- AAnd that the pursuit of money by whatever design within the law is always benign.BAnd it holds broadly that the greater the amount of money, the greater the intelligence.CThis is the institutional truth of Wall Street; this you will be required to believe.DThe institutional truth of the financial world holds that association with money implies intelligence.
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Solution
D,B,A,C.
D is introducing the paragraph. B is further explaining point ‘D’. As ‘financial world holds that association’ in D & ‘And it holds broadly’ in B makes more sense. C sums up the paragraph so it has to be DBAC.
- AMiss Sullivan arrived at the Keller home when Helen was seven.BThe deaf and blind Helen learned to communicate verbally.CBut eventually, Miss Sullivan’s effort was rewarded.DBefore Helen Keller was two years old, she lost her sight and her hearing.EMiss Sullivan worked closely with Helen, her new student.
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Solution
D, A, E, B, C.
The paragraph is about Helen and her teacher. D should be the opening sentence followed by A. Miss Sullivan began working Helen, so E should be the next sentence followed by E. C sums up the paragraph.
- AThree years later, he earned a law degree from Duke University, where he was head of the student bar association and graduated near the top of his class.BHe was the second of five sons of Francis Anthony Nixon (1878-1956), who struggled to earn a living running a grocery store and gas station, and his wife, Hannah Milhous Nixon (1885-1967).CHe attended Whittier College, where he excelled as a debater and was elected president of the student body before graduating in 1934.DRichard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California.
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Solution
D, B, C, A.
D introduces the paragraph & B further gives detail about Richard. CA is a sequence.
- AThe hyena-like animal, Palaeonictis wingi, evolved from the size of a bear to the size of a coyote during a 200,000-year period.BExtinct carnivorous mammals shrank in size during a global warming event that occurred 55 million years ago, according to a new University of Florida study.CFollowing this global warming event, Earth’s temperature cooled and the animal evolved to a larger size.DEarth’s average temperature in this period increased about 15 degrees Fahrenheit.EThe study describes a new species that evolved to half the size of its ancestors during this period of global warming.
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Solution
B, E, A, D, C.
B introduces the paragraph and the study. E continues the details of the study. A provides the example with the justification in D and C concludes the paragraph.
- AAs officials, their vision of a country shouldn’t run too far beyond that of the local people with whom they have to deal.BAmbassadors have to choose their words.CTo say what they feel they have to say, they appear to be denying or ignoring part of what they know.DSo, with ambassadors as with other expatriates in black Africa, there appears at a first Meeting a kind of ambivalence.EThey do a specialized job and it is necessary for them to live ceremonial lives.
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Solution
B, E, A, D, C.
B introduces the topic. EA is a sequence – E talks about their job & ‘A’ links it. D further elaborates ‘EA’