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  Part 3 Error Correction

  This part consists of 15 sentences; in eachsentence there is an underlined part that indicates anerror. Below each sentence, there are 4 choicesrespectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choosethe word or phrase that can replace the underlinedpart so that the error is corrected. There is only ONEright answer. Blacken the corresponding letter asrequired on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

  36. Not much people realize that apples have been cultivated for over 3,000 years.

  A. Not many B. Not enough

  C. Without many D. No many

  37. The eastern bluebird is considered the most attractive bird native of North America bymany bird-watchers.

  A. native B. native with

  C. native by D. native to

  38. All living creatures pass on inherited traits from one generation to other.

  A. the other B. another

  C. others D. other one

  39. Furniture makers use glue to hold joints together and sometimes to reinforce it.

  A. its B. fast

  C. hard D. them

  40. The hard, out surface of the tooth is called enamel.

  A. outside B. appearance

  C. outer D. hiding

  41. The earliest form of artificial lighting was fire, which also provided warm andprotection.

  A. hot B. sunshine

  C. warmth D. safe

  42. All mammals have hair, but not always evident.

  A. but it is not B. but it is

  C. but they are not D. but they are

  43. A professor of economic and history at Atlanta University, W.E.B. Du Bois, promotedfull racial equality.

  A. economy B. economics

  C. economical D. economic

  44. Machines that use hydraulic pressure including elevators, dentist chairs, andautomobile brakes.

  A. exclude B. excluding

  C. include D. are included

  45. The first recorded use of natural gas to light street lamps it was in the town ofFrederick, New York, in 1825.

  A. was B. is

  C. it is D. were

  46. Although the social sciences different a great deal from one another, they share acommon interest in human relationship.

  A. move B. differ

  C. change D. varies

  47. Unlike competitive running, race walkers must always keep some portion of their feetin contact with the ground.

  A. run B. runner

  C. runners D. running race

  48. A promising note is a written agreement to pay a certain sum of money at some timefuture.

  A. time futures B. futures

  C. futures time D. future time

  49. New York City surpassed the other Atlantic seaports in partly because it developed thebest transportation links with the interior of the country.

  A. part B. partial

  C. partner D. parting

  50. All root vegetables grow underground, and not all vegetables that grow undergroundare roots.

  A. but B. or

  C. as D. thus

  Section 2: Reading Comprehension (55 points)

  In this section you will find after each of the passages a number of questions or unfinishedstatements about the passage, each with 4 (A, B, C and D) choices to complete the statement.You must choose the one which you think fits best. Then blacken the corresponding letter asrequired on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. The time for this section is 75 minutes.

  Phyllis Wheatley is regarded as America's first black poet. She was born in Senegal, Africa,about 1753 and brought to America aboard a slave ship at about the age of seven. John andSusannah Wheatley bought her for three pounds at a slave auction in Boston in 1761 to be apersonal servant of Mrs. Wheatley. The family had three other slaves, and all were treated withrespect. Phyllis was soon accepted as one of the family, which included being raised andeducated with the Wheatley's twin 15-year-old children, Mary and Nathaniel. At that time, mostfemales, even from better families, could not read and write, but Mary was probably one of thebest educated young women in Boston. Mary wanted to become a teacher, and in fact, it wasMary who decided to take charge of Phyllis's education. Phyllis soon displayed her remarkabletalents. At the age of twelve she was reading the Greek and Latin classics and passages fromthe Bible. And eventually. Mrs. Wheatley decided Phyllis should become a Christian.

  At the age of thirteen Phyllis wrote her first poem. She became a Boston sensation aftershe wrote a poem on the death of the evangelical preacher George Whitfield in 1770. It becamecommon practice in Boston to have "Mrs. Wheatley's Phyllis" read poetry in polite society. Marymarried in 1771, and Phyllis later moved to the country because of poor health, as a teacherand caretaker to a farmer's three children. Mary had tried to interest publishers in Phyllis'spoems but once they heard she was a Negro they weren't interested.

  Then in 1773 Phyllis went with Nathaniel, who was now a businessman, to London. It wasthought that a sea voyage might improve her health. Thirty-nine of her poems were publishedin London as Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. It was the first book publishedby a black American. In 1775 Phyllis wrote a poem extolling the accomplishments of GeorgeWashington and sent it to him. He responded by praising her talents and inviting her to visithis headquarters. After both of her benefactors died in 1777, and Mary died in 1778, Phyllis wasfreed as a slave. She married in 1778, moved away from Boston, and had three children. Butafter the unhappy marriage, she moved back to Boston, and died in poverty at the age ofthirty.

  51. What does the passage mainly discuss?

  A. Slavery and the treatment of the black people in America.

  B. The Wheatley family, including their slaves.

  C. The life of America's first black poet.

  D. The achievements of Phyllis Wheatley.

  52. The underlined word "respect" in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.

  A. consideration B. disregard

  C. punishment D. behavior

  53. According to the passage, how many slaves did the Wheatley's have?

  A. One. B. Two.

  C. Three. D. Four.

  54. According to the passage, an unusual feature of Mary was that she ______.

  A. was not much older than Phyllis

  B. wanted to become a teacher

  C. was comparatively well educated

  D. decided to take charge of Phyllis's education

  55. The underlined word "eventually" in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.

  A. ultimately B. slowly

  C. reluctantly D. gradually

  56. Which of the following is NOT true about Phyllis in the early 1770s?

  A. She wrote her first poem when in her teens.

  B. She married in 1771.

  C. She became a teacher.

  D. She was able to get her poems published.

  57. The underlined word "they" in Paragraph 2 refers to ______

  A. publishers B. poems

  C. children D. black people

  58. It can be inferred that Phyllis's trip to England with Nathaniel in 1773 ______

  A. did not improve her health

  B. was for business reasons

  C. led to books of her poems being available in America

  D. led to the publication of her poems because the English were more interested in religiousand moral subjects

  59. The word "extolling" is closest in meaning to ______

  A. welcoming B. stating

  C. bemoaning D. praising

  60. Which of the following conclusions about Phyllis is supported by the passage?

  A. She would have been more recognized as a poet if she had not been black.

  B. She would have written poetry if she had stayed in Africa.

  C. She went unrecognized as a poet during her lifetime.

  D. She only wrote religious poetry.

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