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15. The correct answer is (E). The sentence as written is correct.
(A) The present perfect tense is used to show an action that was begun in the past and can be finished
only in the present. Thus, the use of has been replaced is the correct choice here. It shows that cats
started to become popular in the past and that now they are more popular than dogs.
(B) Because is the correct choice of subordinate conjunctions because the speaker is providing a
causal explanation.
(C) Are correctly agrees with cats and describes a current state of affairs.
(D) Than is used here to introduce an elliptical clause: Cats require less care than dogs require.
Although the second require does not appear, the phrase than dogs is acceptable English.
16. The correct answer is (D). The error here is one of illogical comparison. The sentence asserts that
the interpretations of modern actors are different from Shakespeare’s times: Interpretations are differ-
ent from times. What the sentence is trying to say is that the interpretations of modern actors are
different from the interpretations of the actors of Shakespeare’s time. The sentence can be corrected
by changing (D) to read: “those of Shakespeare’s time.”
(A) Study is an appropriate verb form that agrees with the subject actors and is used to describe
present actions.
(B) A system is an appositive that refers to method acting, and devised is a past participle that is used
to modify and to identify system.
(C) Their is a possessive pronoun correctly used here because it refers to actors.

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17. The correct answer is (B). In is not idiomatic in this context. It suggests movements inside an area,
for example, “Once in the house, he moved from room to room.” Here we need the idea of going from
the outside to the inside, and for that we need into, as in “He used the second-story window to get into
the house.”
(A) During is a preposition that correctly modifies brought, telling the reader when the people came
to the United States.
(C) Brought is the past tense of bring and is used here correctly to show an action that took place in
the second half of the nineteenth century.
(D) Created, like brought, is in the past tense and correctly describes an action that occurred in the
same time frame.