2006 年1 月真题

Section 1

1. The library is older than it but still just as beautiful as the courthouse.

(A) older than it but still just as beautiful as the courthouse

(B) older and it is just as beautiful as the courthouse

(C) older than the courthouse; it is just as beautiful as it

(D) older than the courthouse but just as beautiful

(E) just as beautiful as the courthouse and it is older than it
 

2. Window Homer, one of America’s foremost artists, spent his last 27 years and painted on the scenic Maine coast.

(A) spent his last 27 years and painted

(B) spent his last 27 years having painted

(C) spent his last 27 years painting

(D) having spent his last 27 years doing his painting

(E) spending his last 27 years painting

 

3. Researchers are experimenting with various techniques for preventing the accumulation in water of high levels of nitrogen, which can kill plants and animals.

(A) nitrogen, which can kill plants and animals

(B) nitrogen; plants and animals can be killed

(C) nitrogen, that is what can kill plants and animals

(D) nitrogen, they could kill plants and animals

(E) nitrogen, and they can kill plants and animals

 

4. When the news spread how new goldfields were discovered in Nome, Alaska, thousands abandoned Dawson, the site of the previous gold rush.

(A) how new goldfields were discovered

(B) how there was discovery of new goldfields

(C) about new goldfields, which they were discovered

(D) about new goldfields, and they were discovered

(E) about new goldfields that had been discovered

 

5. When the Berlin Wall, long a symbol of the Cold War, began to be borught down in 1989, five million people went to Berlin to celebrate that.

(A) to celebrate that

(B) for its celebration

(C) to celebrate

(D) in celebration of that

(E) in celebrating

 

6. To complete the music program, a student must present one vocal performance, one instrumental performance, and composing one original work.

(A) and composing one original work

(B) and one original composition

(C) with one original composition

(D) and to compose one original work

(E) as well as the student’s original composition

 

7. Zookeepers have expanded one’s definition of care to include concern for the animal’s mental state as well as for its physical well-being.

(A) have expanded one’s definition of care to include

(B) have expanded one’s definition of care, including

(C) expanded their definition of care, they include

(D) expanding the definition of care to include

(E) have expanded their definition of care to include

 

8. The time and the place for such a large event is subject to approving from the mayor’s office.

(A) The time and the place for such a large event is subject to approving from the mayor’s office.

(B) For such a large event, the time and the place are subject to the mayor’s office’s approving.

(C) The time and the place for such a large event are subject to the approval of the mayor’s office.

(D) The time and place for such a large event are subject to be approved by the office the mayor.

(E) Subject to the approval of the mayor’s office are the time and place for such a large event taking place.

 

9. New Zealand’s Kaikoura Peninsula, a ruggedly beautiful spit of land, borders an undersea canyon that is home to the sperm whale and the giant squid.

(A) borders an undersea canyon that is

(B) bordering an undersea canyon,

(C) and it borders an undersea canyon, which is

(D) which borders an undersea canyon,

(E) is the border of an undersea canyon, being

 

10. In similarity with some other great works, the enduring horror tale Frankenstein was first published anonymously; its author, Mary Shelley, wrote the novel when she was not quite nineteen years old.

(A) In similarity with

(B) as

(C) Like what happened with

(D) Like the case with

(E) Like

 

11. The book is useful because it offers not just philosophy and theory but also tells you what and how to live everyday.

(A) but also tells you what and how to live everyday

(B) but also it gives ways of everyday living

(C) but also advice for everyday living

(D) but also gives practical advice for everyday life

(E) and also tells you what to do and how to live every day

 

 

 

 

 

30. What must be done to sentence 3?

(A) Combine it with sentence 2, putting a comma after “research”.

(B) Begin it with the words “Antarctica is”.

(C) Replace the comma after “1961” with a semicolon.

(D) Place the words “it was” before “written”.

(E) Change “1961, which” to “1961, It”.

 

31. What should be done with sentence 7?

(A) Change “assure” to “make sure”.

(B) Change “Treaty clauses” to “The clauses agreed to by the diverse countries represented there”.

(C) Place sentence 7 before sentence 6.

(D) Combine sentence 7 with sentence 6 by changing the period after “continent” to a comma.

(E) Combine sentence 7 with sentence 6 by changing “continent, Treaty” to “continent and also because treaty”.

 

32. In context, which is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence 9 (reproduced below)?

Decisions that can make or break the preservation of Antarctica’s unique environment and its scientific opportunities depend on a political system designed to have nobody in command.

(A) create or destroy

(B) support or dispute

(C) be determined by

(D) be critical to

(E) be an adjustment to

 

33. The purpose of the second paragraph is to

(A) present a situation that has contradictory elements

(B) offer solution to a problem discussed in the first paragraph

(C) present an argument and its final resolution

(D) examine a theory in light of new discoveries

(E) discuss a theory that will be refuted in the third paragraph

 

34. Which sentence should be deleted?

(A) 1

(B) 2

(C) 11

(D) 12

(E) 13

 

35. The third paragraph would be improved if which of the following sentence were added?

(A) Scientists collect ice cores by driving a hollow tube deep into the miles-thick ice sheets.

(B) If the West Antarctic ice sheet melted, global seas would rise by 15 to 20 feet.

(C) It is the driest place in the world, yet it contains 70 percent of Earth’s freshwater.

(D) One cruise ship encountered 30-foot waves all the way across the Drake Passage.

(E) Last year, more than 10,000 tourists visited Antarctica, bringing soiled bools, climbing gear, and trash to many locations.