Accuplacer 2.13

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original is best, select the first answer choice.

We held the elevator door open for her rushing through the lobby.

• because of her rushing through

• after her rushing through

• when we saw her rushing through

• for her rushing through

Two underlined sentences are followed by a question or statement. Read the two sentences and then choose the best answer to the question.

Most college students who decide to major in English thoroughly enjoy reading and analyzing literature.

English Professors tend to give extremely lengthy reading assignments that can sometimes be too much to handle.

What does the second sentence do?

• It restates the idea found in the first.

• It states an effect.

• It makes a contrast

• It gives an example

Rewrite the sentence in your head following the directions given below. The new sentence should have essentially the same meaning as the original sentence.

Fish tacos always make me nauseous, but quesadillas never do.

Rewrite, beginning with: Quesadillas never cause me problems,

The next words will be:

• then fish tacos

• unlike fish tacos

• so fish tacos

• and fish tacos

Thomas Edison is not primarily known as a film producer, but his 1910 Frankenstein is the earliest known film version of Mary Shelley’s novel. The film was considered shocking in 1910 and did not receive wide circulation in theaters. Only a small number of prints were struck for sale.

The passage implies that Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein ________

• has been very sought after by collectors

• was considered lost for many years

• was shocking to readers when it was first published

• has been repeatedly adapted for the screen