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2. Hurricanes at first begin traveling from east to west, because that direction is the way the prevailing winds in the tropics blow, but they then veer off toward higher latitudes, in many cases changing direction toward the east before dissipating over the colder, more northerly waters or over land.

 

(A) Hurricanes at first begin traveling from east to west, because that direction is the way the prevailing winds in the tropics blow, but

(B) At first, hurricanes travel from east to west, because that is the direction of the prevailing winds in the tropics, but

(C) While hurricanes travel from east to west at first, the direction of the prevailing winds blowing in the tropics, and

(D) Because hurricanes at first travel from east to west, since it is the direction of the prevailing winds in the tropics,

(E) Hurricanes, beginning by traveling from east to west, because this is the direction of the prevailing winds in the tropics,

 

 

4.While Noble Sissle may be best known for his collaboration with Eubie Blake, as both a vaudeville performer and as a lyricist for songs and Broadway musicals, also enjoying an independent career as a singer with such groups as Hahn's Jubilee Singers.

 

(A) and as a lyricist for songs and Broadway musicals, also enjoying

(B) and writing lyrics for songs and Broadway musicals, also enjoying

(C) and a lyricist for songs and Broadway musicals, he also enjoyed

(D) as well as writing lyrics for songs and Broadway musicals, he also enjoyed

(E) as well as a lyricist for songs and Broadway musicals, he had also enjoyed

 

 

7.From an experiment using special extrasensory perception cards,each bearing one of a set of symbols,parapsychologist Joseph Banks Rhine claimed statistical proof for subjects who could use thought transference to identify a card in the dealer’s hand.

 

(A) for subjects who could use thought transference to identify a card in the dealer’s hand

(B) for a card in the dealer’s hand to be identified by subjects with though transference

(C) of subjects able to identify with thought transference a card in the dealer’s hand

(D) that subjects could identify a card in the dealer’s hand by using though transference

(E) that subjects are capable t use thought transference for identifying a card in the dealer’s hand

 

 

10.A long-term study of some 1,000 physicians indicates that the more coffee these doctors drank, the more they had a likelihood of coronary disease.

 

(A) more they had a likelihood of coronary disease

(B) more was their likelihood of having coronary disease

(C) more they would have a likelihood to have coronary disease

(D) greater was their likelihood of having coronary disease

(E) greater was coronary disease likely

 

 

15. Carnivorous mammals can endure what wold otherwise be lethal levels of body heat because they have a heat-exchange network which kept the brain from getting to hot.

 

A. which kept

B.that keeps

C.which has kept

D. that has been keeping

E. having kept

 

 

18. Unlike the nests of leaf cutters and most other ants,situated underground or in pieces of wood,raider ants make a portable nest by entwining their long legs to form “curtains” of ants that hang from logs or boulders,providing protection for the queen and the colony larvae and pupae

 

A. the nests of leaf cutters and most other ants

B. the nests of leaf cutters and most other ants,which are

C. leaf cutters and most other ants,whose nests are

D.leaf cutters and most other ants in having nests

E. those of leaf cutters and most other ants with nests

 

 

20.The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word natural to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized.

 

A. or nothing that has been

B. or that has been

C. and nothing that is

D. or anything that has been

E. and anything

 

21. Thai village crafts,as with other cultures,have developed through the principle that follows function and incorporate readily available materials fashioned using traditional skills.

A. as with

B as did those of

C as they have in

D.like in

E. like those of

 

 

23. Discussion of greenhouse effect have usually had as a focus the possibility of Earth growing water and to what extent it might, but climatologists have indicated all along that precipitation,storminess,and temperature extremes are likely to have the greatest impact on people.

 

A. Discussion of greenhouse effect have usually had as a focus the possibility of Earth growing water and to what extent it might,

B. Discussion of greenhouse effects has usually had as its focus whether Earth would get water and what extent wold be,

C. Discussion of greenhouse effects has usually focused on whether Earth would grow warmer and to what extent,

D. The discussion of greenhouse effects have usually focused on the possibility of Earth getting warmer and to what extent it might,

E. The discussion of greenhouse effects has usually focused on whether Earth would grow warmer and extent that is.

 

 

27. In the seventh century B.C., the Roman alphabet was adapted from the Etruscan alphabet,which in turn had been adapted in the previous century from western Greek alphabet, which itself had been adapted earlier in the same century from the Phoenician alphabet.

 

A. which itself had been adapted earlier

B. adapting itself earlier

C.itself being adapted earlier

D. having been earlier adapted itself

E. earlier itself having been adapted

 

28. With corn, soybean,and wheat reserves being low enough so a poor harvest would send prices skyrocketing, grain futures brokers and their clients are especially interested in weather that could affect corps.

 

A.being low enough

B. so low such that

C. so low that

D. that are low enough so

E. that are so low such that

 

 

31. The remarkable similarity of Thule artifacts throughout a vast region can,in part,be explained as a very rapid movement of people from one end of North America to the other.

 

A. The remarkable similarity of Thule artifacts throughout a vast region can,in part,be explained as

B. Thule artifacts being remarkable similar throughout a vast region, one explanation is

C. That Thule artifacts are remarkable similar throughout a vast region,in part, explainable as

D. One explanation for the remarkable similarity of Thule artifacts through a vast region that there was

E. Throughout a vast region Thule artifacts are remarkable similar, with one explanation for this being

 

 

35. Traffic safety officials predict that drivers will be equally likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as the current one.

 

A. equally likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as

B. equally likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as they are

C. equally likely that they will exceed the proposed speed limit as

D. as likely that they will exceed the proposed speed limit as

E. as likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as they are.

 

37. Not trusting themselves to choose wisely among the wide array of investment opportunities on the market,stockbrokers are helping many people who turn ti them to buy stocks could be easily bough directly.

 

A.stockbrokers are helping many people who turn ti them to buy stocks could be easily

B. stockbrokers are helping many people who are turning to them for help in buying stocks that the could easily have

C. many people are turning to stockbrokers for help from them to buy stocks that could be easily

D. many people are turning to stockbrokers for help to buy stocks that easily could have been

E. many people are turning to stockbrokers for help n buying stocks that could easily be

 

 

42. In the early part of the twentieth century, many vacationers found that driving

automobiles and sleeping in tents allowed them to enjoy nature close at hand and tour at

their own pace, with none of the restrictions of passenger trains and railroad timetables or

with the formalities, expenses, and impersonality of hotels.

 

A. with none of the restrictions of passenger trains and railroad timetables or with the

B. with none of the restrictions of passenger trains, railroad timetables, nor

C. without the restrictions of passenger trains and railroad timetables nor

D. without the restrictions of passenger trains and railroad timetables or with the

E. without the restrictions of passenger trains and railroad timetables or the

 

 

46. Over the next few years, increasing demands on the Chattahoochee River, which flows into the Apalachicola River,could alter the saline content of Apalachicola Bay, which would rob the oysters there of their flavors, and to make them decrease in size,less distinctive, and less in demand.

 

A). which would rob the oysters there of their flavors, and to make them decrease in size,

B).and it would rob the oysters there of their flavor, make them smaller

C). and rob the oysters there of their flavors, making them decrease in size,

D). robbing the oysters there of their flavor and making them smaller,

E).robbing the oysters there of their flavor, and making them decrease in size

 

 

52. According to a recent study of consumer spending on prescription medications, increases in the sales of the 50 drugs that were advertised most heavily accounts for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year, the remainder of which came from sales of the 9,850 prescription medicines that companies did not advertise or advertised very little.

A. heavily accounts for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year, the remainder of which came

B. heavily were what accounted for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year; the remainder of the increase coming

C. heavily accounted for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year, the remainder of the increase coming

D. heavily, accounting for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year, while the remainder of the increase came

E. heavily, which accounted for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year, with the remainder of it coming

 

 

63. Having been named for a mythological nymph who care for the infant Jupiter, the asteroid named Ida, in the middle of the belt of asteroids that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter,was discovered in 1884.

A. Having been named for a mythological nymph who care for the infant Jupiter, the asteroid named iAd, in the middle of the belt of asteroids that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter,was discovered in 1884.

B. Discovered in 1884, the asteroid ida, named for a mythological nymph who cared for the infant Jupiter, is in the middle of the belt of asteroids Jupiter, is in the middle of the belt of asteroids that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.

C.In the middle of the belt of asteroids that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter the asteroid Ida, discovered in 1884 and named for a mythological nymph who cared for the infant Jupiter.

D.The asteroid Ida, named for a mythological nymph who cared for the infant Jupiter and discovered in 1884, is n the middle of the belt of asteroids to orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.

E. Ida, an asteroid discovered in 1884 and which was named for a mythological nymph who cared for the infant Jupiter, is in the middle of the belt of asteroids to orbit the Sn between Mars and Jupiter.

 

66. Covering 71 percent pf Earth’s surface ,the oceans play an essential role in maintaining the conditions for human  existence on land, moderating temperature by the absorption of heat and carbon dioxide,and giving pre water back to the atmosphere through.

 

A Covering 71 percent pf Earth’s surface ,the oceans play an essential role in maintaining the conditions for human  existence on land, moderating

B.Covering 71 percent of Earth’s Earth’s surface and playing an essential role in maintaining the conditions for human existence on land, the oceans moderate

C. The oceans cover 71 percent of Earth’s surface and play an essential role in maintaining conditions for human existence on land, and by moderating

D. The oceans cover 71 percent of Earth’s surface, play an essential role in mandating the conditions for human existence on ;and, and moderate

E. The oceans cover 71 percent of Earth’s surface, playing an essential role in maintaining the conditions for human existence on land, and they moderate

 

 

73. Researchers studying the brain scans of volunteers who pondered ethical dilemmas have found that the basis for making tough moral judgments is emotion,not logical or analytical reasoning.

A.the brain scans of volunteers who pondered ethical dilemmas have found that the basis for making tough moral judgments is

B. the brain scans of volunteers who pondered ethical dilemmas and found the basis to make tough moral decision to be

C. the brain scans of volunteers ponding ethical dilemmas and found that the bass for making tough moral decision is

D. volunteers’ brain scans while pondering ethical dilemmas have found the basis to make tough moral judgements to be

E. volunteers’s brain scans while they pondered ethical dilemmas have found that the bass for making tough moral judgement is

 

 

80. Companies are relying more and more on networked computers for such critical tasks as inventory management, electronic funds transfer, and electronic data interchange, in which standard business transaction are handled via computer rather than on paper.

 

A.in which standard business transaction are handled via computer rather than on paper

B. where computers handle standard business transactions rather than on paper

C. in which computers handle standard business transactions instead of on paper

D where standard business transactions are handled , not with paper, but instead via computer

E. in which standard business transaction are being handled via computer,in place of on paper.

 

 

86. To map Earth’s interior, geologists use a net work of seismometers to chart seismic waves that originate in the earth’s curst and ricochet around its interior, most rapidly traveling cold, dense regions and slower through hotter rocks.

A. interior, most rapidly traveling cold, dense regions and slower

B. interior,which travel most rapidly through cold, dense regions, and ore slowly

C. interior, traveling most rapidly through cold,dense regions and more slowly

D. interior and most rapidly travel through cold, dense regions, and slower

E. interior and that travel most rapidly through cold, dense regions and slower

 

 

90. Prices at the producer level are only 1.3 percent higher now than a year ago and are going down, even thought floods in the Midwest and drought in the South are hurting crops and therefore raised corn and soybean prices.

A.than a year ago and are going down, even thought floods in the Midwest and drought in the South are hurting crops and therefore raised

B. than those of a year ago and are going down. even though floods in the Midwest and drought in the South area are hurting crops and therefore raising

C. than a year ago and are going down, despite floods in the Midwest and drought in the South, and are hurting crops and therefore raising

D. as those of one year ago and are going down, even though floods in the Midwest and drought in the South hurt crops and therefore raise

E. as they were a year ago and are going down, despite floods in the Midwest and drought in the South, and are hurting crops and therefore raising

 

 

97. The 19-year-old pianist and composer performed his most recent work all over Europe,Asia,and North America last year, winning prestigious awards in both London as well as Tokyo for his achievement at so young an age, and he is hoping to continue composing now that he has returned to Chicago.

A.

B.winning prestigious awards both in London and Tokyo for his achievement at such a young age, and hoping

C.having won prestigious award both in London and Tokyo for his achievement at so young an age, hoping

D. winning prestigious awards in both London and Tokyo for his achievement at such a young age, and he hopes

E. having won prestigious award both in London  as well as Tokyo for his achievement at so young an age,and he hopes

 

 

 

101. Similar to other Mississippi Delta blues singers, the music of Robert Johnson arose from an oral tradition beginning with a mixture of chants, fiddle tunes, and religions music and only gradually evolved into the blues.

A. Similar to other Mississippi Delta blues singers, the music of Robert Johnson arose from an oral tradition beginning with

B. Similar to that of other early Mississippi Delta blues singers, Robert Johnson made music that arose from oral tradition that began with

C. As with other early Mississippi Delta blues singers, Robert Johnson made music that arose from an oral tradition beginning as

D. Like other early Mississippi Delta music that arose from oral tradition beginning with

E. Like the music of other early Mississippi Delta blues singers , the music of Robert Johnson arose from an oral tradition that began as

 

 

116. November is traditionally the strongest month for sales of light trucks, but sales the past November, even when compared with sales in previous November, accounted for a remarkable large share of total vehicle sales.

 

A. but sales the past November, even when compared with sales in previous November,

B. be even when it is compared with previous Novembers, this past November’s sales

Cur even when there are compared with previous Novembers, sales of light trucks this past November,

D. so that compared with previous Novembers, sales of light trucks this past November

E. so that this past November’s sales, even compared with previous November’s sales,

 

 

120. The largest of all planets, not only is Jupiter three times so massive as Saturn, the next largest planet, but also possesses four of the largest satellites, or moons, in our solar system.

A. not only is Jupiter three times so massive as Saturn, the next largest

B. not only is Jupiter three times as massive as Saturn, the next largest

C. Jupiter, not only is three times as  massive as Saturn, the next largest

D. Jupiter not only is three times as massive as Saturn, the next largest

E. Jupiter is to only three times so massive as Saturn, the next larger

 

 

124. While many of the dinosaur fossils found recently in northeast China seem to provide evidence of the kinship between dinosaur and birds, the wealth of enigmatic fossils seem more likely at this stage that they will inflame debates over the origin of birds rather than settle them.

 

A. seem more likely at this stage that they will inflame debates over the origin of birds rather than

B. seem more likely that it will inflame debates over the origin of birds at this stage than

C. seems more likely to inflame debates on the origin of birds at this stage rather than

D. seems more likely at this stage to inflame debates over the origin of birds than to

E. seems more likely that it will inflame debates on the origin of birds at this sage than to

 

 

126. Found only in the Western Hemisphere and surviving through extremes of climate, hummingbirds' range extends from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, from sea-level rain forests to the edges of Andean snowfields and ice fields at altitudes of 15,000 feet.

 

(A) Found only In the Western Hemisphere and surviving through extremes of climate, hummingbirds' range extends

(B) Found only in the Western Hemisphere, hummingbirds survive through extremes of climate, their range extending

(C) Hummingbirds, found only in the Western Hemisphere and surviving through extremes of climate, with their range extending

(D) Hummingbirds, found only in the Western Hemisphere and surviving through extremes of climate, their range extends

(E) Hummingbirds are found only in the Western Hemisphere, survive through extremes of climate, and their range extends

 

 

128. Scientists have recently found evidence that black holes—regions of space in which matter is so concentrated and the pull of gravity so powerful that nothing, not even light, can emerge from them—probably exist at the core of nearly all  galaxies and  the mass of each black hole is proportional to its host galaxy.

 

(A) exist at the core of nearly all galaxies and the mass of each black hole is proportional to

(B) exist at the core of nearly all galaxies and that the mass of each black hole is proportional to that of

(C) exist at the core of nearly all galaxies, and that the mass of each black hole is proportional to

(D) exists at the core of nearly al galaxies. and that the mass of each black hole is proportional to that of

(E) exists at the core of nearly M galaxies and the mass of each black hole is proportional to that of

 

 

132. Almost like clones in their similarity to one another, the cheetah species' homogeneity makes them  especially vulnerable to disease.

(A) the cheetah species' homogeneity makes them especially vulnerable to disease

(B) the cheetah species is especially vulnerable to disease because of its homogeneity

(C) the homogeneity of the cheetah species makes it especially vulnerable to disease

(D) homogeneity makes members of the cheetah species especially vulnerable to disease

(E) members of the cheetah species are especially vulnerable to disease because of their homogeneity 

 

133. As sources of electrical power, windmills now account for only about 2,500 megawatts nationwide, but production is almost expected to double by the end of the year, which

would provide enough electricity for 1.3 million households.

 

A. almost expected to double by the end of the year, which would provide

B. almost expected that it will double by the end of the year, thus providing

C. expected that it will almost double by the end of the year to provide

D. expected almost to double by the end of the year and thus to provide

E. expected almost to double by the end of the year, which would thus be providing

 

 

136 A ruined structure found at Aqaba, Jordan, was  probably a church, as indicated in its eastward  orientation and by its overall plan, as well as artifacts, such as glass oillamp fragments, found at the site.

(A) A ruined structure found at Aqaba, Jordan, was probably a church, as indicated in its eastward orientation and by its overall plan, as well as

(B) A ruined structure found at Aqaba. Jordan, once probably being a church, was indicated by its eastward orientation, overall plan, and

(C) Indicating that a ruined structure found at Aqaba, Jordan, was probably a church were its eastward orientation and overall plan, but also the

(D) A ruined structure found at Aqaba. Jordan, was probably a church, as indicates its eastward orientation and overall plan, as well as the

(E) That a ruined structure found at Aqaba. Jordan, was probably a church is indicated by its eastward orientation and overall plan, as well as by the

 

137. By 1999, astronomers had discovered 17 nearby stars that are orbited by planets about the size of Jupiter.

(A) had discovered 17 nearby stars that are orbited by planets

(B) had discovered 17 nearby stars with planets orbiting them that were

(C) had discovered that there were 17 nearby stars that were orbited by planets

(D) have discovered 17 nearby stars with planets orbiting them that are

(E) have discovered that 17 nearby stars are orbited by planets

 

138. Although she was considered among her contemporaries to be the better poet than her husband, later Elizabeth Barrett Browning was overshadowed  by  his success.

(A) Although she was considered among her contemporaries to be the better poet than her husband, later Elizabeth Barrett Browning was overshadowed by his success.

(B) Although Elizabeth Barrett Brawning was considered among her contemporaries as a better poet than her husband, she was later overshadowed by his success.

(C) Later overshadowed by the success of her husband, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry had been considered among her contemporaries to be better than that of her husband.

(D) Although Elizabeth Barrett Browning's success was later overshadowed by that of her husband, among her contemporaries she was considered the better poet.

(E) Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry was considered among her contemporaries as better than her husband, but her success was later overshadowed by his.

 

 

Answer Key

 

2.B

4.C

7.D

10.D

13.C

15.B

18.C

20.D

21.E

23.C

27.A

28.C

31.D

35.E

37.E

42.E.

46.D

52.C

63.B

66.A

73.A

80A

 

86C

90B

97D

101E

111B

116A

120D

124D

126B

128B

132E

133D

136E

137A

138D