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Air-conditioning even altered the way those houses were designed. (A) Immediately before sentence 3 (B) Immediately before sentence 6 (C) Immediately before sentence 9 (D) Immediately before sentence 12 (E) Immediately before sentence 14
31. In context, which of the following revisions to sentence 2 (reproduced below) is most needed? Little did Carrier suspect that his “Apparatus for Treating Air,\, had changed the way people in the United States worked and lived. (A) Change \ (B) Change \
(C) Insert \ (D) Change \(E) Change \
32. In context, which is the best way to revise and combine the underlined portion of sentences 3 and 4 (reproduced below)?
At first, they used such devices exclusively in private industry. Their ability to cool indoor environments improved worker productivity and protected products as various as chocolate, film, and leather from heat damage.
(A) they used such devices exclusively in private industry and their (B) they used Carrier’s devices exclusively in private industry, as its (C) these devices were used exclusively in private industry because their (D) when these devices were used exclusively in private industry, their (E) Carrier’s device was used exclusively in private industry, where its
33. In context, which of the following expressions would best be inserted at the beginning of sentence 7(reproduced below)?
In 1925 Carrier persuaded Adolph Zukor of Paramount Pictures install air-conditioning in the Rivoli Theater in Manhattan. (A) Nevertheless, (B) Similarly,
(C) More importantly,
(D) Rejecting this argument, (E) Responding to this problem,
34. In context, which revision of the underlined portion of sentence 9 (reproduced below) adds information that is most relevant'? Crowds flocked to theRivoli. (A) Rivoli, eager to be present at the theater's widely advertised reopening (B) Rivoli, which was named after a famous street in Paris (C) Rivoli, as much to escape the heat as to see the movies
(D) Rivoli, which was a Greek Revival building designed by Thomas W. Lamb
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(E) Rivoli, which previously had not had air-conditioning
35. Which sentence is best placed after sentence 15 to conclude the passage?
(A) The price of air-conditioning units, however, has held steady, even though they are now globally produced.
(B) Of course, the popularity of something is no guarantee that its creator will benefit financially from it.
(C) Nowadays, air-conditioning is no common in the United States that most people don't give it a second thought-except when it's not working.
(D) Zukor himself progressed from exhibiting movies to producing them, eventually becoming the head of the Paramount Pictures Corporation.
(E) On the contrary, air-conditioning is sure to be supplanted by more efficient cooling systems that have less of an impact on the environment.
Section 10
1. Lorena Ochoa has been recognized not only as a champion golfer but also being a humanitarian, having created a foundation to support young people in Mexico. (A) but also being (B) but also as (C) she also is (D) also that she is (E) and also as
2. Relation between the United States and China began to thaw in 1971, when the Chinese table-tennis team invited its American counterpart Lo play in a series of exhibition matches. (A) when the Chinese cable-tennis team invited (B) where the Chinese table-tennis team had invited (C) as the Chinese table-tennis team invites
(D) that was when the Chinese table-tennis team invited (E) the Chinese table-tennis team invited
3. Crows and their relatives--which include ravens, magpies, and jays-- are renowned for their intelligence and the capability to flourish in landscapes dominated by humans. (A) the capability (B) are capable
(C) how they are able (D) their ability (E) to be able
4. Leaders of programs that promote gender equity frequently point to the role that parents and educators play in promoting young women's interest in science, technology, and math. (A) play in promoting (B ) plays in promoting (C) is playing to promote
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(D) plays to promote
(E) having played in promoting
5. Although all primates use vocal and facial expressions to communicate, only the great apes--chimpanzees, bonohos, orangutans, and gorillas--use gestures as well, they share this behavior with humans. (A) they share this behavior (B) this behavior is shared (C) sharing which behavior (D) a behavior shared by them (E) a behavior they share
6. When boarding a train, one should stand to the side and allow other travelers to disembark before you attempt to enter. (A) you attempt to enter (B) you attempted to enter (C) you enter
(D) attempting to enter (E) one attempted entering
7. Medieval Icelandic sagas, which range from epic tales about legendary figures to factual accounts of Icelandic history. (A) sagas, which range (B) sagas, they range (C) sagas, ranging (D) sagas ranges (E) sagas range
8. Distinguished by its highly repetitive rhyme scheme, many poets have used the villanelle, a poetic form, including Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath. (A) many poets have used the villanelle, a poetic form, including Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath. (B) many poets, including Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath, have used the villanelle, a poetic form. (C) the villanelle is a poetic form that has been used by many poets, including Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath.
(D) the villanelle, a poetic form that many poets, including Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath, have used.
(E) Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath were among the many poets who have used the villanelle, a poetic form.
9. Maize, like millet and sorghum, is a kind of grass, but being distinguished by its large seed heads and matures more quickly than they do. (A) but being distinguished by its large seed heads and matures more quickly than they do (B) but it is distinguished from them by its large seed heads and quicker maturation
(C) but its large seed heads distinguish it from them and matures more quickly than they do
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(D) and is distinguished by having large seed heads and also because it mature more quickly than them
(E) which is distinguished by its large seed heads, and by a maturation that is quicker than they have
10. Before he was elected governor of New Mexico in1918, OctavianoLarrazolo had helped to ensure that the constitution of this new state guaranteed equal rights for Hispanic Americans. (A) Larrazolo had helped (B) Larrazolo has helped (C) Larrazolo, helped (D) Larrazolo, he helped (E) Larrazolo, helping
11. The 1922 silent film The Toll of the Sea is notable both for being the first commercial movie shot entirely in Technicolor and Chinese American actor Anna May Wong was staring in it. (A) Chinese American actor Anna May Wong was staring in it
(B) Chinese American actor Anna May Wong starred in the film as well (C) for starring Anna May Wong, a Chinese American actor (D) its star was Chinese American actor Anna May Wong (E) it starred Anna May Wong, a Chinese American actor
12. The inventor studied the tiny hooks on cocklehurs that had stuck tightly to his clothing and then created a fabric fastener that operated similarly in much the same way. (A) clothing and then created a fabric fastener that operated similarly in much the same way (B) clothing and then created a fabric fastener that operated similarly
(C) clothing, then creating a fabric fastener operating similarly in much the same way (D) clothing, then a fabric fastener that operated similarly was created by him (E) clothing, he then created a fabric fastener that operated similarly
13. In the United States, the legal systems of 49 of the states were modeled after English law, but Louisiana was based on the Napoleonic Code and Roman law. (A) but Louisiana
(B) although Louisiana (C) that of Louisiana (D) whereas Louisiana's (E) however Louisiana's
14. Our tour guide requested that, while hiking through the national park, our garbage not be thrown on the trails. (A) our garbage not be thrown
(B) our garbage should not be thrown (C) not to throw our garbage (D) we did not throw our garbage (E) we not throw our garbage
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