Question 1

Select the correct error. No sentence contains more than one error. If No Error exists, then select option no

error.

I (1) am living in New York City (2) for five years now, and I still (3) feel the excitement (4) of this great city.

Options :

A : am living

B : for

C : feel

D : of

E : no error

Answer: A

Question 2

(1) Education long been viewed as a tool for solving social problems.

(2) Many people consider a school to be responsible for taking young people from diverse backgrounds and

turning them into law-abiding citizens.

(3) An important question arises.

(4) If education is the answer to social problems, how can schools themselves be a social problem?

(5) According to many critics, the answer is that schools are not performing their job good enough.

(6) The above notion is tied to the belief that there is a serious problem with America’s education system.

(7) According to noted scholars, schooling in the United States lacks one essential ingredient for success.

(8) This key factor is the involvement of the community.

(9) Many are familiar with the old African proverb: “It takes a whole village to raise a single child.”

(10) Hence, one is surprised that education in America survives at all without it.

(11) Education is considered a cure for societal problems, schools are often blamed for those same problems.

(12) Yet the roots of failure start not in the classrooms but in the broader fabric of society; the workplace, city

streets, and the home.

(13) This was made evident by dramatic changes in American society over the last few decades. (14) First,

economic growth has come at a tremendous cost to the nation’s most disadvantaged citizens.

(15) Second, the number of people who vote has declined.

(16) Finally, there has been a noticeable rise in single parent homes, and there has been a noticeable rise in

homes in which both parents have entered the workforce.

Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence 11 reproduced below?

Education is considered a cure for societal problems, schools are often blamed for those same problems.

Options :

A : (No change)

B : societal problems, schools were

C : societal problems; schools

D : societal problems, such as schools being

E : societal problems, and schools are

Answer: A

Question 3

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark,” Aylmer commits a fatal error when his

Options :

A : faith in science causes him to try to improve on nature

B : disapproval of church leaders weakens his faith in God

C : hand shakes during surgery

D : greed causes him to lose his business

E : trust in his assistant brings about failure

Answer: A

Question 4

Which Eugene O’Neill play is an autobiographical account of his Irish-American family?

Options :

A : Beyond the Horizon

B : Long Day’s Journey into Night

C : Strange Interlude

D : Anna Christie

E : Bound East for Cardiff

Answer: B

Question 5

When one considers how transportation influences our day to day operations, one can appreciate why so many people take extra precautions to maintain their cars. Change one can appreciate to explains. Your new sentence will begin with which of the following?

Options :

A : Transportation’s influences

B : The influence of transportation

C : Influences due to transportation

D : Because of the influence of transportation

E : Transportation influence

Answer: B

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