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- 1. Help was asked of Tom and me by my father.
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- My father asked _______.
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- (A) Tom and me to help
- (B) me and Tom to help
- (C) Tom and I to help
- (D) I and Tom to help
- (E) help from Tom and I
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- Correct.
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- (A) My father asked Tom and me to help.
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- 2. A good deal of praise was lavished on the writer by those who defended
- his stand.
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- Those who defended his stand _______ the writer.
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- (A) have been praised by
- (B) have been lavished by
- (C) were lavished on by
- (D) were praised by
- (E) lavished a good deal of praise on
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- (E) Those who defended his stand lavished a good deal of praise on the
- writer.
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- 3. It is now more than a century and a half since Noah Webster started
- work on his famous dictionary.
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- More than a century and a half _______ Noah Webster started work on his
- famous dictionary.
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- (A) having passed since
- (B) has passed although
- (C) had passed while
- (D) is passing since
- (E) has passed since
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- (E) More than a century and a half has passed since Noah Webster started
- work on his famous dictionary.
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- 4. Cathy ate ice cream and cake for dessert even though she claimed to be
- on a strict diet.
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- Cathy ate ice cream and cake for _______ she claimed to be on a strict
- diet.
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- (A) dessert. Nevertheless;
- (B) dessert nevertheless,
- (C) dessert; nevertheless
- (D) dessert; nevertheless,
- (E) dessert, nevertheless
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- (D) Cathy ate ice cream and cake for dessert; nevertheless, she claimed to
- be on a strict diet.
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- 5. When man used only stone implements, his mind no less than his actions
- was grooved into simple channels.
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- Using only stone implements, _______ into simple channels.
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- (A) mankind thought and acted
- (B) man was actively and simply grooved
- (C) man's mind and action was grooved
- (D) man, mind, actions all were grooved
- (E) man, in both his mind and his actions, was grooved
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- (E) Using only stone implements, man, in both his mind and his actions, was
- grooved into simple channels.
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- 6. I am in a hurry to get started; I want to leave as early as possible.
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- Because I want to leave as early as _______ I am in a hurry to get
- started.
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- (A) possible
- (B) possible--
- (C) possible;
- (D) possibly,
- (E) possible,
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- (E) Because I want to leave as early as possible, I am in a hurry to get
- started.
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