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Section 31<br />

Practice Test Ten<br />

861<br />

Directions: The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of <strong>the</strong> passage need to be rewritten.<br />

Read <strong>the</strong> passage and select <strong>the</strong> best answer <strong>for</strong> each question that follows. Some questions are about particular<br />

sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. O<strong>the</strong>r questions ask<br />

you to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow <strong>the</strong> conventions of standard written<br />

English.<br />

Questions 30-35 are based on <strong>the</strong> following passage.<br />

(1) When I visited England last year, I wanted to<br />

attend a football match (football in England is what<br />

is called soccer in <strong>the</strong> United States). (2) My mo<strong>the</strong>r<br />

wouldn't let me. (3) She tells me, "The fans are much<br />

too violent." (4) I really wanted to go so I did some<br />

research on English fans' violence.<br />

(5) Through my research I realized that my mo<strong>the</strong>r<br />

would never let me go to a game. (6) But beyond that, I<br />

felt sad that hooliganism was such a reality in England.<br />

(7) They cause riots, and innocent football fans are<br />

sometimes injured by <strong>the</strong>m when football-related<br />

fights get out of controL (8) England had tried all sorts<br />

of remedies to stop <strong>the</strong> violence. (9) They couldn't<br />

stop hooliganism from increasing. (IO) The English<br />

tried creating lists of people banned from stadiums.<br />

(11) At international matches some known hooligans<br />

weren't even allowed into <strong>the</strong> country. (12) Some say<br />

that <strong>the</strong> older generation of hooligans was teaching <strong>the</strong><br />

younger. (13) It is just human nature and crowd mentality.<br />

(14) But <strong>the</strong>re was an argument that rang even<br />

more true <strong>for</strong> me: poverty was an underlying cause.<br />

(15) Economic data indicating that <strong>the</strong> football teams<br />

with <strong>the</strong> highest rate of violence were situated in <strong>the</strong><br />

poorest areas.<br />

30. In context, which is <strong>the</strong> best version of <strong>the</strong><br />

underlined portion of sentence 3 (reproduced<br />

below)?<br />

She tells me, "The fa ns are much too violent."<br />

(A) (As it is now)<br />

(B) My mo<strong>the</strong>r tells me,<br />

(C) This was because she tells me,<br />

(D) She told me,<br />

(E) She suggested:<br />

31. In context, which is <strong>the</strong> best version of <strong>the</strong><br />

underlined portion of sentence 7 (reproduced<br />

below)?<br />

They cause riots, and innocent football fa ns are<br />

sometimes injured by <strong>the</strong>m when football-related<br />

fights get out of control.<br />

(A) (As it is now)<br />

(B) They caused riots, and innocent football fans<br />

were sometimes injured by <strong>the</strong>m<br />

(C) Causing riots and injuring innocent football<br />

fans, <strong>the</strong> hooligans caused problems<br />

(D) The hooligans cause riots and sometimes<br />

injure innocent football fans<br />

(E) Innocent football fans sometimes cause riots<br />

and are injured<br />

32. In context, which is <strong>the</strong> best version of <strong>the</strong><br />

underlined portions of sentences 8 and 9<br />

(reproduced below)?<br />

England had tried all sorts of remedies to stop <strong>the</strong><br />

violence. They couldn't stop hooliganism from<br />

increasing.<br />

(A) (As it is now)<br />

(B) England had tried all sorts of remedies to<br />

stop <strong>the</strong> violence, and it couldn't stop<br />

( C) England had tried all sorts of remedies to<br />

stop <strong>the</strong> violence, but it couldn't stop<br />

(D) Although England had tried all sorts of remedies<br />

to stop <strong>the</strong> violence, <strong>the</strong>y also stopped<br />

(E) It seems that England tried all sorts of remedies,<br />

but it couldn't stop <strong>the</strong> violence and<br />

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