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1. Inflation has made many Americans reevaluate their assumptions about the future; they still expect to live better than their parents have , but not so well as they once thought they could.
1. they still expect to live better than their parents have
2. they still expect to live better than their parents did
3. they still expect to live better than their parents had
4. still expecting to live better than their parents had
5. still expecting to live better than did their parents

Answer : B
2. Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes the eater ill, but only recently has it been established that the illness is caused by a toxin present in the quail’s body only under certain conditions.
1. Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes
2. Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make
3. Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make
4. It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make
5. It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made

Answer : A
3. The caterpillar of the geometrid moth strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, after capturing its prey, holds the victim so that it cannot escape.
1. strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed,
2. striking when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, but
3. which strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed,
4. which, striking when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed,
5. strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed and,

Answer : E
4. In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant .
1. In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.
2. The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in assessing the problems that they face.
3. A question that is irrelevant in assessing the problems that rural migrant workers face is whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor.
4. In an assessment of the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.
5. The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in an assessment of the problems that they face.

Answer : D
5. The sale of government surplus machinery will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until the supply lasts .
1. will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until the supply lasts
2. begins at 9 a.m., continuing until the supply lasts
3. will begin at 9 a.m. and, until the supply lasts, will continue
4. begins at 9 a.m. and, as long as the supply may last, it continues
5. will begin at 9 a.m. and continue as long as the supply lasts

Answer : E

1. In England the well-dressed gentleman of the eighteenth century protected their clothing while having their wig powdered by poking their head through a device that resembled the stocks.
1. gentleman of the eighteenth century protected their clothing while having their wig powdered by poking their head
2. gentleman of the eighteenth century protected his clothing while having his wig powdered by poking his head
3. gentleman of the eighteenth century protected their clothing while having their wigs powdered by poking their heads
4. gentlemen of the eighteenth century protected his clothing while having his wig powdered by poking his head
5. gentlemen of the eighteenth century protected their clothing while having his wig powdered by poking his head

Answer : B
2. Reared apart from each other, a recent United States study showed striking similarities in identical twins, including many idiosyncrasies of behavior .
1. Reared apart from each other, a recent United States study showed striking similarities in identical twins, including many idiosyncrasies of behavior.
2. Reared apart from each other, striking similarities between identical twins that include many idiosyncrasies of behavior were shown in a recent United States study.
3. A recent United States study showed striking similarities in identical twins reared apart from each other that include many idiosyncrasies of behavior.
4. According to a recent United States study, identical twins reared apart from each other showed striking similarities, including many idiosyncrasies of behavior.
5. According to a recent United States study, identical twins showed striking similarities reared apart from each other, including many idiosyncrasies of behavior.

Answer : D
3. Developing nations in various parts of the world have amassed $700 billion in debts; at stake, should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is the solvency of some of the world’s largest multinational banks.
1. should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is
2. should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, are
3. should they repudiate a significant number of these debts, are
4. if there is a repudiation of a significant number of these debts, would be
5. if a significant number of these debts will be repudiated, is

Answer : A
4. South Korea has witnessed the world’s most dramatic growth of Christian congregations; church membership is expanding by 6.6 percent a year, fully two-thirds of the growth coming from conversions rather than the population increasing .
1. coming from conversions rather than the population increasing
2. coming from conversions rather than increases in the population
3. coming from conversions instead of the population’s increasing
4. is from conversions instead of population increases
5. is from conversions rather than increasing the population

Answer : B
5. There is ample evidence, derived from the lore of traditional folk medicine, that naturally occurring antibiotics are usually able to be modified to make them a more effective drug .
1. are usually able to be modified to make them a more effective drug.
2. are usually able to be modified to make them more effective drugs
3. are usually able to be modified, which makes them more effective drugs
4. can usually be modified to make them a more effective drug
5. can usually be modified to make them more effective drugs

Answer : E

1. Many investors base their choice between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to the dividends available on common stocks.
1. between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to
2. among bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields to
3. between bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields with
4. among bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields and
5. between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields with

Answer : C
2. Some of the tenth-century stave churches of Norway are still standing, demonstrating that with sound design and maintenance, wooden buildings can last indefinitely .
1. standing, demonstrating that with sound design and maintenance, wooden buildings can last indefinitely
2. standing, demonstrating how wooden buildings, when they have sound design and maintenance, can last indefinitely
3. standing; they demonstrate if a wooden building has sound design and maintenance it can last indefinitely
4. standing, and they demonstrate wooden buildings can last indefinitely when there is sound design and maintenance
5. standing, and they demonstrate how a wooden building can last indefinitely when it has sound design and maintenance

Answer : A
3. In the United States, trade unions encountered far more intense opposition against their struggle for social legitimacy than the organized labor movements of most other democratic nations.
1. against their struggle for social legitimacy than
2. in their struggle for social legitimacy than did
3. against their struggle for social legitimacy as
4. in their struggle for social legitimacy as did
5. when they struggled for social legitimacy than has

Answer : B
4. For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle .
1. even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
2. despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
3. even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
4. although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous
5. even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents

Answer : C
5. In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material, which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell to the ground.
1. which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell
2. the most nutritious of all parts of the plant, shatter and fall
3. the parts of the plant which were most nutritious, will shatter and fall
4. the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls.
5. parts of the plant which are the most nutritious, have shattered and fallen

Answer : D