Practice test 4

Part A : Choose the best answer for each question.

1. Professional people expect ………… when it is necessary to cancel an appointment.

1) you to call them
2) that you would call them
3) your calling them
4) that you are calling them

2. In a new culture, many embarrassing situations occur ……….. a misunderstanding.

1) for
2) of
3) because of
4) because

3. Sedimentary rocks are formed below the surface of the Earth …………. very high temperatures and pressures.

1) where there are
2) there are
3) where are there
4) there are where

4. A computer is usually chosen because of its simplicity of operation and ease of maintenance …………. its capacity to store information.

1) the same as
2) the same
3) as well as
4) as well

5. …………… that gold was discovered at Sutters`s Mill and that the California Gold Rush.

1) Because in 1848
2) That in 1848
3) In 1848 that it was
4) It was in 1848

6. Frost occurs in valleys and on low grounds ………… on adjacent hills.

1) more frequently as
2) as frequently than
3) more frequently than
4) frequently than

7. When a body enters the Earth`s atmosphere, it travels …………… .

1) very rapidly
2) in a rapid manner
3) fastly
4) with great speed

8. Employers often require that candidates have not only a degree ………… .

1) but two years experience
2) also two years experience
3) but also two years experience
4) but more two years experience

9. The salary of a bus driver is much higher ………….. .

1) in comparison with the salary of a teacher
2) than a teacher
3) than that of a teacher
4) to compare as a teacher

10. Farmers look forward to ………… every summer.

1) participating in the country fairs
2) participate in the country fairs
3) be participating in the country fairs
4) have participate in the country fairs

11. After seeing a movie based on a novel, ………….. .

1) the book is read by many people
2) the book made many people want to read it
3) many people want to read the book
4) the reading of the book interests many people

Part B : Read the following sentences. In each sentence, choose the underline word or group of words that is NOT correct.

12. Gunpowder, in some ways the most effective of all the explosive materials, were a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.

1) in some ways
2) the most effective
3) all
4) were

13. As the demand increases, manufactures who previously produced only a large, luxury car is compelled to make a smaller model in order to compete in the market.

1) previously
2) is
3) to make
4) a smaller model

14. There are twenty species of wild roses in North America, all of which have prickly stems, pinnate leaves, and large flowers, which usually smell sweetly.

1) are
2) have
3) which
4) sweetly

15. Factoring is the process of finding two or more expressions whose product is equal as the given expression.

1) Factoring
2) finding
3) whose
4) equal as

16. Schizophrenia, a behavioral disorder typified by a fundamental break with reality, may be triggered by genetic predisposition, stressful, drugs, or infections.

1) typified by
2) fundamental
3) may be triggered
4) stressful

17. If Grandma Moses havig been able to continue farming, she might never have begun to paint.

1) havig
2) farming
3) begun
4) paint

18. Although the Red Cross accepts blood from most donors, the nurses will not leave you give blood if you have just had a cold.

1) accepts
2) leave
3) give
4) had

19. The native people of Americas are called Indians because when Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492, he thought that he has reached the East Indies.

1) are called
2) because
3) in 1492
4) has reached

20. In the relatively short history of industrial developing in the United States, New York City has played a vital role.

1) relatively
2) developing
3) in the United States
4) has played

21. A turtle differs from all other reptiles in that its body is encased in a protective shell of their own.

1) from
2) other
3) their
4) own

22. Excavations in a mound or village often reveal an ancient community that had been laying under later reconstructions of the city.

1) Excavations
2) often reveal
3) had been laying
4) later

23. One of the first and ultimately the most important purposeful of a reservoir was to control flooding.

1) ultimately
2) purposeful
3) to control
4) flooding

24. One of the world`s best-selling authors, Louis L`Amour said to have written 101 books, mostly westerns.

1) the world`s
2) said
3) to have written
4) mostly

25. No other quality is more important for a scientist to acquire as to observe carefully.

1) No other
2) for
3) as
4) carefully

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