Writing and Language Test 2

1. Question

On (1), which choice most accurately and effectively represents the information in the graph?

A. NO CHANGE
B. to 12 degrees Fahrenheit.
C. to their lowest point on December 13.
D. to 10 degrees Fahrenheit and stay there for months.

2. Question

On (2), which choice most effectively combines the two sentences at the underlined portion?

A. summer, following
B. summer, and this thawing follows
C. summer, and such thawing follows
D. summer and this evidence follows

3. Question

Choose the best option for (3).

A. NO CHANGE
B. However,
C. As such,
D. Moreover,

4. Question

Choose the best option for (4).

A. NO CHANGE
B. Box an associate professor of geology at Ohio State,
C. Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State,
D. Box, an associate professor of geology, at Ohio State

5. Question

Choose the best option for (5).

A. NO CHANGE
B. thaw; and it was
C. thaw:
D. thaw: being

6. Question

Choose the best option for (6).

A. NO CHANGE
B. soot
C. of which
D. DELETE the underlined portion.

7. Question

Choose the best option for (7).

A. NO CHANGE
B. falls
C. will fall
D. had fallen

8. Question

Choose the best option for (8).

A. NO CHANGE
B. its
C. there
D. their

9. Question

Which choice best completes the description of a self-reinforcing cycle for (9)?

A. NO CHANGE
B. raises the surface temperature.
C. begins to cool at a certain point.
D. leads to additional melting.

10. Question

Choose the best option for (10).

A. NO CHANGE
B. itself,
C. itself, with damage and
D. itself possibly,

11. Question

To make this paragraph (11) most logical, sentence [4] should be placed

A. where it is now.
B. after sentence [1].
C. after sentence [2].
D. after sentence [5].