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Test #1
1. We generally think of
Canada as the northern neighbor of the United
States, and more than half
of the
states extend
father north than
Canada’s southernmost point.
A) States, and more than half of the
states extend
B) States, and it is the
case that more than half of the states extend
C) States, but more than half of the
states extending
D) States, whereas
more than half of the states are extending
E) States; however, more than half of
the states extend
2. A cure for some
kinds of cancer, scientists believe, may be found
within the next decade.
A) scientists
believe, may be
B) scientists believe
they may be
C) being maybe, in the
belief of some scientists,
D) there are
some scientists who believe it may be
E) which, some scientists believe, may
be
3.
The
famous
battle
depicted
in
the
film
Braveheart took
place
in
northern
England, and
many
people assume that it
was the Scottish Highlands.
A) and many
people assume that it was
B) many
people assume
C) but many people assume
it to be
D) not what many people assume
E) not, as many people assume, in
4. As their
brains mature
neurologically,
infants
become
more
capable to
distinguish the
shapes
and textures of the
objects around them.
5.
The
new
regulations
have
so
complicated
the
process
of
formulating
a
school budget
to
where no one on the board of Education
is eager to undertake the task.
A)
budget to where
B) budget, therefore
C) budget, even
D) budget as
E) budget that
6. The shift
from traditional to cosmetic dentistry is because
adults are getting fewer cavities and
becoming more vain.
A) is
because adults are getting fewer cavities and
becoming
B) is because of adults
getting fewer cavities and their becoming
C) is caused from adults getting fewer
cavities and in addition becoming
D) is
occurring because adults are getting fewer
cavities and becoming
E) occurs because
of adults getting fewer cavities and become
7. All species of sea turtles are
endangered because of overharvesting of adults,
their eggs being
disturbed, and
destruction of nesting habitats.
A)
overharvesting of adults, their eggs being
disturbed, and destruction of nesting habitats.
B) of the adults being overharvesting,
their eggs disturbed, and destroying nesting
habitats.
C) the overharvesting of
adults, disturbance of their eggs, and destruction
of nesting habitats.
D) the adults are
overharvested, their eggs are disturbed, and their
nesting habitats are destroyed
E) being
overharvested as adults, their eggs being
disturbed, and destruction of nesting habitats.
Test #2
1. The poet
Firdawsi composed the Iranian national epic Shah-
nameh in 1010 with his purpose
being to
recount the history of the Persian kings.
A) with his purpose being to
recount
B) and his purpose was
recounting
C) to recount
D) thus recounted
E)
he recounted
2. In
the
100-yard
relay
our
team
impressed
the
crowd
with
each
of
the
members
shaving several second off her own best
time.
A) of the members shaving
B) of the members had shaved
C) of the members was shaving
D) who had been shaving
E) who shaved
3.
For
all
their
talk about
ecology,
major
companies
have
so
far
spent
very
little
to
fight
pollution.
A) For all
their talk
B) In spite of the
factor of their having talked
C)
Besides their having talked
D) In
addition to their talking
E)
Although there is talk between one and another
4. Mediators
were
standing
by,
prepared to
intervene in
the
labor
dispute
even
though both
sideshad
refused earlier offers for assistance.
5. An
amateur
potter herself,
the
accountant
offered to
help the
artist
with
his
business
accounts, complicated as they were by
his unusual system of record keeping.
6. Bees must leave the safety of
the hive to forage for food many times a day, they
are risking
being eaten by any of a
multitude of predators.
A) day,
they are risking being eaten
B) day
at the risk of being eaten
C) day
risking them to be eaten
D) day;
the risk is to be eaten
E) day;
likewise, they risk being eaten
7.
An artist who explores Mexican cultural themes,
the art of Maria Elena is world renowned.
A) An artist who explores Mexican
cultural themes, the art of Maria Elena is world
renowned.
B) To explore Mexican
cultural themes, the work of artist Maria Elena is
world-renowned art.
C) Artist Maria
Elena has explored Mexican cultural themes, the
art of which is world renowned
D) An
artist who has explored Mexican cultural theme,
Maria Elena’s art is world renowned.
E) Maria Elena is a world-renowned
artist whose art explores Mexican cultural themes.
Test #3
1.
On
Friday,
the
local
police
arrested
many
demonstrators,
especially
while
picketing
the
construction site
A) especially while picketing the
construction site
B) especially
them picketing the construction site
C)
especially those who were picketing the
construction site
D) especially
their picketing of the construction site
E) and especially the picketing of
the construction site
2. Millions of
dollars are spent each year to get rid of fleas on
dogs and cats causing a variety of
disease.
A) to get rid of
fleas on dogs and cats causing a variety of
disease.
B) because they can cause a
variety of diseases if dogs and cats are not rid
of fleas
C) to rid dogs and cats of
fleas, which can cause a variety of diseases.
D) to be getting dogs and cats rid of
fleas, which can cause a variety of diseases.
E) because a variety of diseases can
be gotten if you do not rid dogs and cats of fleas
3.
New
York
State
has
passed
a
law
requiring
that all
legal
contracts
be
written in
simple,
understandable English.
A)
all legal contracts be written
B) all
legal contracts being written
C) all
legal contracts have to be written
D)
the writing of all legal contract is
E)
when writing legal contract, it should be
4.
While
Sylvia
is justifiably
proud of
the
award
that
she
won for
placing
first
in
the
science
contest, but Carol
should not feel disappointed about taking second
prize,
5. Bill simultaneously listened
to music and did homework at the same time because
he believed
that music enabled him to
relax while he studied.
6. Because of
repeatedly asking in vain for a comprehensive
health-care plan, the empoyees called
in sick as a protest against their
employer’s stubbornness.
A)
Because of repeatedly asking in vain for a
comprehensive health-care plan
B) After
repeatedly asking in vain for a comprehensive
health-care plan
C) They have
repeatedly asked in vain for a comprehensive
health-care plan
D) Repeatedly asking
in vain for a comprehensive health-care plan,
finnally
E) While they repeatedly ask
in vain for a comprehensive health-care plan
7. In his novels, Thackeray displayed
his consciousness of the world about him, as does
Dickens,
but he sees the world from an
entirely different vantage point.
A) as
does Dickens, but he sees
B) as with
Dickens, but he saw
C) as Dickens, but
Thackeray sees
D) as in those of
Dickens, but he has seen
E) as did
Dickens, but Thackeray saw
Test #4
1. Intense
preoccupation on technique appears
to
be the
one
trait
that
great
pianists have
incommon.
2. In
scenarios
reminiscent of
the
old science
fiction
movie Fantastic
Voyage,
medical
researchers hope
exploring the body with miniature robots sent into
the bloodstream.
3. The
ancient
Spartans
tested
the
endurance
of
potential warriors,
devised
various
ordeals,
including
one that required them to run bare-legged through
fields of stinging nettles.
A)
warriors, devised
B) warriors
devising
C) warriors; and devised
D) warriors by devising
E) warriors with the devising of
4. The
lawyers
representing
the
parking-lot
operators
asserted as
to
the
defensibility
of
their
practices as legal and ethical.
A) as to the defensibility of their
practices as legal and ethical.
B) as
to their practices and their defensibility on
legal and ethical grounds.
C) that
their practices, that is the operators, are
defensible in legal terms as well as ethics.
D) that in regards to defensibility
their practices are legally and ethically
defensible.
E) that the practices of
the operators are legally and ethically
defensible.
5.
Because
Uranus
is
nearly
three
billion
kilometers
from
the
Sun
and
is
enveloped
by
a
thick
methane
cloud layer, this blocks almost all solar
radiation.
A) layer, this blocks almost
all solar radiation
B) layer, this
accounts for its receiving almost no solar
radiation
C) layer is the reason why it
receives almost no solar radiation
D)
layer, almost no solar radiation reaches the
planet.
E) layer, it blocks almost all
solar radiation from reaching the planet
6. It is a myth that mathematicians are
so absorbed with abstractions and thus have no
practical
interests.
A) so
absorbed with abstractions and thus
B)
absorbed by abstractions and therefore
C) so absorbed in abstractions that
they
D) absorbed in so much abstraction
that they
E) too abstract, and so they
7.
The
city
is
populated
by
many
people
who,
although
their
common
language
is
English, the
languages at home range from speaking
Armenian to Zapotec.
A) the languages
at home range from speaking Armenian to Zapotec
B) speaking at home is in languages
ranging from Armenian to Zapotec
C) the
languages range from speaking Armenian to Zapotec
at home
D) speak languages at home that
range from Armenian to Zapotec
E) they
are speaking languages at home ranging from
Armenian to Zapotec.