College Composition CLEP QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

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Which of the following is the best way to combine sentences 5
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and 6 (reproduced below)?
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As advances in technology allowed performances to be
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prerecorded, edited, and enhanced for later broadcast, recorded
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laughter gained wider use. It can be called "canned laughter" or
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a "laugh track."
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A. As advances in technology allowed performances to be
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prerecorded, edited, and enhanced for later broadcast, recorded
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laughter gained wider use; it can be called "canned laughter" or
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a "laugh track."
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B. As advances in technology allowed performances to be
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prerecorded, edited, and enhanced for later broadcast, recorded
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laughter—called "canned laughter" or a "laugh track"—gained |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


wider use. |\ |\




C. As advances in technology allowed performances to be
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prerecorded, edited, and enhanced for later broadcast, recorded
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laughter, they call it "canned laughter" or a "laugh track," which
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then gained wider use.
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D. As advances in technology allowed - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔B. As advances in technology allowed performances to be
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prerecorded, edited, and enhanced for later broadcast, recorded
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laughter—called "canned laughter" or a "laugh track"—gained |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


wider use. |\

,Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the
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original sentence. If you think the original is better than any of
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the alternatives, choose the first option.
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The cooking instructor informed us that by the end of the course,
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we will have acquired basic skills in chopping, searing, and to
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make sauces. |\ |\




A. we will have acquired basic skills in chopping, searing, and to
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make sauces |\ |\




B. we will have acquired basic skills in chopping, to sear, and
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making sauces |\ |\




C. we will have acquired basic skills in chopping, searing, and
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making sauces |\ |\




D. to chop, sear, and to make sauces will have been the basic
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skills acquired by us
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E. chopping, searing, and making sauces is what we will have
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acquired basic skills in - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. we will have
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acquired basic skills in chopping, searing, and making sauces
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In context, which of the following versions of the underlined
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portion of sentence 1 (reproduced below) is best?
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Americans enjoy some of the safest free drinking water on Earth,
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however spending $15 billion on bottled water in 2006, and
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consumption is rising (Fishman). |\ |\ |\ |\




A. Earth, however spending
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B. Earth, yet they spent
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C. Earth; but spending
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, D. Earth; having spent
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E. Earth, instead they spend - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. Earth,
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yet they spent
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Read each sentence carefully, paying particular attention to the
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underlined portions. You will find that the error, if there is one, is
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underlined. If there is an error, select the one underlined part |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If there is
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no error, select No error.
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During her first year in medical school, Joanne came to the
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realization that she was more interested in doing research than
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to treat patients. No error
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A. During
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B. came to
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C. more
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D. to treat
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E. No error - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. to treat
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Improbable as it (A) may seem when (B) one observes (C) its |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


awkwardness on land, penguins are (D) extremely graceful |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


swimmers. (E) No error |\ |\ |\




A. may seem
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B. one
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C. its
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