Looking up from the base of the mountain, the trail seemed more treacherous than it really was. (A) Looking up (B) While looking up (C) By looking up (D) Viewing (E) Viewed As written, this sentence would suggest that the trail was looking up from the base of the mountain. Now, this could perhaps work as a metaphor [...]
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A wheel has a diameter of x inches and a second wheel has a diameter of y inches. The first wheel covers a distance of d feet in 100 revolutions. How many revolutions does the second wheel make in covering d feet? A. 100xy B. 100y – x C. 100x – y D. 100y / [...]
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Which of the following choices will most improve this sentence? If the sentence is ok, choose (A). To judge the Tidy City contest, we picked an uninterested party. (A.) picked an uninterested party. (B.) picked an interested party! (C.) picked a disinterested party. (D.) are in the process of picking an uninterested party. (E.) picked [...]
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Sarah needs to make a cake and some cookies. The cake requires 3/8 cup of sugar and the cookies require 3/5 cup of sugar. Sarah has 15/16 cups of sugar. Does she have enough sugar, or how much more does she need? A. She has enough sugar. B. She needs 1/8 of a cup of [...]
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She found that fame was both ________ and ________; not only was it difficult to get her book published, but when she did, members of the media quickly lost interest in it. (a) destructive…counterproductive (b) evanescent…gratifying (c) tedious…deleterious (d) elusive…ephemeral (e) fulfilling…subtle The first blank will be filled by a word that has something to [...]
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