Question 1

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Sentence Call us with a request for pickup and delivery, and can instantly contact the Jitney van nearest you.

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

Aand can instantly

Band they can instantly

Cand we can instantly

Dand I can instantly

Eand he can instantly

Answer : C

Question 2

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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.

Ashort on hot, sunny

Bshort, as a result, on hot, sunny

Cshort. Hot, sunny

Dshort. Because on hot, sunny

Eshort. On hot, sunny

Answer : E

Question 3

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Questions 44 through 50 refer to the following information.

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Comics: A Window on Life

(A)

AWhen 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't miss much about how people live their lives.
(B)
(8) A popular comic strip subject is family life. (9) Strips on the family range from stay-at-home parenting with all its joys and trials to when the kids went to a restaurant with all the things that can go wrong there. (10) Some strips deal with sibling relationships. (11) Others explore adolescence and the stresses of children becoming more independent. (12) The humorous look at the role of husbands and wives in the family also makes for interesting reading.
(C)
(13) Pets have been playing an important role in comic strips. (14) Sometimes they are secondary to the human characters, the family dog, or rabbit, but sometimes it is the whole point of the strip. (15) Who can resist a cynical self-centered cat or a lolloping, brainless dog, especially if it gets the better of the humans?
(D)
(16) Comic strips allow people to laugh at themselves and their very human failings. (17) A little light is brought into our lives by them for a brief moment each day. (18) They are also a barometer of popular culture, telling what the social trends are and how some people regard them. (19) If the comic strips suddenly disappeared from the newspapers, society would lose a valuable piece of its culture.
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Sentence This amazed me because I believed that comics was for the young.
Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

Abelieved that comics was

Bbelieve that comics was

Cbelieve what comics was

Dbelieved that comics were

Ebelieve that comics had been

Answer : D

Question 4

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Sentence 10: If you are having any questions or be needing additional information, please contact me.

The most effective revision of sentence 10 would begin with which group of words?

AIf you have any questions or need

BIf you had any questions or need

CNeeding additional information or if you were having

DPlease, if questions you have

EIf you were having any questions or were needing

Answer : A

Question 5

Sentence 1But no matter what other elements are added, this metal remains a symbol of beauty, power, love, and fidelity.

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

Aadded, this

Badded such

Cadded and this

Dadded,

Eadded, their

Answer : A

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