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  1. The airline industry has adopted new pricing
    procedures; seeming to benefit both the con-
    sumers as well asthe companies.
    (A) procedures; seeming to benefit both the
    consumers as well as
    (B) procedures; seemingly benefitting both
    the consumers and
    (C) procedures seemingly in benefit of both
    the consumers as well as
    (D) procedures that seem benefitting of both
    the consumers and
    (E) procedures that seem to benefit both the
    consumers and

  2. The thirty-foot-high stone wall, built over the
    course of eighty years, once protectingthe city
    from invaders.
    (A) wall, built over the course of eighty
    years, once protecting
    (B) wall, built over the course of eighty years,
    once protected
    (C) wall was built over the course of eighty
    years, which protected
    (D) wall was built over the course of eighty
    years in protecting
    (E) wall, built over the course of eighty
    years; it once protected

  3. A concise and informative guide for writers,
    William Zinsser’s On Writing Well has sold
    nearly one million copies.
    (A) William Zinsser’s On Writing Wellhas
    sold nearly one million copies
    (B) nearly one million copies of William
    Zinsser’s On Writing Wellhave been sold
    (C) William Zinsser wrote On Writing Well,
    which has sold nearly one millioncopies
    (D) William Zinsser’s On Writing Well
    having sold nearly one million copies
    (E) On Writing Wellhas sold nearly one
    million copies by William Zinsser
    6. When you submit personal information to a
    Web site, one should make surethat it won’t be
    used for unauthorized purposes.
    (A) one should make sure
    (B) and make sure
    (C) then make sure
    (D) be sure of
    (E) make sure
    7. Although passenger pigeons once filled the skies
    over Michigan, relentless hunting eliminated
    their entire population by 1901.
    (A) relentless hunting eliminated their entire
    population by 1901
    (B) it was relentless hunting eliminating
    their entire population by 1901
    (C) its entire population was eliminated by
    relentless hunting by 1901
    (D) by 1901 it was relentless hunting
    eliminating their entire population
    (E) relentless hunting having eliminated
    their entire population by 1901
    8. The failure of the relief effort was more a result
    of poor coordination than because of blatant
    corruption.
    (A) poor coordination than because of
    blatant corruption
    (B) coordination being poor than by
    blatant corruption
    (C) poor coordination than by blatant
    corruption
    (D) poor coordination than of blatant
    corruption
    (E) coordination being poor than corruption
    being blatant

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