A to hear her terrible language, to feelher extreme animosity, and alsoseeing her horrible manners.. B to hear her terrible language, to feelher extreme animosity, and also tosee her hor
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16 and 17 to support and reinforce sentence 18
Choice (A) Sentence 15 is a reminder of the thesis It is better
placed at the beginning of the conclusion
Choice (C) This choice is illogical and makes the paragraph
more confusing
Choice (D) This choice is also illogical
Choice (E) This choice suggests eliminating the reminder of
the thesis statement, which is not acceptable
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Trang 3PRACTICAL ADVICE
Before you begin this Practice Set, review the
• Timing guide for writing the essay
• Top 10 rules of effective writing
• System for working the multiple-choice test questions
• Strategies for answering the different types of multiple-choicequestions
You will find these reviews compiled for you in a handy QuickReference Guide on pages 372–373
Answers and Explanations are provided immediately after the set
of practice exercises, but do not look at them until you have finishedall the exercises in the set Time this Practice Set as though it werethe real test; that means allotting 20 minutes to write the essay and
25 minutes to answer the multiple-choice questions
WRITING THE ESSAY
Directions: Think carefully about the issue described in the excerpt
below and about the assignment that follows it
In choosing a college to attend, the location of a college is moreimportant than its size or its extracurricular sports and activities
Assignment: What is your opinion of the idea that location is a more
critical factor in choosing a college than either size or extracurricularsports and activities? Plan and write an essay that develops your point
of view on the issue Support your opinion with reasoning andexamples from your reading, your personal experience, or yourobservations
Write your essay on separate sheets of paper or go towww.petersons.com/satessayedge
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Instructions: The sentences in this section test your knowledge of grammar, usage, diction
(choice of words), and idiom
Some sentences are correct
No sentence contains more than one error
The underlined and lettered parts of each sentence below may contain an error in grammar,
usage, word choice, or expression Read each sentence carefully, and identify the item that
contains the error according to standard written English
Indicate your choice by filling in the corresponding oval on your answer sheet Only the
underlined parts contain errors Assume that the balance of the sentence is correct No sentencecontains more than one error
Some sentences may contain no error In those cases, the correct answer will always be
No errorOE
The meteor showers attracted
Aastronomers from all over the world, for
Bthere had never been
and wentC
on the deck to see the island
D
No errorE
2. Tom and Frank returned
A
home faster than
Bexpected; and
Cthey quickly changed intotheir soccer uniforms
D
No errorE
3. The honor guard came to attention
A
, andBthe audience saluted
Cthe flag as
D
No errorE
5. While Danny and Keisha were vacationing
A
in the Caribbean, they went
Bscubadiving and
C
came face to face
D
with a lemonshark No error
more wonderful
C
of all isDthe gala sound you hear No error
E
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A, the Navy Seal Teamcame on shore
B
to secureCthe landing zonefor the troops that followed
D
No errorE
C
spacecraft raised up
Dandflew away No error
C
Jamesonwas not reelected
D
No errorE
11. The police began to solve
A
the crime bytaking fingerprints,
B
canvassingCtheneighborhood for witnesses, and to talk
Dwith the victims No error
E
12. The tropical sun had
Ajust dipped belowthe western
of the twoguards on the team, so
C
he throws the ball
in from out of bounds
D
No errorE
14. At Eileen’s Dress Shop
A
, the dresses are
Bsimilar to department stores
C
, except theyare more expensive and have
Dmore sizes
No errorE
15. The play was
A
in three acts;
Bthe first twoacts were
C
boring butDthe last act was filledwith action No error
E
16. The football game was
A
so exciting thathardly nobody
B
leftC
the stands until
Dthe lastplay No error
B
not the people which
Chave
B
quickly foundthemselves
C
back in the day-to-day
Dgrind
No errorE
20. Todd and Laurie were
Aboth candidates forclass president, but neither were
Bthe onewho
C
wasDfinally elected No error
E
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Instructions: The underlined sections of the sentences below may contain errors in standard
written English, including awkward or ambiguous expressions, poor word choice, incorrect
sentence structure, or faulty grammar, usage, and punctuation In some items, the entire
sentence may be underlined
Read each sentence carefully Identify which of the five alternative choices is most effective incorrectly conveying the meaning of the original statement Choice (A) always repeats the
original Select (A) if none of the other choices improves the original sentence
Indicate your choice by filling in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet Your choice
should make the most effective sentence—clear and precise, with no ambiguity or awkwardness
Ansel Adams photographed landscapes and
they communicate the essence of Yosemite
and other mountainous regions
OA OB OC OD Þ
(A) and they communicate
(B) landscapes, they communicate
(C) landscapes, and communicating
(D) which communicate
(E) that communicate
21 Pilots in all branches of the military must
be highly skilled, but Naval aviators are the
ones that must complete night carrier
22 Paul quickly went to the grocery store and
selected the items on his mother’s list,which he carelessly threw into the cartbefore rushing to the checkout counter.(A) and selected the items on his moth-er’s list, which he carelessly threw(B) and, with his mother’s list in hand, hecarelessly threw the items that heselected
(C) and, using his mother’s list of items,
he was carelessly throwing them(D) and with his mother’s list of items hewas carelessly throwing them
(E) and throwing his mother’s list ofitems carelessly
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diligent worker, and he was enjoyable to
be around because he was always
whis-tling
(A) and he was enjoyable to be around
because he was always whistling
(B) it was enjoyable to be around him
because he was always whistling
(C) being around him was always
enjoyable because he was always
whistling
(D) and he was enjoyable to be around
because he always was whistling
(E) to be around him would be enjoyable
because he always whistled
24 In winter the number of workers absent
from their jobs with illness were very high
(A) the number of workers absent from
their jobs with illness were
(B) absenteeism with illness was
(C) illness that created job absenteeism
were
(D) the numbers of workers absent from
their jobs with illness were
(E) the number of workers absent from
their jobs with illness was
25 In order to get into the college of your
choice, one needs to take several steps,
including the submission of a complete
application
(A) one needs to take several steps
(B) you need to take several steps
(C) one will need to take several steps
(D) taking several steps by you
(E) several steps should be taken by one
26 I was horrified to hear her terrible
lan-guage, to feel her extreme animosity, andalso seeing her horrible manners
(A) to hear her terrible language, to feelher extreme animosity, and alsoseeing her horrible manners
(B) to hear her terrible language, to feelher extreme animosity, and also tosee her horrible manners
(C) to hear her terrible language, feelingher extreme animosity, and alsoseeing her horrible manners
(D) to hear her terrible language, to feelher extreme animosity, and seeingher horrible manners
(E) to hear her terrible language, seeingher horrible manners, and also to feelher extreme animosity
27 The fastest eaters in the entire high school
were Tom and him
(A) were Tom and him
(B) was Tom and him
(C) were Tom and he
(D) were him and Tom
(E) was he and Tom
28 After his accident and the emergency
surgery, Larry looked awful
(A) Larry looked awful
(B) Larry looked awfully
(C) Larry appeared awful
(D) Larry looked pale and tired
(E) Larry appeared awful pale and tired
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to the veterinarian about noon?
(A) Will you please bring my Yorkshire
terrier to the veterinarian about noon?
(B) Will you please take my Yorkshire
terrier to the veterinarian about noon?
(C) Please, will you please bring my
Yorkshire terrier to the veterinarian
about noon?
(D) Please, will you bring my yorkshire
terrier to the veterinarian about noon?
(E) How about taking my yorkshire
terrier to the veterinarian about noon?
30 This electric automobile may travel as fast
as 60 miles per hour
(A) This electric automobile may travel
(B) A electric automobile can travel
(C) That electric automobile may travel
(D) An electric automobile may travel
(E) This electric automobile can travel
31 By noon I will have been planting over
two hundred marigolds
(A) I will have been planting
(B) I will have planting
(C) us will have been planted
(D) I will have planting
(E) I will have planted
32 Of all the swimmers in the Life Guard
training program, Ahmad was the faster
swimmer
(A) the Life Guard training program,
Ahmad was the faster swimmer
(B) the life guard training program,
Ahmad were the faster swimmer
(C) the life guard training program,
Ahmad was the fastest swimmer
(D) the Life Guard training program,
Ahmad was the fastest swimmer
(E) the Life Guard training program,
Ahmad swam faster
33 Those criteria for choosing the winner are
34 Senior citizens from all over the nation has
come to Los Angeles to protest cuts insocial security
(A) has come to Los Angeles to protestcuts in social security
(B) has come to Los Angeles to protestcuts in Social Security
(C) has come to L.A to protest cuts insocial security
(D) has angrily come to Los Angeles toprotest cuts in social security
(E) have come to Los Angeles to protestcuts in Social Security
35 Due to the fact that he was
undernour-ished, he was extremely thin
(A) Due to the fact that he was nourished,
under-(B) Due to the fact that he were nourished,
under-(C) Since he were undernourished(D) Because he was undernourished,(E) Because of the fact that he wasundernourished,
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lose their jobs
(A) Nobody in the company believes they
will lose their jobs
(B) Nobody in the company believe they
will lose their jobs
(C) Nobody in the company believes he
can lose their jobs
(D) Nobody in the company believes one
will lose their job
(E) Nobody in the company believes she
will lose her job
37 When you are a sales associate at the store
where Carmen works, you must follow a
strict dress code
(A) you must follow a strict dress code
(B) one must follow a strict dress code
(C) I must follow a strict dress code
(D) people must follow a strict dress
code
(E) one may follow a strict dress code
38 Jasper enjoys a very unique position in our
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Instructions: The selections below are unedited drafts of students’ essays Carefully read each
essay Sections of each essay need to be rewritten to make the meaning clearer and more
precise
Each essay is followed by a series of questions about changes that might improve all or part of itsorganization, development, sentence structure, language usage (diction), audience focus, or use
of the conventions of standard written English
Choose the answer that most clearly and effectively expresses the writer’s intended meaning.Indicate your choice by filling in the appropriate oval on the answer sheet
Questions 39 through 44 are based on the
following first draft of an essay presenting
arguments for self-employment
(1) For many people the thought of
part-time work can create images of flipping
hamburgers and mopping floors (2) On the
other hand it is possible to find part-time work
where you can be your own boss (3) Jobs like
gardening, baby-sitting, or tutoring students
provide the opportunity to control your own
destiny since you are your own boss.
(4) You may present the argument that
working for oneself can be harder than
working for someone else (5) You may find it
necessary to go and search for customers; a
requirement not found when you are an
employee of a company (6) Planning for your
own business is also a complexity that you
don’t come across as a company worker.
(7) These challenges, however, can be
over-come.
(8) The hurdles you have to overcome are
all within your power to control, and yet the
benefits of self-employment are those that are
making life more fulfilling (9) It is not
unexpected that you will need to turn over
some rocks to find customers, but newspaper
advertising, handbills, and word of mouth can
get the message around that you are a service
provider (10) In some cases you may find it
necessary to acquire tools to perform your work (11) That can be done by purchasing secondhand equipment, and in some situations you may find that the supplier will help you finance the acquisition until you can pay
it off.
(12) There are benefits besides the money that accrue to you from starting your own business (13) First, as your own boss you can control the time and place of your work.
(14) Certainly, you have to take care of your customers, but none the less you are the one in control (15) Secondly, you are providing a service to society (16) How do you know that? (17) Who in their right mind would pay you if you weren’t providing something useful?
(18) The bottom line is your own company is good for you and good for others.
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of sentence 4 in the second paragraph?
(A) Some may have presented the
argument that working for yourself
can be harder than working for
someone else
(B) You may present the argument that
working for yourself can be harder
than working for someone else
(C) Presenting your argument of a
difficulty with self-employment
(D) There are some people who can
present the argument that working
for themselves can be harder than
working for others
(E) People find that working on their
own is more difficult than working
for others
40 Which of the following is the best revision
of the underlined portion of sentence 8?
The hurdles you have to overcome are all
within your power to control, and yet the
benefits of self-employment are those that
are making life more fulfilling.
(A) making life more fulfilling
(B) fulfilling
(C) those that make life more fulfilling
(D) fulfilling to one’s life
(E) the one’s that are more fulfilling for
your life
41 Which of the following is the best revision
of the underlined portion of sentence 11?
That can be done by purchasing hand equipment, and in some situations you may find that the supplier will help you finance the acquisition until you can pay it off.
second-(A) Purchasing secondhand equipmentcan do that
(B) The purchase of secondhand ment is a means
equip-(C) Secondhand equipment has beenavailable
(D) To accomplish this goal one onlyneed to purchase secondhandequipment
(E) Purchasing secondhand equipmentcan be done
42 Which of the following is the best revision
43 With regard to coherence, style, and tone,
which of the following sentences should
be deleted?
(A) Sentences 14 and 15(B) Sentences 13 and 17(C) Sentences 15 and 18(D) Sentences 16 and 17(E) Sentences 16 and 18