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Ethnic Architecture
(A)

• A. no revision is necessary
• B. move sentence 5 to follow sentence 3
• C. move sentence 5 to follow sentence 6
• D. remove sentence 5
• E. Many of us today take for granted certain features of a house and forget that someone had to invent them.D.The veranda, a covered porch that wraps around the front of many southern houses is probably an adaptation of overhanging roofs found all over the world.E.In addition to the veranda, the South is known for its cooking and its hospitality.(6) Long ago, home builders responded to hot, humid climates by making the cooling shade of
  a porch a common feature of houses in such places as West Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean area.
  (C)
  (7)
  For instance, French settlers in New Orleans tried to put the frames of their homes
  directly on the ground as they had done in France; however, the heat, humidity, and
  abundant rainfall caused the homes to rot within a few years.(8) The settlers learned a
  lesson by observing the West Indian Creoles, which built raised houses with many doors
  and windows to keep cool.
  (D)
  (9)
  Some settlers, like those from Germany, held on to their old building methods even
  though such methods were no longer necessary.(10) Because of a shortage of wood in
  some parts of Germany, builders had constructed half-timber houses; they used clay or
  brick to save wood.(11) When German immigrants settled in Wisconsin where wood was
  abundant, they still built their familiar half-timber homes.(12) European peasants and their
  animals once shared a shelter called a "house-barn," which allowed immediate care for the
  animals during harsh whether.(13) Today's covered breezeways serve a related purpose of
  protecting people who need to go to their"car barns,"or garages.
  (E)
  (14)
  No matter which country settlers started from, they brought home-building
  traditions.(15) Some they changed to adapt to their new land, some they abandoned,and
  some their descendants still use today.
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  Sentence In addition to the veranda, the South is known for its cooking and its hospitality.
  Which revision should be made to the placement of sentence 5?
• F. move sentence 5 to follow sentence 2
• G. Here is a question that is not as silly as it sound:Have you ever wondered why houses are shaped the way they are? B.Bringing with them many different ideas about how to build a house, settlers from around the world have come to the United States for centuries.
  (B)

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Sentence Van Gogh, in his paintings, and beliefs, was a champion of the lower classes.
Which correction should be made to sentence 3?

• A. remove the comma after Gogh
• B. remove the comma after beliefs
• C. remove the comma after paintings
• D. insert a comma after lower
• E. change beliefs to believes

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Sentence Avoid cutting your grass too short on hot, sunny days, the lawn will quickly dry out and burn. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

• A. short.Because on hot, sunny
• B. short.On hot, sunny
• C. short, as a result, on hot, sunny
• D. short on hot, sunny
• E. short.Hot, sunny

Sentence 6:Then one must attach the other end to the positive terminal on the booster battery.
Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

• A. by attaching
• B. attach
• C. you must have attached
• D. one must attach
• E. one attach

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Comics:A Window on Life
(A)

• A. them into
• B. a little
• C. lives by
• D. When I was a child.B.A clergyman said that he read the comic strips in the daily paper every day.C.This amazed me because I believed that comics was for the young.D.I thought adults considered comics juvenile.E."But no,"he said."Comic strips can give you an insight into the human condition the way people think and behave." (6) Today, most would agree that he will be right.(7) The wide range of topics treated in the daily comic strips doesn't miss much about how people live their lives.
  (B)
  (8)
  A popular comic strip subject is family life.(9) Strips on the family range from stay-athome parenting with all its joys and trials to when the kids went to a restaurant with all the things that can go wrong there.(10) Some strips deal with sibling relationships.(11) Others explore adolescence and the stresses of children becoming more independent.(12) The humorous look at the role of husbands and wives in the family also makes for interesting reading.
  (C)
  (13)
  Pets have been playing an important role in comic strips.(14) Sometimes they are secondary to the human characters, the family dog, or rabbit, but sometimes it is the whole
  point of the strip.(15) Who can resist a cynical self-centered cat or a lolloping, brainless dog, especially if it gets the better of the humans?
  (D)
  (16)
  Comic strips allow people to laugh at themselves and their very human failings.(17) A little light is brought into our lives by them for a brief moment each day.(18) They are also abarometer of popular culture, telling what the social trends are and how some people regard them.(19) If the comic strips suddenly disappeared from the newspapers, society would lose a valuable piece of its culture. -- Exhibit -Sentence 17:A little light is brought into our lives by them for a brief moment each day. If you rewrote sentence 17 beginning withThey bringthe next words should be:
• E. each day
• F. brief day