1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 40 Earth from the most biologically harmful radiation emitted by the Sun, radiation in the ultraviolet band of the spectrum. (A) in the stratosphere (B) in the stratosphere, in which (C) it is in the stratosphere in which (D) in the stratosphere where (E) it is in the stratosphere and 150.At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls’ high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level. (A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are (B) where they have 49 percent of the household incomes (C) where 49 percent of the household incomes are (D) which has 49 percent of the household incomes (E) in which 49 percent of them have household incomes 151.At the beginning of the year, the city allocated $150 million to cover the increase in wages that it expected to approve as a result of negotiations with the municipal labor unions. (A) increase in wages that it expected to approve as a result of negotiations (B) increased wages it expected to approve from negotiations (C) increasing wages expected to be approved as a result of negotiating (D) negotiated increases in wages it expected to approve (E) increases expected to be approved in wages from negotiating 152.At the invitation of Kwame Nkrumah, W. E. B. Du Bois settled in Gharla and became the editor of the Encyclopedia Africana. (A) At the invitation of (B) When he was invited by (C) An invitation coming from (D) An invitation that came from (E) After having an invitation by 153.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 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 41 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 154.Automation has undermined the traditional position of labor as much by robbing workers of the special Skills that were once their most important strength than by the elimination of jobs. (A) than by the elimination of jobs (B) rather than by the elimination of a job (C) than by eliminating jobs (D) as by the elimination of a job (E) as by eliminating jobs 155.Aviation officials have not only failed to determine the cause of the crash, but they have also ignored demands by the pilots union that the investigation should be expedited. (A) crash, but they have also ignored demands by the pilots union that the investigation should be expedited (B) crash but also ignored demands by the pilots union that the investigation be expedited (C) crash but have ignored demands for expediting the investigation by the pilots’ union (D) crash, but they are also ignoring the pilots’ union’s demands to expedite the investigation (E) crash: the demands by the pilots’ union that the investigation should be expedited have also been ignored 156.Balding is much more common among White males than males of other races. (A) than (B) than among (C) than is so of (D) compared to (E) in comparison with 157.Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine poisoning; furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, the great writer and lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting. (A) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 42 (B) however, caffeine did not seem to bother (C) however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered (D) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to have bothered (E) in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother 158.Bankers require that the financial information presented to them by mortgage applicants be complete and follow a prescribed format . (A) be complete and follow a prescribed format (B) is complete and it follows a prescribed format (C) be complete and a prescribed format is followed (D) to be complete and a prescribed format be following (E) be completed, and it followed a prescribed format 159.Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, “the good goddess.” (A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers (B) Basing it on various ancient writers’ accounts (C) With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis (D) By the accounts of various ancient writers they used (E) Using accounts of various ancient writers 160.Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet that derives 70 percent of its protein from vegetable sources and only 30 percent from animal foods, the reverse of the typical North American diet. (A) Pima Indians have a diet that derives (B) Pima Indians in their diet derive (C) diet of the Pima Indians derives (D) diets of the Pima Indians have derived (E) diet of the Pima Indians, deriving 161.Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as the Galapagos tortoise and examinations of fossils of juvenile dinosaurs, scientists estimate that the largest dinosaurs probably lived to be between 100 and 200 years old. (A) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as (B) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles such as (C) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles like (D) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles, like those of (E) Based on such growth rates as those of large modern reptiles like 162.Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 43 narratives, capitalized on her keen observation and love of the natural world. (A) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, (B) In her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, Beatrix Potter (C) In her book illustrations, which she carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter (D) Carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations (E) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinated them with her narratives and 163.Because Halley’s comet changes orbit slightly during the seventy-six-year interval between passing close to Earth, it may veer onto a collision course with a planet sometime in the distant future. (A) between passing (B) of passing (C) between its passes (D) of its passes (E) as it passes 164.Because natural gas is composed mostly of methane, a simple hydrocarbon, vehicles powered by natural gas emit less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel. (A) less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel (B) fewer of certain pollutants than burning gasoline or diesel fuel do (C) less of certain pollutants than gasoline or diesel fuel (D) fewer of certain pollutants than does burning gasoline or diesel fuel (E) less of certain pollutants than those burning gasoline or diesel fuel 165.Because of the business community’s uncertainty about the President’s position in regard to the issue of the budget deficit, an unanticipated rise in interest rates has occurred. (A) in regard to the issue of the budget deficit, an unanticipated rise in interest rates has (B) on the deficit, an unanticipated rise in interest rates has (C) regarding the budgetary deficit, an unanticipated rise in interest rates have (D) on the deficit, an unanticipated rise in interest rates have (E) regarding the deficit, an unanticipated rise in interest rats have 166.Because of the enormous research and development expenditures required to survive in the electronics industry, an industry marked by rapid innovation and 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 44 volatile demand, such firms tend to be very large. (A) to survive (B) of firms to survive (C) for surviving (D) for survival (E) for firms’ survival 167.Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component of municipal trash, many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal. (A) Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component of municipal trash, many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal. (B) Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component in municipal trash, many municipalities tried to recycle so that the cost of trash disposal is reduced. (C) Because paper of all kinds are the biggest single components in municipal trash, many municipalities have tried to recycle to reduce the cost of trash disposal. (D) All kinds of paper are the biggest single components of municipal trash, and so many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal. (E) All kinds of paper is the biggest single component of municipal trash, so many municipalities have tried to recycle so that the cost of trash disposal could be reduced. 168.Because the Earth’s 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 169.Because the enemy’s new ship is the quietest and it is therefore the most elusive submarine, it is being increasingly viewed by the military as a threat to security. (A) and it is therefore the most elusive submarine, it is being increasingly viewed (B) it is therefore the most elusive of submarines, and it has increased the view 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 45 (C) and therefore the most elusive submarine, it is being increasingly viewed (D) and therefore it is the most elusive of submarines, there is an increasing view (E) therefore being the most elusive of submarines, it is increasingly viewed 170.Because the financial review covered only the last few fiscal years, and therefore the investigators were unable to determine the extent to possible earlier overpayments. (A) and therefore the investigators were unable to determine the extent to possible (B) so therefore the investigators were not capable of determining the possible extent of (C) therefore the investigators were unable to determine the possible extent of (D) the investigators were not capable of determining the possible extent of (E) the investigators were unable to determine the extent of possible 171.Because young children do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, like adults, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore. (A) like adults (B) unlike an adult (C) as adults (D) as adults do (E) as an adult 172.Before the Civil War, Harriet Tubman, herself an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland to guide other slaves along the Underground Railroad to freedom. (A) herself an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland to guide (B) being an escaped slave herself, returned again and again to Maryland so as to guide (C) an escaped slave herself, returned again and again to Maryland for guiding (D) herself as an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland so as to be the guide of (E) who had been herself as an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland for the guiding of 173.Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee has lived in England and Canada, and first came to the United States in 1961 to study at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. (A) Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee has (B) Having been a United States citizen since 1988, she was born in Calcutta in 1940; author Bharati Mukherjee . incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level. (A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are (B) where they have 49 percent of the household incomes (C) where 49 percent. States citizen since 198 8 and born in Calcutta in 194 0, author Bharati Mukherjee has (B) Having been a United States citizen since 198 8, she was born in Calcutta in 194 0; author Bharati Mukherjee. United States citizen since 198 8 and born in Calcutta in 194 0, author Bharati Mukherjee has lived in England and Canada, and first came to the United States in 196 1 to study at the Iowa Writers’