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In each of the
following questions there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the
sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar
and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then,
choose the most appropriate option.
following questions there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the
sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar
and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then,
choose the most appropriate option.
1. A. In 1849, a
poor Bavarian imigrant named Levi Strauss
poor Bavarian imigrant named Levi Strauss
B. landed in San Francisco, California,
C. at the invitation of his brother-in-law David Stern
D. owner of dry goods business.
E. This dry goods business would later become known as Levi
Strauss & Company.
Strauss & Company.
(c) B only
(b) B and C
(c) A and B
(d) A only
(e) A, B and D
2. A. In response
to the allegations and condemnation pouring in,
to the allegations and condemnation pouring in,
B. Nike implemented comprehensive changes in their labour
policy.
policy.
C. Perhaps sensing the rising tide of global labour
concerns,
concerns,
D. from the public would become a prominent media issue,
E. Nike sought to be a industry leader in employee
relations.
relations.
(c) D and E
(b) D only
(c) A and E
(d) A and D
(e) B, C and
E
E
3. A. Charges and
counter charges mean nothing
counter charges mean nothing
B. to the few million who have lost their home.
C. The nightmare is far from over, for the government
D. is still unable to reach hundreds who are marooned.
E. The death count have just begun.
(c) A only
(b) C only
(c) A and C
(d) A, C and D
(e) D only
4. A. I did not
know what to make of you.
know what to make of you.
B. Because you’d lived in India, I associate you more with
my parents than with me.
my parents than with me.
C. And yet you were unlike my cousins in Calcutta, who seem
so innocent and obedient when I visited them.
so innocent and obedient when I visited them.
D. You were not curious about me in the least.
E. Although you did make effort to meet me.
(c) A only
(b) A and B
(c) A and E
(d) D only
(e) A and D
Each of the following
questions has a sentence with two blanks. Given below each question are five
pairs of words. Choose the pair that
best completes the sentence.
questions has a sentence with two blanks. Given below each question are five
pairs of words. Choose the pair that
best completes the sentence.
5. The genocides in
Bosnia and Rwanda, apart from being mis-described in the most sinister and ________
manner as ‘ethnic cleansing’, were also blamed, in further hand-washing
rhetoric, on something dark and interior to ___________ and perpetrators alike.
Bosnia and Rwanda, apart from being mis-described in the most sinister and ________
manner as ‘ethnic cleansing’, were also blamed, in further hand-washing
rhetoric, on something dark and interior to ___________ and perpetrators alike.
(c) innovative; communicator
(b) enchanting; leaders
(c) disingenuous; victims
(d) exigent; exploiters
(e) tragic; sufferers
6. As navigators,
calendar makers, and other_________ of the night sky accumulated evidence to
the contrary, ancient astronomers were forced to _________ that certain bodies
might move in circles about points, which in turn moved in circles about the
earth.
calendar makers, and other_________ of the night sky accumulated evidence to
the contrary, ancient astronomers were forced to _________ that certain bodies
might move in circles about points, which in turn moved in circles about the
earth.
(c) scrutinizers; believe
(b) observers; agree
(c) scrutinizers; suggest
(d) observers; concede
(e) students; conclude
7. Every human being,
after the first few days of his life, is a product of two factors; on the one hand,
there is his ______________endowment; and on the other hand, there is the effect
of environment, including ___________.
after the first few days of his life, is a product of two factors; on the one hand,
there is his ______________endowment; and on the other hand, there is the effect
of environment, including ___________.
(c) constitutional; weather
(b) congenital; education
(c) personal; climate
(d) economic; learning
(e) genetic; pedagogy
8. Exhaustion of natural
resources, destruction of individual initiative by governments, control over
men’s minds by central __________ of education and propaganda are some of the
major evils which appear to be on the increase as a result of the impact of
science upon minds suited by _________ to an earlier kind of world.
resources, destruction of individual initiative by governments, control over
men’s minds by central __________ of education and propaganda are some of the
major evils which appear to be on the increase as a result of the impact of
science upon minds suited by _________ to an earlier kind of world.
(c) tenets; fixation
(b) aspects; inhibitions
(c) institutions; inhibitions
(d) organs; tradition
(e) departments; repulsion
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