SESSION 2: STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

Time-25 minutes
(Including the reading of the directions)
Now set your clock for 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.

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 you have chosen. Fill
in the space so that the letter inside the circle cannot be seen.

Look at the following example:

Mt. Hood _______ in the state of Oregon.

A. although C. is
B. and D. which
The correct choice is C.

1. If you lived near the factory, you ___ the sound of the explosion in the middle of
the night.
A. hear C. would have heard
B. would hear D. will hear

2. For years, ___ hunted for food and ivory, and as a result their numbers have been
greatly reduced.
A. was elephant C. elephants were
B. which elephants were D. elephants was

3. The Appalachian Trail, ___ 2,020 miles from Maine to Georgia, is the longest
continuous marked footpath in the world.
A. extending approximately C. to extend approximately
B. extended approximately D. which extending approximately

4. The test administrator made us not _______our books until h told us to do so.
A. open C. opening
B. to open D. opened
(typo harusnya “he” boleh ganti atau di revisi)
5. Industrial buyers are responsible for supplying the goods and services that an
organization is required for ___ operations.
A. its C. it’s
B. their D. theirs
6. The easiest process for mining gold is panning, ___ involves using a circular dish
with a small pocket at the bottom.
A. to C. and
B. which D. since

7. When ____ imports, a country had said to have a trade surplus.

A. overall exports exceeded C. overall exports exceed
B. overall exports have exceeded D. overall exports is exceeding

8. Martha Graham, __________, has run her own dance company for half a century.
A. is the great modern choreographer
B. one of the great modern choreographers
C. that the great modern choreographers
D. the modern choreographers were great

9. The new government will have the budget of education__________.

A. increased C. increase
B. to increase D.increasing

10. In the photography of moving objects, __________ in both the United States and
Europe well before 1900.
A. Experiments been conducting C. Experiments had been conducted
B. were Experiments conducting D. being conducted by Experiments

11. The University of Georgia, __________ in 1785, was the first state supported
university in the United States.
A. chartered C. it was chartered
B. was chartered D. to be chartered

12. The fugitive __________ on Friday night at the gas station.

A. was escaped C. were not seen
B. was volunteering D. was last seen

13. The worldwide race to develop an affordable synthetic fuel has so far consumed
billions of dollars and ____ few results.
A. Yields C. Yielded
B. To yield D. Has yielded

14. A liquid is similar _______ a gas because molecules are not fixed to each other in
any specific way.
A. To C. for
B. With D. If

15. The principal always has the students _______the school rules.
A. obey C. to obey
B. obeying D. Obeyed
 Written Expression

Directions: In questions 16–40, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases.
The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked with 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.

Look at the following example:

Fewest than half of all the adults fully understand the kinds and amounts of
A B C
exercise necessary for an effective physical fitness program.
D
The correct answer is A.

16. The first library in the North American colonies was establishing in
A B C D
Massachusetts in the year 1638.
17. Like other academic disciplines, sociology in most of the countries hasa major
A B C D
sub-disciplines.
18. Mammals lose body heat to theirenvironment in cold weather the more quickly
A B C
than in hot weather.
D
19. Thedevelopingof mechanical timepieces spurred the search for more
A B
accurate sundials with which to regulate them.
C D

20. Maine has cooler weather than most of the other state in the continental United
A B C D
States.
21. Like ethnographers, ethnohistorians make systematic observations, but they
A B C
also gatherdata from documentary and sources oral.
D
22. Research in the United States on acupuncture havefocused on its use in pain
A B C
reliefandanesthesia.
D
23. Although the pecan tree is chiefly valuable for its fruit, its wood is used
A B C
extensive for flooring, furniture, boxed, and crates.
D
24. If the cerebellum of a pigeon wasdestroyed, the bird would notbe ableto fly.
A B C D
25. Volcanism occurs on Earth in several geological settings, most of which are
A B
associated with the boundaries of the enormous, rigid plates whose make up the
C D
lithosphere.
26. The Dead Sea is the lower sea on earth, 1,300ft (400km) below the sea level.
A B C D
27. The mostcoral islands develop from reefs that grow up around volcanic islands.
A B C D
28. Orchestrating musicalworkrequires an understanding of the range and
A B C
characteristics ofeach instrument.
D
29. Father will have the mechanic repairedmy car before I use it tomorrow.
A B C D
30. The importance of the hand, and more generally of the body, in children’s
A B C
acquisition of arithmetic canhardly exaggerated.
D
31. Each pot and pan in her kitchen has it own place on the shelf.
A B C D
32. Phylliswas purchased by Mr. Wheatley, whom wife was impressed by her and
A B C D
taught her to speak English.
33. Nadine usuallygets the woman sweep the floor in the morning.
A B C D
34. The clasmosaur, a giant prehistoric sea reptile with Uerce-looking jaws and
A
flippers, has a muscular neck that accounts for more than half their length.
B C D
35. The General Sherman tree, a giant sequoia in California, has grown to be the
A B
world’slarger plant at approximately 272 feet tall.
C D
36. Jimmy Connors, well-known tennis champion, is supposed to have said that he
A
did not want to participates in all the tournaments once he had reached forty.
B C D
37. The month is not somesuitable unit of measure for determining the seasons since
A B
the seasons are a solar, not a lunar phenomenon.
C D
38. In 1727 Benjamin Franklin found one of the first adult-education organization,
A B C
a group called the Junto.
D
39. Many people have stopped to smoke because they are afraid that it are afraid
A B C
that itmay beharmful to their health.
D
40. Balloons rise into the air because they contain a gas which is more little dense,
A B C D
or lighter,than air.