Question 1

(1) If your favorite rock star asked you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?

(2) Of course not; no way!

(3) You would tell the rock star to take his money.

(4) Then go back to his mansion, and stuff it.

(5) You make your own decisions; the idea of risking your life on the whim of a famous singer is just plain

nonsense.

(6) Even if you truly adore music, it is not a factor that dictates your every move.

(7) Some young people would do anything for a particular music performer.

(8) They would flock to jump off the bridge if their favorite music icon asked them to do so.

(9) Because popular music, more than any other aspect of youth culture, holds an extremely powerful clutch on

its very impressionable audience.

(10) Occasionally that clutch can have a positive effect.

(11) For example, some artists put forth positive messages.

(12) More often, however, the messages in popular songs are destructive.

(13) Children require guidance, and they are easily fooled by music that provides either false hope or

hopelessness.

(14) Adults need to learn about popular music to know which performers preach a positive (or at least

harmless) message and those that can be truly destructive to a young person’s life.

(15) This is a tough job.

(16) But it is an important job.

Which of the following is the best way to revise sentence 2?

Options :

A : (No change)

B : Change the semicolon to an exclamation point and capitalize “no”

C : Change the semicolon to a comma

D : Change the semicolon to a period and omit “no way!”

E : Change the exclamation point to a period

Answer: D

Question 2

For I have known them all already, known them all: –

Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;

I know the voices dying with a dying fall

Beneath the music from a farther room.

So how should I presume?

And I have known the eyes already, known them all –

The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase,

And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,

When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,

Then how should I begin

To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?

And how should I presume?

The imagery of lines 57-58 is borrowed from what hobby?

Options :

A : Sewing

B : Insect collecting

C : Wrestling

D : Pennant collecting

E : Flower arranging

Answer: B

Question 3

(1) Working and going to school at the same time is difficult. (2) It's hard to find time to do school work, and

there's no time for goofing off, leisure, relaxing and enjoying yourself. (3) What makes the situation worse is

that as a young person, the only jobs available are usually boring or unpleasant.

(4) When I worked at the movie complex, I was getting paid minimum wage. (5) I had to run from theater to

theater to clean each as quickly as possible. (6) Picking up of garbage was not only disgusting, it was also

exhausting. (7) Spilled drinks made the seats and floors sticky. (8) Popcorn that was dropped and stepped on

became a mushy pulp.

(9) The video rental store wasn't much better. (10) I always had a manager looking over my shoulder to make

sure that I did everything right. (11) I was constantly being threatened with losing my job, and the customers

have been the rudest people I ever met. (12) They would take pleasure in making my life as difficult as

possible.

(13) Working the buffet line at Soupserve depressed me also. (14) But it was the rude customers that made the

job unpleasant. (15) Sweating from the high temperatures, the customers complained the food was not warm

enough, while I served them standing between the warming ovens and the steam table.

(16) Having these jobs has convinced me that I need to complete my education. (17) I'm looking forward to

completing my degree in my chosen field, business, and going to work as an accountant, which won't be as

boring and unpleasant as the jobs I've held while in school.

Which of the following is the best way to revise the underlined portions of sentences 7 and 8 so that the two

sentences are combined into one?

Spilled drinks made the seats and floors sticky. Popcornt hat was dropped and stepped on became a mushy

pulp.

Options :

A : the seats and floors sticky, and popcorn

B : the seats and floors sticky and popcorn

C : the seats and floors sticky; popcorn

D : the seats and floors sticky; but popcorn

E : the seats and floors is sticky; however, popcorn

Answer: A

Question 4

Leighton Rees, a factory worker who became the world’s first professional darts champion, died at age 63.

Begin with “Leighton Rees was a factory worker”.

Options :

A : who then died

B : will have died

C : then did die

D : and he died

E : and then dying

Answer: D

Question 5

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

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