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  1. Several senior officials spoke to the press on condition that they not be named in the story.
    A.that they not be named
    B. that their names will not be used
    C. that their names are not used
    D. of not being named
    E. they will not be named
  2. According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s.
    A.modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the
        body like his wife’s
    B. modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and
        the body after that of his wife
    C. modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the
        body like his wife
    D. made the face of the statue after his mother and the body
        after his wife
    E. made the face of the statue look like his mother and the
        body look like his wife
  3. Although just inside the orbit of Jupiter, amateur astronomers with good telescopes should be able to see the comet within the next few weeks.
    A.Although just inside the orbit of
    B. Although it is just inside the orbit of
    C. Just inside the orbit of
    D. Orbiting just inside
    E. Having orbited just inside
  4. Under Napoleon the French were not able to organize an adequate supply system, and it was a major cause of the failure of their invasion of Russia.
    A.Under Napoleon the French were not able to organize an
        adequate supply system, and it
    B. The French being unable to organize an adequate supply
        system under Napoleon
    C. For the French under Napoleon, to be unable to organize
        an adequate supply system
    D. The inability of the French under Napoleon to organize
        an adequate supply system
    E. The French inability under Napoleon of organizing an
        adequate supply system
  5. To help preserve ancient Egyptian monuments threatened by high water tables, a Swedish engineering firm has proposed installing pumps, perhaps solar powered, to lower the underground water level and dig trenches around the bases of the stone walls.
    A.to lower the underground water level and dig trenches
    B. to lower the underground water level and to dig trenches
    C. to lower the underground water level and digging
         trenches
    D. that lower the underground water level and that trenches
        be dug
    E. that lower the underground water level and trench
        digging
  1. When rates were raised in 1985, postal service officials predicted they would make further rate increases unnecessary for at least three years.
    A. they would make further rate increases unnecessary
    B. they would mean that further rate increases would not be
         needed
    C. that it would not be necessary for further rate increases
    D. that the increase would make further rate increases
         unnecessary
    E. further rate increases will not be needed
  2. A Labor Department study states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more that a thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.
    A.numbers of women employed outside the home grew by
        more that a thirty-five percent increase
    B. numbers of women employed outside the home grew
         more than thirty-five percent
    C. numbers of women employed outside the home were
         raised by more than thirty-five percent
    D. number of women employed outside the home increased
         by more than thirty-five percent
    E. number of women employed outside the home was raised
        by more than a thirty-five percent increase
  3. The first decision for most tenants living in a building undergoing being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign a no-buy pledge with the other tenants.
    A.being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign
    B. being converted to cooperative ownership is whether
         they should be signing
    C. being converted to cooperative ownership is whether or
         not they sign
    D. conversion to cooperative ownership is if to sign
    E. conversion to cooperative ownership is whether to sign
  4. The end of the eighteenth century saw the emergence of prize-stock breeding, with individual bulls and cows receiving awards, fetching unprecedented prices, and excited enormous interest whenever they were put on show.
    A. excited
    B. it excited
    C. exciting
    D. would excite
    E. it had excited
  5. Of all the possible disasters that threaten American agriculture, the possibility of an adverse change in climate is maybe the more difficult for analysis.
    A. is maybe the more difficult for analysis
    B. is probably the most difficult to analyze
    C. is maybe the most difficult for analysis
    D. is probably the more difficult to analyze
    E. is, it may be, the analysis that is most difficult
     

Answers

  1. A. Subjunctive Structure-a verb following such verbs as suggest, demand, recommend etc. or nouns as condition, suggestion, recommendation (+ that) is in a base form  ( be, do, have, ask, love etc.). Only A follows the rule.
  2. B. Idiom: model....after , that’s it. However, as you can remember, a sentence correction choice has to be wrong at least for a reason. You’ll see that C, D & E are all wrong in terms of comparative since they illogically state that the face and the body of the statue look like his mother and his wife (not his mother’s face and his wife’s body) respectively. Read more on our comparative review.
  3. B. Upon reading the question, you should ask yourself “Who/What is in the orbit of Jupiter?” and “Who/What are using the telescopes?”. If you think (incorrectly that) both are the same, you can leave the noun in the leading clause. If you think (correctly) that both are different things, you need a noun in the leading clause. The latter results in the sentence like B only. All choices except B suggest that the astronomers are in the orbit of Jupiter.
  4. C. There’s no strict rule to govern here, but we can eliminate one choice in a time. First of all, notice the pronouns, “it” and “their”. They must help you something.  Choice A. What does it refer to? If you say nothing, it is somehow inappropriate here. So eliminate A. Choice B. Always remember that in ETS sense, “being”, in most cases, including this one, is redundant. Jump to Choices D and E. What does their refer to? The only noun stated in the leading portion is the inability (of the French under Napoleon) so that their refers logically to nothing. C is the best.
  5. C. The problem of parallelism. You know that? But can you distinguish? The parallel structure here are (the firm has proposed) installing.....and digging...... Also notice that “to lower....” is to modify installing so it is not part of the parallel structure.
  6. D. In standard writing, don’t leave that after predict. You have only C and D then. But C has no logical noun reference for it.
  7. D. Two topics you have to consider. (1) the number or the numbers. You’re wrong if you choose the former. Our logic is that the number is correct since it refers to a specific figure i.e.,, 500, 250.5 etc. Eliminate A - C. (2) The problem of redundancy. Raise and increase mean the same. Use only one. You have D left now.
  8. E. Formal writing requires that you use whether instead of if. Eliminate A & D. Being is redundant. Eliminate A - C. That’s it.
  9. C. Parallelism again, but a lot easier. The structure are receiving, fetching and exciting.
  10. B. Obviously, you can eliminate A & D with the more difficult. You need a superlative comparative here. To analyze not for analysis is the appropriate idiom. Eliminate C, while E is awkward.

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