Can u reveal the source? Its not from OG, is it?
Nope, it is not from OG, i found this posted in one of the other such forums but not sure if it actually exists in any of GMAT SC books.
Nope, it is not from OG, i found this posted in one of the other such forums but not sure if it actually exists in any of GMAT SC books.
hi all,
does anyone have a copy of sc grail pdf
if anyone is interested in sharing, please reply..
Q :
Thomas' powerful style and his choices of subject - the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport,the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves-was as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours.
A) same
B) were as disturbing to his own time as they are
C) has been as disturbing in his own time as they are
D) had been as disturbing in his own time as it was
E) have been as disturbing in his own time as
Q :
Thomas' powerful style and his choices of subject - the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport,the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves-was as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours.
A) same
B) were as disturbing to his own time as they are
C) has been as disturbing in his own time as they are
D) had been as disturbing in his own time as it was
E) have been as disturbing in his own time as
IMO : B
Thomas' powerful style and his choices (of subject - the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport,the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves-) were as X as Y
clearly A, C, D are out
E - have been would mean that "distributing to X" is still continuing, which is changes the original meaning of the sentance. Also I think "they are" is necessary here.
So, Get rid of E.
B Wins.
@makn
Buddy, u r rite that it is a plural subject but E looks better to me becoz :
1) disturbing in his own time
2) Concise : as compelling for ours
B is also correct but the only problem is disturbing to his own time
@makn
Buddy, u r rite that it is a plural subject but E looks better to me becoz :
1) disturbing in his own time
2) Concise : as compelling for ours
B is also correct but the only problem is disturbing to his own time
well.. yes, distributing in does sound better than distributing to but I thought E tends to change the meaning of original sentance by introducing have been. Thats how I eliminated E
later, did a lil' goggling and found that grammatically also it is not correct.
his own time implies a definite time in the past. Thus, have been (present perfect) is incorrect. The regular past tense is needed.
Q :
Thomas' powerful style and his choices of subject - the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport,the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves-was as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours.
A) same
B) were as disturbing to his own time as they are
C) has been as disturbing in his own time as they are
D) had been as disturbing in his own time as it was
E) have been as disturbing in his own time as
I think it's option B. Since choice's' are being referred to, were should be the correct starting word for the underlined statement.
Q :
Thomas' powerful style and his choices of subject - the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport,the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves-was as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours.
A) same
B) were as disturbing to his own time as they are
C) has been as disturbing in his own time as they are
D) had been as disturbing in his own time as it was
E) have been as disturbing in his own time as
my take is E:biggrin:
Q :
Thomas' powerful style and his choices of subject - the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport,the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves-was as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours.
A) same
B) were as disturbing to his own time as they are
C) has been as disturbing in his own time as they are
D) had been as disturbing in his own time as it was
E) have been as disturbing in his own time as
IMO B !!!
Thomas' powerful style and his choices of subject - the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport,the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves- were as disturbing to his own time as they are compelling for ours.
IMO its E!!!
For the sole reason that "are compelling for ours" after "they" does not sound correct. Whoever has posted this, please can we have the correct answer for this?
Can anyone please clarify if the news that GMAT have stopped testing on Idioms is True?
TIA
Adhiraj
Can anyone please clarify if the news that GMAT have stopped testing on Idioms is True?
TIA
Adhiraj
According to GMAC latest summit
Change #1 - Idioms are being phased out from the test.
Change #2 - There will be more stress now on the 'meaning' of sentences, so to speak.
However after the summit, GMAC clarified that only American-Centric Idioms are phased out. Now no-body knows which idiom is american centric and which is not
Here is what Larry Rudner from GMAC has to say:
"We have been phasing them out ever since our transition to truly managing the test ourselves in 2006. Idioms of all forms, as well as anything that is unnecessarily US centric, do not belong on any test that is used globally, and certainly not on a test designed to measure reasoning skills as opposed to basic skills"
Recent test takers have experienced changes in SC -- more questions stressing on 'meaning'.
My personal point if view is not to get too much stressed out on Idioms. Stick to the grammer rules and you will be fine.
As for practice on change 2, you can have a look at the file attached. The info in the file is from Manhattan GMAT.
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Cheers
OA is C and C
12. A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm.
13. A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
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OA is D and D
1. A migraine typically afflicts one side of the head, lasts for hours or days, and may recur as infrequently as once every other month or often, as daily.
(A) as infrequently as once every other month or often, as
(B) as infrequently as once every other month or as often as
(C) infrequently, as often as once every other month, or often, like
(D) infrequently, like once every other month, or often, like
(E) infrequently, like once every other month, or as often as
2. A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua's major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and mob cars at the stoplights.
(A) A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua's major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and
(B) Visible at Managua's major intersections are waves of vendors and beggars with many children, new phenomena that
(C) A new phenomenon visible at Managua's major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who
(D) Phenomenally new waves of vendors, beggars, and many children are visible at Managua's major intersections, which
(E) A wave of vendors and beggars, many of whom are children, are visible at Managua's major intersections, where they are a new phenomenon and
1. A migraine typically afflicts one side of the head, lasts for hours or days, and may recur as infrequently as once every other month or often, as daily.
(A) as infrequently as once every other month or often, as
(B) as infrequently as once every other month or as often as
(C) infrequently, as often as once every other month, or often, like
(D) infrequently, like once every other month, or often, like（B）
(E) infrequently, like once every other month, or as often as
IMO: B
C,D,E are out because like is used for examples only and here comparison is being made.
A is wrong because of missing as.
B maintains the parallelism... as X as Y or as P as Q
2. A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua's major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and mob cars at the stoplights.
(A) A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua's major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and
(B) Visible at Managua's major intersections are waves of vendors and beggars with many children, new phenomena that
(C) A new phenomenon visible at Managua's major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who
(D) Phenomenally new waves of vendors, beggars, and many children are visible at Managua's major intersections, which（C）
(E) A wave of vendors and beggars, many of whom are children, are visible at Managua's major intersections, where they are a new phenomenon and
IMO :C
A: phenomena , which is... bad subject-verb agreement
B: the original sentence says beggars, which include many ...beggars with many children changes the meaning slightly...also in then end it implies that the new phenomena mob cars which is senseless.
C: Looks good. children mob cars..
D:Phenomenally...awkward adjective.. also sentence implies that waves mob car, which is again senseless.. also children are a sub-category of beggars according to original sentence.. beggars, and many children changes the original meaning
E:A wave... are visible.. bad subject verb agreement
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Cheers
Q :
Thomas' powerful style and his choices of subject - the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport,the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves-was as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours.
A) same
B) were as disturbing to his own time as they are
C) has been as disturbing in his own time as they are
D) had been as disturbing in his own time as it was
E) have been as disturbing in his own time as
My take is B....due to subject-verb agreement....
OA is D and D
1. A migraine typically afflicts one side of the head, lasts for hours or days, and may recur as infrequently as once every other month or often, as daily.
ike
(E) infrequently, like once every other month, or as often as
2. A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua's major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and mob cars at the stoplights.
(A) A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua's major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and
(ersections, where they are a new phenomenon and
OA is B and C
16.1A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced back to a common root language.
(A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced
(B) that the world's five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced
(C) the world's five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable
(D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people to be traceable
(E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the world's five billion people
OA is B and C
16.1 A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people can be traced back to a common
My take is option A.
Q. According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the
Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mothers and the body
like his wifes.
(A) modeled the face of the statue like his mothers and the body like his wifes
(B) modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and the body after that
of his wife
(C) modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the body like his wife
(D) made the face of the statue after his mother and the body after his wife
(E) made the face of the statue look like his mother and the body look like his
Wife
Please help!
Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mothers and the body
like his wifes.
(A) modeled the face of the statue like his mothers and the body like his wifes
(B) modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and the body after that
of his wife
(C) modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the body like his wife
(D) made the face of the statue after his mother and the body after his wife
(E) made the face of the statue look like his mother and the body look like his
Wife
Please help!
Q. According to Interstudy, a nonprofit organization that studies health maintenance
organizations (HMOs), they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only
36 percent of the nations 607 HMOs was profitable, this year 73 percent will be.
(A) they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only 36 percent of the
nations 607 HMOs was profitable, this year 73 percent will be
(B) compared to only 36 percent of the nations 607 HMOs being profitable last
year, they estimate 73 percent would be this year
(C) only 36 percent of the nations 607 HMOs were profitable last year; it
estimates that this year 73 percent will be
(D) it estimates 73 percent of the nations 607 HMOs would be profitable this
year; last year that was only 36 percent
(E) only 36 percent of the nations 607 HMOs last year were profitable, whereas
they estimate it this year to be 73 percent
Please help!
organizations (HMOs), they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only
36 percent of the nations 607 HMOs was profitable, this year 73 percent will be.
(A) they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only 36 percent of the
nations 607 HMOs was profitable, this year 73 percent will be
(B) compared to only 36 percent of the nations 607 HMOs being profitable last
year, they estimate 73 percent would be this year
(C) only 36 percent of the nations 607 HMOs were profitable last year; it
estimates that this year 73 percent will be
(D) it estimates 73 percent of the nations 607 HMOs would be profitable this
year; last year that was only 36 percent
(E) only 36 percent of the nations 607 HMOs last year were profitable, whereas
they estimate it this year to be 73 percent
Please help!
Q. According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the
Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mothers and the body
like his wifes...
A -wrong. modeled face like X's and body like Y's - it should be X's face and Y's body
B- modeled face after that(face) of X and body after that(body) of Y -- Construction OK. Also, Statues are created after someone's death in order to honor them. Modeled after is better than Modeled like.
C - wrong. complete statue can be compared to a person, not a statue's part.. face to mother, body of wife
D - wrong. No Meaning. a complete statue(not the face of statue) can be made after his mother.
E - wrong. No Meaning. face cant look like mother.