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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | Gathering all the forces available, the general prepared for one last assault on the beach. |
| | B) | Gathering all the dudes available, the general prepared for one last assault on the beach. |
| | C) | Gathering all the troops available, the general prepared for one last blaze of glory. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | In Conrad's Heart of Darkness, we hear a lot about a punk named Kurtz, but we don't see the guy much. |
| | B) | In Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Marlowe, the narrator, talks almost continually about Kurtz, but the reader only meets Kurtz at the end of the novel. |
| | C) | In Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Marlowe, the narrator, talks until the cows come home about Kurtz, but the reader only meets Kurtz at the end of the novel. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | When we played hoops, I sank three buckets. |
| | B) | When we played basketball, I made three shots. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | Jerry whopped me the first game, but I schooled him in the second. |
| | B) | Jerry defeated me in the first game, but I beat him in the second. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | Socrates got a bum rap, and even his fancy chatter couldn't save his life. |
| | B) | Socrates was accused falsely, and even his elegant speech couldn't save his life. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | The Philistines busted on Samson, so he got hot and let them have it. |
| | B) | The Philistines tormented Samson, so he grew angry and destroyed their city. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | David slew Goliath. |
| | B) | David busted Goliath upside his head. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | Wyatt Earp and his amigo Doc Holliday iced some of the Clanton boys at the O.K. Corral. |
| | B) | Wyatt Earp and his friend Doc Holliday shot and killed several members of the Clanton gang at the O.K. Corral. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | My sister knows how to play her like a fiddle. |
| | B) | My sister knows how to manipulate her to get what she wants. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | The country was really bummed out when President Kennedy was offed by an assassin. |
| | B) | The country mourned when President Kennedy was assassinated. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | After Joe's deception was uncovered, his application was quickly rejected. |
| | B) | After Joe's deception was uncovered, his application was dead as a doornail. |
| | C) | After Joe's deception was uncovered, the committee told him to peace out. |
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Choose the sentence that uses language appropriate for a general audience. |
| | A) | B. F. Skinner pioneered the use of operant conditioning, in which a subject's behaviour is shaped by altering the presence and absence of reinforcers. |
| | B) | B. F. Skinner explored the use of consequences to alter human behaviour. |
| | C) | B. F. Skinner explored the concept of punishment by contingent withdrawal of desirable stimuli. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | After the death of Darius the Great, the fortunes of the Persians took a turn for the worse. |
| | B) | After the death of Darius the Great, the fortunes of the Persians soon began to decline. |
| | C) | After the death of Darius the Great, the fortunes of the Persians quickly hit rock bottom. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | I was awestruck by the opening scene in Star Wars. |
| | B) | The opening scene in Star Wars really blew me away. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | I wish my brother would stop ragging on me. |
| | B) | I sincerely wished my brother would stop criticizing me. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | The scandal only deepened when the press learned that Sanderson was hammered when he spoke that morning. |
| | B) | The scandal only deepened when the press learned that Sanderson was intoxicated when he spoke that morning. |
| | C) | The scandal only deepened when the press learned that Sanderson was wasted when he spoke that morning. |
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Choose the sentence that uses language appropriate for a general audience. |
| | A) | Some say that Marsilio Ficino was a syncretist. |
| | B) | Some say that Marsilio Ficino believed all religions contain the same basic concepts. |
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Choose the sentence that uses language appropriate for a general audience. |
| | A) | Studio executives get especially nervous during sweeps week. |
| | B) | Studio executives get especially nervous during the time when advertisers measure the popularity of television shows. |
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Choose the sentence that uses language appropriate for a general audience. |
| | A) | Bob's friend was suffering from a severe psychological disorder and needed treatment. |
| | B) | Bob's friend was suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder and needed intervention. |
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Choose the sentence that uses clear, appropriate language. |
| | A) | The government minister realized that he would have to face the music. |
| | B) | The government minister realized that he would have to deal with the consequences of what he had done. |
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