HSA 2006 English Item 5print

HSA 2006 English Item 5

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Miriam is writing a draft of an essay about the SS Central America, a ship that sank in 1857. The draft of Miriam's essay requires revisions and edits. Read the draft. Then answer the following:

Which of these should Miriam revise to correct an incomplete sentence?

  1. The storm pounded the ship for three days.
  2. It tossed the ship about on waves 20 feet high or higher.
  3. Using state-of-the art electronic equipment, sonar, and an undersea robot.
  4. Amazingly, the coins looked just as they had when they were minted 130 years before.

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