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0You have to chose the right answer for the underlined portion of the sentence. The first option is the same as that of the given question.02br
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008. A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, 01u00believed to be 02u00the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.02br
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00(A) believed to be02br
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00(B) and that is believed to be02br
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00(C) and it is believed to have been02br
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00(D) which was, it is believed,02br
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00(E) which is believed to be02br
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007. A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims 01u00from a one-page writing sample that it can assess02u00 more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.02br
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00(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess02br
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00(B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing02br
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00(C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing02br
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00(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess02br
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00(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,02br
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003. A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 00s, the first book by a Black woman and 01u00it was only the second published by an American woman02u00.02br
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00(A) it was only the second published by an American woman02br
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00(B) it was only the second that an American woman published02br
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00(C) the second one only published by an American woman02br
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00(D) the second one only that an American woman published02br
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00(E) only the second published by an American woman02br
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001.00 00A “calendar stick” carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence 01u00that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them02u00 on systematic astronomical observation.02br
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00(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them02br
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00(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them02br
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00(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them02br
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00(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based02br
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00(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based02br
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00Please give reasons.02br
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00Thank You02br
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0 Hi GB! Do you mind first telling us what you think the answers might be? Ann 0-
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0 (A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago 01font00= defines the Quetzalcoatlus )02font00, the Quetzalcoatlus had 01font00a wingspan of 36 feet02font00, 01font00(OK so far)02font00 (01font01u
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0Awesome! 01b00Inchoateknowledge, 02b00you got three right.02br
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00Thse are the official answers.02br
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00Inchoateknowledge can you please give some minor details of your answers. Atual
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0Well thats how I interpret the problem. 02br
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001. In this sentence, the problem is with the pronoun that is used for the 00calendar stick. They have used them which actually points to North Americans ratehr than the stick. Option A, B and C has this same problem and option D says that the evidence was for the North Amercans which isn't a part of the sentence. So, E
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0Hi GB02br
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00I am busy right now but I will come back to you later, if you do not mind0-
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08. A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, 01u00and it is believed to have been 02u00the largest flying creature the world has ever seen. 02br
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00(A) believed to be 01font00-- it would mean that the wingspan has been the largest ani
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