English Test G2

The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word “natural” to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized.

• A.   or nothing that has been

• B.    or that has been

• C. and nothing that is

• D. Or anything that has been

Answer explanation

It is D because it says “do not contain” so it has to be something negative, so it can’t be A, C. It can’t be B because …        

The plot of The Bostonians centers on the rivalry between Olive Chancellor, an active feminist, with her charming and cynical cousin, Basil Ransom, when they find themselves drawn to the same radiant young woman whose talent for public speaking has won her an ardent following.

• A. Rivalry between Olive Chancellor, an active feminist, with her charming and cynical cousin, Basil Ransom

• B. Rivals Olive Chancellor, an active feminist, against her charming and cynical cousin, Basil Ransom,

• C. Rivalry that develops between Olive Chancellor, an active feminist, and Basil Ransom, her charming and cynical cousin

• D.    Developing rivalry between Olive Chancellor, an active feminist, with Basil Ransom, her charming and cynical cousin,

Answer explanation

Between X and Y, so D and A are incorrect.

Its not B because “Rivals” doesn’t mean the same thing as Rivalry.

One of the primary distinctions between our intelligence with that of other primates may lay not so much in any specific skill but in our ability to extend knowledge gained in one context to new and different ones.

• A. Between our intelligence with that of other primates may lay not so much in any specific skill but

• B. Between our intelligence with that of other primates may lie not so much in any specific skill but instead

• C.   Between our intelligence and that of other primates may lie not so much in any specific skill as

• D.   Our intelligence has from that of other primates may lie not in any specific skill as

Answer explanation

Distinction between one thing and one other thing. So its not D because there is “has”. Its not A and B because there “with”.

So only C is correct because there “AND”.

A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.

• A.   Reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump

• B.   Reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping

• C.   Reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump

• D.   Reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump

Answer explanation

1972, agreement, we need a past verb form. reduced is correct, reduces is incorrect, so C is incorrect

A and B are out because of the meaning of the sentence, because discharge still continues

So its D because municipalities are still allowed to dump/discharge, though proportion is diminished

Among the objects found in the excavated temple were small terra-cotta effigies left by supplicants who were either asking the goddess Bona Dea’s aid in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help.

• A.   In healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help

• B.   In healing physical and mental ills and to thank her for helping

• C. In healing physical and mental ills, and thanking her for helping

• D. To heal physical and mental ills or to thank her for such help

Answer explanation

Sentence construction : Either one thing or one other thing. So we can eliminate B and C because there is “and” instead of “or”.

 

Moreover, the two thing have to be in parallel. We have Asking on one side so we can have to thank, so its not D.