SC's Question number - 955, 956

955). Asset allocators create portfolios, often in the form of mutual funds, with the intention to turn in good results in both "bull" and "bear" markets.

(A) with the intention

(B) the intention of which is

(C) intended

(D) and intending

(E) so intended as

956). Baker was perhaps not the most gifted soloist in the orchestra, but the conductor felt what was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by the passion with which he played the music.

(A) what was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by

(B) what he lacked in technical skill was more than made up by

(C) whatever was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by

(D) whatever he lacked in technical skill was more than made up for by

(E) whatever he lacked in technical skill he more than made up by


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955). C is the best choice. - Asset allocators create portfolios, often in the form of mutual funds, intended to turn in good results in both "bull" and "bear" markets.

A - incorrect - portfolios cannot have any intention.

B - incorrect - to be successful is not the intention of mutual funds

D - incorrect - Asset allocators create portfolios, often in the form of mutual funds, and intending to turn in good results in both "bull" and "bear" markets.

E - incorrect - unidiomatic

956). The answer given in 1000 SC's is wrong i.e B. The correct answer is D.
The phrasal verb - to make up for means to compensate for.

SC's Question number - 957, 958

957). By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public.

(A) By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public.

(B) By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine, protecting the public.

(C) By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine which protects the public.

(D) In order to protect the public, by law a qualified physician only can prescribe medicine.

(E) In order to protect the public, by law only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine.

958). Cartographers have long struggled with the problem of having the spherical Earth to draw on a flat sheet of paper .

(A) having the spherical Earth to draw on a flat sheet of paper

(B) having a flat sheet of paper on which to draw the spherical Earth

(C) how can one draw the spherical Earth on a flat sheet of paper

(D) how they could use a flat sheet of paper to draw the spherical Earth

(E) how to draw the spherical Earth on a flat sheet of paper


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957). OA - E

A, B, C - incorrect - awkward - law protect people ..not by law protect people

A, D - incorrect - wrongly says that a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, and not do anything else

C - incorrect - wrongly says that medicines are protecting the public

958). E is the best choice -- ....the problem with how to do s-thing.... -- idiomatic

A, B - incorrect - having => possessive - the spherical earth cannot be possessed.

C - incorrect - use of one incorrect

D - incorrect - distorts the meaning - illogically suggests you use paper to draw the spherical earth.

SC's Question number - 959, 960

959). Child care already a solid part of the employee benefits package at many companies, more businesses are focusing on a newer family benefit known as elder care, servicing for older dependents.

(A) Child care

(B) With child care

(C) Child care as

(D) Being the Child care was

(E) With child care's being

960). Constance Horner, chief of the United States government's personnel agency, has recommended that 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.

(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 for not hiring an 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


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959). B is the best choice.

A - incorrect - Child care already a solid part of the employee benefits package at many companies -> acts as an appositive for more companies ..hence wrongly suggests child care = more companies.

D, E - incorrect - use of being

C - incorrect - run on sentence

960). A is the best choice.

C, D, E - incorrect - applicant (singular).....them(plural)

B - incorrect - sunjunctive so should must be avoided.

Link below deals with subjunctive verbs.
http://gmat-grammar.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_gmat-grammar_archive.html

SC's Question number - 961, 962

961). Consumer confidence levels, which many economists consider an early indication of the economy's direction, sagged as the stock market tumbled, but not dramatically enough for giving a clear picture of new spending patterns.
(A) tumbled, but not dramatically enough for giving

(B) tumbled, but not dramatically enough to give

(C) tumbled, and not so dramatically as to have given

(D) has tumbled, and not dramatically enough to give

(E) has tumbled, but not so dramatically as to give

962). Contrary to the scholarly wisdom of the 1950's and early 1960's that predicted the processes of modernization and rationalization would gradually undermine it, ethnicity is a worldwide phenomenon of increasing importance.

(A) would gradually undermine it

(B) to be a gradual undermining of it

(C) would be a gradual undermining of ethnicity

(D) to gradually undermine ethnicity

(E) gradually undermining it


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961). OA - B

A - incorrect - unidiomatic - for giving

C, D - incorrect - use of and wrong , we need but to show contrast.

D, E - incorrect - use of present perfect tense is wrong here - We need simple past tense here

962). OA - A -- Predicted (future event here is predicted in the past) -- We require would in this sentence - would is the past tense of will.
"it" refers to ethnicity here.In this particular case the relative pronoun is inversed.

B, D, E - incorrect - use of will incorrect.

C - incorrect - wordy. Also a pronoun should precede the noun ethinicity.

SC's Question number - 963, 964

963). For people who have never worked for a living, any job may instill a valuable sense of self-worth and open doors to better jobs in the future.

(A) may instill a valuable sense of self-worth and open doors to better jobs in the future

(B) might instill for them a valuable sense of self- worth and to open doors to better jobs in the future

(C) may, in them, instill a valuable sense of self-worth, opening their doors to better jobs in the future

(D) opening the door later for a better job and giving them a valuable sense of self-worth now

(E) may open the door for a better job later and giving them a valuable sense now of their self-worth

964). In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the company's earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions.

(A) by using the company's earnings and to profit

(B) by using the companies' earnings and by profiting

(C) using the companies' earnings and profiting

(D) with the company's earnings, profiting

(E) with the companies' earnings and to profit


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963). OA - A

B - incorrect - unidiomatic - instill for

C - incorrect - use of they, them makes this choice awkward

D - incorrect - changes the meaning

E - incorrect - violating parallelism - may open ... giving

964). OA - E

B, C, D - incorrect - violating parallelism - Need to profit to maintain the parallel structure.

A - incorrect - uses company's (singular)

SC's Question number - 965, 966

965). In many upper-class Egyptian homes, French was spoken within the family, just as it had once been among the Russian aristocracy.

(A) just as it had once been among the Russian aristocracy

(B) just like it once been among the Russian aristocracy

(C) just as Russian aristocracy had once done

(D) similar to what the Russian aristocracy had once done

(E) like what had once been done by the Russian aristocracy

966). In repousse, a method of sculpture, workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds, and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pounding the metal into shape.

(A) In repousse, a method of sculpture, workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds, and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pounding the metal into shape.

(B) Repousse is method of sculpture in which workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pound the metal into shape.

(C) Repousse workers, who do a method of sculpture by laying copper sheets over wooden molds, use a variety of exotic hammers, and then pounding the metal into shape.

(D) Workers who lay copper sheets over wooden molds use a variety of exotic hammers and carefully pound the metal into shape in order to do repousse, a method of sculpture.

(E) Laying copper sheets over wooden molds, and using a variety of exotic hammers in order to pound the metal into shape, repousse is a method of sculpture done by workers


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965). A is the best choice.

B, E - incorrect - actions are similar hence the use of like is wrong

C, D - incorrect - violating parallelism - first part of the sentence is in passive, so second half should also be in passive voice.

In many upper-class Egyptian homes, French was spoken within the family, just as it(French) had once been (spoken)among the Russian aristocracy

966). B is the best choice - correctly emphasises on Repousse and maintains parallelism pound ...lay

A - incorrect - violating parallelism - pounding is not parallel to lay. Further use of in is incorrect in In repousse

C, D - incorrect - awkward, change the meaning.

E - incorrect - dangling modifier error - who is laying and using - not stated.

SC's Question number - 967, 968

967). In the late nineteenth century Annie Besant was widely regarded as one of the greatest living public orators, second only to Gladstone in a culture where oratory was the dominant public medium.

(A) as one of the greatest living public orators, second only

(B) to be one of the greatest living public orators, secondary only

(C) that she was one of the greatest living public orators, secondary only

(D) as being one of the greater living public orators she was only second

(E) to be greater than most other living public orators, and she was second only

968). Interest rates on mortgages have declined steadily during the first six months of this year but virtually remained unchanged during the next three months.

(A) have declined steadily during the first six months of this year but virtually remained unchanged

(B) declined steadily during the first six months of this year but virtually remain unchanged

(C) steadily declined during the first six months of this year but remain virtually unchanged

(D) declined steadily during the first six months of this but have remained virtually unchanging'

(E) declined steadily during the first six months of this year but have remained virtually unchanged


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967). A is the best choice. - regard as - correct idiom

B, C, E - incorrect - unidiomatic

D - incorrect - passive .. use of being

968). E is the best choice.

A, B - incorrect - misplaced word modifier - virtually incorrectly modifying remain instead of unchanged.

C - incorrect - violating verb tense - going from simple past to present tense.

D - incorrect - unchanging is wrong.

SC's Question number - 969, 970

969). Leaching, the recovery of copper from the drainage water of mines, as a method of the extraction of minerals, it was well established as early as the eighteenth century, but until about 25 years ago miners did not realize that bacteria taken an active part in the process.

(A) as a method of the extraction of minerals, it was well established

(B) as a method of the extraction of minerals well established

(C) was a well-established method of mineral extraction

(D) was a well-established method of extracting mineral that was

(E) had been a method of mineral extraction, well established

970). Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew how to use a good story to generate good will.

(A) Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew

(B) Discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, Lincoln knew

(C) Lincoln, discovering the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned in young manhood before him, knew

(D) In young manhood Lincoln discovered the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him:

(E) Lincoln, discovered in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him, knew


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969). OA - C - has correct verb-tense agreement. Correctly makes "well-established" the adjective of the proper noun "method"

A, B - incorrect - missing verb - verb is necessary here to make first half of the sentence a clause.

D - incorrect -"that was as early as" - wrongly suggests that the mineral was as early as 18 century

E - incorrect - misplaced modifier - is it the "mineral extraction" or the "method" which is "well-established"? Further wrongly suggests that leaching is no longer a method of mineral extraction

970). D is the best among all wrong choices

A, B, C - incorrect - the learning happened before the discovery so past perfect is needed.
C - incorrect - misplaced modifier - "in young manhood before him" wrongly suggests that there were other manhoods before him

E - incorrect - wrongly suggests that Lincoln was discovered.

NOTE : A present participle is best used to denote an action that is ongoing

SC's Question number - 971, 972

971). Many economists predict that the next recession, when it comes, will be caused by Federal Reserve action taken to prevent an inflationary upsurge that would result if the economy were to expand at an annual rate of three percent or more.

(A) taken to prevent an inflationary upsurge that would result

(B) they took for preventing an inflationary upsurge that would result

(C) taken to prevent an inflationary upsurge resulting

(D) they took to prevent an inflationary upsurge resulting

(E) taken for preventing an inflationary upsurge that will result

972). Many environmentalists believe that the widespread planting of trees, along with the conservation of existing forests, would be one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse the buildup of carbon dioxide in the air.

(A) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse

(B) one of the most sure, easy, and least expensive ways to begin a halt or even reverse

(C) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways that would begin halting or even reversing

(D) a most sure, easy, and inexpensive way beginning the halting and even reversing of

(E) the most sure, easiest, and inexpensive way that would begin halting or even reversing


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971). OA - A - Conditional - X would result...... if Y were to happen......Subjunctive were ... so would is correct

B, D - incorrect - they - incorrectly refers to Federal reserve and not to the action.

C - incorrect - resulting wrong

E - incorrect - unidiomatic - taken for --- instead of will would is required.


972). OA - A - some of the surest, easiest least expensive ways to begin to halt

B, E - incorrect - modifier error - "most" modifying sure, easiest, least

C - incorrect - unidiomatic - ways that - must be ways to

D - incorrect - We need definite article the instead of a

SC's Question number - 973, 974

973). No matter how patiently they explain their reasons for confiscating certain items, travelers often treat customs inspectors like wanton poachers rather than government employees .

(A) travelers often treat customs inspectors like wanton poachers rather than government employees

(B) travelers often treat customs inspectors as wanton poachers instead of government employees

(C) travelers often treat customs inspectors as if they were not government employees but wanton poachers

(D) customs inspectors are often treated by travelers as if they were wanton poachers rather than government employees

(E) customs inspectors are often treated not like government employees but wanton poachers by travelers

974). One noted economist has made a comparison of the Federal Reserve and an automobile as racing through a tunnel, bouncing first off one wall, then the other: the car may get where it is going, but people may be hurt in the process.

(A) made a comparison of the Federal Reserve and an automobile as racing through a tunnel, bouncing

(B) made a comparison between the Federal Reserve and an automobile racing through a tunnel, bouncing

(C) compared the federal Reserve with an automobile as racing through a tunnel and which bounced

(D) compared the Federal Reserve to an automobile racing through a tunnel, bouncing

(E) compared the Federal Reserve with an automobile that races through a tunnel and it bounces


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973). Best answer - D

A, B, C - incorrect - Dangling modifiers. -- Link below explains the dangling modifier concept.
http://gmat-grammar.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_gmat-grammar_archive.html

E - incorrect - violating parallelism - "not... but..." parallelism rule. "not like government employees,"........."but like wanton poachers."
Also treat like - unidiomatic

NOTE - Pronouns refer not necessarily to the nearest eligible noun at times....there are many such examples in OG ---
Quasars are so distant that their light has taken billions of years to reach the Earth; consequently, we see them as they were during the formation of the universe.The pronouns "them" and "they" refer to "quasars," and not to the nearest eligible noun "years."

In D "they" clearly refers to "customs inspectors." The 1st "they" refers to "customs inspectors," which is the subject of the sentence.


974). D is the best choice.

"compared to" is used to compare to unlike things to emphasize their similarity.

The economist compared India's economy to a high-speed train. India's economy and the train are two different entities

A, C - incorrect - " compare as " is unidiomatic.

B - incorrect -"compare between X and Y" is unidomatic.
E - incorrect - referent of it not clear

SC's Question number - 975, 976

975). Puritan fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose that some writers have though inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it.

(A) but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it

(B) but which were in fact a natural outgrowth of it

(C) but which were in fact natural outgrowths of it

(D) but it was in fact a natural outgrowth of them

(E) which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it

976). Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science.

(A) elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science

(B) $25 million will be spent by the National Science Foundation over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools

(C) over the next ten years $25 million will be spent on elementary and secondary schools by the National Science Foundation for promoting science

(D) the National Science Foundation is to spend $25 million over the next ten years for promoting science in elementary and secondary schools

(E) the National Science Foundation will spend $25 million over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools


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975). Best choice is C -- OA - C - Puritan fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose that some writers have though inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which were in fact natural outgrowths of it .

A, D, E - incorrect - was is wrong -- a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose - need plural verb were

B - incorrect - outgrowth is incorrect - Coolness of judgement and mutability of purpose are OUTGROWTHS of their religious zeal.

976). E is the best choice.

A,B, C - incorrect - modifier error - ''National Science Foundation' should modify the clause " Seeking to spur science education". Hence must be placed close to it.

D - incorrect - is to spend is unidiomatic

SC's Question number - 977, 978

977). Some archaeologists claim that the tablets found at Ebla could force a revision of current theories on the origins of Judaism and Christianity, alter many scriptural interpretations, make all current Bible translations obsolete, and scholars may be required to credit the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy.

(A) scholars may be required to credit the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy

(B) crediting the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy may be required of scholars

(C) require that scholars are to credit the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy

(D) crediting the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy may be a scholarly requirement

(E) require scholars to credit the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy

978). Tektites, which may have been propelled to Earth from lunar volcanoes, are much like the volcanic glass obsidian, but their chemical composition is different than any terrestrial lava; they contain far less water than obsidian does and none of its characteristic microcrystals.

(A) is different than any terrestrial lava; they contain

(B) is different than any terrestrial lava's, containing

(C) is different from that of any terrestrial lava; they contain

(D) differs from any terrestrial lava in containing

(E) differs from that of any terrestrial lava's, containing


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977). Best answer is E

A,B, D - incorrect - violating parallelism

C - incorrect - violating parallelism by inserting unnecessary that

978). C is the best choice.

A, B - incorrect - different than - unidiomatic

E - incorrect - uses repeated possession" that of .....lava's"

either use the "possesive form" or use the construction "that of", but not both.

D - incorrect comparison - compares the lava with the chemical composition of Tektites

SC's Question number - 979, 980

979). The failing of the book lies not in a lack of attention to scientific detail but in the depiction of scenes of life and death in the marine world with emotional overtones that reduce the credibility of the work.

(A) the depiction of scenes of life and death in the marine world with emotional overtones that

(B) fact that it depicts marine world scenes of life and death as having emotional overtones that

(C) depiction of scenes of life and death in the marine world, whose emotional overtones

(D) depiction of marine world scenes of life and death, which have emotional overtones and thus

(E) fact that if depicts scenes of life and death in the marine world, whose emotional overtones

980). The Immigration Service now has the discretionary power to keep families united even though all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement.

(A) all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement

(B) not all their members meet the five-year residency requirement

(C) all their members have not met the requirement for a five-year residency

(D) not all their members have resided for five years, a requirement

(E) all their members have not resided for five years, as required


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979). A is the best choice

B, E - incorrect - fact is incorrect as this is only an opinion.

D - incorrect - wrongly suggests that life and death have overtones

C - incorrect - unidiomatic - "depict X with Y" - correct idiom

"depict X with Y" - is used to show more of the way in which the depiction is made

980). B is the best choice.

D, E - incorrect - the "five-year residency requirement" as an adjective does not need an "s" at the end of "five-year".

"s" right in case "five years" was the subject or object of the sentence.

A - incorrect - "X can have discretionary power even though not all members meet some conditions" - instead of not all should be some

C - incorrect - wrong tense - simple present tense is right

SC's Question number - 981, 982

981). The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania affords the visitor with unequaled opportunities to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.

(A) The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania affords the visitor with unequaled opportunities to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.

(B) The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania permits the visitor unequaled opportunities to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.

(C) The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania gives the visitor the unequalled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees without telephoto lenses.

(D) The visitor to the Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania has the unequaled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.

(E) Even without the aid of telephoto lenses, the visitor to Tanzania's Lake Manyara Park has an unequaled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees.

982). The rise in the price of crabmeat and an increase in demand has convinced some Floridians they should try to harvest and sell a species of large crab that lives deep in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

(A) has convinced some Floridians they should try to harvest and sell a species of large crab

(B) has convinced some Floridians to try harvesting and selling a large crab species

(C) has convinced some Floridians that they should try the harvest and sale of a large crab species

(D) have convinced some Floridians to try to harvest and sell a species of large crab

(E) have convinced some Floridians to try and harvest and sell a large crab species


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981). Best choice is E

A, B, C, D - incorrect - modifier error - wrongly suggests -- lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.

982). Best choice is D

A, B, C - incorrect - should be have not has -The rise in the price of crabmeat and an increase demand ...have

E - incorrect - awkward construction -- "have convinced some Floridians to try and harvest and sell a large crab species"

SC's Question number - 983, 984

983). The skill and the precision of the Anasazi, ancient inhabitants of the Southwest, in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at Chaco Canyon but at a number of other sites.

(A) in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at

(B) in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at

(C) in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only

(D) to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only

(E) to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at

984). There is ample evidence, derived from the lore of traditional folk medicine, that naturally occurring antibiotics are usually able to be modified to make them a more effective drug.

(A) are usually able to be modified to make them a more effective drug

(B) are usually able to be modified to make them more effective drugs

(C) are usually able to be modified, which makes them more effective drug

(D) can usually be modified to make them a more effective drug

(E) can usually be modified to make them more effective drugs


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983). B is the best choice.

A, C, D - incorrect - Plural subject so we need are not is

E - incorrect - Idiom: skill in doing something.
His skill in teaching is better than His skill to teach

984). E is the best choice.

A, B, C - incorrect - "able to be" - On GMAT if active voice is correct, it is preferred over passive voice

D - incorrect - violates parallelism - must be ......antibiotics .... drugs

SC's Question number - 985, 986

985). Those who have visited the Grand Canyon have typically seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors that mark the passage of time like the rings in a tree trunk.

(A) seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors that mark

(B) see layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, whose different colors mark

(C) been seeing layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, whose different colors are markers of

(D) been able to see layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors marking

(E) seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, marking by different colors

986). Turkey's economy has grown prodigiously over the past ten years, averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent—one of the highest growth rates in the world.

(A) averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent

(B) with an annual average each year which is about eight percent

(C) eight percent is what it averages out to each year

(D) with an average annual increase of about eight percent

(E) the average of the annual increase each year is about eight percent


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985). OA - A, the answer given in 1000SC's collection is wrong.

B, C - incorrect - no clear antecedent for pronoun whose

D - incorrect - wordy - been able to see

E - incorrect - unclear subject for marking - layers or the Canyon that is marking the passage of time?

986). OA - D

A, B, E - incorrect - redundancy error - average annual increase and each year

C - incorrect - awkward construction

SC's Question number - 987, 988

987). With cloning technology, scientists are approaching what has long been the ultimate goal of modern husbandry: achieving a consistency of quality and production in farm animals as once thought to be limited to manufactured goods.

(A) achieving a consistency of quality and production in farm animals as once thought to be

(B) achieving farm animals with a consistency of quality and production as were once thought of as

(C) achieving in farm animals a consistency of quality and production that was once thought to be

(D) achievement of farm animals whose consistency of quality and production are the same as what were once thought to he

(E) achievement of farm animals at a consistency of quality and production once thought of as


988). Tom Bradley was mayor of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993, an era when the city had transformed from a collection of suburban neighborhoods to the second-largest city in the United States.

(A) an era when the city had transformed

(B) an era during which the city was transformed

(C) an era that transformed it

(D) during which era the city transformed

(E) during which the city was transformed


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987). C is the best choice.

A - incorrect - is unclear -- "consistency of quality" and "production in farm animals" or consistency of "quality and production", in farm animals.

A, B - incorrect - Actions are not being compared so use of AS is wrong in A

D, E - incorrect - "achievement of farm animals" - making no sense.

B, D - incorrect - using plural verb for Consistency - were

988) . B is the best choice - (Appositive) -- Emphasis is on the ERA, when Y was Mayor.

A - incorrect - Cannot be past and past-perfect at the same time - "the city has transformed"

C - incorrect - use of it - ambiguous

D, E - incorrect - use of "during" is wrong in D and E because there is no antecedent for "during which" .

We need 'an era' as an appositive otherwise the clauses at the end would modify the year instead of the period

SC's Question number - 989, 990

989). The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are evident in its profits, which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell over the last two years.

(A) which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell

(B) which had increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it had fallen

(C) which have increased five percent during the first three months of this year after falling

(D) with a five percent increase during the first three months of this year after falling

(E) with a five percent increase during the first three months of this year after having fallen

990). Part of the proposed increase in state education spending is due to higher enrollment, since the number of students in public schools have grown steadily since the mid-1980's and, at nearly 47 million, are at a record high.

(A) enrollment, since the number of students in public schools have grown steadily since the mid-1980's and, at nearly 47 million, are at

(B) enrollment, with a number of students in public schools growing steadily since the mid-1980's and, at nearly 47 million, reaching

(C) enrollment: since students in public schools have grown steadily in number since the mid-1980's and, at nearly 47 million, have reached

(D) enrollment: the number of student in public schools has grown steadily since the mid-1980's and, at nearly 47 million, has reached

(E) enrollment: students in public schools have grown steadily in number, since the mid-1980's and, at nearly 47 million, are at

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989). OA - C

A, B - incorrect - wrong tense. Present perfect tense is required here.

D, E - incorrect - non essential modifier which is needed to modify profits

990). OA - D

A - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ...the number(singular)...have(plural)..

B - incorrect - awkward, violating paarllelism

A, C - incorrect - use of since is wrong.

C, E - incorrect - suggests that students have reached a record high..it is the number of students that has reached a record high

SC's Question number - 991, 992

991). Vivien Thomas, who had no formal medical training, in struggling against overwhelming odds, he became a cardiac surgeon and eventually to receive an honorary doctorate from Johns Hopkins University.

A) who had no formal medical training, in struggling against overwhelming odds, he became

B) having had no formal medical training, in struggling against overwhelming odds to become

C) who, having no formal medical training, he struggled against overwhelming odds in becoming

D) who, having had no formal medical training and struggled against overwhelming odds, became

E) who had no formal medical training, struggled against overwhelming odds to become

992). The yield of natural gas from Norway's Troil gas field is expected to increase annually until the year 2005 and then to stabilize at six billion cubic feet a day, which will allow such an extraction rate at least for 50 years' production.

A) 2005 and then to stabilize at six billion cubic feet a day, which will allow such an extraction rate at least for

B) 2005 and then to stabilize at six billion cubic feet a day, an extraction rate that will allow at least

C) 2005 and then stabilizing at six billion cubic feet a day, with such an extraction rate at the least allowing

D) 2005, then stabilizing at six billion cubic feet a day, allowing such an extraction rate for at least

E) 2005, then stabilizing at six billion cubic feet a day, which will allow such an extraction rate for at least

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991). E is the best choice - maintains parallelism.

992). B is the best choice

A - incorrect - use of which - ambiguous

C,D,E - incorrect - violating parallelism - to increase .... to stabilize

SC's Question number - 993, 994

993). In archeology, there must be a balance between explanation of the value and workings of archeology, revealing the mysteries of past and present cultures, and to promote respect for archaeological sites.

A) between explanation of the value and workings of archeology, revealing the mysteries of past and present cultures, and to promote

B) among explaining the value and workings of archeology, revealing the mysteries of past and present cultures, and promoting

C) between explaining the value and workings of archeology, revealing the mysteries of past and present cultures, and when promoting

D) among explaining the value and workings of archeology, the revelation of the mysteries of past and present cultures, and to promote

E) between explaining archeology' s value and workings, in the revealing the mysteries of past and present cultures, and in promoting


994). According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College an University Business Officers, more than three times as many independent institutions of higher education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year than those that charge over $16,000.

A) than those that charge

B) than are charging

C) than to charge

D) as charge

E) as those charging


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993). B is the best choice - maintains parallelism - among explaining the value and workings of archaeology, revealing the mysteries of past and present cultures, and promoting
A, C, E - incorrect - incorrectly uses "between" - "Among" is used to compare three or more things...
D - incorrect - violates parallelism - among explaining the value and workings of archaeology, the revelation of the mysteries of past and present cultures, and to promote

994). E is the best choice - correct idiom- ..more than three times as many X charge Y as those charging Z..

SC's Question number - 995, 996

995). Nobody knows exactly how many languages there are in the world, partly because of the difficulty (of? ) distinguishing between a language and the sub-languages or dialects within it, but those who have tried to count typically have found about five thousand.

A) and the sub-languages or dialects within it, but those who have tried to count typically have found

B) and the sub-languages or dialects within them, with those who have tried counting typically finding

C) and the sub-languages or dialects within it, but those who have tried counting it typically find

D) or the sub-languages or dialects within them, but those who tried to count them typically found

E) or the sub-languages or dialects within them, with those who have tried to count typically finding

996). 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 it at 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.

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995). A is the best choice.

D, E - incorrect - "between A and B" - is the correct idiom.

B - incorrect - Plural "them" is incorrect. (a language - singular)

C - incorrect - "try ~ ing" is different from "try + to +Verb" . Here "try+to" should be used.

Note - the object of "count" is same as that of "knows", therefore it can be ommitted in Choice A.

996). D is the best choice according to me though 1000 SC's state E to be the best choice.

A, B, C - incorrect - incorrect comparison - workers are compared with package - comparison must be between "most severance packages" and "the automobile company's severance package."

E - incorrect - changes the meaning - "last day that they are scheduled to collect" creates confusion."To collect" is misplaced. E says "the last day that they are scheduled to collect," suggesting illogically that workers can be scheduled to collect a day.

Note - D uses "in order to." It is true that "in order to" is often considered wordy -- usually just "to" is enough. But "in order to" is correct here and it alone is not enough to eliminate an answer choice.

SC's Question number - 997, 998

997). Studying the fruit fly, a household nuisance but a time-honored experimental subject, has enabled the secrets of how embryos develop to begin to be unraveled by scientists.

A) Studying the fruit fly, a household nuisance but a time-honored experimental subject, has enabled the secrets of how embryos develop to begin to be unraveled by scientists.

B) By the study of the fruit fly, a household nuisance and also a time-honored experimental subject, it was possible for the secrets of how embryos develop to begin to be unraveled by scientists.

C) By studying a household nuisance but a time-honored experimental subject, the fruit fly enabled scientist to begin to unravel the secrets of how embryos develop.

D) By studying the fruit fly, a household nuisance and also a time-honored experimental subject, the secrets of how embryos develop are beginning to be unraveled by scientist.

E) The study of the fruit fly, a household nuisance but a time-honored experimental subject, has enabled scientist to begin to unravel the secrets of how embryos develop.


998). The Industrial Revolution, making it possible to mass-produce manufactured goods, was marked by their use of new machines, new energy sources, and new basic materials.

A) making it possible to mass-produce manufactured goods, was marked by their use of

B) making possible the mass production of manufactured goods, marked by the use of

C) which made it possible that manufactured goods were mass-produced, was marked by their using

D) which made possible the mass-production of manufactured goods, was marked by the use of

E) which made the mass production of manufactured goods possible and was marked by using


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997). E is the best choice.

A - incorrect - a household nuisance cannot study about the house fly.

B,C,D - incorrect - are passive.

998). D is the best choice.

A, C - incorrect - antecedent of their not clear.

B - incorrect - distorts the meaning.

SC's Question number - 1000, 999

1000). Japan's abundant rainfall and the typically mild temperature throughout most of the country have produced a lush vegetation cover and, despite the mountainous terrain and generally poor soils, it has made possible the raising of a variety of crops.

A) it has made possible the raising of

B) has made possible fro them to raise

C) have made it possible to raise

D) have made it possible for raising

E) thus making it possible for them to raise

999). In January 1994 an oil barge ran aground off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, leaking its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of the city's beaches.

A) leaking its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of

B) with its cargo of its cargo of 750000 gallons leaking into the ocean, and it polluted

C) and its cargo of its cargo of 750000 gallons leaked into the ocean, polluting

D) while it leaked its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean and caused the pollution of

E) so that its cargo of 750000 gallons leaked into the ocean, and they were polluting


Answers -

1000). C is the best choice.

A, B - incorrect - Subject "Japan's abundant rainfall and the typically mild temperature" is plural and hence `have' is required as plural verb.

E - incorrect - violating parallelism -- making . Verb forms for a particular subject in a sentence should be similar --- produced.... made

D - incorrect - wrong idiom - raising of is different meaning from to raise and is not a correct idiom here.

999). C - this question I personally feel has a typing mistake.....it should be and its cargo of 750000 gallons leaked into the ocean, polluting ... hence ignoring the typo, least bad answer is C ---

A - incorrect - use of while incorrect

Gmat Sentence Correction 95, 96

95). For members of the seventeenth-century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment, a method to protect
warriors against enemy arrows and spears.

(A) a method to protect

(B) as a method protecting

(C) protecting

(D) as a protection of

(E) to protect

96). Scientists have observed large concentrations of heavy-metal deposits in the upper twenty centimeters of Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there.

(A) Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

(B) Baltic Sea sediments, where the growth of industrial activity is consistent with these findings

(C) Baltic Sea sediments, findings consistent with its growth of industrial activity

(D) sediments from the Baltic Sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial activity in the area

(E) sediments from the Baltic Sea, consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

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95). C is the best choice.
A, B -- incorrect - subject verb agreement - singular "method" refers to the plural "items of military equipment."
D -- incorrect - "protection" cannot substitute for any prior noun in the sentence. Also this choice ends the sentence with a prepositional phrase which is incorrect.
E -- incorrect - run on sentence - has a comma splice splitting at the end two independent clauses making it a run-on sentence.

96). D is the best choice.
A -- incorrect - relative pronoun "which" incorrectly refers to "Baltic Sea sediments"
B -- incorrect - "these" refers to what?
C -- incorrect - "its" has no clear referrent
E -- incorrect - What is consistent with the growth of
industrial activity there ? The Baltic sea sediments ? The large concentrations of heavy metal deposits?

Gmat SEntence Correction 93, 94

93). As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, it would be rated about 20/500. or legally blind if it were an adult with such vision.

(A) As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, it would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind if it were an adult with such vision.

(B) A baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision that would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind as an adult

(C) As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb, its rudimentary sense of vision would be rated about 20/500; qualifying it to be legally blind if an adult

(D) A baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision that would be rated about 20/500; an adult with such vision would be deemed legally blind.

(E) As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb, its rudimentary sense of vision, which would deemed legally blind for an adult, would be rated about 20/500.

94). The cameras of the Voyager II spacecraft detected six small, previously unseen moons circling Uranus, which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting the distant planet

(A) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting

(B) doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known to orbit

(C) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known in orbit around

(D) doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting

(E) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known that orbit

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93). D is the best choice.
A -- incorrect - seems to state that the newborn baby, rather than its sense of vision, would be rated 20/500.
B, E -- incorrect - use awkward and ambiguous phrasing that suggests that the sense of vision, rather than an adult with 20/500 vision, would be considered legally blind.
C -- incorrect - incorrectly uses the semicolon, which should separate independent clauses, to set off a verb phrase. The phrase if an adult in C is also illogical, since it states that a baby could also be an adult.

94). B is the best choice.
A, C, E -- incorrect - "which" wrongly refers to "Uranus"
D -- incorrect - "known to": when we want to talk about some fact that people have learned "known as": when we want to talk about the name of somebody or something or its definition ... hence D is wrong.

Gmat Sentence Correction 91, 92

91). 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

92). 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


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91). C is the best choice.
A, B -- incorrect - subject verb agreement - plural verb "have" does not agree with singular subject "number".
D, E -- incorrect - unidiomatic - "up to" is wrong, correct idiom is "from x to y"

92). B is the best choice -- maintaining parallelism required among and within the three main verb phrases - defending, acting... sounding, and scouting
A, C, D, E -- incorrect - violating parallelism.

Gmat Sentence Correction 89, 90

89). John Smith provides information on the conditions that lead women to a gynecologist, and he notes that these conditions can, and sometimes are, used in the promotion of surgery which is not needed.

(A) and he notes that these conditions can, and sometimes are, used in the promotion of surgery which is not needed

(B) noting that these conditions can be, and sometimes are, used to promote needless surgery

(C) and notes that they could and sometimes are used unnecessarily in promoting surgery

(D) sometimes promoting needless surgery

(E) which they use sometimes to promote unnecessary surgery

90). Machines replacing human labor, there was wide anticipation that the workweek would continue to become shorter.

(A) Machines replacing human labor, there was wide anticipation that

(B) When machines replaced human labor, there was wide anticipation

(C) As machines replaced human labor, it was widely anticipated that

(D) Insofar as machines replaced human labor, it was widely anticipated

(E) Human labor being replaced by machines, there was wide anticipation that

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89). B is the best choice.
A - incorrect - wordy...Further "can be (used) and sometimes are used"..omits "be"
C, E - incorrect - ambiguous "they"
D - incorrect - who promotes needless surgery ?...not clear....Conditions or John Smith?

90). Best choice C - only choice to use past tense correctly throughout.
Why It is right in this choice, the link below explains ...

http://gmat-grammar.blogspot.com/2006/07/it-as-subject-of-sentence.html

Gmat Sentence Correction 87, 88

87). It takes a deft balance between savings discipline, investment knowledge, risk taking, luck, and time to raise a million dollars through investments.

(A) It takes a deft balance between

(B) Deft balancing is needed between

(C) Deftly balanced, it takes

(D) It takes a deft balance of

(E) A deft balance is what one needs among

88). Last year, land values in most parts of the pinelands rose almost so fast, and in some parts even faster than what they did outside the pinelands.

(A) so fast, and in some parts even faster than what they did

(B) so fast, and in some parts even faster than, those

(C) as fast, and in some parts even faster than, those

(D) as fast as, and in some parts even faster than, those

(E) as fast as, and in some parts even faster than what they did


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87). D is the best choice.
A, B - incorrect - usage of between is wrong here...."between" is used when we consider only two objects. Further correct idiom is "balance of"
C - incorrect - Awkward.....Deftly balanced seems to modify the full sentence
E - incorrect - Changes the meaning (deft balance among a, b and c ) ---"among" incorrect here, we need "of" here.
"Deft balance of" is not same as "Deft balance among"
E suggests that "Deft balance" is the only required object among all the other objects "savings discipline, investment knowledge, risk taking, luck and time" ...which is incorrect.

88). D - correct - idiomatic
Comparison in this sentence is between the most parts of pineland and parts outside the pineland.
A, B, C - incorrect - correct idioms are "as...as" and "so..that"
E - incorrect - "they" referring to what ?

Gmat Sentence Correction 85, 86

85). Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to something ingested, but in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.

(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy

(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food

(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or delinquent to an allergy to some food

(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior

(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior

86). The voluminous personal papers of Thomas Alva Edison reveal that his inventions typically sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly from previous works.

(A) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly

(B) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but were slowly evolved

(C) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly

(D) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but had slowly evolved

(E) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but they were slowly evolved

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85). B is the correct answer.
A, C, E - incorrect - "in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior" is modifying perpetrators which is not correct because the defense attorneys are attributing behavior to food allergies.
D - incorrect - doesn't identifies the attributors at all.

86). C is the correct answer - Parallelism - ...not...but..
A, B - incorrect - violating parallelism - right form...not in....but in...
D - incorrect - wrong tense
E - incorrect - passive

Gmat Sentence Correction 83, 84

83). Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured the preparation of great quantities of ceremonial food, the wearing of many layers of colorful clothing adorned with silver, and the recounting of traditional tribal jokes and stories.

(A) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured

(B) Festivals were held in Aho, a Kiowa matriarchs home, which featured

(C) Aho, who was a Kiowa matriarch in her home, held festivals featuring

(D) In her home, Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals that featured

(E) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home that featured

84). An array of tax incentives has led to a boom in the construction of new office buildings; so abundant has capital been for commercial real estate that investors regularly scour the country for areas in which to build.

(A) so abundant has capital been for commercial real estate that

(B) capital has been so abundant for commercial real estate, so that

(C) the abundance of capital for commercial real estate has been such,

(D) such has the abundance of capital been for commercial real estate that

(E) such has been an abundance of capital for commercial real estate,


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83). D is the best answer.
A - incorrect - referent of "they" is not present or in other words is unclear
B - incorrect - Aho, a Kiowa matriarchs home, makes it wrong as Aho is Kiowa matriarch and not the home
C - incorrect - is unnecessarily wordy -- "who was" part
E - incorrect - ambiguous - not clear whether the festival or the home featured the preparation.

84). Choice A is the correct answer.
B - incorrect - there is repetition of "so" as such it is illogical,
C, E - incorrect - "that" has been omitted which makes both the choices grammatically incorrect.
D - incorrect - seperation of "has" and "been" is vague and incorrect.
C, D ,E - incorrect - "such" seems to convey the meaning "of a kind" and it is not stressing "abundant" as it should do otherwise.

Gmat Sentence Correction 81, 82

81). Despite the recent election of a woman to the office of prime minister, the status of women in Pakistan is little changed from how it was in the last century.

(A) is little changed from how it was

(B) is a little change from how it was

(C) has changed little

(D) has changed little from how it has been

(E) is little changed from the way it was

82). Although the lesser cornstalk borer is widely distributed, control of them is necessary only in the South.

(A) the lesser cornstalk borer is widely distributed, control of them is

(B) widely distributed, measures to control the lesser cornstalk borer are

(C) widely distributed, lesser cornstalk borer control is

(D) the lesser cornstalk borer is widely distributed, measures to control it are

(E) it is widely distributed, control of the lesser cornstalk borer is

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81). C is the best choice.
A, B, D, E - incorrect - "it" referring to what? is it the status of women in the last century or something else in the last century that we compare the current women status with.
A, B, E - incorrect - "little changed" is incorrect..(little changed means changed to some extent but not
much....whereas...changed little implies did not changed at all)
B - incorrect - use of "is" (present tense) is incorrect
D - incorrect - sentence says "last century" so "how it has been" is unnecessary to state.

82). D is the best choice.
A - incorrect - "them" is refering to "lesser cornstalk borer" so must be singular.
B - incorrect - "widely distrbuted" is modifying "measures" , should modify "the lesser cornstalk borer".
C - incorrect - changing the meaning - suggests that lesser cornstalk borer control is widely distributed instead of lesser cornstalk borer.
E - incorrect - "it" referring to what ? "lesser cornstalk borer"or "control"