Bank Soal
Structure And Written
Expression 2
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.
for standard written English. There are two types of questions in this section, with special
directions 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
completes the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of theanswer you have chosen.
Example I
Geysers have often been compared to
volcanoes ……. they both emit hot liquids from below the Earth's surface.
(A) due to
(B) because
(C) in spite of
(D) regardless of
The sentence should
read, "Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes because they both
emit hot liquids from below the Earth's surface." Therefore, you should
choose (B).
Example II
During the early period of ocean navigation, …….any need for sophisticated
instruments and techniques.
(A) so that hardly
(B) when there hardly was
(C) hardly was
(D) there was hardly
The sentence should read, "During the
early period of ocean navigation, there was hardly any needfor sophisticated
instruments and techniques." Therefore, you shouldchoose (D).
Now begin work on the questions.
Now begin work on the questions.
1.
Dairy farming is …….leadingagricultural
activity in the United States.
(A) a
(B) at
(C) then
(D) none
2.
Although thunder and lightning are
produced at the same time, light waves travel faster……., so we see the
lightning before we hear the thunder.
(A) than sound waves do
(B) than sound waves are
(C) do sound waves
(D) sound waves
3.
Beef cattle……. of all livestock for
economic growth in certain geographic regions.
(A) the most are important
(B) are the most important
(C) the most important are
(D) that are the most important
4.
The discovery of the halftone process in
photography in 1881 made it…….photography in books and newspapers.
(A) the possible reproduction
(B) possible to reproduce
(C) the possibility of reproducing
(D) possibly reproduced
5.
Flag Day is a legal holiday only inthe
state of Pennsylvania,……. Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag.
(A) which
(B) where
(C) that
(D) has
6.
.......vastness of the GrandCanyon, it is
difficult to capture it in a single photograph.
(A) While the
(B) The
(C) For the
(D) Because of the
7.
Speciation,……., results when ananimal
population becomes isolated by some factor, usually geographic.
(A)
form biological species
(B)
biological species are
formed
(C)
which forming biologicalspecies
(D)
the formation of
biologicalspecies
8.
In its pure state antimony
has no important uses,but …….withother substances, it is an extremely useful metal.
(A) when combined physically orchemically
(B) combined when physically orchemically
(C) the physical and chemicalcombination
(D) it is combined physically andchemically
9.
The dawn redwood
appears…….some 100 million years ago in northern forests around the world.
(A) was flourished
(B) having to flourish
(C) to have flourished I
(D) have flourished
10. Beginning in the Middle Ages, composers of Western music used a
system of notating
their compositions ……. be performedby musicians.
their compositions ……. be performedby musicians.
(A) will
(B) that
(C) and when to
(D) so they could
11. Civil Rights are the freedoms and rights…….as a member of
acommunity, state, or nation.
(A) may have a person
(B) may have a person who
(C) a person may have
(D) and a person may have
12. Richard Wright enjoyed successand influence…….among BlackAmerican
writers of his era.
(A) were unparalleled
(B)
are unparalleled
(C)
unparalleled
(D) the unparalleled
13. …….of large mammals oncedominated the North American prairies: the
American bison and the pronghorn antelope.
(A) There are two species
(B) With two species
(C) Two species are
(D) Two species L
14. Franklin D. Roosevelt was…….the great force of radio and the
opportunity it provided for taking government policies directly to the people.
(A) as the first President heunderstood fully
(B) the first President that, tofully understand
(C) the first President fullyunderstood
(D) the first President tounderstand fully
15. During the late fifteenth century,…….of the native societies
ofAmerica had professions in the fields of arts and crafts.
(A) only a few
(B) a few but
(C) few, but only
(D)
a few only
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.
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.
Example I Sample Answer
Guppies are sometimes call
rainbow fish because of
A B C
the males' bright
colors.
D
The
sentence should read, "Guppies are sometimes called rainbow fish because
of the males'
bright colors " Therefore, you should choose (A).
Example II
Serving several term in Congress, Shirley
Chisholm
A B
became an important United States politician.
C D
The
sentence should read, "Serving several terms in Congress, Shirley Chisholm
became an important
United States politician." Therefore, you should choose (B).
Now begin work on the
questions.
16. The firstly naval battle of the Revolutionary War was fought off the coast of
A B C
Machias, Maine, in June 1775.
D
17. The public ceremonies of the Plains Indians are lesser
elaborate than those of the
A B C
A B C
Navajo in the Southwest.
D
18. In some species of fish, such the three-spined
stickleback, the male, not the female,
A B
performs the task of caring
for the young.
C D
19. When she retires in September 1989, tennis champion
Christine Evert was the most
A B C
A B C
famous woman athlete in the United States.
D
20.
The ancient Romans used vessels equipped with sails and
banks of oars to
A
B C
transporting their armies.
D
21. Dinosaurs are traditionally classified as cold-blooded
reptiles, but recent evidence
A
B
based on eating habits, posture,
and skeletal structural suggests some may have been
C
D
warm-blooded.
22. Since the Great Depression of the 1930's, social programs
such as Social Security
A
have been built into the economy to
help avert severity business declines.
B C D
B C D
23. In the 1970's, consumer activities succeeded in
promoting laws that set safety
A B
C
standards for automobiles, children's clothing, and a widely range of
household
D
products.
24. Zoos in New Orleans, San Diego, Detroit, and the Bronx have
become biological
A
parks where animals roams free
and people watch from across a moat.
B C D
B C D
25.
In human beings, as in other mammal,
hairs around the eyes and ears and in the nose,
A B
prevent dust, insects, and other matter from entering these organs.
C D
26. The Rocky Mountains were explored by fur traders
during the early 1800's, in a
A B C
A B C
decades preceding the United States Civil War.
D
27. The works of the author Herman Melville are literary
creations of a high order,
A B
blending fact, fiction, adventure, and subtle symbolic.
C D
28. Eachchemical element is
characterized to the number of protons that an atom of that
A B C
A B C
element contains, called its atomic number.
D
29. The body structure that developed in birds over
millions of years is well designed for
A B C
flight, being both lightly in weight and remarkably strong.
D
30. From 1905 to 1920, American novelist Edith Wharton was
at the height of her writing
A B
career, publishing of her three most famous novels.
C D
31. In the early twentieth century, there was considerable interesting
among sociologists
A
in the
fact that in the United States the family was losing its traditional
roles.
B C D
B C D
32. Although pure diamond is colorless and
transparent, when contaminated with other
A B
material it may appear in various color, ranging from pastels
to opaque black.
C D
33. Comparative anatomy is concerned to the structural
differences among animal forms.
A B C D
A B C D
34. A seismograph records oscillation of the ground caused by seismic
waves, vibrations
A
that travel from its point of origin through
the Earth or along its surface.
B C D
35. Electric lamps came into widespread use during the early 1900's
and have replaced
A
other type of fat, gas, or oil lamps for almost
every purpose.
B C D
36. Located in Canada, the Columbia Ice field covers area of 120 square
miles and is
A B
3,300 feet thick in some places.
C D
37.
Composer Richard Rodgers and
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II brought to the musical
A
A
Oklahoma!extensive musical and theatrical backgrounds as well
as familiar with
B C
The traditional forms of operetta and musical comedy.
D
38. Because of its vast tracts of virtually uninhabited northern
forest, Canada has one of
A B
C
the lowest population density in the world.
D
39. Rice, which it still forms the staple diet of much
of the world's population, grows best
A B C
in hot, wet lands.
D
40. Government money appropriated for art in the 1930's made possible hundreds
of
A B
murals and statues still admiration in small towns all over the
United States.
C D
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