Part I Structure and Vocabulary
Sections A
Directions:Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A),B),C)andD). Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (5 points)

The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds, _____ could go penniless by next year.
A)the larger one
B)the larger of which
C)the largest one
D)the largest of which

Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always _____ with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.
A)combined
B)having combined
C)combine
D)being combined

Andrew, my father's younger brother, will not be at the picnic, _____ to the family's disappointment.
A)much
B)more
C)too much
D)much more

I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all possible, but I _____ fully occupied the whole of last week.
A)were
B)had been
C)have been
D)was

Help will come from the UN, but the aid will be _____ near what's needed.
A)everywhere
B)somewhere
C)nowhere
D)anywhere

The chief reason for the population growth isn't so much a rise in birth rates _____ a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care.
A)and
B)as
C)but
D)or

He claims to be an expert in astronomy, but in actual fact he is quite ignorant on the subject. _____ he knows about it is out of date and inaccurate.
A)What little
B)So much
C)How much
D)So little

Although we feel dissatisfied with the election results, we have to become reconciled _____ the decision made by our fellow countrymen.
A)for
B)on
C)to
D)in

Just as the value of a telephone network increases with each new phone _____ to the system, so does the value of a computer system increase with each program that turns out.
A)adding
B)to have added
C)to add
D)added

The vocabulary and grammatical differences between British and American English are so trivial and few as hardly _____ .
A)noticed
B)to be noticed
C)being noticed
D)to notice

Section B
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A),B),C)andD). Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (5 points)

Example:
A number of A) foreign visitors were taken B) to the industrial exhibition which C) they saw D) many new products.
Part C) is wrong. The sentence should read, “A number of foreign visitors were taken to the industrial exhibition where they saw many new products.” So you should choose C).

Although Professor Green's lectures usually ran over A) the fifty minute B) period, but no

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