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Section 91<br />

Practice Test Twelve<br />

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10. Writer Upton Sinclair fought to improve public<br />

health in America by revealing <strong>the</strong> unsanitary<br />

practices of <strong>the</strong> meat industry, he successfully<br />

influenced politicians to require higher standards<br />

<strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>se companies.<br />

(A) revealing <strong>the</strong> unsanitary practices of<br />

<strong>the</strong> meat industry, he successfully influenced<br />

politicians to require higher standards <strong>for</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>se companies<br />

(B) revealing <strong>the</strong> unsanitary practices of <strong>the</strong> meat<br />

industry and successfully influencing politicians<br />

to require higher standards <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />

companies<br />

( C) his revealing <strong>the</strong> unsanitary practices of <strong>the</strong><br />

meat industry and successful influence over<br />

politicians to require higher standards <strong>for</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>se companies<br />

(D) revealing <strong>the</strong> unsanitary practices of<br />

<strong>the</strong> meat industry, although successfully<br />

influencing politicians to require higher<br />

standards <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>se companies<br />

(E) revealing <strong>the</strong> unsanitary practices of <strong>the</strong> meat<br />

industry <strong>for</strong> whom he was successful in influencing<br />

politicians to require higher standards<br />

11. One of <strong>the</strong> benefits of our new insurance plan is<br />

that every family is allowed to choose <strong>the</strong>ir own<br />

health care providers.<br />

(A) that every family is allowed to choose <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

own<br />

(B) that every family is allowed to choose its own<br />

(C) that every family being allowed to choose<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir own<br />

(D) how families are allowed choosing each<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir own<br />

(E) how <strong>the</strong> choices of families are made on<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir own<br />

12. Discovering a wide spectrum of cultural events in a<br />

rural town is not as easy as it is in a college town.<br />

(A) it is<br />

(B) is that<br />

( C) <strong>for</strong> those<br />

(D) <strong>for</strong> that<br />

(E) are those<br />

13. Bias in <strong>the</strong> media, already apparent due to <strong>the</strong><br />

influence oflarge conglomerates, threaten to<br />

become even more serious when journalists are<br />

afraid to write articles that contradict <strong>the</strong>ir editors'<br />

opinions.<br />

(A) already apparent due to <strong>the</strong> influence of large<br />

conglomerates, threaten<br />

(B) already apparent due to <strong>the</strong> influence oflarge<br />

conglomerates, threatens<br />

(C) already more apparent due to large<br />

conglomerates, threatens<br />

(D) having been made apparent by <strong>the</strong> influence<br />

of large conglomerates, threaten<br />

(E) after having been made apparent by large<br />

conglomerates, threaten<br />

14. As a student at Highland Park High School, L. I. Smith<br />

became a serious competitor in various sports, which<br />

ultimately led to a high-paying NFL career.<br />

(A) L. J. Smith became a serious competitor in<br />

various sports, which ultimately led to<br />

(B) L. J. Smith's competition in various sports<br />

became both serious and it ultimately led<br />

him to<br />

(C) where L. J. Smith became a serious competitor<br />

in various sports, ultimately leading him to<br />

(D) L. J. Smith became a serious competitor in<br />

various sports, having led him ultimately to<br />

(E) where he became a serious competitor in<br />

various sports, L. J. Smith, as a result,<br />

ultimately went on to<br />

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