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(A) Severe and increasing numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies that seem (B) Severe and increasing numerous critics point to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies seeming (C) Severe and increasingly numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system that seem (D) Severely and increasingly numerous critics point to deficiencies in the British legal system seeming (E) Severely and increasingly numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system that seem 640.She was a child prodigy, and Clara Schumann developed into one of the greatest pianists of her time. (A) She was a child prodigy, and Clara Schumann (B) A child prodigy, Clara Schumann (C) Child prodigy that she was, Clara Schumann (D) Clara Schumann has been a child prodigy, and she (E) Being a child prodigy, Clara Schumann 641.Similar to rising interest rates, consumer and producer prices have been rising . (A) Similar to rising interest rates, consumer and producer prices have been rising. (B) Consumer and producer prices have been rising, as have interest rates. (C) As interest rates are rising, so have consumer and producer prices. (D) Consumer and producer prices have been rising, like interest rates do. (E) Consumer and producer prices, as interest rates, have been rising. 642.Since 1965 there are four times as many Black college students enrolled , and the one million Black people in college today represent 11 percent of all college students. (A) Since 1965 there are four times as many Black college students enrolled 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 166 (B) The enrollment of Black college students was only one-fourth in 1965 (C) The enrollment of Black college students has increased four times from 1965 on (D) Quadrupling since 1965, there are now four times as many Black college students enrolled (E) The enrollment of Black college students has quadrupled since 1965 643.Since 1970 the number of Blacks elected to state and federal offices in the United States has multiplied nearly four times . (A) has multiplied nearly four times (B) has almost quadrupled (C) has almost multiplied by four (D) is almost four times as great (E) is nearly fourfold what it was 644.Since 1975 the number of women in upper-level management in American corporations have increased by 25 percent; female executives’ salaries, however, still lag behind those of their male counterparts. (A) have increased by 25 percent; female executives’ salaries, however, still lag (B) has increased by 25 percent, however much their salaries lag (C) have increased 25 percent; female executives’ salaries, however, still have lagged (D) has increased by 25 percent; female executives’ salaries, however, still lag (E) have increased 25 percent; their salaries, however, still lag 645.Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado’s size. (A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado’s size (B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado (C) has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado (D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado’s (E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado’s size 646.Since 1986 enrollments of African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanic Americans in fulltime engineering programs in the United States has steadily increased, while the number of other students who enter the field has fallen. (A) has steadily increased, while the number of other students who enter the field has fallen 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 167 (B) has steadily increased, while other students entering the field have declined in number (C) increased steadily, while there was a decline in the number of other students entering the field (D) have steadily increased, while the number of other students entering the field has fallen (E) have steadily increased, while that of other students who enter the field fell 647.Since 1986 when the Department of Labor began to allow investment officers’ fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations began paying their investment advisers a small basic fee, with a contract promising higher fees if the managers perform well. (A) investment officers’ fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations began (B) investment officers’ fees to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several corporations began (C) that fees of investment officers be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations have begun (D) fees of investment officers to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several corporations have begun (E) that investment officers’ fees be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several corporations began 648.Since chromosome damage may be caused by viral infections, medical x-rays, and exposure to sunlight, it is important that the chromosomes of a population to be tested for chemically induced damage be compared with those of a control population. (A) to be tested for chemically induced damage be compared with (B) being tested for damage induced chemically are compared with (C) being tested for chemically induced damage should be compared to (D) being tested for chemically induced damage are to be compared to (E) that is to be tested for chemically induced damage are to be comparable with 649.Since conscious patients often died of shock on the operating table, the invention of anesthesia was essential to the development of surgery as the invention of the propeller was to powered flight. (A) the invention of anesthesia was essential to the development of surgery as the invention of the propeller was to powered flight (B) inventing anesthesia was as essential for the development of surgery as the invention of the propeller was for powered flight (C) the invention of anesthesia was as essential in the development of surgery much as the invention of the propeller had been for powered flight 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 168 (D) the invention of anesthesia was as essential to the development of surgery as the invention of the propeller was to powered flight (E) the invention of anesthesia was essential to the development of surgery, so was the invention of the propeller essential to powered flight 650.Since savings banks have to use short-term deposits to finance long-term fixed-rate mortgage loans, they sometimes lose money when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise the rates on their mortgages. (A) when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise (B) when short-term rates rise and they are unable to raise (C) when a rise in short-term rates occurs and, correspondingly, there is no rise possible in (D) with a rise in short-term rates, and they are unable to raise (E) with short-term rates on the rise and no rise possible in 651.Since the 1930’s aircraft manufacturers have tried to build airplanes with frictionless wings, shaped so smoothly and perfectly that the air passing over them would not become turbulent. (A) wings, shaped so smoothly and perfectly (B) wings, wings so smooth and so perfectly shaped (C) wings that are shaped so smooth and perfect (D) wings, shaped in such a smooth and perfect manner (E) wings, wings having been shaped smoothly and perfectly so 652.Since the movie was released seventeen UFOs have been sighted in the state, which is more than had been sighted in the past ten years together. (A) which is more than had been sighted (B) more than had been sighted (C) more than they had sighted (D) more than had reported sightings (E) which is more than had reported sightings 653.Slips of the tongue do not necessarily reveal concealed beliefs or intentions but rather are the result from the competition between various processing mechanisms in the brain. (A) but rather are the result from (B) and instead are the result from (C) being rather the result of (D) and rather result from (E) but rather result from 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 169 654.So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that many business executives fear this country will lose its economic preeminence. (A) So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that (B) As poorly educated and trained as many young recruits to the United States work force are (C) Because of many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained. (D) That many young recruits to the United States work force are so poorly educated and trained is why (E) Many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained explains why 655.Socrates could have fled from Athens after he was sentenced to death, but he refused to do it. (A) Socrates could have fled from Athens after he was sentenced to death, but he refused to do it. (B) After he was sentenced to death, Socrates might have fled from Athens, but he refused to do it. (C) After he was sentenced to death, Socrates could have fled from Athens, but he refused to do so. (D) After he was sentenced to death, Socrates could have done so after he was sentenced to death. (E) Socrates could have fled from Athens but refused to after he was sentenced to death. 656.Some analysts contend that true capitalism exists only when the ownership of both property and the means of production is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual’s, and it is not a license granted by government and revokable at whim. (A) is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual’s, and it is not (B) are regarded as individuals’ inalienable rights, and that it not be (C) is regarded as an individual’s inalienable right, not as (D) are regarded as an individual’s inalienable rights, not when they are (E) is regarded as the inalienable rights of an individual, not when it is 657.Some analysts of retirement problems insist that the only way to provide equity and protection for all Americans is to amalgamate all retirement-income systems, including Social Security, into one central system. (A) insist that the only way to provide equity and protection for all Americans is to amalgamate 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 170 (B) have insisted the only way equity and protection can be provided for all Americans is amalgamating (C) insist the only way to provide equity and protection for all Americans is the amalgamation of (D) are insistent that the only way equity and protection can be provided for all Americans is the amalgamation of (E) insist that the only way for the provision of equity and protection for all Americans is to amalgamate 658.Some analysts point out that because people are becoming accustomed to a steady inflation rate of four to five percent, businesses found that they could raise prices according to this amount without thereby provoking strong public reaction. (A) found that they could raise prices according to this amount without thereby provoking (B) found that they were capable of raising prices by this amount and not provoke (C) find that they are capable of raising prices by this amount and not provoke (D) are finding that they can raise prices by this amount without provoking (E) are finding that they can raise prices according to this amount and will not thereby provoke 659.Some bat caves, like honeybee hives, have residents that take on different duties such as defending the entrance, acting as sentinels and to sound a warning at the approach of danger, and scouting outside the cave for new food and roosting sites. (A) acting as sentinels and to sound (B) acting as sentinels and sounding (C) to act as sentinels and sound (D) to act as sentinels and to sound (E) to act as a sentinel sounding 660.Some biographers have not only disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether he drank at all. (A) have not only disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether he drank (B) not only have disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also over whether he drank (C) have disputed not only the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also whether he may not have drunk (D) not only have disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether or not he had drunk (E) have disputed the common notion not only that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether he may not have drunk . grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado’s size (B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado (C) has grown from 48 million. (D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado’s (E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado’s size 646 .Since 1986 enrollments. almost multiplied by four (D) is almost four times as great (E) is nearly fourfold what it was 644 .Since 1975 the number of women in upper-level management in American corporations have increased