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1. Spending large sums of money in every store, he then found himself out
of cash.
He spent large sums of money in every store _______ himself out of cash.
(A) in order to find
(B) and would have found
(C) and as a result
(D) for which he found
(E) and then found
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(E) He spent large sums in every store and then found himself out of cash.
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2. At this time, kick your feet in the water in the way that Gregory just
did.
Now kick your feet in the water _______.
(A) like Gregory just done
(B) just like Gregory did
(C) like Gregory just did
(D) just as Gregory did
(E) as Gregory just did
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(E) Now kick your feet in the water as Gregory just did.
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3. Here in our building, there are many elderly people.
There are many elderly people _______.
(A) in this here building
(B) here in our building
(C) in our many buildings here
(D) in our building
(E) which are here in our building
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(B) There are many elderly people here in our building.
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4. Blame could not be attached to either the diplomats or our president
for the fiasco.
Neither the diplomats _______ for the fiasco.
(A) or our president was to blame
(B) nor our president were to blame
(C) or our president were to blame
(D) nor our president was to blame
(E) and our president was to blame
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(D) Neither the diplomats nor our president was to blame for the fiasco.
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5. Life is essentially happy, even though there are certainly at times
moments of great sadness.
There are certainly at times moments of great _______ life is
essentially happy.
(A) sadness; although
(B) sadness, even though
(C) essential sadness
(D) sadness essentially
(E) sadness. Even though
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(B) There are certainly at times moments of great sadness, even though life is
essentially happy.
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6. He liked swimming, and he also liked playing tennis.
He liked to swim and _______.
(A) playing tennis
(B) to play tennis
(C) he likes to play tennis
(D) he likes playing tennis
(E) to also play tennis
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(B) He liked to swim and to play tennis.
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7. Every one of the instructors was given his complete registration guide
package.
All of the instructors _______ complete registration guide packages.
(A) would be given his
(B) were given his
(C) was given their
(D) were given their
(E) should have been given their
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(D) All of the instructors were given their complete registration guide
packages.
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8. "Try to be patient, considering we can only help one of you at a
time," the nurse called into the room.
"Try to be patient, since _______ at a time," the nurse called into the
room.
(A) we can help but one of you
(B) we can't help but one of you
(C) we can't only help one of you
(D) we can't only but help one of you
(E) we can't help one of you
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(A) "Try to be patient, since we can help but one of you at a time," the
nurse called into the room.
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