1.Because the Earths crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West. (A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West (B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West (C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of the comparable magnitude occurring in the West (D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West.. (E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West 2.At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards. (A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards (B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards (C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership (D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards (E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
Q-1 My answer is 'D' - My logic - In the preceding sentence "...crust is more solid there..", the *thing* 😃 "there" refers to has to be clarified in the clarifying sentence just following it..
Q-2 My answer is 'D' - logic - in A, D and E either because of wordiness or passive sentences they are a bit precise. 'B' modifies 'land' so not right. D is the answer.
Q. Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant Supernova explosion, one that they believe is a type previously unknown to science.
(A) that they believe is (B) that they believe it to be (C) they believe that it is of (D) they believe that is (E) they believe to be of
E seems correct
I considered C and E, as they both end with 'of' - of a type make sense C - is a run-on sentence
q-1 my answer is 'd' - my logic - in the preceding sentence "...crust is more solid there..", the *thing* 😃 "there" refers to has to be clarified in the clarifying sentence just following it..
Q-2 my answer is 'd' - logic - in a, d and e either because of wordiness or passive sentences they are a bit precise. 'b' modifies 'land' so not right. D is the answer.
please explain the answers for the following 1.Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone. (A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone (B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone (C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided (D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided (E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided. 2. By showing that South Africa does not have a free market and is in fact a kind of collectivist welfare state for Whites only, Sowell argues that American conservatives have no valid ideological grounds to be in sympathy with the Pretoria regime. (A) to be in sympathy with (B) to sympathize with (C) for sympathizing with (D) that they should sympathize with (E) that they should have sympathy for 3. Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time. (A) makes his letters as a group the rival of (B) makes his letters as a group one to rival (C) makes his letters a group rivaling (D) make his letters as a group the rival of. (E) make his letters a group which is the rival of
please explain the answers for the following 1.Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone. (A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone (B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone (C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided (D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided (E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided. 2. By showing that South Africa does not have a free market and is in fact a kind of collectivist welfare state for Whites only, Sowell argues that American conservatives have no valid ideological grounds to be in sympathy with the Pretoria regime. (A) to be in sympathy with (B) to sympathize with (C) for sympathizing with (D) that they should sympathize with (E) that they should have sympathy for 3. Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time. (A) makes his letters as a group the rival of (B) makes his letters as a group one to rival (C) makes his letters a group rivaling (D) make his letters as a group the rival of. (E) make his letters a group which is the rival of
please explain the answers for the following 1.Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone. (A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone (owkward and redundant) (B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone (C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided (idiomatic and gives a reason properly why it will be wasteful use of resources) (D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided ( not making the meaning clear) (E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided. (unidiomatic) 2. By showing that South Africa does not have a free market and is in fact a kind of collectivist welfare state for Whites only, Sowell argues that American conservatives have no valid ideological grounds to be in sympathy with the Pretoria regime. (A) to be in sympathy with (B) to sympathize with (C) for sympathizing with (correct use of idiom showing "sympathizing with ..." as an action by american conservatives) (D) that they should sympathize with (E) that they should have sympathy for 3. Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time. (A) makes his letters as a group the rival of (A &B; ungramatical and awkward) (B) makes his letters as a group one to rival (C) makes his letters a group rivaling( by "being an anthropologist" makes his letters a group rivaling.... subjunctive because of possess) (D) make his letters as a group the rival of.(D &E; singular make and still no subjuctive) (E) make his letters a group which is the rival of
Nice questions, specially the third one. I am not if i understood the meaning correctly. please post OAs.
1.According to the National Pasta Association, per-capita consumption of pasta in the United States, which has already been approaching 19 pounds a year, will achieve 30 pounds a year by the twenty-first century. (A) According to the National Pasta Association, per-capita consumption of pasta in the United States, which has already been approaching 19 pounds a year, will achieve 30 pounds a year by the twenty-first century. (B) Already approaching 19 pounds a year in the United States, the National Pasta Association predicts that per-capita consumption of pasta will reach 30 pounds a year by the twenty-first century. (C) The National Pasta association predicts by the twenty-first century that per-capita consumption of pasta in the United States, which is already approaching 19 pounds a year, will reach 30 pounds a year. (D) By the twenty-first century, the National Pasta Association predicts that per-capita consumption of pasta in the United States, having already approached 19 pounds a year, will reach 30 pounds a year. (e) According to the National Pasta Association, per-capita consumption of pasta in the United States is already approaching 19 pounds a year and will reach 30 pounds a year by the twenty-first century.
please explain the answers for the following 1.Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone. (A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone (B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone (C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided (D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided (E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided. 2. By showing that South Africa does not have a free market and is in fact a kind of collectivist welfare state for Whites only, Sowell argues that American conservatives have no valid ideological grounds to be in sympathy with the Pretoria regime. (A) to be in sympathy with (B) to sympathize with (C) for sympathizing with (D) that they should sympathize with (E) that they should have sympathy for 3. Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time. (A) makes his letters as a group the rival of (B) makes his letters as a group one to rival (C) makes his letters a group rivaling (D) make his letters as a group the rival of. (E) make his letters a group which is the rival of
Originally Posted by kmch09 View Post please explain the answers for the following 1.Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone. (A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone (B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone (C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided (D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided (E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided. 2. By showing that South Africa does not have a free market and is in fact a kind of collectivist welfare state for Whites only, Sowell argues that American conservatives have no valid ideological grounds to be in sympathy with the Pretoria regime. (A) to be in sympathy with (B) to sympathize with (C) for sympathizing with (D) that they should sympathize with (E) that they should have sympathy for 3. Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time. (A) makes his letters as a group the rival of (B) makes his letters as a group one to rival (C) makes his letters a group rivaling (D) make his letters as a group the rival of. (E) make his letters a group which is the rival of
In January 1994 an oil barge ran aground off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, leaking its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of the citys beaches. A) leaking its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of B) with its cargo of its cargo of 750000 gallons leaking into the ocean, and it polluted C) and its cargo of its cargo of 750000 gallons leaked into the ocean, polluting D) while it leaked its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean and caused the pollution of E) so that its cargo of 750000 gallons leaked into the ocean, and they were polluting
In January 1994 an oil barge ran aground off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, leaking its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of the citys beaches. A) leaking its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of B) with its cargo of its cargo of 750000 gallons leaking into the ocean, and it polluted C) and its cargo of its cargo of 750000 gallons leaked into the ocean, polluting D) while it leaked its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean and caused the pollution of E) so that its cargo of 750000 gallons leaked into the ocean, and they were polluting
