<p>The port city of [Shanghai, which along with Hang Kong is] a leading Chinese banking and manufacturing center.</p>
<p>A. Shanghai, which along with Hong Kong is
B. Shanghai is, along with Hong Kong,
C. Shanghai, along with Hong Kong being
D. Shanghai, along with Hong Kong
E. Shanghai and Hong Kong are</p>
<p>Please don't just post the answer; explain the grammar rule behind it.</p>
<p>Another one</p>
<p>A professional chcocolate buyer recently said that his job is much easier than [how it was for his predecessors ] because he can search the Internet for new chocolate products.</p>
<p>A) how it was for his predecessors
B) that of his predecessors</p>
<p>B is the answer. I chose A. I know why B is correct. Its a comparison error (from what I read in Erica’s book). But I have no idea why A is wrong. Can you explain the logic and the rule behind it?</p>
<p>New one:</p>
<p>This one is improving passage one:</p>
<p>(1) I started keeping a journal when I was fourteen and I have been writing in it almost every day since that time. (2) I am convinvced that keeping a journal has had an important effect on my development as a person. (3) Because I write in it by hand, I write slowly, giving my self time to reflect on my experiences. (4) Sometimes when I write for a long time I get writer’s cramp in my hand. (5) I notice more than I otherwise would about my feelingsand motivations, and when I go back and read all the journals, I start to recognize patterns in my experience.
(6) Often my instincts about people and situations are right. (7) But one thinhg I have observed in reading old journal entries is that I sometimes distrust my instincts about people and situations. (8) I have become friends with two people who were fun to be around, but some part of me sensed that they were not trustworthy. (9) But then I would tell myself not to be suspicious of people, So I set my doubts aside. (10) Later, in both cases, I find out those friends are self-centered and unreliable. (11) My first impressions had been right, but I had discounted them. (12) Another time I almost turned down a summer job that one of my classmates thought sounded boring even though to me, it seemed interesting. (13) Fortunately, I changed my mind and took the job, and it turned out to be a great experience.</p>
<p>In context, which of the following is the best version of sentence 9?</p>
<p>A. (As it is)</p>
<p>B. But I should have told myself not to be suspicious of people and set aside my doubts.</p>
<p>C. I will, however, set my doubts aside and tell myself not to be suspicious of people.</p>
<p>D. I set my doubts aside, however, telling myself not to be suspicious of people.</p>
<p>E. In addition, I set my doubts aside and would tell myself not to be suspicious of people.</p>
<p>Please explain why the the options are right/wrong.</p>
<p>A. Don’t start a sentence with “but”
B. Again, “but”. Also, verb tense is not right (“should have”)
C. This just changes the entire meaning of the sentence and what the narrator is trying to say.
D. Perfect!
E. In addition is not correct in this case. It changes the meaning of what the narrator is trying to say. Should be “however”.</p>
<p>On some of these, you’ll eventually just gain the acumen to discern the wrong answer through taking practice tests. Like “how it was for his predecessors” just naturally jumps out to me as a wrong answer. </p>