31. Of the following, which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 5 below?
Whatever it is. it seemed that the creature has a burrow under our front porch. (A) (As it is now)
(B) In spite of what it is. it seems that the creature ha (C) The creature, whatever it was, seemingly having ? (D) It would seem, whatever it is, that it would have ' (E) Whatever the creature is, it seems to have
32. In the first paragraph (sentences 1-5), the author is primarily (A) informing the reader about the behavior of skunks (B) providing examples to argue a point (C) ridiculing those who dislike skunks (D) relating a story about personal experiences (E) casting doubt on a common misconception
33. Of the following, which is the best way to revise and combine the underlined portions of sentences 8 and 9 (reproduced below)?
I know that a skunk's Latin name is Mephitis mephitis and that skunks should not be confused with polecats. Getting in a skunk's way, these facts will not help much. (A) polecats, but getting in the way of a skunk (B) polecats, but if you get in a skunk's way
(C) polecats; consequently, if you get in a skunk's way (D) polecats; then, to get in the way of a skunk (E) polecats: getting in a skunk's way
34. Which of the following should be done with sentence 11 (reproduced below)? Evicting a skunk is probably nor a pleasant task. (A) Insert the word \(B) Delete it; the point has already been made.
(C) Move it to the end of the essay as a summary statement. (D) Move it to the end of paragraph I (after sentence 5). (E) Move it to the beginning of the essay as an introduction.
35. The primary effect of the final paragraph (sentences 12 and 13) is to (A) continue the essay's tone of playful humor
(B) summarize the ideas introduced in the preceding paragraph (C) give an example to prove the point of the first paragraph (D) use persuasion to change the reader's opinion (E) explain contradictions within the essay
Section 10
1. For as many as twenty years and more Joseph Conrad lived the life of a sailor. (A)For as many as twenty years and more (B)For not much more than about twenty years (C)For a little over twenty years and more (D)For twenty years and then some (E)For more than twenty years
2.The duties of a firefighter are often as dangerous as a police officer. (A)as a police officer (B)as those of a police officer (C)like a police officer (D)such as a police officer (E)like a police officer's
3. Pearl Buck, one of the most popular writers of her day, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about China. (A)day, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about China
(B)day, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she won in 1938 for her novels about China (C)day, and she won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about China (D)day, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about China (E)day, her novels about China bringing her the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938
4. The first world computer chess championship, held in Stockholm, was won by a Russian computer program called Kaissa, and there were four Kaissa victories and no defeats. (A)Kaissa. and there were four Kaissa victories and no defeats (B)Kaissa, which had four victories and no defeats (C)Kaissa, having four victories and with no defeats (D)Kaissa, which was victorious four times and no defeats (E)Kaissa; it was won by four victories and no defeats
5.Anyone who has high motivation or is reasonably intelligent can learn to play a competent game of chess.
(A)has high motivation or is reasonably intelligent
(B)has either high motivation or else intelligence in reasonable amounts (C)is highly motivated or who has reasonable intelligence instead (D)is highly motivated or reasonably intelligent
(E)has high motivation or else reasonable amounts of intelligence
6. Although Jonathan is very much interested in Mexican culture, he does not speak Spanish and has never visited Mexico. (A)he does not speak Spanish and has never visited Mexico (B)it is without being able to speak Spanish or having visited Medico (C)he does not speak Spanish and has never visited there (D)he does not speak Spanish nor has he ever visited there (E)it is without speaking Spanish nor having visited there
7. The more you eat of convenience foods, the more our taste buds will prefer chemical flavors to natural ones.
(A)The more you eat of convenience foods (B)The more we eat convenience foods (C)The more convenience foods are eaten (D)As the use of convenience foods increases (E)As people eat more convenience foods
8. Having Florence Nightingale as their leader and a growing awareness of the need for cleanliness helped to bring about the establishment of standards of hygiene in hospitals. (A) Having Florence Nightingale as their leader
(B)Having the leadership of Florence Nightingale's (C) Florence Nightingale as their leader (D)To be led by Florence Nightingale (E)The leadership of Florence Nightingale
9. An expedition was sent in 1949 to check a Turkish villager's reporting he had seen the remains of Noah's ark on Mount Ararat. (A)a Turkish villager's reporting (B)the report of a Turkish villager that (C)the reporting of a Turkish villager (D)that a Turkish villager who reported (E)the Turkish villager report saying
10.Many communities in my state are forming neighborhood watch programs, for it will deter criminals.
(A)programs, for it will deter (B)programs, in which it will deter (C)programs that will deter (D)programs for the deterrence of (E)programs being able to deter
11. Friends of Dreiser reported that he was fired from his first job for the reason that his news stories were sympathetic always for the poor. (A)for the reason that his news stories were sympathetic always for the poor (B)since his news stories for the poor that were always sympathetic (C)because his sympathy to the poor was always in his news stories
(D)the fact being that his news stories were always sympathetic about the poor (E)because his news stories were always sympathetic to the poor
12. An article suggests that The Great Gatsby was not read during the 1930's, the reason was that the novel described a lifestyle made extinct and frivolous by the current Great Depression. (A)1930's, the reason was that the novel described a lifestyle made extinct and frivolous (B)1930's, it is describing a lifestyle that was made an extinct and frivolous one
(C)1930's; describing a lifestyle made extinct and frivolous
(D)1930's because the novel described a lifestyle made extinct and frivolous
(E)1930's because its description had been of an extinct and frivolous lifestyle, caused by
13. Computers compiling statistics for scientists have supplied a deluge of information, and it has changed the way that research is conducted. (A)a deluge of information, and it has (B)a great deal of information, and that is (C)so much information; it is, therefore (D)so much information that they have (E)so much information, which they have been
14. Of all the states represented at the conference, the governor of Missouri was the only one to present plans for enforcing the new regulations. (A)the governor of Missouri was the only one to present (B)making the governor from Missouri the only one to present (C)Missouri's governor only presented (D)Missouri's governor presented the only
(E)Missouri was the only one whose governor presented