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Directions: In each of the following sentences, part
of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined. Choose the
answer that best expresses the meaning of the original sentence.
If you the think the original is better than any of the
alternatives, choose (A). Your choice should produce the most
effective sentence—clear and precise, without awkwardness or
ambiguity.
1. Hockney's most arresting Pop Art works have been produced
at his home in Los Angeles, he moved there from his native
Britain in the 1960s.
(A) Los Angeles, he moved there
(B) Los Angeles; he moved there
(C) Los Angeles, but he moved there
(D) Los Angeles and he moved there
(E) Los Angeles he moved there
2. Knowing that you should practice a healthier life style and
doing it are two different things.
(A) doing it are two different things
(B) to do them are two different things
(C) to do it are two different things
(D) doing it is two different things
(E) by doing it is two different things
3. Although many of the items on the menu were quite
affordable, neither the salmon or the Cornish hens was offered
at a reasonable price.
(A) or the Cornish hens was offered at a reasonable
price
(B) or the Cornish hens is offered at a reasonable price
(C) or the Cornish hens were offered at any reasonably
price
(D) nor the Cornish hens were offered at a reasonable price
(E) nor the Cornish hens was offered in a reasonable price
4. Steering the ship deftly through the channel, just above
the captain a seagull flew.
(A) just above the captain a seagull flew
(B) a seagull flew just above the captain
(C) a seagull was flying just above the captain
(D) the captain noticed just above him a seagull flew
(E) the captain noticed a seagull flying just above him
5. The son of a blacksmith, Auguste Escoffier imbibed the
scents and flavors of his native Provence, and these are the
sensory delights that were included in his simplified French
cuisine.
(A) these are the sensory delights that were included
(B) the inclusion of these sensory delights was
(C) these sensory delights having been included
(D) his inclusion of these sensory delights
(E) included these sensory delights
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