GMAT Test Help/GMAT Sentence Correction Quizzes/Quiz 1

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1 Added to the increase in hourly wages requested last July, the railroad employees are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits

	（A）Added to the increase in hourly wages requested last Ju1y，the railroad employee are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits．
	（B）Added to increase in hour1y wages which had been requested last July，the employees of the 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 increase in hourly wages that were requested last July, the railroad employees retirement benefits.
	（E）In addition to the increase in hourly wages requested last July, the employees of the railroad are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits

2 Child prodigies are marked not so much by their skills but instead by the fact that these skills are fully developed at a very early age.

	(A) but instead
	(B) rather than
	(C) than
	(D) as
	(E) so much as

3 The department defines a private passenger vehicle as one registered to an individual with a gross weight of less than 8,000 pounds.

	(A)as one registered to an individual with a gross weight of less than 8,000 pounds．
	(B)to be one that is registered to 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 than8,000 pounds and being registered to an individual
	(E)as having a gross weight of less than 8,000 pounds and registered to an individual

4 Urban officials want the census to be as accurate and complete as possible for the reason that the amount of low-income people in a given area affect the distribution of about fifty billion dollars a year in federal funds.

	（A）for the reason that the amount of low-income people in a given area affect
	（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 area affects
	（E）because the numbers of low-income people in given areas effects

5 After the Arab conquest of Egypt in A.D. 640，Arabic became the dominant language of the Egyptians, replacing older languages and writing 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 it replaced older languages
	（D）becomes the dominant language of the Egyptians and it replaced languages that were older
	（E）becomes the dominant language of the Egyptians，having replaced languages that were older

6 The use of gravity waves， which do not interact with matter in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable astronomers to study the actual formation of black holes and neutron stars.

	（A）in the way electromagnetic waves do，hopeful1y will enable
	（B）in the wav electromagnetic waves do l wil1，it is hoped，enable
	（C）like electromagnetic waves， hopefully will enable
	（D）like electromagnetic waves, would enable，hopefully
	（E）such as electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable

7 If a single strain of plant is used for a given crop over a wide area, a practice fostered by modern seed-marketing methods, it increases the likelihood that the impact of a single crop disease or pest will be disastrous.

	（A）If a single strain of plant is used for a given crop over a wide area，a practice fostered by modern seed-marketing methods，it
	（B）If a single strain of plant is used for a given crop over a wide area, as is fostered by modern seed-marketing methods, it
	（C）A practice fostered by modern seed-marketing methods, a single strain of plant used for a given crop over a wide area
	（D）A single strain of plant used for a given crop over a wide area, a practice fostered by modern seed-marketing methods，
	（E）The use of a single strain of plant for a given crop over a wide area, a practice fostered by modern seed-marketing methods,

8 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。

	（A）that they wil1，or could，
	（B）that they would，or could，
	（C）they will be or could,
	（D）think that they will be or could
	（E）think the power stations would or could

9 A controversial figure throughout most of his public life， the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa， the land that， to him， symbolized the possibility of freedom.

	（A）that some Blacks return to Africa， the land that，to him， symbolized the possibility of freedom
	（B）that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him
	（C）that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him
	（D）some B1ack's returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom
	（E）some B1ack's return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him，Africa

10 The fear of rabies is well founded; few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms.

	（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
	（C）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
	（E）recovery from the disease is known for only a few people after the clinical symptoms appear

11 The growth of the railroads led to the abolition of local times, which was determined by when the sun reached the observer's meridian and differing from city to city, and to the establishment of regional times.

	（A）which was determined by when the sun reached the observer's meridian and differing
	（B）which was determined by when the sun reached the observer's meridian and which differed
	（C）which were determined by when the sun reached the observer's meridian and differing
	（D）determined by when the sun reached the observer's meridian and differed
	（E）determined by when the sun reached the observer's meridian and differing

12 Although partially destroyed, the archaeologists were able to infer from what remained of the inscription that the priest Zonainos was buried in the crypt．

	（A）Although partially destroyed，the archaeologists were able to infer
	（B）Although partial1y destroyed， the archaeologists had inferred
	（C）Although it had been partial1y destroyed， the archaeologists were able to infer
	（D）Partial1y destroyed though it had been， the archaeologists had been able to infer
	（E）Destroyed partially， the archaeologists were able to infer

13 For all his professed disdain of such activities, Auden was an inveterate literary gossip.

	（A）For all his professed disdain of such activities
	（B）Having always professed disdain for such activities
	（C）All such activities were，he professed disdained and
	（D）Professing that all such activities were disdained
	（E）In spite of professions of disdaining all such activities

14 The earnings of women are well below that of men in spite of educational differences that are diminishing between the sexes.

	（A）well below that of men in spite of educational differences that are diminishing
	（B）much below that Of men's despite educational differences diminishing
	（C）much below men in spite of diminishing educational differences
	（D）well below those of men in spite of diminishing educational differences
	（E）below men's despite their educational differences hat are diminishing

15 Acid rain and snow result from the chemical reactions between industrial emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides with atmospheric water vapor to produce highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids.

	（A）with atmospheric water vapor to produce highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids
	（B）with atmospheric water vapor producing h igh1y corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids
	（C）and atmospheric water vapor which has produced highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids
	（D）and atmospheric water vapor which have produced sulfuric and nitric acids which are highly corrosive
	（E）and atmospheric water vapor to produce highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids

16 It is characteristic of the Metropolitan Museum of Art， as of virtually every great American museum the taste of local collectors has played at least as large a part in the formation of their collections as has the judgments of the art historian.

	(A) of virtually every great American museum， the taste of local collectors has played at least as large a part in the formation of their collections as has
	(B) of virtual1y every great American museum， that the taste of local collectors has played at 1east 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
	(D) it is of virtual1y every great American museum，that the taste of local collectors have played at least as large a part in the formation of its collections as have
	(E) it is of vlrtual1y every great American museum，the taste of local collectors has played at least as large a part in the formation of its collections as has

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