IV. Identify the mistake in each sentence:

1. Although most known for her prose works, Maya Angelou also publishedseveral collections of poetry.

A. most known  B. her prose works C. also published D. poetry

2. Technically speaking, astronauts can be able tovisit the moon and live there briefly.

A. Technically B. can be able to C. visit D. briefly

3. There are many species of birds in danger of extinction, with a large number of which, 117 in all, found on oceanic islands.

A. There are B. extinction C. of which D. in all

4. If it is kept dry, a seed can still sproutup to forty years after their formation.

A. kept B. can still sprout C. up to D. their

5. Some snakes have hollow teeth they are called fangs that they use to poison their victims.

A. Some B. they are called C. use D. their

6. The nitrogen makes up over 78 percent of the Earth’s atmosphere, the gaseous mass surrounding the planet.

A. The nitrogen B. over C. percent of D. surrounding

7. Why so many students graduate weak at reading and math are questionscontinuing to disturb educators.

A. so many B. weak at C. are questions D.continuing

8. Although apples do not grow during the cold season, apple trees must have such season in order to flourish.

A. Although B. during C. such season D. to flourish

9. Dentistry is a branch of medicine that developed very dramatically in the last twenty years.

A. Dentistry B. branch of C. developed D. dramatically

10. Rabbits have large front tooth, short tails, and hind legs feet adapted forrunning and jumping.

A. Rabbits B. tooth C. and D. running and jumping

V. Choose the suitable word to fill in each blank:

While (1)________ everyone accepts the goal of developing (2)_______ in the three "R's" - reading, writing, and arithmetic - it often seems impossible to (3)_______ agreement on any goal beyond that. In the broadest (4)________, the conflict over educational goals can be (5)_______ as a conflict between conservatives and liberals, or, (6)_______ they are sometimes called, essentialists and progressives.

The conservatives, or essentialists, tend to identify (7)________ desirable education with the transmission of the cultural heritage, a no-nonsense (8)_______ featuring the three R's at the elementary-school level, and academic studies or strong vocational or business courses in the secondary school. They put (9)_______ on the training of the mind and cultivation of the intellect.

The liberals, or progressives, tend to be interested in the development of the (10)_______ child, not merely in training the child's mind or in preparing the child for adult (11)_______ in a remote future. They emphasize rich, meaningful school living in the present, and they view subject matter as a resource (12)________ total human development (13)_______ as a goal in itself. They do not downgrade content but believe it should be (14)_______ not for (15)________ own sake but as a means of fostering thought and inquiry.

1. A. most  B. mostly  C. almost  D. utmost

2. A. talents  B. actions  C. skills  D. techniques

3. A. get  B. accomplish  C. take  D. reach

4. A. terms  B. words  C. letters  D. means

5. A. viewed  B. thought  C. counted  D. named

6. A. but  B. when  C. although  D. as

7. A. certain  B. a  C. the  D. as

8. A. subject  B. curriculum  C. object  D. program

9. A. significance  B. stress  C. emphasis  D. strength

10. A. complete  B. whole  C. all-round  D. total

11. A. living  B. lives  C. liveliness  D. life

12. A. at  B. in  C. of  D. for

13. A. but for  B. rather than  C. instead  D. better

14. A. inquired  B. required  C. acquired  D. requested

15. A. it  B. its  C. them  D. their