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Ethnic Architecture
(A)

• A. Many of us today take for granted certain features of a house and forget that someone had to invent them.D.The veranda, a covered porch that wraps around the front of many southern houses is probably an adaptation of overhanging roofs found all over the world.E.In addition to the veranda, the South is known for its cooking and its hospitality.(6) Long ago, home builders responded to hot, humid climates by making the cooling shade of
  a porch a common feature of houses in such places as West Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean area.
  (C)
  (7)
  For instance, French settlers in New Orleans tried to put the frames of their homes
  directly on the ground as they had done in France; however, the heat, humidity, and
  abundant rainfall caused the homes to rot within a few years.(8) The settlers learned a
  lesson by observing the West Indian Creoles, which built raised houses with many doors
  and windows to keep cool.
  (D)
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  Some settlers, like those from Germany, held on to their old building methods even
  though such methods were no longer necessary.(10) Because of a shortage of wood in
  some parts of Germany, builders had constructed half-timber houses; they used clay or
  brick to save wood.(11) When German immigrants settled in Wisconsin where wood was
  abundant, they still built their familiar half-timber homes.(12) European peasants and their
  animals once shared a shelter called a "house-barn," which allowed immediate care for the
  animals during harsh whether.(13) Today's covered breezeways serve a related purpose of
  protecting people who need to go to their"car barns,"or garages.
  (E)
  (14)
  No matter which country settlers started from, they brought home-building
  traditions.(15) Some they changed to adapt to their new land, some they abandoned,and
  some their descendants still use today.
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  Sentence In addition to the veranda, the South is known for its cooking and its hospitality.
  Which revision should be made to the placement of sentence 5?
• B. no revision is necessary
• C. move sentence 5 to follow sentence 6
• D. move sentence 5 to follow sentence 3
• E. Here is a question that is not as silly as it sound:Have you ever wondered why houses are shaped the way they are? B.Bringing with them many different ideas about how to build a house, settlers from around the world have come to the United States for centuries.
  (B)
• F. move sentence 5 to follow sentence 2
• G. remove sentence 5

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

• A. We can't get those wonders
• B. You can't get them sights
• C. They can't get those naturals
• D. You can't get those
• E. You can't get that experience

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Sentence I am writing to you on behalf of the Galena Arts Academy.
Which correction should be made to sentence 1?

• A. change am to have been
• B. replace to with too
• C. change Academy to academy
• D. replace on behalf with for
• E. no correction is necessary

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Sentence 8:Persons exposed to CO may complain of dizziness, headache, nausea, sleepiness, and similar flu-like symptoms.
Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

• A. dizziness, headache, nausea
• B. dizziness, headache nausea
• C. dizziness headache, nausea
• D. dizziness and headache and nausea and
• E. dizziness headache and nausea

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Sentence 7:Thus, two needs are quiet apparent-the need to update these files on a constant basis and to file reports promptly.
Which correction should be made to sentence 7?

• A. change are to is
• B. insert a comma after need
• C. replace basis with bases
• D. insert a comma after update
• E. replace quiet with quite