Tài liệu 501 grammar and writing questions learning express part 12 ppt

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SET 36 (Answers begin on page 151.)

Answer questions 456 and 457 on the basis of the following passage.

(1) Bus operators driving buses that have wheel-chair lifts are required to become familiar with

wheelchair tie-down system installed in these buses. (2) After a wheelchair passenger enters the

bus, the driver will fold up one of the front, sideways seats, and the passenger will position his or

her wheelchair at the tie-downs. (3) One strap of the tie-down should be attached to each corner

of the wheelchair frame. (4) Straps should not be attached to the wheelchair pedals because they

may come loose. (5) The passenger should also set the brakes on the wheelchair. (6) Seat belts

should be inserted under, finally, the arms of the wheelchair and fastened across the passenger's

lap. (7) Most wheelchair passengers are familiar with the tie-down system, but it is the bus

operator's responsibility to make sure the wheelchair is secured properly.

456. Which of the following numbered parts contains a misplaced modifier?

a. Part 7

b. Part 2

c. Part 4

d. Part 6

457. Which of the following changes needs to be made to the passage?

a. Part 7: Remove the word "the" after "is."

b. Part 1: Insert the word "the" after ''have."

c. Part 1: Insert the word "the'' after "with."

d. Part 2: Remove the word "the" after "enters."

Answer questions 458 and 459 on the basis of the following passage.

(1) A light rain was falling. (2) He drove home by his usual route. (3) It was a drive he had taken

a thousand times; still, he did not know why, as he passed the park near their home, he should so

suddenly and vividly picture the small pond that lay at the center of it. (4) In winter this pond was

frozen over, and he had taken his daughter Abigail there when she was small and tried to teach

her how to skate. (5) She hadn't been able to catch on, and so after two or three lessons Abigail

and him had given up the idea. (6) Now there came into his mind an image of such clarity it

caused him to draw in his breath sharply; an image of Abigail gliding toward him on her new

Christmas skates, going much faster than she should have been.

458. Which of the following changes needs to be made to the passage?

a. Part 6: Change the semicolon to a colon.

b. Part 4: Remove the word "and"

c. Part 3: Change the semicolon to a comma.

d. Part 5: Change the comma to a semicolon

459. Which of the following changes needs to be made to the passage?

a. Part 4: Remove the comma after "over."

b. Part 6: Replace "Christmas" with "Christmas'."

c. Part 5: Change "him" to "he."

d. Part 3: Replace "their" with "there."

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