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


Answers --

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