1. You Cannot Expect to Treat Your Friends Badly and No One Notices

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1. You cannot expect to treat your friends badly and no one notices.

(A) and no one notices

(B) and have no one notice

(D) without notice by no one

(E) without the result of somebody noticing

2. In Death of a Salesman Willy Loman mistakenly believes that his sons have no flaws, believing which leads to many problems for the entire family.

(A) believing which leads

(B) a belief that leads

(D) the belief of which leads

(E) his believing this leads

3. Although the candidate promised both to cut taxes and improve services, he failed to keep either of them after the election.

(A) Although the candidate promised both to cut taxes and improve services, he

(B) The candidate, having promised both to cut taxes and improve services,

(D) Having promised, first, to cut taxes and, second, to improve services, the candidate

(E) The candidate’s promises were both to cut taxes and improve services, he

4. Chinese watercolors have become more popular than American and European artists who are their contemporaries.

(A) American and European artists who are their contemporaries

(B) contemporary American and European artists

(D) those of American and European pictures of the same period

(E) those by contemporary American and European Artists

5. Chess players find that playing against a computer is helpful to improve(A)their(B) skills, even though (C)

no chess-playing computer has yet won (D)a championship. No error(E)

6. One of the unforeseen consequences of the editor’s management style is that it leaves so little room for innovation.

(A) that it leaves so little room for innovation

(B) that they leave so little room for innovation

(D) that innovation has so little room left from it

(E) to leave so little room for innovation

7. The mayor claimed that a majority of the property owners would have favored her proposal if put to the vote.

(A) would have favored her proposal if put

(B) would have favored her proposal if it had been put

(D) favored her proposal if put

(E) favored her proposal if they were put

8. The psychologist states that most people want the same things: interesting and meaningful work, respect, and to have them be loved for themselves alone.

(A) interesting and meaningful work, respect, and to have them be loved for themselves alone

(B) to have interesting and meaningful work, respect, and loved for themselves alone

(D) interesting and meaningful work, respect, and their own love

(E) to have interesting and meaningful work, to be respected, and to be loved for themselves alone

9. By employing exotic harmonies and making unusual use of instrument, Mahler was a pathfinder from romanticism to modern music.

(A) Mahler was a pathfinder

(B) a path was created by Mahler

(D) Mahler was the creator of a path

(E) was how Mahler created a path

10. In the past, many famous painters meticulously ground their own colors, an attention to detail that is noteworthy.

(A) an attention to detail that is noteworthy

(B) inasmuch as they showed attention to detail, it is noteworthy

(D) an idea that is noteworthy in showing their attention to detail

(E) which is noteworthy and it shows an attention to detail

11. By including pieces of cloth, newspaper, wallpaper, and other materials in his work, Picasso’s innovation had an important influence on twentieth-century art.

(A) Picasso’s innovation had an important influence on

(B) this innovation of Picasso’s was important in its influence over

(D) Picasso was influential, with his innovation, over

(E) the innovative Picasso was an important influence on

12. Once American films looked slick and commercial compared to European imports; now, almost the reverse is true.

(A) now, almost the reverse is true

(B) now they are almost the reverse

(D) now it is almost the reverse that is true

(E) it has now been almost reversed

13. The tiles are sorted not only by their surface appearance but also according to their hardness and their capacity of conducting heat.

(A)according to their hardness and their capacity of conducting heat

(B)according to their hardness and of their heat-conducting capacity

(C)by their hardness and their capacity for conducting heat

(D)by their hardness and capacity in heat conduction

14. After the prince characterized modern architecture as ugly(A), he has beenseverely(B) criticized for having been(C)so outspoken(D) in public. No error.(E)

15. I have gone to(A)only one(B) football game after (C)I graduated (D)from high school. No error.(E)

16. Airport runways must be constantly swept constantlyclear of trash and other debris that could be sucked into a jet-engine intake or it could cause a serious accident.

(A) intake or it could cause a serious accident

(B) intake, this causes a serious accident

(D) intake, preventing a serious accident

(E) intake and avoiding a serious accident

17. Except in mathematics, absolute proof is more often an ideal to be sought than a goal to be reached, a fact that the courts recognize by setting varying standards of proof for different kind of cases.

(A) a fact that the courts recognize by setting

(B) which the courts recognize and set

(D) and this is recognized by the courts when they set

(E) and the courts recognize this fact setting

18. Although fascinated by chance and coincidence, Paul Auster’s novels are written with careful attention to style and balance.

(A) Paul Auster’s novels are written

(B) Paul Auster’s novels were written

(D) Paul Auster is a writer

(E) Paul Auster had wrote

19. In eighteenth-century France, economic inequalities made many people angry, and a violent revolution was fueled.

(A) angry, and a violent revolution was fueled

(B) angry; it fueled a violent revolution

(D) angry, that anger fueled a violent revolution

(E) angry; thus fueling a violent revolution

20. Societies acting through their governments make the rules to state which acts are illegal, but although war is the most violent of human activities, it has not been declared illegal by any of the world’s governments or their agencies.

(A) to state

(B) stating

(D) that are stating

(E) where they state

21. In addition to(A)being (B)a talented pianist and composer, Béla Bartók was a respected(C) musicologist who wrote (D)several books on Hungarian, Slovakian, and Romanian folk music. No error(E)

22. Adult ladybugs often prey on agricultural or garden pests, causing many fruit growers to consider them among the most beneficial insects.

(A) causing many fruit growers to

(B) therefore, many fruit growers

(D) which cause many fruit growers to

(E) many fruit growers

23: Decorative arts, art forms that have a mainly practical or ornamental purpose, and include ceramics, basketry, furniture making, and glassblowing.

(A) and include

(B) including

(D) include

(E) which include

24: Many of blues great Bessie Smith's songs describe the experience of southern Black migrants, especially the struggles of Black women to adjust to urban life in the northern United States.

(A) the struggles of Black women to adjust

(B) how Black women struggled at adjusting

(D) Black women, they struggled with adjusting

(E) for Black women and struggling to adjust

25: The Bretons who began emigrating to the United States from the Brittany region of France in the early twentieth century were distinguished from other French citizens by their Celtic origin, but about 40 percent of those who emigrated spoke a Celtic language closely related to Welsh.

(A) but about 40 percent of those who emigrated spoke

(B) about 40 percent of whom spoke

(D) with about 40 percent of those who emigrated speaking

(E) where 40 percent of them were speakingng

26: Almost all animals that hibernate prepare for it during summer by eating large amounts of A BC

food, which they convert to thick layers of fat.No error

27: If you can acquire (A)the necessary calories by drinking (B)gasoline instead of by eating food, you (C)

would be able to run 26 miles on about one-twelfth of a gallon of gas. No error.

28 In many large cities in the United States, the presence of a culturally (A) diverse populationhas led (B) to repeated calls that (C) curricula taught wholly or partly (D) in languages other than English. No Error.(E)

29Of ancient origin(A),the game of checkers was played (B) in Egypt during the time (C) of the pharaohs and is mentioned (D) in the writings of Homer and Plato.No error(E)

30: Pilots at the airline, angered at the prospect of seeing their pension plans replaced with less generous versions, vowed to use legal means to fight it.

(A)it

(B)them

(C)this

(D)such a move

(E)that from happening

31. When chronological order is followed too mechanically, they are obscuring rather than clarifying important relationships.

(A) When chronological order is followed too mechanically, they are obscuring rather than clarifying important relationships.

(B) When chronological order is followed too mechanically, it obscures rather than clarifying important relationships.

(D) Chronological order, if followed too mechanically, obscures rather than clarifies important relationships.

(E) If you follow a too mechanical chronological order, it obscures rather than clarifies important relationships.

32. Like his other (A) cookbooks, in his new book Chef Louis offers lengthy explanations of whathe considersto be basic cooking principles. No error

B C DE

33. Electronic bulletin boards, combining the convenience of a telephone with the massive information storage capacity of a computer, present messages on diverse subjects as astronomy, artificial intelligence, and skydiving.

(A) diverse subjects as

(B) diverse subjects that are

(D) subjects as diverse as

(E) a subject as diverse as

34. At graduation, the speaker assured us that our many courses in the liberal arts had prepared us equally well for the challenges of working and further study.

(A) had prepared us equally well for the challenges of working and further study

(B) had prepared us equally well for the challenges of work and of further study

(D) leaves us prepared for the challenges of work and further study both

(E) were the preparation for making the challenges of work or further study easier

35. The fruit fly is often used to study genetic mechanisms, because it reproduces rapidly scientists can observe the effects of experiments on several generations.

(A) mechanisms, because it reproduces rapidly

(B) mechanisms, since it reproduces rapidly,

(D) mechanisms; because it reproduces rapidly,

(E) mechanisms; then rapid reproduction allows

36 To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets.

(A) their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment

(B) their natural growth rate, their feed allotment cut

(D) they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment

(E) they grow naturally, with their feed allotment cut

37 In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending of solar imagery, Judeo-Christian thought and figures, and the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting her range and depth of influences, not the least of which is her African heritage.

(A) the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting

(B) borrowing images from ancient classicism, suggests

(D) images borrowed from ancient classicism suggests

(E) images that she borrowed from ancient classicism, suggesting

38 Five fledgling sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer, bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.

(A) bringing

(B) and brings

(D) and it brought

(E) and brought

39 Initiated five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World on Columbus Day 1992, Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

(A) Initiated five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World on Columbus Day 1992, Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

(B) Initiated on Columbus Day 1992, five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence was pledged by Project SETI.

(C) Initiated on Columbus Day 1992, five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

(D) Pledging a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, the initiation of Project SETI five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World on Columbus Day 1992.

(E) Pledging a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, on Columbus Day 1992, the initiation of Project SETI took place.

40 One report concludes that many schools do not have, or likely to have, enough computers to use them effectively.

(A) or

(B) nor

(D) nor are they

(E) nor are not

41 At one time, the majestic American chestnut was so prevalent that it was said a squirrel could jump from tree to tree without once touching the ground between New York State and Georgia.

(A) so prevalent that it was said a squirrel could

(B) so prevalent that a squirrel was said that it could

(D) prevalent enough that it was said a squirrel could

(E) prevalent enough for a squirrel to be said to be able to

42 Recent research indicates that two popular arthritis drugs are possibly not as safe as they initially believed.

(A) that two popular arthritis drugs are possibly not as safe as they initially believed

(B) that two popular arthritis drugs may not be as safe as they were initially believed to be

(D) the safety of two popular arthritis drugs may not be as great as it was initially believed

(E) the safety of two popular arthritis drugs not to be as great as they were initially believed to be

43 According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation’s largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive Internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.

A with speeds much higher than is

B with speeds that are much higher than are

C at much higher speeds as are

D at much higher speeds than that

E at speeds much higher than are

44 As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, Joan Philkill attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning applications.

(A) As the former

(B) The former

(D) She was

(E) As the

45 Shrinking faster than any other nation's, the projected decline of Japan's population is 17 percent during the next half century.

(A) Shrinking faster than any other nation's, the projected decline of Japan's population is

(B) Shrinking faster than any other nation, Japan's population has a projected decline of

(D) The Japanese population is shrinking faster than any other nation, and it has a projected decline at

(E) Japan's population is shrinking faster than that of any other nation, with a projected decline at

46 One automobile manufacturer has announced plans to increase the average fuel efficiency of its sport utility vehicles by 25 percent over the next five years, amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, and representing the first significant change in the fuel efficiency of any class of passenger vehicle in almost two decades.

(A) amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, and representing

(B) amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, and it would represent

(D) an increase that would amount to roughly five miles per gallon and would represent

(E) which is an increase amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, representing

47 Unlike the other major planets, Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit, which is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is for 20 years out of every 230-year cycle, even though it is commonly described as the remotest planet in the solar system.

(A) Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit, which is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is

(B) Pluto has a highly eccentric orbit and is thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is

(D) the orbit of Pluto is highly eccentric and thus closer to the Sun than Neptune

(E) the orbit of Pluto is highly eccentric, thus closer to the Sun than Neptune is

48 The agreement, the first to formally require industrialized countries to cut emissions of gases linked to global warming, is a formal protocol by which 38 industrialized countries must reduce emissions of these gases by 2012 or face heavy penalties.

(A) by which

(B) for which

(D) such that

(E) wherein

49 The population of India has been steadily increasing for decades, and it will probably have what is estimated as 1.6 billion people by 2050 and surpass China as the world's most populous nation.