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OG Test 2
Section 6
1.
Confident
that
she
was
fully
prepared,
Ellen
decided
to
spend
the
night
before
the
recital
reading and relaxing but not to be
practicing.
(A) but not to be
practicing
(B) and not for practicing
(C) more than to practice
(D) rather than practicing
(E) rather than having practiced
2.
Sir
Ronald
Ross,
winner
of
the
1902
Nobel
Prize
for
Physiology
or
Medicine,
and
who
identified the
Anopheles
mosquito as the
transmitter of human malaria.
(A) and
who identified
(B) he has identified
(C) and he has identified
(D) and who is identifying
(E) identified
3.
Traveling
through
Yosemite,
the
scenery
of
waterfalls
and
granite
peaks,
which
we
photographed, was beautiful.
(A) the scenery of waterfalls and
granite peaks, which we photographed, was
beautiful
(B) the waterfalls and
granite peaks were the beautiful scenery we
photographed
(C) we photographed the
beautiful scenery of waterfalls and granite peaks
(D) we photographed the scenery of
waterfalls and granite peaks, being beautiful
(E) what we photographed was the
beautiful scenery of waterfalls and granite peaks
4. 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
5.
As
a
choreographer,
Judith
Jamison
has
enriched
the
world
of
dance,
she
uses
as
her
work's
inspiration African American culture.
(A) Jamison has enriched the world of
dance, she uses as her work's inspiration
(B) Jamison has enriched the world of
dance with works inspired by
(C)
Jamison, who has enriched the world of dance by
works whose inspirations are
(D)
Jamison, enriching the world of dance, with works
inspired by
(E) Jamison enriches the
world of dance through works that had the
inspiration of
6. Leslie
Marmon Silko has said that her writing, which was
powerfully influenced by storytellers
in
her
family
but
that
the
landscape
of
her
childhood
also
shaped
her
vision
and
provided
stories.
(A) her writing,
which was powerfully influenced by storytellers in
her family
(B) her writing, powerfully
influenced by family storytellers
(C)
family storytellers powerfully influenced her
writing
(D) storytellers in the family
being powerful influences on her writing
(E) powerfully influential in her
writing was family storytellers
7. Finding the Baltimore waterfront
fascinating, all that there was to see was
thoroughly explored
by Antonio.
(A)
Finding
the
Baltimore
waterfront
fascinating,
all
that
there
was
to
see
was
thoroughly
explored by
Antonio.
(B) Antonio found the
Baltimore waterfront fascinating, he thoroughly
explored all that there was
to see.
(C) Finding the Baltimore waterfront
fascinating, Antonio thoroughly explored all that
there was
to see.
(D) The
Baltimore waterfront is fascinating and is why
Antonio thoroughly explored all that there
was to see.
(E)
The
Baltimore
waterfront
can
be
found
fascinating,
and
this
made
Antonio
explore
all
that
there
was to see.
8. In the
100-yard relay our team impressed the crowd, with
each of the members shaving several
seconds 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
9. Because of their ability to eat
large numbers of insects, some people are building
bat houses in
their backyards.
(A) Because of their ability to eat
large numbers of insects, some people are building
bat houses in
their backyards.
(B) They have the ability to eat large
numbers of insects, so some people are building
bat houses
in their backyards.
(C) Because bats can eat large numbers
of insects, bat houses are being built in their
backyards by
some people.
(D) Some people are building bat houses
in their backyards because bats can eat large
numbers of
insects.
(E)
Bats can eat large numbers of insects, because of
this some people are building bat houses in
their backyards.
10. 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 fact of their
having talked
(C) Besides their having
talked
(D) In addition to their
talking
(E) Although there is talk
between one and the other
11. The survival of many species of
marine life may depend on both the enforcement of
waste-
disposal regulations and the
education of the public about the fragility of
ocean resources.
(A) and the education
of the public
(B) educating the public
(C) and the public being educated
(D) along with the education of the
public
(E) in combination with public
education
12. Hearing (A)
the unexpected loud noise, Cindy, Leroy, and me
(B) were so startled (C) that we
almost
jumped out of our seats. (D) No error (E)
13.
Many
admire
Louisa
May
Alcott
for
her
detailed
descriptions
of
(A)
nineteenth-century
domestic life in novels such
as
(B)
Little
Women,
but few have read (C) the lurid
thrillers she
writes (D) early in her
career. No error (E)
14.
According to some critics, the title character of
the Greek tragedy
Oedipus
Rex
saw himself
(A) as the
savior (B) of his people and believing (C)
erroneously that he could (D) do no wrong.
No error (E)
15.
Unlike (A) Thomas, neither Leslie or (B) her
younger brother Philip has an interest (C) in a
career in (D) law. No error (D)
16. One subject of (A) Felipe Alfau's
second novel, published more than (B) 40 years
after it has
been (C) written,(D) is
the illusory nature of the passage of time. No
error (E)
17. Joining a grassroots
movement against inhumane working conditions, some
consumers in the
United
States
have
stopped
buying
(A)
products
from
countries
in
which
(B)
workers
are
essentially (C) a slave
laborer.(D) No error (E)
18. As
the
mayor
was
evaluating
(A)
the
proposed
tax,
he
was
less
interested
in
the
revenue
it
would
generate (B) than in whether they (C) would
disproportionately (D) affect certain income
groups. No error (E)
19.
Eating garlic has long been regarded (A) as a
means (B) of warding off malaise, and scientific
research has shown (C) that it does
have (D) some therapeutic value. No error (E)
20. Although the night
shift is fully staffed, (A) the managers always
holds us (B) responsible for
that
shift's (C) work if it (D) is not finished when we
arrive in the morning. No error (E)
21.
Members
of
the
Alvin
Ailey
Dance
Company
have
(A)
once
again
shown
how
(B)
the
combination of strength and being agile
(C) can produce (D) beautiful movements. No error
(E)
22. Anne Tyler's novel
The Accidental Tourist
features (A) a
character whose (B) obsession with
saving (C) time and money are (D)
absurd, yet somehow plausible. No error (E)
23.
At
the
conclusion
of
the
novel
The
Great
Gatsby,
Nick
Carraway,
a
young
Midwesterner
recently arrived to (A) New York,
moodily (B) watches (C) the blinking green light
at the tip of
(D) Long Island. No error
(E)
24.
Despite
(A)
the
efforts
of
the
publicity
subcommittee,
hardly
anyone
(B)
attended
the
workshop that had been (C) planned so
painstakingly. (D) No error (E)
25.
Peter's
seemingly
effortless
(A)
flights,
achieved
through
(B)
the
use
of
sophisticated
technical equipment, continues (C) to
delight those who (D) see the play
Peter Pan.
No error (E)
26. Mediators were standing by,
prepared to intervene in (A) the labor dispute
even though (B)
both sides had refused
(C) earlier offers for (D) assistance. No error
(E)
27. According to some theorists,
what (A) any (B) particular bird can eat could
change with even
(C) the slightest (D)
variation in the shape of its beak. No error (E)
28. Neither Ms. Perez nor (A) Ms.
Tanaka believes (B) that watching as much
television as her (C)
son Sam does will
lead (D) to anything productive. No error (E)
29. An amateur potter herself, (A) the
accountant offered to help (B) the artist with his
business
accounts, complicated as they
were (C) by (D) his unusual system of record
keeping. No error (E)
Questions
30-35
are based on the following passage.
(1) Many critics consider modern film
remakes of classical works disrespectful and a
waste of
time
and
money.
(2)
A
recent
version
of
Shakespeare's
Romeo
and
Juliet
drew
harsh
reviews
from purists, they are people who
expect filmmakers to follow the original text
exactly. (3) The
only
positive
ones
expressed
relief
that
Shakespeare
was
not
around
to
feel
the
insult.
(4)
Wouldn't
he
be
horrified
to
see
his
play
open
with
a
gang
shoot-out
at
a
gas
station?
(5)
And
Clueless
,
a
remake
of
Jane
Austen's
1815
novel
Emma.
(6)
Imagine
equating
flirtation
in
a
Southern California high school with
dignified courtship in a nineteenth-century
English country
estate.
(7)
I see nothing wrong with creative remakes. (8)
After all, didn't Shakespeare borrow freely
from
other
writers'
plots?
(9)
For
example,
his
Romeo
and
Juliet
is
borrowed
from
a
myth
popularized by the Roman poet Ovid.
(10) And as for being insulted, Shakespeare would
have
starved
if
he
had
written
only
about
genteel
topics.
(11)
No
doubt
he
would
recognize
the
swaggering teenagers in the movie, they
would be distant relatives of his own warring
characters.
(12) Austen will see traces
of her characters in the frivolous, money-
conscious society of
Clueless.
(13)
The
movie's
main
character
is
preoccupied
with
appearances,
and
it
would
make
her
feel
right at
home in the England mocked by Austen.
(14) The themes of the great classics
are timeless, so we should not let these works
become
fossils.
30. Which of the following is the best
version of the underlined portion of sentence 2
(reproduced
below)?
A recent
version of Shakespeare's
Romeo and
Juliet
drew harsh reviews from purists,
they
are people who expect filmmakers
to follow the original text exactly.
(A)
(as it is
now)
(B)
purists;
they were people who expected
(C)
purists in
expecting
(D)
purists. These expected
(E)
purists,
those who expect