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SECTION 2

STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

40 QUESTIONS 25 MINUTES

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 specialdirections for each type.

Directions: Questions 1-1 are incomplete sentences. !eneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases, mar"ed #$%, #!%, #&%, and #'%. &hoose the one word or phrase that bestcompletes the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fillin the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you ha(e chosen.

1. 'airy farming is leading

agricultural acti(ity in the )nited

*tates.

#$% a

#!% at

#&% then

#'% none

+. $lthough thunder and lightning are

produced at the same time, light

wa(es tra(el faster , sowe see the lightning before we hear

the thunder.

#$% than sounds wa(e do

#!% than sounds wa(e are

#&% do sound wa(es

#'% sound wa(es

. !eef cattle of all

li(estoc" for economic growth in

certain geographic regions.

#$% the most are important

#!% are the most important

#&% the most important are

#'% that are the most important

. The disco(ery of the halftone process

in photography in 1//1 made it

photographs in boo"s

and newspapers.

#$% the possible reproduction

#!% possible to reproduce

#&% the possibility of reproducing

#'% possibly reproduced

. 0lag 'ay is a legal holiday only in

the state of ennsyl(ania

!etsy 2oss sewed the

first $merican flag.

#$% which

#!% where

#&% that

#'% has

3. (astness of the

4rand &anyon, it is difficult to

capture it in a single photograph.

#$% 5hile the

#!% The

#&% 0or the

#'% !ecause of the

6. *peciation, , results when

an animal population becomes

isolated by some factor, usually

geographic.

#$% form biological species

#!% biological species are formed

#&% which forming biological species

#'% the formation of biological

species

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/. 8n its pure state antimony has no

important uses, but with

other substances, it is an e9tremely

useful metal.

#$% when combined physically or chemically.

#!% combined when physically or

chemically.

#&% the physical and chemical

combination.

#'% it is combined physically and

chemically.

. The dawn redwood appears

some 177 million

years ago in northern forests around

the world.

#$% was flourished

#!% ha(ing to flourish

#&% to ha(e flourished

#'% ha(e flourished

17. !eginning in the ;iddle $ges,

composers of 5estern music used a

system of notating their

compositions be performed by musicians.

#$% will

#!% that

#&% and when to

#'% so they could

11. &i(il 2ights are the freedoms and

rights as a member of a

community, state, or nation.

#$% may ha(e a person

#!% may ha(e a person who#&% a person may ha(e

#'% and a person may ha(e

1+. 2ichard 5right en<oyed success and

influence among

!lac" $merican writers of his era.

#$% were unparalleled

#!% are unparalleled#&% unparalleled

#'% the unparalleled

1. of large mammals once

dominated the =orth $merican

prairies: the $merican bison and the

pronghorn antelope.

#$% There are two species

#!% 5ith two species

#&% Two species are

#'% Two species

1. 0ran"lin '. 2oose(elt was

the great force of radio and the

opportunity it pro(ided for tal"ing

go(ernment policies directly to the

people.

#$% as the first resident he

understood fully

#!% the first resident that, to fully

understand#&% the first resident fully

understood

#'% the first resident to understand

fully

1. 'uring the late fifteenth century,

of the nati(e societies

of $merica had professions in the

fields of arts and crafts.

#$% only a few

#!% a few but#&% few, but only

#'% a few only

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Written Expression

Directions 8n questions 13-7 each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four

underlined parts of the sentence are mar"ed #$%, #!%, #&%, and #'%. 8dentify the one underlined

word or phrase that must be changed in order for 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 ha(e chosen.

13. The firstly na(al battle of the 2e(olutionary 5ar was fought off the coast of ;achias

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;aine, in >une 166.

'

16. The public ceremonies of the lains 8ndians are lesser elaborate than those of the

$ ! & =a(a<o in the *outhwest.

'

1/. 8n some species of fish, such the three-spined stic"lebac", the male, not the female

$ !

performs the tas" of caring for the young.

& '

1. 5hen she retires in *eptember 1/, tennis champion &hristine E(ert was the most

$ ! &

famous woman athlete in the )nited *tates. '

+7. The ancient 2omans used (essels equipped with sails and ban"s of oars

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to transporting their armies.

'

+1. 'inosaurs are traditionally classified as cold-blooded reptiles, but recent e(idence based

+1. $ !

on eating habits, posture, and s"eletal structural suggests some may ha(e been warm-

& ' blooded.

++. *ince the 4reat 'epression of the 17?s, social programs such as *ocial *ecurity ha(e

$

been built into the economy to help a(ert se(erity business declines.

! & '

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+. 8n the 167?s, consumer acti(ities succeeded in promoting laws that set safety

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standards for automobiles, children?s clothing, and a widely range of household

'

products.+. @oos in =ew Arleans, *an 'iego, 'etroit, and the !ron9 ha(e become biological

$

par"s where animals roams free and people watch from across a moat.

! & '

+. 8n human beings, as in other mammal, hairs around the eyes and ears and in the

$ !

nose pre(ent dust, insects, and other matter from entering these organs.

& '

+3. The 2oc"y ;ountains were e9plored by fur traders during the early 1/77?s, in a

$ ! &decades preceding the )nited *tates &i(il 5ar.

'

+6. The wor"s of the author Berman ;el(ille are literary creations of a high order, blending

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fact, fiction, ad(enture, and subtle symbolic.

& '

+/. Each chemical element is characterized to the number of protons that an atom of

$ ! &that element contains, called its atomic number.

'

+. The body structure that de(eloped in birds o(er millions of years is well designed

$ ! &

for flight, being both lightly in weight and remar"ably strong.

'

7. 0rom 17 to 1+7, $merican no(elist Edith 5harton was at the height of her writing

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career, publishing of her three most famous no(els. & '

1. 8n the Early twentieth century, there was considerable interesting among sociologists in

$ the fact that in the )nited *tates the family was losing its traditional roles.

! & '

+. $lthough pure diamond is colorless and transparent, when contaminated with other$ !

material it may appear in (arious color, ranging from pastels to opaque blac".

& '

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. &omparati(e anatomy is concerned to the structural differences among animal forms.

$ ! & '

. $ seismograph records oscillation of the ground caused by seismic wa(es,

$

(ibrations that tra(el from its point of origin through the Earth or along its surface.

! & '

. Electric lamps came into widespread use during the early 177?s and ha(e replaced

$other type of fat, gas, or oil lamps for almost e(ery purpose.

! & '

3. Cocated in &anada , the &olumbia 8cefield co(ers area of 1+7 square miles and is ,77$ !

feet thic" in some places. & '

6. &omposer 2ichard 2odgers and lyricist Ascar Bammerstein 88 brought to the musical

$

OklahomaD e9tensi(e musical and theatrical bac"grounds as well as familiar with the

! &

traditional forms of operetta and musical comedy.

'

/. !ecause of its (ast tracts of (irtually uninhabited northern forest, &anada has one of

$ ! &the lowest population density in the world.

'

. 2ice, which it still forms the staple diet of much of the world?s population, grows best

$ ! &in hot, wet lands.

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7. 4o(ernment money appropriated for art in the 17?s made possible hundreds of

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murals and statues still admiration in small towns all o(er the united *tates.

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