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　　11. Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an

　　all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as

　　Bona Dea, "the good goddess."

　　(A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers

　　(B) Basing it on various ancient writers' accounts

　　(C) With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis

　　(D) By the accounts of various ancient writers they used

　　(E) Using accounts of various ancient writers

　　12. Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way

　　as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.

　　(A) Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same

　　way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.

　　(B) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to

　　equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses.

　　(C) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, new small businesses are not subject to the

　　same applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity as established big

　　businesses.

　　(D) Because new small businesses are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and

　　the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to them in the same way as to established big businesses.

　　(E) New small businesses are not subject to the applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt

　　to equity in the same way as established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in

　　equilibrium.

　　13. State officials report that soaring rates of liability insurance have risen to force cutbacks in the operations

　　of everything from local governments and school districts to day-care centers and recreational facilities.

　　(A) rates of liability insurance have risen to force

　　(B) rates of liability insurance are a force for

　　(C) rates for liability insurance are forcing

　　(D) rises in liability insurance rates are forcing

　　(E) liability insurance rates have risen to force

　　14. Paleontologists believe that fragments of a primate jawbone unearthed in Burma and estimated at 40 to

　　44 million years old provide evidence of a crucial step along the evolutionary path that led to human

　　beings.

　　(A) at 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of

　　(B) as being 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of

　　(C) that it is 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of what was

　　(D) to be 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of

　　(E) as 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of what was

　　15. In his research paper, Dr. Frosh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes mood swings.

　　which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive

　　psychosis.

　　(A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine

　　manic-depressive psychosis

　　(B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine

　　manic-depressive psychosis ,

　　(C) between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine

　　manic-depressive psychosis

　　(D) between mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, from genuine

　　manic-depressive psychosis

　　(E) genuine manic-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded

　　in mental disease

　　16. Unlike a typical automobile loan, which requires a fifteen- to twenty-percent down payment, the lease-loan

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　　buyer is not required to make an initial deposit on the new vehicle.

　　(A) the lease-loan buyer is not required to make

　　(B) with lease-loan buying there is no requirement of

　　(C) lease-loan buyers are not required to make

　　(D) for the lease-loan buyer there is no requirement of

　　(E) a lease-loan does not require the buyer to make

　　17. Native American burial sites dating back 5,000 years indicate that the residents of Maine at that time were

　　part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people.

　　(A) were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people

　　(B) had been part of a widespread culture of people who were Algonquian-speaking

　　(C) were people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking

　　(D) had been people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking

　　(E) were a people which had been part of a widespread, Algonquian-speaking culture

　　18. Each of Hemingway's wives--Hadley Richardson. Pauline Pfeiffer. Martha Gelhom. and Mary Welsh --were

　　strong and interesting women, very different from the often pallid women who populate his novels.

　　(A) Each of Hemingway's wives--Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary

　　Welsh--were strong and interesting women,

　　(B) Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh--each of them Hemingway's

　　wives--were strong and, interesting women,

　　(C) Hemingway's wives--Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary Welsh--were all

　　strong and interesting women,

　　(D) Strong and interesting women—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary

　　Welsh--each a wife of Hemingway, was

　　(E) Strong and interesting women—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary

　　Welsh--every one of Hemingway's wives were

　　19. In addition to having more protein -than wheat does, the protein in rice is higher quality than that in wheat,

　　with more of the amino acids essential to the human diet.

　　(A) the protein in rice is higher quality than that in

　　(B) rice has protein of higher quality than that in

　　(C) the protein in rice is higher in quality than it is in

　　(D) rice protein is higher in quality than it is in

　　(E) rice has a protein higher in quality than

　　20. An array of tax incentives has led to a boom in the construction of new office buildings; so abundant has

　　capital been for commercial real estate that investors regularly scour the country for areas in which to build.

　　(A) so abundant has capital been for commercial real estate that

　　(B) capital has been so abundant for commercial real estate, so that

　　(C) the abundance of capital for commercial real estate has been such,

　　(D) such has the abundance of capital been for commercial real estate that

　　(E) such has been an abundance of capital for commercial real estate,

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