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Day18
1.(162)Such orb-weaving spiders like the argiope build webs in an essentially wheel-like structure, with an outer rim and a number of spokes emanating from the hub.
A.Such orb-weaving spiders like the argiope build webs in an essentially wheel-like structure
B.Such orb-weaving spiders as the argiope builds webs with what is essentially a wheel-like structure
C.The argiope spider, in the same way as other orb-weaving spiders, build webs in a structure that is essentially wheel-like
D.Orb-weaving spiders such as the argiope build webs that are essentially wheel-like
E.Like other orb-weaving spiders do, the argiope builds webs as essentially wheel-like
Answer: D
A: such like is wrong
B: spiders – build not builds
C: the Argiope spider – builds not build
E: Changes the original meaning
2.(163)Because there are provisions of the new maritime code that provide that even tiny islets can be the basis for claims to the fisheries and oil fields of large sea areas, they have already stimulated international disputes over uninhabited islands.
A.Because there are provisions of the new maritime code that provide that even tiny islets can be the basis for claims to the fisheries and oil fields of large sea areas, they have already stimulated
B.Because the new maritime code provides that even tiny islets can be the basis for claims to the fisheries and oil fields of large sea areas, it has already stimulated
C.Even tiny islets can be the basis for claims to the fisheries and oil fields of large sea areas under provisions of the new maritime code, already stimulating
D.Because even tiny islets can be the basis for claims to the fisheries and oil fields of large sea areas under provisions of the new maritime code, this has already stimulated
E.Because even tiny islets can be the basis for claims to the fisheries and oil fields of large sea areas under provisions of the new maritime code, which is already stimulating
Answer: B
The maritime code has stimulated international disputes so the subject should be the maritime code
3.(164)Mixed with an equal part of water, ethylene glycol, a compound commonly used as an automotive antifreeze, is effective at temperatures as low as –30 degrees Fahrenheit.
A.temperatures as low
B.temperatures so low
C.as low temperatures
D.as few
E.as little
Answer: A
Idiom
4.(165)Some scientists have been critical of the laboratory tests conducted by the Federal Drug Administration on the grounds that the amounts of suspected carcinogens fed to animals far exceeds those that humans could consume
A.far exceeds those that humans could consume
B.exceeds by far those humans can consume
C.far exceeds those humans are able to consume
D.exceed by far those able to be consumed by humans
E.far exceed those that humans could consume
Answer: E
The amounts – exceed
D is wordly
5.(166)The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied by Upper Paleolithic peoples has been established by carbon dating, but what is much more difficult to determine are the use to which primitive peoples put the caves, the reason for their decoration, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals.
A.has been established by carbon dating, but what is much more difficult to determine are
B.have been established by carbon dating, but what is much more difficult to determine are
C.have been established by carbon dating, but that which is much more difficult to determine is
D.has been established by carbon dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is
E.are established by carbon dating, but that which is much more difficult to determine is
Answer: D
The period – has been
What is much more – is
6.(167)On August 13, 1868, the warship U. S. S. Wateree, anchored in the harbor of Arica, off the coast of what is now northern Chile, rode on the crest of a tsunami (seismic sea wave) and coming to rest in the Atacama Desert, it was some three miles up the coast and almost two miles inland from its initial anchorage.
A.rode on the crest of a tsunami (seismic sea wave) and coming to rest in the Atacama Desert, it was
B.rode on the crest of a tsunami (seismic sea wave), while it came to rest in the Atacama Desert,
C.rode on the crest of a tsunami (seismic sea wave) and came to rest in the Atacama Desert,
D.riding on the crest of a tsunami (seismic sea wave), to come to rest in the Atacama Desert
E.riding on the crest of a tsunami (seismic sea wave), it had come to rest in the Atacama Desert, which is
Answer: C
Parallelism
Subject: the warship – find verbs
7.(168)The first shots of the American Revolution, fired at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, were, according to legend, heard around the world, but news of these shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching New York City as well as another additional eleven days to reach Charleston, South Carolina.
A.shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching New York City as well as another additional eleven days
B.shots that was sent by swift messenger took four days in order to reach New York City, and also another eleven days
C.shots that were sent by swift messenger took four days to reach New York City and another eleven days
D.shots took four days by swift messenger in order to reach New York City and another eleven days in addition
E.shots took four days by swift messenger to reach New York City and another eleven days
Answer:E
The news was sent by swift messenger, so the answer is between D and E
Using another alongside in addition is wordy, so we can eliminate D
8.(169)Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.
A.of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
B.of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because
C.of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
D.their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
E.their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that
Answer: D
The event happens before the past tense, so it should use past perfect
9.(170)Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern of behavior: the bird leads another animal, such as a honey-badger or a human, to a bees’ nest with their chattering when they fly ahead; after the larger animal takes honey, the bird eats the wax and bee larvae.
A.with their chattering when they fly
B.with chattering and its flying
C.by chattering as it flies
D.by chattering and its flying
E.by chattering as they are flying
Answer: C
The bird – it, so we can eliminate A and E
B and D have parallelism issue (v-ing modifier and a clause)
10.(171)Marconi's conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is precisely the opposite, a tool for communicating with a large, public audience.
A.Marconi's conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is
B.Marconi conceived of the radio as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation, but which is
C.Marconi conceived of the radio as a tool for private conversation that could substitute for the telephone; instead, it has become
D.Marconi conceived of the radio to be a tool for private conversation, a substitute for the telephone, which has become
E.Marconi conceived of the radio to be a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation, other than what it is,
Answer: C
The substitute is radio not conception, so eliminate A
The use of which is ambiguous, so eliminate B and D
Conceived as not conceived to be, so eliminate E
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