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the e ey eye e of the 1. Beautiful is in th (A) beholder. (D)
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girl dreamed a dream dream 5. The young girl
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(A) that sh she e wa wass bei eing ng carried (B) (C) away by monsters. (D)
showed wed a not notice iceabl able e 2. The baby sho (A) distaste distas te for these kind of pre(B) (C) pared baby food. (D)
6. If it will rain this afternoon, we
(A) (B) will have to cancel the picnic. (C) (D)
They y can cannot not go cam campin ping g rig right ht 3. The
familia iliarr of the lates latestt 7. Are you fam
(A) b e ca us us e they are (B ) taking care of a three-weeks-old (C) (D) baby.
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now
(B) (C) devel dev elopm opmen ents ts in (D )
the field?
Henry ry is the sort sort of a man who 8. Hen (A) (B) will wi ll gi give ve you you th the e sh shir irtt off (C) (D) his back.
4. They went into the Superstition
(A) Moun Mo unta tain inss in se sear arch ch fo forr the (B) Lost Dutchman’s Mine and were
package to whomever 9. Give the package never heard from again. (C) (D)
(A) has the authority to sign for it. (B) (C) (D)
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. . . . 10. When he visited the doctor, the doctor . . (A) told John that tha t he sho should uld gone to th the e . . (B) (C) . . hospital immediately. (D) . . . . 11 Robertt of ofte ten n wi wish shes es he was better 11.. Rober . . (A) (B) prep pr epar ared ed for fo r his hi s exam ex ams, s, but bu t he wi will ll . . . . probably proba bly never cha change nge his poo poorr study . . (C) (D) habits. . . . . Thiss ref refrig rigera erator tor is ver very y ol old d to ke keep ep . . 12. Thi (A) (B) . . things at a proper temperature. . . (C) (D) . . 13. The meeting meeting was so len length gth that many . . (A) (B) people had to leave before it concluded. . . (C) (D) . . . . 14. John was quick to inform us tha thatt his (A) (B) (C) . . friend Vicky was most popular, intelli . . (D) gent girl in his class. . . . . . . 15. Th The e di dire rect ctor or of th the e pr prog ogra ram m ad advis vised ed (A) . . the th e st stud uden ents ts to av avoi oid d to wa wast ste e time . . (B) . . reading ma mate teri rial al th that at wa wass so out-of(C) (D) . . date. . . . . ug h time . . 16. There was not eno(A (A)) . . to compl completely etely fill out the for form m bef before ore (B) (C) . . the bell rang . . . (D) . . Mary must have ate some . . 17. Margie and Mary (A) (B) . . bad food in the restaurant because they (C) . . were very ill shortly after they left. . . (D) . . . . www.petersons.com . .
children were surprised when the 18. The children (A) teacher had them to close their books (B) (C) unexpectedly. (D) Do 19. Do
you yo u think you could le lend nd me (A) good go od pa pair ir of glo glove vess to we wear ar to the (B) (C) (D) wedding?
Hiss sp spee eech ch wa wass a ca care refu full worded at20. Hi (A) (B) tempt to evade his responsibility in the (C) (D) matter.
Joneses hav have e vis visite ited d Hawaii and 21. The Joneses (A) Alaska, and they assure me that they (B) (C) like Alaska the best . (D) must st ha have ve a ex exac actt co coun untt of th the e 22. We mu (A) (B) number of peo people ple exp expect ected ed to att attend end (C) the closing ceremonies. (D) stage pro produc ductio tion n tha thatt we saw in 23. The stage (A) (B) New York was very much as the one we (C) had previo previously usly seen in London. (D) Did d yo you u he hear ar ma many ny ne news ws ab abou outt th the e 24. Di (A) political situa situation tion while yo you u we were re in (B) (C) (D) that country?
25. Both John, Bob and Tom are outstanding
(A) (B) golferss and rea golfer reason sonabl ably y good tennis (C) (D) players.
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28. Economics, with their widespread range
(A) (B) of practical application, is of great inter(C) est to gov govern ernmen mentt lea leader derss thr throug oughou houtt the (D) world.
Tyrrelss had such war warm m wel welcom come e 29. The Tyrrel (A) from fr om th thei eirr fa fami mily ly th that at they they we were re overwhelmed and could not speak for a (B) (C) few minutes. (D) exhaus austed ted,, Joh John n 30. Even though he was exh (A) wrote to his parents a letter explaining (B) (C) (D) the situation.
31. Since I have so many letters to write, I
(A) (B) am go goiing to buy several boxe xess of (C) stationary. (D) friends got a bank loan for to buy 32. Our friends (A) a new car. (D)
(B)
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. . time e Rob Robert ert will finish finish writing . 33. By the tim . . (A) (B) the first draft of his paper, most of the . . . (C) other students will be completing their . . (D) . . . final draft. . . . 34. Some members of the committee were . . (A) oppo op pose sed d to us use e th the e cl club ub me memb mber ers’ s’ . . . (B) (C) money to redecorate the meeting hall. . . . (D) . . 35. I was very shocked to see how much my . . . (A) (B) grandmothe grand motherr she ha had d ag aged ed si sinc nce e the . . . (C) (D) last time we visited. . . . . supervisor or fina finally lly not notice iced d tha thatt it . 36. Our supervis . . was we, Di Dian ana a an and d me, wh who o al alwa ways ys . . . (A) (B) (C) turned in our reports on time. . . (D) . . ourr op opin inio ion n th that at gi girl rl is en enou ough gh . 37. In ou . . (A) (B) beautiful to be a movie star. . . (C) (D) . . The re repo port rt th that at Ka Karl rl wr wrot ote e on the . 38. The . . (A) mating behavior of the bees in this area . . . (B) was definitely better than Bob . . . (C) (D) . . were e ple please ased d to have the opp opport ortuu- . 39. We wer . . nity ni ty to wa watc tch h su such ch ta tale lent nted ed da danc ncer erss . . . (A) to per perfor form m a highly acc acclai laimed med new . . . (B) (C) (D) ballet. . . . . flag is risen risen at 6:30 every morning . 40. The flag . . (A) (B) (C) . . without fail. (D) . . . www.petersons.com . . . .
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. . . . 41. When the Claybornes bought bought their new . . home, hom e, the they y pai painte nted d eve every ry roo room, m, lai laid d . . (A) (B) . . carpet in the living room and hall, and . . had refinished the kitchen cabinets. . . (C) (D) . . Thatt stu studen dentt fro from m Mex Mexico ico who is roo roomin ming g . . 42. Tha (A) (B) . . with wi th Bi Bill ll Sm Smit ith h re remi mind ndss me to my unc uncle. le. . . (C) (D) . . 43. Whe When n th they ey tr trav avel el to Eu Euro rope pe,, th the e . . (A) Har Ha r rise ri ses s like li ke to st sta ay in Pa Parris an and d . . . . visitin visiting g as many art galleries as possible. . . (B) (C) (D) . . 44. She never is diligent about practicing . . (A) (B) (C) (D) the piano. . . . . . . 45. During tha thatt ter terrib rible le sno snowst wstorm orm,, the (A) . . police demanded that people stayed off . . (B) (C) Highway 101 except in cases of emer . . (D) . . gency. . . . . to tell us why was he crying. . . 46. He refused (A) (B) (C) (D) . . . . 47. Please be sure that everybody has their (A) (B) . . ticket ready to give to the man at the . . (C) (D) door. . . . . believ ieve e tha thatt he alr alread eady y fee feels ls ver very y . . 48. We bel . . badly about his mi misstake and we . . (A) have decided to take no further action. . . (B) (C) (D) . . . . . . . . . . www.petersons.com . .
are e wi will llin ing g to sp spen end d the 49. They who ar (A) (B) (C) necessary time will find this workshop to be a rewarding experience. (D) Pleas ase e 50. Ple
see se e if yo you u ca can n re repa pair ir the (A) (B) door’s knob before Saturday morning. (C) (D)
passen senger ger only had a five-do five-dollar llar 51. The pas (A) bill with him when he boarded the bus. (B) (C) (D) not longer longer necessary for all employ52. It is not (A) (B) ees to wear wear an iden identifi tificat cation ion bad badge ge (C) in order to work in the vault. (D) 53. In the chapter one of that book there is
(A) (B) a really good explanation of photosyn(C) thesis, complete with illustrations. (D) salesman told told me that a good set of 54. The salesman (A) tires tir es wer were e suppos supposed ed to la last st at le leas astt (B) (C) (D) twenty thousand miles.
unde derr an um umbr brel ella la at a ti tiny ny 55. Sitting un (A) table tabl e in a si side dewa walk lk ca cafe fe,, Bo Bob b wa wass startled when a gust of wind suddenly (B) (C) carried it away. (D)
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. . . . SENTENCE COMPLETION . . . . Directions: In the Sentence Completion questions, one or more words are left out of . . each sentence. Under each sentence, you will see four words or phrases. Select the one . . word or phrase that completes the sentence correctly, and mark your answer on the answer sheet provided. . . . . . . bicycle home from school, school, does not swim as ________. ________. 56. Riding my bicycle 61. John does ________ as I went around the corner. . . Fred (A) fastly as Fred car hit hit me (A) a car than Fred Fred (B) fast than . . striked ed by a car (B) I was strik fast as Fr Fred ed (C) . . struck k by a car (C) I was struc like Fred Fred (D) fast like struck with with a car . . (D) I was struck Shakespear speare e wrote many plays, plays, but . 62. Shake Doctor tor Martin Martin is the kind of doc doctor tor 57. Doc . . in my opinion The opinion The Merchant of _______ _____ __ will take pains to be thorough. Venice was Venice was the ________. . . (A) which (A) better . . (B) who best (B) (C) whom . . (C) goodest (D) what . . (D) most good doctors received received an award 58. The two doctors . . that the president’s president’s 63. ________ that of several thousand dollars ________. . . economic policy will help curb divided equally between between (A) to be divided inflation. . . them . . was supposed supposed to be (B) which was (A) The hope divided in an equal way is hoped hoped (B) It is . . between them (C) Hoping . . divid vided ed eq equa uall lly y am amon ong g th them em (C) to be di (D) To hope to be divided between between (D) which was to . . them th em in su such ch a wa way y th that at they 64. ________ your helpful suggestions, . . would wou ld eac each h rec receiv eive e an equ equal al sha share re we are sending you a copy of our . . latest book. ________, ____, he was able to answer answer all 59. ____ . . the questions on the examin examination ation.. consideration of (A) In consideration . . consideration of of (B) For consideration Reading ng all the required required (A) Readi (C) With consideration for . . material In consider consideration ation with (D) reading all the the required required (B) Having reading . . material 65. John studied accounting and . . read all the required required (C) Having read ________ while he was at Yale. material . . case that he had (D) As it was the case pursued economics economics (A) also pursued . . read all the required material (B) economics . . studied economic economicss (C) he also studied Exhausted, sted, we went directly directly to bed 60. Exhau economics omics was also studied studied (D) econ . . and ________. by him . . ignored d hi him m kn knoc ocki king ng on ou ourr do door or (A) ignore . . (B) ignored his knocking on our door knocking on our door door was (C) his knocking . . ignored by us . . ignored ed his knocking knocking with our (D) ignor door . . . www.petersons.com . . . .
