12.Practice.Tests.for.the.SAT_2015-2016_1128p

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Practice Test Two
SECTION 9
Time-10 Minutes
14 Questions
Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and fill in the
corresponding oval on the answer sheet.
The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire
sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A)
repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a
better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice (A); if not, select one of the other choices.
In making your selection, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar,
choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation. Your selection should result in the most effective
sentence-clear and precise, without awkwardness or ambiguity.
EXAMPLE:
Every apple in the baskets are ripe and labeled according to the date it was picked.
(A) are ripe and labeled according to the date it was picked
(B) is ripe and labeled according to the date it was picked
( C) are ripe and labeled according to the date they were picked
(D) is ripe and labeled according to the date they were picked
(E) are ripe and labeled as to the date it was picked
ANSWER:
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1. For as many as nine months and more, Thad
Carthart lived in Paris.
(A) For as many as nine months and more
(B) For not much more than about nine months
( C) For a little over nine months and more
(D) For nine months and then some
(E) For more than nine months
2. The daily responsibilities of a law student are often
as strenuous as a medical student.
(A) as a medical student
(B) as those of a medical student
( C) like a medical student
(D) such as a medical student
(E) like a medical student's
3. This year's high school tennis championships, held
in Nebraska, were won by a Michigan team from
Grand Rapids, and there were six Grand Rapids
triumphs and no losses.
(A) Grand Rapids, and there were six Grand
Rapids triumphs and no losses
(B) Grand Rapids, which had six triumphs and
no losses
( C) Grand Rapids, having six triumphs and with
no losses
(D) Grand Rapids, which was triumphant six
times and no losses
(E) Grand Rapids; it was won by six triumphs
and no losses
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