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Section 9
Practice Test One
8. Marathoners train for years to turn their bodies
into a highly efficient machine.
(A) to turn their bodies into a highly efficient
machine
(B) to turn his or her body into highly efficient
machines
(C) in turning their bodies into a highly efficient
machine
(D) turning their bodies into what could be called
a highly efficient machine
(E) to turn their bodies into highly efficient
machines
9. Renaissance sculptures were often placed in
elevated positions, so artists made adjustments
to account for one's position and your resulting
perspective.
(A) to account for one's position and your resulting
perspective
(B) which were accounting for one's position and
resulting perspective
(C) to account for one's position and resulting
perspective
(D) to account for their position and your resulting
perspective
(E) accounting for your position and thus, consequently
your resulting perspective
10. During the power outage, machines malfunctioned
throughout the factory, and it therefore prevented
all production.
(A) factory, and it therefore prevented all
production
(B) factory and thereby preventing it from all
production
( C) factory, by which all production was thereby
prevented
(D) factory, and thereby this had all production
prevented
(E) factory, preventing all production
11. Having lived away from home for many years, that
his parents did not visit him disappointed Tames
extremely.
(A) that his parents did not visit him disappointed
James extremely
(B) James's extreme disappointment resulted
from his parents' not visiting him
(C) James was extremely disappointed that his
parents did not visit him
(D) James's extreme disappointment at his
parents' failing to visit
(E) his parents' failing to visit was an extreme
disappointment to James
12. Analysts say that the companies' projected annual
profit, which is $10 million less than expected and
$15 million less than the previous year, is a severe
disappointment to stockholders.
(A) which is $10 million less than expected and
$15 million less than
(B) estimated $10 million lower than expected
while having fallen $15 million from
(C) with an amount $10 million less than expected
as well as $15 million less than that of
(D) $10 million less than expected, and it
amounts to $15 million less than
(E) being $10 million less than expected and $15
million less than measured from
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