STRUCTURE : 15
Questions, Sentence Completion, Multiple Choice
WRITTEN EXPRESSION : 25 Questions, Error Identification
A. Structure
General Strategies:
1.
Study the sentence, Determine what is
needed to complete
thesentence correctly .
2.
Study each answer based on how well it completes the sentence, Eliminate answers
that do not
complete the sentence correctly .
3.
Do not try to eliminate incorrect answers by looking only at the answers, The incorrect
answers are generally
incorrect only when used to
complete the sentence.
4.
Never leave any answers blank
5.
Do not spend too much time on the Structure questions, Be sure
to leave adequate
time for the Written Expression questions.
6.
Questions in Structure
have some patterns which are tested regularly .
7.
Time is essential here.
B. Written Expression
General Strategies:
1.Do
not pay attention to the directions (because they are all the same)
2.Look
at the underlined word or groups of words, Spot which of the four
answer choices is not correct.
3.If you
have been unable
to find the
error bylooking only
at the four
underlined expressions, then read
the complete sentence. Pay attention that a sentence must have a subject and a
verb (predicate).
4.Questions
in Written Expression have some patterns which are tested regularly.
5.Time
is essential.
6.Never
leave any answers blank
EXAMPLE
QUESTIONS
A.
Structure
1. During the Daytona 500, the
lead car ___________, leaving the others far behind.
A. forwarded rapidly
B. advanced rapidly
C. advanced forward rapidly
D. advanced in a rapidly manner
Answer : B
2. 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
Answer : B
3.
During the early period of ocean
navigation, ________ any need for sophisticated instruments and techniques.
A. so that hardly
B. where there hardly was
C. hardly was
D. there was hardly
Answer : D
4. The North Pole___________ a
latitude of 90 degrees north.
A. it has
B. is having
C. which is having
D. has
Answer : D
5. The city of Beverly Hills is
surrounded on ________ the city of Los Angeles.
A. its sides
B. the sides are
C. it is the side of
D. all sides by
Answer : D
6. ________ greyhound, can achieve
speeds up to thirty-six miles per hour.
A. The
B. The fastest
C. The fastest dog
D. The fastest dog, the
Answer : B
7. Marmots spend their time
foraging among meadow plants and flowers or ________ on rocky cliffs.
A. gets sun
B. sunning
C. the sun
D. sunny
Answer
: C
8. The greenhouse effect occurs
________ heat radiated from the Sun.
A. when does the Earth’s
atmosphere trap
B. does the Earth’s atmosphere
trap
C. when the Earth’s atmosphere
traps
D. the Earth’s atmosphere traps
Answer
: C
9. The Rose Bowl, ________ place
on New Year’s Day, is the oldest postseason collegiate football game in the
United States.
A. takes
B. it takes
C. which takes
D. took
Answer
: A
10. Experiments ________ represent
a giant step into the medicine of the future.
A. using gene therapy
B. use gene therapy
C. they use
D. gene therapy uses
Answer
: A
11. ________ off the Hawaiian
coastline are living, others are dead.
A. While some types of coral reefs
B. Some types of coral reefs
C. There are many types of coral
reefs
D. Coral reefs
Answer
: B
12. Nimbostratus clouds are thick,
dark gray clouds ________ forecast rain.
A. what
B. which
C. what they
D. which they
Answer
: C
13. Some economists now suggest
that home equity loans are merely a new trap to push consumers beyond ________.
A. they can afford
B. they can afford it
C. what is affordable
D. able to afford
Answer
: A
14. People who reverse the letters
of words ________ to read suffer from dyslexia.
A. when trying
B. if they tried
C. when tried
D. if he tries
Answer
: A
15. Featured at the Henry Ford
Museum ________ of antique cars dating from 1865.
A. is an exhibit
B. an exhibit
C. an exhibit is
D. which is an exhibit
Answer : D
B. Written Expression
1.
In the united
states, there are much holidays
throughout the year.
A
B C
D
Answer : C
2.
Tomatoes grows all year
long in Florida
A B C
D
Answer : B
3.
Guppies are sometimes call rainbow fish because of
the males' bright colors
A
B C
D
Answer : A
4. On the floor of the
Pacific Ocean is hundreds of flat-topped mountains more
than a mile
A
B
C
D
beneath sea level.
Answer
: B
5. Because of the flourish
with which John Hancock signed the Declaration of
Independence,
A
his name become synonymous with
signature.
B
C
D
Answer
: C
6. Segregation in public schools was
declare unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in
1954.
A
B C
D
Answer : B
7. Sirius, the Dog Star, is the
most brightest star in the sky with an absolute magnitude
about
A
B
twenty-three
times that of the Sun.
B D
Answer
: A
8. Killer whales tend to
wander in family clusters that hunt, play, and resting together.
A
B
C D
Answer
: C
9. Some of the most
useful resistor material are carbon, metals, and metallic alloys.
A
B
C
D
Answer
: C
10. The community of
Bethesda, Maryland, was previous known as Darcy's
Store.
A
B C D
Answer
: B
11. Alloys of gold and
copper have been widely using in various
types of coins.
A
B C
D
Answer : C
12. J. H. Pratt used group therapy early in
this century when he brought tuberculosis patients
A
B
C
together to discuss its disease.
D
Answer
: D
13. The United States has import all carpet
wools in recent years because domestic wools are
A B
C
too fine and soft for
carpets.
D
Answer
: A
14. Irving Berlin wrote "Oh
How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" while serving in a U.S.
Army
A
B
C
during World War 1.
D
Answer
: C
15. Banks are rushing to
merge because consolidations enable them to slash theirs costs
A
B
C
and expand.
D
Answer
: C
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