Recently, several advertisers have withdrawn their advertisements from Magazine X, claiming that it was due to the fact that the editorial board of the magazine had decided to change the image that the magazine portrays from one of family values to one concerned more with sex and violence. Surely this indicates that the decision-makers in advertising companies do still have a sense of moral propriety that occasionally drives their actions.
Which of the following, if true, would strengthen this conclusion?

 The advertisers regularly review the placement of their advertisements.

 It is a rare event for several advertisers to withdraw all their advertisements simultaneously from a publication.

 The advertisers, when questioned, admitted that their clients would lose revenue as a result of the advertisements being withdrawn.

 The advertisers all placed new advertisements with other publications that emphasised family values.

 A survey of the readership of Magazine X suggested that the majority of the readership think that the standard of the magazine’s contents had falled since its transformation.

Caesarea was Herod’s city, founded as a Romanized counterweight to Hebraic Jerusalem, and being such it was regarded with loathing by the devout.

a) being such
b) as such
c) for this
d) so
e) so being

Since the movie was released, seventeen UFOs have been sighted in the state, which is more than had been sighted in the past ten years together.

a. which is more than had been sighted
b. more than had been sighted
c. more than they had sighted
d. more than had reported sightings
e. which is more than had reported sightings

In its most recent approach, the comet Crommelin passed the Earth at about the same distance and in about the same position, some 25 degrees above the horizon, that Halley’s comet will pass the next time it appears.

(A) that Halley’s comet will pass

(B) that Halley’s comet is to be passing

(C) as Halley’s comet

(D) as will Halley’s comet

(E) as Halley’s comet will do

Hotco oil burners, designed to be used in asphalt plants, are so efficient that Hotco will sell one to the Clifton Asphalt plant for no payment other than the cost savings between the total amount the asphalt plant actually paid for oil using its former burner during the last two years and the total amount it will pay for oil using the Hotco burner during the next two years. On installation, the plant will make an estimated payment, which will be adjusted after two years to equal the actual cost savings.

Which of the following, if it occurred, would consti tute a disadvantage for Hotco of the plan described above?
(A) Another manufacturer’s introduction to the market of a similarly efficient burner

(B) The Clifton Asphalt plant’s need for more than one new burner

(C) Very poor efficiency in the Clifton Asphalt plant’s old burner

(D) A decrease in the demand for asphalt

(E) A steady increase in the price of oil beginning soon after the new burner is installed

Herself the mother of seven children, Mrs. New- land discusses the care of infants in very helpful ways.

A) Herself
B) Herself being
C) In that she is herself
D) Because of being herself
E) Being herself

The strength of a carbon-chlorine bond is stronger than that of a carbon-bromine bond, which is in turn greater than a carbon-iodine bond.

A) which is in turn greater than
B) which is in turn stronger than
C) that is in turn greater than
D) that is in turn stronger than
E) in turn stronger than

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By the time of Fidelio, it became clear that Beethoven’s dramatic and emotionally based composition had revolutionised the structure of classical music itself.

A) became clear
B) clarified
C) had clarified
D) had become clarified
E) had become clear

The only purpose for which a particular type of tape is needed is to hold certain surgical wounds closed for ten days—the maximum time such wounds need tape. Newtape is a new brand of this type of tape.
Newtape’s salespeople claim that Newtape will improve healing because Newtape adheres twice as long as the currently used tape does.
Which of the following statements, if true, would most seriously call into question the claim made by Newtape’s salespeople?
(A) Most surgical wounds take about ten days to heal.
(B) Most surgical tape is purchased by hospitals and clinics rather than by individual surgeons.
(C) The currently used tape’s adhesiveness is more than sufficient to hold wounds closed for ten
days.
(D) Neither Newtape nor the currently used tape adheres well to skin that has not been cleaned.
(E) Newtape’s adhesion to skin that has been coated with a special chemical preparation is
only half as good as the currently used tape’s adhesion to such coated skin.

According to Herbert Essame, Patton might have accomplished more had he not been held In check his superiors, Alexander in the Mediterranean and isenower in Europe.

had he not been held in check by his superiors

had his superiors not held him in check

if his superiors had not held him in check

if he was not held in check by his superiors

when not held in check by his superiors

Rather than taking intentions into account, Piaget and other researchers have shown that young children focus on the consequences of behavior.
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  Rather than taking intentions into account, Piaget and other researchers have shown that young children focus on the conse-quences of behavior.

  Rather than take intentions into account, Piaget and other researchers have shown that young children focus on the conse-quences of behavior.

  Piaget and other researchers have shown that, rather than take intentions into account, young children focus on the consequences of behavior.

  Young children focus on the consequences of behavior rather than taking intentions into account, Piaget and other researchers have shown.

  Focusing on the consequences of behavior rather than taking intentions into account is what young children do, Piaget and other researchers have shown.

An advert for InterNex Internet service states: “At InterNex we’ve assembled a fantastic line-up of top-celebrities writing exclusively for you! Now you can pose questions directly to Sarah Cane our Agony Aunt, catch up on all the latest games and gadgets with Craig Boone, and get in the ‘Back of the Net’ with Gordon Petersen our Football correspondent, debate the ethics behind the news with Joan Fern, plus enjoy a whole host of other top celebrities and online star interviews.”
The impact of this advertisement would be lessened by all of the following EXCEPT:

 A survey shows that 90% of members of the public have never heard of Joan Fern.

 One of the celebrities listed admitted in a newspaper article that he/she had never heard of InterNex.

 The people at whom this advert is targeted would probably never use the phrase “Back of the Net”.

 Craig Boone provides services publicly for a rival Internet service.

 The people at whom the advert is targeted are not generally interested in football or debating ethics.Â

The bus stop outside New Malden police station is visited by the 131 and 265 buses. A 131 bus stops there at exactly 4p.m. What can we conclude about the people waiting at the stop at 4.01p.m. the same afternoon?

I    They are probably not waiting for a 131 but we can’t be sure.
II   They are probably waiting for a 265.
III  They are definitely not waiting for a 131.

 I only
 II only
 III only
 I and II
 II and III Â

With total sales of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer new subscribers than last year, the New England Theater Company is in danger of losing its building.

a. of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
b. lower than three hundred thousand dollars and less
c. lesser than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
d. fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and less
e. of fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and of fewer

A recent study of ancient clay deposits has provided new evidence supporting the theory of global forest fires ignited by a meteorite impact that contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs and many other creatures some 65 million years ago.

(A) supporting the theory of global forest fires ignited by a meteorite impact that

(B) supporting the theory that global forest fires ignited by a meteorite impact

(C) that supports the theory of global forest fires that were ignited by a meteorite impact and that

(D) in support of the theory that global forest fires were ignited by a meteorite impact and that

(E) of support for the theory of a meteorite impact that ignited global forest fires and

The development of a new jumbo rocket that isÂ

expected to carry the United States into its nextÂ

phase of space exploration will be able to deliver aÂ

heavier load of instruments into orbit than the spaceÂ

shuttle and at a lower cost.

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(A) The development of a new jumbo rocket that is

expected to carry the United States into its

next phase of space exploration will be able

to deliver a heavier load of instruments into

orbit than the space shuttle and at a lower

cost.

(B) The development of a new jumbo rocket is

expected to carry the United States into its

next phase of space exploration and be able

to deliver a heavier load of instruments into

orbit at a lower cost than the space shuttle.

(C) The new development of a jumbo rocket, which

is expected to carry the United States into its

next phase of space exploration, will be able

to deliver a heavier load of instruments into

orbit at a lower cost than the space shuttle.

(D) A newly developed jumbo rocket, which is

expected to carry the United States into its

next phase of space exploration, will be able

to deliver a heavier load of instruments into

orbit than the space shuttle can, and at a

lower cost.

(E) A newly developed jumbo rocket, which is

expected to carry the United States into its

next phase of space exploration, will be able

to deliver a heavier load of instruments into

orbit than the space shuttle and to cost less.

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Unlike modern feminism, which derives much of its strength from rejection of an oppressive home, Marietta Holley in her novels made domesticity the basis of women’s liberation.

Unlike modern feminism, which derives much of its strength from rejection of an oppressive home, Marietta Holley in her novels

Unlike the modern feminist who derives much of her strength from rejection of an oppressive home, Marietta Holley’ s novels

Unlike modern feminism, deriving much of its strength from rejection of an oppressive home, Marietta Holley’s novels

Unlike those of the modern feminist who derives much of her strength from rejectionof an oppressive home, novels of Marietta Holley

Unlike those of modern feminism, which derive much of their strength from rejection of an oppressive home, Marietta Holley’ s novels

According to Interstudy, a nonprofit organization

that studies health maintenance organizations

(HMO’s), they estimate that, in comparison to lastÂ

year, when only 36 percent of the nation’s 607Â

HMO’s was profitable, this year 73 percent will be.

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(A) they estimate that, in comparison to last year,

when only 36 percent of the nation’s 607

HMO’s was profitable, this year 73 percent

will be

(B) compared to only 36 percent of the nation’s 607

HMO’s being profitable last year, they esti-

mate 73 percent would be this year

(C) only 36 percent of the nation’s 607 HMO’s were

profitable last year; it estimates that this year

73 percent will be

(D) it estimates 73 percent of the nation’s 607

HMO’s would be profitable this year; last

year that was only 36 percent

(E) only 36 percent of the nation’s 607 HMO’s last

year were profitable, whereas they estimate it

         this year to be 73 percent

Can someone give me the answer and some explanation for the following problem:

Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves.

(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves.

(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the state’s economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves

(C) fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after oil reserves are exhausted

(D) fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after exhausting its oil reserves

(E) fund that they intend to sustain the state’s economy after oil reserves are exhausted.

Gifted as a painter, Andrew Wyeth is a master at depicting people and places.

a) Gifted as a painter

b) Being a gifted painter

c) A gifted painter

d) Because he is gifted as a painter

e) As a painter who is gifted