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Structure And Written Expression Test 1

Structure And Written Expression Test 1

Choose the correct answer.

#1. Charlie Chaplin was a comedian __ was best known for his work in silent movies.

#2. oil paints are __ they have become the most popular painter's colors.

#3. The giraffe survives in part because it __ the vegetation in the high branches of trees where other animals have not grazed.

#4. The Canterbury Tales, written about 1386, is as alive and __ today as it was nearly 600 years ago.

#5. Arizona ......... a very dry climate.


#6. __ fuel that is used today is a chemical form of solar energy.

#7. Fire-resistant materials are used to retard __ of modem aircraft in case of accidents.

#8. A desert receives less than twenty-five __ of rainfall every year.

#9. Many modern architects insist on __ materials native to the region that will blend into the surrounding landscape.

#10. In the stringed instruments, the tones __ by playing a bow across a set of strings that may be made of wire or gut.


#11. __ trees is a custom that many people engage in to celebrate Arbor day.

#12. Less moderate members of Congress are insisting that changes in the social security system __ made.

#13. At Woolworth's first five-and-ten-cent store, __ more than a dime.

#14. If water is heated to 212 degrees F. __ as steam.

#15. __ is cheaper for students who maintain aB average because they are a better risk than average or below-average students.


#16. Football teams don't play in the Super Bowl championship __ either the National or the American Conference.

#17. One of the least effective ways of storing information is learning __ it

#18. Strauss finished __ two of his published compositions before his tenth birthday.

#19. Although we often use "speed" and "velocity" interchangeably, in a technical sense, "speed" is not always __ "velocity".

#20. It is necessary__ the approaches to a bridge, the road design, and the alignment in such a way as to best accommodate the expected traffic flow over and under it.


#21. __ at 212 degrees F. and freezes at 32 degrees F.

#22. __ migrate long distances is well documented.

#23. According to some historians, if Napoleon had not invaded Russia, he __ the rest of Europe.

#24. __ Giant Ape Man, our biggest and probably one of our first human ancestors, was about the size of a male gorilla.

#25. Hydrogen peroxide __ as a bleaching agent because it effectively whitens a variety of fibers and surfaces.


#26. Hybrids have one more __ per plant than the other varieties.

#27. Before the Angles and the Saxons to England, the Iberians had lived there.

#28. By the twenty-first century, the computer __ a necessity in every home.

#29. It is generally believed that an M. B) A. Degree is good preparation for a career in__.

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Structure And Written Expression Test 1

Test 1. Choose the correct answer.

STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION Test 1. Choose the correct answer.

1. Arizona __ a very dry climate.

A) has
B) being
C) having
D) with

Answer :   A) has

2. One of the least effective ways of storing information is learning __ it.

A) how repeat
B) repeating
C) to repeat
D) repeat

Answer :   C) to repeat

3. Strauss finished __ two of his published compositions before his tenth birthday.
A) written
B) write
C) to write
D) writing

Answer :   D) writing

4. Many modern architects insist on __ materials native to the region that will blend into the surrounding landscape.

A) use
B) to use
C) the use
D) using

Answer :   D) using

5. Before the Angles and the Saxons to England, the Iberians had lived there.

A) coming
B) come
C) came
D) did come

Answer :   C) came

6. If water is heated to 212 degrees F. __ as steam.

A) it will boil and escape
B) it is boiling and escaping
C) it boil and escape
D) it would boil and escape

Answer :   A) it will boil and escape

7. According to some historians, if Napoleon had not invaded Russia, he __ the rest of Europe.

A) had conquered
B) would conquer
C) would have conquered
D) conquered

Answer :   C) would have conquered

8. Football teams don’t play in the Super Bowl championship __ either the National or the American Conference.

A) unless they win
B) but they win
C) unless they will win
D) But to have won

Answer :   A) unless they win

9. Less moderate members of Congress are insisting that changes in the social security system __ made.

A) will
B) are
C) being
D) be

Answer :   D) be

10. It is necessary__ the approaches to a bridge, the road design, and the alignment in such a way as to best accommodate the expected traffic flow over and under it.

A) plan
B) to plan
C) planning
D) The plan

Answer :   B) to plan

11. In the stringed instruments, the tones __ by playing a bow across a set of strings that may be made of wire or gut.

A) they produce
B) producing
C) are produced
D) that are producing

Answer :   C) are produced

12. __ Giant Ape Man, our biggest and probably one of our first human ancestors, was about the size of a male gorilla.

A) It is believed that
B) That it is
C) That is believed
D) That believing

Answer :   A) It is believed that

13. By the twenty-first century, the computer __ a necessity in every home.

A) became
B) becoming
C) has become
D) will have become

Answer :   D) will have become

14.The giraffe survives in part because it __ the vegetation in the high branches of trees where other animals have not grazed.

A) to reach
B) can reach
C) reaching
D) reach

Answer :   B) can reach

15. Hydrogen peroxide __ as a bleaching agent because it effectively whitens a variety of fibers and surfaces.

A) used
B) is used
C) is using
D) that is uses

Answer : B) is used

16. Since the earth’s crust is much thicker under the continents, equipment would have to be capable of drilling through 100 000 feet of rock to investigate the mantle __.

A) beneath them
B) beneath their
C) beneath its
D) beneath they

Answer :

17. Charlie Chaplin was a comedian __ was best known for his work in silent movies.

A) who
B) which
C) whose
D) What

Answer : A) who

18. A desert receives less than twenty-five __ of rainfall every year.

A) centimeter
B) a centimeter
C) centimeters
D) of centimeters

Answer : C) centimeters

19. __ at 212 degrees F. and freezes at 32 degrees F.

A) waters boils
B) The water boils
C) Water boils
D) Waters boil

Answer : C) Water boils

20.It is generally believed that an M. B) A. Degree is good preparation for a career in__.

A) a business
B) business
C) businesses
D) one business

Answer : B) business

21. Fire-resistant materials are used to retard __ of modem aircraft in case of accidents.

A) a damage to the passenger cabin
B) that damages to the passenger cabin
C) damage to the passenger cabin
D) passenger cabin’s damages

Answer : C) damage to the passenger cabin

22. Hybrids have one more __ per plant than the other varieties.

A) corns
B) ear of corn
C) corn ears
D) corn’s ears

Answer : B) ear of corn

23. __ trees is a custom that many people engage in to celebrate Arbor day.

A) The plant
B) Plant
C) Planting
D) To planting

Answer : C) Planting

24. __ migrate long distances is well documented.

A) That it is birds
B) That birds
C) Birds that
D) it is that birds

Answer : B) That birds

25. At Woolworth’s first five-and-ten-cent store, __ more than a dime.

A) neither items cost
B) items not cost
C) items non costing
D) no item cost

Answer : D) no item cost

26. __ fuel that is used today is a chemical form of solar energy.

A) Most of
B) The most
C) Most
D) Almost the

Answer : B) The most

27. __ is cheaper for students who maintain aB average because they are a better risk than average or below-average students.

A) Automobile’s insurance
B) Insurance of automobiles
C) Automobile insurance
D) Insurance automobile

Answer : C) Automobile insurance

28. The Canterbury Tales, written about 1386, is as alive and __ today as it was nearly 600 years ago.

A) appealed
B) appeal
C) appealing
D) the appeal of

Answer : C) appealing

29. Oil paints are __ they have become the most popular painter’s colors.

A) so versatile and durable that
B) so versatile and durable than
C) such versatile and durable as
D) such versatile and durable

Answer : A) so versatile and durable that

30. Although we often use “speed” and “velocity” interchangeably, in a technical sense, “speed” is not always __ “velocity”.

A) alike
B) the same as
C) similar
D) as

Answer : A) alike

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