Saturday, February 02, 2008

SC's Question number - 789 , 790

789). The new regulations mandate that a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue the same insurance at their own expense for a specified period.

(A) that a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue


(B) companies to allow their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage that they can continue


(C) that a company allow its retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue


(D) companies allowing a retiring employee whose group health care coverage would otherwise be lost the continuation of

(E) companies to allow a retiring employee whose group health care coverage would otherwise be lost he continuation of

790). The number of mountain gorillas is declining
with such rapidity that the population is one-half in the twenty years between a count made by George Schaller in 1960 and the one made by Dian Fossey in 1980.

(A) with such rapidity that the population is one-half


(B) with such rapidity that the population was one-half


(C) so rapidly the population divided in half


(D) so rapidly that the population was halved


(E) in such rapidity that the population is halved



Answers:


789). OA - C

A - incorrect - ...a company(singular)....their(plural)...

B, D, E - incorrect - subjunctive so require that


790) . OA - D - idiomatic - ...so+adjective/ adverb+that..

A, B, E - incorrect - unidiomatic - ..such rapidity

C - incorrect - changes the meaning - wrongly suggests that the population divided in half

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