Reading Practice 9



Reading Practice 9

1. The giraffes only sleep for thirty minutes each day, and often in tall, graceful intervals of just a few minutes.

Please choose from one of the following options.

A. No Change

B. tall, graceful giraffes only sleep for thirty minutes daily, and often in

C. giraffes only sleep for a tall, graceful thirty minutes each day, and often in

D. giraffes only sleep for thirty minutes each tall, graceful day, and often in

2. The ocean, a sea slug, contains the blue dragon nudibranch, which steals stinging cells from its prey.

Please choose from one of the following options.

A. NO CHANGE

B. ocean contains the blue dragon nudibranch, which steals stinging cells, a sea slug, from its prey

C. ocean contains the blue dragon nudibranch, a sea slug which steals stinging cells from its prey.

D. ocean, which steals stinging cells from its prey, contains the blue dragon nudibranch, a sea slug.

3. When newborn parents or children find an animal stranded without its mother, they sometimes bring it home to take care of it.

Please choose from one of the following options.

A. NO CHANGE

B. parents or children find a newborn animal stranded without its

C. parents or newborn children find an animal stranded without its

D. parents or children find an animal stranded without its newborn

4. Students who fluently learn to speak a second language receive special honors when they are granted high school diplomas.

Please choose from one of the following options.

A. NO CHANGE

B. learn to speak a second language receive special honors on when they are fluently granted

C. learn to speak a second language fluently receive special honors on when they are granted

D. learn to speak a second language receive special honors on when they are granted fluently

5. Although thoroughly trained as postal workers, deliveries were not completed by the cats.

Please choose from one of the following options.

A. NO CHANGE

B. the mail was misplaced by the cats.

C. the cats did not complete their deliveries.

D. orders were not completed by the cats.

Answers

1. B

• tall, graceful giraffes only sleep for thirty minutes daily, and often in

This choice is the best answer because the phrase "tall, graceful” is effectively placed to modify "giraffes."

2. C

• ocean contains the blue dragon nudibranch, a sea slug which steals stinging cells from its prey.

This choice is the best answer because the phrase “a sea slug" is effectively placed to modify the "blue dragon nudibranch."

3. B

• parents or children find a newborn animal stranded without its

• This choice is the best answer because the word "newborn" is effectively placed to modify "animal."

4. C

• learn to speak a second language fluently receive special honors on when they are granted

• This choice is the best answer because "fluently" is effectively placed to modify "speak a second language."

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5. C

• the cats did not complete their deliveries.

• This choice is the best answer because the phrase ("although thoroughly trained as postal workers") is effectively placed to modify "cats."

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