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Writing and Language Tests- Sample Passages

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SAMPLE PASSAGE 1- A LIFE IN TRAFFIC
Q1 Which choice best maintains the sentence
pattern already established in the
paragraph?
A. NO CHANGE
B. Coordinating stoplight timing can help alleviate
rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown
area.
C. Stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate rush
hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area.
D. In a congested downtown area, stoplight timing
is coordinated to alleviate rush hour traffic jams.

Q2.
A.NO CHANGE
B.occur, they are
C.occurs, they are
D.occurs, it is

3.
A.NO CHANGE
B.to design
C.designing
D.design

Q4.Which choice results in the most
effective transition to the information that
follows in the paragraph?

A.NO CHANGE
B where the job opportunities are more
plentiful.
C. and the majority are employed by
government agencies.
D. DELETE the underlined portion and
end the sentence with a period.

Q.5.
A.NO CHANGE
B.planner’s job
C.planners job
D.planners job

Q6
A.NO CHANGE
B.current design of the road right
now
C.road as it is now currently
designed
D. current design of the road

Q7.
A.NO CHANGE
B.For instance,
C.Furthermore,
D. Similarly,

Q.8The writer is considering deleting the
underlined sentence. Should the sentence be
kept or deleted?
A.Kept, because it provides supporting evidence
about the benefits of walking.
B.Kept, because it provides an additional
example of a community stakeholder with whom
transportation planners work.
C.Deleted, because it blurs the paragraph’s
focus on the community stakeholders with whom
transportation planners work.
D. Deleted, because it doesn’t provide specific
examples of what the numerous benefits of
walking are.

Q9.
A.NO CHANGE
B. People, who pursue careers in
transportation planning,
C. People who pursue careers, in
transportation planning,
D. People who pursue careers in
transportation planning,

Q10.
A. CHANGE
B. varied, and including
C. varied and which include
D. varied, which include

Q11.Which choice completes the sentence
with accurate data based on the graph?
A. NO CHANGE
B. warning, however, that job growth in
urban and regional planning will slow to
14 percent by 2020.
C. predicting that employment of urban
and regional planners will increase 16
percent between 2010 and 2020.
D. indicating that 14 to 18 percent of
urban and regional planning positions
will remain unfilled.

SAMPLE PASSAGE 2 – Don Kingman

Q12.
A. NO CHANGE
B. had watched
C. would watch
D. watches

Q13.
A. NO CHANGE
B. box. From just a few primary
colors,
C. box from just a few primary colors,
D. box, from just a few primary colors

Q14
A. NO CHANGE
B. parts: “king” and “man,”
C. parts “king” and “man”;
D. parts; “king” and “man”

Q15.
A. NO CHANGE
B. Chinese landscape artists
C. painters of Chinese landscapes
D. artists

Q16.
A. NO CHANGE
B. evacuated
C. departed
D. retired

Q17.To make this paragraph most
logical, sentence 3 should be
placed
A. where it is now.
B. before sentence 1.
C. after sentence 1.
D. after sentence 4.

Q18.Which choice most effectively
establishes the main topic of the paragraph?
A. Kingman is considered a pioneer of the
California Style school of painting.
B. Although cities were his main subject,
Kingman did occasionally paint natural
landscapes.
C. In his urban landscapes, Kingman
captures the vibrancy of crowded cities.
D. In 1929 Kingman moved to Oakland,
California, where he attended the Fox Art
School.

Q19.
A. NO CHANGE
B. hydrant—
C. hydrant:
D. hydrant

Q20.The writer wants to complete the
sentence with a third example of a
detail Kingman uses to create his
majestic city skylines. Which choice
best accomplishes this goal?
A. NO CHANGE
B. exquisitely lettered street and storefront
signs.
C. other details that help define Kingman’s
urban landscapes.
D. enormous ships docking at busy urban
ports.

Q21. Which choice most effectively
combines the sentences at the
underlined portion?
A. internationally, and Kingman also
garnered
B. internationally; from exhibiting, he
garnered
C. internationally but garnered
D. internationally, garnering

Q22. The writer wants to conclude the passage
with a sentence that emphasizes an enduring
legacy of Kingman’s work. Which choice would
best accomplish this goal?
A. Although Kingman’s work might not be as famous as
that of some other watercolour painters, such as
Georgia O’Keeffe and Edward Hopper, it is well
regarded by many people.
B. Since Kingman’s death in 2000, museums across the
United States and in China have continued to ensure
that his now-iconic landscapes remain available for the
public to enjoy.
C. The urban landscapes depicted in Kingman’s body of
work are a testament to aptness of the name chosen for
Kingman when he was just a boy.
D. Kingman’s work was but one example of a long-
lasting tradition refreshed by an innovative artist with

SAMPLE PASSAGE 3 – AGE OF THE
LIBRARIAN

1.
A)NO CHANGE
B)has been
C)was
D)had been

2.
A)NO CHANGE
B) your home, “however Harris
C) your home.’’; however Harris
D) your home.’’ However,Harris

3.
A)No change
B)imminent
C)threatening
D)optional

4
A) NO CHANGE
B)enervate
C) energize
D) elucidate

5.
NO CHANGE
B)bear; Harris sees Miguel
C) bear: Harris sees Miguel
D)bear Harris sees Miguel

6.
A)NO CHANGE.
B)Miguel had said , “if you have any funny
stories ,I like those ,”asking Harris for a
book 2 weeks earlier.
C)Asking Harris for a book two weeks
earlier, Miguel had said , “if you have any
funny stories, I like those.”
D)Miguel asked Harris for a book 2 weeks
earlier had said, “If you have any funny
stories,I like those.”

7.Which sentence could be added to the
paragraph to most effectively establish its
main idea?
A) Harris maintains active profiles on multiple
social media networks to better connect with her
students.
B)The role of the school librarian has changed
rapidly to meet the needs of students who are
digital citizens.
C)librarians still perform many traditional tasks
such as putting great literature in the hands of
their students.
D)in the future, many school libraries are
unlikely to have books on the shelves because

8.
 A)No change
B)by enabling access to collections of other
libraries, offering remote access to databases,
or they house video production studios
C)They enable access to collections of other
libraries, offering remote access to databases,
or they house video production studios
D)enabling access to collections of other
libraries, offering remote access to databases,
or housing video production studios.

9. Which sentence would provide evidence to
effectively support the main idea of the
paragraph?
A) Harris sponsors a weekly ”Fun Read” book
discussion club that is well attended by many of
the students of the school.
B)librarians continue to help students and
teachers locate the perfect book in the library’s
collection.
C)Teachers frequently ask Harris to recommend
educational apps to support early literacy for
their students.
D)Many parents are concerned with online safety
and digital citizenship due to the proliferation of
social media.

10.
A)NO CHANGE
B)He Chuckles
C)Harris chuckles
D)They chuckle

11.
A)NO CHANGE
B)they’re
C)you’re
D) their

SAMPLE PASSAGE 4 - REMEMBERING FREUD

23.
A)NO CHANGE
B)continued
C)spearheaded
D) led to

24.
A)NO CHANGE
B)Since his career, which ended in the
mid-twentieth century, Freud has
remained
C)Since his career ending in the mid-
twentieth century; Freud has remained
D)Since his career(ending in the mid-
twentieth century) Freud has remained

25.
A)NO CHANGE
B)Even the abiding popularity of terms
such as the “id”, “ego”, or a “Freudian
slip”.
C) Even the abiding popularity of terms
such as talking about an “id”, “ego”, or a
“Freudian slip”.
D) Even the abiding popularity of terms
such as “id”, “ego”, or “Freudian slip”.

26.
A) NO CHANGE
B)widely remembered as the Father of Psychoanalysts,
Freud was among the first to develop the now-
commonplace psychological method of inviting patients
to freely speak.
C)Freud was among the first to develop the now
commonplace psychological method of inviting patients
to freely speak, which is why he is now widely
remembered as the Father of Psychoanalysis.
D)Although he is widely remembered as the Father of
Psychoanalysis, Freud was among the first to develop
the now –commonplace psychological method of inviting
patients to freely speak.

27.
A)NO CHANGE
B)recesses
C)places
D)components

28.
A)NO CHANGE
B)he believed that uncovering repressed
memories was necessary for recovery.
C)he believed that uncovering repressed
memories was necessary for recovery.
D)he believed that uncovering, repressed
memories was necessary for recovery.

29.
A) NO CHANGE
B) in dealing with patients’ conditions, like
neurosis or other psychological trauma
conditions, he suspected that
C)in dealing with patients like neurosis or
other psychological trauma condition she
suspected that
D) he suspected that, in dealing with
patients’ conditions like neurosis or other
psychological trauma,

30. which detail would provide the best
support for the ideas presented in this section?
A) At the same time that Freud practiced ,many
people were interested in spiritualism.
B)Freud lived and worked mostly in London
although he had originally trained in Austria.
C) While some of Freud’s more unusual practices
have been criticized or abandoned, his interest in
the unconscious altered the trajectory of the field.
D)Psychologists today employ many theories ,not
just those developed by Freud.

31.
A)NO CHANGE
B)still vastly mysterious human mind.
Before Freud, medicine
C)still vastly mysterious human mind,
before Freud, medicine
D) still vastly mysterious human mind
before Freud. Medicine

32.
A)NO CHANGE
B)Through trial and error-scientific method in
action-Freud’s finding a method that seems to
work.
C) Through trial and error-scientific method in
action-Freud finds a method that seemed to
work.
D); through trial and error-scientific method in
action-Freud found a method that seemed to
work

33.
A)NO CHANGE
 B) the field; Sigmund Freud will be
remembered for ground –breaking work
that
C)the field Sigmund Freud will be
remembered for ground breaking work that
D)the field Sigmund Freud will be
remembered for ground breaking work,
and that