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DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST
SECTION 2
STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION
Time-25 minutes
(including the reading of the directions)
Now set your clock for 25 minutes.

This section is designed to measure vour ability'' to recognize language that is appropriate for standard
u'ritten English. There are t\No tlrpes of questions in this section, v,'ith special directions for each tvpe.

Structure
Directions: These questions are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you r,r'ill see four words
or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one u'ord or phrase that best completes the
sentence. Then, on vour ans\ver sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that
corresponds to the letter of the ansrver vou have chosen.

Look at the 1'ollorving examples.

Example I Sample Answer

The president the election bv a landslide. O

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(A) r.r'on e
(B) he r,r'on - O)
(C) 1'esterdav
(D) fortunatelv

The sentence should read, "The president rvon the election bv a landslide." Therefore, vou should
choose ansu''er (A).

Example II Sample Answer

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When the conference?
(A) the--doctor attended
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(B) did the doctor attend @
(C) the doctor u'ill attend
(D) the doctor'.s attendance

The sentence should read, "When did the doctor attend the conference?" Therefore, volr should
choose ansrver (B).

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In the earlv 1900s, Eastman Researchers have begun str-rdving u'hat
inerpensive Brou,nie box cameras. is on human circadian rhvthms.
(A) it der,eloped - (A) it is the elfect of light
(B) it u,as developed -(B) rhe light af{ects
(C) developed (C) is affecting the light
(D) developing (D) the effect of light

2. the discover-r of tJ.re fossilized If calcium oride remains exposed to air,

remnants of tides in one-billion-vear-old to calcium carbonate.
-rocks. (A) rurning
(A) Geological reports -(B) turns
(B) Geologists report (C) ir turns
(C) The reports of geologists (D) the turn
( D ) Geologisls' I'cpot ls

Some earlv batteries used concentrated

3. The Brooklvn Bridge took thirteen nitric acid, gave off poisonous fumes.
vears to complete. (A) thev
(A) in Nerv York - (B) -
then thev
(B) is in Neu' York (C) but thev
(C) it is in Ner.r'York (D) but thel,had
(D) u'hich Neu'York
10. The sound produced bv an object in a
4. Genes control all of the phl'sical \\'e periodic rvav involr,es more than the simple
inherit. sine r,r'ave. -
(A) that traits
- (A) it vibrates
(B) that ale traits (B) r'ibrating
(C) traits that (C) is vibrating
(D) traits are that (D) r.ibrates

5. Indigo can ire extracted fr-om a plant, and t1. Prior to the discoven- o[ anesthetics in 18,16,
then to d1'c' cloth blue. surgen'u'as clone \\ras still conscious.
(A) it (A) u'hile thc patienl
-
(B) using (B) the patient felt-
(C) using it (C) during the patient's
(D) it can be r.rsed (D) rthile patientlv

in the Unitecl States spends 900 hours

per ve:rr in class and 1,170 hours in iront of
-the television.
(A) The a\.erage third-grader
(B) The third grade is average
(C) Thc-re are three grades
(D) Three average grades

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12. The drastic decline ol the beaver helps to 1:1. A vacht js steeled uith a rudder, the
illustrate u'hat to the ecosvstcrlrs of flou'of uatcr-that passes thc hr,rll.
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thc North American continent'
(A) *,hich cleflecring -
(A) happening (B) detlects
(B) the happening (C) it def'lects
(C) has happened (D) u'hich dcflects
(D) abor-rt happenin_e
15. For top specd and strclden:rcceleration, the
Middle
13. The usc oi shorthand diecl out in the accelerator pi-rn'rp l'eeds aclditional g:rsoline
Ages beczrtrse of uith rvitchcraft. from the llciat chanrber into above the
- *'as im'gine.l
(A) the association t'enttlrl ltlllc'
(B) associate lhe inragination (A) the air fkrrr,s -
(C) im:rgine the association (B) the. erir flon
(D) the irnagined associ:rtion (C) the air-is florvins
(D) flous the air

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