Gmat Sentence Correction 115, 116, 117

115). Ozone, a special form of oxygen that screens out harmful ultraviolet rays, reaches high concentrations twelve miles above Earth, where it has long appeared that it was immune from human influence; we have now realized, though, that emissions of industrial chlorofluorocarbons deplete the ozone layer.

A) has long appeared that it was immune from

B) has long appeared to have been immune from

C) has long appeared as being immune to

D) had long appeared immune to

E) had long appeared that it was immune to

116). Unlike most severance packages, which require workers to stay until the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package even if they find a new job before they are terminated.

A) the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package

B) the last day they are scheduled to collect, workers are eligible for the automobile company's severance package

C) their last scheduled day to collect, the automobile company offers its severance package to workers

D) their last scheduled day in order to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers

E) the last day that they are scheduled to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers

117). So-called green taxes, which exact a price for the use of polluting or non-renewable fuels, are having a positive effect on the environment and natural resource base of countries as varied as China, the Netherlands, and Hungary.

A) as varied as

B) as varied as are

C) as varied as those of

D) that are as varied as

E) that are as varied are



Answers:

115). OA - D

A, B - incorrect - unidiomatic - immune from. Right idiom here: immune to

C - incorrect - awkward - appeared as being immune

E - incorrect - ambiguous it; wordy

116). OA - D

A, B, C - incorrect - wrong comparisons

E - incorrect - passive

117). OA - A

B - incorrect - use of are

C - incorrect - those of is wrong

D, E - incorrect - that are redundant, not required