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(1) According to a study conducted by the United Nations, Americans work much longer hours than Europeans. (2) In the United States, about 86 of men and 66 of women work more than 40 hours per week. (3) In contrast, few Europeans ever work over 40 hours per week, and full-time workers in several European counties, such as France, work as little as 30-35 hours per week. (4) The average American puts in 1,800 hours per year on the job; in some European counties, full-time workers put in as few as 1,400 hours per year. (5) Companies typically give their full-time American employees only two week's paid vacation every year whereas they give European workers 4-6 week's annual vacation leave. (6) European counties have laws that guarantee workers a minimum amount of vacation time and limit the length of the workweek to a maximum of 48 hours. (7) The United States, however, has no such laws for its workers.
 
   What two things are being compared and/or contrasted?
 
  A) America and Europe
  B) vacation time in America and vacation time in Europe
  C) working time in the U.S. and working time in Europe

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Ques. 2

(1) According to a study conducted by the United Nations, Americans work much longer hours than Europeans. (2) In the United States, about 86 of men and 66 of women work more than 40 hours per week. (3) In contrast, few Europeans ever work over 40 hours per week, and full-time workers in several European counties, such as France, work as little as 30-35 hours per week. (4) The average American puts in 1,800 hours per year on the job; in some European counties, full-time workers put in as few as 1,400 hours per year. (5) Companies typically give their full-time American employees only two week's paid vacation every year whereas they give European workers 4-6 week's annual vacation leave. (6) European counties have laws that guarantee workers a minimum amount of vacation time and limit the length of the workweek to a maximum of 48 hours. (7) The United States, however, has no such laws for its workers.
 
   Does this paragraph compare, contrast, or both?
 
  A) compares only
  B) contrasts only
  C) compares and contrasts

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Ques. 3

(1) According to a study conducted by the United Nations, Americans work much longer hours than Europeans. (2) In the United States, about 86 of men and 66 of women work more than 40 hours per week. (3) In contrast, few Europeans ever work over 40 hours per week, and full-time workers in several European counties, such as France, work as little as 30-35 hours per week. (4) The average American puts in 1,800 hours per year on the job; in some European counties, full-time workers put in as few as 1,400 hours per year. (5) Companies typically give their full-time American employees only two week's paid vacation every year whereas they give European workers 4-6 week's annual vacation leave. (6) European counties have laws that guarantee workers a minimum amount of vacation time and limit the length of the workweek to a maximum of 48 hours. (7) The United States, however, has no such laws for its workers.
 
   Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.
 
  A) Sentence 1
  B) Sentence 2
  C) Sentence 7

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Ques. 4

Select the letter of the correct answer.
 
  _______
 
  A) Batboys work very long hours and often have to report for duty at 3:00 a.m. to
  work four hours before school and then work after school until 1:00 a.m.
  B) Batboys perform about a hundred different menial jobs, from doing laundry to
  cleaning the locker room to polishing shoes and running out for food.
  C) Although batboys rub elbows with stars like Miguel Cabrera and ride with the team inparades, working as a batboy for a major league baseball team is not as
  glamorous as it may seem.
  D) For all of their hard work and long hours, batboys make only 5.15 per hour, even
  after several years on the job.

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Ques. 5

Select the letter of the correct answer.
 
  Which prewriting technique involves jotting down words and phrases in list form?
 
  A) freewriting
  B) brainstorming
  C) clustering
 
  The following group of sentences can be arranged and written as a paragraph. Select the letter of the sentence that would be the best topic sentence.

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