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Prep-T1-Q116
116. (30675-!-item-!-188;#058&004285) India, like Italy and China, has no single dominant cuisine: Indian food comprises many different styles of cooking, with each a product of their regional influences, from the fiery vegetarian dishes of the south to the Portuguese-influenced Goan cooking of ...
- by kaijen
Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:26 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T1-Q116
- Replies: 3
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Prep-T2-Q142
Test2-142. The ability of scientists to provide models of the atmosphere's complex responses to changing conditions, like seasonal and daily cycles or different planetary conjunctions, have become ever more accurate. (A) The ability of scientists to provide models of the atmosphere's complex respons...
- by kaijen
Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:12 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T2-Q142
- Replies: 2
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Prep-T2-Q126
Test2-126. Because she knew many of the leaders of colonial America and the American Revolution personally, Mercy Otis Warren was continually at or near the center of political events from 1765 to 1789, a vantage point combining with her talent for writing to make her one of the most valuable histor...
- by kaijen
Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T2-Q126
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1731
Prep-T2-Q91
Test2-91. The spectacular disintegration of a comet last year in full view of ground- and space-based telescopes provided new insights into how comets form and may thus force a rethinking of the role of comets in the delivery of organic compounds to the evolving Earth. (A) The spectacular disintegra...
- by kaijen
Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:59 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T2-Q91
- Replies: 1
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Prep-T2-Q64
Test2-64. The majority of scientists believe that to reduce and stabilize atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, emissions must be cut at the source by fossil fuels that are burned more efficiently and, in some cases, by alternatives such as hydrogen fuel cells that can replace fossil fuels a...
- by kaijen
Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T2-Q64
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2243
Prep-T2-Q37
Test2-37. Using technology as new as space-age fabrics and as ordinary as common dry-cleaning chemicals, scientists and historians, in their attempt at cleaning and preserving the American flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore in 1814, are hoping that it will then last another 200 years. (A)...
- by kaijen
Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:59 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T2-Q37
- Replies: 2
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Prep-T2-Q8
Test2-8. Ozone, a special form of oxygen that screens out harmful ultraviolet rays, reaches high concentrations twelve miles above Earth, where it has long appeared that it was immune from human influence; we have now realized, though, that emissions of industrial chlorofluorocarbons deplete the ozo...
- by kaijen
Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:22 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T2-Q8
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4055
As the honeybee’s
As the honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing the bee to sustain a fatal injury. A. As the honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing B. As the heavily barbe...
- by kaijen
Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:18 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: As the honeybee’s
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2379
Prep-T1-Q35
Test1-35. (26325-!-item-!-188;#058&002592) In laboratory rats, a low dose of aspirin usually suffices to block production of thromboxane, which is a substance that promotes blood clotting, but not seriously interfering with the production of prostacyclin, which prevents clotting. (A) which is a ...
- by kaijen
Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:09 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T1-Q35
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3134
Thanks for your advice. I guess the reason why I could't find the answer so quickly as you do is that I am not a native speaker. Sometimes when I come across a tricky question--like this one--all I can do is use my grammar to analyze it and find the best answer. Maybe I should try to understand the ...
- by kaijen
Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:04 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T1-Q44
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6301
Prep CR T2-20
Test2-20. (27836-!-item-!-188;#058&003666) During the past year, Pro-Tect Insurance Company's total payout on car-theft claims has been larger than the company can afford to sustain. Pro-Tect cannot reduce the number of car-theft policies it carries, so it cannot protect itself against continued...
- by kaijen
Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:00 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Prep CR T2-20
- Replies: 5
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Prep T2-20
Test2-20. (27836-!-item-!-188;#058&003666) During the past year, Pro-Tect Insurance Company's total payout on car-theft claims has been larger than the company can afford to sustain. Pro-Tect cannot reduce the number of car-theft policies it carries, so it cannot protect itself against continued...
- by kaijen
Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:58 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Prep T2-20
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2303
Prep-T1-Q46
Test1-46. (26975-!-item-!-188;#058&003041) The continental United States receives an average of 30 inches of precipitation a year; transpiration from soil and from plants returns approximately 21 of the 30 inches to the atmosphere, while the balance of 9 inches contributes to the flow of streams...
- by kaijen
Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:52 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T1-Q46
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4508
mining heat
Is "mining" a noun or Ving?
If mining is Ving, maybe (A), (B) are better because "mining" and "producing" are parallel.
- by kaijen
Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:03 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T1-Q44
- Replies: 12
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Prep-T1-Q44
Test1-44. (26787-!-item-!-188;#058&002971) Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have succeeded for the first time in mining heat from the Earth's interior and producing energy on a commercial scale, enough for efficient generation of electricity and heating factories and homes. (A) a...
- by kaijen
Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:44 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep-T1-Q44
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6301