WRITING ACCUPLACER EXAM WITH VERIFIED ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
DETAILED SOLUTIONS ||//\\||
(1) Te prevalence of nectarines in US supermarkets today is directly related to the company
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startedby two unrelated men who shared a last name, an inventive bent, and a drive to ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
succeed. (2) Moving from Korea to the United States in 1914, Ho "Charles" Kim founded the ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Kim Brothers trucking company in California in 1921 with his friend Harry Kim. (3) Much
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of the freight their trucks carried in the early years were fruit grown in the San Joaquin
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valley. (4) Kim Brothers soon expanded to include nurseries, orchards, and fruit-packing
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sheds. (5) Eventually the operation became a major employer, providing year-round jobs for
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about two hundred people and up to four hundred part-time jobs during harvest season
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coming afer growing season. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
(6) Kim Brothers succeeded even in the faceof the Great Depression of the 1920s and 30s
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because the company produced and sold the frst commercially viable nectarines. (7) Te||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
nectarine is a - ✔✔. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
1. Which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 3 (reproduced below)?
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Much of the freight their trucks carried in the early years were fruit grown in the San
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Joaquin valley. ||//\\||
A. (as it is now) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
B. have been ||//\\|| ||//\\||
C. are ||//\\|| ||//\\||
, D. was - ✔✔D ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Which is the best decision regarding the underlined portion of sentence 5 (reproduced
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below)?
Eventually the operation became a major employer, providing year-round jobs for about two ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
hundred people and up to four hundred part-time jobs during harvest season coming afer
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growing season. ||//\\||
A. Leave it as it is now
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B. Revise it to "when the crops were ready to pick."
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C. Revise it to "after the produce had ripened."
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D. DELETE it and end the sentence with a period - ✔✔D
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Which is the most logical placement for sentence 7 (reproduced below)?
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The nectarine is a hybrid fruit.
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A. Where it is now
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B. Afer sentence 3
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C. Afer sentence 10
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DETAILED SOLUTIONS ||//\\||
(1) Te prevalence of nectarines in US supermarkets today is directly related to the company
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startedby two unrelated men who shared a last name, an inventive bent, and a drive to ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
succeed. (2) Moving from Korea to the United States in 1914, Ho "Charles" Kim founded the ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Kim Brothers trucking company in California in 1921 with his friend Harry Kim. (3) Much
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of the freight their trucks carried in the early years were fruit grown in the San Joaquin
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valley. (4) Kim Brothers soon expanded to include nurseries, orchards, and fruit-packing
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sheds. (5) Eventually the operation became a major employer, providing year-round jobs for
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about two hundred people and up to four hundred part-time jobs during harvest season
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coming afer growing season. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
(6) Kim Brothers succeeded even in the faceof the Great Depression of the 1920s and 30s
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because the company produced and sold the frst commercially viable nectarines. (7) Te||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
nectarine is a - ✔✔. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
1. Which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 3 (reproduced below)?
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Much of the freight their trucks carried in the early years were fruit grown in the San
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Joaquin valley. ||//\\||
A. (as it is now) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
B. have been ||//\\|| ||//\\||
C. are ||//\\|| ||//\\||
, D. was - ✔✔D ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Which is the best decision regarding the underlined portion of sentence 5 (reproduced
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below)?
Eventually the operation became a major employer, providing year-round jobs for about two ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
hundred people and up to four hundred part-time jobs during harvest season coming afer
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growing season. ||//\\||
A. Leave it as it is now
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B. Revise it to "when the crops were ready to pick."
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C. Revise it to "after the produce had ripened."
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D. DELETE it and end the sentence with a period - ✔✔D
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Which is the most logical placement for sentence 7 (reproduced below)?
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The nectarine is a hybrid fruit.
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A. Where it is now
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B. Afer sentence 3
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C. Afer sentence 10
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