Question 1

The author of Common Sense was

Options :

A : James Madison

B : Langston Hughes

C : Alexander Hamilton

D : Thomas Jefferson

E : Thomas Paine

Answer: A

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

The committee requested that my brother and me resubmit our proposal with additional details about our plan to revive the downtown waterfront area. No error

Options :

A : that

B : and me

C : about our plan

D : to revive

E : No error

Answer: B

Question 5

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

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