1.

Never before In the history of music have musical superstars been able to
command so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today.

(A) so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today

(B) so extraordinary fees as they are today
(C) such extraordinary fees as they do today
(D) such extraordinary fees of the kind today’s have
(E) so extraordinary a fee of the kind they can today

2. Like the one reputed to live in Loch Ness, also an inland lake connected to the
ocean by a river, inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a
long and narrow “sea monster.”

(A) Like the one reputed to live in Loch Ness, also an inland lake connected to the
ocean by a river, inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a
long and narrow “sea monster.”
(B) Inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and
narrow “sea monster” similar to the one reputed to live in Loch Nes, which, like Lake
Champlain, is an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river.
(C) Inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and
narrow “sea monster” similar to Loch Ness’s, like Lake Champlain, is an inland lake
connected to the ocean by a river.
(D) Like Loch Ness’s reputed monster, inhabitants of the area around Lake
Champlain, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, claim sightings of a
long and narrow “sea monster.”
(E) Similar to that reputed to live in Loch Ness, inhabitants of the area around Lake
Champlain, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, claim sightings of a
long and narrow “sea monster.”

3. As it becomes more freguentto have spouses who both work outside the home,
companies are beginning to help in finding new employment for the spouses of
transferred employees.

(A) It becomes more frequent to have spouses who both work outside the home
(B) it becomes more frequent to have couples both working outside the home
(C) it becomes more common that both husband and wife should be working outside
the home
(D) it becomes more common for both husband and wife to work outside the home
(E) couples in which both of the spouses working outside the home become more
common

4. Since 1965 there are four times as many Black college students enrolled, and the
one million Black people in college today represent 11 percent of all college students.

(A) Since 1965 there are four times as many Black college students enrolled
(B) The enrollment of Black college students was only one-fourth in 1965
(C) The enrollment of Black college students has increased four times from 1965 on
(D) Quadrupling since 1965, there are now four times as many Black college
students en- rolled
(E) The enrollment of Black college students has quadrupled since 1965

5. A common disability in test pilots is hearing impairment, a consequence of sitting

too close to large jet engines for long periods of time.
(A) a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time
(B) a consequence from sitting for long periods of time too near to large jet engines
(C) a consequence which resulted from sitting too close to large jet engines for long
periods of time
(D) damaged from sitting too near to large jet engines for long periods of time
(E) damaged because they sat too close to large jet engines for long periods of time

6. Europe’s travel lndustry is suffering as a result of sluggish economy, a stretch of

bad weather as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that is persistent.

(A) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that is persitstent

(B) and the chilling effect of terrorist activity that is persistent
(C) but persistent terrorist activity has had a chilling effect too
(D) and the chilling effects of persistent terrorist activity
(E) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that persists

7. Opening with tributes to jazz-age divas like Bessie Smith and closing with Koko
Taylor’s electrified gravel-and-thunder songs, the program will trace the blues’
vigorous matriarchal line over more than 50 years.

(A) the program will trace

(B) the program shall trace
(C) there will be a program tracing
(D) it is a program that traces
(E) it will be a program tracing

8. In 1929 relatively small declines in the market ruined many speculators having
bought on margin; they had to sell, and their selling pushed other investors to the
brink.

(A) speculators having bought on margin; they had to sell, and

(B) speculators who had bought on margin; having had to sell
(C) speculators who had bought on margin; they had to sell, and
(D) speculators, those who had bought on margin; these speculators had to sell
(E) speculators, who, having bought on margin and having to sell

9. The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about how
they learn language than the correct forms they use.

(A) how they learn language than

(B) how one learns language than
(C) how children learn language than do
(D) learning language than
(E) their language learning than do

10. Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of
resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.

(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone

(B) on the groundof avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

11. Freedman’s survey showed that people living in small towns and rural areas
consider themselves no happier than do people living in big cities.

(A) no happier than do people living

(B) not any happier than do people living
(C) not any happier than do people who live
(D) no happier than are people who are living
(E) not as happy as are people who live

12. It may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater, but at
present this process is prohibitively expensive.

(A) lt may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater

(B) Someday, it may be worthwhile to try and recover uranium from seawater
(C) Trying to recover uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
(D) To try for the recovery of uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
( E) Recovering uranium from seawater may be worthwhile to try to do someday

13. The underlying physical principles that control the midair gyrations of divers and
gymnasts are the same as the body orientation controlling astronauts in a weightless
environment.
(A) as the body orientation controlling
(B) as the body orientation which controls
(C) as those controlling the body orientation of
(D) ones to control the body orientation of
(E) ones used in controlling the body orientation of

14. The spraying of pesticides can be carefully planned, but accidents, weather
conditions that could not be foreseen and pilot errors often cause much larger
deposits of spray than they had anticipated.

(A) weather conditions that could not be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much
larger deposits of spray than they had
(B) weather conditions that cannot be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much
larger deposits of spray than
(C) unforeseeable weather conditions, and pilot errors are the cause of much larger
deposits of spray than they had
(D) weather conditions that are not foreseeable, and pilot errors often cause much
larger deposits of spray than
(E) unforeseeable weather conditions, and pilot errors often cause much larger
deposits of spray than they had

15. A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after
it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.

(A) A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after
it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
(B) After passing through a red giant stage, de- pending on its mass, a star will
compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(C) After passing through a red giant stage, a star’s mass will determine if it
compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole. 5\a\\ ~ ~ ,.
(D) Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will
compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(E) The mass of a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will determine
whether it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.

16. To read of Abigail Adams’ lengthy separation from her family, her difficult
travels, and her constant battles with illness is to feel intensely how harsh life was
even for the so-called aristocracy of Revolutionary times.

(A) To read of
(B) Reading about
(C) Having read about
(D) Once one reads of
(E) To have read of

17. In the main, incidents of breakdowns in nuclear reactors have not resulted from
lapses of high technology but commonplace inadequacies in plumbing.

(A) not resulted from lapses of high technology but

(B) resulted not from lapses of high technology but from
(C) resulted from lapses not of high technology but
(D) resulted from lapses not of high technology but have stemmed from
(E) resulted not from lapses of high technology but have stemmed from

18. Seeming to be the only organization fighting for the rights of poor people in the
South, Hosea Hudson, a laborer in Alabama, joined the Communist party in 1931.

(A) Seeming to be
(B) As
(C) In that they seemed
(D) Since it seemed
(E) Because it seemed to be

19. Although many art patrons can readily differentiate a good debenture from an
undesirable one, they are much less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor
ones, athentic art and fakes.

(A) much less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art
and
(B) far less expert in distinguishing good paintings from poor ones, authentic art
from
(C) much less expert when it comes to distinguishing good paintings and poor ones,
authentic art from
(D) far less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and
(E) far less the expert when it comes to distin guishing between good painting, poor
ones, authentic art, and

20. Rules banning cancer-causing substances from food apply to new food additives
and not to natural constituents of food because their use as additives is entirely
avoidable.

(A) their use as additives is

(B) as additives, their use is
(C) the use of such additives is
(D) the use of such additives are
(E) the use of them as additives is

21. The average weekly wage nearly doubled in the 1970’s, rising from $114 to
$220, yet the average worker ended the decade with a decrease in what thwir pay
may buy.

(A) with a decrease in what their pay may buy

(B) with what was a decrease in what they were able to buy
(C) having decreased that which they could buy
(D) decreasing in purchasing power
(E) with a decrease in purchasing power

22. Since chromosome damage may be caused by viral infections, medical x-rays,
and exposure to sunlight, it is important that the chrosomes of a population to be
tested for chemically induced damage be compared with those of a control
population.

(A) to be tested for chemically induced damage be compared with

(B) being tested for damage induced chemically are compared with
(C) being tested for chemically induced damage should~be compared to
(D) being tested for chemfEally induced damage are to be compared to
(E) that is to be tested for chemically induced damage are to be comparable with

23. The suspect in the burglary was advised of his right to remain silent, told he
could not leave, and was interrogated in a detention room.

(A) of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and was
(B) of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and
(C) of his right to remain silent and that he could not leave and
(D) that he had a right to remain silent, could not leave, and was
(E) that he had a right to remain silent, that he could not leave, and was

24. The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is
projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of
the decade.

(A) The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is
projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of
the decade.
(B) The United States petroleum industry ‘s cost by the end of the decade to meet
environmental regulations is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of
refined petroleum.
(C) By the end of the decade, the United States petroleum industry ‘s cost of
meeting environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel
of refined petroleum.
(D) To meet environmental regulations, the cost to the United States petroleum
industry is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by
the end of the decade.
(E) It is estimated that by the end of the decade the cost to the United States
petroleum industry of meeting environmental regulations will be ten percent of the
price per barrel of refined petroleum.
25. The relationship between corpulence and disease, remain controversial, although
statistics clearly associate a reduced life expectancy with chronic obesity.

(A) remain controversial, although statistics clearly associate a reduced life

expectancy with
(B) remain controversial, although statistics clearly associates a reduced life
expectancy with
(C) remain controversial, although statistics clearly associates reduced life
expectancy to
(D) remains controversial, although statistics clearly associate a reduced life
expectancy with
(E) remains controversial, although statistics clearly associates reduced life
expectancy to
Answers at the bottom of the page

1. C | 2. B | 3. D | 4. E | 5. A | 6. D | 7. A | 8. C | 9. C | 10. E | 11. A | 12. A | 13. C

| 14. B | 15. D | 16. A | 17. B | 18. E | 19. B | 20. C | 21. E | 22. A | 23. B | 24. E |
25. D