1. Early American factories did not so much replace household manufacturing but complement it.

A. but complement
B. as complement
C. but they complemented
D. and they complemented
E. as they were to complement

2. After teaching, becoming involved in several fashion enterprises, and after she founded the Harlem Institute of Fashion, Lois Alexander Lane launched the Black Fashion Museum.

A. after she founded
B. after the founding of
C. founding
D. she had founded
E. having founded

3. In eighteenth-century France, economic inequalities made many people angry, and a violent revolution was fueled.

A. angry, and a violent revolution was fueled
B. angry; it fueled a violent revolution
C. angry, and this anger fueled a violent revolution
D. angry, that anger fueled a violent revolution
E. angry; thus fueling a violent revolution

4. Unlike with many animals, humans do not swim by instinct.

A. with many animals
B. what many animals do
C. many animals
D. many animals who do it
E. many animals do

5. First run in 1867 and still taking place every summer, the Belmont Stakes, a horse race for thoroughbred three-year-olds, was one of the oldest races in the United States.

A. was
B. is
C. were
D. are
E. has been

6. Folklore scholars think of fables probably originating among the Semitic peoples of the Middle East, moving first to India and then west to Greece.

A. of fables probably originating
B. of fables that probably originated
C. that the fable's origins were probably
D. that the origin of fables probably was
E. that fables probably originated

7. Althea Gibson, the first African American tennis player that they recognized as a world champion, began playing amateur tennis in the 1940's.

A. that they recognized as
B. that was recognized to be
C. recognized because she was
D. to be recognized as
E. recognizing her as

8. Societies acting through their governments make the rules to state which acts are illegal, but although war is the most violent of human activities, it has not been declared illegal by any of the world's governments or their agencies.

A. to state
B. stating
C. when they state
D. that are stating
E. where they state

9. The 2003 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer, writer, and teacher, she gained prominence as an advocate for democracy and human rights.

A. teacher, she gained
B. teacher, she had gained
C. teacher, gaining
D. teacher who gained
E. teacher having gained


10. Because its early history is not fully known, origami, the art of folding objects out of paper without cutting, pasting, or decorating, seems to have developed from the older art of folding cloth.

A. Because
B. In that
C. Since
D. Although
E. As

11. One of the most popular singers of his time, more than twenty languages were mastered by Paul Robeson, allowing him to perform classical repertory, spirituals, and folk songs from around the world.

A. more than twenty languages were mastered by Paul Robeson, allowing him to perform
B. Paul Robeson's mastery of more than twenty languages allowed him to perform
C. mastering more than twenty languages allowed Paul Robeson to perform
D. his mastery of more than twenty languages allowed Paul Robeson to be performing
E. Paul Robeson mastered more than twenty languages, allowing him to perform

12. Babe Ruth is regarded by many having been the greatest baseball player in history, and he remains arguably the most celebrated figure in North American sports.

A. having been
B. that he was
C. for being
D. to be
E. as

13. Digital technology, as every marketer knows, is synonymous to speed, precision, and the future.

A. to
B. of
C. with
D. for
E. through

Answer Keys

1

2

3

4

B

C

C

C

5

6

7

8

B

E

D

B

9

10

11

12

D

D

E

E

13

C



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