U.S. English Basic Skills Test Answers 2013-2014-3

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Syllabus of the Test
1. Punctuation                     (May be 4 Questions)
2. Sentence structure            (May be 4 Questions)
3. Pronouns                        (May be 4 Questions)
4. Indirect speech                 (May be 2 Questions)
5. Articles and conjunctions    (May be 5 Questions)
6. Prepositional phrases         (May be 7 Questions)
7. Adjectives and adverbs       (May be 3 Questions)
8. Verbs and verb tenses        (May be 7 Questions)
9. Word order                     (May be 4 Questions)

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Question 49: Complete the following sentence by choosing the phrase with the best word order from the options given.
The excited children, who had run toward the loud _____________ .
Answer:  a. music and then told the others about the ice cream truck outside
b. music, are telling to the others about the ice cream truck outside
c. ice cream truck to tell the others about the music outside
d. music, told the others about the ice cream truck outside

Question 50: Change the following sentence from a quotation to indirect speech.
“I can meet with you at noon,” said Peter.
a.         Peter says he can meet with me at noon.
b.         Peter said he will meet with me at noon.
Answers:  c.         Peter said he could meet with me at noon.
d.         Peter can meet with me at noon, so he said.

Question 51: Choose the series of adjectives and adverbs that best completes the following sentence.
The archeologists were_____________ to discover such a __________ and__________ ____________ artifact at that mostly uncovered site.
a.     amazing, rarely, incredible, beautifully
Ans:   b.     amazed, rare, incredibly, beautiful
c.     beautiful, rarity, amazingly, incredible
d.     amazingly, beautiful, rarely, incredible

Question 52: Which of the following sentence illustrates proper use of comma?
a. Randy wanted to end the meeting, but Amy wanted to prolong it.
b. After pouring herself a glass of water in silence, Nicky answered my question.
Answers:  c. The committee, which had failed to come to a consensus decided to meet again on Tuesday.
d. Mr. Bridges is never home on the weekends, he always goes to his home in the country.
e. a and b
f. All of the above

Question 53: Which of the following sentences illustrates proper sentence structure?
a.     Walking down the street, my eyes were drawn to a diamond in a store window.
b.     A small red car pulled up behind the woman with tinted windows.
Answers:  c.     The man in the black cape mounted his powerful stallion and it galloped away.
d.     The cats chased the birds around the yard with the yellow beaks.

Question 54: Choose the series of verbs and phrases that best completes the following passage.
This dish _________ too spicy. Why __________ so much pepper?
a.     is, did the chef have to use
b.     was, the chef is using
c.     is, did the chef use
d.     was, the chef used
Answers:     e.     a and c

Question 55: Change the following sentence from a quotation to indirect speech.
Carol has said, “I am responsible for this project.”
Answers:  a. Carol has said that she is responsible for this.

Question 56: Which of the following sentences does NOT illustrate correct pronoun usage?
ans:  a.     The wet dog shook itself off, wagged its tail, and proceeded on its way.
b.     Don’t take the silver goblet out of its protective case or you’ll ruin it.
Ans: c.     You should wear that jacket to their wedding because it’s the nicest one you have.
d.     It’s not too late to answer their ad for a waitress, is it?
e.     All are correct

Question 57: Which of the following sentences NOT punctuated correctly?
a. All of the apple’s at the grocers were rotten so I bought oranges instead.
Answers:  b. “Seven canteens full of water should enough for the hike,” said Tabitha.

Question 58: Which of the following sentence uses correct pronoun usage?
a. To whom are your employees going to report while you're gone?
b. Each monkey had its own bunch of bananas to munch on.
c. Neither of us had any idea that the Robinsons were selling their beach house.
d. Delilah congratulated herself on a job well done.
Answers:  e. All of the above

Question 59: Which of the following activities can you accomplish with the Remote Desktop feature in Windows XP?
a. You can get a miniature view of your desktop by clicking on the Desktop icon.
b. You can automatically clear up unwanted Desktop icons.
Answers: c. You can view files and documents on your computer's desktop from a coworker's computer.
d. You can view files and documents on any computer's desktop from your computer.

Question 60: Choose the phrase that best completes the sentence below without creating a run-on sentence.
It's never too late to learn how to swim ________________ you may fall off a boat!
a., you never know when
b. you never know when
Answers:  c. —you never know as
d.; you never know when

Question 61: Which of the following sentences illustrates correct usage of articles and conjunctions?
a.     The cake that I ate was better that the one you had.
b.     An house is not the home, or so they saying goes.
Answers:  c. For my birthday, I would like a book, an hourglass, and the keys to a new boat.
d.   Has a package I've been waiting for been delivered yet, nor must I wait longer?

Question 62: Which of the following sentences illustrates the proper use of parallel construction?
a.         Arthur failed when he tried to open the lock with a key, but succeeded when he tried to open it with a hammer.
b. We painted the conference room yellow, hung a poster on the wall, and are rearranging the chairs.
c.   No one in the room knew that the doors had been locked and that policemen will be running up the stairs.
Answers:  d.   Andrea is incapable of walking and to talk at the same time.

Question 63: Which of the following sentences does NOT illustrate proper use of articles and conjunctions?
a.         I thought about keeping an orangutan as a pet; however, my apartment complex does not allow exotic animals on the premises.
Answers:  b.         Bertha decided to change a locks of her house after burglars stole a computer or an oil painting.
c.         After thinking about the problem for half an hour, Glen finally came up with a perfect solution.
d.         Arlene loves nature and the outdoors in general, yet she spends most of her time inside because of her job.

Question 64: Which of the following sentences illustrates the proper use of parallel construction?
a. Terry hoped to find a new job that would let him earn extra cash in the summer and to work fewer hours.
Answers:  b. Although Tommy was failing his biology class at college, he was passing his chemistry class.
Ans:  c. Trina loved to sail, skate, swim, and surfing.
d. Tatiana declared that the people in her office are smarter than the people who work in Tad's office.

Question 65: Which of the following sentences illustrates the proper use of apostrophes?
Answers:  a. Helga borrowed her friend's skates for the day; however, she failed to return them.
b. Thousand's of bargains are available during the holiday season, but I cant find time to shop.
c. The koala bear closed it's eyes and fell fast asleep.
d. Although I like the Joneses, I'm angry at them for breaking all of Ralphs' tools.

Question 66: Choose the phrase that best completes the sentence below without creating a run-on sentence.
Mr. Peach has sent his four children to lvy league colleges _______ he has sacrificed his health working day and night dusty factory.
a.     however
Answers:    b.     ; however,
c.     , however
d.     however,

Question 67: Choose the series of verbs that best completes the following sentences.
Alison regrets _______ you with her remarks; she never meant ______ so.
a. to hurt, doing
Answers:  b. to hurt, to do
c. hurting, doing
d. hurting, to do

Question 68: Complete the following sentence by choosing the phrase with the best word order from the options given.
Only after they had an exhaustive study__________ how to adapt the technology to the needs of our company.
a. did they understand to begin
b. did they begin to understand
Answers:  c. they did begin to understand
d. to understand did they begin

Question 69: Which of the following sentences is NOT punctuated correctly?
Answers:     a.     We expect only three things from our dog: loyalty, affection, and tail wagging.
b.     I need you to pick up several boxes of paperclips, pens, and pencils; three pounds each of potatoes, carrots, and peas; and my dry cleaning.
c.     Marcy, my parrot, squawked for an hour, before finally calming down.
Answers: d.     All of the above are punctuated correctly.

Question 70: Which of the following sentences is NOT punctuated correctly?
Answers:  a. All of the apple's at the grocer's were rotten, so I bought oranges instead.
b. "Seven canteens full of water should be enough for the hike," said Tabitha.
c. Until the stove is fixed, there's no way I can bake a lemon meringue pie.
d. The woman, whose name escapes me at the moment, disappeared into the limousine.

Question 71: The left side of the Start menu contains two parts, separated by a thin horizontal line. The Windows XP term for manually inserting a shortcut to one of your chosen applications into the top part of the left side (by using the right-context menu of the application in Windows Explorer) is called:
Answers:  a. Attaching an application to the Start menu.
b. Pinning an application to the Start menu
c. Placing an application into the Start menu.
d. Porting an application to the Start menu

Question 72: Choose the series of articles and conjunctions that best completes the following sentence.
Neither we ________ Sal, our neighbor, could understand ________ it had been our dog Rover or Sal's cat's kittens _________ had destroyed all the flower beds in the middle of _______ night.
Answer: a. nor, whether, that, the
b. or, if, who, the
c. and, whether, than, a
d. nor, if, that, a

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