6 SC Qs from Taiwanese Cram School
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1.The Pathenon is larger than {usual} for a Doric temple, with 8 columns on the short sides and seventeen on the long ones rather than the typical six and thirteen.
(A)usual
(B)is usual
(C)has been usual
(D)one usually is
(E)it is usual
A):B [SEC.1 GRAMMER]
2.There seems to be a broad range of international policy issues on which {the views of France's Socialist president are more compatible with President Reagan's than were those of his predecessor.}
(A)the views of France's Socialist president are more compatible with President Reagan's than were those of his predecessor.
(B)the views of France's Socialist president seem more compatible with those of President Reagan's than were those of his predecessor's.
(C)the views of France's Socialist president seem more compatible with those of President Reagan than his predecessor's.
(D)France's Socialist president's views are more compatible with President Reagan's than his predecessor's.
(E)France's Socialist president's views seem more compatible with President Reagan's than those of his predecessor.
A):A [SEC.1 GRAMMER]
3.During the recession of 1973, home mortgage foreclosures resulted in tens of thousands of Americans being evicted from homes {that they can} no longer afford monthly payments.
(A)that they can
(B)that they could
(C)on which they can
(D)because they can
(E)for which they can
A):E [SEC.1 GRAMMER]
4.Until recently, athletes who had received remuneration for any activity {that has a link to their athletic prowess is} barred from the Olympics.
(A)that has a link to their athletic prowess is
(B)with links to their athletic prowess has been
(C)linked to their athletic prowess was
(D)with a link to their athletic prowess is to be
(E)linked to their athletic prowess were
A):E
5.{The rate of increase in the number of Black elected officiales nationwide was greater last year than in} any other year since 1975, and the rate of increase for Black women elected to office was especially high.
(A)The rate of increase in the number of Black elected officiales nationwide was greater last year than in
(B)The increased rate in the number of Black elected officiales nationwide was greater last year than in
(C)The rate of increase in the number of Black elected officiales was greater nationwide last year than
(D)The number of Black elected officiales nationwide increased at a rate that was greater last year than
(E)Nationwide, the rate at which the number of Black elected officiales increased last year was greater than
A):A [SEC.2 SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION]
6.{In repoussé, a method of sculpture, workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds, and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pounding the metal into shape.}
(A)In repoussé, a method of sculpture, workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds, and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pounding the metal into shape.
(B)Repoussé is a method of sculpture in which workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pound the metal into shape.
(C)Repoussé workers, who do a method of sculpture by laying copper sheets over wooden molds, use a variety of exotic hammers, and then pounding the metal into shape.
(D)Workers who lay copper sheets over wooden molds use a variety of exotic hammers and carefully pound the metal into shape in order to do repoussé, a method of sculpture.
(E)Laying copper sheets over wooden molds, and using a variety of exotic hammers in order to pound the metal into shape, repoussé is a method of sculpture done by workers
A):B [SEC.2 SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION]fficeffice" />