ox EGE Questions 1-10 Choose the option that best completes each dialogue. A: Why did you go with this light green paint color? B: My consultant told me it with the orange well. (a) will have contrasted (b) would contrast (0) is to contrast (d) would have contrasted ‘A: We have about a half pound of pasta. B: I’m worried enough for the recipe. (a) those aren’t (b) they haven’t (©) that isn’t (d) it wasn’t ‘A: How long have you been living in North Carolina? B: I for eight years this coming August. (a) will have been here (b) will be here (©) was here (d) have been here ‘A: So, we're going to have to lay off some workers, B: Yes, balance the budget. in order to (a) in conclusion it was necessary for us (b) it was necessary to conclude (©) we concluded it was necessary (d) we necessarily concluded it was ‘A: What was it like competing as a child athlete? B: The intense atmosphere during tournaments (a) could be intimidating (b) is to intimidate (©) intimidated them (d) could be intimidated 6. A: You should really spend less time watching TV. B: That's just (a) that Lauren told (b) what Lauren told me (©) that Lauren was telling (d) what Lauren and I told last night. ‘A: What are some of the requirements of the job? B: They want to find (a) someone with social media familiar (b) a familiar one with social media (c) someone familiar with social media (d) a familiar social media one ‘A: Did you hear? Professor Merritt was awarded tenure! B: There’s no doubt that he without the support of his students. (a) did it (b) could have it (©) didn’t do it (d) couldn’t have done it A; Are you still feeling upset with Camilla? B: and she didn’t even notice. (a) Such an effort I put for her forth (b) I put forth such an effort for her (c) An effort such as I put forth her (d) She put such effort for me forth |. A: Brandon handles everything related to the neighborhood watch. B: If you could , that would be great. (a) touch to put me with him (b) touch me to put him with (©) put him to touch with me (d) put me in touch with him ‘Actual Test 6 © 197GEG Questions 11-25 Choose the option that best completes each sentence. 1, . the Alamo Heights Dragons stand a good chance of winning. (a) They play whichever team (b) The team they play whichever (©) Whichever they play the team (d) Whichever team they play against 42. The wild animals, quite unsurprisingly, did not react calmly to by the researchers. (a) being captured (b) capturing them (©) be captured (@) have captured 13, Mrs. Fletcher decided to sell that she had inherited from her grandmother. (@) the all dining room furniture antiques (b) all the furniture of antique dining room (©) all the antique dining room furniture (d) the dining room all antique furniture 14, you experience any delay during your travels, please notify the logistics officer immediately. (a) Could (b) Should (©) Might (d) Must 15, at the airport than he realized he'd misread his ticket. (a) Had the passenger arrived no sooner (b) No sooner the passenger had arrived (c) The passenger had arrived no sooner (@) No sooner had the passenger arrived 198 46. The normally toxic chemical poses ‘no harm to animal or plant life (a) once it renders inert (b) it rendered inert (©) once rendered inert (d) rendering it inert 17. All lawmakers must make a pledge _ the Constitution when they are sworn into office. (a) to uphold (b) having upheld (c) that upheld (@) in upholding 48, Retired NBA all-star Bill Russell played for the Boston Celtics and (a) the team contributed his great success (b) greatly succeeded to contribute the team (©) contributed greatly to the team’s success (@) successfully contributed a great team 19, _in the war, many soldiers found the return to civilian life largely unmanageable. (a) To have been traumatized (b) Having been traumatized (©) To be traumatized (d) Having traumatized 20. Carl had already agreed to cook dinner before that it was a huge task. (a) it occurred to him (b) he occurred to it (©) it was occurred to him (@) he was to occur it21. On Tuesday, the President seemed to distance himself from his earlier statement, which by his opponents. (a) has to criticize since (b) was since to criticize (©) he has since criticized (d) had since been criticized 22, Ina personal letter to the CEO, Mr. Whittaker expressed that he ____ alongside his ex-wife in the financial department, (a) rather than continue to work (b) would rather not continue working (©) hadn’t rather continued working (d) was rather continuing to work 23. Who knows how public opinion of the Revolutionary War had photography existed at the time. (a) had differed (b) would have been different (c) wouldn't have differed (@) was very different 24, 25. ‘Ata press conference, a company spokesperson maintained ‘on account of gender or age. (a) that no employees were discriminated | against (b) employees who were against discrimination (c) that employees weren't against discrimination (d) employees who wouldn't be discriminated against Allegedly, Mr. Vaughn as he was passing through the immigration checkpoint. (a) slipped the officer to a bill (b) billed and slipped the officer (©) slipped a bill to the officer (d) and the officer slipped a bill ‘Actual Test 6» 199F [EEG Questions 26—30 grammatical error. Read each dialogue or passage carefully and identify the option that contains a 26. (a) A:Hey, look what I picked up at the store: a new toaster! (b) B: Oh, you didn’t need to do that. L was able to fix our old one. (©) A: You must have mentioned that to me before I bought a replacement. (@) B: Sorry, I wasn’t aware that you were going to do that, 27. (a) A: [have you confirmed for the 5:30 flight to Bangalore, (b) B: Great, and can you tell me which seat am I in? (c) A:It looks like you've been assigned 15A, a window seat. (@) B: If possible, I'd like to change that to an aisle seat, please. 28. (a) Following his victory in the Second Civil War, Oliver Cromwell turned his attention to Ireland. (b) During his 1649-50 Irish Campaign, Cromwell led forces against the Irish Catholics who have backed the defeated British king. (c) In what today would likely be considered acts of ethnic cleansing, Cromwell's troops massacred whole populations of civilians on multiple occasions. (d) Once the fighting was done, another 50,000 Irish were deported to England as indentured servants, 29, (a) The world’s worst industrial disaster took place on December 2, 1984, in the city of Bhopal, India. (b) A gas leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant exposed 500,000 people to toxie chemicals and led to the immediate death of at least 2,200. (c) The longer-term effects are harder to quantify, but government estimates suggest that more than half @ million have been adversely affected. (d) Serious repercussicns for the company and its employees have yet to feel. 30. (a) We often think of the Arctic as a relatively desolate region, supporting little life. (b) But some is the fact that 21,000 species of animals, plants, funguses, and microbes call the Arctic home, (c) And all of them are directly threatened by the environmental changes unfolding as a result of global warming. (d) Without urgent action on the part of humans, the biodiversity of an entire eco-zone may be all but annihilated. You have reached the end of the Vocabulary & Grammar sections. Do NOT move on to the Reading Comprehension section until instructed to do so. You are NOT allowed to tum to any other section of the test, 200