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1. The author of this passage, William Finnegan, describes an experience surfing in very high waves off Ocean Beach 
in San Francisco. Only the very bravest and most experienced surfers attempt these waves in the winter. As the passage 
begins, the author and a friend have paddled out but were still too close to shore when a huge set of waves trapped 
them inside. Read the text below and answer the proposed question: The first wave snapped my ankle leash--a ten-
foot length of polyurethane, strong enough to pull a car uphill--as if it were a piece of string. (2) I swam underneath 
that wave and then kept swimming, toward the open ocean. (3) The second wave looked like a three-story building. (4) 
It, like the first wave, was preparing to break a few yards in front of me. (5) I dived deep and swam hard. (6) The lip 
of the wave hitting the surface above me sounded like a bolt of lightning exploding at very close range, and it filled the 
water with shock waves. (7) I managed to stay underneath the turbulence, but when I surfaced I saw that the third 
wave of the set belonged to another order of being. (8) It was bigger, thicker, and drawing much more heavily off the 
bottom than the others. (9) My arms felt rubbery, and I started hyperventilating. (10) I dived very early and very deep. 
(11) The deeper I swam, the colder and darker the water got. (12) The noise as the wave broke was preternaturally 
low, a basso profundo of utter violence, and the force pulling me backward and upward felt like some nightmare of 
gravity. (13) Again, I managed to escape, and when I finally surfaced I was far outside. (14) There were no more waves, 
which was fortunate, since I was sure that one more would have finished me. --William Finnegan, "Surfing," The New 
Yorker Which three senses does Finnegan's description appeal to? Sight, hearing, and touch 
2. Figurative language is used to create this in literature: Imagery 
3. You're just throwing money down the drain. The above sentence is an example of a/an: Idiom 
4. The author of this passage, William Finnegan, describes an experience surfing in very high waves off Ocean Beach 
in San Francisco. Only the very bravest and most experienced surfers attempt these waves in the winter. As the passage 
begins, the author and a friend have paddled out but were still too close to shore when a huge set of waves trapped 
them inside. Read the text and answer the question that follows We can conclude from the author's description that he 
___: considered the waves off Ocean Beach the "perfect waves" all surfers spend years searching for. 
5. Choose the correct answer: I am feeling really ___ today. The weather is terrible and I got some bad news this 
morning too: Miserable 
6. Choose the alternative in which the sentences are combined correctly:. Willie liked the car he saw at the car store. 
He plans on buying it tomorrow: Willie liked the car he saw at the pet store and plans on buying it tomorrow. 
7. Choose the alternative in which the sentences are combined correctly: She liked her new haircut. She wanted a 
new color: She liked her new haircut, but she wanted a new color. 
8. Choose the alternative that correctly complete the sentence: The story of a person¿s life, written by someone else, 
is a(n)__: Biography 
9. Choose the alternative in which the sentences are combined correctly: I ran into the house to get the phone. I 
slipped on the tile: I ran into the house to get the phone and slipped on the tile. 
10. Which of the following sentences contains imagery? I could hear the waves crashing against the rocks somewhere 
nearby 
11. Choose the alternative that correctly complete the sentence: A narrative answers the question: What happened? 
12. Choose the alternative that correctly complete the sentence: One way to keep events in order when you write a 
narrative is to: Use consistent verb tenses 
13. Read the question and choose the alternative that represents the indirect version to the represented direct speech: 
Olena said, "I will ask the teacher to explain the differences between quoted and reported speech": Olena said that 
she would ask the teacher to explain the differences between quoted and reported speech. 
14. Read the question and choose the alternative that represents the indirect version to the represented direct speech: 
Truc said, "I went to Vietnam to visit my family”: Truc said that she had gone to Vietnam to visit her family. 
15. Choose the alternative that correctly defines argumentation: A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating truth 
or falsehood. 
16. The time and place in which the events of a story take place is known as: Setting 
17. Read the question and choose the alternative that represents the indirect version to the represented direct speech: 
Gabriela said, "I can't possibly finish my work by five o'clock": Gabriela said that she couldn't possibly finish her work 
by five o'clock. 
18. Decide the best way to write each section between brackets and choose the correct answer. If the section needs 
no change, choose "No error." Pay attention to punctuation too. Try to findo out if it is correctly used. It was enough to 
feel like she had finally [accepted us but we still had] to do our best to earn her trust: It was enough to feel like she 
had finally accepted us, but we still had to do our best to earn her trust. 
19. Read the question and choose the alternative that represents the indirect version to the represented direct speech: 
Yolanda said, "I have to leave the class before 12:30": Yolanda said that she had to leave the class before 12:30." 
20. Read the sentence below. Are the clauses inside this sentence correctly combined? If it is correct, choose "No error." 
If there is something wrong, choose the alternative that presents the correct version She climbed to the top of the huge 
mountain fearlessly nor without shyne not cpess: She climbed to the top of the huge mountain fearlessly and without 
shyness. 
21. Read the question and choose the alternative that represents the indirect version to the represented direct speech: 
Sang said, "I have already written a letter to my family in Thailand": Sang said that he had already written a letter to 
his family in Thailand. 
22. What is the type of the text below? Smoking - There are many reasons why I do not smoke. First, smoking is 
unhealthy. It can cause lung cancer, and it can lead to an early death. Furthermore, smoking is expensive. A pack of 
cigarettes costs five dollars. If I bought one pack of cigarettes every day, I would spend over $1500 each year. Lastly, 
cigarettes smell bad. When people smoke, you can smell the cigarettes on their clothes all day. For example, the other 
night, I went to a restaurant that allowed smoking. After I left, all of my clothes smelled terrible, as did my hair. If I 
were a smoker, I would smell that way all the time. To sum up, I do not smoke because it is unhealthy, expensive, and 
unattractive: Argumentative text 
23. Read the text below and choose the alternative that is its Topic Sentence: SMOKING - Smoking can cause a lot of 
damages to our health. First, smoking is unhealthy. It can cause lung cancer, and it can lead to an early death. 
Furthermore, smoking is expensive. A pack of cigarettes costs five dollars. If I bought one pack of cigarettes every day, 
I would spend over $1500 each year. Lastly, cigarettes smell bad. When people smoke, you can smell the cigarettes on 
their clothes all day. For example, the other night, I went to a restaurant that allowed smoking. After I left, all of my 
clothes smelled terrible, as did my hair. If I were a smoker, I would smell that way all the time. To sum up, I do not 
smoke because it is unhealthy, expensive, and unattractive: Smoking can cause a lot of damagesto our health. 
24. Which statement shows a comparison? A dog can be a loving and loyal companion. 
25. Choose the alternative that correctly fits the empty space: Three prisoners ____ from the central prison this 
morning. Police have described them as dangerous and warned the public not to approach them if seen: Escaped 
26. Choose the alternative that correctly fits the empty space: If you turn off the central heating when you are away 
from home for more than a couple of day, you will ___ a lot of money: Save 
27. Which of these helps you in planning a research report? Choose a topic that you actually care about. 
28. What do we call a cause that leads to an effect that leads to another effect? A chain of events 
29. Read the text below and choose the alternative that correctly classify it: Making the Grade My parents were always 
telling me to raise my grades, but they would never tell me how. After getting one bad report card after another, I 
knew I had to do something drastic. When my December card arrived with three Cs, two Ds, and an F, I was afraid to 
show it to my mother. That's when I came up with the brilliant idea of changing the F to an A. It was really quite simple 
just to give the F another leg. I was in the third grade at the time. When I showed the card to my mother, she was very 
excited to see the one good grade. She gave me a hug and a kiss and, best of all, a bigger allowance. Everyone was 
happy in my house until two nights later when the phone rang. My mother answered it, listened, and then looked at me 
with blood in her eyes. She told me that there were some things much worse than failing, and that cheating was one of 
them. I tried to argue. I said that she was the one who had told me to change my grades. That made her really angry, 
and she said that I knew that's not what she meant. Then she gave me a whupping and took away my allowance for a 
month. Since then, I have learned to make the grade, not change it on the card. One sentence in "Making the Grade" 
seems to interrupt the story. Identify that sentence and suggest a more appropriate place for it in the paragraph: 
Narration 
30. An informative essay must provide information in a logical order. Arrange the step-by-step directions in th that 
order: (1) Select a topic and gather and organize details. (4) Check for style and accuracy and prepare a final copy (3) 
Improve your work by adding, rearranging, and removing details (2) State your thesis and support it with details: 1,4,3,2 
31. Which one the connectors below DOES NOT point an idea of contrast: Being so 
32. Choose the alternative that is INCORRECT. Pay attention to what you have studied about composition as a whole: 
Writers should not consider the existence of the reader since writing is a solitary private process. 
33. Which alternative is INCORRECT in relation to skimming as a reading technique: Full attention and a huge amount 
of extra time are necessary to skim a text. 
34. The purpose of narrative writing is to show readers what happened at a particular time and place. A narrative is a 
story--a real or an imagined event--that relies on specific details to answer the following questions, except for one. 
Choose the alternative that has nothing to do with the writing process: What is the author's opinion? 
35. Choose the alternative that is INCORRECT in relation to the composition an effective paragraph: Cohesion and 
coherence have nothing to do with the composition of an effective paragraph. 
36. When the writer shows events in either chronological or numbered order, what kind of exposition he is writing? 
Sequence exposition 
37. Exposition in written texts also gives background and character information; but, it can be more difficult to 
understand as a literary tool than exposition in music, plays or other visual entertainment since there are so many ways 
to present the information in written text.¿ The previous alternative is: Correct because it exposes the important 
aspects in relation to esposition. 
38. Which paragraph is an example of Cause and effect exposition? These southern states wanted to make decisions 
separate the northern states and banded together as "The Confederates," threatening to leave the U.S. The 
northern soldiers were victors in the Civil War, reestablishing that states in the south had to confirm to U.S. laws, 
including the abolishment of slavery. 
39. Read the fragment below and classify it according to the types of exposition The alligator has a u-shaped, round 
snout and tends to live in freshwater swamps and streams. The crocodile has a long, v-shaped nose and can live in 
saltier waters as well as freshwater habitats: Comparison exposition 
40. Choose the alternative that correctly fills in the blanks: Narrative writing can take various forms, including _, __ 
and __: Biographical sketches, autobiographies, short stories and plays. 
41. When the author sets forth a problem, and then explains possible solutions to it, what kind of exposition he is 
writing? Problem and solution exposition 
42. Choose the alternative that correctly complete the sentence: Narratives are often organized by: Time order 
43. Choose the alternative that correctly complete the sentence: To show which words a character speaks, put 
quotation marks: Before and after the characters exact words 
44. When writing a good summary, the writer must respect all the below characteristics BUT: A summary must be 
fragmented 
45. Which one of the characteristic listed below CAN NOT be related to summary writing? A summary is a sequence of 
independent sentences 
46. Read the paragraph below. Choose the alternative that correctly fills the empty spaces in the correct order: As one 
of the four traditional modes of discourse, _ may include elements of narration, description, and argumentation, but 
unlike creative writing or persuasive writing, its primary _ is to deliver _ about an issue, subject, method, or idea: 
Expository writing, goal, information 
47. Choose the alternative that correctly complete the sentence: The words spoken by the characters in a story are 
called: Dialogue 
48. These are claims made of what something is worth, whether we value it or not, how we would rate or categorize 
something. What kind of thesis is that? Claims about value 
49. Global warming is the most pressing challenge facing the world today. What kind of thesis is that? Claims about 
value 
50. Taking into consideration that the head of an argumentative composition or argumentative essay, thesis, or claim, 
is the proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially to be discussed and proved or to be maintained 
against objections: Brazil was discovered by Portuguese. 
51. Choose the alternative that is incorrect in relation to the production of argumentative texts and its peculiarities: 
Argumentative texts require no commitment between the writer and the claim 
52. These are claims that argue for or against a certain solution or policy approach to a problem. What kind of thesis is 
that? Claims about value 
53. The main characteristics of the argumentative text are the following, EXCEPT: A totally emotional and self-
centered tone. 
54. When the writer explains the cause of an event and thoroughly investigates the effects, what kind of exposition he 
is writing. Cause and effect exposition 
55. The popularity of SUV's in America has caused pollution to increase. What kind of thesis is that? Claims of cause and 
effect 
56. In order to begin an argumantative text, the best thing to do in advance is: Planning 
57. Choose the alternative that correctly fills in the blank space: ___ the argument means deciding on the three or four 
points that best support your proposal: Planning 
58. Read the textbelow and choose the alternative that is not an argument to the author's claim: SMOKING - There are 
many reasons why I do not smoke. First, smoking is unhealthy. It can cause lung cancer, and it can lead to an early 
death. Furthermore, smoking is expensive. A pack of cigarettes costs five dollars. If I bought one pack of cigarettes 
every day, I would spend over $1500 each year. Lastly, cigarettes smell bad. When people smoke, you can smell the 
cigarettes on their clothes all day. For example, the other night, I went to a restaurant that allowed smoking. After I 
left, all of my clothes smelled terrible, as did my hair. If I were a smoker, I would smell that way all the time. To sum 
up, I do not smoke because it is unhealthy, expensive, and unattractive: There are many reasons why I do not smoke 
59. Instead of drilling for oil in Alaska we should be focusing on ways to reduce oil consumption, such as researching 
renewable energy sources. What kind of thesis is that? Claims about value 
60. What is the structure of an argumentative text? Resposta: First you need to present the topic which will be 
discussed, then you have to show what you think based on facts. In other words, you need to present a thesis and some 
objections against and in favor of it. And in the end you show the conclusion, proving the best opinion or solution for 
the topic discussed. An Argumentative text presents facts, ideas, thoughts that the target is to convince the reader 
about the author's own point of view. 
61. Which statement best explains cause and effect? One thing leads to another. 
62. What is a thesis? Resposta: Thesis is what you believe on. When you write a thesis you are showing your point of 
view for others. 
63. Choose the alternative that correctly fits the empty space: The boat sank when it hit a ___ that was hidden under 
the water. Everyone had to swim to the beach: Rock 
64. Expository writing is a type of __, the purpose of which is to inform, explain, describe, or define the author's subject 
to the reader: Writing system 
65. This is the giving of human qualities to non-human things: Personification 
66. Read the sentence below. Are the clauses inside this sentence correctly combined?If it is correct, choose "No error." 
If there is something wrong, choose the alternative that presents the correct version Kayla answered the telephone. 
Kayla talked to her mom on the telephone: Kayla answered her mom. 
67. Which statement is WRONG in relation to Exposition? Exposition must not be written by college students 
68. What is a descriptive text? Resposta: It's a text that describes things, people or events. We can use it when we 
want to get the reader knoledge of what we are seeing or imagining. 
69. What is an Argumentative Text? Choose the alternative that correctly answers the previous question: The 
argumentative text is a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and 
evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner. 
70. Think about what you have learned about expository texts and answer the following question. Which of these is a 
primary source? A journal entry 
71. Choose the alternative that correctly fits the empty space: When he asks me the questions, just ____ the answers 
quietly in my ear and he will never know: Whisper 
72. What is a narrative text? Resposta: It's a text that we can talk about events, how they happened and how they 
finished, including the climax of the narrative. It has a initial part, and an end. Usually written in the first or third 
person, witrh present or past verb tense. 
73. This is the giving of human qualities to non-human things: Personification 
74. Choose the alternative that correctly fits the empty space: I didn't sleep very well at all last night. It was too cold; 
I will put another ____ on the bed tonight: Blanket 
75. Choose the alternative in which the sentences are combined correctly: Tony scored the winning touch down. 
Tonythrew the football into the crowd: Tony scored the winning touch down and threw the football into the crowd. 
76. Which of these is the best way to explain how to do something? To arrange the steps in order 
77. Choose the alternative in which the sentences are combined correctly: The boy and his dog were running down the 
street. They were trying to get home before it rained: The boy and his dog were running down the street, because 
they were trying to get home before it rained. 
78. Choose the alternative that correctly complete the sentence: One way to keep events in order when you write a 
narrative is to: Use consistent verb tenses 
79. Decide the best way to write each section between brackets and choose the correct answer. If the section needs 
no change, choose "No error." Pay attention to punctuation too. Try to findo out if it is correctly used. It was enough to 
feel like she had finally [accepted us but we still had] to do our best to earn her trust: It was enough to feel like she 
had finally accepted us, but we still had to do our best to earn her trust. 
80. Choose the alternative in which the sentences are combined correctly: Mike has a new job, and he starts next week. 
Sue has a new job, and she starts next week: Mike and Sue have new jobs, and they will start next week. 
81. Choose the alternative that correctly fits the empty space: If you want to pass that exam, I __ you to start studying 
for it immediately: Advise 
82. Decide the best way to write each section between brackets and choose the correct answer. If the section needs 
no change, choose "No error." Pay attention to punctuation too. Try to findo out if it is correctly used. It was enough to 
feel like she had finally [accepted us but we still had] to do our best to earn her trust: It was enough to feel like she 
had finally accepted us, but we still had to do our best to earn her trust. 
83. Choose the alternative that correctly fits the empty space: I hope you have finished __ your suitcases. The taxi has 
just arrived: Packing 
84. Choose the alternative in which the sentences are combined correctly: I ran into the house to get the phone. I 
slipped on the tile: I ran into the house to get the phone and slipped on the tile 
85. Read the sentence below. Are the clauses inside this sentence correctly combined?If it is correct, choose "No error." 
If there is something wrong, choose the alternative that presents the correct version. The impossible idea, and its 
implications seemed very hard to believe: The impossible idea and its implications seemed very hard to believe. 
86. Read the sentence below. Are the clauses inside this sentence correctly combined? If it is correct, choose "No error." 
If there is something wrong, choose the alternative that presents the correct version They meant for the teacher to 
read only what they had written on the test paper and not what was on their scratch paper: They meant for the 
teacher to read only what they had written on the test paper, for not what was on their scratch paper. 
87. Choose the alternative that correctly fits the empty space: When we go on vacation, I want to___some time fishing 
in that lake we visited last year: Spend