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- The mountain climbers getting this far, theydid not
want to return without having reached the peak.
(A) The mountain climbers getting this far,
they
(B) Having gotten this far, the mountain
climbers
(C) To have gotten this far, the mountain
climbers
(D) The mountain climbers having gotten so
far that they
(E) Mountain climbers getting this far - Although usually even-tempered, Rachel’s irri-
tation with her supervisor caused her to become
uncharacteristically cantankerous.
(A) Rachel’s irritation with her supervisor
caused her to become
(B) Rachel being irritated by her supervisor
caused her to become
(C) Rachel was irritated by her supervisor,
and so became
(D) her supervisor caused Rachel through ir-
ritation to become
(E) Rachel, due to her supervisor’s irritation,
caused her to become - Alberta had a high opinion of her own abili-
ties, and so believed that her salary should be
higher thanthe other agents in her firm.
(A) should be higher than
(B) should be higher than those of
(C) being higher than
(D) would have been highest of
(E) should have to be highest of - The police chief was hoping that by assigning an
extra officer to the patrol he would decrease the
amount of elicitbehavior in the neighborhood.
(A) would decrease the amount of elicit
(B) would be able to decrease the elicit
(C) would decrease the amount of illicit
(D) might be able to lessen that of the illicit
(E) decreases the amount of illicit
6. Watching from the balcony, the paraders
marched triumphantly through the streets
below us.
(A) Watching from the balcony
(B) While watching from the balcony
(C) As we had been watching from the
balcony
(D) As we watched from the balcony
(E) From the balcony, while watching
7. By the time we arrived at the campsite where the
troop would be staying, the counselors set up all
the tents.
(A) the counselors set up all the tents
(B) setting up all the tents were the counselors
(C) set up by the counselors are the tents
(D) the tents are set up by the counselors
(E) the counselors had set up all the tents
8. For the foreseeable future, neither Matt nor
David are permitted to use the pool without
first getting permission from a parent.
(A) neither Matt nor David are permitted to
use the pool without
(B) Matt nor David can be permitted to use
the pool without
(C) neither Matt nor David is permitted to
use the pool without
(D) neither Matt or David is permitted for
using the pool without
(E) neither Matt nor David is permitted to
use the pool by