PART 2

Questions 1-5 refer to the following note.

Lisa:

(A) So
(B) While
1. you were at basketball practice today, your teacher,
(C) Because
(D) Although

(A) take
(B) to take
2. Mr. Morris, called on the phone to talk with you. He one of
(C) is taking
(D) was taken

his other classes on a field trip to the aquarium this Saturday. A student in that

(A) will be able not

(B) not will be able
3. class is sick and to go. Mr. Morris wants to know
(C) be able will not
(D) will not be able

(A) that student’s place

(B) that student’s place is
4. whether you’d like to take (C) of that student’s place on the trip. He
(D) that student’s place, which

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(A) asking
(B) offering
5. said that he is (C) deciding you the chance first because of the great report
(D) discussing

you wrote about whales. You’ll need to let him know tomorrow.

Love,

Mom.

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Questions 6-9 refer to the following announcement.

(A) finds
(B) finding
6. A man’s wristwatch (C) has found in the lobby of Luigi’s Pizza
(D) was found

(A) seemed
(B) intended
7. Restaurant on Tuesday, February 16. A restaurant worker
(C) discovered
(D) influenced

(A) a guest was

(B) a guest being
8. the watch after the restaurant had closed that evening. Anyone
(C) he was a guest
(D) who was a guest

at the restaurant that day and is missing a watch should call Luigi’s at 555-1953.

(A) a detailed description is given

(B) to give a detailed description
9. Callers will be asked of the watch.
(C) giving a detailed description
(D) a detailed description gave

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Questions 10-13 refer to the following announcement.

(A) Because a student

(B) Being a student
10. from Barksdale High School won this year’s
(C) It was a student
(D) A student

regional mathematics competition. Ellen Murphy was among ten finalists in

(A) wide
(B) difficult
11. the last round of the competition. The final question was a very
(C) physical
(D) powerful

algebra problem. The first student to answer the question correctly was

(A) the winner.

(B) is the winner.
12. named (C) being the winner. One student finished the problem
(D) will be the winner.

(A) as fast
(B) fastest
13. (C) to be fast Ms. Murphy, but his answer was incorrect. Ms. Murphy
(D) faster than

solved the problem correctly and took the grand prize.

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Questions 14-17 refer to the following part of a short story.

When Dan knocked on the door of the old gray house, he was a little

(A) total.
14. (B) funny. His friends at school had said that the woman who lived in
(C) foreign.
(D) nervous.

(A) finding the cat

(B) the cat he had found
15. the house was unfriendly, but Dan was sure that (C) he had found the cat
(D) the cat had been found

in his yard was hers. He wanted to take it to her.

“Hello,” a woman’s voice responded to his knock. “Who is it?”

(A) as
(B) that
16. “Hi. I’m your neighbor from down the street,” Dan said
(C) which
(D) during

she opened the door a few centimeters. “Is this cat yours?”

“Oh, my goodness,” the woman said with a big smile. She pulled the door

open wide. “Yes, this is Daisy, and I’ve been worried about her! Thank you so

(A) bring
(B) brings
17. much for her back!”
(C) brought
(D) bringing

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Questions 18-25 refer to the following notice.

(A) Begins
(B) Beginning
18. next Tuesday, the science building will be under
(C) Is beginning
(D) To have begun

(A) making
(B) be made
19. construction. Workers will repairs to the outside
(C) be making
(D) been making

of the building for approximately four weeks. While this work is

(A) done,
(B) made,
20. being most classes will continue as usual inside the
(C) taken,
(D) entered,

(A) greatly
(B) temporarily
21. building. However, if any classes need to be moved
(C) successfully
(D) thoughtfully

(A) At
(B) On
22. to other rooms, teachers will inform their students. the
(C) Over
(D) During

construction, the front entrance to the science building will be closed.

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(A) As a result,
23. (B) Even though, all students will have to use the doors on the
(C) All of a sudden,
(D) On the other hand,

(A) keeping out

(B) to keep out
24. north side to enter the building. Also, please remember (C) keeps out
(D) kept out

(A) is having a question

(B) they have questions
25. of the way of all construction equipment. Anyone (C) there is a question
(D) who has questions

about the upcoming construction work should contact the school’s main office.

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Questions 26-33 refer to the following magazine article.

(A) no threat to
(B) no threatening
26. Unlike some other sharks, the basking shark is (C) not to threaten
(D) a threat is not to

(A) as large
(B) is larger
27. humans. Growing to a size (C) many large than that of the average human,
(D) much larger

this giant fish simply ignores divers who swim up to it. The diet of a basking

(A) resists
(B) insists
28. shark of fish and small animals such as squid, shrimp,
(C) consists
(D) persists

(A) what
(B) where
29. and crabs. When it is hungry, it looks for places great numbers
(C) which
(D) whose

(A) a crowd
(B) crowded
30. of these small animals can be found. Once it locates an area (C) has crowded
(D) it is crowded

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with fish, a basking shark simply opens its huge mouth and slowly swims

(A) Water flows

(B) Flowing water
31. through it. into its mouth and continues out through a
(C) To flow water
(D) Water flowing

special filter structure that traps the small fish and other creatures. Although

(A) does require not of eating

(B) does not require of eating
32. this method the shark to move quickly,
(C) of eating does not require
(D) not of eating does require

(A) Enough food is obtained,

(B) To obtain enough food,
33. it still requires a lot of effort. a basking
(C) Enough food obtaining,
(D) It obtains enough food,

shark will filter up to two thousand tons of water per hour.

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Questions 34-42 refer to the following essay.

(A) by
34. People’s behavior during public events has changed (B) for the years,
(C) after
(D) over

(A) considering what

35. perhaps because views on (B) they considered it appropriate have changed.
(C) what is considered
(D) that it is considered

(A) no people to clap

(B) people do not clap
36. During a classical music concert, for example, (C) clapping people do not
(D) people are not clapping

(A) imagines
(B) imagined
37. until the musicians finish playing the composition. It would be hard
(C) to imagine
(D) imagination

the audience clapping in the middle of a performance. It may come as a surprise

(A) what people did.

(B) that people do it.
38. to many, however, that long ago, this is exactly
(C) people had done it.
(D) what did people do.

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(A) cheerful
39. The audience laughed loudly, clapped, and (B) cheered great moments.
(C) cheering
(D) has cheered

(A) why
40. That was (B) how people showed their regard for a performer’s skills. One
(C) what
(D) which

(A) differs
41. reason that people’s behavior was so (B) differed may be that in the past,
(C) to differ
(D) different

classical music concerts were more like today’s pop music shows. Long ago,

(A) more serious since

42. classical music was not thought to be (B) so serious than it is now.
(C) as serious so
(D) as serious as

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