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PartIII Language Usage

There are 20 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C,D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

11.____ combination of techniques authors use, all stories--- from the briefest

anecdotes to the longest novels--- have a plot.

A. Regarding

B. Whatever

C. In so far as

D. No matter

12.She followed the receptionist down a luxurious corridor to a closed door, ____

the woman gave a quick knock before opening it.

A. on which

B. but when

C. Wherein

D. Then

13.Ms Ennab is one of the first Palestinian ___ with seven years’ racing experience.

A. woman drivers

B. women driver

C. women drivers

D. woman driver

14.“I wondered if could have a word with you.” The past tense used in the sentence

refers to a ____.

A.past event for exact time reference

B.present event for tentativeness

C.present event for uncertainty

D.past event for politeness

15.“If I were you I wouldn’t wait to propose her. ” The subjunctive mood in the

sentence is used to ___.

A.alleviate hostility

B.express unfavorable feelings

C.indicate uncertainty

D.make a suggestion

16.“It’s a shame that the city official should have gone back on his word.” The

modal auxiliary SHOULD expresses____.

A.obligation

B.disappointment

C.future in the past

D.tentativeness

17.Timothy Ray Brown, the first man cured of HIV, initially opted against the stem

cell transplant that ____ history.

A.could have later made

B.should have made later

C.might make later

D.would later make

18.Some Martin rock structures look strikingly like structures on Earth that are

known ____ by microbes.

A.having been created

B.being created

C.to have been created

D.to be created

19.At that moment, with the crowd watching me, I was not afraid in the ordinary

sense, as I ___ if I ___ alone.

A.would have been... had been

B.should be... had been

C.could be... were

D.might have been... were

20.You must fire ____ incompetent assistant of yours.

A. the

B. an

C. that

D. whichever

21.Some narratives seem more like plays, heavy with dialogue by which writers

allow their ___ to reveal themselves.

A. charisma

B. characters

C. characteristics

D. Characterizations

22.If you intend to melt the snow for drinking water, you can ___extra purity by running it through a coffee filter.

A. assure

B. insure

C. reassure

D. ensure

23.The daisy-like flowers of chamomile have been used for centuries to ____ anxiety and insomnia.

A. decline

B. relieve

C. quench

D. suppress

24.Despite concern about the disappearance of the album in popular music, 2014 delivered a great crop of album____ .

A. releases

B. appearances

C. publications

D. presentations

25.The party’s reduced vote in the general election was ___ of lack of support for its policies.

A. revealing

B. confirming

C. indicative

D. evident

26.He closed his eyes and held the two versions of La Mappa to his mind’s ___ to analyze their differences.

A. vision

B. eye

C. view

D. sight

27.Twelve pupils were killed and five ___ injured after gunmen attacked the school during lunch time.

A. critically

B. enormously

C. greatly

D. hard

28.A 15-year-old girl has been arrested ___ accusations of using Instagram to anonymously threaten her high school.

A. over

B. with

C. on

D. for

29.It was reported that a 73-year-old man died on an Etihad flight ___ to Germany from Abu Dhabi.

A. bounded

B. binded

C. boundary

D. bound

30.It’s ___ the case in the region; a story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events vaguer it becomes.

A. invariably

B. immovably

C. unalterably

D. unchangeably

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