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40 QUESTIONS • 25 MINUTES
ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Directions: For the Error Identification questions, each sentence
contains four underlined words or phrases Select the one word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct Mark your answer on the answer sheet provided
1 Since
(A) William had been
seri-ously ill for
(B) several months, his
parents were concerned about
(C) him wanting
(D)
to return to school
full-time
2 The mother cried as
(A) her child
laid (B)
on (C) the examination table
after (D) the accident
3 The students were quite
sur-prised to find
(A)
these kind (B)
of
archeological ruins in the
par-ticular area that
(C)
they (D) had chosen
for the dig
4 John stayed up
(A)
all night long
(B) trying
(C)
to solve a physics
(D) problem
5 Michael wants to become
(A)
a
general practitioner as
(B) his
fa-ther and to move to a small
town as soon as
(C)
he graduates
(D)
6 In spite of their trepidation
(A) , the
parents let their two oldest
(B) children driven
(C) alone to New
Mexico to ski
(D)
7 Life in modern society lacks
(A) the
sense of permanent
(B)
that is so
(C) important to social stability
(D)
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(A)
they will finish
(B)
the new
business administration
(C)
building, our
offices are going to be
(D) moved
9 In spite of
(A)
suffering (B) some minor
incon-veniences, Dr Blake and his wife
en-joyed living (C)
in a three-hundred-years-old
(D) house in London last summer
10 If Tom would have sent
(A)
in (B) his papers
sooner, he would have been
(C)
accepted (D) for
this semester
11 Professor Layton was equally
(A)
fond of (B) his two children, but he had to admit
that he found the youngest
(C)
an easier
child to handle
(D)
12. By (A)
the beginning of next year, much
(B) of
the people who
(C) live in that area may
have difficulty finding
(D) employment
13 Even though
(A)
the child pretended
sleeping (B)
, when (C)
we opened the bedroom
door we were not deceived
(D)
14 Be careful to give
(A)
the caterers a
(B) accurate count of the number of people
whom (C)
you expect to go
(D)
to the wedding
reception
15 Ever since
(A)
he arrived, he has
(B) been
complaining about
(C)
constantly (D)
the
weather
16 The living
(A)
room was enough large
(B)
to accommodate (C)
two long sofas easily
(D)
17 Approving
(A)
of my choice of colleges, my
father said that he was willing
(B)
to completely pay (C)
for all the costs of
(D) my
education
18 In spite of
(A)
the exceedingly
(B)
favorable
financial benefits she is receiving, Linda
now wishes that she was not stationed
(C)
in Alaska for
(D) three years
19 When the seamstress
(A)
tried to sew the
button on
(B)
with (C)
a plastic needle, it
(D) broke
20 We all laughed
(A)
when (B) Helen said she
could not (C)
remember what day was it
(D)
21 The children soon forgot that it
(A) was
them (B)
, their parents, who
(C) had
encour-aged them to continue
(D)
their education
22 Having ran
(A)
for (B) three miles, I was
exhausted but
(C)
exhilarated
(D)
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(A)
he could
not longer
(B)
tolerate the conditions of
(C) the
contract under which
(D)
he was working
24 Our company looks forward to have
(A) you
on
(B)
staff, and we will
(C) assist you in any
way possible
(D)
in order to make your
move pleasant
25 The theater arranged a private showing
(A)
of the film for Peter and I
(B)
so that (C) we
could review it
(D) before our deadline
SENTENCE COMPLETION
Directions: In the Sentence Completion questions, one or more words are left out of
each sentence Under each sentence, you will see four words or phrases Select the one
word or phrase that completes the sentence correctly and mark your answer on the
answer sheet provided in the book or on a separate sheet of paper
26 It was that we went for a
hike in the mountains
(A) so nice a day
(B) such nice day
(C) so nice day
(D) such nice a day
27 I was surprised to see at
the concert
(A) those number of people
(B) that amount of people
(C) that number of people
(D) those amount of people
28 The art museum is internationally
acclaimed not only for its
sixteenth-century Flemish collection
for its early Picasso collection
(A) and
(B) but
(C) but also
(D) as well as
29 that the hope for cancer
control may lie in the use of a vaccine
(A) To believe
(B) It is believed
(C) Believing
(D) The belief
30 Everyone was the threat of
military intervention in that area
(A) frightened for
(B) frightened
(C) frightened to
(D) frightened by
31 If Dorothy had not been badly hurt
in a car accident, she in last month’s marathon
(A) would participate
(B) participated
(C) would have participated
(D) would had participate
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a lot of time visiting
churches and castles
(A) old enough
(B) very old
(C) enough old
(D) too old
33 Our success depends the
project by December
(A) on finishing
(B) finishing
(C) about finishing
(D) on to finish
34 Be sure to wake at 7:00.
(A) we
(B) Paul and me
(C) us, Paul and I
(D) Paul and I
35 When Betty met Sue, .
(A) she was a student at Stanford
(B) Sue was a student at Stanford
(C) she is a student at Stanford
(D) at Stanford Sue was a student
36 Nancy sometimes wishes that she
in a small town
(A) was not living
(B) did not lived
(C) does not live
(D) were not living
37 When the professor called on him,
(A) John repeated again the correct answer
(B) John repeated the correct answer
(C) John repeated the answer which was correct
(D) the correct answer was
re-peated by John
38 These seats are reserved for
(A) those on the executive committee
(B) they on the executive committee
(C) them on the executive committee
(D) those who find themselves in
the position of being on the executive committee
39 Barbara has been pursuing a career
in architecture she gradu-ated in May
(A) when
(B) until
(C) for
(D) since
40 Our buyer has gone to New York
new fall clothes
(A) to choose
(B) for to choose
(C) for choosing
(D) for having chosen