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1. Dealing with the huge company, the lawyer attempted to convey his ideas
without seeming too overbearing.
The lawyer dealt with the huge company _______ to convey his ideas
without seeming too overbearing.
(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.
Many people admired Mr. Jones _______ he was skilled in writing.
(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.
The fact that automobile salesmen sell their cars to earn a living
_______ resort to devious tactics.
(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.
Since the bark of a dog outside _______ her daydream, she decided to
finish dusting the table.
(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.
He could not complete the book on time unless _______ his entire
weekend to writing.
(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.
He wrote several kinds of _______ histories, and tragedies.
(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.
If you slip on a banana peel, it's _______ I slip on it, it's tragedy.
(A) comedy: if
(B) comedy if
(C) comedy; if
(D) comedy, if
(E) comedy--if
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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.
For five successive days, _______.
(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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