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English practice 5

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Jimmy Carter, Humanitarian

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Everyone has heard of Jimmy Carter. As president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He61 oversaw a particularly turbulent time in American history. Americans taken hostage in the Middle East, serious inflation woes, major gasoline shortages around the country, and a tenuous relationship with a potential enemy-the Soviet Union-62are hardly the stuff of pleasant memories.

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Yet even though Carter held Americas most,63 powerful office, he will probably be remembered more for the work he64 has done since he left the White House. His record on humanitarian issues around the world sets him apart as a caring, dedicated person who wants to see the underprivileged, those of low economic or social status,65 benefit from the great wealth, power, and generosity of this country.

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One of the major issues Carter has focused on throughout his career is peace in the Middle East. He questioned66 a national energy policy designed to reduce American dependence long before it was popular to do so on foreign oil67 and brokered a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. Likewise, he was among the first to insist publicly on basic human rights for everyone around the world, founding68 a non-profit organization, The Carter Center, to work toward that end. In his opinion, this includes extending modern health care to developing nations in order to contain disease and improve quality of life around the world, in many different countries.69

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[1] Carter works actively to improve the standard of living at home here in the United States70 as well. [2] He and his wife Roslyn are enthusiastic supporters of Habitat for Humanity. [3] This volunteer-based organization devotes itself to building affordable but quality housing for those who otherwise might not be able to buy a home. [4] However, Carter does not focus abroad all his efforts.71 [5] Community workers come together on their own free time to construct, paint, and landscape simple homes, working side-by-side with the families that will occupy the residences.

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For all these reasons, Carter deserves respect for dedicating his career to public service. Everyone can agree for73 his impressive philanthropy and acknowledge his obvious devotion to all of humanity.74

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7. The best placement for the underlined portion would be:

8. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?

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12. For the sake of the logic and coherence of this paragraph, Sentence 4 should be placed:

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14. Which choice would best help this sentence to summarize key points made in the essay?

15. This question asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

Upon reviewing notes for this essay, the writer comes across the following true statement:

Habitat does more than build houses: it builds communities.

If the writer were to use this sentence, the most logical place to add it would be at the end of Paragraph:

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