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GWD7-Q26:

TheOrganization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had long been expected toannounce a reduction in output to bolster sagging oil prices, but officials ofthe organization just recently announced that the group will pare dailyproduction by 1.5 million barrels by the beginning of next year, but only ifnon-OPEC nations, including Norway, Mexico, and Russia, were to trim outputby a total of 500,000 barrels a day.

A.   year, but only if non-OPEC nations,including Norway, Mexico, and Russia, were to trim output

B.   year, but only if the output of non-OPECnations, which includes Norway,Mexico, and Russia, istrimmed

C.   year only if the output of non-OPEC nations,including Norway, Mexico, and Russia, would be trimmed

D.   year only if non-OPEC nations, whichincludes Norway, Mexico, and Russia, were trimming output

E.    year only if non-OPEC nations, including Norway, Mexico,and Russia,trim output

GWD7-Q1:

Althoughproducer prices rose at an unexpectedly steep rate in September, analysts saidthat the increase resulted mostly from temporary factors and not necessarilyforeshadowing that there would be a resurgence of inflation.

A.   factors and not necessarily foreshadowingthat there would be

B.   factors and not necessarily that itforeshadowed

C.   factors and did not necessarily foreshadow

D.   factors, while not necessarily aforeshadowing of

E.    factors, while it did not necessarilyforeshadow that there would be

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GWD7-Q2:

The firstcommercially successful drama to depict Black family life sympathetically andthe first play by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway, it was LorraineHansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun thatwon the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award in 1959, and was later madeinto both a film and a musical.

A.   it was Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun that won the NewYork Drama Critics’ Circle Award in 1959, and was later made

B.   in 1959 A Raisin in the Sun, by LorraineHansberry, won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award and was later made

C.   Lorraine Hansberry won the New York DramaCritics’ Circle Award for A Raisin in theSun in 1959, and it was later made

D.   Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award in1959 and was later made

E.    A Raisinin the Sun,by Lorraine Hansberry, won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award in 1959,and later made it

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GWD7-Q3:

The statehas proposed new rules that would set minimum staffing levels for nurses, rulesintended to ensure that at least one nurse is assigned for every four patientsput through triage in a hospital emergency room.

A.   rules intended to ensure that at least onenurse is assigned for every four patients put through triage in a hospitalemergency room

B.   rules with the intent of ensuring one nurseat least to be assigned for every four patients to be put through triage in ahospital emergency room

C.   rules intending to ensure at least one nurseis assigned for every four patients in a hospital emergency room put throughtriage

D.   with the intent of ensuring that at leastone nurse should be assigned for every four patients in a hospital emergencyroom that are put through triage

E.    and this is intended to ensure one nurse atleast to be assigned for every four patients put through triage in a hospitalemergency room

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GWD7-Q4:

Only sevenpeople this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater ofthe movies—less than those killed by bee stings.

A.   movies—less than those

B.   movies—fewer than have been

C.   movies, which is less than those

D.   movies, a number lower than the people

E.    movies, fewer than the ones

GWD7-Q15:

The cityhas proposed a number of water treatment and conservation projects the costof which raises water bills high enough so that even environmentalists arebeginning to raise alarms.

A.   the cost of which raises water bills highenough so that

B.   at a cost raising water bills so high that

C.   at a cost which raises water bills highenough so

D.   whose cost will raise water bills so highthat

E.    whose cost will raise water bills highenough so that

GWD7-Q27:

A significantnumber of complex repair jobs carried out by Ace Repairs have to be reworkedunder the company’s warranty.  Thereworked jobs are invariably satisfactory. When initial repairs are inadequate, therefore, it is not because themechanics lack competence; rather, there is clearly a level of focusedconcentration that complex repairs require that is elicited more reliably byrework jobs than by first-time jobs.

Theargument above assumes which of the following?

A.   There is no systematic difference in membershipbetween the group of mechanics who do first-time jobs and the group of thosewho do rework jobs.

B.   There is no company that successfullycompetes with Ace Repairs for complex repair jobs.

C.   Ace Repairs’ warranty is good on first-timejobs but does not cover rework jobs.

D.   Ace Repairs does not in any way penalizemechanics who have worked on complex repair jobs that later had to be reworked.

E.    There is no category of repair jobs in whichAce Repairs invariably carries out first-time jobs satisfactorily.

Environmentalist:  The use of snowmobiles in the vast park northof Milville create sun acceptable levels of air pollution and should be banned.

Milville businessspokesperson:  Snowmobiling brings manyout-of-towners to Milville  in wintermonths, to the great financial benefit of many local residents.  So, economics dictate that we put up with thepollution.

Environmentalist: Idisagree:  A great many cross-countryskiers are now kept from visiting Milville by the noise and pollution thatsnowmobiles generate.

Environmentalistresponds to the business spokesperson by doing which of the following?

A.    Challenging an assumption that certaindesirable outcome can derive from only one set of circumstances

B.    Challenging an assumption that certaindesirable outcome is outweighed by negative aspects associated with producingthat outcome

C.    Maintaining that the benefit that thespokesperson desires could be achieved in greater degree by a different means

D.   Claiming that the spokesperson isdeliberately misrepresenting the environmentalist’s position in order to bebetter able to attack it

E.    Denying that an effect that the spokespersonpresents as having benefited a certain group of people actually benefited thosepeople

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A SouthAmerican bird that forages for winged termites and other small insects whileswinging upside down form the foliage of tall trees, the graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230species and that are represented invirtually every kind of habitat.

A.   graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, agroup of New World tropicalbirds that includes more than 230 species and that are

B.   graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, agroup of New World tropicalbirds that includes more than 230 species and is

C.   graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, agroup of New World tropicalbirds that include more than 230 species and is

D.   graveteiro, which belongs to the ovenbirdfamily, a group of New World tropical birdsthat includes more than 230 species and that are

E.    graveteiro, which belongs to the ovenbirdfamily, a group of New World tropical birdsthat includes more than 230 species and is

A surge innew home sales and a drop in weekly unemployment claims suggest that theeconomy might not be as weak as some analysts previously thought.

A.   claims suggest that the economy might not beas weak as some analysts previously thought

B.   claims suggests that the economy might notbe so weak as some analysts have previously thought

C.   claims suggest that the economy might not beas weak as have been previously thought by some analysts

D.   claims, suggesting about the economy that itmight not be so weak as previously thought by some analysts

E.    claims, suggesting the economy might not beas weak as previously thought to be by some analysts

GWD7-Q33:

The healthbenefits of tea have been the subject of much research; in addition to itspossibilities for preventing and inhibiting some forms of cancer, thebrewed leaves of Camellia sinensismay also play a role in reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.

A.   in addition to its possibilities forpreventing and inhibiting

B.   in addition to its possibilities to preventor inhibit

C.   besides the possibility that it prevents andinhibits

D.   besides the possible preventing andinhibiting of

E.    besides possibly preventing or inhibiting

Seldommore that 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but it ran 363 miles across the ruggedwilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canalconnectedthe Hudson River at Albany to the Great Lakes atBuffalo, providing the port of New York Citywith a direct water link to the heartland of the North American continent.

A.   Seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feetdeep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canalconnected

B.   Seldom more than 40 feet wide or 12 feetdeep but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canalconnected

C.   It was seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12feet deep, and ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York,but the Erie Canal, connecting

D.   The Erie Canal was seldom more than 40 feetwide or 12 feet deep and it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness ofupstate New York,which connected

E.    The Erie Canal, seldom more than 40 feetwide and 12 feet deep, but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness ofupstate New York,connecting

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GWD7-Q40:

SinceFebruary, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate targetfive times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts havebeen predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November.

A.   because of the economy’s continued strength,analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will

B.   with the economy’s strength continuing,analysts predicted for weeks that the target

C.   because the economy continues strong,analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

D.   due to the economy’s continued strength,analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target

E.    due to the fact of the economy’s continuedstrength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will