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

World leaders stepped in and the United States intervened, which leading both countries to withdraw to their previous positions.
  1. which leading
  2. that leading
  3. leading
  4. and leading
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17. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Palladium often replaces platinum since it is cheaper, harder and lighter. It can be drawn into wire or hammered out into sheets, it is often mixed with gold for “white gold” jewelry. Palladium can also be used to make surgical instruments.Automobile manufacturers need the world’s palladium for catalytic converters.
  1. need the world’s palladium
  2. need all of the world’s palladium
  3. need palladium
  4. need most of the world’s palladium
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18. Select the answer choice that correctly completes the following:

All human beings are mortal.
Plato is a human being.
  1. Plato should make a will.
  2. All mortals are human beings.
  3. All human beings are Plato.
  4. Plato is mortal.
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19. Select the answer choice that correctly describes George’s responses in the following:

Jerry: Is Elaine in the apartment?
George: Yes.
Jerry: Is that true?
George: No.
  1. If George’s second answer is true, his first answer is true.
  2. If George’s first answer is false, his second answer is true.
  3. Elaine must have left the apartment after George’s first response.
  4. If George’s first answer is false, his second answer is false.
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20. "The California Right to Know Genetically Modified Food Act” known as Proposition 37 will require food manufacturers to label food with genetically modified ingredients (GMOs). If the bill passes, it will be the first law in the United States that required GMO labeling. Some European countries already mandate GMO labeling, but efforts to pass legislation in the United States have met resistance. Over a dozen other states have failed to pass proposed labeling laws. Food manufacturer argue that the bill is unnecessary because GMO are safe. They believe labeling will drive up food costs and will confuse consumers. Proponents of the legislation assert that consumers have a right to know what is in their food.

Genetic modification, also called genetic engineering, the alteration of genetic material through processes not found in nature. Scientists use genetically modified organisms to protect crops. add variety to certain foods. Some people believe that the genetic modification of foods effects safety. Corporations that produce genetically modified foods point to hundreds of studies that show that they are safe. California voters will soon make a choice about GMO foods labels, and both sides are spending millions of dollars to influence their decisions. The result of the ballot initiative will reverberate throughout the nation.

How many other states have tried to pass GMO labeling laws?
  1. California is the first state to try to pass a GMO labeling law.
  2. More than a dozen other states have tried to pass GMO labeling laws.
  3. Ten states in the United States currently have GMO labeling laws.
  4. Records are not maintained regarding what states have initiated GMO labeling laws.
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