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Questions # 71:

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Question # 71

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Sentence 1Are the people of Medford ready to see Marvin’s Hardware, whose owners have been in the same location for more than seventy-five years, dessert its location forever?

Which correction should be made to sentence 11?

Options:

A.

remove the comma after Hardware,


B.

replace whose with who’s


C.

replace dessert with desert


D.

replace its with it’s


E.

no correction is necessary


Questions # 72:

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Comics:A Window on Life

(A)

Options:

A.

When I was a child.B.A clergyman said that he read the comic strips in the daily paper every day.C.This amazed me because I believed that comics was for the young.D.I thought adults considered comics juvenile.E."But no,"he said."Comic strips can give you an insight into the human condition the way people think and behave." (6) Today, most would agree that he will be right.(7) The wide range of topics treated in the daily comic strips doesn’


B.

I was a child.A clergyman


C.

I was a child, a clergyman


D.

I am a child, a clergyman


E.

I was a child, and a clergyman


F.

I was a child, when a clergyman


Questions # 73:

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Ethnic Architecture

(A)

Options:

A.

Here is a question that is not as silly as it sound:Have you ever wondered why houses are shaped the way they are? B.Bringing with them many different ideas about how to build a house, settlers from around the world have come to the United States for centuries.

(B)


B.

Many of us today take for granted certain features of a house and forget that someone had to invent them.D.The veranda, a covered porch that wraps around the front of many southern houses is probably an adaptation of overhanging roofs found all over the world.E.In addition to the veranda, the South is known for its cooking and its hospitality.(6) Long ago, home buildersresponded to hot, humid climates by making the cooling shade of a porch


C.

change peasants to Peasants


D.

replace and with because


E.

replace their with there


F.

replace which with when


G.

replace whether with weather


Questions # 74:

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Question # 74

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Sentence Each year, about 250 fatal poisoning accidents in the United States alone is attributed to CO.

Which correction should be made to sentence 3?

Options:

A.

insert a comma after fatal


B.

change fatal to fatally


C.

insert a comma after alone


D.

change is to are


E.

change attributed to attribute


Questions # 75:

Sentence 16:For plenty of heat through the night, throwing in another large log and leave the damper closed.

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

throwing in another large log and leave


B.

throw in another large log and leave


C.

throwing in another large log, and leaving


D.

throwing in another large log, leave


E.

throw in another large log and leaving


Questions # 76:

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Question # 76

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Sentence Avoid cutting your grass too short on hot, sunny days, the lawn will quickly dry out and burn.

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

short on hot, sunny


B.

short, as a result, on hot, sunny


C.

short.Hot, sunny


D.

short.Because on hot, sunny


E.

short.On hot, sunny


Questions # 77:

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How to Bake a Sicilian Pizza at Home

(A)

Options:

A.

Its almost impossible to bake a Sicilian pizza at home like those pizzas baked in your hometown pizza parlor.B.The reason is that wood-fired brickovens at the pizza parlor generates the intense heat needed to create fine pizza.

(B)


B.

Since the conventional oven at home cannot produce such intense heat, you must use a conventional oven equipped with a pizza stone.D.An oven of this kind preheated for half an hour will make you a very good pizza.

(C)


C.

Generally, you start with the bread dough, putting on some toppings, and bake the pizza in the oven.(6) However, you must first preheat the oven to 500 degrees for at least a half an hour.(7) After preheating the oven divide the dough into four equal balls.(8) There are, however, a few specific steps to follow for successfully making a pizza at home (9) Flatten one of the balls and stretch them with your hands into a circle.(10) Next, place


D.

change start to starting


E.

remove the comma after dough


F.

change putting to put


G.

change bake to to have baked


Questions # 78:

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Question # 78

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Sentence 1 Regular delivery service is $4.00, for any document or package weighing less than three pounds.

Which correction should be made to sentence 14?

Options:

A.

change service to services


B.

remove the comma after $4.00


C.

insert a comma after document


D.

insert a comma after package


E.

no correction is necessary


Questions # 79:

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Question # 79

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Sentence 8:I plan to visit Los Angeles in mid-December, I would hope to arrange an interview with you during that time.

Which is the best way to rewrite the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

mid-December, I would hope


B.

mid-December, and I would hope


C.

mid-December, but I am hoping


D.

mid-December and having to hope


E.

mid-December I would hope


Questions # 80:

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Question # 80

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Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Options:

A.

dedicates himself


B.

dedicated himself


C.

dedicating himself


D.

dedicating, himself


E.

dedicating him self


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