Part V: READING TEST

Directions: A word or phrase is missing in each of the sentences below. Four answer choices are given below each sentence. Select the best answer to complete the sentence. Then mark the letter (A), (B), (C), or (D) on your answer sheet.

111 Shoe designers have always looked toward Milan for their .
(A) inspired
(B) inspirational
(C) inspiration
(D) inspire

Ответы внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник Ответ: (C)

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (C) The noun form, inspiration, is required to complete this sentence. (A) inspired is the past participle. (B) inspirational is an adjective. (D) inspire is a verb.

112 The city has based its estimates primarily on the service industry.
(A) growth
(B) grows
(C) grew
(D) grown

Ответы внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник Ответ: (A)

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (A) The noun form, growth, is required to complete this sentence. (B) Grows is the third-person singular verb. (C) Grew is the past tense. (D) Grown is the past participle.

113 The new accountant will be doing work that Mr. Drake has been doing.
(A) same as
(B) the same
(C) same
(D) the same as

Ответы внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник Ответ: (B)

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (B) The same is the only expression that completes the sentence, and is used to say that one thing, the new accountants work, will be exactly like Mr Drake's work. (A), (C) and (D) These options are all frequent phrases incorporating same. However, as is not needed after same, and the is required before same.

114 Min left a message for boss that she would arrive an hour late.
(A) herself
(B) hers
(C) her
(D) she

Ответы внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник Ответ: (C)

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (C) The possessive pronoun her refers back to Min and shows that the message is for Min's boss. (A) Herself is a reflexive pronoun. (B) Hers is a possessive pronoun. (D) She is a nominative pronoun.

115 The account executives were unable to on a strategic plan.
(A) agreement
(B) agreed
(C) agree
(D) agrees

Ответы внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник Ответ: (C)

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (C) The infinitive agree is required to complete the sentence, as set up by the word to. (A) Agreement is a noun. (B) Agreed is the verb, past tense. (D) Agrees is the third person singular form.

116 Cruise One is offering a fare for any first-time customers.
(A) reduce
(B) reduces
(C) reduction
(D) reduced

Ответы внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник Ответ: (D)

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (D) Reduced describes the condition of the fare. (A) Reduce is the infinitive form of the verb. (B) Reduces is the third person singular form of the verb. (C) Reduction is a noun.

117 Taxi drivers the city increase their prices during the tourist season.
(A) on
(B) around
(C) over
(D) under

Ответы внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник Ответ: (B)

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (B) Around is the best preposition to describe the location of the taxi drivers. (A), (C) and (D) These prepositions are not meaningful, because they do not describe potential locations of taxi drivers in a city.

118 Investors watched the market to see how it would react to the unemployment situation.
(A) nearly
(B) tightly
(C) widely
(D) closely

Ответы внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник Ответ: (D)

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (D) The adverb closely describes how investors watched the market. To watch something closely means to watch it carefully. (A), (B) and (C) These options are all adverbs, so grammatically, any is feasible. However, none collocates correctly with the verb watch.

119. Kyle was busy that he forgot to cancel his dentist appointment.
(A) too
(B) very
(C) so
(D) than

Ответы внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник Ответ: (C)

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (C) The adverb so sets us up for the negative consequence of Kyle's excess; he forgot to cancel his appointment. (A) Too is followed by the infinitive; too busy to cancel his appointment. (B) Very doesn't introduce the negative consequence. (D) Than is used in comparative structures.

120. The board members are to elect a new chairman at the May meeting.
(A) timed
(B) arranged
(C) scheduled
(D) planned

Ответы внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник Ответ: (C)

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (C) Scheduled which means timetabled, is the only option that makes sense in this sentence. (A) Timed might be confused with timetabled. (B) Members, who are people, cannot be arranged to elect. (D) Members, who are people, cannot be planned to elect.