7) Surrounded by mountains and 7,400 feet above sea level, Mexico City (A) suffers from both (B) kinds of air pollution, the photochemical reaction of Los Angeles (C) or the thermal inversion of New York.
A) suffers from
B) kinds of air pollution
C) or
D) No error
8) Before the publications of Broca’s studies, (A) nearly all scientists assumed that the two halves of the brain, which on casual inspection (B) appear identically, (C) performed the same functions.
A) nearly all scientists
B) appear identically
C) performed the same functions.
D) No error
9) Because such white-collar (A) crimes like bribery, price-fixing, and embezzlement cannot be successfully prosecuted without the cooperation of accomplices, most prosecutors are (B) willing to promise to recommend leniency in return (C) for information from those who are implicated.
A) crimes like
B) willing to promise
C) for information from those who are implicated.
D) No error
10) Hegel seems to have become for Gombrich (A) what Machiavelli (B) has for the Elizabethans: Old Nick, the (C) very devil responsible for all evils.
A) what
B) has
C) very
D) No error
My answer is (A)
11) (A) No Chinese or Indian object--indeed, (B) no object of any kind from Asia--has been found in the Americas in archaeological levels (C) that date to pre-Columbian times.
A) No Chinese
B) no object of any kind
C) that date to
D) No error
My answer is ( C )
12) Very few political scientists recommend a governmental organization (A) in which all positions of influence and power (B) to be filled by popular elections (C) alone.
A) in which
B) to be
C) alone.
D) No error
My answer is ( C)
13) The opinion polls and the 2,000 letters a week (A) received by her office confirm that (B) Senator Addison’s appeals to storekeepers, small homeowners, and suburbanites (C) dissatisfied with high tax rates.
A) received by her office
B) Senator Addison's appeals
C) dissatisfied
D) No error
My answer is ( D)
14) Although unemployment in California decreased slightly last month, (A) but the number of people (B) out of work (C) increased.
A) but the number
B) out of work
C) increased
D) No error
My answer is (A )
15) In a series of four lectures on Gwendolyn Brooks, Lorraine Hansberry, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Mary Church Terrell, the speaker (A) will examine the roles, (B) their contribution, and achievements of Black women (C) in many phases of American life.
A) will examine
B) their contribution
C) in many phases
D) No error
My answer is ( B)
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