MUET Malaysia (Malaysian University English Test) · Language and Grammar
Relative Clauses, Prepositional Complements, and Parallelism
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- Choose the correct relative construction to complete the sentence:
Photosynthesis is the fundamental biochemical mechanism ________ solar radiation is converted into usable chemical energy. - Select the relative phrase that correctly refers to the human participants:
The symposium featured twenty-four visiting climatologists, ________ had contributed to the latest intergovernmental assess… - Choose the correct relative construction for the non-defining clause:
The geological team submitted five rock specimens to the mass spectrometer, ________ revealed traces of precious rare-earth miner… - Select the preposition that correctly completes the standard academic collocation:
Evolutionary anthropologists attribute the rapid encephalization of early hominins ________ dietary shifts and coope… - Choose the correct preposition to complete the evaluative statement:
The excessive ambient noise and poor acoustic dampening in the lecture hall were hardly conducive ________ sustained academic conc… - Identify the sentence that strictly maintains parallel grammatical structure:
The proposed urban development plan aims ________. - Select the sentence with impeccable parallel structure across the coordinated elements:
During the ethnographic field research, the anthropologists spent months ________. - Choose the formal relative connector that expresses 'by which' or 'according to which':
The central bank instituted a novel monetary framework ________ commercial financial institutions could borrow… - Identify the option that satisfies formal comparative parallelism:
The architectural committee decided that restoring the heritage courthouse would be ________. - Select the correct preposition to complete the technical specification:
The software architecture of the legacy database is simply not compatible ________ modern distributed cloud microservices. - Choose the relative pronoun that correctly indicates possession for an inanimate antecedent in formal English:
The research committee funded a cutting-edge aerospace venture, ________ primary mission… - Select the preposition that correctly completes the philosophical assertion:
Distinguished epistemologists rarely subscribe ________ the view that scientific knowledge is entirely subjective and devo… - Choose the sentence that demonstrates correct correlative parallelism:
The pharmaceutical company must either ________. - Select the formal prepositional idiom meaning 'because of' or 'on account of':
________ his statutory position as Chief Justice, he serves as the ex-officio chairman of the Judicial Appointments Comm… - Choose the preposition required by the adjective 'susceptible':
Monoculture palm plantations are exceptionally susceptible ________ widespread subterranean fungal infections. - Choose the correct relative construction to complete the sentence:
The year ________ the university was founded is engraved above its main entrance. - Choose the preposition required by the adjective 'contingent':
The release of the second research grant is contingent ________ the submission of a satisfactory progress report. - Choose the preposition required by the verb 'comply':
All candidates must comply ________ the examination regulations issued by the council. - Choose the option that keeps the sentence parallel:
The new library policy encourages students to borrow more books, to use the study rooms and ________. - Choose the correct relative pronoun to complete the sentence:
The professor ________ I believed would chair the panel withdrew at the last minute.
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