Section Two Language Arts - Writing: GED-SECTION-2

Yoga

A

(1)

One of todays hottest fads is also one of the worlds oldest practices the ancient art of yoga.

(2)

Yoga is different from other fitness activities because it is not only physical.

(3)

In the correct form, yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.

B

(4)

A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side.

(5)

More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles.

(6)

Though they may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly effective in stretching and strengthening muscles.

(7)

While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind.

(8)

Many poses can be only held if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses are coming only through proper breathing.

(9)

Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses.

(10)

Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch.

(11)

And the steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes.

D

(12)

I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga.

(13)

I have been practicing yoga for only one year.

(14)

I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice.

(15)

Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots.

(16)

The physical release is also a spiritual release.

(17)

I feel calm after doing yoga, reconnected to my body, and reconnected to my inner self.

Sentence 4: A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side.

C

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of sentence 4?

A. requiring that you tighten

B. requires you to tighten

C. it requires you to tighten

D. requires tightening

E. in which you are required to tighten

The Gateway Arch

A

(1)The skyline of St. Louis, Missouri, is fairly unremarkable, with one huge exception: the Gateway Arch that stands on the banks of the Mississippi.

(2)Part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, the Arch is a remarkable monument builded to honor St. Louiss role as the gateway to the West.

B

(3)Construction on the 630-foot-high structure began in 1961.

(4)The construction was completed four years later in 1965.

(5)The monument includes an underground visitor center that explores westward expansion threw galleries and a theater.

(6)Two passenger trams take visitors to the Observation Room and the Museum of Westward Expansion at the top.

C

(7)In 1947, a group of interested citizens held a nationwide competition to select a design for a new monument that will celebrate the growth of the United States.

(8)Other U.S. monuments are spires, statues, or imposing buildings.

(9)The winner of this contest was a plan for a completely unique structure.

(10)The man who submitted the winning design Eero Saarinen later became a famous architect.

(11)In designing the Arch, Saarinen wanted to "create a monument which would have lasting significance and would be a landmark of our time."

D

(12)The Gateway Arch is a masterpiece of engineering.

(13)A monument even taller than the Great Pyramid in Egypt, and in its own way, at least as majestic.

(14)The Gateway is an inverted catenary curve, the same shape that a heavy chain will form if suspended between two points.

(15)Covered with a sleek skin of stainless steel, dazzling bursts of sunlight are often reflected by the Arch.

(16)In a beautiful display of symmetry, the height of the arch is the same as the distance between the legs at ground level.

Sentence 3 and 4: Construction on the 630-foot-high structure began in 1961. The construction was completed four years later in 1965. Which is the most effective combination of sentences 3 and 4?

A. Construction on the 630-foot-high structure began in 1961, following four years later with the completion of the construction.

B. The construction on the 630-foot-high structure was completed four years later in 1965, after construction began in 1961.

C. Construction on the 630-foot-high structure began in 1961 and was completed four years later in 1965.

D. Construction on the 630-foot-high structure, which began in 1961, was completed in 1965, being four years later.

E. Construction on the 630-foot-high structure began in 1961, therefore, it was completed four years later in 1965.

The Gateway Arch

A

(1)The skyline of St. Louis, Missouri, is fairly unremarkable, with one huge exception: the Gateway Arch that stands on the banks of the Mississippi.

(2)Part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, the Arch is a remarkable monument builded to honor St. Louiss role as the gateway to the West.

B

(3)Construction on the 630-foot-high structure began in 1961.

(4)The construction was completed four years later in 1965.

(5)The monument includes an underground visitor center that explores westward expansion threw galleries and a theater.

(6)Two passenger trams take visitors to the Observation Room and the Museum of Westward Expansion at the top.

C

(7)In 1947, a group of interested citizens held a nationwide competition to select a design for a new monument that will celebrate the growth of the United States.

(8)Other U.S. monuments are spires, statues, or imposing buildings.

(9)The winner of this contest was a plan for a completely unique structure.

(10)The man who submitted the winning design Eero Saarinen later became a famous architect.

(11)In designing the Arch, Saarinen wanted to "create a monument which would have lasting significance and would be a landmark of our time."

D

(12)The Gateway Arch is a masterpiece of engineering.

(13)A monument even taller than the Great Pyramid in Egypt, and in its own way, at least as majestic.

(14)The Gateway is an inverted catenary curve, the same shape that a heavy chain will form if suspended between two points.

(15)Covered with a sleek skin of stainless steel, dazzling bursts of sunlight are often reflected by the Arch.

(16)In a beautiful display of symmetry, the height of the arch is the same as the distance between the legs at ground level.

Sentences 15: Covered with a sleek skin of stainless steel, dazzling bursts of sunlight are often reflected by the Arch. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of sentence 15?

A. dazzling bursts of sunlight are often reflected by the Arch.

B. bursts of sunlight that dazzle are often reflected by the Arch.

C. dazzling, bursting sunlight, reflected by the Arch, is often seen.

D. often reflected by the Arch are dazzling bursts of sunlight.

E. the Arch often reflects dazzling bursts of sunlight.