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44. The correct answer is (D). A new paragraph is needed starting at sentence (7). There the writer
shifts from the discussion of O’Keeffe’s early life to a discussion of artists in the Southwest. Those
are two distinct topics and belong in different paragraphs.
45. The correct answer is (E). “Eyeballs” (used to refer to the faculty of sight rather than the organ of
sight) is low-level usage that is inconsistent with the tone of the passage. As for (A), deleting the word
“teaching” would change the meaning of the sentence. As for (B), the underlined wording is needed
to make it clear to the reader that the area visited by the artists had not yet become a state. The
changes suggested by (C) and (D) would change the meanings of their respective sentences.

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Writing Test
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46. The correct answer is (B).
The difficulty with the original sentence is that it says one thing but means
another. The pronoun “it” in the second clause “wants” to refer to a noun such as “technology”: wind
power technology is very old. But the only possible referent in for “it” is “wind power.” And it makes no
sense to speak of “wind power” as being older or younger. (B) clarifies this ambiguity.
47. The correct answer is (B). Sentence (7) must begin a new paragraph because the writer shifts from
a discussion that is speculative, that is, not based on actual historical records, to a discussion that is
based on historical records. Thus, sentences (4) through (6) treat one topic and sentences (7) through
(10) another, and they belong in different paragraphs.
48. The correct answer is (E). The key to this item is the relationship between the two ideas in sentence
(11): Crusaders may have brought wind-power technology to Europe; windmills appeared in Europe
soon after the Crusades. The development of the passage makes it clear that the writer believes that
the second idea is evidence for the first, and (A) through (D) use structures that preserve this connec-
tion. (E), however, implies that the appearance of the windmills was the causal result of the first idea
rather than evidence for it.