TEST 2

SECTION ONE: GRAMMAR

A. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to complete each of the following gaps in each sentence.

1. After quartz, calcite is the _____ in the crust of the Earth.

A. mineral is most abundant B. mineral that most abundant
C. most abundant mineral that D. most abundant mineral

2. Regarded as the world’s foremost linguistic theorist, Noam Chomsky continues _____ new theories
about language and language learning.
A. for creating B. by creation C. to create D. create

3. _____ any area receives more water than the ground can absorb, the excess water flows to the lowest
level, carrying loose mineral.
A. Being B. Whenever C. When might D. Is

4. In 1935, seismologist Charles F. Richter devised _____ for rating the strength of earthquakes.
A. for the numerical scale B. the scale is numerical
C. a numerical scale D. a scale of numerical

5. After the Second World War, the woman wage earner _____ a standard part of middle-class life in
the United States.
A. who became B. becoming that which
C. became D. to become

6. Celluloid and plastics have largely replaced genuine ivory in the manufacture _____ buttons, billiard
balls, and piano keys.
A. of such things as B. as of such things
C. such things as of D. things as of such

7. One of the tenets of New Criticism is that a critic need not tell readers _____ about a story.
A. which thinking B. what to think C. that thinking D. to think what

8. The outer ear, _____ the fleshy pinna and the auditory canal, picks up and funnels sound waves
toward the eardrum.
A. includes B. which it includes C. which includes D. of which includes

9. The chair may be the oldest type of furniture, _____ its importance has varied from time to time and
from country to country.
A. but when B. until then C. in spite of D. although

10. When wood, natural gas, oil, or any other fuel burns, _____ with oxygen in the air to produce heat.
A. combining substances in the fuel B. substances in the fuel that combine
C. substances in the fuel combine D. a combination of substances in the fuel

11. Deserts are arid land areas where _____ through evaporation than is gained through precipitation.

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 A. the loss of more water B. loses more water
C. is more water lost D. more water is lost

12. When goshawk chicks are young, _____ parents share in the hunting duties and in guarding the nest.
A. the both B. both C. both of D. and both

13. Not only _____ among the largest animals that ever lived, but they are also among the most
intelligent.
A. are whales B. whales C. some whales D. they are whales

14. Fish are the most ancient form of vertebrate life, and _____ all other vertebrates.
A. from them evolved B. evolved them
C. to evolve D. they are evolved

15. _____ 350 species of sharks, and although they are all carnivorous, only a few species will attack
people.
A. About B. Where about C. There are about D. About the

B. Choose the underlined part that needs to be changed in order to make each sentence
grammatically correct.

16. The dandelion plant has a straight, smoothly, and hollow stem that contains a white, milky juice.

17. Of the much factors that contributed to the growth of international tourism in the 1950’s, one of the
most important was the advent of jet travel in 1958.

18. The Canadian province of Alberta it is believed to have some of the richest oil deposits in the world.

19. Elizabeth Bishop’s poems are frequently long and carefully constructed, uses elaborate rhyme or
half-rhymes.

20. California has more land under irrigation than any another state.

21. Thomas Moran’s magnificent, colorful paintings onto Wyoming landscapes captured the spirit of the
western wilderness in the late nineteenth century.

22. Emily Dickinson, among the greatest women poets in the English language, died with all of hers
poems unpublished, except for seven that appeared in publications of limited circulation.

23. Protecting Florida’s coral reefs in difficult because some of the corals are very fragile: even the
touch of a diver’s hand can kill it.

24. Martin Luther King, Jr., is well known for organize the huge human rights march that took place in
Washington in 1963.

25. A lightning flash produces electromagnetic waves that may travels along the Earth’s magnetic field
for long distances.

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26. One of the earliest plants domesticated in the Western Hemisphere, manioc was introduced to
Europe by Spaniards returning from the New World.

27. Besides the age of nine and fifteen, almost all young people undergo a rapid series of physiological
changes.

28. The frequency of meteors in the Earth’s atmosphere increases when the Earth passes through a
swarm of particle generated by the breakup of a comet.

29. Ponds are noted for their rich and varied types of plant and animal life, all maintain in a delicate
ecological balance.

30. In the 1920’s cinema became an important art form and one of the ten largest industry in the United
States.

31. To improvise effectively, a musician must thorough understand the conventions of a given musical
style.

32. During the Jurassic period, plant life was abundance, providing herbivores in particular with a
plentiful supply of food.

33. Some maple trees are raised for their sap, which has a high sugar content for yields sugar and syrup.

34. Long before boats became important in recreation, they were valuable to people for many essential
tasks, included transportation and fishing.

35. Asteroids may be fragments of a planet shattered long ago or from material the nuclei of old comets.

36. The first Native Americans to occupy what is now the southwestern United States were the Big-
Game Hunters, which appeared about 10,000 B.C.

37. Some hangers, buildings used to hold large aircraft, are very tall that rain occasionally falls from
clouds that form along the ceilings.

38. Most sand dunes are always in motion as wind pushes sand upward one side of each dune, over the
top, and down the other side.

39. Farms of maize, beans, and tobacco, the Wendat, Native American tribes that inhabited present-day
Michigan, lived a sedentary life in densely populated villages.

40. Recently, scientists have apply new tools of biochemistry and molecular biology to investigate the
structure of human hair.

SECTION TWO: VOCABULARY

A. Choose the most suitable answer (A, B, C, or D) to complete each of the following gaps.

1. The car skidded on the slippery road and ______________ into a lamp post.
A. collided B. crashed C. broke D. smashed

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2. He has ______________ after eating food brought from a roadside stall.
A. gastic B. headache C. diarrhea D. heart attack

3. Everyone waited tensely for the compere to ______________ the winner.

A. shout B. call C. announce D. say

4. Please do exactly as you are ______________.

A. spoken B. asked C. told D. mentioned

5. The children love to ______________ water over one another in the pool.
A. spray B. spill C. splatter D. splash

6. The ball ______________ Nasir on the head and he fell down on the grass.
A. struck B. crashed C. collided D. banged

7. Our teacher is organizing a camping ______________ to Sister Island.

A. occasion B. festival C. tour D. trip

8. Mona can speak two languages. She is ______________.

A. bilingual B. monolingual C. linguist D. expert

9. The ______________ woman crossed the road quickly but cautiously.

A. oldest B. older C. elder D. elderly

10. She listened ______________ to her teacher’s explanation.

A. carefully B. attentively C. slowly D. sadly

B. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to fill each gap in each sentence.

Man is responsible for the destruction of forests in all parts of the world. They destroy forests for
various (1) ______________. Firstly, they cut up trees to (2) ______________ paper. Secondly, they
clear up forests to (3) ______________ houses and buildings for offices, factories or commercial
uses. All of us know that forests are (4) ______________ to mankind. They contain a large (5)
______________ of animal and plant life. One type of tree may maintain more than four hundred
insect species. Many of the plants in the forests too contain chemicals that help (6) ______________
science and agriculture, providing new treatment for (7) ______________ or controlling insects that
(8) ______________ crops. Natural chemicals from plants are (9) ______________ than artificial
ones which can have dangerous effects on animals and people. When forests are destroyed, all these
animals and plants will also (10) ______________.

1. A. causes B. reasons C. effects D. wishes

2. A. create B. manufacture C. print D. buy
3. A. build B. destroy C. replace D. renovate
4. A. useless B. benefits C. useful D. advantage
5. A. various B. varying C. variable D. variety
6. A. medical B. physical C. commercial D. social
7. A. cancer B. diseases C. illness D. sickness

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 8. A. eat B. feed C. damage D. increase
9. A. better B. worse C. good D. best
10. A. go B. vanish C. damage D. varnish

SECTION THREE: READING

A. Choose the best ending (A, B, C, or D) for each paragraph.

1. When Europeans first arrived in North America in 1620, the forests were full of bears. There were
more than half a million of these wild animals. Then, the Europeans began to cut down the forests
where the bears lived. They also began to hunt the bears. By 1900, there were very few bears left.
Now, however, the bear population is about 200,000. The bears have begun to multiply again, thanks
to _________
A. better hunting methods. B. better foods for them.
C. better laws to protect them. D. better laws to protect Europeans.

2. The dog was the first domesticated animal. Very early in human history, people learned that a dog
could help with hunting. Dogs also were good company for early man. We can say that the dog is
man's "best friend" and his _________
A. worst enemy. B. only friend. C. latest friend. D. oldest friend.

3. For many years, alligator skin was popular in the United States for making fashionable leather shoes
and purses. From 1870 to 1965 at least ten million alligators were killed in the United States for
leather. Then, in 1967, the government made laws against hunting alligators. After that the alligator
population began to grow again. Now there are _________
A. no more alligators in the United States.
B. fewer alligators than there were in 1967.
C. more alligator skins for making shoes and purses.
D. nearly two million alligators in the United States.

4. It used to be fashionable for women to have very small waists. They often wore tight clothes around
their middles to make them thinner. A woman with a very thin waist was said to be "wasp-waisted"
because her body looked like the body of a wasp. The wasp is an insect with _________
A. a large head and small body. B. a very thin middle.
C. tight clothes around its middle. D. long, thin legs.

5. The tulip is a flower that originally grew in Turkey. In the 17th century it became very popular in
Holland. Some Dutch merchants became very rich by importing tulips. They sold them to the
_________
A. Dutch at very high prices. B. Turkish at very high prices.
C. Turkish at very low prices. D. Dutch at very low prices.

6. Most flowering plants bloom in the spring or summer. But there are some plants that also have
flowers in the winter. One of these is the peony. Certain kinds of peonies can produce beautiful red
or pink flowers even _________
A. on the warmest days of the year. B. when other flowers are blooming.
C. on the coldest days of the year. D. when it has no leaves.

B. Based on the passage, answer the questions that follow.

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