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When Collin felt miserable, his greatest recourse was _________________.
A. that, somehow, he would feel the sadness forever
B. knowing that, eventually, he would feel much better
C. to talk to his best friend, who always cheered him up
D. crying; however, that often made him feel worse
E. wasting time; he usually had important tasks left to do
C. to talk to his best friend, who always cheered him up
Sometimes, politicians ____________ by circumventing controversial issues during debates.
A. try to corrupt the system
B. ease the crowd's tension
C. avoid potential conflict
D. make citizens very angry
E. become much more popular
C. avoid potential conflict
To celebrate Sam's birthday, Amelia surprised him with a congress __________________
A. signed by his hero
B. of his closest friends
C. of bright red balloons
D. about their friendship
E. to all his great attributes
B. of his closest friends
6. The prison inmates sometimes received a temporary egress ______________.
A. to eat until they received commissary access
B. from jail in the event of a family emergency
C. to a high-security room for solitary confinement
D. assignment until they obtained official placement
E. from their relatives during specified hours only
B. from jail in the event of a family emergency
While most of her classmates went away to college after graduation, Eva ____________ continuing her errant ways.
A. graduated the year after instead
B. did some community service
C. impulsively moved to Europe
D. was worried about her own future
E. attended a local community college
C. impulsively moved to Europe
The president of the French Club decided the club would convene after ______________.
A. most members stopped coming to meetings
B. she completed all the necessary paperwork
C. lunch to plan their outing to the art museum
C. lunch to plan their outing to the art museum
The grammar enthusiast __________ the erroneous sentence structures in the newspaper article.
A. loathed
B. praised
C. wrote
D. erased
E. ignored
A. loathed
"Your comments about my painting were quite" ___________ Jennifer pointed out, feeling degraded.
A. vague
B. confusing
C. kind
D. insulting
E. accurate
D. insulting