The sentence should read, “When did the doctor attend the conference?

”
Therefore, you should choose answer (B).

s
1. In the late 1880s, Hull House 6. As a protection device, an octopus
_________
v United States’ first ejects black or purple ink to cloud
welfare state. the water when _________.
s v
(A) to become the (A) does it escape
(B) became the (B) its escape c
(C) becoming one of the (C) it escapes
(D) it became the (D) escapes it s
v v
2. _________
s with the largest 7. ______
c s manipulate with their feet
alphabet is Cambodian, with 74 as well as with their hands, it is
letters. v difficult for them to stand upright.
(A) In the language (A) Apes can, however,
(B) The language is (B) Apes are able to Preposition

(C) The language (C) Despite the ability of apes

(D) About the language (D) Although apes can
vs to the various 8. s
s v
3. _________ given Approximately 500 varieties of
types of microscopic plants and insectivorous plants, which trap
animals found in water. animals for their sustenance,
b ______
v in the world.
(A) Named plankton (A) and their existence
(B) The name of plankton (B) exist
(C) Plankton’s name (C) they exist
(D) Plankton is the name (D) that exist
c
s isr formed when
4. Charles Babbage (1792-1871) 9. Ozone ultraviolet
drew up the first plans for a s
radiation from the Sun _________
v
programmable digital computer in molecules into highly reactive
1834, but _________
s was never oxygen atoms.
completed.
(A) his invention (A) oxygen breaks up
(B) he invented (B) oxygen is broken up
(C) to invent him (C) breaks up oxygen
(D) for him to invent (D) to break up oxygen
5. _________,
s one of the oldest 10. The surrealistic movement in art in
s

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 v
v
forms of written communication, the 1920s and 1930s placed
was used as early as 3000 B.C. _________
nounclause is pictured in the
v unconscious and often incorporated
dreamlike images.
(A) Cuneiform writing (A) to emphasize it
emphasis m
(B) In cuneiform writing (B) an emphasis on it emphasize v
(C) Cuneiform writing was (C) emphasize what
(D) When cuneiform writing (D) an emphasis on what

p splural
11. Today used to measure the weight of 14. In _________
n x several vertically
gemstones or the amount of gold per aligned honeycombs with
24 parts of pure gold, _________
s v hexagonal wax cells stacked
originally the weight of a seed of the close together.
carob tree.
(A) was a carat (A) a honeybee hive is
(B) a carat was (B) a honeybee hive are
(C) which carat was (C) a honeybee hive of
(D) that a carat was (D) a honeybee hive composed
of
s v
12. The film Lawrence of Arabia is 15. The shapes of snow crystals
three hours and forty-one minutes depend largely _________
on e
long, one minute _________ Gone v temperature and humidity are.
with the Wind. x
(A) in length like (A) how high is depend on
(B) long is (B) on the height of the
(C) is longer than (C) on how high the
(D) longer than is (D) that the height of the
13. The genus v
s Equus became extinct in
North America during the glacial 14 Inverted
period, and it was not reintroduced sentence s
until _________ by the Spaniards i Negative
Adverbs v s
c (A) brought there
v not neither 2 Prep N s v
(B) was brought there s never
rarely Prepin vs
c (C) bringing it there barely
hardly inthehouseexistplants
Reduced (D) it brought there Prep seldom p n v s
clause nor inthehouse plantsexist
nosooner p m s
nowhere
I willnevercome again
CVing Cibo
s v
neg
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never will I comeagain
v s
neg
adv
 Written Expression
Direction: In these questions, 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.
Look at the following examples.
Example I
Sample Answer
The four string on a violin are tuned in fifths. A
A B C D B
C
D
The sentence should read, “The four strings on a violin are tuned in fifths.”
Therefore, you should choose answer (B).
Example II
Sample Answer
The research for the book Roots taking Alex Haley twelve years. A
A B C D B
C
D
The sentence should read, “The research for the book Roots took Alex Haley
twelve years.” Therefore, you should choose answer (C).

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16. The price of silver rose to $50.05 per troy ounce in January 1980 and then fell to
A B C
$10.80 two month later.
Plural D months
learned
17. Most polar seals retreat to open water during the winter, but a few types have learn
A B C
to survive on and under the ice all year round.
Quantity D
plural
18. More than half of all stars is in binary or multiple-star systems.
A B C are D
19. The harpsichord is the most complex and most large of all the plucked keyboard
A B C D
largest
instruments.
s
v
20. United States forces won the city of Los Angeles in 1847 during the Mexican War
and
A B C
gain all of California in the same year.
D
gaining other
21. During fermentation, complex carbohydrates are converted to another chemicals by
A B C
plu
the action of enzymes produced by molds, yeasts, or bacteria.
D
v y nounphrase n
22. The surface of Mars is very complex and consists of a mixture of flat deserts, craters,
Parallel A B C
n adj
volcanoes, and mountainous.
Parallel Possessive
D mountains in
Pronoun
23. Hardwood comes from broad-leaved deciduous trees, those that lose theirs leaves in
A B C D
winter. their
Prep
minted
24. The Washington quarter was first minting by the U.S. government in 1932 on the
A B C
200th anniversary of George Washington’s birth.
D
25. W. Somerset Maugham’s best-known novel, Of Human Bondage, is a partially

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19 Degree Of Comparison

Adjective Comparative Superlative

low lower the lowest

Fast faster the fastest

expensive more expensive the most expensive

interesting more interesting the most interesting
Few fewer the fewest
little less the least
good better the best
bad worse the worst
more the most
many
more the most
much

Comparative than 3 Double

Faster than Comparative

bigger than the bigger it is the slower it moves

2
the superlative the comp s v the comp s v
the fastest
the biggest the smartest the bigger it gives chance
you are
smarter

21 Quantity

other plural one sing

another one
singular of plur
others each t sing
O
each
the other sing of ply
pin
 an apple
a University a Consonant sound
an
amazing four
an Vowel sound a crash
y d book
an hour
A B
a an
fictionalized account of a unhappy youth.
C D

26. The Congressional Medal of Honor, instituted at the height of the Civil War, is
today
superlative A
the
a highest decoration for gallantry in the United States.
B C D
27. High blood pressure results from either an increased output of blood from the heart
A B
or
and an increased resistance to its flow through tiny branches of the arteries.
C D
28. When the U.S. government’s library was burned by the British in 1814, former
A B C
President Thomas Jefferson donated 6,487 of their own books to start the present-
D
his
day Library of Congress.
Past
29. James A. Garfield has become the twentieth president of the United States in 1881
A became B
and was assassinated later in that year. had V r V afterhad113
C D hadVz beforeYa
30. Mambas, poisonous African snakes that come from the same family as cobras,
A B C
Ad Adi venom.
possess an extreme potent Adjective
D Phrase
extremely
v many
31. Not until the discovery of Pluto’s moon Charon was s of the characteristics of
A B C
were
the planet Pluto evident.
D
Ady alone
32. Scorpions, which are normally lone, have developed a cautious mating ritual
A B
alive Youareu
because they are not immune to their own poison. Ilike
C D sleep aliveanimals
livinganimals
33. The diameter of the Sun is more than one hundred times greater than the Earth.
longer
32 Adjective
S adjective is I am asleep
alone
asleep adjective
lxxvi I feel alive
alive noun
livingalive animals
 I almostfell
1 Fellalmost
1 always sleepat 10
always
almost
1 sleep always at10

A B C D
34. In the mid-18th century, American, Russian, and Canadian hunters on the Pacific
A B
coast of North America annihilated almost the sea otter in order to collect the pelts.
C almost annihilated D
35. Pat Garret, who shot and killed Billy the Kid on July 14, 1881, later did his living
A B C
as a Texas Ranger. make a living made
D
make myday
person
36. Paul Revere was the son of a French immigration named Apollos Rivoire, who later
A B
immigrant
began calling himself Revere to make his name easier for American to pronounce.
C D
Adi µ y n n
xing glass.
37. Safety glass, a toughened glass sheet, is six times stronger than untreating
A B C a D untreated

38. The foxglove is source of the drug digitalis, which is used to treat heart disease.
s A asource B C D
v
39. Related fungus from a family of yeasts called ascomycetes cause bread to rise, create
A B C
fungi v
the veins in blue cheese, and produce penicillin.
D
n n Parallel
40. Rival leaders during the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
A rivalrous B
both hailed Kentucky.
C D
Noun
article t Single
Van
27 both and
39 Single Plural
either or
datum data
neither nor
bacterium bacteria
not but cactus cacti
only also alumnus alumni
Fungus Fungi
Phenomenon Phenomena
Criterion Criteria
Medium media
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vs
Sentence

t s v
Prep Noun S V in NewYork
thewallstreet exists
Prep Noun v s s
in New York v
exists the Wallstreet
in many countries
exists Forex
Single
2 Negative
Adverbs Neg v s
Adverbs
Not
Never
she will never return the book
Rarely
s v neg
Hardly
Adv
Seldom
Barely Never will she return
the book
Nowhere Meg v s
Nosooner Adv