Reading passages

Edith Wharton is, perhaps, the greatest women 
novelist America has yet produced. Her novels 
are skilfully constructed, and her style is smooth 
and elegant. Her richest gifts, however, are the 
result of
her fearless search for truth in human 
relationships. She is largely interested in the 
emotions we all experience. Her novels record 
timeless truths; ant it is this fact that continues to 
make them meaningful and important.
94- All of the following statements are verifiable 
in the passage except that ........... .
A) no other author has been acclaimed as much as 
Wharton so far 
B) Wharton is masterful in the setting of her novels 
C) Wharton was concerned with the basis for 
human relations 
D) what the author talks about in her novels are 
substantiated in terms of being lasting truths 
E) Wharton‟s novels are permanently significant 
 
95- A novice novelist who wants to succeed Edith 
Wharton and gain reputation close to that of hers 

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would be best advised to ........... .
A) talk about human relationships in his novels 
B) write with elegance 
C) to employ a way of writing that is particularly 
easy to understand 
D) be interested in the emotions of people 
E) touch on the facts that are perpetual 
96- One characteristics of Wharton‘s that the 
writer is clearly understood to admire as most 
Americans would do is that ........... .
A) she wasn‟t afraid of anyone in her life 
B) she persevered a lot and was daring when 
looking into facts about man 
C) she was a very emotional person 
D) she always looked an intrepid novelist 
E) she was a versatile novelist