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ANSWERS AND COMPLETE
EXPLANATIONS FOR PRACTICE TEST 3
Section I: Reading
1. D. If you read the entry for “Infinitive,” you find the phrase used as for all of these answers
except subjunctive.
2. C. Under the word in you find a reference to its use “after a superlative.” Since words like
best and worst are superlatives, the correct answer is page 126.
3. D. The author’s entire argument is based on the recent studies indicating a downward
trend in aptitude test scores. By extension, the author must assume that such studies are
accurate.
4. A. The phrase bowl of oatmeal is used sarcastically to condemn the actions of the City
Council. Choice B is not correct as the situation is certainly not tragic.
5. B. The subject of the paragraph is the increased availability of herbs, not the increased
popularity of the Internet. The third sentence should be deleted to improve the paragraph.
6. C. Since the fifth sentence speaks of “several reasons” and the sixth begins with “One is,”
you can expect the seventh sentence to begin with a phrase like “The second is” or “And
another is.” The four other choices do not fit nearly as well. In addition, they have several
stylistic flaws or inconsistencies. Choice A uses the slang phrase “turned on;” choice B introduces
the pronoun “You,” which has not been used elsewhere in the paragraph. Choice
D is redundant (“doctors” are “medical practitioners” and “larger” and “greater” are
alike). Choice E is a sentence fragment; it has no subject.
7. D. The first sentence should begin with a word that signals a contrast, since the passage is
moving to the other side of the argument, the case for herbs. The next sentence gives a
second example, so it should begin with a word or phrase like “Furthermore” or
“Additionally.”
8. A. Both choices A and D give adequate summaries of the first paragraph, but only choice
A correctly refers to both the pros and cons of herbs given in the second.
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