MIDDLE EXAM TEST (22/3/21)

Section A (Choose 1 correct answer!)

1. Air constricted between the vocal chords makes them ……. producing sound.
A. to vibrate B. vibrating C. vibrate D. the vibration

2. Even without strong wings, the ostrich has survived because it …… at high speeds to escape
predators.
A. to run B. can run C. running D. run

3. Termites can do …… to the wood in homes before they are detected.

A. an intensive damage B. intensive damage C. the intensive damage D. extensive
damage

4. Hawkeye was a character …… James Fenimore Cooper created for The Last of the Mohicans.
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose

5. The brightest body in the constellation Hydra, Alphard is only ………

A. a second-magnitude star B. a magnitude second star C. a star of the magnitude second
D. a second magnitude star

6. A dancer, while always graceful and precious in her movement, trains …….. any other athlete.
A. as strenuously B. more strenuously as C. as strenuously as D. as strenuously
that

7. Cooking oil made from corn does not become saturated when heated, and …….
A. neither oil made from any B. oil made from soy does either C. neither does oil made
from soy
D. oil made from soy either

8. The jet stream …….. usually occurs at about thirty-five to sixty degrees latitude.
A. a narrow band of wind that B. is a narrow band of wind that C. a narrow band of wind
D. it is a narrow band of wind that

9. The smallest flying dinosaurs …….. of a robin.

A. about the size B. was about the size C. were about the size D. have
been about the size

10. People under thirty years old cannot remember when ………. without a computer terminal.
A. they have to work B. they had to work C. their working D. working

11. Born in 1892, ……… while he wrote the poems and plays that made him famous.
A. the library of congress is where Archibald Macleish worked as a librarian
B. Archibald Macleish worked as a librarian at the library of congress.
C. a librarian at the library of congress, Archibald Macleish worked
D. at the library of congress, Archibald Macleish worked as a librarian

12. The cabinet consists of secretaries department who report to the president, give him advice, and
……… decisions.
A. helping him making B. helping him make C. help him making D. help him make

13. Natural gas often occurs ……. petroleum in the minute pores of rock such as sandstone and
limestone.
A. both together with B. both together C. with D. both with
14. People with exceptionally high intelligence quotients may not be the best employees since they
……….. unless the job is constantly changing.
A. become bored of work B. are becoming boring in work C. become bored with
their work
D. work becoming bored

15. The Ford Theater Lincoln was shot …….

A. must restore B. most be restoring C. must have been restored D. most
restored

Section B
(Choose 1 underlined word/phrase that must be changed to make a correct sentence!)

16. During his twelve year there, Ellis Marshalis turned the New Orleans Center for the Creative

Arts into a rich training place for future jazz stars.

17. Gothic revival architecture has several basis characteristics that distinguish it from other

nineteenth-century architectural style.

18. While studying in chemistry of human body, Dr. Rosalyn Yalow won a Nobel Prize for the

research she conducted on the role of hormones.

19. Although complete paralysis is rare with neuritis, some degree of muscle weakness common.

20. In 1884 Belva Lockwood, a lawyer who has appeared before the Supreme Court, became the first

woman was nominated for President of United States.

21. The most important parameters affecting the rocket’s maximum flight felocity is the relationship

between the vehicle’s mass and the amount of propellan it can carry.

22. The fiction writer, poetry and critic Edgar Allan Poe is among the most familiar of American

writers and one of the most enigmatic.

23. Of all the art-related reference and research library in North America, that of the Metropolitan

museum of art in New York city is among the largest and most complete.

24. Acoustic, the study of sounds, is one of the oldest of the physically sciences.

25. One of the claims made against science is that data are often manipulated to prove it scientist’s

theses, rather than studying it for possible contractions.

26. Those who have seen what is believed to be Noah’s Ark say it is the largest than a modern battle

ship.
27. Together with his friend little John, Robin Hood are fondly remembered today by millions of

people.

28. Clare Boothe Luce wrote and productioned her first play while she was in high school.

29. A galaxy where may include billion of stars, is held together by gravitational attraction.

30. If Mary had called, tell her I will call her back as soon as I return.

31. The cowboy turned and rode towards the sun, but neither the horse or he knew the exact path

home, and soon both were lost.

32. Neither editors the photographer nor the reporter witnesses the event, but they and their editors

prepared both articles and photos as if they have been there.

33. Recent studies show that during a volcanic eruption, ash spreads in the sky, lava flows up and hot

wind travel for miles disturbing weather pattern.

34. Marcy said that she know how the procedure for doing the experiment, but when began to work in

the laboratory, she found that she was mistaken.

35. Whenever students asked for help or guidance, the councelor will advise them or refer them to

someone who will.

36. Jack told his girlfriend that the party will be held in Jakarta Plaza.

37. The new student’s progress advanced forward with such speed that all the teacher will amazed.

38. Because they have moved away, they hardly never go to the beach anymore.

39. Neither of the girls have turned in the term papers to the instructor yet.

40. After studying all the new materials the student was able to rise his test score by twenty-five

points.