Section 1:

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 special direction for each type.

Structure
Directions: Questions 1-15 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases,
marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best complete the sentence. 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 have
chosen. Fill the space so that the letter inside the oval cannot be seen.

1. ______ of the Stamp Act in 1765 provoked strong opposition among the American colonist.
(A) The passage was (C) Before the passage
(B) It was the passage (D) The passage

2. In 1905 Juneau replaced Sitka _______ Alaska.

(A) the capital was (C) was the capital of
(B) as the capital of (D) the capital being

3. ________ were first viewed through a telescope by Galileo.

(A) Jupiter has four moons
(B) Jupiter’s four moons
(C) Jupiter surrounded by four moons
(D) Surrounded by four moons, Jupiter

4. ______ the end of the Ice Age around 8000 B.C., mammoths became extinct.
(A) With (C) That
(B) It was (D) In addition

5. There are two basic kinds of air compressors, reciprocating and ______
(A) another kind that is rotating
(B) one that rotates
(C) a rotating kind
(D) rotating

6. The human body has four jugular veins, ______ each side of the neck.
(A) there are two on (C) two are on
(B) it has two on (D) two on

7. _______ its proximity to New York, New Jersey is an important link in the nation’s transportation system.
(A) Since (C) However
(B) As a result (D) Because of

8. Agronomists work to improve the quality of crops, increase the yield of field, and _______ of the soil.
(A) the quality is maintained
(B) maintain the quality
(C) the maintenance of the quality
(D) maintaining the quality

9. From 1898 to 1933, the U.S. Weather Bureau obtained information about the weather from _______ to box kites.
 (A) attached devices
(B) attached to devices
(C) devices attached
(D) devices were attached

10. Projective tests _______ as the Rorschach test have no right or wrong answers.
(A) such (C) like
(B) similar (D) same

11. One purpose ______ to decide if there is sufficient evidence to try a person for a crime.
(A) of a grand jury is (C) for a grand jury
(B) of a Grand jury (D) of a grand jury which is

12. _______ in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge spans the channel at the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
(A) Completes (C) Completing
(B) Completed (D) To complete

13. A slipped disk as a condition ______ the intervertebral disk protrudes and presses on nerves.
(A) what (C) in which
(B) which is (D) that

14. Scientists stress that the overall warming trend of the last decade holds much more significance _______ single
year’s temperatures.
(A) any do (C) than any do
(B) than do any (D) do than

15. When ______ impulses from many of the neurons in one part of the brain, an epileptic seizure occurs.
(A) the simultaneous bursts
(B) simultaneously bursts
(C) there are simultaneous bursts of
(D) simultaneously bursting

Written Expression
Directions: In questions 16-40, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the
sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify 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 have chosen.

16. Latex rubber is made from a milky substantial in plants and trees of the sapodilla family.
A B C D
17. The state with the most large production of tobacco products is North California.
A B C D
18. Ballads, like folk tales, began thousands of years ago among people who could not read or writing.
A B C D
19. The first professional baseball game it took place in 1846, when the New York Nine defeated the New York
A B C D
 Knickerbockers 23 to 1.

20. More than 300 different kinds of nails is manufactured in the United States.
A B C D
21. Among Thomas Jefferson’s many accomplishment was his work to establish the University of Virginia.
A B C D
22. The state of New Mexico is not densely population, with an average for only four people per square kilometer.
A B C D
23. Alike bases which cause litmus to turn blue, acids cause litmus to turn red.
A B C D
24. Plant cuttings who are placed in water will develop roots and can then be planted in soil.
A B C D
25. Lead poisoning can result if to much lead builds up in the body.
A B C D
26. Many Americans childrens learned to read from the more than 120 million copies of McGuffy’s Reader.
A B C D
27. In A Farewell to Arms (1926), Hemingway tried to capture the feelings the American people at the end of World
War I.
A B C D
28. From 1785 to 1790, the capital of the U.S. is located in New York City.
A B C D
29. Many Civil War battles were fought in Virginia than in any other state.
A B C D
30. When T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland appeared in 1922, critics were divided as to how well it was wrote.
A B C D
31. The Wagner Act guarantees workers in the U.S. the right to organizing labor unions.
A B C D
32. According the kinetic theory, all matter consists of constantly moving particles.
A B C D
33. The average salt content of seawater is more than 3 percents.
A B C D
34. The isotopes of one element can have different weighs.
A B C D
35. It is in the troposphere, the lowest part of the atmosphere, that wind, storms, and another kinds of weather take
place.
A B C D
36. The differing curricula at the community collages in Kent County reflect the fact that the student population at
A B
each sites is not consistent.
C D
37. Of the two Diomede Islands, only one belongs the United Sates.
A B C D
38. The novels of Kurt Vonnegut present a desperately comic aware of human nature.
A B C D
39. In spite of her physician handicaps, Helen Keller graduated from Radcliffe with honors.
A B C D
40. Some toxins are produced by alive bacteria, but others are released only after a bacterium dies.
A B C D
 NO NO NO NO
1 D 11 A 21 B 31 D
2 B 12 B 22 B 32 A
3 B 13 C 23 A 33 D
4 A 14 B 24 A 34 D
5 D 15 C 25 B 35 C
6 D 16 C 26 A 36 C
7 D 17 B 27 C 37 D
8 B 18 D 28 D 38 C
9 C 19 B 29 A 39 B
10 A 20 C 30 D 40 B

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 special direction for each type.

Structure
Directions: Questions 1-15 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases,
marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best complete the sentence. 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 have
chosen. Fill the space so that the letter inside the oval cannot be seen.

1. In the medieval times _______ his enemy by throwing down his gauntlet.
(A) the challenge
(B) a man challenged
(C) a man made a challenge
(D) his challenge

2. In 1885 photography changed dramatically ______ introduced paper-based film.

(A) Eastman
(B) Eastman was
(C) when it was Eastman
(D) when Eastman

3. _______ antitrust laws did not exist in the U.S., there would not be as much competition in certain industries.
 (A) So (C) For
(B) If (D) Also

4. A bat will often spend the daylight hours _____ upside down in a tree or cave.
(A) hanging (C) that is
(B) which hang (D) hangs

5. Geomorphology is the study of the changes that _____ on the surface of the earth.
(A) taking place
(B) takes place
(C) take place
(D) they take place

6. A hero of the war of 1812, _______ president of the United States.

(A) Andrew Jackson later became
(B) that Andrew Jackson later became
(C) who was Andrew Jackson
(D) later became Andrew Jackson

7. ______ jellies, jams are made by retaining the pulp with the fruit juice.
(A) No likeness to (C) Unlike
(B) Not like (D) Dislike

8. An elephant can lift ______ a ton with its tusks.

(A) so much that (C) most
(B) it (D) as much as

9. The electric eel uses its electric shock to capture food and ______.
(A) for protection (C) protecting itself
(B) protect itself (D) it protects itself

10. Rarely _____ acorns until the trees are more than twenty years old.
(A) when oak trees bear
(B) oak trees that bear
(C) do oak trees bear
(D) oak trees bear

11. The Andromeda Nebula, _______ more than two million light years away, can be seen from the Northern
Hemisphere.
(A) a galaxy (C) a galaxy is
(B) is a galaxy (D) a galaxy which

12. The closer to one of the Earth’s poles, the greater ______ gravitational force.
(A) is (C) has
(B) the (D) it has

13. Baboons eat a variety of foods, _______ eggs, fruits, grass, insect, plant leaves, and roots.
(A) they include (C) among
(B) among them are (D) including

14. The flamingo uses its bill ______ feeding to filter mud and water from the tiny plants and animals that it finds in
shadow ponds.
(A) when (C) that it is
 (B) is (D) was

15. The firs nuclear-powered ship in the world, the Nautilus, _____ by the U.S. Navy in 1954.
(A) when it was launched
(B) that was launched
(C) was launched
(D) launched

Written Expression
Directions: In questions 16-40, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the
sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify 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 have chosen.

16. The winter storm that raced through the area for the last two day moved east today.
A B C D
17. In the 1800’s botanist Asa Gray worked to describe and classifying the plants found in North America.
A B C D
18. Bryce Canyon National Park, where is there oddly shaped and magnificently colored rock formations, is located
A B C
in southern Utah.
D
19. After talks in Copenhagen yesterday, the secretary of state returning to Washington.
A B C D
20. Lava, rock fragments, and gaseous may all erupt from a volcano.
A B C D
21. Many of characters portrayed by writer Joyce Carol Oats is mentally ill.
A B C D
22. The two types of nucleic acids, known as DNA and RNA, are not like.\
A B C D
23. Of all the states in the United States, Rhode Island is a smallest.
A B CD
24. The classification of a dinosaur as either saurischian nor ornithischian depends on the structure of the hip.
A B C D
25. An octopus has three hearts to pump blood throughout their body.
A B C D
26. Studies show that the new strategy is not very effective as the previous one.
A B C D
27. Most the newspaper depends on the wire services for their international stories and photographs.
A B C D
28. The new system responds at seconds to any emergency.
A B C D
29. Landscape painting was a dominant art forms during much of the nineteenth century.
A B C D
30. While his racing days, racehorse John Henry earned a record $6.5 million, $2.3 million more than his closest
A B C
competitor.
D
31. Cartilage covers the ends of bones helps to protect the joints from wear and tear.
A B C D
32. The Alaskan malamute, used extensively to pull sleds, is closely related to the wolves.
A B C D
33. The 1890’s in America were known as a Gay nineties.
A B CD

34. The General Agreement on tariffs and trades (GATT) is an international agreement designing to increase trade
A B
among member nations.
C D
35. Like a small child, a victim of Alzheimer’s Disease who is left lone may get lost and not know the way home.
A B C D
36. Death Valley is 130 miles length and no more than 14 miles wide.

A B C D
37. The theory of natural selections is used to explain which animals of a species will die prematurely and which
A B C
will survival.
D
38. There are thousands of kinds of bacteria, most of which is harmless to humans.
A B C D
39. An invention best known for the development of the Gatling Gun, Richard Gatling actually put most of his effort
A B C
into improving agricultural methods.
D
40. Dorothea Dix worked extensively during the second half of the nineteenth century to improve conditions in
A B C
mental health facilities and the prisons.
D

NO NO NO NO
1 B 11 A 21 C 31 A
2 D 12 B 22 D 32 D
3 B 13 B 23 D 33 D
4 A 14 D 24 B 34 B
5 C 15 A 25 D 35 B
6 A 16 D 26 C 36 B
7 C 17 C 27 A 37 D
8 D 18 A 28 C 38 C
9 B 19 D 29 C 39 A
10 C 20 B 30 A 40 D