Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_______ I did not make a mistake, he scolded me out of the blue.
A.In spite of
B.Because
C.But
D.Although

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She admitted _______ by several hundred dollars, but in return, she won the lawsuit.
A.to disadvantage
B.disadvantaging
C.being disadvantaged
D.to be disadvantage

(30)
A.Whenever
B.In addition
C.Therefore
D.However

(32)
A.create
B.creation
C.creative
D.creature

The main focus of the passage is _______.
A.an art program designed to help troubled youth
B.the many tourists who come to Philadelphia to see murals
C.the reasons why Philadelphia is a unique city
D.how Jane Golden came up with the idea to start a mural program

According to the passage, the murals in Philadelphia _______.

I. draw tourists who want to see them

II. instill responsibility and pride in the people who paint them

III. are solely designed by the youth who paint them
A.I only
B.I and II only
C.II and III only
D.I, II, and III

As used in paragraph 3, which is the best definition of “affluent”?
A.popular
B.clean
C.well-known
D.wealthy

What can be inferred about machines that are not calculators or computers?
A.They have simple memory and processing units.
B.They cannot store information in a memory.
C.They are less expensive than computers.
D.They are older than computers.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Women are supposed to have a longer___________ than men.
A.life expectancy
B.life expectation
C.live expect
D.life expected

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Sometimes people just focus on the _______ benefits without thinking of the environmental risks of certain economic activities.
A.immediate
B.short - lived
C.potential
D.long - term