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.

131 show that there will be a shortage of university professors by the end of the decade.
(A) investigation
(B) Questions
(C) Studies
(D) Proposals

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

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (C) A plural noun is needed to complete this sentence, and studies is the only meaningful content word from among these options. (A) This noun is singular and would require a singular verb. (B) and (D) While similar in meaning to studies, questions and proposals would not yield conclusions.

132 Club members should their monthly dues on the first of the month.
(A) paid
(B) pay
(C) pays
(D) paying

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

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (B) Should is a modal auxiliary, followed by the verb pay. (A), (C) and (D) Other forms of this verb cannot follow should.

133 Ebrahim came into the office on Saturday and Sunday and he wasn't able to finish the project on time.
(A) still
(B) even
(C) however
(D) although

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

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (A) Still shows surprise that something could not be finished. (B) Even is not meaningful in this sentence. (C) and (D) These conjunctions can not follow the subject of the clause.

134 Performances at the Shakespeare Festival run from June the end of August.
(A) to
(B) on
(C) just
(D) by then

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

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (A) To indicates the end of a period of time when the festival will end. (B) Run on would need to be followed by a preposition. (C) and (D) The meanings of these words do not fit in this sentence.

135 Government agencies are being pressured to conduct more like the private sector.
(A) its
(B) themselves
(C) their
(D) itself

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

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (B) Themselves is a reflexive pronoun referring back to government agencies. (A) its is possessive. (C) Their is possessive. (D) itself is the third person singular reflexive pronoun.

136 Neither cameras recording devices will be permitted at the board meeting.
(A) neither
(B) or
(C) not
(D) nor

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

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (D) Neither nor is a set expression showing two negatives. (A), (B) and (C) None of these options are used after neither.

137 The company was saved bankruptcy by a multi-million dollar contract with a Middle Eastern firm.
(A) for
(B) with
(C) from
(D) by

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

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (C) To save (someone) from (something) means to prevent something bad from happening to them. (A), (B) and (D) All of these prepositions can follow the verb save, but none of their meanings make sense here.

138 Airline ticket fell when the major airlines implemented their new pricing plans.
(A) sales
(B) sell
(C) sails
(D) sold

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

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (A) Sales, a noun, is the subject of this sentence. (B) Sell is a verb. (C) Airline tickets don't have sails, which is a homophone to sales. (D) Sold is the past tense of sell.

139 The product will begin as soon as the client has approved the design.
(A) developing
(B) development
(C) developed
(D) develop

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

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (B) Development. a noun, is the subject of this sentence. (A) Developing is a participle. (C) Developed is the past tense of develop. (D) Develop is a verb.

140 Ms. Takahashi gave her assistant an end-of-the-year review.
(A) eager
(B) outstanding
(C) open
(D) initiate

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

Пояснения внизу. Нажмите на нижний треугольник (B) Outstanding is an adjective describing the review. (A) Eager means enthusiastic and cannot be used to describe a review. (C) A review would not be open. (D) initiate is a verb.