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DIRECTIONS: In the passage below, certain phrases are underlined and numbered <x>. The question will present alternatives for the underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the original version is the best, choose "NO CHANGE".

The Difference Between a Llama and an Alpaca

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[§1] One of the most obvious differences between the two species is their wool or (more accurately) their fiber. Both the llama and the alpaca have been raised <1> for their fiber, which is shorn once a year in both cases. The alpaca is much more prized for their <2> fiber, and for many farmers, that's the only reason they are raised.

[§2] There are two types of alpacas, each defined by their fiber; both types are soft and hypoallergenic. The Huacaya has a sheep-like appearance, with short, soft fiber. The Suri has a longer coat, with a fleece that gathers like ropes and hangs from the body. The fleece of both types of alpaca is very, very soft, and is usually used to make clothing. <3> There are 22 different "recognized" <4> colors for an alpaca, ranging from black to white and including every shade of brown, cream, and gray in between. Alpacas are typically one color, with white markings only on the face and legs, making their fleece uniform in color.

[§3] The llama, on the other hand, has two layers to their fleece. The inner coat is soft; on the animal, it keeps them warm while their outer coat, made of stiffer guard hairs, keeps them dry. <5>The undercoat is soft enough to use for clothing, while the outer coat is more often used to make more utilitarian items like rugs and ropes. <6> Before anything can be done with the fiber, the two coats have to be separated. Llamas come in fewer colors then alpacas, <7> and can be spotted.

[§4] Llamas are much larger than alpacas, and because of their size they can also be used as pack animals. <8> An adult llama usually stands around 1.8 meters (6 ft) tall and weighs anywhere between 125 and 200 kilogram <9> (280 and 450 lbs), while an average alpaca only stands about 0.9 meters (3 ft) tall at the shoulder and weighs between 45 and 80 kilograms (100 and 175 lbs).

[§5] While alpacas are mainly kept for their fleece, llamas can serve a few different purposes on a farm. When kept with other animals such as sheep, llamas can serve as guard animals against predators and intruders, although not all llamas have the personality for guard duty. Both are easy to train, and because of their size and strength, <10> llamas can be taught to pull carts and small carriages. Llamas can also be trained to accept a rider, although that rider needs to be fairly lightweight.

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DIRECTIONS: In the passage below, certain phrases are underlined and numbered <x>. The question will present alternatives for the underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the original version is the best, choose "NO CHANGE".

The Difference Between a Llama and an Alpaca

Excerpted from KnowledgeNuts

[§1] One of the most obvious differences between the two species is their wool or (more accurately) their fiber. Both the llama and the alpaca have been raised <1> for their fiber, which is shorn once a year in both cases. The alpaca is much more prized for their <2> fiber, and for many farmers, that's the only reason they are raised.

[§2] There are two types of alpacas, each defined by their fiber; both types are soft and hypoallergenic. The Huacaya has a sheep-like appearance, with short, soft fiber. The Suri has a longer coat, with a fleece that gathers like ropes and hangs from the body. The fleece of both types of alpaca is very, very soft, and is usually used to make clothing. <3> There are 22 different "recognized" <4> colors for an alpaca, ranging from black to white and including every shade of brown, cream, and gray in between. Alpacas are typically one color, with white markings only on the face and legs, making their fleece uniform in color.

[§3] The llama, on the other hand, has two layers to their fleece. The inner coat is soft; on the animal, it keeps them warm while their outer coat, made of stiffer guard hairs, keeps them dry. <5>The undercoat is soft enough to use for clothing, while the outer coat is more often used to make more utilitarian items like rugs and ropes. <6> Before anything can be done with the fiber, the two coats have to be separated. Llamas come in fewer colors then alpacas, <7> and can be spotted.

[§4] Llamas are much larger than alpacas, and because of their size they can also be used as pack animals. <8> An adult llama usually stands around 1.8 meters (6 ft) tall and weighs anywhere between 125 and 200 kilogram <9> (280 and 450 lbs), while an average alpaca only stands about 0.9 meters (3 ft) tall at the shoulder and weighs between 45 and 80 kilograms (100 and 175 lbs).

[§5] While alpacas are mainly kept for their fleece, llamas can serve a few different purposes on a farm. When kept with other animals such as sheep, llamas can serve as guard animals against predators and intruders, although not all llamas have the personality for guard duty. Both are easy to train, and because of their size and strength, <10> llamas can be taught to pull carts and small carriages. Llamas can also be trained to accept a rider, although that rider needs to be fairly lightweight.

<9>:

DIRECTIONS: In the passage below, certain phrases are underlined and numbered <x>. The question will present alternatives for the underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the original version is the best, choose "NO CHANGE".

The Difference Between a Llama and an Alpaca

Excerpted from KnowledgeNuts

[§1] One of the most obvious differences between the two species is their wool or (more accurately) their fiber. Both the llama and the alpaca have been raised <1> for their fiber, which is shorn once a year in both cases. The alpaca is much more prized for their <2> fiber, and for many farmers, that's the only reason they are raised.

[§2] There are two types of alpacas, each defined by their fiber; both types are soft and hypoallergenic. The Huacaya has a sheep-like appearance, with short, soft fiber. The Suri has a longer coat, with a fleece that gathers like ropes and hangs from the body. The fleece of both types of alpaca is very, very soft, and is usually used to make clothing. <3> There are 22 different "recognized" <4> colors for an alpaca, ranging from black to white and including every shade of brown, cream, and gray in between. Alpacas are typically one color, with white markings only on the face and legs, making their fleece uniform in color.

[§3] The llama, on the other hand, has two layers to their fleece. The inner coat is soft; on the animal, it keeps them warm while their outer coat, made of stiffer guard hairs, keeps them dry. <5>The undercoat is soft enough to use for clothing, while the outer coat is more often used to make more utilitarian items like rugs and ropes. <6> Before anything can be done with the fiber, the two coats have to be separated. Llamas come in fewer colors then alpacas, <7> and can be spotted.

[§4] Llamas are much larger than alpacas, and because of their size they can also be used as pack animals. <8> An adult llama usually stands around 1.8 meters (6 ft) tall and weighs anywhere between 125 and 200 kilogram <9> (280 and 450 lbs), while an average alpaca only stands about 0.9 meters (3 ft) tall at the shoulder and weighs between 45 and 80 kilograms (100 and 175 lbs).

[§5] While alpacas are mainly kept for their fleece, llamas can serve a few different purposes on a farm. When kept with other animals such as sheep, llamas can serve as guard animals against predators and intruders, although not all llamas have the personality for guard duty. Both are easy to train, and because of their size and strength, <10> llamas can be taught to pull carts and small carriages. Llamas can also be trained to accept a rider, although that rider needs to be fairly lightweight.

<10>:

DIRECTIONS: In the passage below, certain phrases are underlined and numbered <x>. The question will present alternatives for the underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the original version is the best, choose "NO CHANGE".

Beloved and The Oprah Effect

[§1] In 1998, the movie adaptation of author Toni Morrison's novel Beloved was released, directed by Jonathan Demme and co-produced by Oprah Winfrey, whom had spent 10 years bringing it to the screen. <1> Winfrey also stars as the main character, Sethe, alongside Danny Glover as Sethe's lover, Paul D, and Thandie Newton as Beloved. <2>

[§2] The movie flopped at the box office. <3> A review in the Economist suggested that "most audiences are not eager to endure nearly three hours of a cerebral film with an original storyline featuring supernatural themes, murder, rape and slavery." Film critic Janet Maslin, however, in her review, "No Peace from a Brutal Legacy," <4> called it a "transfixing, deeply felt adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel. ...Its linchpin is of course Oprah Winfrey, who had the clout and foresight to bring `Beloved' to the screen and has the dramatic presence to hold it together.

[§3] In 1996, television talk show host <5> Winfrey had selected Song of Solomon for her newly launched Book Club, which became a popular feature on her Oprah Winfrey Show. An average of 13 million viewers watched the show's Book Club segments. As a result, <6> when Winfrey selected Morrison's earliest novel, The Bluest Eye in 2000, <7> it sold another 800,000 paperback copies. John Young wrote in the African American Review in 2001 that Morrison's career experienced the boost of the "Oprah Effect, ...enabling Morrison to reach a broad, popular audience." Winfrey selected a total of four of Morrison's novels over six years, giving Morrison's novels a bigger sales boost than they got from her Nobel Prize win in 1993. <8> The novelist also appeared three times on Winfrey's show. Winfrey said, "For all those who asked the question `Toni Morrison again?'...I say with certainty there would have been no Oprah's Book Club if this woman had not chosen to share her love of words with the world." <9> Morrison called the Book Club "a reading revolution." <10>

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