Try Out on Structure 2 Example Sample Answer

Section 2 ..........in history when remarkable progress C

A B D
STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION was made within a relatively short span of time.

Time – 25 minutes (A) Periods

(B) Throughout periods
This section is designed to measure your ability to recognize language (C) There have been periods
that is appropriate for standard written English. There are two types of (D) Periods have been
questions in this section, with special directions for each type.
The sentence should read, “There have been periods in history when
Directions: Questions 1 – 15 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each remarkable progress was made within a relatively short span of time.”
sentence you will see four word or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and Therefore, you should choose answer (C).
(D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in After you read the directions, begin work on the questions.
the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have
chosen. Fill in the space so that the letter inside the oval cannot be 1. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has won Grammy awards for his
seen. recordings of....... jazz and classical music.
(A) also
Example I Sample Answer (B) together
(C) the two
Vegetables are an excellent source...vitamins (D) both
A B C D
2. ......... do not have webbed feet, gallinules are excellent
(A) of
swimmers.
(B) has
(A) They
(C) where
(B) That they
(D) that
(C) Even though they
The sentence should read, “Vegetables are an excellent source of (D) It is when they
vitamins.” Therefore, you should choose answer (A). 3. Mild forms of exercise can......... some of the loss of flexibility
that accompanies aging.
(A) stop
(B) to stop
(C) Stopping
(D) Be stopped

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4. ..........mirror the idea and opinions of women in the United 10. X-rays are able to pass through objects and thus
States in the latter part of the 1800’c. make........details that are otherwise impossible to observe.
(A) Whether the novels of Marry Jane Holmes (A) it visible
(B) The novels of Marry Jane Holmes (B) visibly
(C) Marry Jane Holmes wrote novels (C) visible
(D) Why Marry Jane Holmes wrote novels (D) they are visible
5. Pasteurization is a heating process...... bacteria in milk. 11. ............general acceptance of photography as an artistic
(A) kills medium, most museums today house collections of fine
(B) that kills photographs.
(C) that it kills (A) The
(D) that kills it (B) Whereas the
6. Over the centuries, various theories have been advanced...... (C) Only the
(A) the origin of alphabetic writing is explained (D) With the
(B) of explaining the origin of alphabetic writing 12. The higher the standard of living and the greater the national
(C) the explanation of the origin of alphabetic writing wealth, the.........
(D) to explain the origin of alphabetic writing (A) greater is the amount of paper is used
7. What percentage of the populace is aware that (B) greater amount of paper is used
in........company the directors hold only a small fraction of its (C) amount of paper is used is greater
shares? (D) greater the amount of paper used
(A) a public typical 13. George H. Gallup................... specialized in opinion polls and
(B) a typical public business surveys.
(C) typical a public (A) whose statistician
(D) public typical a (B) a statistician
8. The complex relationship between poet and poem ....... a (C) a statistician who
primary concern of psychoanalytical critics in recent years. (D) as a statistician be
(A) being 14. The brown thrasher is not a particularly large or strong bird,
(B) have ........ equipped for fighting.
(C) has been (A) it is not
(D) is having (B) but not
9. ............... the Atlantic Ocean crosses the equator, the trade (C) neither is
winds cause a flow of water to the west. (D) nor is it
(A) Where
(B) And
(C) That
(D) At

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 15. The biggest nail is the boat spike, ................ more than a The sentence should read, “The mandolin, a musical instrument that
pound and is about fifteen inches long. has strings was probably copied from the lute, a much older
(A) and weighs instrument.” Therefore, you should choose answer (D).
(B) how it weighs After you read the directions, begin work on the questions.
(C) its weight
(D) which weigh 16. Rubidium exists only as it impurity in other minerals.
A B C D
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17. African elephants are larger, fiercer, and difficulter to tame
A B
Directions: In questions 16-40 each sentence has four underlined
words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are
than Asian elephants.
marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one underlined word or
C D
phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.
18. According to educators, students what are encouraged to
Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in
A B
the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have
chosen.
study at home will improve their classroom performance.
Example I Sample Answer C D
19. Shorthand is a method of recording words rapid by using
A ray of light passing through the center A B C D A B
A B
of a thin lens keep its original direction. symbols or letters to represent sounds.
C D C D
The sentence should read, “A ray of light passing through the center of 20. All things consist of atoms or molecules, which be
a thin lens keeps its original direction.” Therefore, you should choose A B C
answer (C). constantly moving.
D
Example II Sample Answer 21. A jewel is an ornament fashioned from precious metals or
A B
The mandolin, a musical instrument that has A B C D stones, either alone and in combination.
A B C D
strings, was probably copied from the lute, 22. Survival in the desert has always depended in the
C A B
a many older instrument. availability of water.
D C D

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23. Rubber can be made too elastic that it will stretch more A B
A B C opposition sides of a line tangent to both of them.
than nine times its normal length. C D
D 33. Wampum serviced as money for Native American’s colorists
24. Heart Like a Wheel is the movie biography of Shirley A B C
A during the early settlement of North America.
muldowney, a waitress from Schenectady, New York, whom D
B C 34. Sunlights cannot reach far beneath the ocean’s surface.
became a successful hot-rood driver. A B C D
D 35. Since their high vitamin and low calorie content,
25. Adult great blue herons stand four feet tallest. A B
A B C D mushrooms are included in certain diets.
26. Soot is made up tiny particles, such as coal, wood, or oil, C D
A B C 36. Carrie Chapman Catt contributed a sophisticated political
that are not burned. A B
D sense, a concentrated personal drive, and an administrative
27. Surrealist artists they based their work on images derived C D
A B skills to the skills to the cause of woman suffrage.
from dreams and the subconscious. 37. The pearls in edible dams and oysters are usually of poor
C D A B
28. No specify rule governs the formation of abbreviations in quality and have not commercial worth.
A B C C D
writing: however, certain ones have become standard. 38. Fossils of plant that have been extinct for fifty million years
D A B C
29. Tooth decay is the most common disease of humanities. have been found in large deposits of amber near the Baltic
A B C D D
30. Jet propulsion can take place in a vacuum as long as oxygen sea.
A
is provision to burn the engine’s fuel. 39. The increasing popularity of the motorcycle as a
B C D A
31. Encyclopedias may be used to answer question, to solve convenience, economical form of transportation has been
A B B C
problems, or to obtain information on a particular topic. just short of astounding.
C D D
32. Two circles are externally tangent when they lie on

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 40. Most mammals to maintain a relatively constant body
A B
temperature, regardless of what the air temperature might be
C D

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