ALCPT Practice

ALCPT Form 118

Practice ALCPT Form 118 to improve your reading comprehension and interpret written English with greater precision. This section helps you recognize main ideas, connect supporting details, determine word meaning from context, and select accurate answers while working through the reading material.

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ALCPT Form 118

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67. Select the correct sentence.

a) When did you listen to the radio?

b) When you did listen to the radio?

c) When you listen to the radio did?

d) When did you to the radio listen?

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68. Select the correct sentence.

a) In the garbage disposal don't put your hand.

b) Don't put your hand in the garbage disposal.

c) Disposal don't put your hand in the garbage.

d) Don't your hand in the garbage disposal put.

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69. Karen: _____, Sally. How are you today?
Sally: I'm fine, thanks.

a) Bye

b) Please

c) Where

d) Hi

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70. A sound is something you can _____.

a) smell

b) taste

c) hear

d) see

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71. _____ Brown is my sister.

a) Mrs.

b) Inc.

c) Jr.

d) Mr.

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72. Sgt. George doesn't feel well, so he's going on _____.

a) stick by

b) sick call

c) stay over

d) fall asleep

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73. John can play tennis.

a) is able to

b) is about to

c) is going to

d) has got to

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74. This gun is the _____ one on display.

a) most expensive

b) expensive

c) more expensive

d) an expensive

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75. The President tried _____ some sleep before the ceremony began.

a) gets

b) got

c) to get

d) has gotten

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76. What's the _____ of that circle?

a) precise

b) tourist

c) radius

d) sonar

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77. The _____ is closed now.

a) wait room

b) waiting room

c) waited room

d) waiter room

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78. Texas is a good place to own a pair of binoculars. It is the number one birding location in the United States, with more birds than any other state, 613 species. In fact, that's more than two-thirds of the 912 species in the U.S. and Canada. Its geographic location in the middle of the central flyway (one of the four North American avian highways) brings in birds from the Rockies, the eastern United States, Canada, and Mexico.
According to the paragraph, Texas _____.

a) birds are unique

b) is the best place for bird-watching

c) imports birds from other areas

d) doesn't allow bird hunting

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79. We are setting up more rigid controls on driving.

a) establishing

b) checking up on

c) limiting

d) eliminating

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80. Carl has been sneezing because he has _____.

a) an appointment

b) a checkup later

c) a cold

d) a pain

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81. Is that map _____?

a) her

b) these

c) yours

d) anybody

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82. They want me to pilot the plane _____.

a) ourselves

b) myself

c) themselves

d) himself

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83. Where do taxi drivers get their taxis? Well, if you're a New York City cabby, there's a one in four chance your cab used to be a police car. Twice a month, the city sells off wrecked patrol cars. Taxi-fleet owners find the price right for these almost new, well-equipped vehicles. They pound out a few dents, give them a new coat of paint, and they're ready to go.
According to the paragraph, _____.

a) a lot of cabbies are ex-police officers

b) used cabs are sold at auction every month

c) cab owners buy a lot of used police cars

d) the police regulate cab safety

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84. When was that book _____?

a) writing

b) written

c) wrote

d) write

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85. Ms. Blackman sat _____ Mr. Burns.

a) into

b) from

c) alongside

d) through

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86. Great Expectations _____ written by Charles Dickens.

a) were

b) are

c) was

d) be

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87. What _____ traffic jam that was!

a) a

b) some

c) the

d) no article needed

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88. The biscuits are _____.

a) exiled

b) flaky

c) idle

d) legacy

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89. Edward doesn't care for green beans.

a) like

b) sell

c) plant

d) harvest

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90. What is Ann so worried about?

a) angry

b) happy

c) patient

d) concerned

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91. Who dreamed up the idea of painting the office a bright blue?

a) criticized

b) thought up

c) followed up

d) approved

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92. Don't blow your top if things don't go as you expected.

a) be hurt

b) give up

c) get angry

d) be surprised

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93. The carnival had lots of fun rides this year. I've always liked the Ferris wheel and the Tilt-a-Whirl, but I think my favorite one was the Scrambler.
The underlined word in the paragraph refers to _____.

a) a ride

b) the carnival

c) a Ferris wheel

d) the Tilt-a-Whirl

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94. They _____ me leave my house.

a) will be seen

b) are seen

c) had seen

d) had been seen

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95. Wallace has to study tonight; thus, he can't go to the movie.

a) unless

b) consequently

c) however

d) although

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96. Did you enjoy _____ New York?

a) to visit

b) visited

c) visit

d) visiting

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97. The farmers have all begun to _____ their fields.

a) print

b) prevent

c) spray

d) spring

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98. The little girl pulled on her father's whiskers.

a) watch

b) belt

c) beard

d) sleeve

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99. The farmer put _____ on the horse so it could pull the wagon.

a) a harness

b) an equipment

c) a facility

d) an appliance

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100. The stock market plunged 15 points.

a) suddenly dropped

b) jumped sharply

c) gradually declined

d) slowly increased

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