3 GMAT SENTENCE CORRECTION 250 in hourly ws ed lastJuly the railroad employees are now seeking sn expanded program of reurement benef (A) Added to the increase in hourly wages requested last July. the railroad employees are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits ‘Added tothe increase in hourly had been requested last July. the employees ofthe railroad are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits, (C) The railroad employees are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits added to the increase in hourly wages that were requested last July (D) In addition to the inerease in hourly wages that were requested last July, the railroad employees are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits (E) In addition to the increase in hourly wages requested last July. the employees of the raflroad are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits @ Child prodigies are marked not so much by their sills ut instead by the fact that these skills are Tully developed at a very early age. LAY but instead, (B) rather than (C) than (D) as (E) so much as The department defines a private passenger ‘chicle ax one resistered to an individual with a ssrass_weight of tess than $,000 pounds, (A) as one registered to an individual with a ‘gross weight of less than 8,000 pounds (B) 10 be one that is registered (0 an individual ‘with a gross weight of less than 8,000 pounds. (C) as one that is registered to an individual and that has a gross weight of less than 8.000 pounds. (D) to have a gross weight less than 8.000 pounds and being registered to an individual {E) as having a gross weight of less than 8,000 pounds and registered to an individyal. Urban officials want the census to be as accurate (B) for the reason because the amount of low. income people in a given area effects (C) in that the amount of low-income people in given areas effect (D) because the number of low-income people in a given area effects (E) because the numbers of low-income people in given areas effects ‘After the Arab conquest of Egypt in A.D. 640. ‘Arabic became the dominant language of the Exyotians, replacing older languages apd wri systems. (A) became the dominant language of the Egyptians, replacing older languages (B) became the dominant language of the Egyptians, replacing languages that were older (C) becomes the dominant language Of the Egyptians and i¢ replaced older lan. (D) becomes the dominant language vf the Egyptians and it replaced Ismguages that were older (E) becomes the dominant langu Egyptians. having replaced lan; were olcer 5. The use of gravity waves, which do not interact with matter inthe way_ ienitic_ waves do_honefully will enable astronomers 18 stuly the actual formation of black holes and neutron (A) in the way electromagnetic waves do. hopefully will enable (B) in the way electromagnetic waves do. Wil, it is hoped. enable (©) like electromagnetic waves, hopefully will enable (D) fike electromagnetic wa hopefully (&) such as electromagnetic waves do, will it is hoped, enable ‘fa.single schin of plan is used for a given cro ‘over a wide area, a practice fostered hy modern 2 inereases the would enable: likelihood that the impact of single crop disease cof pest will be disastrous, (A) Ifa single strain of plant is used for a ‘crop over @ wide area, a practice fosiered by modern seed-marketine methods. i(D) A single strain of plant used for a given crop over a wide area, a practice fostered by modern seed-matketing methods (E) The use of a single srain of plant for a given crop over a wide area, a practice fostered by modern seed-marketing methods. ‘A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they wil, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the Future (A) that they will, oF could, (8) that they would, oF could, (©) they will be or couk (D) think that they will be oF could (B) think the power stations would or could AA controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Black retumn to Affca. the {and that. to-him. symbolized the passiily of freedom. (A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, 19 him, symbolized the possibilty of freedom (B) that some Blacks return to the Africa land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him (©) that some Blacks return to Aftica which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him some Black's returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom (©) some Black's return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa ©) The fear of rabies is well founded: few people ‘a Known to recover from the disease after the npsarance.of the clinical sympioms. (A) few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms (B) few people are known to have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared (©) there are few known people who have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared (D) after the clinical symptoms appear, there are few known people who have recovered from the disease 2, ‘The growih of the railroads led to the abolition of local times, which was determined by whe the civer's meridian and diffeting from city 10 city, and 10 the establishment of regional times, (A) which was determined by when the sun reached the observer's meridian and aifering (B) which was determined by when the sun reached the observers meridian and which differed (©) which were determined by when the son reached the observer's meridian and differing (D) determined by when the sun reached the observer's meridian and differed (©) determined by when the sun reached the ‘observer's meridian and differing Although partially destroyed. the archacolog were able 1 infer from what remained of the inscription thatthe priest Zonsinos was buried in the crypt. (A) Although partially destroyed, the archaeologists were able to infer (B) Although partially — destroyed. the archaeologists had inferred © Although it had been panially destroyed the archaeologists were able 10 infer (D) Panially destroyed though it had been. he archaeologists had been able to infer (B) Destroyed partially, the archacologists able to infer, For all is professed disdain of such activites, ‘Auden was an inveterate literary gossip, (A) For all his professed disdain of such (B) Having always professed disdain for such activities, (©) All such activities were, he professed. isdained, and (D) Professing that all such activities were disdained, (B) In spite of professions of dsdaining all such ‘The camings of women are well below that of ‘men_in_spte of educational differences that ace diminishing between the sexes, (A) well below that of men in spite of educational differences that are diminishing(D) well below those of men in spite of diminishing educational differences (E) below men’s despite their educational Uiferences that ae diminishing ‘Acid rain and snow result from the chemical reactions between industrial emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides with aumosphenic water v duce highly i ‘and_nistic_acis (A) with atmospheric water vapor to produce highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric scids (B) with atmospheric water vapor producing highly corrosive sulfuric and mitic acids (C) and atmospheric water vapor which has produced highly corrosive sulfur and nisic acids (D) and atmospheric water vapor which have produced sulfuric and nitric acids which are highly corrosive (E) and atmospheric water vapor 10 produce highly corrosive sulfurie and nitric acids 11 is characteristic of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as of virally every great American tste-of local col 7 leas as larze a-partinthe formation of thei collections a8 has the judgements of the art historian, (A) of virtually every great American museum, the laste of local collectors has played at least as large, a part in the formation of their collections as has (B) of virally every great American museum, ‘hat the taste of loeal collectors has played a least as large a part in the formation of their collections as has (C) it is of virtually every great American ‘museum. that the taste of local collectors has played at least as large a part in the formation of its collections as have rt) it is of virtually every great American museum, that the taste of local collectors hhave played at least as large a part in the formation of its collections as have (E) it is of virwally every great American museum, the taste of local collectors has played at least as large a part in the formation of is collections as has ‘There has been a 30-10-40 fold increase in the inci lati mosquito resistance agains! pesticides. (A) increase in the incidence of malaria caused 20, (©) increasing malaria incidence because of increasing mosquitoes resistance of (D) incidence of malaria increase caused by Increasing mosquito resistance against (©) incidence of malaria increase because of Increased mosquito resistance to Aging is a property of all animals that reach a fed sie at matniy, and the vriaiont im ie spans among diffrent species are far greater 8 that among individuals (rom the same species fa Fruit By is ancient at 40 days, a mouse at 3 years, a horse at 30, a man at 100, and some tortoises at 150. (A) among different species are far that among. individuals from (B) among different species ate far greater than ‘hat among individuals from (©) among diferent species are far greater than those among individuals of between different species are far mors than that between individuals of B) between different species are greater by far than ig that between individuals from oO The herbicide Oryzatin was sill being produced in 1979, three years after the wives of workers producing the chemical in Rensselaer, New York, were found io have borne childven. with heart cls of miscarriages, and none of th Dregaancies was normal (A) to have borne ehildcen with heart defects or miscarriages, nd none oftheir pregnancies {fo have had children born with heart defects ‘or miscarriages, and none ofthe pregnancies (© either to have had children with heart defects fof miscarriages. without any of their pregnancies being @ (D) eeither 10 have had miscarviages oF 10 have borne children with hear defects; none of the pregnancies was (E) either to have had miscariages or children born with heart defects, without any of their Pregnancies being Never before inthe history of music have musical superstan' een able to command so exragrdinaty fs ofthe ind they do tay (A) s0 extraordinary fees of the kind they do today (@) s0 exraordinary fees as they are toéay