Sentence Correction for CAT 2008

[medulla]

My take...

206. Like Auden. the language of James Merrill is chatty, arch, and conversational--given to complex syntactic flights as well as to prosaic free-verse strolls.

(B) Like Auden, James Merrill's language

(Auden is compared to the language.)

207. In the textbook publishing business, the second quarter is historically weak, because revenues are low and marketing expenses are high as companies prepare for the coming school year.
(A) low and marketing expenses are high as companies prepare

(Got a bit confused here..

@Piscean and others... all the options do not have companies, noe in SC is it important to have all the words?)

208. Teratomas are unusual forms of cancer because they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone not normally found in the organ in which the tumor appears.

(C) because they are composed of tissues, like tooth and bone, tissues

( Teratomas are not tooth and bone tissues.. but like them)

209. The Senate approved immigration legislation that would grant permanent residency to millions of aliens currently residing here and if employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized.

(B) hiring illegal aliens would be a penalty for employers

210. Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.

(B) extends

[miles]

piscean84-SC1-5/8/08-pg101
206 c 207a 208b 209c 210 b

[holy_luv]

piscean84-SC1-5/8/08-pg101



206 option b
207 option d
208 option b
209 option c
210 option b

[catbit]

My take

201 C
202 D
203 A
204 D
205 C

[ashishkiran]

Hi All,
My take on these

201. One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation, a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening of the dollar.
(B) a lowering of interest rates and of fears about inflation,

202. After the Civil War, contemporaries of Harriet Tubman's maintained that she has all of the qualities of a great leader: coolness in the face of danger, an excellent sense of strategy, and an ability to plan in minute detail.
(D) Tubman maintained that she had

203. From 1982 to 1987 sales of new small boats increased between five and ten percent annually.
E) Occurring from 1982 to 1987 was an annual increase of five and ten percent in the sales of new small boats.

204. In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding, in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.
(D) partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers

205. The peaks of a mountain range, acting like rocks in a streambed, produce ripples in the air flowing over them; the resulting flow pattern, with crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, are known as "standing waves."
(A) crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, are

[Varun Khullar]

Originally Posted by piscean84

puys,

piscean84-SC1-5/8/08-pg101

206. Like Auden. the language of James Merrill is chatty, arch, and conversational--given to complex syntactic flights as well as to prosaic free-verse strolls.
(A) Like Auden, the language of James Merrill
(B) Like Auden, James Merrill's language
(C) Like Auden's, James Merrill's language
(D) As with Auden, James Merrill's language
(E) As is Auden's the language of James Merrill

207. In the textbook publishing business, the second quarter is historically weak, because revenues are low and marketing expenses are high as companies prepare for the coming school year.
(A) low and marketing expenses are high as companies prepare
(B) low and their marketing expenses are high as they prepare
(C) low with higher marketing expenses in preparation
(D) low, while marketing expenses are higher to prepare
(E) low, while their marketing expenses are higher in preparation

208. Teratomas are unusual forms of cancer because they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone not normally found in the organ in which the tumor appears.
(A) because they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone
(B) because they are composed of tissues like tooth and bone that are
(C) because they are composed of tissues, like tooth and bone, tissues
(D) in that their composition, tissues such as tooth and bone, is
(E) in that they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone, tissues

209. The Senate approved immigration legislation that would grant permanent residency to millions of aliens currently residing here and if employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized.
(A) if employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized
(B) hiring illegal aliens would be a penalty for employers
(C) penalize employers who hire illegal aliens
(D) penalizing employers hiring illegal aliens

(E) employers to be penalized for hiring illegal aliens

210. Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
(A) extending
(B) extends
(C) extended
(D) it extended
(E) is extending

206.(C) Like Auden's, James Merrill's language
207.(A) low and marketing expenses are high as companies prepare
208.(E) in that they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone, tissues
209.(C) penalize employers who hire illegal aliens
210.(A) extending

[arbit_rageur]

piscean84-SC1-5/8/08-pg101

206.D
207.A
208.E
209.C
210.A

[@nj@li]

206.c
207.a
208.b
209.c
210.a

[deepakraam]

My take on piscean84-SC1-5/8/08-pg101

206. A
207. B
208. B
209. C
210. B

-Deepak.

[kewl.bantee]

piscean84-SC1-5/8/08-pg101

moi take
206.B
207.A
208.B
209.C
210.B