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Section IStructure and Vocabulary Part A Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (5 points) 1.Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often ________, or better than an actual performance. [A] as good as [B] as good [C] good [D] good as 2.My pain ________ apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I met asked sympathetically: “Are you feeling all right?” [A] must be [B] had [C] must have been [D] had to be 3.The senior librarian at the circulation desk promised to get the book for me ________ she could remember who last borrowed it. [A] ever since [B] much as [C] even though [D] if only 4.Observations were made ________ the children at the beginning and at the end of preschool and first grade. [A] towards [B] of [C] on [D] with 5.The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each ________ one major point in contrast with the other. [A] makes [B] made [C] is to make [D] making 6.A safety analysis ________ the target as a potential danger. Unfortunately, it was never done. [A] would identify [B] will identify [C] would have identified [D] will have identified 7.The number of registered participants in this year’s marathon was half ________. [A] of last year’s [B] those of last year’s [C] of those of last years [D] that of last year’s 8.For there ________ successful communication, there must be attentiveness and involvement in the discussion itself by all present. [A] is [B] to be [C] will be [D] being 9.There was a very interesting remark in a book by an Englishman that I read recently ________ what he thought was a reason for this American characteristic. [A] giving [B] gave [C] to give [D] given 10.No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ________ going on in the world. [A] it is