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46. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

Neither side was completely happy with the mediator’s judgment, but they agreed to abide by it nonetheless.
  1. Change mediator to arbitrator.
  2. Change neither to none.
  3. Change judgment to judgement.
  4. Change nonetheless to irregardless.
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47.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

In the past, residents used the wood for cooking and heating, but recently, they have began to sell it in order to support their livelihoods.

  1. heating, but recently, they have began to sell it
  2. heating. But they had recently began to sell it
  3. heating. Recently, they have begun selling it
  4. and they were selling it
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48. There are a group of islands located in the East China Sea that are the subject of a dispute between two nations. China calls the islands Diaoyu; in Japan, they are known as the Senkaku. Both nations claims sovereignty over the islands. China asserts that they discovered the eight uninhabited islands, and controlled them until the end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1895. Before the war, Japan incorporated the islands into their territory.

Japan control the disputed East China Sea islands until World War II. Following the war, a 1951 treaty with Japan gave the United States rights to administer the islands. That authority reverted back to Japan in 1971. China asserts that the 1951 treaty should have given them control over the islands. In 1969, the United Nations reported that there was a possibility of large oil reserves in the East China Sea near the islands location. China and Japan have been locked in a territorial dispute since the 1970s. Its conflict has escalated in recent times, with citizens from both nations protesting and raising flags on different islands. The countries have launched diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue.

Which country had the earliest claim on these islands?
  1. Neither country can, with certainty, identify the earliest claim.
  2. Japan’s first claim to the islands is earlier than China’s.
  3. China’s first claim to the islands is earlier than Japan’s.
  4. The U.N. has determined that neither country had a claim earlier than another.
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