CLEP College Composition Exam Prep - Question List

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

A key feature of the plan focused on protecting the monarch butterflies’ habitat.
  1. A key feature of the plan focused
  2. The plan focused
  3. Features of the plan focus
  4. Focused on the plan
37. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

She attended public schools in Montana, and graduated from the University of Montana at Missoula in 1902 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology.
  1. She attended public schools in Montana, and
  2. She attended public schools in Montana; and
  3. She attended public schools in Montana and
  4. She attended public schools in Montana. And
38. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

It was the precursor to the eventual constitutional amendment ratified two years later.
  1. precursor
  2. starting
  3. forefront
  4. catalyst
39. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Some people thought that her campaign would sour the fight for women’s voting rights.
  1. sour
  2. excite
  3. strengthen
  4. hurt
40. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Although water covers approximately sixty-seven percent of the Earth’s surface, less than three percent is fresh water.
  1. Earth’s surface, less than three percent
  2. Earth’s surface; less than three percent
  3. Earth’s surface: less than three percent
  4. Earth’s surface. Less than three percent

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