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Section 91<br />

Practice Test Two<br />

1 89<br />

4. Like most <strong>for</strong>eigners, <strong>the</strong> city's local customs<br />

baffled <strong>the</strong> Greg <strong>for</strong> a few days.<br />

(A) <strong>the</strong> city's local customs baffled <strong>the</strong> Greg<br />

(B) <strong>the</strong> local customs of <strong>the</strong> city baffling Greg<br />

(C) Greg was baffled by <strong>the</strong> city's local customs<br />

(D) Greg, who found <strong>the</strong> city's local customs<br />

baffling<br />

(E) <strong>the</strong>re were local customs in <strong>the</strong> city which<br />

confused Greg<br />

5. D.H. Lawrence, one of <strong>the</strong> most prolific novelists<br />

of his time, writing more than 40 volumes of<br />

fiction, poetry, and drama from 1911 to 1930.<br />

(A) time, writing more than 40 volumes of<br />

fiction, poetry, and drama from 1911 to 1930<br />

(B) time, writing m9re than 40 volumes, which<br />

he wrote from 1911 to 1930 in <strong>the</strong> areas of<br />

fiction, poetry, and drama<br />

(C) time, and he wrote more than 40 volumes of<br />

fiction, poetry, and drama from 1911 to 1930<br />

(D) time, wrote more than 40 volumes of fiction,<br />

poetry, and drama from 1911 to 1930<br />

(E) time, his fiction, poetry, and drama<br />

amounting to more than 40 volumes from<br />

1911 to 1930<br />

6. The more you run at high altitudes, <strong>the</strong> more<br />

our bodies and lungs will acclimate to changing<br />

elevations.<br />

(A) The more you run at high altitudes<br />

(B) The more we run at high altitudes<br />

( C) The more high altitudes run<br />

(D) As <strong>the</strong> running at high altitudes increases<br />

(E) As people run more at high altitudes<br />

7. Universities today offer a large number of courses,<br />

and it has improved <strong>the</strong> quality of education.<br />

(A) a large number of courses, and it has<br />

(B) a great deal of courses, and that is<br />

(C) so many courses; it is, <strong>the</strong>re<strong>for</strong>e<br />

(D) so many courses that <strong>the</strong>y have<br />

(E) so many courses, which <strong>the</strong>y have been<br />

8. Classic cinema, such as <strong>the</strong> French new wave<br />

films or <strong>the</strong> movies of Stanley Kubrick, remains<br />

important by <strong>the</strong>ir speaking personally and<br />

creatively to each generation of film buffs.<br />

(A) by <strong>the</strong>ir speaking personally and creatively<br />

(B) by its speaking personal and creative<br />

(C) because it speaks personally and creatively<br />

(D) because of speaking personal and creative<br />

(E) since <strong>the</strong>y speak with personality and<br />

creativeness<br />

9. A police officer was sent out to verify <strong>the</strong> claiming<br />

of a witness's that he had found <strong>the</strong> murder<br />

weapon on his street.<br />

(A) <strong>the</strong> claiming of a witness's that<br />

(B) a witness's claim that<br />

( C) <strong>the</strong> claiming of a witness<br />

(D) that a witness who claimed<br />

(E) <strong>the</strong> witness claim saying<br />

10. Many homeowners in <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn states use a<br />

window sealant <strong>for</strong> it will prevent heat loss in <strong>the</strong><br />

winter.<br />

(A) <strong>for</strong> it will prevent<br />

(B) in which it will prevent<br />

(C) that prevents<br />

(D) <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> prevention of<br />

(E) being able to prevent<br />

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