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Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.

Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.

After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a“NO CHANGE”option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.

Q1
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) prescribed; and
- C) prescribed: and
- D) prescribed and,
Q2
The writer wants to complete the sentence with accurate and relevant information from the graph to support the claim made about advances in the implementation of electronic health record systems. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) increased most dramatically between 2011 and 2012.
- C) increased from less than 20 percent of physicians to nearly 80 percent of physicians.
- D) fluctuated from year to year until about 80 percent of physicians were using electronic health records.
Q3
Which phrase most effectively sets up the examples in the second part of the sentence?
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) Electronic health records provide many advantages over paper ones:
- C) Researchers have weighed the benefits and drawbacks of electronic health records:
- D) Typically, electronic health records need a full-time staff to maintain them:
Q4
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) because they are
- C) being
- D) DELETE the underlined portion.
Q5
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) different
- C) diverse, different
- D) singularly different
Q6
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
- A) patient, resulting
- B) patient and results
- C) patient, and those treatments result
- D) patient because it results
Q7
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) information to provide
- C) information; providing
- D) information, provides
Q8
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) Still,
- C) In this case,
- D) In fact,
Q9
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) are
- C) are,
- D) are;
Q10
To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 2 should be placed
- A) where it is now.
- B) before sentence 1.
- C) after sentence 5.
- D) after sentence 6.
Q11
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) have been
- C) had been
- D) is

Q12
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) vital: to the sustainability of the others
- C) vital, to the sustainability of the others,
- D) vital; to the sustainability of the others
Q13
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) interdependent
- C) societal
- D) associative
Q14
To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 4 should be placed
- A) where it is now.
- B) after sentence 1.
- C) after sentence 5.
- D) after sentence 6.
Q15
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) streams; dams
- C) streams, dams
- D) streams—dams
Q16
At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.

A beaver’s life span averages 10–12 years.

Should the writer make this addition here?
- A) Yes, because it reinforces the scientists’ characterization of beavers as “ecosystem engineers.”
- B) Yes, because it clarifies information in the previous sentence about the impact of beavers.
- C) No, because the detail is not necessary for understanding beavers’ impact on their ecosystems.
- D) No, because it does not provide enough explanation of the factors affecting the beaver’s life span.
Q17
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) adopting
- C) raising
- D) rearing
Q18
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) inhabit
- C) are inhabited
- D) have inhabited
Q19
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) to preserve them
- C) preserving them
- D) they are preserved
Q20
Which choice best reflects the information provided in figures 1 and 2?
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) marked decline
- C) greater increase
- D) gradual reduction
Q21
Which choice provides the best transition from the previous paragraph?
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) Despite the beaver’s reputation as a nuisance,
- C) Spurred by these findings,
- D) Motivated by this opportunity,
Think about the previous passage as a whole as you answer question 22.
Q22
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) best—“engineering,”
- C) best: “engineering”
- D) best, “engineering,”

Q23
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) it's
- C) its'
- D) their
Q24
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) for
- C) to
- D) with
Q25
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) make it look super rich.
- C) increase its splendor.
- D) give it a wow factor.
Q26
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) they were placed
- C) which were placed
- D) placed
Q27
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) other sculptors had previously used it,
- C) it was used by them before,
- D) they used it previously to begin other sculptures,
Q28
The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?
- A) Kept, because it provides evidence to support the claim that Michelangelo would succeed where others had failed.
- B) Kept, because it includes details that explain why the citizens of Florence might have been critical of commissioning a sculptor from a different city.
- C) Deleted, because it adds irrelevant information that distracts from the paragraph’s focus on the obstacles Michelangelo faced.
- D) Deleted, because it fails to explain why the block had not already been made into a sculpture.
Q29
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) reflected
- C) had reflected
- D) will reflect
Q30
To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 3 should be placed
- A) where it is now.
- B) before sentence 1.
- C) after sentence 1.
- D) after sentence 4.
Q31
Which choice gives a second reason and additional support for the main idea of the paragraph?
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) and depicted a favorite biblical story of the citizens of Florence
- C) and later would come to symbolize Florence’s defense of its civil liberties
- D) and, at more than eight tons, far too heavy
Q32
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) to symbolize and represent
- C) as a symbol of
- D) as a representation that symbolized
Q33
The writer wants to revise the underlined portion so that the concluding sentence summarizes the main ideas of the passage. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
- A) prestige, and Michelangelo was hailed as a hero in his own right for conquering the Giant and giving Florence a fitting monument.
- B) prestige, and Michelangelo would soon leave Florence for Rome, where he would paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
- C) prestige, especially after parts of the statue were decorated with gold.
- D) prestige, but even though it boasts works of art like Michelangelo’s David, Italy today ranks only fifth in terms of revenue generated by tourism.

Q34
Which choice provides the best introduction to the paragraph?
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) Companies are always searching for new and innovative ways to recruit the best employees.
- C) In 2007, two highly successful full-time engineers at a US car company faced the same dilemma.
- D) According to one national survey, the average full-time US employee works about 1,700 hours per year.
Q35
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) solution. Job
- C) solution job
- D) solution: job
Q36
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) sharing—
- C) sharing;
- D) sharing:
Q37
Which choice best combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
- A) ladder, and they weren’t having
- B) ladder; however, they didn’t have
- C) ladder without having
- D) ladder while still not having
Q38
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) there were steps taken by Levine and Rocco to ensure
- C) Levine and Rocco took steps to ensure
- D) Levine and Rocco’s steps ensured
Q39
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) To this end,
- C) However,
- D) Similarly
Q40
Which choice best sets up the information that follows in the next part of the sentence?
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) Levine and Rocco initially had doubts that the arrangement would be successful:
- C) The job shared by Levine and Rocco requires about 80 hours of work total per week:
- D) Both Levine and Rocco found that this collaboration enhanced their job performance:
Q41
Which choice best sets up the main discussion of the paragraph?
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) Moreover, some workers have responsibilities that are difficult to share.
- C) Still, only some positions are suitable for job sharing.
- D) Flexible work arrangements can reduce stress in employees.
Q42
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) contrary
- C) irreconcilable
- D) mismatched
Q43
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) that of
- C) those for
- D) DELETE the underlined portion.
Q44
- A) NO CHANGE
- B) those enable
- C) any of them enables
- D) it enables

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