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(April 2009)

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1 • • • • • • 1 ENGLISH TEST

45 Minutes-75 Questions

DIRECTIONS: Jn the five passages that follow, certain words and phrases are· underlined and numbered.' In

.• the right-hand column, you will find alternatives for the· '· · underlined part. ln most cases, you· are to choose the

You Will 'alsO:find'questions,abouta.section of ·the pas­sage, or about the passage as a .whole .. These questions do not' refer to an underlined portion of the passage, but

··rntherare identified by a number or numbers in a box.one that best expresses the idea, makes the. statement For each question, choose· the alternative you consider

· .appropriate for standard written English, or is.,worded . : best· and .fill in the 'corresponding oval .on your ·answer ..most consistently -witb ·the style and!tone of the :,Passage'> ... doc\Jment:Read··each passage ·through.•once before• youas a whole. If you think the original version is best, ·· · begin to answer the questions that accompany it. Forchoose "NO CHANGE." In some cases, you will find in many of the questions, you must read several sentences the right-hand column a question about the underlined · beyond the question to determine the answer. Be surepart. You are to choose the best answer to the question. that you have read far enough ahead each time you

choose an alternative.

PASSAGE I

Antarctic Adventure

In February 2001, polar adventurers

Liv Arnesen of Norway, and Ann Bancroft of I

, .,.Minnesota became the first women to climb and

:. ,.·.ski.across:the continentofAntarctica. The two former

schoolteachers completed their 2,400-mile journey

in 96 days.

[ 1] Months before their expedition, Arnesen

and Bancroft began training by learning to ski behind

sails-parachute-like devices that can pull a skier loaded

with supplies about six miles per hour in steady winds.

[2J On November 13, 2000, the pair boarded a small plane

in South Africa and took a six-hour flight to Blue One

Runway, it is a solid-ice airstrip on the Atlantic coast of 3

Antarctica. [3] They set out soon after landing. [4] Hiking

unassisted up the I 0,000-foot-high Sygyn Glacier, and 4

each woman pulled a sled that weighed more than

ACT-66F 2

.1. A. ·, NO CHANGE : ,. B. :Arnesen/of Norway, and• Ann·. Bancroft,

·>. : <·. ·C.)Arnesen,.of Nonvay.:a.nd.AnmBancroft,> :>·0D. :'.::Arnesen of.Norway,arid.Anr i'Bancroft

2. F. NO CHANGEG. achieved· ..H. finalizedJ. implemented

3. A. NO CHANGEB. Runway,C. RunwayD. Runway, being

4. F. NO CHANGEG. whenH. whileJ. DELETE the underlined portion.

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