CODE: STR

Section 2
Structure and Written Expression
Written Expression

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 special directions for each type

TIME 25 MINUTES

The structure and written expressions 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 special directions for each type.

1. At temperatures _____________________ absolute zero, substances possess minimal

energy
A. approach
B. approaches
C. approaching
D. they approach

2. Before Alexander Flemming discovered penicillin, many people died ___________

A. infected with simple bacteria
B. from simple bacteria infection
C. infections were simple bacteria
D. infecting of simple bacteria

3. The oldest known daggers are ones that Neolithic humans _____________________
out of flint
A. skillful chips
B. skillfully chipped
C. chipping skillfully
D. chips are skillful

4. The yearly path of the sun around the heaven _____________________

A. known as the ecliptic
B. it is known as the ecliptic
C. is known as the ecliptic
D. knowing as the ecliptic

5. _____________________, he would have signed his name in the corner

A. If he painted that picture
B. If he paints that picture
C. If he had painted that picture
D. If he would painted that picture

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6. _____________________ Einsteins was able to come up with a theory that has yet to
be disproved
A. Other scientists
B. Similar to other scientists
C. Just as other scientists
D. To be a scientist

7. Weathering ____________________ the action whereby surface rock is

disintegrated or decomposed
A. it is
B. is that
C. is
D. being

8. A sheet of clear glass, _____________________ with a film of metal, results in a

luminously clear mirror
A. when backed
B. it is backed
C. is backed
D. when is backed

9. In excess of 80 percent of the UN’s budget is used _____________________ the

economic development of member nation
A. support
B. supporting
C. the support
D. to support

10. _____________________ the passage of light, many new plastic are processed using
technologies rivaling those used in the manufacture of computer chips
A. To better permit
B. permitting better
C. For the better of
D. It is better for

11. _____________________ radio as the first practical system of wireless telegraphy

A. Marconi’s development
B. The development by Marconi
C. developing Marconi
D. Marconi developed

12. Yeast is an organic catalyst _____________________ known to prehistoric humanity

A. was
B. which was
C. which it
D. which

13. __________, they pick up fragment of rock which become frozen into the base of
the ice

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 A. Glaciers move
B. They were glaciers
C. Glaciers moving
D. As glaciers move

14. Each summer the Roanoke Historical Associations sponsors a play that shows
__________ about the fate of the early economy
A. known
B. what is known
C. what knowing
D. is known

15. In the United States, the participant of females in the labor force __________
from 37 percent in 1965 to 50 percents in 1980
A. it jumped
B. jump
C. jumping
D. jumped

PART B

Directions: In each of the following sentences, four words or phrases have been
underlined. You should choose the one word or phrase which could not be
appropriate in standard written English.

16. New York is the larger city in the United States, the home of United Nations
A B
and the centre of global finance, communications, and business.
C D

17. A compound is made up of elements, but it looks and behaves quite different
A B C
as a rule, from any of its component elements.
D

18. In many regions of the world, people wear traditional costumes at festival or
A B
holidays and sometime more regularly.
C D

19. The human body is composed largely of water and needs steady supply of
A B C
water to remain healthy
D
20. Early television sets such as the RCA Victor model had small screens but
A B
containing a mass of additional components
C D

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21. Martha Graham was an excellent dancer, her body was strong and flexible,
her
A B C
movements graceful and power
D
22. Mosquitoes are easily found wherever there is standing water and temperate
A B C D
climate

23. Only small percentage of mined diamond are actually suitably for use as
A B C D
gemstone

24. Virginia Dare, the first child born to English parents in the New World, was
A B
named after the Virginia Colony where her was born
C D

25. When a massive star in the large Magellanic exploded in 1987, a wave of
A B
neutrinos were detected
C D

26. Vaslav Nijinski achieved world recognition as both a dancer as well as

A B C
a choreographer
D

27. All countries has aviation legislation designed to conform to the

A B C
international rules.
D

28. Braille system is a method of printing books for use by the blind, consist of
A B
a system of raised dots embossed in paper by hand or machine and read by
C D
touch.

29. Paul Cezanne was a French painter who strives to develop an ideal synthesis
A B
of naturalistic representation, personal expression, and abstract pictorial
C
Order.
D

30. Every government have a source of its sovereignty or authority, and most of
A B

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 the political structures of the U.S. government apply the doctrine of
C D
sovereignty.

31. Nina has a lot of things to tell us after arrival from his aunt’s beach house in
A B C
Hawaii and that is why we are gathering here.
D

32. The lunch menu consists from mashed potato, onion rings, roasted beef and
A B
Peas, which are already served on the dining table.
C D

33. If you can’t see the letters on that billboard then you needed a new
A B C
prescription for new glasses.
D

34. How much did you say you spent on that scarf you are now wear.
A B C D

35. Should I leave now that yours husband has returned from his bike-riding.
A B C D

36. The new car better be good since I have been spending almost all of my
saving
A B C D
for the past five months!

37. He was thinking of getting a new job since the one he is doing right now
A B
does not expressing who he really is.
C D

38. One of the man’s ex wives claim that he owes her the house they bought
when
A B C
they get married.
D

39. Some of the food here are making by the chef in the bakery downtown whose
A B
pastries are extremely delicious.
C D

40. I recommended the book shop nearly the university to you because the
A

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 prices there are far more affordable than large bookshop at the town square.
B C D

CODE: STR 04
Section 2
Structure and Written Expression

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 special directions for each type

TIME 25 MINUTES

The structure and written expressions 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 special directions for each type.

1. Since the eighteenth century, ________ the major genre of literature in most
literate societies
A. becoming the novel
B. has the novel become
C. a becoming novel
D. the novel has become

2. A dolphin ________ a porpoise in that it has a longer nose

A. different
B. differs from
C. differ
D. different than

3. Each summer the Roanoke Historical Associations sponsors a play that shows
__________ about the fate of the early economy
A. known
B. what is known
C. what knowing
D. is known

4. An iron smelting forge __________ ore into usable metals

A. melting
B. should melting
C. is melt
D. melts

5. Stalactities are formed in caves by groundwater_________ dissolved lime

A. it contains
B. containing
C. contains
D. containment

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6. Nerve impulses __________ to the brain at a speed of about one hundred yards
per second
A. sending sensations
B. to send sensations
C. send sensations
D. sensations

7. __________ big cats, housecats have polyphasic sleeping pattern; that is they take
several naps a day
A. They are like
B. The
C. It is like
D. Like

8. Many communities _____________________ a complex system of linguistic levels in

order to show respect
A. useful
B. use already made
C. making it useful
D. make use of

9. The earth’s one year revolution around the Sun changes how ____________________
on one hemisphere or the other
A. falling sunlight
B. the fall of sunlight
C. sunlight in the fall
D. sunlight falls

10. At temperatures _____________________ absolute zero, substances possess

minimal energy
A. approach
B. approaches
C. approaching
D. they approach

11. The yearly path of the sun around the heaven _____________________
A. known as the ecliptic
B. it is known as the ecliptic
C. is known as the ecliptic
D. knowing as the ecliptic

12. _____________________, he would have signed his name in the corner

A. If he painted that picture
B. If he paints that picture
C. If he had painted that picture
D. If he would painted that picture

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13. Before Alexander Flemming discovered penicillin, many people died
___________
A. infected with simple bacteria
B. from simple bacteria infection
C. infections were simple bacteria
D. infecting of simple bacteria

14. The oldest known daggers are ones that Neolithic humans _____________________
out of flint
A. skillful chips
B. skillfully chipped
C. chipping skillfully
D. chips are skillful

15. _____________________ Einsteins was able to come up with a theory that has yet to
be disproved
A. Other scientists
B. Similar to other scientists
C. Just as other scientists
D. To be a scientist

PART B

Directions: In each of the following sentences, four words or phrases have been
underlined. You should choose the one word or phrase which could not be
appropriate in standard written English.

16. Phytoplankton which carries on photosynthesis near the water surface,

A
provide food for grazing zooplankton and the fish life it supports.
B C D

17. Dispites of growth of suburbs, American cities have maintained their status
A B C
as cultural centers for theaters, museums, concert halls, and art galleries.
D

18. Britain especially served as the touchstone for culture and quality because
A B C
its role in America’s History and the links of language and political
D
institutions.

19. While America is probably most well known for it popular arts, American
A B
partake in an enormous range of cultural activities.
C D

20. After moving to Johanesberg, he completed his course work by Correspond-

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 A B
ence through the University of South Africa and to receive a bachelor’s
C
D
degree in 1942.

21. Until the 1830s, most American children attend school irregularly, and most
A B
school were either run privately nor by charities.
C D

22. The fact that Jupiter’s radius is 11.2 times largest than Earth’s means that its
A B C
volume is more than 1,300 times the volume of Earth.
D

23. Puppets have been used in religion, as entertainment, as toys, as therapy,

A B
and to amuse or educating people around the world.
C D

24. Because of Texas constitution limited the authority of the governor’s office,
A B
Bush turn his agttention to gaining the confidence of powerful Democrats.
C D

25. Cellophane bees are either solitary nor communal, living in separate but
A B C
nearby nests.
D

26. Arthropods have evolved a variety of strategies of supplying oxygen to theirs

A B C D
cells.

27. The new car better be good since I have been spending almost all of my saving
A B C D
for the past five months!

28. He was thinking of getting a new job since the one he is doing right now
A B C
does not expressing who he really is.
D

29. One of the man’s ex wives claim that he owes her the house they bought when
A B C
they get married.
D

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30. Some of the food here are making by the chef in the bakery downtown whose
A B
pastries are extremely delicious.
C D

31. I used to have plenty of stuffed animals when I were a little girl, but now I
A B C
don’t have them anymore.
D

32. Sound can be reflect from certain surface, such as rock or the side of a building
A B C
and create an echo.
D
33. Some of the food here are making by the chef in the bakery downtown whose
A B C
pastries are extremely delicious.
D

34. I recommended the book shop nearly the university to you because the
A
prices there are far more affordable than large bookshop at the town square.
B C D

35. I used to have plenty of stuffed animals when I were a little girl, but now I
A B C
don’t have them anymore.
D
36. The fact that Jupiter’s radius is 11.2 times largest than Earth’s means that its
A B C
volume is more than 1,300 times the volume of Earth.
D

37. The earlier known writing was recorded in the form of picture symbols on clay
A B C
tablets by the ancient Sumerians in around 3500 B.C.
D
38. Electric eels are well known, and they can stun their prey with a powerfully
A B C D
shock.

39. Plant stores food and water over the winter in a storage organ developed from
A B C
roots, stems, or leaf bases.
D
40. Microscopic diatoms, which means sometimes called “jewels of the sea” are
A B

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 tiny algae floating in almost all waters
C D
Now begin work on the questions

1. Mars __________ as a fairly bright, red, starlike object in earth’s night sky
(A) appear
(B) appears
(C) appearing
(D)which appears

2. _________ as a “devasted continent,” where inappropriate human use of land has

caused deforestation, desertification, and soil erosion on a massive scale.
(A) widely seen Africa as
(B) seen Africa widely is
(C) Africa is widely seen
(D) seen widely Africa is

3. Often called the “silent killer” due to the lack of attention it receives, malaria
_____________ by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito.
(A) spread
(B) is spread
(C) is spreading
(D) will spread

4. Other types of institutions _________ state university that provide engineering,

teaching, and agriculture degrees
(A) include
(B) includes
(C) are included
(D) are including

5. The United States was becoming more diverse as immigrants streamed into the
country settling especially in _________
(A) America’s growth urban areas
(B) America’s urban areas grow
(C) America’s growing urban areas
(D) America’s urban areas growing

6. Henri Matisse was a French artist, leader of the fauve gruop, regarded as ________
in 20th century art, a master of color and form to convey emotional expression
(A) one of the greatest formative figures
(B) one greatest formative figures
(C) one of the formative great figures
(D) greatest one formative figures

7. As cities became _________, America moved to the suburbs

(A) more populated densely
(B) populated more densely
(C) populated densely more

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(D) more densely populated

8. __________, checks and balances, established by the Constitution, makes executive

and legislative cooperation necessary in the development of policy.
(A) The careful elaborative system
(B) The carefully elaborate system
(C) The system carefully elaborated
(D) The carefully elaborated system

9. The rate, or speed, at which __________ varies tremendously and cannot be

predisted from the position of equilibrium
(A) a chemical reaction proceeds
(B) a chemical reaction proceeding
(C) a proceeding chemical reaction
(D) a chemical reaction which proceeds

10. Harvard has steadily developed under the great American educators
___________ as its presidents
(A) who have successively serving
(B) successively who have served
(C) who have successively served
(D) who have served successive

11. Through exhibitions and educational programs,

________ visitors’ understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of art
(A) art museums enhancing
(B) art enhancing museums
(C) enhancing art museums
(D) art museums enhance

12. The first U.S. military airplane __________ by Wilbur and

Orvill Wright, was tested and accepted in 1909
(A) built
(B) which builds
(C) was built
(D) was building

13. Earth will not have any life on it without the Sun’s
energy ________. Earth in the form of heat and light
(A) reach
(B) reaches
(C) reached
(D) which reaches

14. __________ naturally on a building can be used to heat

the building without special devices to capture or collect sunlight
(A) The solar energy falls
(B) The solar energy that falls
(C) The solar

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(D) Energy falls

15. _________ a single spot on Earth, the Moon rises about

50 minutes later every day
(A) Seeing from
(B) Being seen from
(C) Seen from
(D) Having been seen from

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