[1] The term "Iron Man" has
many connotations, including references to a song, a comic book icon,
even a movie. [2] Yet only one definition of the term truly lives up to
its name: the Ironman Triathlon held annually in Hawaii1
a picturesque setting for a challenging race. [3] This grueling race
demands amazing physical prowess and the ability to swim, bike, and run a
marathon, all in less than 12 hours with no break. [4] Very few
individuals are up to the task.
Otherwise,3 Gordon Haller is a notable exception. Growing up in the 1950s, Haller developed an interest in many sports categorized as endurance athletics, and welcomed their4 grueling physical demands. As he pursued a degree in physics he drove a taxi to pay the bills, but competitive training proved5 his passion. So when he heard about the race in 1978, the first year it was held, he immediately signed up.
The race somewhat6 originated in an amusing way. The members of two popular sports clubs, the Mid-Pacific Road Runners of Honolulu, and the Waikiki Swim Club7 of Oahu, had a long-standing and good-natured debate going over who made better athletes: runners
If the writer were to delete Sentence 4, the essay would primarily lose details that:
(F) emphasize how difficult the race truly is.
(G) mourn how few athletes are able to visit Hawaii in order to compete in the race.
(H) highlight that most athletes prefer the run to the swimming or biking components of the race.
(J) suggest that women are not truly competitive in the race.
Rosie, it turns out is: a desert tortoise that my grandmother had started raising over twenty years ago.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） Rosie, it turns out, is （C） Rosie, it turns out is （D） Rosie it turns out, is
Correct Answer: B
The children's favorite stories were those that he told while standing at his easel sketching the giants monsters and other fantastic creatures that inhabited his lively tales.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） standing at his easel, sketching the giants, monsters, （C） standing, at his easel sketching the giants, monsters （D） standing at his easel; sketching the giants, monsters,
Correct Answer: B
Jeans, at once gritty and earthy, urban and rural, fashionable and simple, are casual but also convey an underlying assertiveness that no other staple of our wardrobes can match.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） which are fashionable and they’re simple, （C） as something simple can be in fashion, （D） having fashion being simple,
Correct Answer: A
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- 1Introduced by me to my favorite music, at top volume, 1 started being taught by Ligia the most popular Colombian dance steps.
- 2I live in southern New Jersey, just two blocks from the Atlantic Ocean. Being a resort in most people's minds, I call my town home.
- 3In their effort to dwell on only the upbeat aspects of history, the people peddling nostalgia are distorting the past, and remembering it.
- 4The Fleer Corporation named it's new product Nubble Bubble.
- 5For almost two millennia, the yew an evergreen tree with a poisonous fruit and a twisted trunk, was scorned or feared by many people, particularly Europeans.