–28 ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE

Questions 26–28 are based on the following passage.U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley. (3)“We need to develop more, higher-quality, alterna-(1) In 1519, Hernando cortez led his army of Span-tive programs than meet this rising demand. (4)Young people at risk should not just be left on theirish Conquistadors into Mexico. (2) Equipped withhorses, shining armor, and the most advancedown to hang out on the street. (5) New attentionweapons of the sixteenth century, he fought his wayneeds to be paid to finding ways to encourage manymore dropouts to drop back in to school so thatfrom the flat coastal area into the mountainous high-lands. (3) Cortez was looking for gold, and he werethey have a real chance at living a decent life. (6)When young people drop out, they do more thansure that Indian groups in Mexico had mined largeamounts of the precious metal. (4) First, he con-just give up their education, they are, too often, giv-quered the groups and then seized their preciousing up on themselves.”gold using very organized methods.29. Which of the following changes needs to bemade to the passage?26. Which of the underlined words in the passagea.Part 3: Remove the comma after more.above could be replaced with a more precise verb?b.Part 1: Insert a comma after statistics.a.was lookingc. Part 4: Change theirto there.b.equippedd.Part 3: Change thanto that.c. conqueredd.seized30. Which of the following numbered parts containsa run-on sentence?27. Which of the following sentences uses the verbincorrectly?a.Part 5a.Part 1b.Part 6c. Part 1b.Part 2d.Part 2c. Part 3d.Part 4