1) An examination of (A) the most reliable current economic statistics (B) do not justify (C) raising the sales tax in the (D) foreseeable future. (E) No error
2) Some symbols (A) acquire a (B) multitude of meanings, some (C) widely shared, others personal, some contradictory, conflicted, (D) or ambivalent. (E) No error
3) Since the early 1800s, the famous Hope Diamond (A) was the most notorious gem (B) in history, leaving behind (C) a string of owners (D) who have suffered one misfortune after another. (E) No error
4) (A) Because the setting profoundly influences the thoughts, emotions, and actions of the characters, a place can be as (B) significant for a story as (C) any of the people in (D) it. (E) No error
5) (A) Both Lady Gaga and Beyoncé (B) have become (C) extremely popular singers, but Beyoncé has the (D) largest number of fans. (E) No error
6) During this past year, a rapport (A) has developed between my Spanish teacher (B) and I; (C) in fact, I now call (D) her by her first name, Louise. (E) No error
7) Readers (A) can easily draw a distinction between a so-called literary classic and an escapist piece of pulp fiction by considering (B) how many ideas the books (C) given them to think (D) about. (E) No error
8) Written by William Golding, the novel Lord of the Flies (A) tells (B) what happens when a group of schoolboys (C) get stranded (D) on an uninhabited island. (E) No error
9) Using special lighting techniques, food stores (A) subtly enhance the color of produce on (B) their shelves, (C) thereby attracting consumers, encouraging impulse buying, and most important, (D) it creates the appearance of freshness and wholesomeness. (E) No error
10) While looking around the infirmary, I observed many (A) other patients (B) which happened to be suffering (C) from the same upper respiratory infection as (D) I. (E) No error
11) (A) There’s no doubt that the safe-driving campaign scheduled to begin next week (B) would have been postponed for another week (C) because we lack the time to plan it (D) well. (E) No error
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Answer Keys
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