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- 1. Dealing with the huge company, the lawyer attempted to convey his ideas
- without seeming too overbearing.
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- The lawyer dealt with the huge company _______ to convey his ideas
- without seeming too overbearing.
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- (A) when he used to attempt
- (B) when he attempted
- (C) and attempted
- (D) without attempting
- (E) and attempts
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- (C) The lawyer dealt with the huge company and attempted to convey his
- ideas without seeming too overbearing.
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- 2. Because of his skill in writing, Mr. Jones had many fans.
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- Many people admired Mr. Jones _______ he was skilled in writing.
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- (A) and
- (B) unless
- (C) because
- (D) while
- (E) owing to the fact that
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- (C) Many people admired Mr. Jones because he was skilled in writing.
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- 3. Automobile salesmen sell their cars to earn a living, so they sometimes
- resort to devious tactics.
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- The fact that automobile salesmen sell their cars to earn a living
- _______ resort to devious tactics.
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- (A) sometimes means that they
- (B) means that sometimes they
- (C) which means that sometimes they
- (D) and this sometimes means that they
- (E) of which they sometimes
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- (B) The fact that automobile salesmen sell their cars to earn a living
- means that sometimes they resort to devious tactics.
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- 4. The bark of a dog outside having shattered her daydream, she decided to
- finish dusting the table.
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- Since the bark of a dog outside _______ her daydream, she decided to
- finish dusting the table.
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- (A) occurred to shatter
- (B) broke up
- (C) was shattering
- (D) had caused to break
- (E) had shattered
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- (E) Since the bark of a dog outside had shattered her daydream, she decided
- to finish dusting the table.
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- 5. He could not complete the book on time without devoting his entire
- weekend to writing.
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- He could not complete the book on time unless _______ his entire
- weekend to writing.
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- (A) devoting
- (B) he would devote
- (C) his devoting
- (D) he devoted
- (E) having devoted
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- (D) He could not complete the book on time unless he devoted his entire
- weekend to writing.
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- 6. He wrote all kinds of plays, including plays that were comedies,
- histories, and tragedies.
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- He wrote several kinds of _______ histories, and tragedies.
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- (A) plays: comedies,
- (B) plays. They are comedies,
- (C) plays, comedies,
- (D) plays; comedies,
- (E) plays--comedies;
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- (A) He wrote several kinds of plays: comedies, histories, and tragedies.
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- 7. If you slip on a banana peel, it's comedy, but if I slip on it, it's
- tragedy.
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- If you slip on a banana peel, it's _______ I slip on it, it's tragedy.
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- (A) comedy: if
- (B) comedy if
- (C) comedy; if
- (D) comedy, if
- (E) comedy--if
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- Correct.
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- (C) If you slip on a banana peel, it's comedy; if I slip on it, it's
- tragedy.
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- 8. The enemy's air bombardment began and continued for five successive
- days.
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- For five successive days, _______.
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- (A) the enemy bombarded the air for us
- (B) the enemy had been bombarded by us
- (C) the enemy began an air bombardment of us
- (D) we bombarded the enemy by air
- (E) we were bombarded from the air by the enemy
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- (E) For five successive days, we were bombarded from the air by the enemy.
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