Writing and Language Test 3

1. Question

Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences (1)?

A. When applied to apples, 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times, allowing producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested.
B. Producers are allowed to sell their apples months after they have been harvested—in the off-season—because 1-MCP, when applied to apples, lengthens their storage life by three to four times.
C. 1-MCP lengthens storage life, when applied to apples, by three to four times, allowing producers to sell their apples months after the apples have been harvested in the off-season.
D. Months after apples have been harvested, producers are allowed to sell their apples, in the off-season, because 1-MCP lengthens storage life
when applied to apples by three to four times.

2. Question

Choose the best option for (2).

A. NO CHANGE
B. being
C. that is
D. DELETE the underlined portion.

3. Question

Choose the best option for (3).

A. NO CHANGE
B. firm
C. stiff
D. taut

4. Question

Choose the best option for (4).

A. NO CHANGE
B. there
C. its
D. it’s

5. Question

Choose the best option for (5).

A. NO CHANGE
B. they
C. which
D. who

6. Question

Choose the best option for (6).

A. NO CHANGE
B. do,
C. have,
D. will,

7. Question

Choose the best option for (7).

A. NO CHANGE
B. pears, for instance:
C. pears for instance,
D. pears. For instance,

8. Question

To make this paragraph (8) most logical, sentence [4] should be placed

A. where it is now.
B. after sentence [1].
C. after sentence [2].
D. after sentence [5].

9. Question

(9) Which choice offers an accurate interpretation of the data in the graph?

A. NO CHANGE
B. slightly more browning than
C. twice as much browning as
D. substantially less browning than

10. Question

(10) Which choice offers an accurate interpretation of the data in the graph?

A. NO CHANGE
B. roughly half of their flesh turns brown, regardless of whether the apples are first stored in the open air.
C. their flesh browns when they are put directly into a controlled atmosphere but not when they are first stored in the open air.
D. their flesh turns brown when they are first stored in the open air, though not as quickly as the apple flesh in an untreated group does.

11. Question

(11) The writer wants a conclusion that conveys how the shortcomings of 1-MCP presented in the passage affect the actions of people in the fruit industry. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?

A. NO CHANGE
B. many of the improvements to fruit quality they have discovered so far have required trade-offs in other properties of the fruit.
C. for now many fruit sellers must weigh the relative values of aroma, color, and freshness when deciding whether to use 1-MCP.
D. it must be acknowledged that 1-MCP, despite some inadequacies, has enabled the fruit industry to ship and store fruit in ways that were impossible before.