think about his proposal. I say: ____ 1. I haven’t had time to look at it. 2. I haven’t got any problem so far. 3. I have never made up my mind. 4. I have never heard about anything better. 21. A typist is worried that she is not good at typing and might lose her job. She talks to her close friend and says: ____ 1. Should I quit my job? 2. How do you like my job? 3. Should I use a new typewriter? 4. How can I improve my typing skills? 22. Nat forgot to tell his host family that he would not be back for dinner. When he returns home he says: ____ 1. Sorry that you have to wait. 2. I must apologize for not calling. 3. Pardon me. Am I late for dinner? 4. Too bad. I forgot to have dinner with you. 23. My friend suggests trying the new restaurant at the mall. I say: _____ 1. OK, I heard it was great. 2. Yes, I’ve been to the mall. 3. Sure, the food was delicious. 4. Well, it’s a restaurant at the mall. 24. The manager asks an employee who is always late for work if he wants to move closer to the office. The employee says: _____ 1. It should be any time soon. 2. I rarely have any free time. 3. It’s too late to do you a favor now. 4. I wonder if that would be possible. 25. Your hostess offers you some more coffee. You say ____ 1. Yes, I like drinking coffee. 2. Yes, I can wait a while. 3. No, thank you. I don’t mind. 4. No, thank you. I’ve had enough. 2. Error Identification Directions: Four parts of each sentence below are underlined and marked with the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. Identify the underlined part that makes the sentence incorrect. 26. The minutes of last month’s meeting will deliver to all the board members 1 2 3 for approval before the next meeting. 4 27. A few tiny primitive moths have chewing mouth parts for which they feed on pollen 1 2 3 4 and spores. 28. The most troublesome types of pollution are the sewage of cities or the wastes of 1 2 3 industrial plants. 4 29. One must bear in mind that in the early stages of learning a new language, students 1 2 often return to something as childhood. 3 4 30. Some viruses can be transmitted from a sick to a well person only through close 1 2 3 person contact. 4 31. Quality customer-service leaders know that what their team members want and 1 2 3 provide it. 4 32. The majority of settlers on the continent were farmers, supported themselves 1 2 3 as much as they could by their own labors. 4 33. Electronics are one of the most recent and most exciting branches of electrical 1 2 3 4 science which is taught at most universities. 34. The soldiers who had been marching across the desert nearly died of thirst and 1 2 3 being exhausted. 4 35. The first passenger elevator was installed in a New York hotel; he traveled up and 1 2 3 4 down on a giant screw. 36. Most people were unhappy about the government, but they became 1 2 determined to protest against it. 3 4 37. It is important for understanding that people are not weak or old-fashioned if 1 2 3 they experience dissatisfaction caused by change. 4 38. A sudden losing of weight and the slow aging of the body result from many 1 2 3 of the fat cells being absorbed into the body to be used as energy. 4 39. It is required that government plays an important role in stopping 1 2 depressions and recessions in industrialized countries. 3 4 40. Large downtown department stores often spend vast amounts of money try to have 1 2 3 the best window displays in their community. 4 Part Two: Writing Ability (Items 41 - 60) 1. Sentence Level Directions: Choose the best item to complete each sentence. 41. When _____, the people must depend on the goodwill of other countries to provide them with the food they need. 1. it is country famine 2. famine is in a country 3. a country is in famine 4. there is famine in a country 42. The more the girl practiced playing the piano, _____ on stage. 1. she could the better perform 2. the better she could perform 3. she could perform the better 4. the better could she perform 43. _____ information but it distributes it as well. 1. The computer stores not only 2. Not only does the computer store 3. Not only the computer stores 4. The computer does not store only 44. A patient is unlikely to make fast progress toward full recovery ____. 1. if he takes medicine regularly 2. once he takes medicine regularly 3. unless he takes medicine regularly 4. when the medicine is regularly taken 45. The new product was not popular for two reasons: _____. 1. one was its quality, the other the price 2. the quality was one, another was its price 3. its quality was one of them, the price was other 4. the first one its quality, the price was another one 2.