<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>I'm doing a practice section from a very old test and I don't have the answers. Here are some that I'm confused about and I'll put an asterisk next to the answers that I think are correct or the ones I'm stick between. Thanks!!!:</p>
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<li><p>Her thirst for knowledge led Jameson TO HAVE READ (a) more than a hundred books A YEAR (b); STILL (c), she CONSIDERED HERSELF (d) ignorant. NO ERROR (e)</p></li>
<li><p>John Singer Sargent, who UNTIL RECENTLY (a) was REGARDED BY SOME (b) as NO MORE THAN (c) a society painter, is NOW RECEIVING (d) widespread critical acclaim. NO ERROR (e)</p></li>
<li><p>CLOSELY ASSOCIATED (a) with the rise of nationalism in the United States WAS (b*) an insistence on the part of many artists and scientists that their country DECLARE ITSELF (c) culturally INDEPENDENT OF (d) Europe. NO ERROR (e)</p></li>
<li><p>His love for animals LED (a) HIM (b) to enjoy watching nature programs on television AS WELL (c) as A JOB (d) at an animal shelter in his community. NO ERROR (E*)</p></li>
<li><p>In Germany, foresters discovered that trees killed by acid rain had begun to die four years [earlier even though the trees had shown no signs of disease then.]
a. same
b. earlier, but not showing any signs of disease then
c. earlier, no outward signs of disease had been shown then in the trees, however
*d. earlier without any signs of disease shown then
e. earlier, not then having shown any signs of disease, however</p></li>
<li><p>The price of gold has been influenced by continued inflation and [because people have lost faith in the dollar.]
a. same
b. because of the loss of faith
c. by people which have lost faith
d. losing faith
*e. loss of faith</p></li>
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