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Question 1 of 10

1. Question

(1) The recent wave of wildfires in Australia has devastated the country’s ecosystem. (2) It would be impossible to accurately count how many of the country’s animals have been killed by these wildfires, and even more difficult to calculate how the aftermath of the wildfires will continue to affect the country. (3) Even those animals who survived the main surge of wildfires have a long struggle ahead of them. (4) Wildfires have devastated food supplies and resources to the point that any animals who survived them is not out of the woods yet. (5) There are many ways that you can pitch in to help the people and the animals of Australia, including making donations to local firefighting services, sponsoring koalas and other animals displaced by this tragedy, or even opening you’re home to people who have been displaced by the tragedy. (6) Australia has a long road ahead of it to try to recover from the devastation caused by these wildfires.

The writer is considering adding a parenthetical note to sentence 2 (reproduced below). Which of the following statements would best fit after the underlined portion and most effectively support the sentence?

It would be impossible to accurately count how many of the country’s animals have been killed by these wildfires, and even more difficult to calculate how the aftermath of the wildfires will continue to affect the country.

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(Australia is home to thousands of different types of animals)
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(experts estimate that more than 1 billion animals were killed)
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(firefighters are still working hard to contain the fires)
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Question 2 of 10

2. Question

(1) The recent wave of wildfires in Australia has devastated the country’s ecosystem. (2) It would be impossible to accurately count how many of the country’s animals have been killed by these wildfires, and even more difficult to calculate how the aftermath of the wildfires will continue to affect the country. (3) Even those animals who survived the main surge of wildfires have a long struggle ahead of them. (4) Wildfires have devastated food supplies and resources to the point that any animals who survived them is not out of the woods yet. (5) There are many ways that you can pitch in to help the people and the animals of Australia, including making donations to local firefighting services, sponsoring koalas and other animals displaced by this tragedy, or even opening you’re home to people who have been displaced by the tragedy. (6) Australia has a long road ahead of it to try to recover from the devastation caused by these wildfires.

Sentence 3 is reproduced below.

Even those animals who survived the main surge of wildfires have a long struggle ahead of them.

The writer is considering adding the following the following text to the end of the sentence:

because of the amount of destruction the fires have done.

Should the writer make this addition?

No, because it is repeating information that is provided elsewhere in the passage.
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No, because it would make the sentence a run-on sentence.
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Yes, because it adds important information that isn’t already provided in the passage.
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Yes, because it strengthens an idea that is already present in the passage.
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Question 3 of 10

3. Question

(1) The recent wave of wildfires in Australia has devastated the country’s ecosystem. (2) It would be impossible to accurately count how many of the country’s animals have been killed by these wildfires, and even more difficult to calculate how the aftermath of the wildfires will continue to affect the country. (3) Even those animals who survived the main surge of wildfires have a long struggle ahead of them. (4) Wildfires have devastated food supplies and resources to the point that any animals who survived them is not out of the woods yet. (5) There are many ways that you can pitch in to help the people and the animals of Australia, including making donations to local firefighting services, sponsoring koalas and other animals displaced by this tragedy, or even opening you’re home to people who have been displaced by the tragedy. (6) Australia has a long road ahead of it to try to recover from the devastation caused by these wildfires.

Which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 5 (reproduced below)?

There are many ways that you can pitch in to help the people and the animals of Australia, including making donations to local firefighting services, sponsoring koalas and other animals displaced by this tragedy, or even opening you’re home to people who have been displaced by the tragedy.

(as it is now)
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it's
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its
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your
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Question 4 of 10

4. Question

(1) The recent wave of wildfires in Australia has devastated the country’s ecosystem. (2) It would be impossible to accurately count how many of the country’s animals have been killed by these wildfires, and even more difficult to calculate how the aftermath of the wildfires will continue to affect the country. (3) Even those animals who survived the main surge of wildfires have a long struggle ahead of them. (4) Wildfires have devastated food supplies and resources to the point that any animals who survived them is not out of the woods yet. (5) There are many ways that you can pitch in to help the people and the animals of Australia, including making donations to local firefighting services, sponsoring koalas and other animals displaced by this tragedy, or even opening you’re home to people who have been displaced by the tragedy. (6) Australia has a long road ahead of it to try to recover from the devastation caused by these wildfires.

Which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 6 (reproduced below)?

Australia has a long road ahead of it to try to recover from the devastation caused by these wildfires.

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her
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them
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they
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Question 5 of 10

5. Question

(1) The recent wave of wildfires in Australia has devastated the country’s ecosystem. (2) It would be impossible to accurately count how many of the country’s animals have been killed by these wildfires, and even more difficult to calculate how the aftermath of the wildfires will continue to affect the country. (3) Even those animals who survived the main surge of wildfires have a long struggle ahead of them. (4) Wildfires have devastated food supplies and resources to the point that any animals who survived them is not out of the woods yet. (5) There are many ways that you can pitch in to help the people and the animals of Australia, including making donations to local firefighting services, sponsoring koalas and other animals displaced by this tragedy, or even opening you’re home to people who have been displaced by the tragedy. (6) Australia has a long road ahead of it to try to recover from the devastation caused by these wildfires.

Sentences 5 and 6 are reproduced below.

There are many ways that you can pitch in to help the people and the animals of Australia, including making donations to local firefighting services, sponsoring koalas and other animals displaced by this tragedy, or even opening you’re home to people who have been displaced by the tragedy. Australia has a long road ahead of it to try to recover from the devastation caused by these wildfires.

The writer is considering revising these sentences to make them more purposeful in the passage. What adjustment should the writer make?

Leave them as they are now.
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Switch them so that sentence 5 is the last sentence of the passage.
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Combine them into one sentence.
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Delete sentence 5
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Question 6 of 10

6. Question

(1) The opossum is an oft-misunderstood friend to humans. (2) Despite its reputation for carrying disease and being ill-tempered, opossums are actually quite the opposite. (3) Opossums are actually mild-mannered and helpful, and they are not common carriers of rabies. (4) Opossums are actually a fairly unique animal to American landscapes, in that they are the only marsupial Americans can expect to find in nature. (5) The general public may worry that they are rodents bent on infecting neighborhoods with debilitating diseases, but they actually do more good than harm. (6) If you see an opossum in your backyard, for example, they’re not there to bite your children; they’re there to eat your rotten fruit, ticks, insects, and cockroaches. (7) I love whenever I see an opossum in my backyard because I know it’s hard at work. (8) They’re not naturally mean either. (9) In fact, the old cliché that says they’re more afraid of you than you are of them holds true with opossum. (10) Once scared, hissing might occur, but that’s about it. (11) The opossum is here to help, so if you see one in your yard, know that it’s hard at work saving your garden from pests.

Sentences 2 and 3 are reproduced below.

SDespite its reputation for carrying disease and being ill-tempered, opossums are actually quite the opposite. Opossums are actually mild-mannered and helpful, and they are not common carriers of rabies.

SThe writer is considering making an adjustment to make the passage more effective. What adjustment should the writer make?

Leave them the way they are now.
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Delete sentence 2.
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Switch them so that sentence 2 comes first and sentence 3 comes next.
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Combine them into one sentence.
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Question 7 of 10

7. Question

(1) The opossum is an oft-misunderstood friend to humans. (2) Despite its reputation for carrying disease and being ill-tempered, opossums are actually quite the opposite. (3) Opossums are actually mild-mannered and helpful, and they are not common carriers of rabies. (4) Opossums are actually a fairly unique animal to American landscapes, in that they are the only marsupial Americans can expect to find in nature. (5) The general public may worry that they are rodents bent on infecting neighborhoods with debilitating diseases, but they actually do more good than harm. (6) If you see an opossum in your backyard, for example, they’re not there to bite your children; they’re there to eat your rotten fruit, ticks, insects, and cockroaches. (7) I love whenever I see an opossum in my backyard because I know it’s hard at work. (8) They’re not naturally mean either. (9) In fact, the old cliché that says they’re more afraid of you than you are of them holds true with opossum. (10) Once scared, hissing might occur, but that’s about it. (11) The opossum is here to help, so if you see one in your yard, know that it’s hard at work saving your garden from pests.

Which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 8 (reproduced below)?

They’re not naturally mean either.

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miserly
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selfish
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nasty
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Question 8 of 10

8. Question

(1) The opossum is an oft-misunderstood friend to humans. (2) Despite its reputation for carrying disease and being ill-tempered, opossums are actually quite the opposite. (3) Opossums are actually mild-mannered and helpful, and they are not common carriers of rabies. (4) Opossums are actually a fairly unique animal to American landscapes, in that they are the only marsupial Americans can expect to find in nature. (5) The general public may worry that they are rodents bent on infecting neighborhoods with debilitating diseases, but they actually do more good than harm. (6) If you see an opossum in your backyard, for example, they’re not there to bite your children; they’re there to eat your rotten fruit, ticks, insects, and cockroaches. (7) I love whenever I see an opossum in my backyard because I know it’s hard at work. (8) They’re not naturally mean either. (9) In fact, the old cliché that says they’re more afraid of you than you are of them holds true with opossum. (10) Once scared, hissing might occur, but that’s about it. (11) The opossum is here to help, so if you see one in your yard, know that it’s hard at work saving your garden from pests.

Which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 9 (reproduced below)?

In fact, the old cliché that says they’re more afraid of you than you are of them holds true with opossum.

(as it is now)
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says, “they’re more afraid of you than you are of them,” holds
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says, they’re more afraid of you than you are of them, holds
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says—they’re more afraid of you than you are of them—holds
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Question 9 of 10

9. Question

(1) The opossum is an oft-misunderstood friend to humans. (2) Despite its reputation for carrying disease and being ill-tempered, opossums are actually quite the opposite. (3) Opossums are actually mild-mannered and helpful, and they are not common carriers of rabies. (4) Opossums are actually a fairly unique animal to American landscapes, in that they are the only marsupial Americans can expect to find in nature. (5) The general public may worry that they are rodents bent on infecting neighborhoods with debilitating diseases, but they actually do more good than harm. (6) If you see an opossum in your backyard, for example, they’re not there to bite your children; they’re there to eat your rotten fruit, ticks, insects, and cockroaches. (7) I love whenever I see an opossum in my backyard because I know it’s hard at work. (8) They’re not naturally mean either. (9) In fact, the old cliché that says they’re more afraid of you than you are of them holds true with opossum. (10) Once scared, hissing might occur, but that’s about it. (11) The opossum is here to help, so if you see one in your yard, know that it’s hard at work saving your garden from pests.

Which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 10 (reproduced below)?

Once scared, hissing might occur, but that’s about it.

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you might get hissed at,
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an opossum might hiss at you,
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hissing might happen,
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Question 10 of 10

10. Question

(1) The opossum is an oft-misunderstood friend to humans. (2) Despite its reputation for carrying disease and being ill-tempered, opossums are actually quite the opposite. (3) Opossums are actually mild-mannered and helpful, and they are not common carriers of rabies. (4) Opossums are actually a fairly unique animal to American landscapes, in that they are the only marsupial Americans can expect to find in nature. (5) The general public may worry that they are rodents bent on infecting neighborhoods with debilitating diseases, but they actually do more good than harm. (6) If you see an opossum in your backyard, for example, they’re not there to bite your children; they’re there to eat your rotten fruit, ticks, insects, and cockroaches. (7) I love whenever I see an opossum in my backyard because I know it’s hard at work. (8) They’re not naturally mean either. (9) In fact, the old cliché that says they’re more afraid of you than you are of them holds true with opossum. (10) Once scared, hissing might occur, but that’s about it. (11) The opossum is here to help, so if you see one in your yard, know that it’s hard at work saving your garden from pests.

Which sentence in the passage should be removed because it strays from the tone of the rest of the passage?

Sentence 3
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Sentence 6
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Sentence 7
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Sentence 9
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