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* 1. Which sentence does not belong in the following paragraph?

1] Renowned scientist Richard Feynman once said that the atomic theory is the most profound discoveries scientists have made. 2] Feynman was also an accomplished percussionist who could play nine beats with one hand while playing ten with the other! 3] "All things are made of atoms," explained Feynman, "little particles that...move around in perpetual motion, attracting each other when they are a little distance apart, but repelling upon being squeezed into one another." 4] He then made the claim that this idea is one of the most illuminating ideas in the history of science: "In that one sentence, you will see, there is an enormous amount of information about the world, if just a little imagination and thinking are applied."

sentence 3

sentence 4

sentence 1

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* 2. "Use the passage below to answer the following question(s)."

(1)One of the pioneer sculptors of the nineteenth century was Honore Daumier (1810-1879). (2)He is well-known particularly for caricature heads that were created between 1830 and 1832. (3)His later works anticipate the work of Rodin, what with their highly cut-out surfaces offset by studied, flowing poses.
(4)Although Daumier was one of the first modern sculptors, his work did not serve as an influence to later artists. (5)This is because nearly all of the other artists of the time hardly ever got to see any of it. (6)This is also true of the sculpture of Degas, who was known as a painter rather than a sculptor, and whose sculpture also was not widely exhibited at the time. (7)And yet, Degas was clearly the greatest sculptor of the era. (8)His bronze casts of dancers and horses retain the layered feeling of the wax models that were their first versions. (9)His more complex scenes seem like crosses between sculpture and painting. (10)When looked at more closely, they display a feeling of mass that the painted canvas cannot by itself convey. (11)It is the interplay between the separate masses in these scenes that involves the viewer and gives them their sense of intrigue.

Which is the best version of the underlined part of sentence 2 (reproduced below)?
He is well-known particularly for caricature heads that were created between 1830 and 1832.

He is well known, particularly

He was well-known particularly

(as it is now)

He is well known particularly

He is particularly well known

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* 3. "Use the passage below to answer the following question(s)."

(1)One of the pioneer sculptors of the nineteenth century was Honore Daumier (1810-1879). (2)He is well-known particularly for caricature heads that were created between 1830 and 1832. (3)His later works anticipate the work of Rodin, what with their highly cut-out surfaces offset by studied, flowing poses.
(4)Although Daumier was one of the first modern sculptors, his work did not serve as an influence to later artists. (5)This is because nearly all of the other artists of the time hardly ever got to see any of it. (6)This is also true of the sculpture of Degas, who was known as a painter rather than a sculptor, and whose sculpture also was not widely exhibited at the time. (7)And yet, Degas was clearly the greatest sculptor of the era. (8)His bronze casts of dancers and horses retain the layered feeling of the wax models that were their first versions. (9)His more complex scenes seem like crosses between sculpture and painting. (10)When looked at more closely, they display a feeling of mass that the painted canvas cannot by itself convey. (11)It is the interplay between the separate masses in these scenes that involves the viewer and gives them their sense of intrigue.

Which is the best version of the underlined part of sentence 3 (reproduced below)?
His later works anticipate the work of Rodin, what with their highly cut-out surfaces offset by studied, flowing poses.

of Rodin; what with highly cut out surfaces

of Rodin, what with highly cut-out surfaces

(as it is now)

of Rodin, with highly cut-out surfaces

of Rodin, with cut-out surfaces

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* 4. "Use the passage below to answer the following question(s)."

(1)One of the pioneer sculptors of the nineteenth century was Honore Daumier (1810-1879). (2)He is well-known particularly for caricature heads that were created between 1830 and 1832. (3)His later works anticipate the work of Rodin, what with their highly cut-out surfaces offset by studied, flowing poses.
(4)Although Daumier was one of the first modern sculptors, his work did not serve as an influence to later artists. (5)This is because nearly all of the other artists of the time hardly ever got to see any of it. (6)This is also true of the sculpture of Degas, who was known as a painter rather than a sculptor, and whose sculpture also was not widely exhibited at the time. (7)And yet, Degas was clearly the greatest sculptor of the era. (8)His bronze casts of dancers and horses retain the layered feeling of the wax models that were their first versions. (9)His more complex scenes seem like crosses between sculpture and painting. (10)When looked at more closely, they display a feeling of mass that the painted canvas cannot by itself convey. (11)It is the interplay between the separate masses in these scenes that involves the viewer and gives them their sense of intrigue.

In context, which is the best revision of sentence 5 (reproduced below)?
This is because nearly all of the other artists of the time hardly ever got to see any of it.

This is because they hardly ever saw any of it.

This is because it was hardly ever seen by the other artists.

His work was hardly ever exhibited.

This is because it was almost never exhibited at the time.

(as it is now)

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* 5. "Use the passage below to answer the following question(s)."

(1)One of the pioneer sculptors of the nineteenth century was Honore Daumier (1810-1879). (2)He is well-known particularly for caricature heads that were created between 1830 and 1832. (3)His later works anticipate the work of Rodin, what with their highly cut-out surfaces offset by studied, flowing poses.
(4)Although Daumier was one of the first modern sculptors, his work did not serve as an influence to later artists. (5)This is because nearly all of the other artists of the time hardly ever got to see any of it. (6)This is also true of the sculpture of Degas, who was known as a painter rather than a sculptor, and whose sculpture also was not widely exhibited at the time. (7)And yet, Degas was clearly the greatest sculptor of the era. (8)His bronze casts of dancers and horses retain the layered feeling of the wax models that were their first versions. (9)His more complex scenes seem like crosses between sculpture and painting. (10)When looked at more closely, they display a feeling of mass that the painted canvas cannot by itself convey. (11)It is the interplay between the separate masses in these scenes that involves the viewer and gives them their sense of intrigue.

In context, which is the best way to revise sentence 6 (reproduced below)?
This is also true of the sculpture of Degas, who was known as a painter rather than a sculptor, and whose sculpture also was not widely exhibited at the time.

Delete the words ", and whose sculpture was also not widely exhibited at the time."

Add "In addition," to the beginning of the sentence.

Change "This is also true" to "This was also true".

Delete the words "rather than a sculptor".

Change the words "sculpture of Degas" to read "work of Degas".

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* 6. "Use the passage below to answer the following question(s)."

(1)One of the pioneer sculptors of the nineteenth century was Honore Daumier (1810-1879). (2)He is well-known particularly for caricature heads that were created between 1830 and 1832. (3)His later works anticipate the work of Rodin, what with their highly cut-out surfaces offset by studied, flowing poses.
(4)Although Daumier was one of the first modern sculptors, his work did not serve as an influence to later artists. (5)This is because nearly all of the other artists of the time hardly ever got to see any of it. (6)This is also true of the sculpture of Degas, who was known as a painter rather than a sculptor, and whose sculpture also was not widely exhibited at the time. (7)And yet, Degas was clearly the greatest sculptor of the era. (8)His bronze casts of dancers and horses retain the layered feeling of the wax models that were their first versions. (9)His more complex scenes seem like crosses between sculpture and painting. (10)When looked at more closely, they display a feeling of mass that the painted canvas cannot by itself convey. (11)It is the interplay between the separate masses in these scenes that involves the viewer and gives them their sense of intrigue.

Which is best added to the beginning of sentence 10?

Beneath this,

However,

And yet,

It follows that

Increasingly

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* 7. Your brother just got home from college. On your way downstairs, you hear your mother say,

"Well, this is a surprise. It's lovely to meet you." When you get down to the foyer, your mother is hissing in your brother's ear, "Why didn't you tell me? I look a mess. You are so inconsiderate!"

Your brother brought home an unexpected guest.

Your brother didn't visit your parents for a long time.

our brother lives in a different city.

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* 8. Read this paragraph and draw a conclusion about what is happening.

John's mother is in the kitchen packing his lunch. She knocks on his bedroom door—again. "It's time to get up for school!" she calls. "Don't make me come back up here again!" John groans and rolls over, pulling a pillow down over his head, and consider his options. Could he pretend to be sick? Would she believe him?

John is sick

John doesn’t

John is a nice person

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* 9. Directions: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question that follows.

Excerpt from A Study in Scarlet
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes’ ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing. Upon my quoting Thomas Carlyle, he inquired in the naivest way who he might be and what he had done. My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found incidentally that he was ignorant of the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the Solar System. That any civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the earth travelled round the sun appeared to me to be such an extraordinary fact that I could hardly realize it.

“You appear to be astonished,” he said, smiling at my expression of surprise. “Now that I do know it I shall do my best to forget it.”

“To forget it!”

“You see,” he explained, “I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skilful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain-attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”

“But the Solar System!” I protested.

“What the deuce is it to me?” he interrupted impatiently: “you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.”

Which of the following words best describes the narrator's feelings about the "ignorance" of Sherlock Holmes?

Amusement

Shock

Disguist

Happiness

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* 10. Which sentence uses commas correctly?

The store is at 12 Main Street Chicago, Illinois.

The store is at 12 Main Street, Chicago Illinois.

The store is at 12 Main Street, Chicago, Illinois.

The store is at 12, Main Street, Chicago, Illinois.

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* 7. Your brother just got home from college. On your way downstairs, you hear your mother say, "Well, this is a surprise. It's lovely to meet you." When you get down to the foyer, your mother is hissing in your brother's ear, "Why didn't you tell me? I look a mess. You are so inconsiderate!"

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* 10. Which sentence uses commas correctly?

* 7. Your brother just got home from college. On your way downstairs, you hear your mother say,

"Well, this is a surprise. It's lovely to meet you." When you get down to the foyer, your mother is hissing in your brother's ear, "Why didn't you tell me? I look a mess. You are so inconsiderate!"