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- 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 - 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 - 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