A Quick Fix in a Throwaway Culture

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• A) NO CHANGE
• B) from which
• C) so that
• D) whereby

35

• A) NO CHANGE
• B) usefulness—
• C) usefulness;
• D) usefulness

36

• A) NO CHANGE
• B) egregious
• C) unmitigated
• D) stark

37. Which choice provides information that best supports the claim made by this sentence?

• A) NO CHANGE
• B) obsolete goods can become collectible items.
• C) no one knows whether something will fall into disrepair again.
• D) new designs often have “bugs” that must be worked out.

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• A) NO CHANGE
• B) fair than
• C) fare than
• D) fair, then

39

• A) NO CHANGE
• B) whom wants
• C) who wanted
• D) she wanted

40

• A) NO CHANGE
• B) straightforward, therefore:
• C) straightforward, nonetheless:
• D) straightforward:

41

• A) NO CHANGE
• B) awaiting
• C) they waited
• D) waiting

42. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 5 should be placed

• A) where it is now.
• B) before sentence 1.
• C) after sentence 3.
• D) after sentence 6.

43. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence. As the number of corporate and service-based jobs has increased, the need for people who work with their hands has diminished. Should the writer make this addition here?

• A) Yes, because it provides an example of specific repair skills being lost.
• B) Yes, because it elaborates on the statistic about the Netherlands’ municipal waste
• C) No, because it blurs the paragraph’s focus by introducing a topic that is not further explained.
• D) No, because it contradicts the claims made in the rest of the paragraph.