GED Practice Quiz

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Questions 1 through 3 refer to the following information.

Office Plant Problems

       (1) Office environments can cause problems for plants. (2) These problems include poor lighting and low humidity. (3) There is another important problem to remember. (4) At nights and on weekends, ventilation and heating systems are turned down. (5) A drop in temperature results. (6) This makes the office a hostile environment for growing plants.

1		Sentences 1 and 2: Office environments can cause problems for plants. These problems include poor lighting and low humidity. The most effective combination of sentences 1 and 2 would include which group of words?
			A)	Things that cause problems
			B)	Offices and their problems are
			C)	including the problems of
			D)	problems for plants, including poor
			E)	To cause problems for offices
2		Sentences 3 and 4: There is another important problem to remember. At nights and on weekends, ventilation and heating systems are turned down. The most effective combination of sentences 3 and 4 would include which group of words?
			A)	Remembering an important problem is
			B)	An important problem to remember, and at night
			C)	Another important problem to remember is that
			D)	The problem of turning down
			E)	The problems in ventilation and heating
3		Sentences 5 and 6: A drop in temperature results. This makes the office a hostile environment for growing plants. The most effective combination of sentences 5 and 6 would include which group of words?
			A)	resulting in a temperature drop, this makes
			B)	The resulting drop in temperature makes
			C)	The office is made a hostile environment
			D)	results and making
			E)	To make the office hostile

Questions 4 through 6 refer to the following information.

History of Raisins

       (1) Many health-conscious people love raisins, they are wholesome, easily digested, and delicious. (2) In biblical times, raisins were used to pay taxes Hannibal fed them to his troops to give them energy as they crossed the Alps. (3) After the 1873 grape harvest was ruined by a drought the California raisin industry was born.

4		Sentence 1: Many health-conscious people love raisins, they are wholesome, easily digested, and delicious. Which correction should be made to sentence 1?
			A)	insert although before they
			B)	remove the comma after raisins
			C)	replace the comma after raisins with because
			D)	insert and before they
			E)	insert but before they
5		Sentence 2: In biblical times, raisins were used to pay taxes Hannibal fed them to his troops to give them energy as they crossed the Alps. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose option (1).
			A)	taxes Hannibal
			B)	taxes, Hannibal
			C)	taxes when Hannibal
			D)	taxes. Hannibal
			E)	taxes for Hannibal
6		Sentence 3: After the 1873 grape harvest was ruined by a drought the California raisin industry was born. Which correction should be made to sentence 3?
			A)	replace After with Since
			B)	change was ruined to is ruined
			C)	insert a comma after drought
			D)	change was born to has been born
			E)	no correction is necessary

Questions 7 and 8 refer to the following information.

A Smart House

       (1) There is a brand-new house on the market called a smart house. (2) But it is expected to take over the construction industry in the near future. (3) A smart house has an air conditioner and a security system that can be turned on by telephone. (4) Anything plugged into the house’s wiring system can be programmed to go off and on automatically. (5) The new wiring system virtually eliminates electrical fires, but it makes a smart house a safer house.

7		Sentences 1 and 2: There is a brand-new house on the market called a smart house. But it is expected to take over the construction industry in the near future. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of these sentences? If the original is the best way, choose option (1).
			A)	smart house. But it is
			B)	smart house, for it is
			C)	smart house, and it is
			D)	smart house, however it is
			E)	smart house is
8		Sentence 5: The new wiring system virtually eliminates electrical fires, but it makes a smart house a safer house. If you rewrote sentence 5 beginning with A smart house is a safer house the next word should be
			A)	but
			B)	yet
			C)	so
			D)	nor
			E)	if

Questions 9 and 10 refer to the following consumer information.

Buying Athletic Shoes

       (1) Not too many years ago, buying athletic shoes was easy. (2) The consumer’s only choice was an inexpensive canvas shoe, which was originally designed for the tennis court. (3) Able to choose from a long list of types, consumers wear athletic shoes as their primary shoe today. (4) There are aerobic workout, high-top, and even cross-training shoes. (5) Because they are sold for less than $25 and up, even infants can wear high-tops.

9		Sentence 2: The consumer’s only choice was an inexpensive canvas shoe, which was originally designed for the tennis court. If you rewrote sentence 2 beginning with Originally designed for the tennis court the next words should be
			A)	the consumer’s only choice was
			B)	the inexpensive canvas shoe was
			C)	the inexpensiveness of canvas shoes
			D)	there was only one choice
			E)	the consumer could only choose
10		Sentence 5: Because they are sold for less than $25, even infants can wear high-tops. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose option (1).
			A)	Because they are sold for less than $25,
			B)	Because, they are sold for less than $25,
			C)	Where they are sold for less than $25,
			D)	As though they are sold for less than $25,
			E)	Because they are sold for less than $25