PRETEST - STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

Not only ……… profits, but it also had to lay off the workers.

• A. the company did lose

• B. the company lose

• C. did the company lose

• D. do the company lose

Automobiles, airplanes, and buses use more energy per passenger …….

• A. as do trains

• B. than trains do

• C. trains do

• D. like trains

The higher one rises in the atmosphere, ……… the temperature generally becomes.

• A. colder than

• B. the colder

• C. the colder as

• D. is colder

The Colorado beetle is a beautiful insect, …… it causes a great deal of damage to food crops.

• A. and

• B. what

• C. or

• D. but

………… on barren slopes can help prevent erosion.

• A. Trees are planted

• B. For trees to be planted

• C. In order to plant trees

• D. Planting trees

…….. the television nor the radio has been owned by many people around the world.

• A. Such

• B. Either

• C. Neither

• D. Instead

Ants are blind to red light, so it is possible to observe ……… in an artificial nest without disturbing their activities.

• A. themselves

• B. them

• C. they

• D. theirs

Snowshoes allow a person ……… on snow without sinking into it because they distribute the person’s weight over a wide area.

• A. to walk

• B. walk

• C. walking

• D. to walking

Where ……..is not known.

• A. did he save the money

• B. he saved the money

• C. does he saves the money

• D. he saves the money

The reporter is the man ……… son was arrested by police last week.

• A. whose

• B. his

• C. whom

• D. who