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Section 91<br />

Practice Test Four 363<br />

SECTION 9<br />

Time-10 Minutes<br />

14 Questions<br />

Directions: For each question in this section, select <strong>the</strong> best answer from among <strong>the</strong> choices given and fill in <strong>the</strong><br />

corresponding oval on <strong>the</strong> answer sheet.<br />

The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or <strong>the</strong> entire<br />

sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing <strong>the</strong> underlined material. Choice (A)<br />

repeats <strong>the</strong> original phrasing; <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r four choices are different. If you think <strong>the</strong> original phrasing produces a<br />

better sentence than any of <strong>the</strong> alternatives, select choice (A); if not, select one of <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r choices.<br />

In making your selection, follow <strong>the</strong> requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar,<br />

choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation. Your selection should result in <strong>the</strong> most effective<br />

sentence-clear and precise, without awkwardness or ambiguity.<br />

EXAMPLE:<br />

Every apple in <strong>the</strong> baskets are ripe and labeled according to <strong>the</strong> date it was picked.<br />

(A) are ripe and labeled according to <strong>the</strong> date it was picked<br />

(B) is ripe and labeled according to <strong>the</strong> date it was picked<br />

(C) are ripe and labeled according to <strong>the</strong> date <strong>the</strong>y were picked<br />

(D) is ripe and labeled according to <strong>the</strong> date <strong>the</strong>y were picked<br />

(E) are ripe and labeled as to <strong>the</strong> date it was picked<br />

ANSWER:<br />

@•©@ ©<br />

1. Biographers should portray <strong>the</strong>ir subject in a<br />

historical context, but <strong>the</strong>y should also include<br />

a discussion of <strong>the</strong> person's human failings and<br />

qualities.<br />

2.<br />

(A) <strong>the</strong>y should also include a discussion of<br />

(B) <strong>the</strong>y should also discuss<br />

(C) discussing at <strong>the</strong> same time<br />

(D) also <strong>the</strong>y should be trying to discuss<br />

(E) also discussing<br />

The <strong>the</strong>atergoers walked this far, <strong>the</strong>y wanted to<br />

get to <strong>the</strong> opera without paying <strong>for</strong> a taxi.<br />

(A) The <strong>the</strong>atergoers walked this far, <strong>the</strong>y<br />

(B) Although <strong>the</strong>y walked this far, <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>atergoers felt <strong>the</strong>y<br />

(C) Having walked this far, <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>atergoers<br />

(D) To walk this far, <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>atergoers<br />

(E) The <strong>the</strong>atergoers walked this far; so that <strong>the</strong>y<br />

3. Although <strong>the</strong> celebrated cartoonist Charles Schulz<br />

never having wanted his comic strip to be titled<br />

Peanuts, he viewed <strong>the</strong> name as an insult to his<br />

work that, despite humble beginnings, he intended<br />

to be a masterpiece.<br />

(A) Although <strong>the</strong> celebrated cartoonist Charles<br />

Schulz never having wanted his comic strip<br />

to be titled Peanuts, he viewed <strong>the</strong> name<br />

(B) The celebrated cartoonist Charles Schulz<br />

never wanted his comic strip to be titled<br />

Peanuts, he viewed <strong>the</strong> name<br />

(C) Never having wanted his comic strip to be<br />

titled Peanuts, <strong>the</strong> name was viewed by <strong>the</strong><br />

celebrated cartoonist Charles Schulz<br />

(D) The celebrate4 cartoonist Charles Schulz<br />

never wanted his comic strip to be titled<br />

Peanuts; however, regarding <strong>the</strong> name<br />

(E) The celebrated cartoonist Charles Schulz<br />

never wanted his comic strip to be titled<br />

Peanuts because he viewed <strong>the</strong> name<br />

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