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Question 21

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Instructions: Each question below is a plan for a narrative paragraph. The events in the plan(s) are not in the correct chronological order. Select the letter of the answer that numbers the events in the proper time sequence. Football fans still call the "Immaculate Reception" one of the most famous and exciting plays in the history of the sport. ____ The ball bounced off Tatum and tumbled backward, end over end, toward Steelers running back Franco Harris, who scooped it up just before it hit the ground. ____ Needing to move the ball 60 yards to score again and win the game, Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw began the play by throwing the football to his fullback John Fuqua. ____ Harris ran the ball the rest of the way, down the field, to score the Steelers' game-winning touchdown with only 5 seconds remaining on the clock. ____ As the ball reached Fuqua, he collided with Raiders player Jack Tatum. ____ In the fourth quarter of a 1972 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders, with only 22 seconds left to play, the Raiders were winning 7-6, but the Steelers had the ball.

A) 4, 2, 5, 3, 1
B) 1, 2, 5, 4, 3
C) 3, 4, 2, 1, 5

D) A) and B)
E) A) and C)

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Question 22

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Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow. (1) Last September, I watched my ten-year-old grandson act like an adult in an emergency (2) While cleaning the living room carpet, I tripped and fell over the vacuum cleaner hose. (3) At first, I was dazed. (4) Soon, I realized that my left arm hurt terribly (5) I called to my grandson Joel, who was the only other person at home (6) When Joel saw me on the floor, his face went pale (7) Then he calmly took charge of the situation (8) He went to the phone and dialed for emergency help (9) I heard him give our address, exact details of what had happened, and a description of the position I was lying in (10) I could tell that he was carefully listening to the instructions he was given (11) Returning to the living room, Joel covered me with a wool blanket and told me that an ambulance was on its way (12) He sat by my side in the ambulance and stayed with me while the doctor treated me (13) My sprained arm bothered me for only three weeks, but I will always feel proud of what my grandson did on that day. Which of the following sentences does NOT contain a transitional expression that indicates time?

A) Sentence 4
B) Sentence 5
C) Sentence 6
D) Sentence 7

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Question 23

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Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow. (1) One of the most terrible encounters between sharks and humans in modern times occurred during World War II (2) On July 30, 1945, the Navy ship USS Indianapolis was in the Philippine Sea when it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. (3) About 300 crewmembers were killed in the explosion. (4) Twelve minutes later, the Indianapolis sunk, tossing the 900 remaining sailors into the ocean (5) Due to a misunderstanding, their ship was not reported missing (6) Floating in the sea without lifeboats, the survivors began to be hounded by hundreds of sharks (7) For four days, they had no protection against the predators (8) Finally, on August 2, the men were spotted by the pilot of a patrol plane, who radioed for help (9) Two days later, rescuers were able to find only 319 men alive. Select the number of the topic sentence that tells the point of the story.

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow. (1) Walt Disney might be the only filmmaker who claimed to owe his success to a rodent (2) At first, Disney was an animator who produced a cartoon series called "Oswald the Rabbit." (3) Then he decided to launch out on his own. (4) Realizing that he needed a new animated character, he remembered a friendly mouse from a studio he had once worked in (5) He decided to name his new character after this old friend, whom he fondly called Mortimer Mouse (6) Later, he changed the name to Mickey (7) After only a few cartoons appeared, Mickey Mouse fever swept the nation (8) Soon, he became an international figure (9) The French called him "Michel Souris," while the Italians dubbed him "Topolo." (10) During World War II, "Mickey Mouse" became a secret password in the Allied Command (11) Disney created many other lovable characters, but none achieved the popularity of that cute little mouse with the white gloves. Which of the following sentences does NOT contain a transitional expression that indicates time?

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow. (1) Horace Bristol might be the only photographer to owe his fame to his child's book report (2) Before he became an architect, Bristol had been a documentary journalist. (3) One day his teenage son was writing a report on The Grapes of Wrath , John Steinbeck's novel about an Oklahoma farm family forced off their drought-stricken land during the 1930s. (4) He asked his father if he'd ever read the book (5) Not only had he read it, Bristol replied, he had dreamed up the idea for it, recruited Steinbeck to write it, and photographed thousands of real farm families forced to leave their homes (6) After revealing his past to his son, Bristol the photographer came out of hiding (7) Hoping to sell a few of his photographs, he was soon astounded by the prices they commanded (8) Encouraged, he took up his camera once again (9) Since then, the photographs of Horace Bristol have become famous (10) His images of despair during the Depression, heroism in the Pacific during World War II, and postwar poverty and hope in rural Korea are among the greatest photographs of the twentieth century. Select the number of the topic sentence that tells the point of the story.

Instructions: Each question below is a plan for a narrative paragraph. The events in the plan(s) are not in the correct chronological order. Select the letter of the answer that numbers the events in the proper time sequence. Some say that the Greek myth of Icarus teaches the importance of moderation and self-control. ____ As he strapped on their wings, Daedalus warned his boy not to fly too near the sun, or the heat would melt the wax. ____ To escape from a prison tower in the Mediterranean Sea, the inventor Daedalus made wings for himself and his son Icarus out of feathers, thread, and wax. ____ Just as his father feared, the blazing sun melted the wax, the wings fell apart, and Icarus plummeted to his death. ____ Daedalus and Icarus leapt from the tower and began flying over the sea. ____ Soaring higher and delighting in his ability to fly toward the sun, Icarus ignored his father's advice.