11. a. The sentence requires the verb lie, which does not require a subject; the participle is lying. 12. d. Use who when referring to people.
13. a. Use fewer when referring to plural nouns people. 14. b. The sentence has an incorrect double negative.
15. a. Use the infinitive after hope. 16. c. Luggage is a non-count noun and needs a singular verb was.
17. c. The sentence requires a subject pronoun he. 18. c. Use of with opposite.
19. b. The sentence requires an adverb to modify the verb read. 20. d. The sentence lacks parallel structure; the last part of the sentence should be another adjective trou-
bling rather than a verb phrase it troubled him.
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1. c. Roger implies that the notebook belongs to Jennifer. He suggests this by saying “That looks like Jen- nifer’s handwriting.” Choice a is incorrect because the man answers “no” to the question. Choice b is
illogical; if it was the woman’s notebook, she wouldn’t be asking Roger if it were his. Roger may not
know for sure whose notebook it is choice d, but because he recognizes Jennifer’s handwriting, choice c is the best answer.
2. b. The woman suggests that the man discuss his situation with his advisor before making a decision. She advises him to talk to his advisor, so choices a and d are incorrect. She also advises him to talk to
his advisor before making any changes, so choice c is incorrect. 3. a. Choice b is incorrect, because Woman 2 says she wishes she could go. Choice c is incorrect, because
it is not logical for Woman 1 to ask Woman 2 about her plans to go on the trip if she were not part of
the class. Choice d is incorrect because the idiom swamped with work means overwhelmed with work; it
does not indicate the physical location of a swamp.
4. b. The woman’s response indicates that the man can contact Gabriel through his cell phone, so it is
logical to assume that that is what the man will do. There is no indication that the man will go pur-
chase a cell phone choice a. The man’s concern is that he will keep Gabriel waiting because he must
meet with his professor, so it is not logical to assume that he will either postpone his meeting with his
professor choice c or call his professor on the cell phone choice d—besides, there is no indication
from the conversation that he has his professor’s cell phone number or that his professor even has a cell phone.
5. d. The main issue in this conversation is where they should go for lunch. Man 1 proposes one restau- rant, while Man 2 proposes another. Only one speaker mentions how hungry he is, so choice a is
incorrect. Man 2 states that he’s in the mood for Chinese food, but that is not the same as saying how
much he likes Chinese food, so choice b is incorrect. Man 1 mentions the location of the pizzeria, but that is not the issue they discuss, so choice c is also incorrect.
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6. b. The professor starts the discussion by focusing on the chapter where Frankenstein brings his crea-
ture to life; the students’ responses focus on how Frankenstein reacted to this event.
7. c. Todd states that he is surprised because Frankenstein “worked so hard to make this happen . . . and
then the minute he succeeded, he ran off.”
8. a and d. Elena states that Frankenstein “was scared. He thought the creature was going to hurt him.”
Todd states that Frankenstein was scared “of people finding out what he’d done.”
9. d. It is clear from the conversation that Frankenstein did bring his creature to life, so choice a is incor-
rect. There is no evidence from the conversation that Frankenstein didn’t want others to discover the
secret of life, so choice c is incorrect. Choice b may seem like a logical answer, but the conversation
doesn’t suggest that Frankenstein didn’t consider the act of bringing the creature to life a success. Rather, he didn’t consider the appearance of the creature a success. In addition, the emphasis in the
conversation is on Frankenstein’s reactions, so d is the best choice. 10. d. The students seem angered by Frankenstein’s abandonment of the creature he created. Anna says “I
can’t believe Frankenstein ran away,” and Todd calls Frankenstein’s behavior “Totally irresponsible.”
11. c. The professor states this main idea in introduction to his lecture when he says, “Several important historical events led to the Cold War.” Choice a is too specific to be the main idea of the lecture. Choice
b is incorrect and historically inaccurate. The professor specifically states that during the war, the two countries were allies but that the tension between the two countries was “already high.” Choice d is an
inference that is not supported by evidence in the passage. The professor does suggest that the bomb-
ing of Hiroshima could have been prevented, but that is not the statement in choice d. 12. a. The professor states that Einstein’s letter “asked Roosevelt to fund research and experiments in
atomic weapons.” Choice b is incorrect because it contradicts this statement. Choice c is also incorrect
because the professor also states that Einstein “told Roosevelt it was possible to create an atomic
weapon.” Choice d is incorrect because there is no mention of the Soviet Union in the discussion of
Einstein’s letter.
13. b. The professor’s last statement is that “this dramatically increased the growing tension between the two countries.” Choices a and c are therefore incorrect. There is no indication in the lecture about how
the American people reacted, so choice d is also incorrect.
14. The correct order is: 1. Albert Einstein’s letter to President Roosevelt
2. the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima 3. the Truman Doctrine
15. a. The speaker states that the argument that the bomb was dropped “to show the Soviet Union that we
were a superior world power” is “quite convincing.” This suggests that he believes it wasn’t necessary to drop the bomb to end the war. This doesn’t go as far as to suggest the bomb should never have been
dropped in the first place choice b, and there’s no indication that the professor believes the students should already know this material choice c. Finally, the speaker calls the Truman Doctrine an
“important document,” but he doesn’t suggest that he feels it is a brilliant document choice d.
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