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100
The term "best-seller" is ------ rather than -----; that is, it means only that certain books are selling better than others.
a) unpredictable...consequential b) prescriptive...descriptive c) fluid...dynamic d) comparative...absolute e) relative...gratuitous
100
Octavio Paz (1914-1998) was a Mexican poet, [critic, and he was a] diplomat who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990 for his poetry and essays.
...critic, and...
100
In 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks won a Pulitzer Prize for "Annie Allen," a [series of] sonnet-ballads [draws upon] the universal experiences of loneliness and loss [to trace] the [maturation of] an African American girl. [No Error]
Draws upon -- that draw upon
100
A discerning publishing agent can ------- promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the good from the bad.
(A) supplant (B) dramatize (C) finagle (D) winnow (E) overhaul
100
The nature trail is six feet wide and seven miles long. It slithers through the forest like a [snake curving, and bending] along the banks of the river.
...snake, curving and bending...
200
Although giraffes can be found in zoos and preserves worldwide, they are ---- to Africa, their sole native land.
a) beneficial b) impervious c) indigenous d) consigned e) analogous
200
Surprisingly, studies show that the longer the line is at an ATM, [it is less likely that someone will] get out of the line and leave.
...the less likely it is that someone will...
200
The [younger] of three children, Michelle Kwan [began] skating at the age of five and soon [proved] a better skater than [either] of her siblings. [No Error]
younger -- youngest
200
Certain shipwrecks have a particular fascination for those people [which have a belief in finding the treasure in them.]
...who believe that there is treasure to be found in them.
200
The county cleared this path and paved it with packed gravel, so [they] would have a peaceful place to hike and bike.
a) No change b) knowing they c) that they d) people
300
Some scientists claim that repeated exposure to sustained noise ----- blood-pressure regulation and might even make people prone to hypertension; others, by contrast, have obtained inconclusive evidence that ----- the correlation.
a)sharpens...conflates b) increases...diminishes c) aggravates...buttresses d) disrupts...quantifies e) impairs...minimizes
300
An outstanding warrior, a revered spiritual leader, and a wily politician, [Sitting Bull was chosen as the principal chief of the entire Sioux nation] in 1867.
No error
300
[Deadliest among] all spiders indigenous to the United States [is] the black widow, whose venom is fourteen times [more toxic] than [a rattlesnake]. [No Error]
a rattlesnake -- the venom of a rattlesnake
300
Bartholomew's radical ideas were frowned on by most of his coworkers, who found them too ------- for their conservative tastes.
(A) heretical (B) meticulous (C) precise (D) incoherent (E) sagacious
300
I ride this trail nearly every day--not on a bike, but on "Luigi."
a) No change b) day; not on a bike c) day not on a bike d) day, not on a bike;
400
The professor was forced to ----- her exhaustive project of documenting regional dialects after losing most of the funding that paid research assistants to collect extensive data.
a) eradicate b) bemoan c) curtail d) recant e) sever
400
[When purchasing a new car, buyers must consider whether he or she can afford insurance.]
When purchasing a new car, buyers must consider whether they can afford insurance.
400
Our instructor repeatedly [insured] us that our harness, cables, [and other] climbing equipment [had been] checked many times and [would not fail]. [No Error]
insured -- ensured
400
Many of the instruments used in early operations of the United States Army Signal [Corps were adaptations of equipment used by the Plains Indians, particularly that of the heliograph.]
Corps, and in particular the heliograph, were adaptations of equipment used by the Plains Indians
400
At [2 p.m., on October 27, 1904; thousands] of New York City residents poured into the streets of Manhattan.
2 p.m. on October 27, 1904, thousands
500
Many popular historical anecdotes, although previously unquestioned and still repeated in some textbooks, are now considered -------- by professional historians.
a) requisite b) canonical c) beneficent d) vociferous e) apocryphal
500
[Unlike his predecessors], which were programmed to walk from the outset, the buglike, solar-powered robots invented by Mark Tilden can actually learn to walk by means of trial and error.
Unlike their predecessors...
500
Although it has [long been established] that colds are caused [only by] viruses, many people [persist in] the erroneous belief that [it can be] contracted through mere exposure to cold air. [No Error]
it can be -- they can be
500
The board [reviewing] the courses offered by the college [found] that the quality of academic programs [were] generally good but [somewhat] uneven. [No Error]
were -- was
500
[One] of his frescoes depict a progression through time and can be read as time lines from left to right. For example, on he left side of a fresco, there might be field workers hunched over in fatigue.
a) No Change b) Many c) Each d) Any one