TASK 9: THE USE OF HAVE AND BE

1. In colonial times, flax and wool required months of preparation before they could be dyed and spin into cloth.

A. In

B. required

C. could

D. spin

2. Playwright Frank Shin has often describes the lives of Chinese Americans in his dramas.

A. Playwright

B. describes

C. lives

D. dramas

3. Cans of paint must be shaking to mix the pigments with the medium in which they are suspended

A. shaking

B. mix

C. in which

D. suspended

4. Beavers continuously repair the dams they have build.

A. continuously

B. repair

C. they

D. build

5. Each of the four types of human tooth are suited for a specific purpose.

A. of the

B. tooth

C. are suited

D. specific

6. Alice in Wonderland, first published in 1865, has since being translated into thirty languages.

A. published

B. has

C. being

D. translated

7. The Peace Corps was establish on March 1, 1961, by then President John F. Kennedy.

A. was

B. establish

C. by

D. then

8. The advisor told himself, while listening to the speech, that a dozen other reporters would has already asked that question.

A. told

B. listening

C. would has

D. asked

9. Before he died, Linus Pauling had wins two Nobel Prizes: the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize.

A. wins

B. two

C. Nobel Prizes

D. in Chemistry

10. Nails are commonly make of steel but also can contain substances such as aluminum or brass.

A. are

B. make

C. can

D. contain

11. On the huge Ferris wheel constructed for a world exhibition in Chicago in 1893, each of the thirty-six cabs could held sixty people.

A. huge

B. constructed

C. each

D. held

12. A patient suffering from amnesia may had partial or total loss of memory.

A. suffering

B. may

C. had

D. loss

13. Electrical impulses may also picked up by the optic nerve.

A. impulses

B. may

C. picked

D. by the optic

14. Before the speaker finished, many guests had rose from their seats and started for the door.

A. finished

B. rose

C. their seats

D. started

15. He thought that he should have be invited to attend the conference.

A. should

B. be

C. invited

D. to attend

TASK 7 : Parallel Structure Part I

1. San Francisco has a pleasant climate,___________ and many fascinating neighborhoods.

A. exciting scenery,

B. has exciting scenery

C. that the scenery is exciting

D. the scenery is exciting,

2. Insects provide many beneficial services, such as ______ , breaking down deadwood, and pollinating plants.

A. they condition soils

B. to condition soil

C. conditioning the soil

D. soil conditioned

3. Paint can be applied to a surface with rollers, ______ , or spray guns.

A. brushes

B. brushes can be used

C. with brushes

D. by brush

4. The use of labor-saving devices in homes, _________, and factories added to the amount of leisure time people had.

A. at an office

B. used in offices

C. offices

D. in offices

5.  Roger Williams was a clergyman, ______ the colony of Rhode Island, and an outspoken advocate of religious and political freedom.

A. founded

B. the founder of

C. was the founder of

D. he founded

6. The tip of Pooh's nose by now quite crimson with anxiety and __________.

A. frustrate

B. in frustration

C. frustating

D. Frustration

7. Early and Late, two smallish Friends and Relations,_______ a cracker or tried to.

A. pulls

B. pulled

C. are pulling

D. Pull

8. I looked for my book but ________ find it.

A. couldn't

B. can't

C. isn't

D. Could

9. Throughout history, trade routes have increased contact between people, ___________________ and greatly affected the growth of civilization.

A. have resulted in an exchange of ideas

B. an exchange of ideas has resulted

C. resulted in an exchange of ideas

D. resulting in an exchange of ideas

10. Photographers' choice of a camera depends on what kind of pictures they want to take, how much control they want over exposure, and___________they want to spend.

A. the amount of money

B. what money

C. how much money

D. so much money that

TASK 8: Errors in Adjective and Adverb

1. Liberal arts colleges cultivate general intellectually abilities rather than technical or professional skills.

A. cultivate

B. intellectually

C. abilities

D. professional

jawaban : B

2. Goats are extremely destruction to natural vegetation, and are often responsible for soil erosion.  

A. destruction

B. natural

C. vegetation

D. erosion

Jawaban : A

3. Telegraph service across the Atlantic was successful established in 1866.

A. service

B. across

C. successful

D. established

Jawaban : C

4. The Earth's out shell is divided into sections called plates, which are constantly in motion.

A. out

B. divided

C. constantly

D. motion

Jawaban : C

5. Black bears can move rapidly when necessary and are skillful tree-climbers for their size and weigh.

A. necessary

B. necessary

C. skillful

D. weigh

Jawaban : D

6. Peach trees grow good in a variety of soil types, but do best in sandy loam.

A. grow

B. good

C. variety

D. sandy

Jawaban : C

7. Philosopher Theodore A. Langerman was interested in the fields of literary and music.

A. Philosopher

B. interested

C. literary

D. music

Jawaban : C

8. Modern art is on display at the Guggenhein Museum, a building with an unusually design.

A. Modern

B. display

C. a building

D. unusually

Jawaban : D

9. Heart attacks are fatally in 75 percent of occurences.

A. heart attacks

B. fatally

C. percent

D. occurences

Jawaban : D

10. A serious problem is how to communicate reliable with a submerged submarine.

A. serious problem

B. how

C. realiable

D. submerged

Jawaban: C