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1. A number of trainees (A) who take this course every year (B) find that (C) their knowledge of mathematics (D) is inadequate. (E) No error
2. Either of the solutions you (A) have proposed (B) are acceptable to the union, (C) whose members (D) are willing to compromise. (E) No error
3. The last man on earth (A) will abandon his ruined house (B) for a cave, (C) and his woven clothes for an (D) animal's skin. (E) No error
4. The station was a (A) hive of bustling (B) activity, the arrival of the train was the (C) most important event of the day (D) in that remote place. (E) No error
5. My grandmother's legacy (A) is substantial, (B) especially if the value of the rare stamps (C) are taken (D) into consideration. (E) No error
6. Neither Bradley, nor (A) more recent critics who (B) have written on Shakespeare's tragedies, (C) has been able to give a convincing explanation for the (D) timing of events in Othello. (E) No error
7. The bridal gown was (A) most unique: (B) the bridegroom designed (C) it and (D) his mother provided the lace fabric. (E) No error
8. For a successful career (A) as a beautician, (B) one must be prepared to (C) dissemble: you must not tell your client the unvarnished truth about (D) his or her appearance. (E) No error
9. When Russell Wallace and Darwin (A) independently proposed similar theories, Darwin (B) had already accumulated extensive evidence (C) with which to support (D) his ideas. (E) No error
10. Everyone (A) who visits Singapore (B) is impressed by its cleanliness, (C) which is mainly a result of rigorous implementation of (D) their strict laws. (E) No error
11. She wondered (A) whether the city had changed (B) alot since she had left to (C) go to (D) university. (E) No error
12. The company (A) bowed to (B) pressure, now (C) it has removed the offensive advertisement (D) from the hoarding. (E) No error
13. I (A) will not object to (B) his delivering the lecture (C) as long as he is told not to make personal attacks (D) on his critics. (E) No error
14. (A) While he thinks the (B) phenomenon is the result of enzyme action, I believe it is (C) caused by a shortage (D) of a neurotransmitter. (E) No error
15. Cynthia argued vehemently (A) with her mother (B) over (C) her refusal (D) to attend the school concert. (E) No error
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Answer Keys
1 | E |
2 | B |
3 | E |
4 | B |
5 | C |
6 | C |
7 | A |
8 | B |
9 | D |
10 | D |
11 | B |
12 | B |
13 | E |
14 | A |
15 | C |