Direction: Donald J. Trump, the businessman and former reality television star, was sworn in Friday, with the 45th president of the United States ___(1)___ to put “America first.” Under overcast skie…

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Direction: Donald J. Trump, the businessman and former reality television star, was sworn in Friday, with the 45th president of the United States ___(1)___ to put “America first.” Under overcast skies and the U.S. Capitol, Trump took the oath of office from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. (2) Trump started his (i) improbable presidential bid in 2015, beating out a (ii) prior secretary of state and several e . senators and governors during his dizzying, (iii) chaotic rise to the White House. He becomes the first U.S. president with no (iv) former government or military experience. Trump, 70, was sworn in using two Bibles, the one used by Abraham Lincoln at his first inauguration and his own. (3) Trump’s mother gave him his personal Bible shortly before his ninth birthday, according the inaugural committee. ix Associate Justice Clarence Thomas swore in Vice President Mike Pence. w . (4) Wearing a red tie, Trump walked onto the dais, greeted his own families and Barack and Michelle Obama but did not acknowledged the former presidents and his former opponents, Hillary Clinton. ww The crowd gathered for Trump’s inauguration filled out only parts of the National Mall, smaller than the overflowing audience seen at Obama’s first inauguration in 2009. (5) Trump is the most (i) unpopular incoming president in recent memory, (iii) and 48 percent view him negatively (iii) as only 38 percent of Americans view him positively (iv) according to NBC/Wall Street Journal polling. Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton had favorable ratings of 67 percent, 50 percent and 64 percent, respectively, as they took office. Dozens of Democratic lawmakers said they would skip the inauguration, with some citing Trump’s divisive policies and others citing the intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. In the sentence (5) the first part which is in bold is considered the first part of the sentence. You have to rearrange the other parts of the sentence. Trump is the most (i) unpopular incoming president in recent memory, (ii) and 48 percent view him negatively (iii) as only 38 percent of Americans view him positively (iv) according to NBC/Wall Street Journal polling. ix

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(i), (iii), (ii), (iv) ww

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Explanation: Fragment (i) and (iv) are in their right places. But (ii) can’t follow (i) as it means because in (i), we state that Trump is the most unpopular President and then use “and”. This would mean we are introducing a new idea. However, the following sentences are only supporting the fact of Trump being the most unpopular president. Thus, the word “as” used in (iii) gives continuation and correct meaning. (ii) should follow (iii) for grammatical correctness.

Answer: C. (i), (iii), (ii), (iv) ww

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