Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

First introduced in 1927, The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories are a series of books about the adventures of brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, teenaged detectives who solve one baffling mystery after another. The Hardy Boys were so popular among young boys that in 1930 a similar series was created for girls featuring a sixteen-year-old detective named Nancy Drew. The cover of each volume of The Hardy Boys states that the author of the series is Franklin W. Dixon; the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are supposedly written by Carolyn Keene. Over the years, though, many fans of both series have been surprised to find out that Franklin W. Dixon and Carolyn Keene are not real people. If Franklin W. Dixon and Carolyn Keene never existed, then who wrote The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteries?
The Hardy Boys and the Nancy Drew books were written through a process called ghostwriting. A ghostwriter writes a book according to a specific formula. While ghostwriters are paid for writing the books, their authorship is not acknowledged, and their names do not appear on the published books.Ghostwriters can write books for children or adults, the content of which is unspecific. Sometimes they work on book series with a lot of individual titles, such as The Hardy Boys and the Nancy Drew series.

The initial idea for both The Hardy Boys and the Nancy Drew series was developed by a man named Edward Stratemeyer, who owned a publishing company that specialized in  children’s books. Stratemeyer noticed the increasing popularity of mysteries among adults, and SURMISED that children would enjoy reading mysteries about younger detectives with whom they could identify. Stratemeyer first developed each book with an outline describing the plot and setting. Once he completed the outline, Stratemeyer then hired a ghostwriter to convert it into a book of slightly over 200 pages. After the ghostwriter had written a draft of a book, he or she would send it back to Stratemeyer, who would make a list of corrections and mail it back to the ghostwriter. The ghostwriter would revise the book according to Stratemeyer’s instructions and then return it to him. Once Stratemeyer approved the book, it was ready for publication.

Because each series ran for so many years, Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys both had a number of different ghostwriters producing books; however, the first ghostwriter for each series proved to be the most influential. The initial ghostwriter for The Hardy Boys was a Canadian journalist named Leslie McFarlane. A few years later, Mildred A. Wirt, a young writer from Iowa, began writing the Nancy Drew books. Although they were using prepared outlines as guides, both McFarlane and Wirt developed the characters themselves. The personalities of Frank and Joe Hardy and Nancy Drew arose directly from McFarlane’s and Wirt’s imaginations. For example, Mildred Wirt had been a star college athlete and gave Nancy similar athletic abilities. The ghostwriters were also responsible for numerous plot and setting details. Leslie McFarlane used elements of his small Canadian town to create Bayport, the Hardy Boys’ fictional hometown.

Questions

1. According to the passage, the Nancy Drew mystery series was introduced in

A. 1925 B. 1927 C. 1929 D. 1930

2. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. Ghost writing: A Way of Life
B. Who Were Leslie McFarlane and Mildred A. Wirt?
C. The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew: Ghost writing a Series
D. The Dubious yet Profitable Practice of Ghost writing

3. Based on Paragraph 2, a ghost writer is someone who

I. writes about mysterious or strange events
II. does not receive credit as the author
III. bases his or her books on predetermined guidelines

A. I only B. I and II only C. II and III only D. I, II, and III

4. Which of the following option holds the best definition for surmised?

A. guessed B. questioned C. knew D. proved

5. Based on paragraph 4, The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books were created based on the idea that

I. mystery books for adults are popular
II. children enjoy reading about characters they can relate to
III. girls and boys are not interested in the same things

A. I only B. I and II only C. II and III only D. I, II, and III

SYNTACTIC ABILITY:

6. He’s so engrossed ………his ideological Marxist beliefs he won’t heed the advice of anyone.

A. In B. To C. For D. Of

7. Which of the following is correctly stated?

A. Fate smiled on him 
B. Rawan was annoyed at his brother
C. she was also very dedicated in her duties
D. The smell of mutton being cooked is emanated to the kitchen.

8. Which is the rightly parallel structure? 

A. Eric joined the office , worked hard, and is getting a pay raise.
B. Eric joined the office , is working hard, and is getting a pay raise
C. Eric had joined the office , worked hard, and is getting a pay raise
D. Eric joined the office , worked hard, and got a pay raise

9. Ravi said to the judge, “I did not commit this crime.” 

A) Ravi asked the judge that he did not committed the crime.
B) Ravi told the judge that he had not committed this crime
C) Ravi told the judge that he had not committed that crime.
D) Ravi said to the judge that he had not committed this crime

10. Which of the following is wrongly stated?

A. He was accompanied by his friends
B. The rain is accompanied with thunder
C. They accompanied him yesterday
D. None

11. which of the following is wrong expression. 

A. There is a treaty  among the companies.
B. The negotiations among the countries of South America are going well
C. The negotiations among Brazil, Argentina, and Chile are going well.
D. He finds some disagreement between the two share holders in regards to the sales item

12. Which one of the following means ” I told the police nothing but what had happened”.

A. Only I told the police what had happened..
B. I told only the police what had happened..
C. I told the police only what had happened 
D. Above all

13. The negative statement of “His handwriting is as good as mine ” is ;

A. His handwriting is not as good as mine
B. His handwriting is  as bad as mine
C. His handwriting is not so good as mine
D. His handwriting is so not  good as mine

VOCABULARY: 

14. What do you call a person who is inclined or eager to fight and aggressive:

A. Peridontist B. Magnanimous C. Belligerent D. Pantheist

15. The art of making fireworks is called

A. Chromatics B. Cosmogony C. Cosmography D. Cosmology

16. The art or practice of garden cultivation and management is called

A. Iconography B. Hagiology C. Horticulture D. Hydropathy

17. What is the appropriate synonym of the word “SURCEASE”

A. Extension B. Continuance C. Halt D. Persistence

18. The synonym of  “DERIDE” is:

A. condemn B. Praise C. Eulogize D. admiration

19. When the robbers ran short of ammunition the could no longer……

A. Hold out B. Hold on C. Hold over D. Hold up

20. Lingua Franca  stands for

A) common language for all  B) Universal language  C) Different language D) local

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