ENGLISH QUIZ 1

WEDNESDAY, OCT 12, 2011

MATERIALS : Tenses, Part of Speech, Pronoun, Preposition, Conjunction, Sentence
and Reading
Dont write anything in this paper!
minutes

Time : 30

Part A : Choose the correct form (adjective or adverbs) in parentheses

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

That chair looks (comfortable, comfortably)

I looked at the problem (careful, carefully) and then solved it.
The sky grew (dark, darkly) as the storm approached.
How efficiently a company (produces, production, productive) its products
will in large measure determine its success
Some companies hold exclusive (distribution, distribute, distributor) rights
for specific product
An annual report includes the (sales, sells, seller) figures of the company
for the current fiscal year
An accountant makes an accurate (determination, determines,
determinative) of the expenses of a company
Advertising agencies are concerned with the (promotion, promote,
promoter) of a product

Part B : Choose the correct answer!

9. The Canterburry Tales, written about 1386, is alive and today as it
was nearly 600 years ago.
(A) Appeal
(B) Appealing
(C) Appealed
(D)The appeal of
10.The president usually , unless his press secretary approves it.
(A) No statement
(B) Doesnt statements
(C) Doesnt do a statements
(D)Doesnt make a statement
11.Not only ... shade and beauty, but they also reduce carbondioxide.
(A) Do trees provide
(B) Trees provide
(C) Provide trees
(D)Trees do provide
12.R.M Bartlett of Philadelphia the first private business college in the
United States in 1843.
(A) Founds
(B) Founded
(C) Founding
(D)Was founded

13.Some people believe that the crystals of certain minerals ... curative
powers.
(A) Have
(B) Having
(C) That have
(D)To have
14.Since more than 50 percent of all marriages in the United States end in
divorce, about half of the children in America must in single-parent
homes.
(A) Have grow up
(B) Growing up
(C) To grow up
(D)Grow up
15.When Jacqueline Kennedy was first lady, she collected many beautiful
antiques and them among the original in the White House.
(A) Sits
(B) Sit
(C) Set
(D)Sat
16.If one suffering from psychosomatic illness, that is, a disease
contributed to by mental anxiety, one may still feel very
(A) Worsely
(B) Worser
(C) Badly
(D)Bad
17.Sarah Knight a fascinating account of a journey she made from
Boston to New York in 1704.
(A) Write
(B) Wrote
(C) Written
(D)Writing
18.The art of storytelling almost as old humanity.
(A) Is
(B) It is
(C) That
(D)Being
19.The general public a large number of computers now, because prices
are beginning to decrease.
(A) Must
(B) Must
(C) Must
(D)Must

buy
buying
be buying
have bought

20.Neither John nor her sisters.....a consent from for next weeks field trip.
(A) need
(B) is needing
(C) needs
(D) have need
21.He entered a university ......................
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(A) when he had sixteen years

(B) when sixteen years were his age
(C) at the age of sixteen
(D)at age sixteen years old
Part C : Choose the incorrect word or phrase.
22.In 1950 it was naively predicted that eight or ten computer would be
sufficient to handle all
A
B
C
D
of the scientific and business needs in the US
23.The religion attemps to clarify mankinds relationship with a superhuman
power.
A
B
C
D
24. A space is the last frontier for man to conguer.
A
B
C
D
Part C

: Choose the correct answer based on the text given!

A massive banking crisis occurred in the United States in 1933. In the two
preceding years, a large number of banks had failed, and fear of lost savings
prompted many depositors to remove their funds from banks. Problems became
so serious in the state of Michigan that Governor William A. Comstock was forced
to declare a moratorium on all banking activities in the state on February 14,
1933. The panic in Michigan quickly spread to other states, and by March 6,
President Franklin D. Roosevelt had declared a banking moratorium throughout
the United States that left the entire country without banking services.
Congress immediately met in a special session to solve the banking crisis
and on March 9 passed the Emergency Banking Act of 1933 to assist financially
healthy banks to reopen. By March 15, banks controlling 90 percent of the
countrys financial reserves were again open for business.
25.The authors purpose in this passage is to:
(A) discuss a problem and its resolution
(B) warn depositors about potential banking problems
(C) assess blame for a problem that had occurred
(D)praise Congress for its actions
26.The passage states that all the following occurred prior to 1933 EXCEPT
that :
(A)
many banks went under
(B)
many banks patrons were afraid of losing their deposits
(C)
a lot of money was withdrawn from accounts
(D)
Governor Comstock cancelled all banking activities in Michigan
27.Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage?
(A)
(B)

Panicked
Historical

(C) Critical
(D) Angry

The stone Age was a period of history which began in approximately 2 million
B.C. and lasted until 3000 B.C. Its name was derived from the stone tools and
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weapons that modern scientists found. This period was divided into the
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Ages. During the first period (2 million to
8000 B.C) the first hatchet and use of fire for heating and cooking were
developed. As the result of the Ice Age, which evolved about 1 million years into
the Paleolithic Age, people were forced to seek shelter in caves, wear clothing,
and develop new tools.
During the Mesolithic Age (8000 to 6000 B.C), people made crude pottery
and the first fish hooks, took dogs hunting, and developed the bow and arrow,
which were used until the fourteenth century A.D.
The Neolithic Age (6000 to 3000 B.C) saw humankind domesticating sheep,
goats, pigs, and cattle, being less nomadic than in the previous eras,
establishing permanent settlements, and creating governments.
28.Into how many periods was the Stone Age divided?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
D) 5
29. In line 2, the word derived is closest in meaning to
(A) originated
(B) destroyed
(C) hallucinated
discussed
30.Which of the following was developed earliest?

(D)

(A) fish hook (B) bow and arrow

(C) hatchet
(D) pottery
31.Which of the following developments is NOT related to conditions of the Ice Age?
(A) farming
(B) clothing
(C) living indoors
32.The word crude in line 9 is closest in meaning to:

(D)using fire.

(A) extravagant
(B) complex
(C) vulgar
33.The author states that the Stone Age was so named because

(D) primitive

(A) it was very durable like stone

(B) the tools and weapons were made of stones
(C) there was little vegetation
(D) the people lived in stone caves
34.In line 13 nomadic is closest in meaning to
(A) sedentary
(B) wandering
(C) primitive
35.With what subject is the passage mainly concerned?

(D) inquisitive

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
36.

The Neolithic Age.

The Paleolithic Age.
The Stone Age.
The Ice Age.
Which of the following best describes the Mesolithic Age?

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
37.

People were inventive

People stayed indoors all the time.
People were warriors.
People were crude
In line 13 , the word eras is closest in meaning to :

(A) Families

(B) Periods

(C) Herds

(D) Tools

A quilt is a bad cover made of squares of material pieced together. Each

square consists of two layers filled with a layer of wool or cotton cloth,
feathers. Or down. Often, the squares are decorated with fancy stitches and
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designs. According to legend, the earliest pieced quilt was stitched in 1704 by
Sarah Sedgewick Everett, wife of the governor of the Massachusetts colony. By
1774 George Washington was buying quilts in Belvoir, Virginia, to take back to
Martha in Mount Vernon. As the frontier moved westward, quilting went along.
In addition to sleeping under them, homesteaders kept out drafts by hanging
quilts over doors and windows. And if the money ran out, quilts were used to
pay debts.
For isolated pioneer women, quilts were a source of comfort. Mary
Wilman, whose family moved to Texas from Missouri 1890, recalled the first
time she and her mother had to spend a week alone and a dust storm came
up. The wind blew for three days and the dust was so thick that you couldnt
see the barn. My mother quilted all day, and she taught me how to quilt. If it
hadnt been for quilting, I think we would have gone crazy.
Quilting provided an important social function for the women of the
frontier as well. At quilting bees, women met to work on quilts and to share
the latest news.
Today, however, to homely quilt has become a costly cultural
phenomenon. The International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas, the worlds
fair of quilting, attracted only 2,500 people and displayed only 200 quilts
when it began a dozen years ago. This year there were over 20,000 visitors
and 5,000 quilts, some of which sold for as much as $50,000.
38.According to the legend, who made the first American quilt?
(A) Mary Wilman
(B) Martha Washington
(C) Sarah Sedgewick Everett
(D) The governor of the colony of Massachusetts
39.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as one of the
benefits of quilts for pioneers?
(A) They could be used to pay debts
(B) They could be worn as warm clothing
(C) They could provide psychological comfort
(D) They could be used to help insulate houses
40.According to the passage, what is a quilting bee?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

A
A
A
A

type of insect
type of quilt
place where people buy and sell quilt
gathering where women socialized and made quilts

Answer sheet English Quiz 1

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Nama
Class/NIM

: ..
:

Part A
No

No

Part B
No

No

No

No

13

17

21

10

14

18

22

11

15

19

23

12

16

20

24

No

No

No

No

25

29

33

37

26

30

34

38

27

31

35

39

28

32

36

40

Part C

Score