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GMAT Sentences TEST 2

100 questions

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101. Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from “a fair cross section of the community.”

(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be

(B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being

(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be（A）

(E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being

102. Although the term “psychopath” is popularly applied to an especially brutal criminal, in psychology it is someone who is apparently incapable of feeling compassion or the pangs of conscience.

(A) it is someone who is

(B) it is a person

(D) it refers to someone who is（D）

(E) it is in reference to people

103. American productivity is declining in relation to Europe’s; the energy expended per unit of production in the United States is as much as twice that expended in West Germany.

(A) as much as twice that expended in West Germany

(B) as much as twice that of West Germany’s expenditure

(D) up to two times what West Germans expended（A）

(E) up to double the West German expenditure

104. Among the cossacks, vegetable farming was once so despised that it was forbidden on pain of death.

(A) so despised that it was

(B) so despised to be

(D) despised enough that it was（A）

(E) despised enough as to be

105. Among the emotions on display in the negotiating room were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal.

(A) were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal

(B) was anger for repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal

(D) was anger about the issue, which was raised over and over, and preventing the wounds from earlier battles, still raw, to begin healing（B）

(E) were anger about the issue, which was raised repeatedly, and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin to heal

106. Among the objects found in the excavated temple were small terra-cotta effigies left by supplicants who were either asking the goddess Bona Dea’s aid in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help.

(A) in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help

(B) in healing physical and mental ills and to thank her for helping

(D) to heal physical and mental ills or to thank her for such help（A）

(E) to heal physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help

107. Among the reasons for the decline of New England agriculture in the last three decades were the high cost of land, the pressure of housing and commercial development, and basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and California.

(A) basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and California

(B) basing a marketing and distribution system on the imported produce of Florida and California

(D) a marketing and distribution system based on importing produce from Florida and California（D）

(E) a marketing and distribution system importing produce from Florida and California as its base

108. 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

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

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

109. An artistic presence of the first order, one frequently ranked with Picasso, Stravinsky, and James Joyce, Martha Graham was acclaimed as a great dancer long before her innovative masterworks made her the most honored of American choreographers.

(A) Martha Graham was acclaimed as

(B) Martha Graham was acclaimed to be

(D) Martha Graham’s acclaim to be（A）

(E) Martha Graham’s acclaim was in being

110. An attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, begun almost two decades ago, has been unsuccessful despite efforts by many important groups, including the National Organization for Women.

(A) to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, begun almost two decades ago,

(B) begun almost two decades ago, for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment

(D) at ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment, begun almost two decades ago,（A）

(E) that has begun almost two decades ago to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment

111. An inventory equal to 90 days sales is as much as even the strongest businesses carry, and then only as a way to anticipate higher prices or ensure against shortages.

(A) as much as even

(B) so much as even

(D) even as much that（A）

(E) even so much that

112. An unusually strong cyclist can, it is hoped, provide enough power to set a new distance record for human-powered aircraft in MIT’s diaphanous construction of graphite fiber and plastic.

(A) can, it is hoped, provide enough power to set

(B) it is hoped, can provide enough power that will set

(D) is hopeful to set（A）

(E) hopes setting

113. Analysts blamed May’s sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture.

(A) colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed

(B) which was colder and wetter than usual in some regions, slowing

(D) being colder and wetter than usually in some regions, slowing（B）

(E) having been colder and wetter than was usual in some regions and slowed

114. Ancient Romans found it therapeutic to bathe in cold milk, in strawberries that had been crushed, or in bathtubs filled with black caviar.

(A) to bathe in cold milk, in strawberries that had been crushed, or in bathtubs filled with black caviar

(B) that they bathe in cold milk, in strawberries that had been crushed, or in caviar that was black

(D) that they bathe in cold milk, crushed strawberries, or black caviar（C）

(E) to bathe in milk , strawberries, or caviar

115. Any medical test will sometimes fail to detect a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one when it is not.

(A) a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one

(B) when a condition is present and indicate that there is one

(D) when a condition is present and indicate its presence（C）

(E) the presence of a condition when it is there and indicate its presence

116. Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice, which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried to keep from being stolen by invaders.

(A) to keep from

(B) to keep it from

(D) in order that it would avoid（B）

(E) in order to keep from

117. Architects and stonemasons, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without benefit of the wheel or animal transport.

(A) huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without benefit of the wheel or animal transport

(B) without the benefits of animal transport or the wheel, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya

(D) there were built, without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport, huge palace and temple clusters by the Maya（C）

(E) were the Maya who, without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport, built huge palace and temple clusters

118. Art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form.

(A) be generated if a portion of the capital would have been

(B) have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been

(D) be generated if a portion of the capital was（C）

(E) be generated if a portion of the capital had been

119. Artificial intelligence emerged during the late 1950’s as an academic discipline based on the assumption that computers are able to be programmed to think like people.

(A) are able to be programmed to think like people

(B) were able to be programmed to think as people

(D) could be programmed to think like people（D）

(E) are capable of being programmed to think like people do

120. 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.（D）

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

121. As a result of medical advances, many people that might at one time have died as children of such infections as diphtheria, pneumonia, or rheumatic fever now live well into old age.

(A) that might at one time have died as children

(B) who might once have died in childhood

(D) who in childhood might have at one time died（B）

(E) who, when they were children, might at one time have died

122. As a result of the continuing decline in the birth rate, less people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than did in the 1960’s and 1970’s, a twenty year period during which people born after the war swelled the ranks of workers.

(A) less people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than

(B) less people will be entering the labor force in the 1980’s as

(D) fewer people will be entering the labor force in the 1980’s as（E）

(E) fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than

123. As a result of the ground-breaking work of Barbara McClintock, many scientists now believe that all of the information encoded in 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely three percent of the cell’s DNA.

(A) 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely

(B) 50,000 to 100,000 of the human cell’s different genes are contained in a mere

(D) 50,000 to 100,000 of human cell’s different genes is contained in merely（E）

(E) the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in a human cell is contained in a mere

124. As business grows more complex, students majoring in specialized areas like those of finance and marketing have been becoming increasingly successful in the job market.

(A) majoring in specialized areas like those of finance and marketing have been becoming increasingly

(B) who major in such specialized areas as finance and marketing are becoming more and more

(D) who major in specialized areas like those of finance and marketing have been becoming more and more（B）

(E) having majored in such specialized areas as finance and marketing are being increasingly