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The Scripps National Spelling Bee attracts
students having mastered words that the majority
of adults do not yet know how to spell, such as
menhir and apodyterium.
(A) having mastered
(B) for mastering
(C) who have mastered
(D) to be mastering
(E) and they mastered
Although he wrote over 2500 years ago, the
Greek playwright Sophocles is still being
read, his plays are performed on stages all
over the world.
(A) read, his plays are
(B) read; his plays being
(C) read: his plays are being
(D) read; his plays are
(E) read, yet his plays are
A severe case of pneumonia suddenly hit Rachel
on her birthday, February 12th, preventing her
from attending her own birthday party in the
evening, the guests were not warned because
of Rachel being so sick.
(A) evening, the guests were not warned because
of Rachel being so sick
(B) evening; not warning the guests because
Rachel was so sick
(C) evening, because Rachel was so sick, the
guests were not warned
(D) evening; the guests were not warned because
Rachel was so sick
(E) evening and not warning the guests, which
was caused by Rachel being so sick
When walking down the aisle, not stepping on her
train and tripping should be the bride’s primary
concern.
(A) not stepping on her train and tripping should
be the bride’s primary concern
(B) not stepping on her train and tripping should
be what primarily concerns the bride
(C) the train and not tripping on it should be the
bride’s primary concern
(D) the bride should be primarily concerned with
not stepping on her train and tripping
(E) the bride, regarding not stepping on her train
and tripping, should be primarily concerned
