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In this test, read the sentence presented to you and choose the best answer to replace the underlined section. Being abandoned by our friends is the cause of great sorrow for us.

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Correct	Answer Text
	A. Abandoned by our friends, sorrow is the result.
	B. Our being abandoned by our friends is the cause of great sorrow.
	C. We feel great sorrow when our friends abandon us.
	D. Being abandoned by our friends is the cause of great sorrow for us.
	E. Being abandoned by our friends, we feel great sorrow.

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Upon appearing first as a small seed, some hibiscus plants can eventually grow to be quite large in appearance.

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Correct	Answer Text
	A. When appearing
	B. The appearance of
	C. Appeared
	D. Upon appearing
	E. Appearing

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Contrary to popular myth, war heroes rarely earn their status by acting as if they themselves are invincible.

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Correct	Answer Text
	A. in invisibility
	B. if they were invincible
	C. if they themselves are invincible
	D. invincible

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On arriving at the train station, his friends met him and took him immediately to his speaking engagement.

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Correct	Answer Text
	A. On arriving at the train station, his friends met him and took him immediately to his speaking engagement.
	B. When he arrived at the train station, he was taken immediately to his speaking engagement.
	C. When he arrived at the train station, his friends met him and took him immediately to his speaking engagement.
	D. Arriving at the train station, his friends who met him immediately took him to his speaking engagement.

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With only one percent of the world's population, the English have significantly altered the course of our world.

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Correct	Answer Text
	A. With
	B. Although accounting for
	C. Despite
	D. As
	E. Being

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Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Egypt are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.

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Correct	Answer Text
	A. as old as their supposedly
	B. older than any of their supposedly
	C. as old as their supposed
	D. as old as any of their supposed
	E. older than any of their supposed

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When she was only five, Janet's mother married for the third time.

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Correct	Answer Text
	A. When only five, Janet's mother married for the third time.
	B. When she was only five, Janet's mother married for the third time.
	C. When Janet was only five, her mother married for the third time.
	D. When Janet's mother married for the third time, she was only five.
	E. Janet's mother married, when Janet was only five, for the third time.

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In ancient times, Nubia was the principal corridor where there were cultural influences transmitted between Black Africa and the Mediterranean basin.

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Correct	Answer Text
	A. which was transmitting cultural influences
	B. for the transmitting of cultural influences
	C. where there were cultural influences were transmitted
	D. where there was a transmission of cultural influences
	E. through which cultural influences were transmitted

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The report stated by the conference speakers make me feel fortunate that I did not invest all of my money in the stock exchange.

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Correct	Answer Text
	A. makes me feel fortunate that I did not invest all of money
	B. make me fortunate I did not invest all my money
	C. makes me fortunate I did not invest all money
	D. make me feel fortunate that I did not invest all of my money
	E. makes me feels fortunate that I did not invest my money

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Scoliosis, a condition when the spine curves abnormally and throws the body out of line, can cause heart and lung problems as well as physical deformity.

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Correct	Answer Text
	A. a condition of the spine curving abnormally and in which the body is thrown out of line
	B. a condition when the spine abnormally curves and throws the body out of line
	C. a condition when the spine curves abnormally and throws the body out of line
	D. where the body is thrown out of line by an abnormal curvature of the spine
	E. a condition of an abnormal curvature of the spine throwing the body out of line

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