Relative Clause
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a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease.
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in balsamic
in basil
in the light
of the lamp
His speech was meant at inciting conflict within the other party.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) in inciting of
(C) to incite
(D) inciting
(C) to incite
The following text is adapted from Edith Nesbit’s 1906 novel The Railway Children.
Mother did not spend all her time in paying dull [visits] to dull ladies, and sitting dully at home waiting for dull ladies to pay [visits] to her. She was almost always there, ready to play with the children, and read to them, and help them to do their home-lessons. Besides this she used to write stories for them while they were at school, and read them aloud after tea, and she always made up funny pieces of poetry for their birthdays and for other great occasions.
According to the text, what is true about Mother?
A) She wishes that more ladies would visit her.
B) Birthdays are her favorite special occasion.
C) She creates stories and poems for her children.
D) Reading to her children is her favorite activity.
C) She creates stories and poems for her children.
The classic children’s board game Chutes and Ladders is a version of an ancient Nepalese game, Paramapada Sopanapata. In both games, players encounter “good” or “bad” spaces while traveling along a path; landing on one of the good spaces _______ a player to skip ahead and arrive closer to the end goal. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) allows
B) are allowing
C) have allowed
D) allow
A) allows
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examining the dusty wooden chair
who was on the phone with a contractor.
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from polio
The architecture of the building is based for the elaborate designs of the Persians.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) after
(C) on
(D) by
(C) on
Public-awareness campaigns about the need to reduce single-use plastics can be successful, says researcher Kim Borg of Monash University in Australia, when these campaigns give consumers a choice: for example, Japan achieved a 40 percent reduction in plastic-bag use after cashiers were instructed to ask customers whether _______ wanted a bag. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) they
B) one
C) you
D) it
A) they
Although novels and poems are considered distinct literary forms, many authors have created hybrid works that incorporate elements of both. Bernardine Evaristo’s The Emperor's Babe, _______ is a verse novel, a book-length narrative complete with characters and a plot but conveyed in short, crisp lines of poetry rather than prose.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A) by contrast,
B) consequently,
C) secondly,
D) for example,
D) for example,
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As an environmental researcher
which has been a hot topic in recent year
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through the cubicle
past her boss
on the phone
with a contractor.
The couch made a temporary place to sleep while the bed was being replaced.
(A) NO CHANGE
(A) made for
(B) made as
(C) was made to
(A) NO CHANGE
British scientists James Watson and Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize in part for their 1953 paper announcing the double helix structure of DNA, but it is misleading to say that Watson and Crick discovered the double helix. _______ findings were based on a famous X-ray image of DNA fibers, “Photo 51,” developed by X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin and her graduate student Raymond Gosling. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) They’re
B) It’s
C) Their
D) Its
C) Their
For painter Jacob Lawrence, being _______ was an important part of the artistic process. Because he paid close attention to all the details of his Harlem neighborhood, Lawrence’s artwork captured nuances in the beauty and vitality of the Black experience during the Harlem Renaissance and the Great Migration.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) skeptical
B) observant
C) critical
D) confident
B) observant
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under the leadership of Senator Aldrich
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of global warming
in recent years
I was assigned a seat across the table to a young boy who was fiddling with his pencil.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) at
(C) from
(D) with
(C) from
In 1637, the price of tulips skyrocketed in Amsterdam, with single bulbs of rare varieties selling for up to the equivalent of $200,000 in today’s US dollars. Some historians _______ that this “tulip mania” was the first historical instance of an asset bubble, which occurs when investors drive prices to highs not supported by actual demand. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) claiming
B) claim
C) having claimed
D) to claim
B) claim
Researchers have struggled to pinpoint specific causes for hiccups, which happen when a person’s diaphragm contracts _______ . However, neuroscientist Kimberley Whitehead has found that these uncontrollable contractions may play an important role in helping infants regulate their breathing.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) involuntarily
B) beneficially
C) strenuously
D) smoothly
A) involuntarily
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According to the article, the train that had crashed into the wall had no conductor on board
According to the article
that had crashed into the wall
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According to the article
into the wall
on board
When working in a nuclear power plant, one must be careful of exposure to radiation.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) careful from exposure of radiation.
(C) careful of exposure from radiation.
(D) careful about exposure with radiation.
(A) NO CHANGE
Scientists believe that, unlike most other species of barnacle, turtle barnacles (Chelonibia testudinari) can dissolve the cement-like secretions they use to attach _______ to a sea turtle shell, enabling the barnacles to move short distances across the shell’s surface. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) it
B) themselves
C) them
D) itself
B) themselves
ritics have asserted that fine art and fashion rarely _______ in a world where artists create timeless works for exhibition and designers periodically produce new styles for the public to buy. Luiseño/ Shoshone-Bannock beadwork artist and designer Jamie Okuma challenges this view: her work can be seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and purchased through her online boutique.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) prevail
B) succumb
C) diverge
D) intersect
D) intersect