SC's Question number - 947, 948

947). Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible.

(A) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible.

(B) Good eating habits sometimes fail to be maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts caused by desiring to be as thin as possible.

(C) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, good eating habits are sometimes not maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts.

(D) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits.

(E) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits because they desire to be as thin as possible


948). A discussion of our nation's foreign policy must begin with the fact of there being an independent Western Europe which now thinks of itself in trans-nationalist terms.

(A) A discussion of our nation's foreign policy must begin with the fact of there being

(B) Beginning any discussion of our nation's foreign policy must be the fact of there being

(C) Any discussion of our nation's foreign policy must begin with the fact that there is

(D) Any discussion of our nation's foreign policy must begin by acknowledging the existence of

(E) To begin discussing our nation's foreign policy there must be an acknowledgment of the fact that


Answers --

947). OA - D

A - incorrect - illogically suggests - the desire to be as thin as possible causes a failure to maintain good eating habits

A, B - incorrect - passive

C - incorrect - illogically suggests that good eating habits are the one to desire.

E - incorrect - they ambiguous - refers to eating habits or ballet dancers ?.

NOTE : Because.... is right - clearly acting as a subordinate clause to an independent clause.


948). OA - D - most concise and clear.

A, B - incorrect - use of being

C - incorrect - wordy - with the fact that there is
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E - incorrect - wordy