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Diagnostic test 1: structure.

This section measures your ability to recognize language that is appropriate for standard written English.

There are two types of questions. In the first type, you will read a sentence with a blank space where part of the sentence is missing. Click on the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

In the second type, you will read a sentence with four underlined words or phrases. Click on the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.

You have 20 minutes to answer all of the questions.

After you answer a question, click on Next and then on Confirm Answer. After you confirm an answer, you cannot return to the question.

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According to the article by the New York Times , only few different kind of cats are appropriate for living in an apartment .

Coffee has _______ as a vital part of everyday life by the Americans since the eighteenth century. 

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In 2007, Steve Jobs introduced his iPhone, claiming that______ an advanced technology at the time. 

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The short stories of Raymond Carver have been compared with that of Anton Chekhov, a Russian writer of the nineteenth century.

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Digital clocks and watches have eliminated the hour-marked dial because they display time as a figure numerical .

Many nineteenth-century lumberjacks were farmers _______ to earn extra cash.

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With the development of mass-production processes and new materials, new methods of bookbinding has become popular.

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Since 1940 timber companies have replanted nearly one hundred million acres of forest, which they manager for the future.

A computer's mouse and icons make the computer _______ to use.

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A curling iron can be used for curl a strand of hair or to straighten it.

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Most heart attacks occur when part of the heart muscular dies because the coronary arteries nourishing it are blocked.

The journey from birth _______ has endless cultural and individual variations.

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In 1997 President Clinton appointed Madeleine Albright _______ of the United States.

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When you are buying walking shoes, you should have your feet measured during you are standing.

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The major cities of today's world are not only centers of population and wealth but also being sites of political power and trade.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation should be performed if there are _______ of breathing in the victim.

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Many companies offer courses to new and _______ workers who want to improve their skills.

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The Byzantine Empire under Justinian was almost as large and just about _______ the Roman Empire had been under Augustus.

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_______, a large black bird of the crow family, is an important figure in the mythology of the Native Americans of the Pacific coast.

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At Arizona's northeastern corner _______, where Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico meet at right angles.

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During the dry season, the Bushmen would go to live near water holes, and during the rainy season they move out to take advantage of the foods that grew on the veldt.

When _______ on a two-lane road, you should pass only on the left of the vehicle.

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Choreographer Martha Graham created the contraction , a dance technique based the body's movement during intake and release of breath .

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Some trees develop limbs that cross each other and rub in the wind, producing sores so that can be entrance points for diseases.

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In some states, the law requires that everyone have their car inspected at least once a year before the car can be registered.
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