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HONORS PRACTICE ENGLISH TEST
18 Minutes - 30 Questions
DIRECTIONS: In this test you will read THREE
passages. In each passage, you will see words or
phrases that are underlined and numbered. In
the right hand column, you will see some
alternative options. For each question, pick the
answer that is most appropriate for standard
written English or is most consistent with the
tone and style of the passage as a whole. If you
feel that no change is needed to the original
version, choose “NO CHANGE.”
Once you have picked the option you feel is best,
CIRCLE THE ANSWER.
Read each passage completely before you begin
answering any questions regarding it. You
cannot determine most answers without reading
several sentences before and after the question.
PASSAGE I
Text Adapted from The Hound of Baskerville
Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon
those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast
table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left
behind him the night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the
sort which is known as a "Penang lawyer." Just under the head was a broad silver band
nearly an inch across. "To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.," was
engraved upon it, with the date "1884."
"Well, Watson, what do you make of it?"
Holmes was sitting with his back to me, I had given him no sign of my
occupation.
"How did you know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the back of
your head."
[1]"I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me," said
he. [2] "But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of our visitors stick? [3] Let me hear you
reconstruct the man by an examination of it. [4] Since we have been so unfortunate as
to miss him and have no notion of his errand, this accidental souvenir becomes of
importance.”
"I think," said I, following as far as I could the methods of my companion, "that
Dr. Mortimer is a successful, elderly medical man, well-esteemed since those who know
him give him this mark of their appreciation."
"Good!" said Holmes. "Excellent!"
1. A. NO CHANGE
B. band nearly, an inch
across
C. band, nearly an inch across
D. band, nearly, an inch
across
2. Which of the following would
provide the most appropriate
conclusion for this paragraph?
A. It was just such a stick as
the old-fashioned family
practitioner used to carry-dignified, solid, and
reassuring.
B. It was to solve mysteries
like this that I became a
detective.
C. It was clear that this man
had been the murderer.
D. Engravings on a stick are
generally made to honor
someone.
3. A. NO CHANGE
B. me, I had
C. me; I had
D. me and I had
4. A. NO CHANGE
B. visitor’s
C. visitors’
D. visitors
5. For the sake of the logic and
coherence of the preceding
paragraph, sentence 4
should be placed:
A. Where it is now.
B. Before sentence 1.
C. After sentence 4.
D. After sentence 1.
"I think also that the probability is in favour of his being a country practitioner
who does a great deal of his visiting on foot, as an everyday pedestrian.”
"Why so?"
"Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one has been so knocked
about that I can hardly imagine a town practitioner carrying it. The thick-iron ferrule is
worn down, so it is evident that he has done a great amount of walking with it."
"Perfectly sound!" said Holmes.
Then, with an expression of interest, he laid down his cigarette, and carrying
the cane to the window looked over it again with a convex lens.
"Interesting, though elementary," said he as he returned to his favourite corner
of the settee. "There are certainly one or two indications upon the stick that gives us the
basis for several deductions."
"Has anything escaped me?" I asked with some self-importance. "I trust that
there is nothing of consequence which I have overlooked?"
"I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions deduced from your
evidence was inaccurate. When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be frank, that in
noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth. Not that you are
entirely wrong in this instance. The man, which we are referring to, is certainly a
country practitioner. And he walks a good deal."
"Then I was right."
"To that extent."
6. A. NO CHANGE
B. as an everyday pedestrian
C. as a pedestrian
D. OMIT the underlined
portion
7. A. NO CHANGE
B. Then, with an expression of
interest, he laid down his
cigarette and carrying the
cane to the window, looked
over it again with a convex
lens.
C. Then with an expression of
interest, he laid down his
cigarette, and carrying the
cane to the window, looked
over it again with a convex
lens.
D. Then, with an expression of
interest, he laid down his
cigarette, and carrying the
cane to the window, looked
over it again with a convex
lens.
8. A. NO CHANGE
B. give
C. gave
D. gives to
9. A. NO CHANGE
B. is
C. were
D. it was
10. The writer is considering
deleting the underlined
portion. If the writer made
this deletion, the essay
would primarily lose:
A. a descriptive detail to
illustrate Holmes’s opinion
of Watson.
B. a detail that qualifies
Holm’s point that Watson is
mistaken
C. a strong conclusion that
pushes the reader to
consider that Watson
should not be a detective
D. a transition from a
description of the doctor to
a description of the stick
11. A. NO CHANGE
B. who
C. whom
D. who’s
PASSAGE II
Text Adapted from Reader’s Digest, December 1961
12. A. No change
B. sharp blue eyes
sparkling, stains and
chemical burns
C. sharp blue eyes
sparkling; stains and
chemical burns
D. sharp blue eyes
sparkling. Stains and
chemical burns
“My Most Unforgettable Character”
Shuffling about his laboratory at Menlo Park, N.J., a shock of hair over one side
of his forehead, sharp blue eyes sparkling, stains, and chemical burns on his wrinkled
clothing, Thomas Alva Edison never looked like a man whose inventions had
revolutionized the world in less than its lifetime. Certainly he never acted like it.
13. A. No change
B. it’s
C. his
D. their
Once when a visiting dignitary asked him whether he had received many medals and
awards, he said, “Oh yes, Mom’s got a couple of quarts of them up at the house.” “Mom”
was his wife, my mother. Yet every day to those of us who were close to him, he
1.
2.
demonstrated what a giant among men he was.
At home and at work, Father seemed to have a knack for motivating others. He
could and often did give orders, but he preferred to inspire people by his own example.
This was one of the secrets of his success. For he was not, as many believe, a scientist
who worked in solitude in a laboratory. Once he had marketed his first successful
E.
invention — a stock ticker and printer — for $40,000, he began employing chemists,
mathematicians, machinists, anyone whose talents he thought might help him solve a
knotty problem.
Father usually worked 18 or more hours a day. “Accomplishing something
momentous provides the only real satisfaction in life,” he told us. His wide reported
ability to get by with no more than four hours of sleep was no exaggeration. 6
[1] It is sometimes asked, “Didn’t he ever fail?” [2] The answer is yes. [3]
Edison’s successes are well known. [4] Thomas Edison knew failure frequently. [5] Once
he had his entire fortune tied up in machinery for a magnetic separation process for
E.
low-grade iron ore — only to have it made outdated and old-fashioned by the opening of
the rich Mesabi Range. [6] But he never hesitated out of fear of failure.
14. A. No change
B. Yet every day, to those of
us who were close to him,
he
C. Yet every day to those of
us ,who were close to
him, he
D. Yet every day, to those of
us who were close to him
he
15. A. No change
B. At home and at work.
Father seemed
C. At home and at work,
Father, seemed
D. At home and at work;
Father seemed
16. A.
B.
C.
D.
no change
widely
widen
widening
17. A. NO CHANGE
B. momentous provide
C. momentous providing
D. momentous provided
18. Which choice would most
effectively conclude paragraph 4?
A. He believed that one
must work hard in order
to achieve greatness.
B. Working longer days
made Father satisfied
with his life.
C. It was a shame that he
worked so hard since he
experienced much failure.
D. Father’s hard work never
paid off.
F.
19. For the sake of the logic and
coherence of paragraph , sentence
3 should be placed:
A. After sentence 4.
B. Before sentence 1.
C. Where it is now
D. After sentence 5
20. A. No change
B. Outdated, old-fashioned,
and antiquated
C. outdated
D. outdated, old-fashioned
____________________________________________________________________________
PASSAGE III
More Military Dogs Show Signs of Combat Stress
The call came into the behavior specialists here from a doctor in
Afghanistan. His patient had just been through a firefight and now was cowering
under a cot, refusing to come out. Apparently even the chew toys hadn’t
worked.
Post-traumatic stress disorder, thought Dr. Walter F. Burghardt Jr.,
whom is chief of behavioral medicine at the Daniel E. Holland Military Working
Dog Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base. Specifically, Canine PTSD.
21. A. NO CHANGE
B. whose
C. who
D. that
If anyone needed evidence of the frontline role played by dogs in war
these days, here is the latest: the four-legged, wet-nosed troops who are used to
sniff out mines, track down enemy fighters, and clear buildings are struggling
with the mental strains of combat nearly as much as their human counterparts.
By some estimates, more than 5 percent of the approximately 650
military dogs deployed by American combat forces are coming down with
canine PTSD. Of those, about half are likely to be retired from service, Dr.
Burghardt said.
Like humans with the analogous disorder, different dogs show different
symptoms. Some canines become hyper-vigilant; others avoid buildings or work
areas that they had previously been comfortable in. Some undergo sharp
22. A. NO CHANGE
B. Some canines become
hyper-vigilant; and others
avoid buildings
C. Some canines become
hyper-vigilant and; others
avoid buildings
D. Some canines become
hyper-vigilant, others avoid
buildings
23. A. NO CHANGE
changes in temperament, becoming unusually aggressively with their handlers,
or clingy and timid. [24]
“If the dog is trained to find improvised explosives and it looks like it’s
working, but isn’t, it’s not just the dog that’s at risk,” Dr. Burghardt said. “This is
indeed, a human health issue as well.”
That the military is taking a serious interest in canine PTSD underscores
the importance of working dogs in the current wars. They are widely considered
the most effective tools for detecting the improvised explosive devices, or
I.E.D.’s, frequently used in Afghanistan. Typically made from fertilizer and
chemicals, and containing little or no metal, those buried bombs can be nearly
impossible to find with standard mine-sweeping instruments. In the past three
years, I.E.D.’s have become the major cause of casualties in Afghanistan.
The Marine Corps also has begun using specially trained dogs to track
Taliban fighters and bomb-makers. And Special Operations commandos train
their own dogs to accompany elite teams on secret missions like the Navy SEAL
raid that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. Across all the forces,
more than 50 military dogs have been killed since 2005.
Dr. Burghardt, a lanky 59-year-old who retired last year from the Air
Force as a colonel, rarely sees his PTSD patients in the flesh. Consultations with
veterinarians in the field is generally done by phone, e-mail or Skype, and often
involve video documentation.
In a series of videos that Dr. Burghardt uses to train veterinarians to
spot canine PTSD, one shepherd barks wildly at the sound of gunfire that it had
once tolerated in silence. Another can be seen confidently inspecting the interior
of cars but then refusing to go inside a bus or a building. Another sits listlessly
on a barrier wall, and then, after finally responding to its handler’s
summons, runs away from a group of Afghan soldiers.
B. unusual aggressively
C. unusually aggressively
D. unusually aggressive
24. Which of the following would
provide the most appropriate
conclusion for this paragraph?
A. Most crucially, many stop
doing the tasks they were
trained to perform.
B. Similarly, many dogs also
become aggressive with their
owners.
C. Sometimes, the dogs even
refuse feedings, which is,
indeed, very strange for a dog.
D. Although some dogs
become aggressive, the vast
majority of dogs do not show
symptoms of PTSD.
25. A. NO CHANGE
B. is indeed a human
C. is, indeed a human
D. is, indeed, a human
26. The writer is considering
deleting the underlined portion.
If the writer made this deletion,
the essay would primarily lose:
A. a transition to a new idea
B. a concluding sentence that
emphasizes Dr. Burghardt’s
concern for his patients
C. a detail that illustrates how
important it is to consult about
PTSD with veteran canines
D. an explanation of the way
in which veterinarians
communicate with their
patients
In each case, Dr. Burghardt theorizes, the dogs were using an object,
vehicle or person as a “cue” for some violence they had witnessed. “If you want
to put doggy thoughts into their heads,” he said, “the dog is thinking: when I see
this kind of individual, things go boom, and I’m distressed.”
27 (1)Treatment can be tricky. (2) Since the patient cannot explain what is
wrong, veterinarians and handlers must make educated guesses about the
traumatizing events. (3) Sometimes, however, dogs suffering from PTSD need
27. For the sake of the logic and
coherence of the following
paragraph, sentence 3 should be
placed:
A. Where it is now.
B. After sentence 1.
C. After sentence 4.
D. Before sentence 1.
specialized treatment plans. (4) For mild cases, care can be as simple as taking a
dog off patrol and giving it lots of exercise, play time, and gentle obedience
training.
More serious cases will receive what Dr. Burghardt calls “desensitization
counterconditioning,” which entails exposing the dog at a safe distance to a sight
or sound that might set off a reaction — a gunshot, a loud bang or a vehicle, for
instance. If the dog does not react, it is rewarded, the trigger — “the spider in a
glass box,” Dr. Burghardt calls it — is moved progressively closer until the dog is
28. A. NO CHANGE
B. rewarded the trigger
C. rewarded, and he trigger
D. rewarded and the trigger
completely comfortable with it.
Some dogs are also treated with the same medications used to fight
panic attacks in humans. Dr. Burghardt asserts that medications seem
particularly effective when administered soon after traumatizing events. The
Labrador retriever that cowered under a cot after a firefight, for instance, was
given Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug, and within days was working well again.
Dogs that do not recover quickly from a traumatic event is returned to
their home bases for longer-term treatment. But if they continue to show
29. A. NO CHANGE
B. are
C. was
D. were
symptoms after three months, they are usually retired or transferred to
different duties, Dr. Burghardt said.
“Because,” Dr. Burghardt says, “when a dog isn’t healthy, neither the
humans he serves nor the dog himself is benefiting from his work.”
30. A. NO CHANGE
B. are
C. were
D. will