a local cable channel during rush hours.
(A) airs
(B) airing
(C) air
(D) to air

11. The president of the United States appoints the cabinet members, ____________
appointments are subject to Senate approval.
(A) their
(B) with their
(C) because their
(D) but their

12. The prisoners were prevented from speaking to reporters because ______________
(A) not wanting the story in the papers
(B) the story in the papers the superintendent did not want
(C) the public to hear the story
(D) the superintendent did not want the story in the papers

13. Like Thomas Berger's fictional character Little Big Man, Lauderdale managed to find
himself where _____________ of important events took place.
(A) it was an extraordinary number
(B) there was an extraordinary number
(C) an extraordinary number
(D) an extraordinary number existed
14. ____________ sucked groundwater from below, some parts of the city have begun to
sink as much as ten inches annually.
(A) Pumps have
(B) As pumps have
(C) So pumps have
(D) With pumps

15. Case studies are the target of much skepticism in the scientific community, ________
used extensively by numerou researchers.
(A) they are
(B) are
(C) yet they
(D) yet they are

16. According to the hypothesis in the study, the monarchs pick up the magnetic field of the
____________ migrate by following magnetic fields.
(A) target monarchs
(B) target since monarchs
(C) target since monarchs are
(D) target

17. ____________ show the relations among neurons, they do not preclude the possibility
that other aspects are important.
(A) Neural theories
(B) A neural theory
(C) Although neural theories
(D) However neural theories

18. _______________ or refinanced, the lender will generally require setting up an escrow
account to ensure the payment of property taxes and homeowner's insurance.
(A) A home is
(B) A home is bought
(C) When a home
(D) When a home is bought

19. If ultraviolet radiation enters the Earth's atmosphere, __________ generally blocked by
the ozone concentrated in the atmosphere.
(A) it
(B) it is
(C) so it is
(D) then it

20. Among human chromosomes, the Y chromosome is unusual ______________ most of

the chromosome does not participate in meiotic recombination.
(A) in
(B) so
(C) and
(D) in that
21. The three basic chords in __________ the tonic, the dominant, and the subdominant.
(A) functional harmony
(B) functional harmony is
(C) functional harmony are
(D) functional harmony they are

22. ____________ Hale Telescope, at the Palomar Observatory in southern California,

scientists can photograph objects several billion light years away.
(A) The
(B) With the
(C) They use the
(D) It is the

23. Without the proper card installed inside the computer, ______________ impossible to run
a graphics program.
(A) is definitely
(B) because of
(C) it is
(D) is

24. The charter for the Louisiana lottery was coming up for renewal, ___________ spared no
expense in the fight to win renewal.
(A) the lottery committee
(B) so the lottery committee and
(C) so the lottery committee
(D) the lottery committee made

25. While in reality Alpha Centauri is a triple star, ____________ to the naked eye to be a
single star.
(A) it appears
(B) but it appears
(C) appears
(D) despite it

26. The Sun's gravity severely distorted the path of the comet _____________ entered its
wildly erratic orbit around Jupiter.
(A) it
(B) when
(C) after the comet came into it
(D) once the comet

27. Each object __________________ Jupiter's magnetic field is deluged with electrical
charges.
(A) enters
(B) it enters
(C) entering
(D) enter
28. As its name suggests, the Prairie Wetlands Resource Center ___________ the protection
of wetlands on the prairies of the Dakotas, Montana, Minnesota, and Nebraska.
(A) it focuses
(B) focuses on
(C) focusing
(D) to focus on

29. One of the largest and most powerful birds of prey in the world, ___________ a six­foot
wingspan and legs and talons roughly the size of a man's arms and legs.
(A) so the harpy has
(B) the harpy having
(C) with the harpy having
(D) the harpy has

30. ________________ creation of such a community was a desirable step, the requisite
political upheaval had to be accepted.
(A) Since the
(B) The
(C) Later, the
(D) It was the
 PRACTICE TEST 2
STRUCTURE & WRITTEN EXPRESSION

The following test items are incomplete sentences. Following each of these incomplete
sentences, there are four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). You should select
the one word or phrase, either (A), (B), (C), or (D that best completes the sentence. Then
choose your answer by clicking on one of the options.

1. Dolphins form extremely complicated allegiances and _________ continually change.

(A) enmities that
(B) that are enmities
(C) enmities that are
(D) that enmities

2. Scientists are now beginning to conduct experiments on _________ trigger different

sorts of health risks.
(A) noise pollution can
(B) that noise pollution
(C) how noise pollution
(D) how noise pollution can

3. The Apollo 11 astronauts ____________ of the Earth's inhabitants witnessed on the

famous first moonwalk on July 20, 1969, were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
(A) whom
(B) whom millions
(C) were some
(D) whom some were

4. At the end of the nineteenth century, Alfred Binet developed a test for measuring
intelligence _____________ served as the basis of modern IQ tests.
(A) has
(B) it has
(C) and
(D) which has

5. _____________ have at least four hours of hazardous materials response training is

mandated by federal law.
(A) All police officers
(B) All police officers must
(C) That all police officers
(D) For all police officers
6. A cloud's reservoir of negative charge extends upward from the altitude at _______ the
freezing point.
(A) temperatures hit
(B) hit temperatures
(C) which temperatures hit
(D) which hit temperatures

7. In a 1988 advanced officers' training program, Sampson developed a plan to incorporate

police in enforcing environmental protection laws whenever ____________ feasible.
(A) it is
(B) is
(C) has
(D) it has

8. ____________ will be carried in the next space shuttle payload has not yet been
announced to the public.
(A) It
(B) What
(C) When
(D) That

9. During free fall, _____________ up to a full minute, a skydiver will fall at a constant
speed of 120 m.p.h.
(A) it is
(B) which is
(C) being
(D) is

10. The fact ____________ the most important ratings period is about to begin has caused
all the networks to shore up their schedules.
(A) is that
(B) of
(C) that
(D) what

11. ___________ loom high above the northern and northeastern boundaries of the
expanding city of Tucson.
(A) The Santa Catalina mountains
(B) Because the Santa Catalina mountains
(C) The Santa Catalina mountains are
(D) That the Santa Catalina mountains

12. Radioactive _______________ provides a powerful way to measure geologic time.

(A) it
(B) dates
(C) dating
(D) can
13. ___________ contained in the chromosomes, and they are thought of as the units of
heredity.
(A) Genes which are
(B) Genes are
(C) When genes
(D) Because of genes

14. The benefit ______ the study is that it provides necessary information to anyone who
needs it.
(A) of
(B) which
(C) that
(D) because

15. The same symptoms that occur _____________ occur with cocaine.
(A) amphetamines can
(B) with amphetamines can
(C) so amphetamines
(D) with amphetamines they

16. Many companies across the country have molded the concepts ________________
describes into an integrated strategy for preventing stress.
(A) and Wolf
(B) that Wolf
(C) what Wolf
(D) so Wolf

17. ______________ in the first draft of the budget will not necessarily be in the final draft.
(A) Although it appears
(B) It appears
(C) What appears
(D) Despite its appearance

18. If a food label indicates that a food is mostly carbohydrate, it does not mean ________
is a good food to eat.
(A) and it
(B) and
(C) that it
(D) when

19. A need for space law to include commercial concerns has been recognized inasmuch
___________ been expanding drastically in recent years.
(A) the commercial launch industry
(B) the commercial launch industry has
(C) as has the commercial launch industry
(D) as the commercial launch industry has
20. The report on the nuclear power plant indicated that when the plant had gone on line
____________ unsafe.
(A) and it had been
(B) it had been
(C) had been
(D) that it had been

21. When _______________ nests during spring nesting season, Canadian geese are
fiercely territorial.
(A) building
(B) are building
(C) built
(D) are built

22. In 1870, Calvin, along with Adirondack hunter Alvah Dunning, made the first known
ascent of Seward Mountain, _________________ far from roads or trails.
(A) a remote peak
(B) it is a remote peak
(C) a remote peak is
(D) which a remote peak

23. Kokanee salmon begin to deteriorate and die soon ____________ at the age of four.
(A) they spawn
(B) after spawning
(C) spawn
(D) spawned the salmon

24. _________________ behind government secrecy for nearly half a century, the Hanford
plant in central Washington produced plutonium for the nuclear weapons of the Cold
War.
(A) It is hidden
(B) Hidden
(C) Which is hidden
(D) The plant is hiding

25. Until ________________ incorrect, astronomers had assumed that the insides of white
dwarfs were uniform.
(A) they
(B) their proof
(C) the astronomers recently proven
(D) recently proven
26. ______________ artifacts from the early Chinese dynasties, numerous archeologists
have explored the southern Silk Road.
(A) They were searching for
(B) It was a search for
(C) Searched for
(D) Searching for

27. In Hailey, the best-known lecturer was women's rights activist Abigail Scott Duniway of
Portland, Oregon, who could usually be persuaded to speak ____________ town
visiting her son.
(A) she was in
(B) while in
(C) while she was
(D) was in

28. The National Restaurant ___________ Washington, says that federal efforts to regulate
workplace smoking would limit restaurants' ability to respond to the desires of their
patrons.
(A) Association which in
(B) Association is in
(C) Association which is in
(D) Association, based in

29. ________________ in North American waterways a little over a decade ago, zebra
mussels have already earned a nasty reputation for their expensive habit of clogging
water pipes in the Great Lakes area.
(A) The first sighting
(B) Although first sighted
(C) Zebra mussels were first sighted
(D) First sighting

30. Small companies may take their goods abroad for trade shows without paying foreign
value-added taxes by acquiring _____________ an ATA carnet.
(A) a document calls
(B) a document called
(C) calls a document
(D) called a document

31. In the United States ___________ approximately four million miles of roads, streets,
and highways.
(A) there
(B) is
(C) they
(D) there are
32. _______________ twelve million immigrants entered the United States via Ellis Island.
(A) More than
(B) There were more than
(C) Of more than
(D) The report of

33. The television, ____________ so long been a part of our culture, has an enormous
influence.
(A) has
(B) it has
(C) which
(D) which has

34. Psychologists have traditionally maintained that infants cannot formulate long-term
memories until _______________ the age of eight or nine months.
(A) they
(B) they reach
(C) to reach
(D) reach

35. _______________ a cheese shop has since grown into a small conglomerate
consisting of a catering business and two retail stores.
(A) In the beginning of
(B) It began as
(C) Its beginning which was
(D) What began as

36. Primarily a government contractor, ________ preferential treatment from government

agencies as both a minority group member and a woman.
(A) receives Weber
(B) Weber receives
(C) the reception of Weber
(D) according to Weber's reception

37. Because the project depends on ______________ at the federal level, the city and
county may have to wait until the budget cutting ends.
(A) it happens
(B) which happening
(C) what happens
(D) that it happens

38. __________________ definitive study of a western hardrock mining community

cemetery appears to have been done is in Silver City, Nevada.
(A) Most
(B) The most
(C) Where most
(D) Where the most
39. One of the areas of multimedia that is growing quickly _____________ is sound.
(A) yet is easily overlooked
(B) is easily overlooked
(C) it is easily overlooked
(D) that is easily overlooked

40. __________________, early approaches for coping with workplace stress dealt with
the problem only after its symptoms had appeared.
(A) Although well-intending
(B) Although it is a good intention
(C) Although a good intention
(D) Although well-intended
 PRACTICE TEST 3-A
STRUCTURE & WRITTEN EXPRESSION

The following test items are incomplete sentences. Following each of these incomplete
sentences, there are four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). You should
select the one word or phrase, either (A), (B), (C), or (D that best completes the sentence.
Then choose your answer by clicking on one of the options.

1. Rarely ________________ located near city lights or at lower elevations.

(A) observatories are
(B) are
(C) in the observatories
(D) are observatories

2. There are geographic, economic, and cultural reasons why ________ around the world.
(A) diets differ
(B) do diets differ
(C) are diets different
(D) to differ a diet

3. Were_____________millions of dollars each year replenishing eroding beaches, the

coastline would be changing even more rapidly.
(A) the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers not spending
(B) the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers not spend
(C) the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not spend
(D) not spending the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

4. Nowhere ____________ more skewed than in the auto industry.

(A) that retail trade figures
(B) retail trade figures are
(C) are retail trade figures
(D) retail trade figures

5. New York City’s Central Park is nearly twice as large_____________second smallest

country, Monaco.
(A) as
(B) is the
(C) as is
(D) as is the

6. Potassium has a valence of positive one because it usually loses one electron when
_________________with other elements.
(A) does it combine
(B) it combines
(C) in combining
(D) combination
7. The economic background of labor legislation will not be mentioned in this course,
______________ be treated.
(A) trade unionism will not
(B) nor trade unionism will
(C) nor will trade unionism
(D) neither trade unionism will

8. ____________ test positive for antibiotics when tanker trucks arrive at a milk processing
plant, according to federal law, the entire truckload must be discarded.
(A) Should milk
(B) If milk
(C) If milk is
(D) Milk should

9. Located behind __________ the two lacrimal glands.

(A) each eyelid
(B) is each eyelid
(C) each eyelid are
(D) each eyelid which is

10. Only for a short period of time __________ run at top speed.
(A) cheetahs
(B) do cheetahs
(C) that a cheetah can
(D) can
 PRACTICE TEST 3-B
STRUCTURE & WRITTEN EXPRESSION

The following test items are incomplete sentences. Following each of these incomplete sentences,
there are four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). You should select the one word or
phrase, either (A), (B), (C), or (D that best completes the sentence. Then choose your answer by
clicking on one of the options.

STUCTURE
1. Among bees ___________ a highly elaborate form of communication.
(A) occur
(B) occurs
(C) it occurs
(D) they occur

2. _______________ heated by solar energy have special collectors on the roofs to trapsunlight.
(A) A home is
(B) Homes are
(C) A home
(D) Homes

3. Truman Capote's In Cold Blood is neither journalistically accurate _____________

(A) a piece of fiction
(B) nor a fictitious work
(C) or written in a fictitious way
(D) nor completely fictitious

4. Vitamin C is necessary for the prevention and ______________ of scurvy.

(A) it cures
(B) cures
(C) cure
(D) for curing

5. A baby's development is influenced by both heredity and ________________

(A) by environmental factors
(B) environmentally
(C) the influence of the environment
(D) environment

6. Because bone loss occurs earlier in women than ________________, the effects of
osteoporosis are more apparent in women.
(A) men do
(B) in men
(C) as men
(D) similar to men
7. The growth of hair _______________ cyclicalprocess, with phases of activity and inactivity.
(A) it is
(B) is a
(C) which is
(D) a regular

8. The fire _____________ to have started in the furnace under the house.
(A) is believed
(B) that is believed
(C) they believe
(D) that they believe

9. In Roman numerals, ______________ symbols for numeric values.

(A) are letters of the alphabet
(B) letters of the alphabet are
(C) which uses letters of the alphabet
(D) in which letters of the alphabet are

10. The legal systems of most countries can be classified _____________ common law or civil law.
(A) as either
(B) either as
(C) either to
(D) to either

11. One difference between mathematics and language is that mathematics is precise
______________ .
(A) language is not
(B) while language is not
(C) but language not
(D) while is language

12. Your criticism of the three short stories should not be less than 2,000 words,
nor____________ more than 3,000.
(A) should it be
(B) it should be
(C) it is
(D) should be it
WRITTEN EXPRESSION

(13). Each number in binary system are formed from only two symbols.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(14). Scientists at the medical center is trying to determine if there is a relationship between
(A) (B) (C)
saccharine and cancer.
(D)

(15). On the rim of the Kilauea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands are a hotel called the Volcano
(A) (B) (C) (D)
Hotel.

(16). The great digital advances of the electronic age, such as integrated circuitry and a
(A) (B)
microcomputer, has been planted in tiny chips.
(C) (D)

(17). There are many frequently mentioned reasons why one out of four arrests involve a
(A) (B) (C) (D)
juvenile.

(18). Kepler's Laws, principles outlining planetary movement, was formulated based on
(A) (B) (C)
observations made without a telescope.
(D)

(19). Only with a two-thirds vote by both houses are the U.S. Congress able to override a
(A) (B) (C)
presidential veto.
(D)

(20). Of all the evidence that has piled up since Webster's paper was published, there is no
(A) (B)
new ideas to contradict his original theory.
(C) (D)

(21). Fire extinguishers can contain liquefied gas, dry chemicals, or watery.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(22). The U.S. Congress consists of both the Senate as well as the House of
(A) (B) (C) (D)
Representatives.

(23). The prison population in this state, now at an all time high, is higher than any state.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(24). A well-composed baroque opera achieves a delicate balance by focusing alternately on

(A) (B) (C)
the aural, visual, emotional, and philosophy elements.
(D)

(25). Manufacturers may use food additives for preserving, to color, to flavor, or to fortify
(A) (B) (C)
foods.
(D)

(26). A bankruptcy may be either voluntary nor involuntary.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(27). In 1870, the attorney general was made head of the Department of Justice, given an
(A)
enlarged staff, and endow with clear-cut law-enforcement functions.
(B) (C) (D)

(28). The General Sherman Tree, the largest of all the giant sequoias, are reputed to be the
(A) (B) (C)
world's largest living thing.
(D)

(29). The skeleton of a shark is made of cartilage rather than having bone.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(30). At least one sample of each of the brands contains measurable amounts of aflatoxin,
(A) (B)
and there is three which exceed the maximum.
(B) (C)
 PRACTICE TEST 4
STRUCTURE & WRITTEN EXPRESSION

The following test items are incomplete sentences. Following each of these incomplete
sentences, there are four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). You should
select the one word or phrase, either (A), (B), (C), or (D that best completes the sentence.
Then choose your answer by clicking on one of the options.

STRUCTURE

1. The speed of light is ___________ the speed of sound.

(A) faster
(B) much faster than
(C) the fastest
(D) as fast

2. The use of detail is ___________ method of developing a controlling idea, and almost all
students employ this method.
(A) more common
(B) common
(C) most common
(D) the most common

3. ______________ in Stevenson's landscapes, the more vitality and character the

paintings seem to possess.
(A) The brushwork is loose
(B) The looser brushwork
(C) The loose brushwork is
(D) The looser the brushwork is

4. ______________ discussed by the board of directors when it was proposed again by

the supervisors.
(A) The problem had already
(B) The problem is already
(C) The problem had already been
(D) The problem has already

5. Much of the carnage of elephants, giraffes, and big cats ________________ uncaring
hunters.
(A) must commit by
(B) must be committed
(C) must have committed
(D) must have been committed by
6. The x-ray treatments _________ up to the time that he was dismissed from the hospital.
(A) gave daily
(B) were given daily
(C) basically have given
(D) daily had been given

7. ________________ Big Dipper, a seven-star constellation in the shape of a cup, is

part of Ursa Major.
(A) The
(B) It is the
(C) With the
(D) That the

8. The Military Academy at West Point __________ on the west bank of the Hudson
River, north of New York City.
(A) located
(B) is located
(C) which is located
(D) whose location is

9. ______________ impressive chapter in the book was the chapter on Stuart's scientific
theories.
(A) It was the most
(B) The most
(C) Most
(D) Most of the

10. Bats avoid running into objects by ___________ high-frequency sounds and listening
for echoes.
(A) the emission
(B) emitted
(C) emitting
(D) they emit

WRITTEN EXPRESSION

(11). Certain types of snakes have been known to survive fasts more as a year long.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(12). The grizzly bear, which can grow up to eight feet tall, has been called a more
(A) (B) (C) (D)
dangerous animal of North America.

(13). Climate, soil type, and availability of water are the most critical factors than selecting
(A) (B) (C)
the best type of grass for a lawn.
(D)
(14). Peter Abelard, a logician and theologian, was the controversialest teacher of his age.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(15). Protein molecules are the most complex than the molecules of carbohydrates.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(16). The leek, a member of the lily family, has a mildest taste than the onion.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(17). The widely used natural fiber of all is cotton.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(18). Alice in Wonderland, first published in 1865, has since being translated into thirty
(A) (B) (C) (D)
languages.

(19). The Peace Corps was establish on March 1, 1961, by then President John F. Kennedy.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(20). The advisor told himself, while listening to the speech, that a dozen other reporters
(A) (B)
would has already asked that question.
(C) (D)

(21). At the start of the American Revolution, lanterns were hung in the Old North Church
(A) (B) (C)
as a signal that the British were came.
(D)
(22). Linus Pauling has wins two Nobel Prizes: the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1962 Nobel Peace Prize.
(23). On the huge Ferris wheel constructed for a world exhibition in Chicago in 1893,
(A) (B)
each of the thirty-six cabs could held sixty people.
(C) (D)

(24). To overcome rejection of a skin graft, a system for matching donor and recipient
(A) (B) (C)
tissues has be developed.
(D)
(25). Nails are commonly make of steel but also can contain substances such as aluminum
(A) (B) (C) (D)
or brass.
(26). A patient suffering from amnesia may had partial or total loss of memory.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(27). The idea of using pure nicotine to help smokers stop was first tries in the mid-1980's
(A) (B) (C) (D)
with nicotine-laced chewing gum.

(28). In several of his paintings, Edward Hicks depicted the Quaker farm in Pennsylvania
(A)
where he spends his youth.
(B) (C) (D)

(29). Florida has become the twenty-seventh state in the United States on March 3, 1845.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(30). After last week's meeting, the advertising department quickly realized that the
(A) (B)
product will need a new slogan.
(C) (D)

(31). John F. Kennedy's grandfather, John F. Fitzgerald, serves two terms as the mayor of
(A) (B) (C)
Boston in the beginning of the twentieth century.
(D)

(32). Fort Ticonderoga, a strategically important fortification during the Revolution, had
(A)
since been reconstructed and turned into a museum.
(B) (C) (D)
(33). In making their calculations, Institute researchers assume that the least costly form of
(A) (B)
energy would be used.
(C) (D)
(34). A twenty-one-year-old man became the second casualty yesterday when he loses
(A) (B) (C)
control of his truck.
(D)
(35). Most people had written with quill pens until pens with metal points become popular
(A) (B) (C) (D)
in the middle of the nineteenth century.

(36). In a determined drive to pare its debt, Time Warner is launching a stock offering
(A) (B) (C)
plan that would potentially raise $2.8 billion.
(D)
(37). The formula used in the study calls for either peroxide or metaldehyde, but metaldehyde
(A) (B) (C)
was not always available.
(D)
(38). Particular issues that concern teenagers were covering in the half-hour program.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(39). Electrical impulses may also picked up by the optic nerve.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(40). Workers training for a specific job have a strong possibility of being replace by a machine.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(41). On June 30, 1992, international timekeepers in Paris were added an extra second to
(A) (B) (C)
the day.
(D)
(42). The report could not be turned in on time because all the needed work lost.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(43). In English, these questions have be formed by changing the word order of a statement,
(A) (B) (C)
whereas in some languages the word order remains the same.
(D)
(44). He was not able to define the process by which the body had protected by the
(A) (B) (C) (D)
immunologic system.
(45). Only rarely sound waves are of a single frequency encountered in practice.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(46). Cameos can be carved not only from onyx and sardonyx or from agate.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(47). Although most of the wild horses on the western range have already been rounded
(A) (B)
up, the most remote the area, the greater the possibility that wild horses can still be
(C) (D)
found.

(48). During this period, $206 was spend annually on food by families in the lower third
(A) (B) (C) (D)
income bracket.

(49). The dangers of noise are, unfortunately, not as clear-cut than are those from
(A) (B) (C)
most other health hazards.
(D)

(50). In a recent survey of Americans, more than 75 percent expressed the view that the
(A) (B)
government it should take a more active role in health care.
(C) (D)
 PRACTICE TEST 5
STRUCTURE & WRITTEN EXPRESSION

In each question, four parts that are underlined and marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). Identify the
one underlined part that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct, then click on
the corresponding letter for option you have identified as your answer for that question.

(1). As a compilation of useful details, a weekly magazine commends itself in several respect.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(2). Through aquaculture, or fish farming, more than 500 million tons of fish are produced each
(A) (B) (C)
years.
(D)

(3). The legal system has much safeguards to protect the right of a defendant to an impartial
(A) (B) (C)
jury.
(D)

(4). The mystery bookstore was largely a phenomena of the last decade.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(5). The Song ofHiawatha, by Longfellow, tells the story of the Indian heroism who married
(A) (B) (C) (D)
Minehaha.

(6). Uranus is the seventh planets from the Sun.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(7). The sycamore has broad leaves with a large amount of pointed teeth.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(8). The first of two such investigation requires the students to read continuously over a period
(A) (B) (C)
of four hours.
(D)

(9). A quantitative analysis, using both the computer and quantitative techniques, are used
(A) (B) (C)
to optimize financial decisions.
(D)

(10). To enter the FBI National Academy, an application must be between the ages of twenty-
(A) (B) (C) (D)
three and thirty-four.

(11). Superman made their comic debut in 1938 in Action Comics.

(A) (B) (C) (D)
(12). Commercial letters of credit are often used to finance export trade, but them can have
(A) (B) (C)
other uses.
(D)

(13). When children experience too much frustration, its behavior ceases to be integrated.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(14). On March 30, 1981, President Reagan was shot as his was leaving a Washington hotel.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(15). Although the destruction that it causes is often terrible, cyclones benefit a much wider belt
(A) (B) (C)
than they devastate.
(D)

(16). President Andrew Jackson had an official cabinet, but him preferred the advice of his
(A) (B) (C) (D)
informal advisors, the Kitchen Cabinet.

(17). After Clarence Day's book Life withFatherwas rewritten as a play, they ran for six years on
(A) (B) (C) (D)
Broadway.

(18). Almost half of the Pilgrims did not survive theirs first winter in the New World.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(19). There was no indication from the Senate that he would agree with the decision made
(A) (B) (C) (D)
in the House.

(20). A baby learns the meanings of words as they are spoken by others and later uses him
(A) (B) (C) (D)
in sentences.

(21). As the only major American river that flowed in a west direction, the Ohio was the preferred
(A) (B) (C) (D)
route for settlers.

(22). During the annually salmon migration from the sea to fresh water, Alaska's McNeil River
(A) (B)
becomes a gathering place for brown bears waiting eagerly to catch their fill.
(C) (D)

(23). Edelman stresses the mounting evidence showing that greatly variation on a microscopic
(A) (B) (C)
scale is likely.
(D)
(24). Perhaps the most welcoming and friendly of the park's wild places is the live oak forest that
(A) (B) (C)
surrounds the district's alone visitors' center in Gulf Breeze.
(D)

(25). Halley's comet, viewing through a telescope, was quite impressive.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(26). The state of deep asleep is characterized by rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(27). Among the disputing sections of the Monteverdi opera are the sinfonia, the prologue, and
(A) (B) (C) (D)
the role of Ottone.

(28). Most probably because of the likable rapport between anchors, the night newscast on the
(A) (B) (C)
local ABC affiliate has recently moved well beyond its competitors in the ratings battle.
(D)

(29). Signing at the outset of a business deal, a contract offers the participants a certain degree
(A) (B) (C)
of legal protection from costly mistakes.
(D)

(30). The story presented by Fischer is a headlong tale told so effectively that its momentum
(A) (B) (C)
carries the reader right through the live endnotes.
(D)

(31). Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, disappeared on June 1937
(A) (B) (C)
while attempting to fly around the world.
(D)

(32). The occurrence edema indicates the presence of a serious illness.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(33). Atomic nuclei are believed to be composed by protons and neutrons in equal numbers for
(A) (B) (C) (D)
the lighter elements.

(34). According legend, Betsy Ross designed and sewed the first American flag.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(35). The middle ear is attached for the back of the throat by the eustachian tube.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(36). Plants that sprout, grow, bloom, produce seeds, and die within one year are classified
(A) (B) (C)
for annuals.
(D)

(37). A marionette is controlled by means strings connected to wooden bars.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(38). In July of 1861, Pat Garrett killed Billy the Kid in a house close Fort Sumner.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(39). Many comfort heating systems using steam as a working fluid operate at the convection
(A) (B) (C) (D)
principle.

(40). Mars's two small moons are irregularly shaped and covered for craters.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(41). The buffalo and the bison are like except for the size and shape of the head and shoulders.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(42). Other interesting aspect of tachistopic training in recent years has been the newfound use
(A) (B) (C) (D)
by professional teams.

(43). Only about 3 percent of oil wells actually do a profit.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(44). Dislike sumac with red berries, sumac with white berries is poisonous.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

(45). Pittsburgh has reduced its smog by requiring more complete oxidation of fuel in cars, and
(A) (B)
others cities can do the same thing.
(C) (D)

(46). Alike all other mammals, dolphins have lungs.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(47). Up to World War II almost all important research in physics had been made in universities,
(A) (B)
with only university funds for support.
(C) (D)

(48). Because the plan that was made yesterday is no longer feasible, the manager had to
(A) (B) (C)
choose another alternatives.
(D)
(49). Particles with unlike charges attract each other, while particles with alike charges repel
(A) (B) (C)
each other.
(D)

(50). One another surprising method of forest conservation is controlled cutting of trees.
(A) (B) (C) (D)