Mr. Wachner's all classes First Interactive Test :

You should try and answer all the questions in this test to the best of your ability. You have written quite a few weekly topics and you have completed the Executive Report portion of your Team Term Papers. Most of the students in all classes were able to make their thoughts understood in English fairly well. However, most of you have made some very common English language mistakes...Therefore, this test focuses on several of the common English grammatical problems that most of you have made on your topic papers and, also, on your understanding of short English stories.

The questions will test your understanding of the following common mistakes Use of the definite/indefinite articles (the: a/an: or no article) Correct use of English past, present, future verb tenses Correct usage of singular and plural Use the verb "to have" correctly Use of the verb "to be" correctly Check of common spelling errors Correct usage of personal pronouns (e.g. him/her/them and his/her/their Understanding of short English paragraphs (questions 21-30)

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Name: E-Mail: What class are you in? Wednesday 9:00-->English Politic Science Wednesday 1:00-->English Literature Wednesday 2:40-->Management Please select the correct answer. There is only one correct grammatical answer for each selection. Your answers will be analyzed and you will be notified by e-mail as to the results of this quiz. Good luck PART I: Grammatical Selection Questions 1.) * Please Select * President said The President said A President said The President say President Clinton say yesterday that he would veto the bill before the U.S. Congress. 2.) * Please Select * The Prime Minister spake A Prime Minister speak The Prime Minister spoke The Prime minister spoke The Prime Minister speak yesterday and said he was going to the USA and Great Britain. 3.) * Please Select * Prime Ministers' plane The Prime Ministers' plain A Prime Ministers' plane The Prime Ministers' plane The Prime ministers' Plane was very late leaving from London. 4.) * Please Select * She was the most beautiful She is a most beautiful She was a most beautiful She was most beautiful She is most beautiful girl that I ever saw. 5.) * Please Select * Sendai is The Sendai is a Sendai is a sendai is a Sendai a very cold city in northern Japan. 6.) * Please Select * She slowly walked into a She slowly walk into the She slowly walked into She slowly walked She slowly walked into the room where John was sleeping. 7.) * Please Select * Koichi opened A Koichi opens Koichi is opening Koichi will open Koichi his birthday present and laughed with joy. 8.) Before my father died I * Please Select * will visit him with my mother. visit him with my mother. visited him with my mother. him with my mother. was visit him with my mother. 9.) Every day after he comes home from work * Please Select * John listened to the radio. John will listening to the radio. John has listened to the radio. John listens to the radio. John to the radio. 10.) * Please Select * Princess Diana divorces Princess Diana divorced Princess Diana has divorcing Princess Diana is divorced Princess Diana will divorce Prince Charles of England in October, 1996. 11.) The largest city in Hokkaido * Please Select * has been Sapporo. was Sapporo. is Sapporo. will be Sapporo. Sapporo is. 12.) * Please Select * Now, he walked to school Now, was walking she to school Now, she to school walked Now, walks she to school Now, she walks to school everyday. 13.) * Please Select * Makoto gave his book to she. Makoto gave his violin to they. Edwin gave him violin to him. Kiyoko gave her cheesecake to him. Michael borrowed his car from his. 14.) There is * Please Select * book, pencils and notebook on the table. book and notebook and there are pencils on the table. the book, the pencils and notebook on the table. a book, some pencils and a notebook on the table. a book and a notebook and there are some pencils on the table. 15.) Who is * Please Select * come to the concert with us? will go to the Michael Jackson concert with us? going to the concert with we? coming to the concert with they? going to the ballet tonight with us? 16.) * Please Select * The Aum Shinrikyo group commit The Aum Shinrikyo group will commit The Aum Shinrikyo group committed The Aum Shinrikyo group commits The Aum Shinrikyo group is committing a terrible crime in Tokyo last year. 17.) Masako and Crystal * Please Select * is in Europe this summer. have been going to Europe this summer. is to Europe this summer. were Europe this summer. were in Europe this summer. 18.) * Please Select * Many Americans think that the Japanese Many americans think that the japanese Many Americans think that a Japanese Many Americans think that the japanese Many Americans think that Japanese are very clever. 19.) Did * Please Select * they stay very long on Tokyo? she leave the hospital yesterday with them? he think her was coming home soon? Mr. Kato will believe everything she say? the company really give he a large bonus this year? 20.) Charles * Please Select * have talked about politics in Japan. has spoked to Mr. Salisbury about the APEC meeting. have sent the memorandum to the Home Office. have played the Bach Cantata yesterday in London. has loved Bach since he was a young child. PART II: Reading Understanding Read this short section and then choose the correct answers J.S. Bach was born in the town of Leipzig in the duchy of Saxony. Today, Leipzig is one of the major cities in the reunited Germany. However, during the second world war, Leipzig was destroyed by terrible Allied (American and British) air bombing. This was very tragic because Leipzig was such an exquisite historical city. Many of the homes, churches and concert halls where J.S. Bach lived, wrote music and performed were destroyed. Many thousands of people lost their lives through this senseless bombing. However, the one thing that remains and couldn't be destroyed by this bombing was the beautiful music of J.S. Bach which remains a glory to the entire world and not only Germany. 21.) * Please Select * The author is glad he wasn't in Leipzig during the war Although J.S. Bach's home was destroyed his music lives on. J.S. Bach was bombed during World War II Leipzig is one of the main cities in Germany J.S. Bach's house was rebuilt during the war. 22.) * Please Select * J.S. Bach lives in Leipzig Germany Leipzig Germany is a small town in Germany J.S. Bach's music is only listened to in Germany Leipzig is a glorious place because of its architecture J.S. Bach lived in Leipzig Germany Read this short section and then choose the correct answers Recently, the APEC group of nations met in the Philippines. During and after the APEC meeting, President Clinton of the United States met with Premier Hashimoto of Japan to discuss the problem over American troops in Okinawa. The stationing of troops in Okinawa has been a major stumbling block between the United States and Japan. Earlier this year, there was the terrible "rape" incident involving a young Japanese underage girl. That incident caused a lot of very bad feelings to erupt among the Okinawans. The Japanese government seemed to take a long time to come to a decision to demand the reduction of troops in Okinawa. However, this week both the Americans and the Japanese representatives agreed to a reduction in the number of troops in Okinawa. It was suggested that the American troops be moved to mainland Japan but Premier Hashimoto said this wasn't a good idea. This decision has helped to improve American-Japanese relations...at least for the short run. 23.) * Please Select * President Clinton decided to keep troops in Okinawa. The Okinawans have forgotten about the "rape" incident. A major stumbling block to improved US-Japan relations has been solved. Reducing the American troops in Okinawa didn't improve relations The American troops will be moved to mainland Japan. 24.) * Please Select * Okinawans want the American troops to stay if they behave. The "rape incident" created problems for Japan-US relations. The US want to increase the troops in Okinawa. The Americans and Japanese met before the APEC meeting. Okinawa wants to become independent from Japan and the U.S. Read this short section and then choose the correct answers According to a survey among Gakushuin students, it seems that most students agree that pocketbells are a very useful tool; especially for college students. However, many of these Gakushuin students felt that the young junior high and high school students use pocketbells because they are lonely at school, especially those students who attend school far from their homes. Also, according to some of the Gakushuin students surveyed they seemed to think that pocketbells were just another "fad". However, a minority of the students surveyed thought that pocketbells were part of a future trend. This minority group thought that pocketbells were similar to telephones and much easier to use. Some of the students explained how the junior high school and high school students were mostly girls. One boy undertaking the survey stated that if he met a girl at a party and got her pocketbell number that he would send her a message. If the girl answered then it met she liked him. Unfortunately, according to this boy, nobody ever returned his messages. Poor boy!!! But, the same boy said that at least the girl didn't have to face him to turn him down. So the boy thought that although he was turned down by the girl(s), his feelings weren't hurt so much...he was just unlucky! 25.) According to the above survey, * Please Select * Many students thought pocketbells were just another "fad" pocketbells aren't very useful. everyone in Japan uses pocketbells a majority of students thought pocketbells were a future trend. Jr. high students use pocketbells because they're not lonely. 26.) One boy had * Please Select * a problem pushing the buttons on the pocketbell. many dates through the pocketbell after parties. met his current girlfriend through the pocketbell. never sent a message to any girl. trouble getting any girl to answer his pocketbell message. Read this short section and then choose the correct answers In the United States baseball has been called the "national past time". The New York Yankees have won the most World Series in the history of American baseball. During the early 1950's, the New York Yankees won the World Series 5 years in a row; from 1949 through 1953. They were called the "Bronx Bombers" because they had so much home run power. However, after winning the Series in the 1960's and 1970's the New York Yankees seemed to have lost their power. However, this year the New York Yankees again won the World Series from the Atlanta Braves but this years team wasn't renown for its home run hitting. Cecil Fielder, who played in Japan for the Hanshin Tiger baseball team was traded from the Detroit Tigers helped the Yankees win the world series. Cecil Fielder is the most successful baseball player ever to play in Japan. Speaking of Japan, the Yomiuri Giants have a similar history as the New York Yankees. For many years, the only strong team in Japan seemed to be the Tokyo Giants with Oh and Nagashima. This year Nagashima managed the Giants into the Japan Series but, unfortunately, unlike the New York Yankees, the Tokyo Giants lost to the Kobe Orix. One good thing about this series was the competition between two great young players: Ichiro of Kobe and Matsui of Tokyo. So it seems that only one of the old warrior teams was able to get to the top of the heap and that was the New York Yankees. 27.) * Please Select * The Yankees of today aren't like the former Bronx Bombers. The New York Yankees lost the world series to a Atlanta. Cecil Fielder plays for the Hanshin Tigers in Osaka. The New York Yankees lost 5 world series from 1949-1953 The Braves play in Miami, Florida 28.) * Please Select * Nagashima plays and manages the Tokyo Giants. Only one old warrior team won their series. The Kobe Orix team has never won a Japan Series Cecil Fielder wants to come back to Japan The New York Yankees traded Fielder to Detroit. Read this short section and then choose the correct answers Many economists are worried about the long-term effects of the recession on Japan. Many companies have been forced to downsize. This usually means that many older employees who expected lifetime employment have either lost their jobs or have had their salaries reduced by a large percentage-sometimes as much as half. The remaining workers are sometimes very worried about their jobs and find themselves working twice as hard because although some workers have lost their jobs the amount of work hasn't decreased. Therefore, the workers who remain often are under an enormous amount of stress from the increased pressure to do the same amount of work with fewer people. Even after having downsized, many companies are still having trouble coming out of the recession. Although companies are hiring students again, they are not hiring as many as they did before the collapse of the "bubble". Many young people are also questioning the future of the lifetime employment system in Japan and some college graduates from the not so famous universities can be found slinging hamburgers at MacDonalds. The outlook for future work at major corporations doesn't seem to be as bright as it used to be. 29.) * Please Select * Many companies are hiring more employees than before the bubble. Employees at companies are happy to have their jobs. All young people are finding it easy to find jobs wherever they want. After downsizing, most companies no longer have problems. Downsizing seem to be hardest on older employees. 30.) * Please Select * Corporations can still guarantee everyone lifetime employment. Graduates from college cannot always get a good job. Employees who were not downsized feel no pressure. After downsizing, the remaining employees receive a bonus. Downsizing means the amount of work decreases After you have completed the test you can go back and check your answers or you can 1.) or 2.)

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