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Direction : Four parts of each sentence below are underlined and marked with the
numbers 1,2,3 and 4.Identify the underlined part that makes the sentence
incorrect.
1. Production has actually dropped a few over the last few years, although profits
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2
3
have held up.
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2. Our policy for dealing with the media is to respond quickly and polite.
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2
3
4
3. When Hitler came to power in Germany, he set up a special division in the dreaded
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2
gestapo: its job was to investigate suspected criminals.
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4
4. I would like to congratulate you on your succeed and in your endeavors.
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3
4
5. Poaching of elephants for ivory and meat remain a serious problem in many Asia
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2
3
countries.
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6. In western countries, the birth of a girl welcome with an enthusiasm equal to that of
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3
4
a boy.
7. Hurricane Katrina, a category 4 hurricane, was the big storm ever to hit New
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2
3
Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico.
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8. Nowaday, pedometers are surprisingly popular with young children, who see
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2
3
logging steps as a game.
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9. Text messaging during the New Year festival period surged to new heights with 59
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2
3
million SMS message sent this year.
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10. If we don't know the meaning of a word, but we know what it contrasts with, we
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2
3
can guess often what it means.
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11. The push to sell flavor milk comes during growing concerns about eating habits
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2
3
among children.
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12. Edible mushrooms which grow in the wild are only available in specific time of
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13. In 30 years, there is a 1-in-5,500 chance that a smallish asteroid will land a bulls'
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3
eye on our planet.
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14. The idea of heat as a healing treatment does not surprise Chinese and Western
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2
3
medicine.
4
15. Since the new film's reclusive director does not give interviews, he is happy to let
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2
his movie to speak for itself.
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16. Each night the guard would, first, lock the gates, then turn on the lights.
A
B
and walking around the factory.
C
D
17. The secretary asked the twelve-years-old girl to wait for her mother in
A
B
C
the lobby.
D
18. Kanda is the official who everyone thinks she will transfer to the new
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B
C
overseas office in Hong Kong.
D
19. The more hardly his father tried to force him to study, the lazier Jimmy
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B
C
D
became.
20.I was supposed attending a seminar in Phuket last week, but the
A
B
program was canceled due to the floods.
C
D
21. The man who waited on us in the restaurant which we went yesterday
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B
C
was one of the slowest Ive ever seen.
D
22. We are planning either to spend our vacation in Rayong or in Hua Hin
A
B
with our family this coming summer.
C
D
23. Confused by the question which the referee asked, she could not answer
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B
C
immediate.
D

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24.Life will become more complicate when you leave school.
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B
C
D
25. Nipa didnt sleep well because of the thunder, and her brother didnt, too.
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B
C

26. Tida is the only one of the committee members who knows how the
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B
C
candidates look like.
D
27. We hope to move soon, but we havent started look for a new home yet.
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B
C
28. No one has said nothing so far; however, I believe that the truth will so on
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B

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C

reveal itself.
D
29. Cycling, in addition to hiking, are becoming a popular sport among Thai
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B
C
D
teenagers.
30. John bought himself the lightest, the most recently manufactured, and
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B
C
the less expensive camera in Singapore.
D

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