Assessment Test I Structure and Written Expression Part A: Choose the best answer.
1. Arizona __________ a very dry climate. (A) has (B) being (C) having (D) with 2. One of the least effective ways of o f storing information is learning _________ it. it. (A) how repeat (B) repeating (C) to repeat (D) repeat 3. Strauss finished ___________ two of his published compositions before his t enth birthday. (A) written (B) write (C) to write (D) writing 4. Many modern architect architectss insist on ___________ materials materials native nat ive to the region that will blend into the surrounding surrounding landscape. (A) use (B) to use (C) the use (D) using 5. Before the Angles and the t he Saxons ____________ ____________ to English, the Iberians had lived there. (A) coming (B) come (C) came (D) did come 6. By the time a baby has reached his first birthday, he should, without the help of an adult, adult, ___________ ___________ sit up or even stand stand up. (A) to be able to (B) able (C) to be able (D) be able to 7. The theory of Continental Drift assumes that there ____________ long-term climatic changes in many areas during the past. (A) must have been 1|Page
(B) must be (C) must have (D) must 8. The general public ___________ a large number of computers now, because prices are beginning to decrease. (A) must buy (B) must have bought (C) must be buying (D) must buying 9. Since more than 50 percent of all marriages in the United St ates end in divorce, about half of the children in America must ____________ in single-parent homes. (A) grow up (B) to grow up (C) growing up (D) have grow up 10. In a liberal arts curriculum, it is assumed that graduates will _____________ about English, languages, literature, history, and the other social sciences. (A) know (B) know how (C) knowledge (D) knowing 11. Harvard ___________ a school for men, but now it is coeducational, serving as many women as men. (A) was used (B) used to be (C) was used to (D) was used to be 12. To check for acidity, one had better ____________ litmus paper. (A) use (B) using (C) to use (D) useful 13. A good counselor would rather that the patient ___________ his or her own dec isions after being helped to arrive at a general understanding of the alternatives. (A) makes (B) making (C) will make (D) made 2|Page
14. Please ____________ photocopies of copyrighted material without t he permission of the publisher. (A) no make (B) don’t make (C) not make (D) not to make 15. After her famous husbands’ death, Eleanor Roosevelt continued _____________ for peace. (A) working (B) work (C) the working (D) to working 16. The Palo Verde tree ____________ in spring. (A) has beautiful yellow blossoms (B) beautiful yellow blossoms (C) having beautiful yellow blossoms (D) with beautiful yellow blossoms 17. The great apes, a generally peaceful species, ____________ in groups. (A) would rather living (B) would rather live (C) would rather they live (D) would rather lived 18. Psychologists believe that incentives ____________ to increase our productivity. (A) make us want (B) make us to want (C) making us want (D) makes us wanting 19. Lobbyists who represent special interest groups get _____________ that benefits their groups. (A) Congress to pass the legislation (B) Congress passed the legislation (C) the legislation to pass by Congress (D) the legislation that Congress passing 20. Like humans, zoo animals must have a dentist ____________ their teeth. (A) fill (B) filled (C) filling 3|Page
(D) to be filled 21. The Immigration and Naturalization Service o ften _____________ their visas if they fill out the appropriate papers. (A) lets students extend (B) lets students for extend (C) letting students to extend (D) let students extending 22. In partnership with John D. Rockefeller, Henry Flager ____________ the Standard Oil Company. (A) helped forming (B) helped form (C) he helped form (D) helping to form 23. If water is heated to 212 degrees F, ______________ at steam. (A) it will boil and escape (B) it is boiling and escaping (C) it boil and escape (D) it would boil and escape 24. If services are increased, taxes ______________ . (A) will probably go up (B) probably go up (C) probably (D) going up probably 25. If Americans ate fewer foods with sugar and salt, their general health ____________ better. (A) be (B) will be (C) is (D) would be 26. According to some historians, if Napoleon had not invaded Russia, he ___________ the rest of Europe. (A) had conquered (B) would conquer (C) would have conquered (D) conquered 27. If humans were totally deprived of sleep, they _____________ hallucinations, anxiety, coma, and eventually, death. (A) would experience 4|Page
(B) experience (C) would have experienced (D) had experienced 28. Football teams don’t play in the Super Bowl championship _____________ either the National or the American Conference. (A) unless they win (B) but they win (C) unless they will win (D) but to have won 29. If the Normans had not invaded England in the tenth century, the English language ___________ in a very different way. (A) develop (B) developed (C) would develop (D) would have developed 30. In The Wi zard Oz , the wizard could not help Dorothy _____________ . (A) that she return to Kansas (B) return to Kansas (C) returning to Kansas (D) returned Kansas 31. If teaching ______________ more, fewer teachers would leave t he profession. (A) pays (B) is paying (C) paid (D) had paid 32. Less moderate members of Congress are insisting that changes in the soc ial security system ____________ made. (A) will (B) are (C) being (D) be 33. It is the recommendation of many psychologists _____________ to associate words and remember names. (A) that a learner uses mental images (B) a learner to use mental images (C) mental image are used (D) that a learner use mental images 5|Page
34. It is necessary __________ the approached to a bridge, the road design, and the alignment in such a way as to best accommodate the expected traffic flow over and under it. (A) plan (B) to plan (C) planning (D) the plan 35. In the Morrill Act, Congress granted federal lands to the stat es ____________ agricultural and mechanical arts colleges. (A) for establish (B) to establish (C) establish (D) establishment 36. In the stringed instruments, the tones _____________ by playing a bow across a set of strings that may be made of wire or gut. (A) they produce (B) producing (C) are produced (D) that are producing 37. The famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, was greatly ___________, who wanted him to study architecture. (A) influenced by his mother (B) from his mother’s influence (C) his mother influenced him (D) influencing for his mother 38. The TOEFL examination ____________ by the year 2002. (A) completely revised (B) is revised completely (C) is to be revised completely (D) completely is to revise 39. If more than five thousand dollars in monetary instruments is tr ansported into the United States, a report needs ____________ with the customs office. (A) file (B) filing (C) to file (D) to be filed 40. _________ Giant Ape Man, our biggest and probably one of our first human ancestors, was just about the size of a make gorilla. (A) It is believed that (B) That it is 6|Page
(C) That is believed (D) learns 41. People who have very little t echnical background have ___________ to understand computer language. (A) learn (B) learning (C) learned (D) learns 42. Many books _____________, but one of the best is H ow to Win F ri ends and In fl uence People by Dale Carnegie. (A) have written about success (B) written about success (C) have been written about success (D) about successful 43. By the middle of the twenty-first century, the computer ____________ a necessity in every home. (A) become (B) becoming (C) has become (D) will have become 44. Although research scientists had hoped that the new drug interferon _____________ to be a cure for cancer, its applications now appear to be more limited. (A) prove (B) had proven (C) would prove (D) will prove 45. The giraffe survives in part because it ____________ the vegetation in the high branches of trees where other animals have not grazed. (A) to reach (B) can reach (C) reaching (D) reach 46. Hydrogen peroxide ___________ as a bleaching agent because it effectively whitens a variety of fibers and surfaces. (A) used (B) is used (C) is using (D) that it uses 7|Page
47. There are still many examples of Cro-Magnon murals ____________ in the caves of France and Spain. (A) they are left (B) leaving them (C) left (D) leave 48. ____________ that Lee Harvey Oswald may not have acted alone in the assassination of John Kennedy. (A) Thinking (B) To think (C) It is thought (D) The thought 49. Phosphates ___________ to most farm land in America. (A) need added (B) need to add (C) need to adding (D) need to be added 50. When Franklin Roosevelt became very ill, his wife began to take a more active role in politics, and many people believed that ____________ and the president shared his responsibilities. (A) she (B) her (C) herself (D) hers
Part B: Choose the incorrect words or phrase and correct it. 1. Venomous snakes with modified teeth connected to poison glands in which the (A) (B) (C) venom is secreted and stored. (D)
2. Representative democracy seemed evolve simultaneously during the eighteenth and (A) (B) (C) nineteenth centuries in Britain, Europe, and the United States. (D) 3. Many people have stopped to smoke because they are afraid t hat it may be harmful (A) (B) (C) (D) to their health. 8|Page
4. During Jackson’s administration, those who did not approve of permit common (A) (B) people in the White House were shocked by the president’s insistence that they be (C) invited into the mansion. (D) 5. When Columbus seen the New World, he thought that he had reached the East Indies (A) (B) (C) by way of a Western route. (D) 6. Many birds will, in the normal course of their migrations, flying more than three (A) (B) thousand miles to reach their winter homes. (C) (D) 7. When the weather becomes colder we know that the air mass must originated in the (A) (B) (C) Arctic rather than over the Gulf of Mexico. (D) 8. The American buffalo must be reproduce itself aga in because it has been removed from (A) (B) (C) (D) the endangered species list. 9. Sheep must have mate in fall since t he young are born in early spring every year. (A) (B) (C) (D) 10. The Impressionists like Monet and Manet knew to use color in order to create an (A) (B) (C) image of reality rather than reality itself. (D) 11. As television images of the astronauts showed, even for trained professionals who (A) (B) are used to move about in a lessened gravitational field, there are still problems. (C) (D) 12. In today’s competitive markets, even small businesses had better to advertise on TV (A) (B) and radio in order to gain a share of the market. (C) (D) 13. It is said that the American flag has five-pointed stars because Betsy Ross told (A) (B) General Washington she would rather that he changing the six-pointed ones. 9|Page
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14. Please don’t parking in those spaces that have signs reserving then for the (A) (B) (C) handicapped. (D) 15. Insurance rates are not the same for different people because they are not likely have (A) (B) (C) the same risk. (D) 16. Many people with spinal cord injuries can, with the help of computer implants, (A) (B) recovering some of their mobility. (C) (D) 17. Although thousands of grizzly bears used to roaming the Western Plains of the (A) (B) United States, today only a few thousand exist. (C) (D) 18. Although fraternal twins are born at the same t ime, they do not tend resembling each (A) (B) other any more than do other siblings. (C) (D) 19. Some astronomer contend that in ancient times, the Big Horn Medicine Wheel, an (A) arrangement of stones in Wyoming, must have serve as sighting points for observations (B) (C) (D) of the sun. 20. Because doctors are treating more people for skin cancer, it is widely believed t hat (A) (B) changes in the pr otective layers of the earth’s atmosphere must be produce harmful (C) (D) effects now. 21. Secretariat run the Kentucky Derby in 1.59 minutes, setting a recor d that has (A) (B) remained unbroken since 1973. (C) (D) 22. Too much water makes plants turning brown on the edges of their leaves. (A) (B) (C) (D) 10 | P a g e
23. In order to receive full reimbursement for jewelry that might be stolen, the owner (A) (B) must get all pieces appraise. (C) (D) 24. Most presidential candidates have their names print on the ballot in the New (A) Hampshire primary election because it is customarily the first one in the nation, and (B) (C) (D) winning it can give them a good chance to be nominated by their parties. 25. The National basketball Association will not let any athlete to continue playing in (A) (B) the league unless he submits voluntarily to treatment for drug addiction. (C) (D) 26. Doctors agree that the fluid around the spinal cord helps t he nourish the brain. (A) (B) (C) (D) 26. If a live sponge is broken into pieces, each piece would turn into a new sponge like (A) (B) (C) the original one. (D) 27. If you don’t register before the last day of regular registration, you paying a late fee. (A) (B) (C) (D) 28. If drivers obeyed the speed limit, fewer acc idents occur. (A) (B) (C) (D) 29. If dinosaurs would have continued roaming the earth, man would have e volved quite (A) (B) (C) differently. (D) 29. If we were to consider all of the different kinds of motion in discussing the (A) movement of an object, it is very confusing, because even an object at rest is moving as (B) (C) (D) the earth turns. 30. Usually boys cannot become Boy Scouts unless completed the fifth grade. (A) (B) (C) (D)
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31. The Food and Drug Administration, known as t he FDA, makes grocers and (A) (A) restaurant owners pasteurized all milk before selling it. (C) (D) 32. Besides his contributions to the field of science, Franklin helped t he people of (A) (B) Philadelphia founded an insurance company, a hospital, a public library, and a night (C) watch, as well as a city militia. (D) 33. If baby geese are hatched in the absence of their mother, they following the first (A) (B) moving object they see. (C) (D) 34. The Rural Free Delivery Act was passed so t hat people on farms could have their (A) (B) (C) mail deliver cheaper and faster. (D) 35. A temporary driver’s permit lets the learner drives with another licensed driver in the (A) (B) (C) (D) car. 36. Unless complications from the anesthetic, operations to r emove the appendix are not (A) (B) (C) considered serious. (D) 37. If the cerebellum of a pigeon was destro yed, the bird would not be able to fly. (A) (B) (C) (D) 38. Many architects prefer that a dome is used to roof buildings that need to conserve (A) (B) (C) floor space. (D) 38. Despite their insistence that he w ill appear when there is an important event, the (A) (B) (C) president schedules press conferences with the news media at his discretion. (D) 39. It is essential that vitamins are supplied either by foods or by supplementary tablets (A) (B) (C) for normal growth to occur. 12 | P a g e
(D) 40. Papyrus was used for to make not only paper but also sails, and clothing. (A) (B) (C) (D) 41. Work is often measure in units called foot pounds. (A) (B) (C) (D) 42. In the ionosphere, gases have been partly ionized for high frequency radiat ion from (A) (B) (C) the sun and other sources. (D) 43. From now on, new buildings in level on earthquake zones in the United Sates are to (A) constructed to withstand a tremor without suffering struct ural damage. (B) (C) (D) 44. Because the interstate highway system linking roads across t he country was built (A) (B) about forty-five years ago, most of the roads in the system now need r epaired. (C) (D) 45. That it is believed that most of the earthquakes in the worlds occur near the youngest (A) (B) (C) (D) mountain ranges — the Himalayas, the Andes, and the Sierra Nevadas. 46. Arlington National Cemetery, a memorial area that includes that mast of the (A) battleship Maine, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the eternal flame at the grave of Jonh F. Kennedy, is the site where the families of more than 160,000 American (B) (C) veterans have bury their loved ones. (D) 47. Gettysburg has been preserve as a national histor ic monument because it was the site (A) (B) of a major Civil War battle in which many lives were lost. (C) (D) 48. It is believed that by 2010 immunotherapy have succeeded in curing a number of (A) (B) (C) (D) serious illnesses. 49. President Wilson had hoped that World War I be the last great war, but only two (A) 13 | P a g e
decades later, the Second World War was erupting. (B) (C) (D) 50. According to some scientists, the earth losing its outer atmosphere because of (A) (B) (C) (D) pollutants. 51. If a rash occurs within twenty-four hours after taking a new medication, the (A) (B) (C) treatment should discontinued. (D) 52. The states require that every citizen registers before voting in an elect ion. (A) (B) (C) (D) 53. The money needed to start and continue operating a business known as capital. (A) (B) (C) (D) 54. The purpose of hibernation is maintain animals in winter climates where food (A) (B) supplies are reduced. (C) (D) 55. It is believed that, by the year 2020, many space st ations will been constructed (A) (B) (C) between the earth and the moon. (D) 56. It is essential the practice a foreign language in order to retain a high level of (A) (B) (C) (D) proficiency. 57. Fewer babies born with birth defects because of adva nces in prenatal care during this (A) (B) (C) (D) decade. 58. Although the sculptor had hoped that he be able to finish the large stone faces at (A) (B) Mount Rushmore, the work was left for his son to complete. (C) (D)
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