PRACTICE EXAM

1.  After the devastation of the siege of Leningrad the Soviets were left with the task of rebuilding their population as well as their city.

2.  Wordsworth spent a good deal of time in the Lake District with his sister Dorothy and the two of them were rarely apart.

3.  Picasso was profoundly affected by the war in Spain, it led to the painting of great masterpieces like Guernica.

4.  Researchers investigated several possible vaccines for the virus then they settled on one.

5.  For Christmas she wanted books and tapes, peace and love, and for all the world to be happy.

6.  The boy and his father knew that he was in trouble.

7.  Do you know which car is her's.

8.  Silly things, to be avoided.

9.  In the evenings I like to lay on the couch and watch TV.

10.  The media who have all the power in this nation and abuses it consistently uses its influence for ill more often than good.

11.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

12.  The professor wrote a paper on sexual harassment in his office.

13.  As a young girl my father baked bread and gardened.

14.  She wanted to buy a new car but she didn't have enough money to do so.

15.  Americans speak too rapidly this is a common complaint by foreign visitors.

16.  After the last guests left the party we had to begin cleaning the house.

17.  Across the street from the library an old man waited for a bus.

18.  The candidate promised to lower taxes, protect the environment, a reduction in crime and an end to unemployment.

19.  Fred who often cheats is just harming himself.

20.  Everyone knows their is a problem with this but they may not know that their solution only solves one of the problems.