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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.

As a result of logging oyamel firs trees, the habitat of the monarch butterfly population has shrunk.
  1. the monarch butterfly population has shrunk.
  2. the monarch butterfly population is shrinking.
  3. the monarch butterfly population had shrunk.
  4. the monarch butterfly population was shrinking.
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37. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

He felt badly about canceling the appointment at the last minute, but there was no chance he would make it on time.
  1. Change badly to bad.
  2. Remove but.
  3. Change canceling to cancelling.
  4. Change at to in.
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38. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Unemployment and social unrest have undermined the government’s position also.
  1. have undermined the government’s position also.
  2. undermined the government’s position also.
  3. have undermined the government’s position.
  4. have also undermined the government’s position.
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39. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

After working for the New York Women Suffrage Party and the American Woman Suffrage Association, Jeannette Rankin returned to Montana.
  1. After working for the New York Women Suffrage Party and
  2. After working for the New York Women Suffrage Party, and
  3. After working for the New York Women Suffrage Party; and
  4. After working for the New York Women Suffrage Party. And
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40. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

One of her first votes was against declaring war on Germany, which marked the United States’s entry into World War I.
  1. the United States’s entry
  2. the United States’ entry
  3. the United State’s entries
  4. the United States’ entries
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