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Accelerated English & Communications
Practice Quiz #2
Part I. Vocabulary
Read the following sentences and choose the word from the choices provided that best completes the
sentence.
1. The magazine doesn’t take ___ girls anymore; they need outgoing, scandalous models. (Hailey M.)
A. idyllic
B. extemporaneous
C. demur
D. demure
2. Sarah got so frustrated with Mr. Marsh because he was ___ and could not teach her effectively.
(Jaclyn K.)
A. recondite
B. bucolic
C. agrarian
D. gregarious
3. Although she wasn’t guilty, she wanted to ___ the scene to avoid being attacked with questions.
(Ashley P.)
A. demur
B. abscond
C. synchronize
D. aggregate
4. Jonathan had to buy the singing valentine in a very ___ manner so that his crush would never find out
whom the valentine was from. (Mackenzie M.)
A. fruitlessly
B. pastorally
C. overtly
D. covertly
5. After a long day at work, the woman came home to a(n) ___ which her husband had cooked and
prepared. (Allen N.)
A. peregrination
B. repast
C. aperture
D. sojourn
6. Mr. Marsh told Nate that there were not enough ___ clues for one to understand his vocab sentences.
(Nate P.)
A. context
B. subtext
C. pretext
D. anachronism
7. The news of the celebrity’s death was hard to believe because the source was ___. (Justin D.)
A. apocryphal
B. temporal
C. diurnal
D. synchronous
8. You could tell by the tobacco in his lip and the John Deere shirt that Matt was a(n) ___ kind of man.
(Devon W.)
A. egregious
B. cryptic
C. agrarian
D. demure
9. Dave drew extreme satisfaction from watching his elaborately devious plans come to ___. (Erik C.)
A. context
B. fruition
C. peregrination
D. sojourn
10. Because I didn’t practice my speech beforehand, I was forced to give an on-the-spot ___ speech.
(McKenna K.)
A. diurnal
B. extemporaneous
C. aggregate
D. idyllic
Part II. Grammar & Style
Read the following sentences and identify the sentence error (if one exists).
1. As soon as each guest arrives at Gina’s Fairy Princess party, they will be given a special gift bag
A
of glitter and magic beans but should not open it until after Justin and Jeremy perform their short
B
C
musical puppet show of Frozen. No error
D
2. Mr. Marsh’s strange affinity for off-brand named sodas led to a midnight trip to BB’s Bargain Outlet,
A
where he stocked up on two liter bottles of Pempsi™ and Mountain Deuce™. No Error
B
C
D
3. Did you know that they are now cloning human babies in Norway and selling them on the black
A
B
C
market? No Error
D
4. None of us has a clue about how to study for the difficult “shimmying” test in gym class this Friday
A
because no one knows why we’re even doing it. No Error
B
C
D
5. In order to prepare for the quiz, everybody gathered at Ashley’s house for a big study session
A
and shared their copious notes with one another. No Error
B
C
D
6. Having had Marsh for English class, everyone in 2nd period told his friends to take any of Marsh’s
A
classes because they would never find anyone as easy as him. No Error
B
C
D
Read the following sentences and identify the best revision of the original sentence.
7. Except for you and me, everyone else seems to be having the time of his life at the Prom, with its
heavy, thumping rap beats and the odiferous clouds of Abercrombie and Fitch colognes and perfumes in
the air.
A. me, everyone else seems to be having the time of his life
B. I, everyone else seems to be having the time of his life
C. me, everyone else seems to be having the time of their life
E. I, everyone else seems to be having the time of his/her life
8. Neither Nate nor Devon would admit that they were emotional distraught over the tenuous
relationship between Edward and Bella, so both tried to pretend that they were too cool and too manly to
care.
A. they were emotional distraught over the tenuous relationship between Edward and Bella, so
B. they were emotional distraught over the tenuous relationship between Edward and Bella so
C. he was emotional distraught over the tenuous relationship between Edward and Bella, so
D. he was emotional distraught over the tenuous relationship between Edward and Bella so
9. Well aware of his dangerous addiction to Hillshire Farms Li’l Smokies and well aware that they
would be served at Sarah’s Post Prom party, Jordan sought his father’s advice: “If you were me, would
you go to her party?”
A. If you were me, would you go to her party
B. If you were me, would you go to Sarah’s party
C. If you were I, would you go to her party
D. If you were I, would you go to Sarah’s party
10. When Velma and DaShaun found that they could no longer tolerate one another’s taste in music,
they decided to end their relationship; neither was willing to compromise.
A. one another’s taste in music, they decided to end their relationship; neither was
B. one another’s taste in music, they decided to end their relationship; neither were
C. each other’s taste in music, they decided to end their relationship; neither was
D. each other’s taste in music, they decided to end their relationship; neither were
Part III. Unit 2: Arguing with Humor, Irony, and Satire
Let’s review the main ideas of the readings by comparing their approaches to argumentation:
(1) How is HUMOR used in “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and “Beauty and the Beast”?
(2) How is IRONY used in “The Word Police” and “Salvation”?
(3) How is SATIRE used in “A Modest Proposal” and “Absolutely Fabulous”?