Common

SAT Grammatical Mistakes, by Dr. Edgar Huang

21. Missing preposition—When there are two parallel items and each is supposed to carry a
preposition, make sure both prepositions are present.
a. Wrong: The unfortunate accident that caused the explosion was extensively
reported in all the local newspapers and national television.
b. Correct: The unfortunate accident that caused the explosion was extensively
reported in all the local newspapers and on national television.

c. Wrong: I have no interest or time for such an endeavor.
d. Correct: I have no interest in or time for such an endeavor.

e. Wrong: If the gardener would sow the seeds in the greenhouse rather than the
garden, he might get a better display of flowers.
f. Correct: If the gardener would sow the seeds in the greenhouse rather than in the
garden, he might get a better display of flowers.

22. Less/few problem
(1) Less is for uncountable nouns while few/fewer is for countable nouns.
a. Wrong: Less people, less books
b. Correct: Few people, few books

c. Wrong: fewer money, fewer time
d. Correct: less money, less time

(2) When people refer to specific amount of time or money, less is normally used.
e. Wrong: I have fewer than 20 dollars.
f. Correct: I have less than 20 dollars.

g. Wrong: I have only fewer than 20 hours to finish this article.
h. Correct: I have only less than 20 hours to finish this article.

(3) When people are not referring to specific amount of time or money, fewer is used.
i. Wrong: He worked less hours than I did.
j. Correct: He worked fewer hours than I did.

23. Any should be used while any other is used. Similarly, anyone is used while anyone
else is meant to be used.—Be sensitive to such low-level mistakes.
a. Wrong: Sherry prefers Jessica to any hairdressers.
b. Correct: Sherry prefers Jessica to any other hairdressers.

c. Wrong: The teacher likes Larry more than anyone in class.
d. Correct: The teacher likes Larry more than anyone else in class.

24. Redundant—In SAT, any redundancy in a sentence is regarded as wrong.
a. Wrong: The crane lowered the cat down from the second floor to the ground.
b. Correct: The crane lowered the cat from the second floor to the ground.
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c. Wrong: a population of 5,000 people
d. Correct: a population of 5,000
or
5,000 people

e. Wrong: equally as good as
f. Correct: as good as

g. Wrong: The reason you failed was because you didn’t work hard.
h. Correct: The reason you failed was [that] you didn’t work hard.

i. Wrong: very unique
j. Correct: unique

These are typical absolute modifiers:
Wild, final, entire, universal, impossible, fatal, inevitable, complete


25. Misusing the present participle structure—Larry did not help Jane, causing Jane’s failure
in the test.
In such a sentence structure, the present participle, in this case, “causing,” always modifies
the subject, in this case, “Larry.” Your present participle obviously modifies the subject
erroneously. Here is a good sentence: Dr. Huang stood there expressionlessly, not knowing
how to react to the “joke.”
a. Wrong: Shanbo wasn’t able to wed his beloved girl and find happiness, eventually
leading to his death.
b. Correct: Shanbo wasn’t able to wed his beloved girl and find happiness; eventually,
this tragedy led to his death.
c. Wrong: On January 28, 1986, NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart after 73
seconds into its flight, causing seven crewmembers’ deaths.
d. Correct: On January 28, 1986, NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart after 73
seconds into its flight; as a result, seven crewmembers died.

If you wish to use a present participle structure, you need to know how.
1. If two actions have a sequential order, the position of the present participle structure
matters.
• Not knowing whether he should turn left or right, he turned left. As a result, he
bumped into a semi and died.
• She walked very slowly, giving him an impression that she was waiting for him.

2. If two actions happen at the same time, it doesn’t matter whether the present participle
structure is in front or at the end.
• Hoping to stay away from the semi, he turned left.
• He turned left, hoping to stay away from the semi.
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26. Misunderstanding a conjunctive adverb as a conjunction. A conjunctive adverb cannot
join two independent clauses; or a sentence becomes a run-on.
a. Wrong: The participants ate the sausages, however, the experimenters never saw a
thing.
b. Correct: The participants ate the sausages. However, the experimenters never saw a
thing.

Here is a list of conjunctive adverbs that are likely to get you into this type of trouble:
Afterward Also Besides Consequently
Furthermore However Indeed Later
Likewise Moreover Nevertheless Otherwise
Similarly Then Therefore Thus


27. Miscellaneous
a. Wrong: This is what he called “imminent danger”.
b. Correct: This is what he called “imminent danger.” (In American English, comma
and period should go inside a quotation mark.)
c. Wrong: The professors doubted her ability, and planned to exclude her from various
classes.
d. Correct: The professors doubted her ability and planned to exclude her from various
classes. (Commas should not be casually used like pepper and salt. In this case, since
there is no independent clause after the comma, comma should be deleted.)
e. Wrong: Those who resisted not only could not escape the fate of leaving their
homelands, but also saw much of their tribe die as a result of fighting the unfairness.
f. Correct: Those who resisted not only could not escape the fate of leaving their
homelands but also saw much of their tribe die as a result of fighting the unfairness.
g. Wrong: I love you and you love me.
h. Correct: I love you, and you love me.
i. Wrong: Are you interested living in U.S.?
j. Correct: Are you interested in living in the United States? (U.S. is often used as an
adjective. For instance, Are you interested in the U.S. history?)

28. Wrong usage—Follow the tradition.
a. Wrong: amount of people
b. Wrong: incompatible to
c. Wrong: equate for
d. Wrong: Your attitude can hardly effect my decision.
e. Wrong: Preoccupation in
f. Wrong: It will be hard to soothe your mother now that you have so aggravated her
by refusing to take her advice.
g. Wrong: While Jonathan got a perfect score for his recent SAT test, Princeton rejected
him because he does not excel in any other areas.
h. Wrong: James boasted for his strength.
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i. Wrong: The dispute centers around Kashmir.

j. Wrong: That class composes 25 students.
k. Wrong: That class is comprised of 25 students.
l. Wrong: These five students are constituted of the committee.
m. Wrong: We must conform with the rules.
n. Wrong: They're anxious for his health.
o. Wrong: My design is very different than yours.
p. Wrong: The king prohibited the soldiers to fight against David.
q. Wrong: The birth of twins became an event that partook about the mythic.
r. Wrong: This paper is alive with sympathetic insight in Shakespeare.
s. Wrong: Aggression is often taken as synonymous to violence.
t. Wrong: The general was unwilling to pay the price for victory.
u. Wrong: Nancy has a negative opinion towards me.
a. Wrong: As regards to her future, Tina said she'd go to college.

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King Philip’s War

In late January of 1675, a Native American who had taken the name John Sassamon disappeared. Sassamon, just weeks before, [Q293]
he had met with the leader of the governor of the Plymouth Colony, Josiah Winslow. The purpose of this meeting was to warn Winslow that
the Wampanoag chief Metacom (whom the English called “King Philip “) was hoping to join forces with other Native American leaders to
drive the English settlers out of New England. Winslow sent Sassamon away, certain that the warning was some kind of trick. Shortly after
his disappearance, Sassamon’s body was found submerged in an [Q294] icy pond based on the condition of his corpse, it was determined
that he had been murdered. Within months, three Native American men were accused of, convicted of, and executed [Q295] by Sassamon’s
murder. Within weeks of the executions of the alleged murderers, King Philip’s War began.
Known also as Metacom’s Rebellion, this conflict was the last in a series of efforts by the Native Americans to rid New England of the
colonists. [Q296] The Wampanoags themselves had actually been among the first Native Americans to befriend the members of the
Plymouth Colony. [Q297] Shockingly, Philip was the son of Massasoit, the leader who had greeted the Mayflower pilgrims. Massasoit was
probably responsible for helping teach the pilgrims to plant corn, which was essential to their survival, and it is said that he was the one who
invited the Pilgrims to the First Thanksgiving.
What, then, were the causes of King Philip’s War? Some historians claim the conflict was [Q298] inevitable; it was a clash of cultures
that simply could not have been avoided. [Q299] The English and Native Americans had never lived so closely, and tensions were high.
Others place the blame on features of the Pilgrims’ culture. They believed that the New World had been divinely promised to them, and
expanded their settlements rapidly. There is no single cause agreed upon by historians. [Q300] In light of these facts, this war was probably
the bloodiest of all these so-called uprisings.
Over the course of the fourteen-month war, twelve towns were destroyed and around 5,000 people had [Q301] died, approximately
three-quarters of them, were Native Americans. The devastation faced by Native Americans [Q302] were not confined to death, though.
Some survivors escaped to Canada, uprooted and displaced, while others were captured. 180 of those survivors were sent to the Caribbean
on a ship named the Seaflower. [Q303]

293. 297. 301.
(A) NO CHANGE (A) NO CHANGE (A) NO CHANGE
(B) had met (B) It’s unbelievable that Philip (B) died, approximately three-quarters
(C) he met (C) Even more surprising, Philip were Native Americans.
(D) met (D) In fact, Philip (C) died approximately three-quarters of
them were Native Americans.
294. 298. (D) died, approximately three-quarters of
(A) NO CHANGE (A) NO CHANGE whom were Native Americans.
(B) icy pond. Based on (B) predicted
(C) icy pond and based on (C) interminable 302.
(D) icy pond, based on (D) preordained (A) NO CHANGE
(B) have not been
295. 299. The writer is considering deleting the (C) are not
(A) NO CHANGE underlined sentence. Should the underlined (D) was not
(B) of sentence be kept or deleted?
(C) through (A) Kept, because it helps to establish the 303. The writer wants to conclude the
(D) for timeline of important events leading up to passage with a sentence that somberly
the war emphasizes the tragic fate of the Native
296. Which choice, inserted here, results in (B) Kept, because it provides support for Americans on the Seaflower. Which choice
the most effective transition to the the claim that the war resulted from a clash would best accomplish this goal?
information that follows in the paragraph? of cultures (A) This ship, with a name so similar to the
(A) Metacom, or Metacomet, was a Native (C) Deleted, because it doesn’t provide Mayflower that brought the Pilgrims to
American leader, but before the conflict he support for the alleged causes of the war freedom, now carried the descendants of
had appeared in Plymouth to request an (D) Deleted, because it blurs the Massasoit and other Native Americans to
English name, and received the name paragraph’s focus on the reasons for slavery.
“Philip.” tensions between the English settlers and (B) The name of the ship echoes that of the
(B) The reasons for conflicts are always the Native Americans Pilgrim’s Mayflower, but the Seaflower is far
complex, but Metacom’s Rebellion was an less well-known and served a very different
exception. 300. purpose.
(C) Thus, Sassamon’s murder was not (A) NO CHANGE (C) Those survivors weren’t going down to
merely an isolated tragedy; rather, it was (B) Whatever its causes, the islands for a Caribbean vacation, they
the catalyst for a whole cascade of tragic (C) In spite of these factors, were being sent as slaves!
outcomes. (D) In conclusion, (D) In summary, while the causes of the war
(D) However, the Native Americans may remain a mystery, its outcomes are all
involved in the conflict had not always been too clear: the bloody conflict left many dead
opposed to English presence. on both sides, and many others in slavery.

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 “Show And Tell”

“Show, don’t tell.” This is the singular imperative in writers’ workshops, in articles about [Q304] writing, in Composition 101. There is
wisdom in that rule. [Q305] By showing rather than telling, a writer creates a more accessible story for her readers. Readers want to have
access to the scene into which they are being invited; [Q306] we want to get involved in the action and to feel as if they can almost touch the
characters and the scenery. However, “showing” or, more accurately, narrative, does only half the job of the writer involved in memoir or
personal essay. [Q307] Without insight born of exposition, no matter how evocative the narrative, the result is simply “words on paper.”
One writer who succeeds at both telling and showing is the [Q308] notorious Joan Didion, a celebrated novelist and journalist. A
specific example of her success is her essay, “In Bed.” This essay explores what it is like to suffer from migraines. [Q309] The essay tells the
story of Didion’s specific experience of migraine. However, it also contains a great deal of factual exposition, explaining what migraine is
(and is not), presenting a case against the perception that those who suffer from migraines are “malingerers,” [Q310] and providing
information about the treatment of the malady. The tone she uses throughout is authoritative; Didion presents herself as an expert on
[Q311] this and her intention seems to be to educate those who are not affected by the malady. Though she is telling a personal tale, Didion
seems to be examining the event of a migraine from a distance in order to express an idea directly while placing her ideas about the event
outside of time.
[1] “In Bed” is not merely a dry recitation of facts, though. [2] There is a great story being told, complete with all the necessary [Q312]
parts she uses setting, characters, and specific details that bring the story alive. [3] Didion is such a master of the writing craft that, even with
minimal narrative, she makes a reader feel as if they have been given a guided tour of a foreign country. [4] She also offers up a startling
insight: that there is a kind of peace to be found in giving in to the magnified anxiety and pain that cannot be ignored. [Q313]
[Q314] Admittedly, that is the most surprising thing of all. Through her sparing use of narrative amidst all that exposition, Joan Didion
delivers a revelation about something beyond her apparent subject.

304. 308. 312.
(A) NO CHANGE (A) NO CHANGE (A) NO CHANGE
(B) writing, and in (B) renowned (B) parts, she
(C) writing; and in (C) infamous (C) parts, which she
(D) writing, and; in (D) acknowledged (D) parts. She

305. 309. Which choice would result in the most 313. Which sentence should be deleted to
(A) NO CHANGE effective transition to the following improve the focus of the paragraph?
(B) By showing rather than telling, a more sentences? (A) Sentence 1
accessible story is created by the writer for (A) NO CHANGE (B) Sentence 2
her readers. (B) The essay provides both a personal (C) Sentence 3
(C) A more accessible story is created by the story and information about migraines. (D) Sentence 4
writer for her readers, showing rather than (C) As a migraine sufferer, Didion
telling. undoubtedly has strong feelings about the 314.
(D) By showing rather than telling, readers topic, but manages to temper her feelings (A) NO CHANGE
can find a writer’s story to be more with facts. (B) Furthermore,
accessible. (D) The essay is an interesting and (C) Therefore,
compelling piece of writing. (D) Ultimately,
306.
(A) NO CHANGE 310. The writer wants to complete the
(B) one wants sentence with a third example that best
(C) they want reflects Didion’s use of exposition. Which
(D) she wants choice most effectively accomplishes this
goal?
307. Which sentence, inserted here, best (A) NO CHANGE
helps to establish the main point of the (B) and telling stories about how other
paragraph? people experience migraines.
(A) To fully tell the story, the writer needs (C) and making the reader feel as though
to create a rich setting. they have a personal connection with
(B) If the writer only uses narrative, there Didion.
will be something missing from the essay. (D) and using vivid imagery to draw the
(C) The writer has to also have a certain reader into the story.
amount of insight into the subject.
(D) That writer must “tell as well as show,” 311.
by using exposition, to provide the essential (A) NO CHANGE
element of the genre: insight. (B) migraines
(C) this point
(D) that

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Passage 1 is adapted from Gina Solomon, “Agent Orange in Your Backyard: The Harmful Pesticide 2,4-D.” ©2012 by The Atlantic Monthly Group.
Passage 2 is adapted from Andrew Pollack, “Paper Tying Rat Cancer to Herbicide is Retracted.” ©2013 by The New York Times Company.

Passage 1
This weekend, I walked the aisles of a home supply store. On the shelves were an array of weed killers and “weed and feed”
products marketed to keep your lawn looking great. I was hunting for a pesticide known as 2,4-D.
I found it—in several different products. 2,4-D was invented in the chemical boom during World War II, making it one of the
oldest pesticides that’s still legally on the market today. It was one of the two active ingredients in Agent Orange, the notorious
5 Vietnam War defoliant. Despite decades of studies showing links to lymphoma in humans and dogs, this chemical thrives as one of the
top three pesticides sold in the United States today. Newer science shows that it’s not just a cancer problem; this pesticide interferes
with several essential hormones, thereby increasing the risks of birth defects and neurologic damage in children. Studies in wheat-
growing areas where 2,4-D is heavily used have shown increased rates of certain birth defects.
Many people don’t realize that many weed and feed products contain a toxic pesticide. People also don’t realize that after they
10 apply the product to their lawn, the chemical residues are tracked indoors on shoes or pet paws, and contaminate the carpets.
Because 2,4-D is broken down by direct sunlight, once the residues get into the house the pesticide lingers for months or even years.
Kids who play on the floor are at particular risk, since they accidentally ingest the chemical when they put their hands in their
mouths.
2,4-D is used on athletic fields, golf courses, landscaping, timber land, and crops. The airborne chemical can even travel
15 significant distances, damaging plants downwind, and contaminating homes. The Natural Resources Defense Council petitioned the
Environmental Protection Agency to cancel registrations for 2,4-D. The EPA still hasn’t responded, so the NRDC filed a lawsuit against
the agency for its delay on this important issue.

Passage 2

A food safety journal has retracted a paper that seemed to show that genetically modified corn and the herbicide Roundup can
cause cancer and premature death in rats. The editor of the journal said in a letter to the paper’s author that the study’s results, while
20 not incorrect, were “inconclusive, and therefore do not reach the threshold of publication.”
The paper has been cited by opponents of biotech foods and proponents of labeling such foods. But it has been criticized as
flawed, sensationalistic and possibly even fraudulent by many scientists, some allied with the biotechnology industry. The main
author of the study, Gilles-Eric Seralini, had done other studies challenging the safety of genetic ally engineered foods, some of which
had also been questioned.
25 In his letter to Dr. Seralini, the editor of the journal, A. Wallace Hayes, said that “unequivocally “ he had found “no evidence of
fraud or intentional misrepresentation of the data.” However, he said there was “legitimate cause for concern” that the number of rats
in the study was too small and that the strain of rat used was prone to cancer. That made it difficult to rule out that the results were
not explained by “normal variability,” he said.
The study followed 200 rats for two years. The rats that ate either the corn or the Roundup tended to have more tumors and die
30 earlier than the 20 rats in the control group, which were fed non-engineered corn and plain water.
Dr. Seralini and other scientists defended the paper in letters to the journal. They said the same strain of rats was used in a 90-
day feeding study that led to European approval of the corn. They also said that even though the rats had a high natural rate of cancer,
what mattered was the difference in tumor incidence between the rats fed the corn or herbicide and the controls.

176. The author of Passage 1 would most likely (A) A description of a scientific study and the (D) Removing any rats that develop tumors
agree that results of the study naturally from the experiment
(A) the need to protect people from the harmful (B) A presentation of a decision with an
effects of2,4-D has not yet been adequately explanation of why the decision was made 182. Which choice provides the best evidence for
addressed. (C) An informative essay with hypotheses about the answer to the previous question?
(B) the benefits of using 2,4-0 outweigh the future events (A) Lines 25-26 (“In his ... data”)
drawbacks of doing so. (D) A dialog expressing multiple conflicting (B) Lines 26-27 (“However, he ... cancer”)
(C) 2,4-D should only be used in some parts of the points of view (C) Lines 29 (“The study ... years”)
country. (D) Lines 31-32 (“They said ... corn”)
(D) there should be a complete ban on the 180. As used in line 27, “rule out” is closest in
manufacture of all chemical pesticides. meaning to 183. What is the relationship between Passages 1
(A) exclude the possibility. and 2?
177. Which choice provides the best evidence for (B) include the possibility. (A) Passage 1 makes claims about an herbicide
the answer to the previous question? (C) ignore the possibility. and Passage 2 negates those claims.
(A) Lines 1-2 (“On the ... great”) (D) ascertain the possibility. (B) Passage 1 reports the dangers of an herbicide
(B) Line 3 (“I found ... products”) and Passage 2 reports doubt regarding a study
(C) Lines 12-13 (“Kids who ... mouths”) 181. Based on the information in Passage 2, about another herbicide.
(D) Lines 16-17 (“The EPA ... issue”) which of the following changes to the design of (C) Passage 1 addresses the concerns about
the study would best address the concerns herbicides presented in Passage 2.
178. As used in line 11, “lingers” most nearly expressed by A. Wallace Hayes? (D) Passage 1 discusses the drawbacks of an
means (A) Instituting careful oversight to eliminate any herbicide and Passage 2 discusses the drawbacks
(A) dawdles. possibility that Dr. Seralini’s team might falsify or of an alternative herbicide.
(B) remains. misinterpret data
(C) dwells. (B) Using a larger population of rats to help rule 184. Passage 1 and Passage 2 both discuss
(D) protracts. out natural variability as the source of the (A) the possible health dangers of herbicides.
findings (B) individuals affected by herbicides.
179. Which of the following best describes the (C) More carefully calculating the difference in (C) action being taken to counteract the effects of
structure of Passage 2? tumor incidence to control for the rats’ high herbicides.
natural rates of cancer (D) scientists who study the effects of herbicides.

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This passage is adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Adventure of the Hansom Cabs,” originally published in 1878. Brackenbury is a
lieutenant who has recently returned to London.

The night was already advanced when a plump of cold rain fell suddenly out of the darkness. Brackenbury caught sight of a
hansom cabman making him a sign that he was disengaged. The circumstance fell in so happily to the occasion that he at once raised
his cane in answer, and had soon ensconced himself in the London gondola.
“Where to, sir?” asked the driver.
5 “Where you please,” said Brackenbury.
And immediately, at a pace of surprising swiftness, the hansom drove off through the rain into a maze of villas. There was so little
to distinguish the deserted lamp-lit streets through which the flying hansom took its way that Brackenbury soon lost all idea of
direction.
He would have been tempted to believe that the cabman was amusing himself by driving him round and round about a small
10 quarter, but there was something business-like in the speed which convinced him of the contrary. The man had an object in view—he
was hastening towards a definite end; and Brackenbury was at once astonished at the fellow’s skill in picking a way through such a
labyrinth, and a little concerned to imagine the occasion of his hurry. Did the driver belong to some treacherous association? And was
he himself being whirled to a murderous death?
The thought had scarcely presented itself, when the cab swung sharply round a comer and pulled up before the garden gate of a
15 villa. The house was brilliantly lighted up. Another hansom had just driven away, and Brackenbury could see a gentleman being
admitted at the front door and received by several servants. He was surprised that the cabman should have stopped so immediately
in front of a house where a reception was being held; he did not doubt it was the result of accident, and sat placidly where he was,
until he heard the trap thrown open over his head.
“Here we are, sir,” said the driver.
20 “Here!” repeated Brackenbury. “Where?”
“You told me to take you where I pleased, sir,” returned the man with a chuckle, “and here we are.”
It struck Brackenbury that the voice was smooth and courteous for a man in so inferior a position; he remembered the speed at
which he had been driven; and now it occurred to him that the hansom was more luxuriously appointed than the common run of
public conveyances.
25 “I must ask you to explain,” said he. “Do you mean to turn me out into the rain? My good man, I suspect the choice is mine.”
“The choice is certainly yours,” replied the driver; “but when l tell you all, I believe I know how a gentleman of your figure will
decide. There is a gentlemen’s party in this house. I do not know whether the master be a stranger to London and without
acquaintances of his own; or whether he is a man of odd notions. But certainly I was hired to kidnap single gentlemen in evening
dress. You have simply to go in and say that Mr. Morris invited you.”
30 “Are you Mr. Morris?” inquired the Lieutenant.
“Oh, no,” replied the cabman. “Mr. Morris is the person of the house.”
“It is not a common way of collecting guests,” said Brackenbury: “but an eccentric man might very well indulge the whim without
any intention to offend. Suppose that I refuse Mr. Morris’s invitation,” he went on, “what then?”
“My orders are to drive you back where I took you from,” replied the man, “and set out to look for others. Those who have no
35 fancy for such an adventure, Mr. Morris said, were not the guests for him.”
These words decided the Lieutenant on the spot.
“After all,” he reflected, as he descended from the hansom, “I have not had long to wait for my adventure.”

185. The passage primarily focuses on 188. Which choice provides the best evidence 191. As used in line 36, “decided” most nearly
(A) Brackenbury’s evolving nature. for the answer to the previous question? means
(B) the unusual events of an evening. (A) Lines 1-2 (“Brackenbury caught ... (A) chose.
(C) Brackenbury’s personal history. disengaged”) (B) convinced.
(D) the curious life of the cabman. (B) Lines 2-3 (“The circumstance ... gondola”) (C) answered.
(C) Line 6 (“And immediately ... villas “) (D) adjudicated.
186. Over the course of the passage, the main (D) Lines 14-15 (“The thought ... villa”)
focus of the narrative shifts from a 192. The passage most strongly suggests that
(A) character’s fear of the unknown to a 189. Which of the following choices best Brackenbury will
character’s new excitement about taking risks. describes the interactions between (A) attend the party.
(B) description of a lonely character to a Brackenbury and the cabman? (B) search for adventure elsewhere.
depiction of a joyful community. (A) Cold, due to irreconcilable differences (C) seek revenge against the cab driver.
(C) character’s aimlessness to a character’s (B) Cordial, despite a peculiar situation (D) return to downtown London.
bold decision. (C) Adversarial, in light of a conflict of
(D) meditation on the need for stimulation to interests 193. Which choice provides the best evidence
an ode to security. (D) Intimate, as a result of a shared experience for the answer to the previous question?
(A) Line 33 (“Suppose that ... then”)
187. Brackenbury decided to get into the cab 190. The rhetorical effect of the word “flying” (B) Line 34 (“My orders ... others “)
because he in line 7 is to (C) Lines 34-35 (“Those who ... him”)
(A) wanted to ride around the countryside. (A) indicate that the wheels of the cab (D) Line 37 (“After all ... adventure “)
(B) wanted to get out of the rain. occasionally lifted off the pavement.
(C) had been expecting just such an adventure. (B) suggest that Brackenbury is comparing the
(D) needed to get to a party. cab to an airplane.
(C) describe the cab as traveling very quickly.
(D) demonstrate Brackenbury’s fear to the
reader.

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