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11. Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a

sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C., worshipped

a goddess known in Latin as

Bona Dea, "the good goddess."

(A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers

(B) Basing it on various ancient writers' accounts

(C) With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis

(D) By the accounts of various ancient writers they used

(E) Using accounts of various ancient writers

12. Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to

new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses,

because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.

(A) Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to

new small businesses in the same

way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and

are seldom in equilibrium.

(B) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash

flow and the ratio of debt to

equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to

established big businesses.

(C) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, new small

businesses are not subject to the

same applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity

as established big

businesses.

(D) Because new small businesses are growing and are seldom in equilibrium,

formulas for cash flow and

the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to them in the same way as to

established big businesses.

(E) New small businesses are not subject to the applicability of formulas for

cash flow and the ratio of debt

to equity in the same way as established big businesses, because they are

growing and are seldom in

equilibrium.

13. State officials report that soaring rates of liability insurance have

risen to force cutbacks in the operations

of everything from local governments and school districts to day-care centers

and recreational facilities.

(A) rates of liability insurance have risen to force

(B) rates of liability insurance are a force for

(C) rates for liability insurance are forcing

(D) rises in liability insurance rates are forcing

(E) liability insurance rates have risen to force

14. Paleontologists believe that fragments of a primate jawbone unearthed in

Burma and estimated at 40 to

44 million years old provide evidence of a crucial step along the

evolutionary path that led to human

beings.

(A) at 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of

(B) as being 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of

(C) that it is 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of what was

(D) to be 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of

(E) as 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of what was

15. In his research paper, Dr. Frosh, medical director of the Payne Whitney

Clinic, distinguishes mood swings. which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from

genuine manic-depressive psychosis.

(A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental

disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis

(B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease,

and genuine manic-depressive psychosis ,

(C) between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in

mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis

(D) between mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental

disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis

(E) genuine manic-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent

without being grounded in mental disease

Answer to Question 11

In choice A, the introductory clause beginning Based on modifies scholars,

the noun that immediately follows it:in other words, A says that scholars were

based on the accounts of various ancient writers. Choice B is awkward and

imprecise in that the referent for the pronoun it is not immediately clear. C

and D are also wordy and awkward, and in D By the accounts... they used is an

unidiomatic and roundabout way of saying that scholars used me accounts. E, the

best choice, is clear and concise; it correctly uses a present participle

(or"-ing" verb) to introduce the modifier describing how the scholars

worked.

Answer to Question 12

In A, the they after because is ambiguous; it seems illogically to refer to

Formulas because they and Formulas are each the grammatical subject of a clause

and because the previous they refers to Formulas. In A and B, do not apply to...

in the same way as they do to is wordy and awkward. D, the best choice, says

more concisely in the same way as to. Also in B, because they refers to

formulas, the introductory clause states confusedly that the formulas are

growing. In C and E, subject to the [same] applicability of... is wordy,

awkward, and imprecise; furthermore, are is preferable either before or after

established big businesses to complete the comparison. Finally, the referent of

they is not immediately clear in E.

Answer to Question 13

In choices A and B, rates of is incorrect; when rates means "prices charged,"

it should be followed by for. Also in B, are a force for does not accurately

convey the meaning that the soaring rates are actually forcing cutbacks in the

present. In A and E, it is redundant to say that soaring rates have risen.

Similarly, the word rises makes D redundant. C, the best choice, is idiomatic

and concise, and it correctly uses the progressive verb form are forcing to

indicate an ongoing situation.

Answer to Question 14

D, the best choice, correctly follows estimated with to be. The other choices

present structures that are not idiomatic when used in conjunction with

estimated. Choices B, C, and E all mismatch the singular verb provides with its

plural subject, fragments, and in choices C and E, what was is unnecessary and

wordy. In choice C, the use of the verb phrase estimated that it is produces an

ungrammatical sentence.

Answer to Question 15

The best choice is C because it uses the idiomatically correct expression

distinguishes between x and y and because it provides a structure in which the

relative clause beginning which may be violent clearly modifies mood swings. The

other choices use distinguishes in unidiomatic constructions. Additionally,

their in A isintrusive and unnecessary, and the modifier of mood swings in B and

D (perhaps violent) is awkward and less clear than the more developed clause

which may be violent.