2. Preparing for the Midterm

4. What does the 50-minute midterm consist of?
A.) A single question
B.) A short reading and a
question
C.) A reading, a topic,
and “Grammar Tips and Useful
Expressions”
D.) 20 questions L W

6. How much is the midterm worth?
A.) A total of 20 points
B.) A total of 30 points
C.) A total of 10 points
D.) A total of 40 points L W

8. What may you bring to the midterm exam?
A.) A laptop computer
B.) A cell phone
C.) A Longman’s
Dictionary (book version)
D.) A Chinese-English
dictionary. L W

10. What must you do to receive a passing score
on your essay exam?
A.) Not make any mistakes
B.) Use big words
C.) Discuss complex ideas
D.) Convey ideas clearly L W

12. What part of the essay do readers pay
attention to the most?
A.) The conclusion
B.) The body paragraphs
C.) The introduction
D.) The title L W

14. How can you write an impressive introduction?
A.) Summarize the reading in 5-6
sentences
B.) Introduce the reading and
connect it to your thesis
C.) Begin with the words of
Thomas Edison
D.) Use the past perfect L W

16. You will be given a short reading on the midterm.
What verb tense should you use to write about the reading?
B.) The future tense
A.) The literary present
C.) The past tense
D.) The past perfect L W

18. Which of the words below could you use
to impress the graders?
A.) But
B.) Therefore
C.) And
D.) Or L W

20. A.) When writing about B.) When writing about C.) When writing about
When should you use the past tense in your body paragraphs?
A.) When writing about
the reading.
B.) When writing about
past experiences.
C.) When writing about
general truths.
D.) When writing about
habitual actions. L W

22. What most helps you improve your scores?
B.) Taking 20 minutes to
write a very detailed outline
A.) Using the “Grammar Tips
Useful Expressions”
section of the exam
C.) Cheating
D.) Crossing out and rewriting
parts of the essay L W

24. A.) The graders do not care. B.) The graders lower your
What happens when you write a very short essay?
A.) The graders do not care.
B.) The graders lower your
score.
C.) The graders think it is
funny.
D.) The graders raise your
score. L W

26. What is important? B.) Referring to the A.) Including a quotation
reading
C.) Answering the
essay question/s
D.) All of the above L W

28. What happens if you do not have time to complete your conclusion?
A.) You pass the test.
B.) You may pass the
test without a conclusion.
C.) You tell your teacher
you need more time.
D.) You give up. L W

30. What happens if you do not
edit your writing?
A.) You pass the test.
B.) Your writing improves.
C.) You fail the test.
D.) You make Peter Anteater
happy. L W

32. How long should you edit your writing?
A.) At least 2 minutes
B.) At least six seconds
C.) At least 30 minutes
D.) About 10 minutes L W

34. What part should you edit most carefully?
A.) The title
B.) The conclusion
C.) The body paragraphs
D.) The introduction L W

36. Bonus Questions

37. What is the best way to fail the exam?
A.) Incorporate a quotation
B.) Use big words incorrectly
C.) Include a strong thesis
statement
D.) Use topic sentences L W

39. To prepare for the exam, you should:
A.) Prepare lists of the fixed
expressions you like to use
B.) Write a list of 5 of your
grammar difficulties
C.) Think about how you
can organize your writing
D.) Do ALL OF THE ABOVE L W

41. What must you do when incorporating quotations?
A.) Expect the reader to
guess the purpose of
the quotation.
B.) Only include the author’s
first name and not the last.
C.) Add commentary after the
quotation.
D.) Use the verb “says” L W

43. A.) The graders do not care. B.) You will not pass the exam.
What happens when you write an essay that does not answer
the exam question?
A.) The graders do not care.
B.) You will not pass the exam.
You may receive 0 out of
40 points.
C.) The graders think it is
funny.
D.) The graders raise your
score. L W

45. Which words are academic ones?
A.) obtain, attain
B.) would of
C.) thing, stuff, OMG, LOL
D.) can’t, hasn’t, isn’t L W

47. Where can you find the complete citation for
the reading?
A.) At the top of the test
B.) After the Grammar Tips
C.) After the reading, in small font
D.) No where
(The complete citation is not
given) L W

49. Good luck on your midterm.
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Good luck on your midterm.
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