“I came to realize that if I were able to record part of the dance—that is, the spoken part—and reenact it, the rest of the body would follow”
A. Pursue
B. Result
C. Surpass
D. Join in
D. Join in
100
Meteorologists believe that catastrophic hurricanes are becoming more dangerous, it is predicted that these storms will grow up to twenty percent stronger over the next century.
A. NO CHANGE
B. dangerous; they predict
C. dangerous; with predictions being
D. dangerous, furthermore they predict
B. dangerous; they predict
100
Heredity determines whether your friction ridge pattern or fingerprint will appear as a loop, whorl, or arch.
A. NO CHANGE
B. pattern, or fingerprint
C. pattern, or fingerprint,
D. pattern or fingerprint:
C. pattern, or fingerprint,
100
In Europe, cats with black fur has traditionally symbolized death, and many believe such cats enhance the power of witches.
A. NO CHANGE
B. have traditionally symbolized
C. has traditionally been symbolizing
D. is traditionally symbolic of
B. have traditionally symbolized
100
The committee’s report advises eliminating excessive subsidies, reducing the number of agencies, and a revitalized transportation system.
A. NO CHANGE
B. the revitalization of the transportation system
C. that the transportation system be revitalized
D. revitalizing the transportation system
D. revitalizing the transportation system
200
“The relationship of the vampire and his assistant seemed to have been reversed, and Igor, now in his early twenties, was the authoritative one; since boyhood he had been taking on one responsibility after another, until he had left the vampire with nothing to perplex him but how to while away the hours when the servants were busy and Igor was out searching for brains.”
A. trouble
B. bewilder
C. astonish
D. entangle
A. trouble
200
The scientist conducted her experiment in the tropical forest; instead of in the desert where the lizard population was flourishing.
A. NO CHANGE
B. forest instead
C. forest, instead
D. forest, instead,
C. forest, instead
200
Whenever my father encounters new technology, he will stare at it vacantly for a minute and then, look up to ask where the power button is.
A. NO CHANGE
B. then, look up, to ask
C. then look up to ask,
D. then look up to ask
D. then look up to ask
200
The head of the university’s athletics department has made it clear that the use of performance-enhancing drugs were forbidden in all of last season’s games
A. NO CHANGE
B. was
C. have been
D. will be
B. was
200
Because the current stadium as it is designed at this time cannot safely accommodate enough spectators, the engineers will arrange for the construction of additional seating before the event.
A. NO CHANGE
B. current design of the stadium right now
C. stadium as it is now currently designed
D. current design of the stadium
D. current design of the stadium
300
“One academic who has studied and written extensively about both Plato and television suggests that Plato, rather than being anti-arts, was merely and elitist. Plato wanted to ban poetry readings and live theatre, the entertainment of that era. ‘If, instead of ‘tragedy’ and ‘poetry’ and ‘Homer’ and ‘Aeschylus’, you read ‘mass entertainment’ or ‘popular media’, you’ll recognize Plato’s arguments as the ancestor of all the reasons we have today for being suspicious of television.”
The “academic” indicates that Plato was primarily characterized by his
A. insight
B. artistry
C. cynicism
D. snobbishness
D. snobbishness
300
I was surprised to discover that my favorite dish at the restaurant was one of it’s simplest; the baked ziti
A. NO CHANGE
B. it’s simplest,
C. its simplest;
D. its simplest:
D. its simplest:
300
The running back moved down the field like a tiger, leaping and bounding over every obstacle.
A. NO CHANGE
B. tiger leaping, and bounding
C. tiger leaping and bounding,
D. tiger; leaping and bounding
A. NO CHANGE
300
The population of American alligators, dangerously small a few years ago, are now estimated to be more than one million
A. NO CHANGE
B. is
C. have been
D. being
B. is
300
Impressive credentials may help one obtain employment, but to keep a job you must handle flawlessly nearly every project to which you are assigned.
A. NO CHANGE
B. one
C. we
D. they
B. one
400
“Today, the number of authors churning out novels is perhaps greater than at any time in history. That’s not so much because talent has flourished as there are simply more books being published today. Of course, with so many recent novels claiming literary prizes, one would be inclined to believe that many works published today are instant classics. Im not sure if this is the case—or indeed if anyone today is in the position to claim any recent book as worthy of the exalted tag: ‘Classic’. Part of the definition of classic, after all, is that the work is still heralded decades after it was published. That the generation a few decades hence will perceive our present time as a golden age of literature is possible—though it may be too busy bestowing prizes on its own novelists”
A. believable
B. indistinguishable
C. celebrated
D. permissable
C. celebrated
400
The foundation of Smiths lawyers case crumbled, making additional witnesses unnecessary.
A. NO CHANGE
B. Smiths lawyers’
C. Smith’s lawyers
D. Smith’s lawyers’
D. Smith’s lawyers’
400
Giant sequoias are some of the tallest organisms in the world, their trunks reach heights of over 250 feet.
A. NO CHANGE
B. world, and their
C. world; having
D. world; they’re
B. world, and their
400
An experienced chess master, like many other shrewd strategists, acquires a great deal of wisdom in their defeats.
A. NO CHANGE
B. our
C. this
D. his or her
D. his or her
400
Many adult Americans admit that they would be healthier if exercising were to be started by them.
A. NO CHANGE
B. they started exercising
C. they were to have started exercising
D. exercising were started by them
B. they started exercising
500
The artist’s works are mostly abstract—the paintings generally contain geometric shapes and are frequently untitled.
Which of the following alternatives would NOT be acceptable?
A. abstract; in general, the paintings
B. abstract. In general, the paintings
C. abstract, the paintings generally
D. abstract; the paintings generally
C. abstract, the paintings generally
500
The gardens of Giverny—immortalized in a series of paintings by Claude Monet, sit on the right bank of the Seine River in the north of France
A. NO CHANGE
B. Monet—sit
C. Monet: sit
D. Monet sit
B. Monet—sit
500
Some important discoveries made by great scientists have been accidental results that he or she found in the course of conducting research on other subjects
A. NO CHANGE
B. him or her
C. they
D. one
C. they
500
Indira Gandhi, sometimes regarded solely as Nehru’s daughter, was in her own right a formidable politician whose accomplishments were more substantial than her renowned father.
A. NO CHANGE
B. most other politicians
C. her renowned father’s
D. the daughters of other politicians