1.
A “calendar stick” carved
centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the
North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
on systematic astronomical observation.
(A) that the North American Indians have
developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
(B) of the North American Indians who have
developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
(C) of the development of advanced
full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
(D) of the North American Indians and
their development of advanced full-year calendars based
(E) that the North American Indians
developed advanced full-year calendars based
2.
A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced
the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into
the Great Lakes .
(A) reduced the amount of phosphates that
municipalities had been allowed to dump
(B) reduced the phosphate amount that
municipalities had been dumping
(C) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities
have been allowed to dump
(D) reduced the amount of phosphates that
municipalities are allowed to dump
(E) reduces the amount of phosphates
allowed for dumping by municipalities
3.
A collection of 38 poems by
Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770’s, the first book by a
Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.
(A) it was only the second published by an
American woman
(B) it was only the second that an
American woman published
(C) the second one only published by an
American woman
(D) the second one only that an American
woman published
(E) only the second published by an
American woman
4.
A common disability in test
pilots is hearing impairment, a consequence of sitting to close to large
jet engines for long periods of time.
(A) a consequence of sitting too close to
large jet engines for long periods of time
(B) a consequence from sitting for long
periods of time too near to large jet engines
(C) a consequence which resulted from
sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time
(D) damaged from
sitting too near to large jet engines for long periods of time
(E) damaged because they sat too close to
large jet engines for long periods of time
5.
A controversial figure
throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that
some Blacks return to Africa , the land that,
to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.
(A) that some Blacks return to Africa , the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility
of freedom
(B) that some Blacks return to the African
land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him
(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the
possibility of freedom to him
(D) some Black’s returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the
possibility of freedom
(E) some Black’s return to the land
symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa
6.
A fire in an enclosed space
burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making
ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.
(A) flames spreading
(B) flame spreads
(C) flames are caused to spread
(D) causing flames to spread
(E) causing spreading of the flames
7.
A firm that specializes in the
analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can
assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm,
imagination, and ambition.
(A) from a one-page writing sample that it
can assess
(B) from a one-page writing sample it has
the ability of assessing
(C) the ability, from a one-page writing
sample, of assessing
(D) to be able, from a one-page writing
sample, to assess
(E) being able to assess, from a one-page
writing sample,
8.
A huge flying reptile that died
out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a
wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the
world has ever seen.
(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is believed,
(E) which is believed to be
9.
A Labor Department study states
that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a
thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than
sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.
(A) numbers of women employed outside the
home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase
(B) numbers of women employed outside the
home grew more than thirty-five percent
(C) numbers of women employed outside the
home were raised by more than thirty-five percent
(D) number of women employed outside the
home increased by more than thirty-five percent
(E) number of women employed outside the
home was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase
10.
A large rise in the number of
housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction dollars by
several billion dollars, making the construction industry’s economic health
much more robust than five years ago.
(A) making the construction industry’s
economic health much more robust than five years ago
(B) and make the construction industry’s
economic health much more robust than five years ago
(C) making the construction industry’s
economic health much more robust than it was five years ago
(D) to make the construction industry’s
economic health much more robust than five years ago
(E) in making the construction industry’s
economic health much more robust than it as five years ago
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