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(2) The President, while charged with appointing the chair and board members, has no direct role to play in the Board’s policy decisions. (3) One of the most obvious conflicts between the Board and the Chief Executive occurred in 1980, while then-President Carter was in the midst of his reelection campaign. (4) Six weeks before Election Day, the Board increased the discount rate, the fee charged for loans to banks and savings institutions. (5) The predictable backlash against the move may well have been the final nail in Carter’s political coffin. ________________________________________ 1) In revising the paragraph above, you decide that you want to add the following sentence: “Over the years, the freedom from presidential influence has led to numerous conflicts between the political goals of the White House and the economic goals of the Board.” The best place to insert this sentence is A) before sentence 1 B) between sentences 1 and 2 C) between setences 2 and 3 D) after sentence 5 2) Which of the following is the best revision of sentence 5? A) The predictable fallout from the move may well have been the final nail in Carter’s political coffin. B) The predictable reaction against the move may well have driven the final nail into Carter’s political coffin. C) The predictable backlash against the move may well have destroyed Carter’s political coffin. D) The predictable about-face regarding the move may well have been the final nail in Carter’s political platform The following is an outline for a paper on the separation of powers in the United States government. I. Theory and origin of the separation of powers II. The division of powers among the branches of government A. The executive branch B. The legislative branch III. The separation of church and state IV. The judicial branch V. Current ideas about the separation of powers ________________________________________ 3) Which of the following changes would most improve the outline above? A) Reversing I and III B) Reversing II and IV C) Making III a subheading of II and D) Making IV a subheading of II and eliminating III 1) In 1905 Einstein interpreted the “photoelectric effect” of light, a phenomenon that cannot be explained by the wave theory of light. (2) When a photon strikes an electron, the resulting action is analogous to the collision of billiard balls. (3) The effect of such collisions can be observed when light falling on a metal plate produces a shower of electrons. (4) Einstein deduced that light is not a continuous stream of energy but is composed of individual particles or bundles of energy, which he called photons. ________________________________________ 4) Although sentence 1 is placed appropriately, the rest of the paragraph above is not well organized. Which of the following reorderings of sentences 2-4 most improves the continuity of the paragraph? A) 2, 4, 3 B) 3, 2, 4 C) 3, 4, 2 D) 4, 2, 3 Directions: In each of the following sentences some part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence you will find four ways of writing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original, but the other three are all different. If you think the original sentence is better than any of the suggested changes, you should choose answer A; otherwise you should mark one of the other choices. Select the best answer and fill in the corresponding lettered space on the answer sheet. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to acceptable usage in grammar, diction (choice of words), sentence construction, and punctuation. Choose the answer that expresses most effectively what is presented in the original sentence; this answer should be clear and exact, without awkwardness, ambiguity, or redundancy. ________________________________________ 5) In many areas water was long considered a free commodity, available to the farmer at not any more than the price to transport it. A) at not any more than the price to transport it B) at no more than the costs of transportation C) for no more than the price of transporting it D) only for the price that it costs to transport it 6) The medical personnel treating the victims displaced by the hurricane claimed that the situation would grow worse, unless having more medical supplies. A) worse, unless having more B) worse because of needing more C) worse without more D) worse without having more Directions: In each of the sentences below, three portions are underlined and lettered. Read each sentence and decide whether any of the underlined parts contains a grammatical construction, a word use, or an instance of incorrect or omitted punctuation that would be inappropriate in carefully written English. If so, note the letter printed beneath the underlined portion and fill in the corresponding lettered space on the answer sheet. If there are no errors in any of the underlined portions, fill in space D. No sentence has more than one error. ________________________________________ 7) Surrounded by mountains and 7,400 feet above sea level, Mexico City (A) suffers from both (B) kinds of air pollution, the photochemical reaction of Los Angeles (C) or the thermal inversion of New York. A) suffers from B) kinds of air pollution C) or D) No error 8) Before the publications of Broca’s studies, (A) nearly all scientists assumed that the two halves of the brain, which on casual inspection (B) appear identically, (C) performed the same functions. A) nearly all scientists B) appear identically C) performed the same functions. D) No error 9) Because such white-collar (A) crimes like bribery, price-fixing, and embezzlement cannot be successfully prosecuted without the cooperation of accomplices, most prosecutors are (B) willing to promise to recommend leniency in return (C) for information from those who are implicated. A) crimes like B) willing to promise C) for information from those who are implicated. D) No error 10) Hegel seems to have become for Gombrich (A) what Machiavelli (B) has for the Elizabethans: Old Nick, the (C) very devil responsible for all evils. A) what B) has C) very D) No error 11) (A) No Chinese or Indian object--indeed, (B) no object of any kind from Asia--has been found in the Americas in archaeological levels (C) that date to pre-Columbian times. A) No Chinese B) no object of any kind C) that date to D) No error 12) Very few political scientists recommend a governmental organization (A) in which all positions of influence and power (B) to be filled by popular elections (C) alone. A) in which B) to be C) alone. D) No error 13) The opinion polls and the 2,000 letters a week (A) received by her office confirm that (B) Senator Addison’s appeals to storekeepers, small homeowners, and suburbanites (C) dissatisfied with high tax rates. A) received by her office B) Senator Addison's appeals C) dissatisfied D) No error 14) Although unemployment in California decreased slightly last month, (A) but the number of people (B) out of work (C) increased. A) but the number B) out of work C) increased D) No error 15) In a series of four lectures on Gwendolyn Brooks, Lorraine Hansberry, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Mary Church Terrell, the speaker (A) will examine the roles, (B) their contribution, and achievements of Black women (C) in many phases of American life. A) will examine B) their contribution C) in many phases D) No error Please Login to Answer the Question LOGIN

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