PART A

Directions: These questions are incomplete sentences. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

_____ the best car to buy is a Mercedes Benz.

Based on the premise that light was composed of color, the Impression came to the conclusion _____ not really black.

_____ a parliamentary system, the prime minister must be appointed on the basis of the distribution of power in the parliament.

The people of Western Canada have been considering _____ themselves from the rest of the provinces.

Thirty-eight national sites are known as parks, another eighty-two as monuments, and _____.

_____ the formation of the sun, the planets, and other stars began with the consideration of an interstellar cloud.

I have seen businesses moving out of the country _____ avoid paying taxes.

By the time you came to the party, we _____ for several hours.

Several guests complained about _____ cold food last night.

I cannot think of anything _____ I would love more than a car right now.

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Directions: Choose a word or phrase to complete the paragraph in correct and meaningful structure.

TEXT 1

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified P. pardus as a vulnerable species, with the number of leopards worldwide _____ (21) several hundred thousand individuals. The fortunes of each of the nine recognized leopard subspecies, however, _____ (22). Heavily qualified estimates _____ (23) the population of African leopards (P. pardus pardus) at more than 700,000 animals, _____ (24) 9,800-leopard-strong population of Indian leopards (P. pardus fusca) is thought to be increasing. By 2020 the IUCN noted that the populations of the Sri Lankan leopard (P. pardus kotiya) and the Persian leopard (P. pardus saxicolor) were endangered species and the Amur leopard (P. pardus orientalis), Arabian leopard (P. pardus nimr), and Javan leopard (P. pardus melas) continued to decrease, with several _____ (25) to critical levels.

Directions: Choose a word or phrase to complete the paragraph in correct and meaningful structure.

TEXT 1

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified P. pardus as a vulnerable species, with the number of leopards worldwide _____ (21) several hundred thousand individuals. The fortunes of each of the nine recognized leopard subspecies, however, _____ (22). Heavily qualified estimates _____ (23) the population of African leopards (P. pardus pardus) at more than 700,000 animals, _____ (24) 9,800-leopard-strong population of Indian leopards (P. pardus fusca) is thought to be increasing. By 2020 the IUCN noted that the populations of the Sri Lankan leopard (P. pardus kotiya) and the Persian leopard (P. pardus saxicolor) were endangered species and the Amur leopard (P. pardus orientalis), Arabian leopard (P. pardus nimr), and Javan leopard (P. pardus melas) continued to decrease, with several _____ (25) to critical levels.

Directions: Choose a word or phrase to complete the paragraph in correct and meaningful structure.

TEXT 1

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified P. pardus as a vulnerable species, with the number of leopards worldwide _____ (21) several hundred thousand individuals. The fortunes of each of the nine recognized leopard subspecies, however, _____ (22). Heavily qualified estimates _____ (23) the population of African leopards (P. pardus pardus) at more than 700,000 animals, _____ (24) 9,800-leopard-strong population of Indian leopards (P. pardus fusca) is thought to be increasing. By 2020 the IUCN noted that the populations of the Sri Lankan leopard (P. pardus kotiya) and the Persian leopard (P. pardus saxicolor) were endangered species and the Amur leopard (P. pardus orientalis), Arabian leopard (P. pardus nimr), and Javan leopard (P. pardus melas) continued to decrease, with several _____ (25) to critical levels.

Directions: Choose a word or phrase to complete the paragraph in correct and meaningful structure.

TEXT 1

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified P. pardus as a vulnerable species, with the number of leopards worldwide _____ (21) several hundred thousand individuals. The fortunes of each of the nine recognized leopard subspecies, however, _____ (22). Heavily qualified estimates _____ (23) the population of African leopards (P. pardus pardus) at more than 700,000 animals, _____ (24) 9,800-leopard-strong population of Indian leopards (P. pardus fusca) is thought to be increasing. By 2020 the IUCN noted that the populations of the Sri Lankan leopard (P. pardus kotiya) and the Persian leopard (P. pardus saxicolor) were endangered species and the Amur leopard (P. pardus orientalis), Arabian leopard (P. pardus nimr), and Javan leopard (P. pardus melas) continued to decrease, with several _____ (25) to critical levels.

Directions: Choose a word or phrase to complete the paragraph in correct and meaningful structure.

TEXT 1

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified P. pardus as a vulnerable species, with the number of leopards worldwide _____ (21) several hundred thousand individuals. The fortunes of each of the nine recognized leopard subspecies, however, _____ (22). Heavily qualified estimates _____ (23) the population of African leopards (P. pardus pardus) at more than 700,000 animals, _____ (24) 9,800-leopard-strong population of Indian leopards (P. pardus fusca) is thought to be increasing. By 2020 the IUCN noted that the populations of the Sri Lankan leopard (P. pardus kotiya) and the Persian leopard (P. pardus saxicolor) were endangered species and the Amur leopard (P. pardus orientalis), Arabian leopard (P. pardus nimr), and Javan leopard (P. pardus melas) continued to decrease, with several _____ (25) to critical levels.

Directions: Choose a word or phrase to complete the paragraph in correct and meaningful structure.

TEXT 2

During the early years of the republic, Independence Day _____ (26) with parades, oratory, and toasting in ceremonies that celebrated the existence of the new nation. These rites _____ (27) in the evolving federal political system. With the rise of informal political parties, they provided venues for leaders and constituents to tie local and national contests to independence and the issues facing the national polity. By the mid-1790s the two nascent political parties held separate partisan Independence Day festivals in _____ (28). Perhaps for this reason, Independence Day became the model for a series of (often short-lived) celebrations that sometimes contained more explicit political resonance, such as George Washington’s birthday and the anniversary of Jefferson’s inauguration while he served as president (1801–09). The bombastic torrent of words that characterized Independence Day during the 19th century made it both a serious occasion _____ (29) one sometimes open to ridicule—like the increasingly popular and democratic political process itself in that period.

With the growth and _____ (30) of American society, the Fourth of July commemoration became a patriotic tradition which many groups—not just political parties—sought to claim.

Directions: Choose a word or phrase to complete the paragraph in correct and meaningful structure.

TEXT 2

During the early years of the republic, Independence Day _____ (26) with parades, oratory, and toasting in ceremonies that celebrated the existence of the new nation. These rites _____ (27) in the evolving federal political system. With the rise of informal political parties, they provided venues for leaders and constituents to tie local and national contests to independence and the issues facing the national polity. By the mid-1790s the two nascent political parties held separate partisan Independence Day festivals in _____ (28). Perhaps for this reason, Independence Day became the model for a series of (often short-lived) celebrations that sometimes contained more explicit political resonance, such as George Washington’s birthday and the anniversary of Jefferson’s inauguration while he served as president (1801–09). The bombastic torrent of words that characterized Independence Day during the 19th century made it both a serious occasion _____ (29) one sometimes open to ridicule—like the increasingly popular and democratic political process itself in that period.

With the growth and _____ (30) of American society, the Fourth of July commemoration became a patriotic tradition which many groups—not just political parties—sought to claim.

Directions: Choose a word or phrase to complete the paragraph in correct and meaningful structure.

TEXT 2

During the early years of the republic, Independence Day _____ (26) with parades, oratory, and toasting in ceremonies that celebrated the existence of the new nation. These rites _____ (27) in the evolving federal political system. With the rise of informal political parties, they provided venues for leaders and constituents to tie local and national contests to independence and the issues facing the national polity. By the mid-1790s the two nascent political parties held separate partisan Independence Day festivals in _____ (28). Perhaps for this reason, Independence Day became the model for a series of (often short-lived) celebrations that sometimes contained more explicit political resonance, such as George Washington’s birthday and the anniversary of Jefferson’s inauguration while he served as president (1801–09). The bombastic torrent of words that characterized Independence Day during the 19th century made it both a serious occasion _____ (29) one sometimes open to ridicule—like the increasingly popular and democratic political process itself in that period.

With the growth and _____ (30) of American society, the Fourth of July commemoration became a patriotic tradition which many groups—not just political parties—sought to claim.

Directions: Choose a word or phrase to complete the paragraph in correct and meaningful structure.

TEXT 2

During the early years of the republic, Independence Day _____ (26) with parades, oratory, and toasting in ceremonies that celebrated the existence of the new nation. These rites _____ (27) in the evolving federal political system. With the rise of informal political parties, they provided venues for leaders and constituents to tie local and national contests to independence and the issues facing the national polity. By the mid-1790s the two nascent political parties held separate partisan Independence Day festivals in _____ (28). Perhaps for this reason, Independence Day became the model for a series of (often short-lived) celebrations that sometimes contained more explicit political resonance, such as George Washington’s birthday and the anniversary of Jefferson’s inauguration while he served as president (1801–09). The bombastic torrent of words that characterized Independence Day during the 19th century made it both a serious occasion _____ (29) one sometimes open to ridicule—like the increasingly popular and democratic political process itself in that period.

With the growth and _____ (30) of American society, the Fourth of July commemoration became a patriotic tradition which many groups—not just political parties—sought to claim.

Directions: Choose a word or phrase to complete the paragraph in correct and meaningful structure.

TEXT 2

During the early years of the republic, Independence Day _____ (26) with parades, oratory, and toasting in ceremonies that celebrated the existence of the new nation. These rites _____ (27) in the evolving federal political system. With the rise of informal political parties, they provided venues for leaders and constituents to tie local and national contests to independence and the issues facing the national polity. By the mid-1790s the two nascent political parties held separate partisan Independence Day festivals in _____ (28). Perhaps for this reason, Independence Day became the model for a series of (often short-lived) celebrations that sometimes contained more explicit political resonance, such as George Washington’s birthday and the anniversary of Jefferson’s inauguration while he served as president (1801–09). The bombastic torrent of words that characterized Independence Day during the 19th century made it both a serious occasion _____ (29) one sometimes open to ridicule—like the increasingly popular and democratic political process itself in that period.

With the growth and _____ (30) of American society, the Fourth of July commemoration became a patriotic tradition which many groups—not just political parties—sought to claim.