Sadlier-Oxford VOCABULARY WORKSHOP ACT Practice Worksheet
ENGLISH TEST
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Level D Unit 13
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DIRECTIONS: In the following passage, most of the underlined sections contain errors or
inappropriate expressions. Compare each underlined section with the four alternatives in the answer
column. If you consider the original version best, choose letter A or F: NO CHANGE. Otherwise,
choose the letter of the alternative you think best. There also may be one or more general questions
about the passage. Read the passage through before answering the questions based on it.
The Brooklyn Bridge spans the East River to
link the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn in
New York City. The first bridge in using steel for
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cable wire, it was the longest suspension bridge in
the world when they opened in 1883. The
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engineers were a father-and-son team: John
Augustus Roebling, a German immigrant, and his
1. A. NO CHANGE
B. for using
C. to use
D. in useful steel
2. F. NO CHANGE
G. it opened
H. one opened
J. it opens
son Washington Roebling. Work on the bridge
cost the elder Roebling his life when his feet were
crushed by a docking boat; and he contracted
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tetanus as a result. Washington Roebling’s health
damaged when he fell victim for decompression
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sickness, or “the bends,” as he inspected the
3. A. NO CHANGE
B. a docking boat, which contracted tetanus
C. a docking boat and he contracted tetanus
D. a docking boat: and he contracted tetanus
4. F. NO CHANGE
G. he fell victim below
H. he has fallen a victim in
J. he fell victim to
bridge’s underwater caissons. Confined to his
Brooklyn apartment; and the intrepid Roebling
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continued to supervise the work, observing with a
pair of binoculars and to send messages to the site
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through his wife.
Besides its inherent utility and technological
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mastery, the bridge has long served as a magnetic
attraction for American artists and writers. Poets
Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, and Marianne Moore
5. A. NO CHANGE
B. Brooklyn apartment, the intrepid Robeling
C. Brooklyn apartment, while the intrepid
Robeling
D. Brooklyn apartment, which the intrepid
Roebling
6. F. NO CHANGE
G. to have sent messages
H. sending messages
J. was to have sent messages
7. A. NO CHANGE
B. Beside its inherent utility
C. Among its inherent utility
D. In spite of its inherent utility
have celebrated its beauty, and Georgia O’Keeffe,
Joseph Stella, and John Marin are between the
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artists who have painted the bridge.
8. F. NO CHANGE
G. among the artists
H. instead of the artists
J. discounting
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