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Sentence Correction #8

Saturday, July 15, 2006


A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.


(A) believed to be


(B) and that is believed to be


(C) and it is believed to have been


(D) which was, it is believed,


(E) which is believed to be


Note: Post your answer along with an explanation if required. Highlight this note to check your answer. Answer: C

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Sentence Correction #7


A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.


(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess


(B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing


(C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing


(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess


(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,


Note: Post your answer along with an explanation if required. Highlight this note to check your answer. Answer: D

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Sentence Correction #6


A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.


(A) flames spreading


(B) flame spreads


(C) flames are caused to spread


(D) causing flames to spread


(E) causing spreading of the flames


Note: Post your answer along with an explanation if required. Highlight this note to check your answer. Answer: D

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Critical Reasoning #8


Dear Applicant:
Thank you for your application. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer you a position in our local government office for the summer. As you know, funding for summer jobs is limited, and it is impossible for us to offer jobs to all those who want them. Consequently, we are forced to reject many highly qualified applicants.


Which of the following can be inferred from the letter?
(A) The number of applicants for summer jobs in the government office exceeded the number of summer jobs available.
(B) The applicant who received the letter was considered highly qualified.
(C) Very little funding was available for summer jobs in the government office.
(D) The application of the person who received the letter was considered carefully before being rejected.
(E) Most of those who applied for summer jobs were considered qualified for the available positions.


Note: Post your answer along with an explanation if required. Highlight this note to check your answer. Answer: A



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Critical Reasoning #7


If A, then B.
If B, then C.
If C, then D.


If all of the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?
(A) If D, then A.
(B) If not B, then not C.
(C) If not D, then not A.
(D) If D, then E.
(E) If not A, then not D.


Note: Post your answer along with an explanation if required. Highlight this note to check your answer. Answer: C

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Critical Reasoning #6


A law requiring companies to offer employees unpaid time off to care for their children will harm the economic competitiveness of our nation's businesses. Companies must be free to set their own employment policies without mandated parental-leave regulations.


Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion of the argument above?
(A) A parental-leave law will serve to strengthen the family as a social institution in this country.
(B) Many businesses in this country already offer employees some form of parental leave.
(C) Some of the countries with the most economically competitive businesses have strong parental-leave regulations.
(D) Only companies with one hundred or more employees would be subject to the proposed parental-leave law.
(E) In most polls, a majority of citizens say they favor passage of a parental-leave law.


Note: Post your answer along with an explanation if required. Highlight this note to check your answer. Answer: C



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Passage #3

Saturday, July 08, 2006


Passage:


No very satisfactory account of the mechanism that caused the formation of the ocean basins has yet been given. The traditional view supposes that the upper mantle of the earth behaves as a liquid when it is subjected to small forces for long periods and that differences in temperature under oceans and continents are sufficient to produce convection in the mantle of the earth with rising convection currents under the mid-ocean ridges and sinking currents under the continents. Theoretically, this convection would carry the continental plates along as though they were on a conveyor belt and would provide the forces needed to produce the split that occurs along the ridge. This view may be correct: it has the advantage that the currents are driven by temperature differences that themselves depend on the position of the continents. Such a back-coupling, in which the position of the moving plate has an impact on the forces that move it, could produce complicated and varying motions.


On the other hand, the theory is implausible because convection does not normally occur along lines, and it certainly does not occur along lines broken by frequent offsets or changes in direction, as the ridge is. Also it is difficult to see how the theory applies to the plate between the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the ridge in the Indian Ocean. This plate is growing on both sides, and since there is no intermediate trench, the two ridges must be moving apart. It would be odd if the rising convection currents kept exact pace with them. An alternative theory is that the sinking part of the plate, which is denser than the hotter surrounding mantle, pulls the rest of the plate after it. Again it is difficult to see how this applies to the ridge in the South Atlantic, where neither the African nor the American plate has a sinking part.


Another possibility is that the sinking plate cools the neighboring mantle and produces convection currents that move the plates. This last theory is attractive because it gives some hope of explaining the enclosed seas, such as the Sea of Japan. These seas have a typical oceanic floor, except that the floor is overlaid by several kilometers of sediment. Their floors have probably been sinking for long periods. It seems possible that a sinking current of cooled mantle material on the upper side of the plate might be the cause of such deep basins. The enclosed seas are an important feature of the earth's surface, and seriously require explanation because, in addition to the enclosed seas that are developing at present behind island arcs, there are a number of older ones of possibly similar origin, such as the Gulf of Mexico, the Black Sea, and perhaps the North Sea.


Questions:


1. According to the traditional view of the origin of the ocean basins, which of the following is sufficient to move the continental plates?



(A) Increases in sedimentation on ocean floors


(B) Spreading of ocean trenches


(C) Movement of mid-ocean ridges


(D) Sinking of ocean basins


(E) Differences in temperature under oceans and continents




2. It can be inferred from the passage that, of the following, the deepest sediments would be found in the



(A) Indian Ocean


(B) Black Sea


(C) Mid-Atlantic


(D) South Atlantic


(E) Pacific




3. The author refers to a "conveyor belt" in order to



(A) illustrate the effects of convection in the mantle


(B) show how temperature differences depend on the positions of the continents


(C) demonstrate the linear nature of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge


(D) describe the complicated motions made possible by back-coupling


(E) account for the rising currents under certain mid-ocean ridges




4. The author regards the traditional view of the origin of the oceans with



(A) slight apprehension


(B) absolute indifference


(C) indignant anger


(D) complete disbelief


(E) guarded skepticism




5. According to the passage, which of the following are separated by a plate that is growing on both sides?



(A) The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan


(B) The South Atlantic Ridge and the North Sea Ridge


(C) The Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic Ridge


(D) The Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Indian Ocean Ridge


(E) The Black Sea and the Sea of Japan




6. Which of the following, if it could be demonstrated, would most support the traditional view of ocean formation?



(A) Convection usually occurs along lines.


(B) The upper mantle behaves as a dense solid.


(C) Sedimentation occurs at a constant rate.


(D) Sinking plates cool the mantle.


(E) Island arcs surround enclosed seas.




7. According to the passage, the floor of the Black Sea can best be compared to a



(A) rapidly moving conveyor belt


(B) slowly settling foundation


(C) rapidly expanding balloon


(D) violently erupting volcano


(E) slowly eroding mountain




8. Which of the following titles would best describe the content of the passage?



(A) A Description of the Oceans of the World


(B) Several Theories of Ocean Basin Formation


(C) The Traditional View of the Oceans


(D) Convection and Ocean Currents


(E) Temperature Differences among the Oceans of the World




Note: Post your answers along with explanations if required. Highlight this note to check your answers. Answers: 1-E, 2-B, 3-A, 4-E, 5-D, 6-A, 7-B, 8-B

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Critical Reasoning #5


Johnson is on firm ground when he asserts that the early editors of Dickinson's poetry often distorted her intentions. Yet Johnson's own, more faithful, text is still guilty of its own forms of distortion. To standardize Dickinson's often indecipherable handwritten punctuation by the use of the dash is to render permanent a casual mode of poetic phrasing that Dickinson surely never expected to see in print. It implies that Dickinson chose the dash as her typical mark of punctuation when, in fact, she apparently never made any definitive choice at all.


Which of the following best summarizes the author's main point?
(A) Although Johnson is right in criticizing Dickinson's early editors for their distortion of her work, his own text is guilty of equally serious distortions.
(B) Johnson's use of the dash in his text of Dickinson's poetry misleads readers about the poet's intentions.
(C) Because Dickinson never expected her poetry to be published, virtually any attempt at editing it must run counter to her intentions.
(D) Although Johnson's attempt to produce a more faithful text of Dickinson's poetry is well-meaning, his study of the material lacks sufficient thoroughness.
(E) Dickinson's editors, including Johnson, have failed to deal adequately with the problem of deciphering Dickinson's handwritten manuscripts.


Note: Post your answer along with an explanation if required. Highlight this note to check your answer. Answer: B



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Critical Reasoning #4


At one time, European and Japanese companies tried to imitate their American rivals. Today, American appliance manufacturers import European scientists to lead their research staffs; American automakers design cars that mimic the styling of German, Italian, and French imports; and American electronics firms boast in their advertising of "Japanese-style" devotion to quality and reliability. In the world of high technology, America has lost the battle for international prestige.


Each of the following statements, if true, would help to support the claim above EXCEPT:
(A) An American camera company claims in its promotional literature to produce cameras "as fine as the best Swiss imports."
(B) An American maker of stereo components designs its products to resemble those of a popular Japanese firm.
(C) An American manufacturer of video games uses a brand name chosen because it sounds like a Japanese word.
(D) An American maker of televisions studies German-made televisions in order to adopt German manufacturing techniques.
(E) An American maker of frozen foods advertises its dinners as "Real European-style entrees prepared by fine French and Italian chefs."


Note: Post your answer along with an explanation if required. Highlight this note to check your answer. Answer: E



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Sentence Correction #5


A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.


(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom


(B) that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him


(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him


(D) some Black's returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom


(E) some Black's return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa


Note: Post your answer along with an explanation if required. Highlight this note to check your answer. Answer: A

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Critical Reasoning #3


As part of our program to halt the influx of illegal immigrants, the administration is proposing the creation of a national identity card. The card would be available only to U.S. citizens and to registered aliens, and all persons would be required to produce the card before they could be given a job. Of course, such a system holds the potential, however slight, for the abuse of civil liberties. Therefore, all personal information gathered through this system would be held strictly confidential, to be released only by authorized personnel under appropriate circumstances. Those who are in compliance with U.S. laws would have nothing to fear from the identity card system.


In evaluating the above proposal, a person concerned about the misuse of confidential information would be most interested in having the author clarify the meaning of which of the following phrases?
(A) "all persons"
(B) "however slight"
(C) "civil liberties"
(D) "appropriate circumstances"
(E) "U.S. laws"


Note: Post your answer along with an explanation if required. Highlight this note to check your answer. Answer: D



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Sentence Correction #4


A common disability in test pilots is hearing impairment, a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time.


(A) a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time


(B) a consequence from sitting for long periods of time too near to large jet engines


(C) a consequence which resulted from sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time


(D) damaged from sitting too near to large jet engines for long periods of time


(E) damaged because they sat too close to large jet engines for long periods of time


Note: Post your answer along with an explanation if required. Highlight this note to check your answer. Answer: A



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Passage #2


Passage:


Woodrow Wilson was referring to the liberal idea of the economic market when he said that the free enterprise system is the most efficient economic system. Maximum freedom means maximum productiveness; our "openness" is to be the measure of our stability. Fascination with this ideal has made Americans defy the "Old World" categories of settled possessiveness versus unsettling deprivation, the cupidity of retention versus the cupidity of seizure, a "status quo" defended or attacked. The United States, it was believed, had no status quo ante. Our only "station" was the turning of a stationary wheel, spinning faster and faster. We did not base our system on property but opportunity-which meant we based it not on stability but on mobility. The more things changed, that is, the more rapidly the wheel turned, the steadier we would be. The conventional picture of class politics is composed of the Haves, who want a stability to keep what they have, and the Have-Nots, who want a touch of instability and change in which to scramble for the things they have not. But Americans imagined a condition in which speculators, self-makers, runners are always using the new opportunities given by our land. These economic leaders (front-runners) would thus be mainly agents of change. The nonstarters were considered the ones who wanted stability, a strong referee to give them some position in the race, a regulative hand to calm manic speculation; an authority that can call things to a halt, begin things again from compensatorily staggered "starting lines."


"Reform" in America has been sterile because it can imagine no change except through the extension of this metaphor of a race, wider inclusion of competitors, "a piece of the action," as it were, for the disenfranchised. There is no attempt to call off the race. Since our only stability is change, America seems not to honor the quiet work that achieves social interdependence and stability. There is, in our legends, no heroism of the office clerk, no stable industrial work force of the people who actually make the system work. There is no pride in being an employee (Wilson asked for a return to the time when everyone was an employer). There has been no boasting about our social workers-they are merely signs of the system's failure, of opportunity denied or not taken, of things to be eliminated. We have no pride in our growing interdependence, in the fact that our system can serve others, that we are able to help those in need; empty boasts from the past make us ashamed of our present achievements, make us try to forget or deny them, move away from them. There is no honor but in the Wonderland race we must all run, all trying to win, none winning in the end (for there is no end).


Questions:


1. The primary purpose of the passage is to



(A) criticize the inflexibility of American economic mythology


(B) contrast "Old World" and "New World" economic ideologies


(C) challenge the integrity of traditional political leaders


(D) champion those Americans whom the author deems to be neglected


(E) suggest a substitute for the traditional metaphor of a race




2. According to the passage, "Old World" values were based on



(A) ability


(B) property


(C) family connections


(D) guild hierarchies


(E) education




3. In the context of the author's discussion of regulating change, which of the following could be most probably regarded as a "strong referee" in the United States?



(A) A school principal


(B) A political theorist


(C) A federal court judge


(D) A social worker


(E) A government inspector




4. The author sets off the word "Reform" with quotation marks in order to



(A) emphasize its departure from the concept of settled possessiveness


(B) show his support for a systematic program of change


(C) underscore the flexibility and even amorphousness of United States society


(D) indicate that the term was one of Wilson's favorites


(E) assert that reform in the United States has not been fundamental




5. It can be inferred from the passage that the author most probably thinks that giving the disenfranchised "a piece of the action" is



(A) a compassionate, if misdirected, legislative measure


(B) an example of Americans' resistance to profound social change


(C) an innovative program for genuine social reform


(D) a monument to the efforts of industrial reformers


(E) a surprisingly "Old World" remedy for social ills




6. Which of the following metaphors could the author most appropriately use to summarize his own assessment of the American economic system?



(A) A windmill


(B) A waterfall


(C) A treadmill


(D) A gyroscope


(E) A bellows




7. It can be inferred from the passage that Woodrow Wilson's ideas about the economic market



(A) encouraged those who "make the system work"


(B) perpetuated traditional legends about America


(C) revealed the prejudices of a man born wealthy


(D) foreshadowed the stock market crash of 1929


(E) began a tradition of presidential proclamations on economics




8. The passage contains information that would answer which of the following questions?


I. What techniques have industrialists used to manipulate a free market?


II. In what ways are "New World" and "Old World" economic policies similar?


III. Has economic policy in the United States tended to reward independent action?



(A) I only


(B) II only


(C) III only


(D) I and II only


(E) II and III only




9. Which of the following best expresses the author's main point?



(A) Americans' pride in their jobs continues to give them stamina today.


(B) The absence of a status quo ante has undermined United States economic structure.


(C) The free enterprise system has been only a useless concept in the United States.


(D) The myth of the American free enterprise system is seriously flawed.


(E) Fascination with the ideal of "openness" has made Americans a progressive people.




Note: Post your answers along with explanations if required. Highlight this note to check your answers. Answers: 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-E, 5-B, 6-C, 7-B, 8-C, 9-D

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Critical Reasoning #2


Which of the following best completes the passage below?


One tax-reform proposal that has gained increasing support in recent years is the flat tax, which would impose a uniform tax rate on incomes at every level. Opponents of the flat tax say that a progressive tax system, which levies a higher rate of taxes on higher-income taxpayers, is fairer, placing the greater burden on those better able to bear it. However, the present crazy quilt of tax deductions, exemptions, credits, and loopholes benefits primarily the high-income taxpayer, who is consequently able to reduce his or her effective tax rate, often to a level below that paid by the lower-income taxpayer. Therefore, ______


(A) higher-income taxpayers are likely to lend their support to the flat-tax proposal now being considered by Congress
(B) a flat-tax system that allowed no deductions or exemptions would substantially increase actual government revenues
(C) the lower-income taxpayer might well be penalized by the institution of a flat-tax system in this country
(D) the progressive nature of our present tax system is more illusory than real
(E) the flat tax would actually be fairer to the lower-income taxpayer than any progressive tax system could be


Note: Post your answer along with an explanation if required. Highlight this note to check your answer. Answer: D

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Critical Reasoning #1

Friday, July 07, 2006


Mr. Janeck: I don't believe Stevenson will win the election for governor. Few voters are willing to elect a businessman with no political experience to such a responsible public office.
Ms. Siuzdak: You're wrong. The experience of running a major corporation is a valuable preparation for the task of running a state government.


Ms. Siuzdak's response shows that she has interpreted Mr. Janeck's remark to imply which of the following?
(A) Mr. Janeck considers Stevenson unqualified for the office of governor.
(B) No candidate without political experience has ever been elected governor of a state.
(C) Mr. Janeck believes that political leadership and business leadership are closely analogous.
(D) A career spent in the pursuit of profit can be an impediment to one's ability to run a state government fairly.
(E) Voters generally overestimate the value of political experience when selecting a candidate.


Note: Post your answer along with an explanation if required. Highlight this note to check your answer. Answer: A

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Passage #1



Passage:


Recent years have brought minority-owned businesses in the United States unprecedented opportunities-as well as new and significant risks. Civil rights activists have long argued that one of the principal reasons why Blacks, Hispanics, and other minority groups have difficulty establishing themselves in business is that they lack access to the sizable orders and subcontracts that are generated by large companies. Now Congress, in apparent agreement, has required by law that businesses awarded federal contracts of more than $500,000 do their best to find minority subcontractors and record their efforts to do so on forms filed with the government. Indeed, some federal and local agencies have gone so far as to set specific percentage goals for apportioning parts of public works contracts to minority enterprises.


Corporate response appears to have been substantial. According to figures collected in 1977, the total of corporate contracts with minority businesses rose from $77 million in 1972 to $1.1 billion in 1977. The projected total of corporate contracts with minority businesses for the early 1980's is estimated to be over 53 billion per year with no letup anticipated in the next decade. Promising as it is for minority businesses, this increased patronage poses dangers for them, too. First, minority firms risk expanding too fast and overextending themselves financially, since most are small concerns and, unlike large businesses, they often need to make substantial investments in new plants, staff, equipment, and the like in order to perform work subcontracted to them. If, thereafter, their subcontracts are for some reason reduced, such firms can face potentially crippling fixed expenses. The world of corporate purchasing can be frustrating for small entrepreneurs who get requests for elaborate formal estimates and bids. Both consume valuable time and resources, and a small company's efforts must soon result in orders, or both the morale and the financial health of the business will suffer.


A second risk is that White-owned companies may seek to cash in on the increasing apportionments through formation of joint ventures with minority-owned concerns. Of course, in many instances there are legitimate reasons for joint ventures; clearly, White and minority enterprises can team up to acquire business that neither could acquire alone. But civil rights groups and minority business owners have complained to Congress about minorities being set up as "fronts" with White backing, rather than being accepted as full partners in legitimate joint ventures.


Third, a minority enterprise that secures the business of one large corporate customer often runs the danger of becoming-and remaining-dependent. Even in the best of circumstances, fierce competition from larger, more established companies makes it difficult for small concerns to broaden their customer bases: when such firms have nearly guaranteed orders from a single corporate benefactor, they may truly have to struggle against complacency arising from their current success.


Questions:


1. The primary purpose of the passage is to



(A) present a commonplace idea and its inaccuracies


(B) describe a situation and its potential drawbacks


(C) propose a temporary solution to a problem


(D) analyze a frequent source of disagreement


(E) explore the implications of a finding




2. The passage supplies information that would answer which of the following questions?



(A) What federal agencies have set percentage goals for the use of minority-owned businesses in public works contracts?


(B) To which government agencies must businesses awarded federal contracts report their efforts to find minority subcontractors?


(C) How widespread is the use of minority-owned concerns as "fronts" by White backers seeking to obtain subcontracts?


(D) How many more minority-owned businesses were there in 1977 than in 1972?


(E) What is one set of conditions under which a small business might find itself financially overextended?




3. According to the passage, civil rights activists maintain that one disadvantage under which minority-owned businesses have traditionally had to labor is that they have



(A) been especially vulnerable to governmental mismanagement of the economy


(B) been denied bank loans at rates comparable to those afforded larger competitors


(C) not had sufficient opportunity to secure business created by large corporations


(D) not been able to advertise in those media that reach large numbers of potential customers


(E) not had adequate representation in the centers of government power




4. The passage suggests that the failure of a large business to have its bids for subcontracts result quickly in orders might cause it to



(A) experience frustration but not serious financial harm


(B) face potentially crippling fixed expenses


(C) have to record its efforts on forms filed with the government


(D) increase its spending with minority subcontractors


(E) revise its procedure for making bids for federal contracts and subcontracts




5. The author implies that a minority-owned concern that does the greater part of its business with one large corporate customer should



(A) avoid competition with larger, more established concerns by not expanding


(B) concentrate on securing even more business from that corporation


(C) try to expand its customer base to avoid becoming dependent on the corporation


(D) pass on some of the work to be done for the corporation to other minority-owned concerns


(E) use its influence with the corporation to promote subcontracting with other minority concerns




6. It can be inferred from the passage that, compared with the requirements of law, the percentage goals set by "some federal and local agencies" are



(A) more popular with large corporations


(B) more specific


(C) less controversial


(D) less expensive to enforce


(E) easier to comply with




7. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the author's assertion that, in the 1970's, corporate response to federal requirements was substantial



(A) Corporate contracts with minority-owned businesses totaled $2 billion in 1979.


(B) Between 1970 and 1972, corporate contracts with minority-owned businesses declined by 25 percent.


(C) The figures collected in 1977 underrepresented the extent of corporate contracts with minority-owned businesses.


(D) The estimate of corporate spending with minority-owned businesses in 1980 is approximately $10 million too high.


(E) The $1.1 billion represented the same percentage of total corporate spending in 1977 as did $77 million in 1972.




8. The author would most likely agree with which of the following statements about corporate response to working with minority subcontractors?



(A) Annoyed by the proliferation of "front" organizations, corporations are likely to reduce their efforts to work with minority-owned subcontractors in the near future.


(B) Although corporations showed considerable interest in working with minority businesses in the 1970's, their aversion to government paperwork made them reluctant to pursue many government contracts.


(C) The significant response of corporations in the 1970's is likely to be sustained and conceivably be increased throughout the 1980's.


(D) Although corporations are eager to cooperate with minority-owned businesses, a shortage of capital in the 1970's made substantial response impossible.


(E) The enormous corporate response has all but eliminated the dangers of over-expansion that used to plague small minority-owned businesses.




Note: Post your answers along with explanations if required. Highlight this note to check your answers. Answers: 1-B, 2-E, 3-C, 4-A, 5-C, 6-B, 7-E, 8-C

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Sentence Correction #3


A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770's, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.


(A) it was only the second published by an American woman


(B) it was only the second that an American woman published


(C) the second one only published by an American woman


(D) the second one only that an American woman published


(E) only the second published by an American woman


Post your answer along with an explanation. Highlight this sentence with mouse, to see the correct option. Answer: E




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Sentence Correction #2

Wednesday, July 05, 2006


A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.


(A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump


(B) reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping


(C) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump


(D) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump


(E) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities


Post your answer along with an explanation. Highlight this sentence with mouse, to see the correct option. Answer: A



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Sentence Correction #1


A "calendar stick" carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.


(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them


(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them


(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them


(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based


(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based




Post your answer along with an explanation. Highlight this sentence with mouse, to see the correct option. Answer: E



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