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Remember the baby formula crisis?
1.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Public attention has largely moved [1] on
the U.S. supply shortage isn’t over. The
scarcity continues to distress [2] parents, and
2.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) parents; and
(C) parents and
(D) parents and;
doctors struggling to feed vulnerable infants.
Formula might once have been a necessity
Americans could take for [3] granted; akin
3.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) granted, and akin
(C) granted. Akin
(D) granted—akin
to a utility such as water or electricity.
People’s struggles this year to find a reliable
supply are a reminder of a disturbing
[4]truth: in a breakdown as broad as the
NO CHANGE
on, but
on,
on, however,
4.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) truth, in
(C) truth in
(D) truth and in
formula shortage has been, individual
Americans end up fending for themselves
and the babies in their care.
5.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) products; the supply
(C) products, the supply
(D) products, so the supply
As with many other [5] products: the supply
of baby formula was disrupted by the covid19 pandemic. In 2021, four babies [6] died,
or fell ill after drinking formula made in
6.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) died; or fell
(C) died. Or fell
(D) died or fell
Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, Mich., plant. At
the urging of the Food and Drug
[7]Administration. Abbott in February
issued a major recall.
7.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) Administration, Abbot
(C) Administration; Abbot
(D) Administration: Abbot
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An inspection of the Sturgis factory
8.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) water, the company
(C) water, thus, the company
(D) water and the company
identified slovenly practices by employees,
poorly maintained equipment and pooling
[8] water; thus, the company temporarily
shuttered the factory. As existing formula
9.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) more, the stocks
(C) more, and the stocks
(D) more: the stocks
was pulled from circulation and Abbott lost
the capacity to manufacture [9] more; the
stocks on store shelves began to dwindle.
10.
Because the Sturgis factory produced about
20 percent of the formula made in the
[10]United States. The recall and shutdown
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) United States; the recall
(C) United States: the recall
(D) United States, the recall
were catastrophic for families.
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Answers
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. D