Pancho Villa
1. Like machinery was integral to the development of industrial capitalism, so the rapid transfer of information is the force driving modern business.
A. Like
B. Given that
C. Since
D. Just as
E. Although
2. The United States is the largest producer of
A B
cranberries and cranberry products, most of them
C
are consumed there and in Canada. No error
D E
A. (A)
B. (B)
C. (C)
D. (D)
E. (E)
3. A ------- person, he found the training almost unbearably monotonous, but he resolved to check his ------- and perform the basic tasks required.
A. bitter . . submissiveness
B. reclusive . . reserve
C. dynamic . . restlessness
D. mercurial . . constancy
E. vivacious . . ambition
4. Chilean novelist and short-story writer María Luisa Bombal wrote innovative and influential stories featuring heroines which create fantasy worlds in order to escape from unfulfilling love relationships and restricted social roles.
A. heroines which create
B. heroines, they create
C. heroines, they created
D. heroines who create
E. heroines that were creating
5. Unlike the politician, who must spend his or her energy in public show or endless meetings, the artist needs ------- for significant efforts.
A. approval
B. prudence
C. motivation
D. solitude
E. perseverance
6. Most of the world's sharks, living in temperate and
A B
Tropical regions, though the Greenland shark lives in
C
the cold Arctic waters, and the huge basking
shark is at home in the seas around Antarctica.
D
No error
E
A. (A)
B. (B)
C. (C)
D. (D)
E. (E)
7. A remarkably ------- plant, the soybean yields not only dairylike products, but also flour, cooking oil, and sprouts.
A. imperishable
B. resistant
C. tedious
D. incessant
E. versatile
8. Clara...
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