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Section 2
Time: 25 minutes
35 multiple-choice questions
ANSWER SHEET:
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General Directions: Choose the best answer to each question and fill in the oval that matches that answer on your
answer sheet. Errors must be erased completely.
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined words or phrases. Read each sentence and deter-
mine which underlined portion, if any, has an error in grammar, usage, word choice, or idiom (standard expres-
sion). If there is no error, select choice e—No error. No sentence has more than one error.
1. A
ccording to recent statistics, approximately 9,000 people die annual from injuries caused by an accident
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involving a fall, a number only exceed by deaths and injuries r
esulting from automobile accidents.
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N
o error.
e

2. One o
f the best ways to prepare for a career in journalism is to become an informed citizen by reading a
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variety of newspapers, watching documentaries and t
elevised news programs, and you should read books
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about world leaders, politics, and grassroots movements. N
o error.
e
3. Many travelers use I
nternet ticket outlet sites and travel agents to find low-priced airline fares, not
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t
o realize that the airlines themselves often offer the cheapest tickets. No error.
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4. The physical and psychological unr
est of the working class was explored often in the plays of Arthur Miller,
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for w
ho the subject of the American Dream, and its achievability for ordinary Americans, never got stale.
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o error.
e
5. Although it had its
beginnings in Buddhism, mindful meditation is practiced around the world by people
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of many religions, and ar
e shown to be effective for not only stress reduction, but for healing purposes as
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well. N
o error.
e
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6. It is an enormous commitment, but every morning the members of the team get up at five and head to
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the pool to practice sw
imming.No error.
de
7. Many people believe that the end justifies the means, so weather their intentions are good or bad is
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irrelevant—the result is the only thing that matt
ers.N
o error.
de
8. The word G
estalt, meaning a configuration that is so unified it can’t be considered in terms of parts but
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only as a whole, c
ome from a school of psychology developed by Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler, and
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Kurt Koffka in 1912 Germany. N
o error.
e
9. In 1839, R
omantic painter and printmaker Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre revealed an invention to the
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French Academy of Sciences that he cal
led the daguerreotype, which we now know as photography.

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o error.
e
10. The pilgrims whose journey is f
ollowed in Geoffrey Chaucer’s masterpiece The Canterbury Tales represent
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a cross section of 14th-century English life, and t
old tales that include a variety of medieval genres.
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o error.
e
11. Americans get almost o
ne-third of their calories from junk food that offers little nutrition, but plenty of
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problems, s
uch as obesity, diabetes, and chronic disease. No error.
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12. Think twice before sending p
otentially computer-clogging e-mail attachments such as pictures and videos;
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if the recipient is lo
w on disk space, or uses a dial-up service to get their e-mail, he or she won’t appreciate
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the gesture. N
o error.
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