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1) (A) Prior to her presidency, an attitude of cockiness and carelessness (B) were common, and safety rules were (C) rarely (D) taken seriously. (E) No error.
2) The experience of taking a car on the road with a driving teacher (A) fosters learning far more useful than (B) that which results (C) as students (D) sit through a dull lecture. (E) No error.
3) (A) Following traditional family values (B) have become one of the distinct differences (C) between my parents and (D) me. (E) No error.
4) Mr. Donahue made (A) it perfectly clear that he did not intend (B) to drive all the way to North Carolina (C) again without (D) Rose and I to keep him company. (E) No error.
5) Helene hopes (A) to convince Chuckie that she neither is interested in going out with (B) other boys (C) or that she ever loved (D) anyone else in a romantic way. (E) No error.
6) Foremost (A) among the voters' concerns (B) is the problem of what to do (C) about waste disposal and the issues (D) surrounding the construction of low-income housing. (E) No error.
7) The plight of immigrants, (A) vividly depicted in Sinclair's novel, The Jungle, (B) are (C) no less heartbreaking (D) than the suffering of the migrant workers in Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. (E) No error.
8) That Naomi, the (A) book's main character and possibly (B) its hero, is (C) a mere child during the Revolution makes the story (D) even more appealing to young readers. (E) No error.
9) A number of the athletes (A) which were participating in the Olympics (B) were found to have used steroids and other muscle-building substances (C) to enhance (D) their performance. (E) No error.
10) (A) Throughout the year, the park attracts visitors who come (B) for hiking in the wilderness, climbing the mountains, (C) water sports, and catching trout and (D) other prized game fish. (E) No error.
11) Carolyn's mother (A) was born and raised in Baltimore, where she (B) attended high school and college, got (C) married, and (D) gave birth to Carolyn on October 20, 1993. (E) No error.
12) Mike read a novel (A) where the author, (B) experimenting with a new structure, (C) devoted a separate chapter (D) to each character. (E) No error.
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Answer Keys
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
B | C | B | D |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
C | B | B | E |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
A | C | E | A |