1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 55 of such chemicals suggests one reason certain pesticides can become ineffective if used repeatedly in the same place. 206.Charles Lindbergh, for his attempt at a solo transatlantic flight, was very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he therefore refused to carry even a pound of mail, despite being offered $1,000 to do so. (A) Charles Lindbergh, for his attempt at a solo transatlantic flight, was very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he therefore (B) When Charles Lindbergh was attempting his solo transatlantic flight, being very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he (C) Since he was very reluctant to carry any extra weight on his plane when he was attempting his solo transatlantic flight, so Charles Lindbergh (D) Being very reluctant to carry any extra weight on his plane when he attempted his solo transatlantic flight was the reason that Charles Lindbergh (E) Very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane when he attempted his solo transatlantic flight, Charles Lindbergh 207.Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities. (A) including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities (B) that included child-care facilities, and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities (C) with child-care facilities included and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities (D) that included child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities (E) to include child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities included 208.Chicago, where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city, was plagued by labor troubles like the Pullman Strikes of 1894. (A) where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city (B) which had industrial growth in the nineteenth century more rapid than that of other American cities (C) which had growth industrially more rapid than any other American city in the nineteenth century (D) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city (E) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than that of 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 56 any other American city 209.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 210.Chinese, the most ancient of living writing systems, consists of tens of thousands of ideographic characters, each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its own square frame. (A) each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its (B) all the characters a miniature calligraphic composition inside their (C) all the characters a miniature calligraphic composition inside its (D) every character a miniature calligraphic composition inside their (E) each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside their 211.Chronic low-level leaking and the routine discharge of drilling mud and mineral salts present considerable environmental risk during offshore oil drilling. (A) Chronic low-level leaking and the routine discharge of drilling mud and mineral salts present considerable environmental risk during offshore oil drilling. (B) The reason offshore oil drilling presents a considerably environmental risk is because of chronic low-level leaking and the routine discharge of drilling mud and mineral salts. (C) A considerable risk to the environment is presented during offshore oil drilling, where low-level leaks are chronic and the routine discharge of mud and mineral salts. (D) Offshore oil drilling presents a considerable risk to the environment due to the fact of chronic low-level leaks, and mud and mineral salts are routinely discharged. (E) Chronic low-level leaking, along with the routine discharge of drilling mud and mineral salts, are what make offshore oil drilling environmentally risky. 212.Citing evidence that the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere has increased more than seven percent in the last 30 years, many scientists have expressed a fear of destroying forests and continued use of fossil fuels will cause an irreversible shift in Earth’s climatic pattern. (A) many scientists have expressed a fear of destroying forests and continued use of (B) many scientists have expressed a fear that destruction of forests and continued 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 57 use of (C) many scientists have expressed a fear that destruction of forests and continually using (D) a fear that many scientists have expressed is that destroying forests and continually using (E) a fear that many scientists have expressed is that destruction of forests and continual using of 213.Clark and Florence Wallace, a husband-and-wife medical team, worked steadily and efficiently through the night, but sipping their coffee the next morning, she noticed that he seemed disoriented. (A) sipping their coffee the next morning, she noticed that he seemed disoriented (B) sipping their coffee the next morning, he seemed to be disoriented, she noticed (C) as they sipped their coffee the next morning, she noticed that he seemed disoriented (D) as they were sipping their coffee the next morning, he seemed, she noticed, disoriented (E) he seemed disoriented, she noticed, sipping their coffee the next morning 214.Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weather. (A) so gradual as to be indistinguishable (B) so gradual they can be indistinguishable (C) so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished (D) gradual enough not to be distinguishable (E) gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them 215.Comparing the Quechans with other Native Americans of the Southwest, the Quechans were singularly uninterested in the accumulation of material wealth or in the crafting of elaborate pottery and basketry. (A) Comparing the Quechans with other Native Americans of the Southwest, the Quechans (B) When you compare the Quechans to other Native Americans of the Southwest, they (C) When other Native Americans of the Southwest are compared to the Quechans, they (D) Comparison to other Native Americans of the Southwest shows that the Quechans (E) Compared with other Native Americans of the Southwest, the Quechans 216.Computers are becoming faster, more powerful, and more reliable, and so too are 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 58 modems, they are the devices to allow two or more computers to share information over regular telephone lines. (A) so too are modems, they are the devices to allow (B) so too are modems, the devices that allow (C) so too modems, the devices allowing (D) also modems, they are the devices that allow (E) also modems, which are the devices to allow 217.Concerned at the increase in accident fatalities, Tennessee adopted a child-passenger protection law requiring the parents of children under four years of age to be restrained in a child safety seat. (A) the parents of children under four years of age to be restrained in a child safety seat (B) the restraint of parents of children under four years of age in a child safety seat (C) that parents restrain children under four years of age in a child safety seat (D) that children be restrained under four years of age in a child safety seat by their parents (E) children to be restrained under four years of age by their parents in a child safety seat 218.Confused by the many strata and substrata of ancient civilizations overlying one another, Schliemann’s excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy, were temporarily called to a halt. (A) Schliemann’s excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy, were temporarily called to a halt (B) Schliemann’s excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy, temporarily halted (C) Schliemann temporarily halted his excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy (D) excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy, were temporarily halted by Schliemann (E) excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, and of the ancient Troy, were temporarily halted by Schliemann 219.Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers provide workers with unpaid leave so as to care for sick or newborn children. 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(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant (B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds not to hire the applicant (C) an applicant’s use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them (D) an applicant’s use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired (E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant’s use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them 221.Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly. 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(A) increased atmospheric carbon dioxide as a result of burning (B) increased atmospheric carbon dioxide resulting from the combustion of (C) increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere resulting from the combustion of (D) carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that increase from burning (E) atmospheric carbon dioxide that increased from burning 223.Contrary to popular belief, victors in the ancient Greek Olympic Games received cash prizes in addition to their laurel wreaths. (A) Contrary to (B) In contrast with (C) Opposite of (D) Unlike (E) In spite of 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 60 224.Contrary to popular opinion, the movement toward a service economy is leading neither to lower standards of living, more of an unequal distribution of income, or displacing the physical production of goods. 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