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13. The correct answer is B. “Circumference” has the same meaning as “all the way
around”, making the original phrasing redundant.
14. The correct answer is A. In choices B and D, “centerpiece” used as one word has the
meaning of an ornamental object used in a central position, not the remaining piece.
Choice A is also phrased more precisely than choices C or E.
15. The correct choice is E. The spelling “brake” refers to the act of slowing or stopping
and is incorrect here.
16. The correct answer is C, in which the third-person, present tense contraction of the
verb agrees with the plural subject.
17. The correct answer is B. Since a bundle is to be made for each side of the frame, the
plural must be used when describing the operation for all four sides.
18. The correct answer is E. The preceding sentence clearly indicated that twigs were to
be bundled for all four sides, so that this sentence is completely unnecessary.
19. The correct answer is C. “Assemble” has the meaning of putting something together
from parts that have been prepared. The other choices have a more industrial
connotation and are not as appropriate in the context of this passage.
20. The correct answer is D. “Profusion”, in the original, is similar in meaning but far
more formal than the tone of the remainder of the passage.
Passage II
21. The correct answer is E, using the present perfect of the verb “to know”.
22. The correct answer is B. In this usage,”past” is a preposition with the meaning “later
than”, not a form of the verb “to pass”, as represented in the other choices.
23. The correct answer is A. When a compound modifier appears before a term, the
compound modifier is generally hyphenated to prevent any possible
misunderstanding.
24. The correct answer is E. The form “student’s” is the possessive, whereas the original
shows the plural form of the noun.
25. The correct answer is A. When is word is defined, as “melatonin” is here, by a
preceding clause, it is generally set off by a comma.
26. The correct answer is B. “Develop” has the meaning of bringing something to a
more advanced or effective state, as required for this sentence. The other words are
either awkward or slightly different in meaning, such as “make”, which has the
meaning of forming something out of raw materials.
27. The correct answer is C. This version is stronger and more precise than the original.
The other choices change the meaning of the sentence.
28. The correct answer is A. The colon is preferred to the semicolon when it introduces a
syntactical-deductive, that is, the logical consequence of a fact stated before. In this
case, it is not followed by a capitalized letter.
29. The correct answer is D. The preposition “during” has the meaning “throughout the
duration or existence of”, and is the most appropriate in this instance.
30. The correct answer is C. In this case, “well known” is not a compound modifier as in
Question 23, but is an adverb-verb pair and is not hyphenated.