Reading Skills 2

1. Here you are provided with 15 incomplete sentences that include 4
underlined parts. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that be changed in order
for the sentence to be correct.
01. Chicago’s Sears Towers, once the taller building in the world, rises
(a) (b) (c)
1,522 feet from the ground to the top of its antenna.
(d)
02. Vitamin E, which is found in nutritious foods such as green vegetables
(a) (b)
and whole grains, action as an antioxidant in cell membranes.
(c) (d)
03. Scientists was vigorously trying to map the human genome, the
(a) (b) (c)
blueprint of human heredity.
(d)
04. A snowflake is a frailty crystalline structure which maintains its delicate
(a) (b)
shape only as long as it is airborne.
(c) (d)
05. James Dickey’s first poem was published during he was still a senior in
(a) (b) (c) (d)
college.
06. Most fatty acids have been find as essential components of lipid
(a) (b) (c) J. Dickey
molecules.
(d)
07. Social stratification can based on many criteria, such as wealth, cultural
(a) (b) (c)
level, legal status, birth, personal qualities, and ideology.
(d)
08. In his famous domes, architecture Buckminster Fuller utilized thousands of simple
(a) (b) (c)
equilateral triangles linked together.
(d)
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2. 09. Early in the United States history, the rights of woman were
(a) (b)
championed in Wyoming, the state where they were first guaranteed
(c) (d)
the right to vote.
10. The most aggressive bees known, the African honeybee is currently
(a) (b) (c)
swarming into Canada.
(d)
11. Only after Theodore Roosevelt became president did conservation
(a)
developed into a major environmental issue in the United States.
(b) (c) (d)
12. If he were alive today, F. Scott Fitzgerald might be surprised to
(a) (b)
learn that his novel The Great Gatsby having transcended its own
(c) (d)
age and turned into a timeless classic.
13. The world’s rain forests are being cut down at the rate
(a) (b)
on 3,000 acres per hour.
(c) (d)
14. In all human communities, power yields certain
(a) (b) 10 Tips to Improve
advantages and privileges, such as honor, material
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(c)
benefits, and prestigious. Tip #6. Prioritize your reading.
(d)
You can't read everything all at
15. Scientists used line spectra identifying the once (and wouldn't want to). If it's
important, read it now. If it's not, let
(a) (b) (c) it wait.
element helium in the sun.
(d)
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