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ENGLISH TEST 45 Minutes—75 Questions DIRECTIONS: In the five passages that follow, certain words and phrases are underlined and numbered. In the right-hand column, you will find alternatives for ... the underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.” In some cases, you will find in the right-hand column a question about the underlined part. You are to choose the best answer to the question. You will also find questions about a section of the passage or about the passage as a whole. These questions do not refer to an underlined portion of the passage, but rather are identified by a number or numbers in a box. For each question, choose the alternative you consider best, and fill in the corresponding oval on your answer document. Read each passage through once before you begin to answer the questions that accompany it. For many of the questions, you must read several sentences beyond the question to determine the answer. Be sure that you have read far enough ahead each time you choose an alternative. 5. A. NO CHANGE B. decided that C. had decided D. had to of decided 4. F. NO CHANGE G. me, H. me, as J. me. As 3. A. NO CHANGE B. hang C. hanging D. were hanging 2. Given that all the choices are true, which one best sets up the image of the Museum as a strange place? F. NO CHANGE G. a tiny H. an outdoor J. an eerie 1. A. NO CHANGE B. family and I decided C. family and I decided, D. family, and I, decided PASSAGE I A Museum With No “Charms” It was a balmy August day when my family, and I decided to visit the Voodoo Museum, an old-timey storefront with a hand-painted sign in front of it. The potions lining the shelves and the ominous portraits hung on the walls made me feel that it was a hundred years earlier at least. Marie Leveau’s eyes looked out from her portrait, trying to cast a spell on me as if controlled by a voodoo doll, I began to feel that I was moving involuntarily. I couldn’t have been more excited. 1 2 3 4 New Orleans is one of the most misunderstood vacation spots in the world. For too long, tourists have known it only as a place to “let the good times roll.” But we have decided 53 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 6. F. NO CHANGE G. I wanted to see New Orleans’s richness and diversity and compare it to other cities. H. something made me want to see the other things that New Orleans had to offer, rich and diverse as they were. J. my family and I were set on seeing all of the historical riches of that diverse city of New Orleans. 7. Which of the following, if added here, would best reinforce the preceding sentence and set up the contrast with the museum’s description in the next paragraph? A. The Big Easy, you guys! B. Splash. C. Bathing suit and all. D. Back in time. 8. F. NO CHANGE G. us to an unremarkable hallway, H. us to an unremarkable hallway; J. us, to an unremarkable hallway, 9. A. NO CHANGE B. artifacts along the hallway. C. artifacts. D. artifacts to which he pointed us. 10. Given that all the choices are true, which one begins the paragraph with the clearest sense of the narrator’s reaction to the rest of the museum? F. NO CHANGE G. The museum curator kept the keys in his fanny pack. H. Things did not improve within the museum. J. There were three or four rooms at the end of the hallway [Show More]

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