1000 Real gmat sentence Correction Questions

145. 
     Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one that they believe is a type previously unknown to science.
     

(A) that they believe is

(B) that they believe it to be

(C) they believe that it is of

(D) they believe that is（E）

(E) they believe to be of

146. 
     Astronomers studying the newly discovered star say that it provides clues about our galaxy’s origin, that it may supply data about how fast our galaxy is expanding, and moreover it is perhaps the most distant star in the entire Milky Way.
     

(A) about how fast our galaxy is expanding, and moreover it is perhaps

(B) regarding the speed our galaxy expands at; moreover, they think it may be

(C) about how fast our galaxy expands and perhaps be

(D) on the galaxy’s expansion rate and perhaps（E）

(E) about how fast our galaxy is expanding, and that it is perhaps

147. 
     At a recent session, the French government has decided that Paris needs a second, larger opera house to complement the famous Paris Opera.
     

(A) has decided that Paris needs

(B) decided that Paris needs

(C) has decided that Paris will need

(D) decided that Paris has a need of（B）

(E) has decided that Paris needed

148. 
     At a time when it was unusual to do it, Dorothy Sterling wrote about such major figures of Black history as Harriet Tubman and W. E. B. Du Bois.
     

(A) it was unusual to do it

(B) it was unusual to do so

(C) doing that was unusual

(D) that was an unusual thing to be doing（B）

(E) it was not usual to do

149. 
     At ground level, ozone is a harmful pollutant, but in the stratosphere it shields the Earth from the most biologically harmful radiation emitted by the Sun, radiation in the ultraviolet band of the spectrum.
     

(A) in the stratosphere

(B) in the stratosphere, in which

(C) it is in the stratosphere in which

(D) in the stratosphere where（A）

(E) it is in the stratosphere and

150. 
     At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls’ high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level.
     

(A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are

(B) where they have 49 percent of the household incomes

(C) where 49 percent of the household incomes are

(D) which has 49 percent of the household incomes（C）

(E) in which 49 percent of them have household incomes

151. 
     At the beginning of the year, the city allocated $150 million to cover the increase in wages that it expected to approve as a result of negotiations with the municipal labor unions.
     

(A) increase in wages that it expected to approve as a result of negotiations

(B) increased wages it expected to approve from negotiations

(C) increasing wages expected to be approved as a result of negotiating

(D) negotiated increases in wages it expected to approve（A）

(E) increases expected to be approved in wages from negotiating

152. 
     At the invitation of Kwame Nkrumah, W. E. B. Du Bois settled in Gharla and became the editor of the Encyclopedia Africana.
     

(A) At the invitation of

(B) When he was invited by

(C) An invitation coming from

(D) An invitation that came from（A）

(E) After having an invitation by

153. 
     At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.
     

(A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards

(B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards

(C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership

(D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards（A）

(E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards

154. 
     Automation has undermined the traditional position of labor as much by robbing workers of the special Skills that were once their most important strength than by the elimination of jobs.
     

(A) than by the elimination of jobs

(B) rather than by the elimination of a job

(C) than by eliminating jobs

(D) as by the elimination of a job（E）

(E) as by eliminating jobs

155. 
     Aviation officials have not only failed to determine the cause of the crash, but they have also ignored demands by the pilots union that the investigation should be expedited.
     

(A) crash, but they have also ignored demands by the pilots union that the investigation should be expedited

(B) crash but also ignored demands by the pilots union that the investigation be expedited

(C) crash but have ignored demands for expediting the investigation by the pilots’ union

(D) crash, but they are also ignoring the pilots’ union’s demands to expedite the investigation（B）

(E) crash: the demands by the pilots’ union that the investigation should be expedited have also been ignored

156. 
     Balding is much more common among White males than males of other races.
     

(A) than

(B) than among

(C) than is so of

(D) compared to（B）

(E) in comparison with

157. 
     Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine poisoning; furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, the great writer and lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting.
     

(A) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother

(B) however, caffeine did not seem to bother

(C) however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered

(D) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to have bothered（B）

(E) in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother

158. 
     Bankers require that the financial information presented to them by mortgage applicants be complete and follow a prescribed format.
     

(A) be complete and follow a prescribed format

(B) is complete and it follows a prescribed format

(C) be complete and a prescribed format is followed

(D) to be complete and a prescribed format be following（A）

(E) be completed, and it followed a prescribed format

159. 
     Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, “the good goddess.”
     

(A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers

(B) Basing it on various ancient writers’ accounts

(C) With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis

(D) By the accounts of various ancient writers they used（E）

(E) Using accounts of various ancient writers

160. 
     Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet that derives 70 percent of its protein from vegetable sources and only 30 percent from animal foods, the reverse of the typical North American diet.
     

(A) Pima Indians have a diet that derives

(B) Pima Indians in their diet derive

(C) diet of the Pima Indians derives

(D) diets of the Pima Indians have derived（C）

(E) diet of the Pima Indians, deriving

161. 
     Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as the Galapagos tortoise and examinations of fossils of juvenile dinosaurs, scientists estimate that the largest dinosaurs probably lived to be between 100 and 200 years old.
     

(A) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as

(B) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles such as

(C) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles like

(D) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles, like those of（B）

(E) Based on such growth rates as those of large modern reptiles like

162. 
     Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, capitalized on her keen observation and love of the natural world.
     

(A) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives,

(B) In her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, Beatrix Potter

(C) In her book illustrations, which she carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter

(D) Carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations（C）

(E) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinated them with her narratives and

163. 
     Because Halley’s comet changes orbit slightly during the seventy-six-year interval between passing close to Earth, it may veer onto a collision course with a planet sometime in the distant future.
     

(A) between passing

(B) of passing

(C) between its passes

(D) of its passes（C）

(E) as it passes

164. 
     Because natural gas is composed mostly of methane, a simple hydrocarbon, vehicles powered by natural gas emit less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel.
     

(A) less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel

(B) fewer of certain pollutants than burning gasoline or diesel fuel do

(C) less of certain pollutants than gasoline or diesel fuel

(D) fewer of certain pollutants than does burning gasoline or diesel fuel（E）

(E) less of certain pollutants than those burning gasoline or diesel fuel

165. 
     Because of the business community’s uncertainty about the President’s position in regard to the issue of the budget deficit, an unanticipated rise in interest rates has occurred.
     

(A) in regard to the issue of the budget deficit, an unanticipated rise in interest rates has

(B) on the deficit, an unanticipated rise in interest rates has

(C) regarding the budgetary deficit, an unanticipated rise in interest rates have

(D) on the deficit, an unanticipated rise in interest rates have（B）

(E) regarding the deficit, an unanticipated rise in interest rats have

166. 
     Because of the enormous research and development expenditures required to survive in the electronics industry, an industry marked by rapid innovation and volatile demand, such firms tend to be very large.
     

(A) to survive

(B) of firms to survive

(C) for surviving

(D) for survival（B）

(E) for firms’ survival

167. 
     Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component of municipal trash, many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal.
     

(A) Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component of municipal trash, many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal.

(B) Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component in municipal trash, many municipalities tried to recycle so that the cost of trash disposal is reduced.

(C) Because paper of all kinds are the biggest single components in municipal trash, many municipalities have tried to recycle to reduce the cost of trash disposal.

(D) All kinds of paper are the biggest single components of municipal trash, and so many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal.（A）

(E) All kinds of paper is the biggest single component of municipal trash, so many municipalities have tried to recycle so that the cost of trash disposal could be reduced.

168. 
     Because the Earth’s crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.
     

(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West

(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West

(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of the comparable magnitude occurring in the West

(D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West（D）

(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West

169. 
     Because the enemy’s new ship is the quietest and it is therefore the most elusive submarine, it is being increasingly viewed by the military as a threat to security.
     

(A) and it is therefore the most elusive submarine, it is being increasingly viewed

(B) it is therefore the most elusive of submarines, and it has increased the view

(C) and therefore the most elusive submarine, it is being increasingly viewed

(D) and therefore it is the most elusive of submarines, there is an increasing view（C）

(E) therefore being the most elusive of submarines, it is increasingly viewed

170. 
     Because the financial review covered only the last few fiscal years, and therefore the investigators were unable to determine the extent to possible earlier overpayments.
     

(A) and therefore the investigators were unable to determine the extent to possible

(B) so therefore the investigators were not capable of determining the possible extent of

(C) therefore the investigators were unable to determine the possible extent of

(D) the investigators were not capable of determining the possible extent of（E）

(E) the investigators were unable to determine the extent of possible

171. 
     Because young children do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, like adults, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.
     

(A) like adults

(B) unlike an adult

(C) as adults

(D) as adults do（D）

(E) as an adult

172. 
     Before the Civil War, Harriet Tubman, herself an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland to guide other slaves along the Underground Railroad to freedom.
     

(A) herself an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland to guide

(B) being an escaped slave herself, returned again and again to Maryland so as to guide

(C) an escaped slave herself, returned again and again to Maryland for guiding

(D) herself as an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland so as to be the guide of（A）

(E) who had been herself as an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland for the guiding of

173. 
     Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee has lived in England and Canada, and first came to the United States in 1961 to study at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
     

(A) Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee has

(B) Having been a United States citizen since 1988, she was born in Calcutta in 1940; author Bharati Mukherjee

(C) Born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee became a United States citizen in 1988; she has

(D) Being born in Calcutta in 1940 and having been a United States citizen since 1988, author Bharati Mukherjee（C）

(E) Having been born in Calcutta in 1940 and being a United States citizen since 1988, author Bharati Mukherjee

174. 
     Believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, elephants emit low-frequency sounds that may be used as a secret language to communicate with other members of the herd.
     

(A) Believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, elephants emit low-frequency sounds that may be used

(B) Elephants emit low-frequency sounds that are believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, and they may use this

(C) Elephants emit low-frequency sounds, believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, that they may use

(D) Originating, it is believed, from a small area on their foreheads; elephants emit low-frequency sounds they may use（C）

(E) Originating, it is believed, from a small area on their foreheads, low-frequency sounds are emitted by elephants that may be used

175. 
     Besides yielding such psychological rewards as relief from stress, deep relaxation, if practiced regularly, can strengthen the immune system and produce a host of other physiological benefits.
     

(A) deep relaxation, if practiced regularly, can strengthen the immune system

(B) one can strengthen the immune system through deep relaxation, if it is practiced regularly

(C) the immune system can be strengthened as a result of deep relaxation if practiced regularly

(D) when deep relaxation is practiced regularly, the immune system can be strengthened（A）

(E) when practiced regularly, the results of deep relaxation can be to strengthen the immune system

176. 
     Beyond the immediate cash flow crisis that the museum faces, its survival depends on if it can broaden its membership and leave its cramped quarters for a site where it can store and exhibit its more than 12,000 artifacts.
     

(A) if it can broaden its membership and leave

(B) whether it can broaden its membership and leave

(C) whether or not it has the capability to broaden its membership and can leave

(D) its ability for broadening its membership and leaving（B）

(E) the ability for it to broaden its membership and leave

177. 
     Bihar is India’s poorest state, with an annual per capita income of $111, lower than in the most impoverished countries of the world.
     

(A) lower than in

(B) lower than that of

(C) and lower than that of

(D) which is lower than in（B）

(E) which is lower than it is in

178. 
     Bill Walton continued on playing, even though he had injuries that recurred over and over again, always hoping to return back to his position as a regular starter in the game he loved.
     

(A) on playing, even though he had injuries that recurred over and over again, always hoping to return back

(B) playing, in spite of recurrent injuries, always hoping to return

(C) playing, though injured over and over, and he was always hoping to return back

(D) on playing, even with injuries that recurred, and always hoped to return（B）

(E) to play, despite recurring injuries, hoping that the return

179. 
     Biologists believe that they have found one of the substances that tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain quiescent in the earliest phases of an embryo’s development.
     

(A) tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain

(B) tell individual genes both at which time they should become active or should remain

(C) tells individual genes both when to become active or remain

(D) tells individual genes both when to become active or when to remain（A）

(E) will tell an individual gene both about when it should become active and remain

180. 
     Bluegrass musician Bill Monroe, whose repertory, views on musical collaboration, and vocal style were influential on generations of bluegrass artists, was also an inspiration to many musicians, that included Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia, whose music differed significantly from his own.
     

(A) were influential on generations of bluegrass artists, was also an inspiration to many musicians, that included Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia, whose music differed significantly from

(B) influenced generations of bluegrass artists, also inspired many musicians, including Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia, whose music differed significantly from

(C) was influential to generations of bluegrass artists, was also inspirational to many musicians, that included Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia, whose music was different significantly in comparison to

(D) was influential to generations of bluegrass artists, also inspired many musicians, who included Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia, the music of whom differed significantly when compared to（B）

(E) were an influence on generations of bluegrass artists, was also an inspiration to many musicians, including Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia, whose music was significantly different from that of

181. 
     Bob Wilber became Sidney Bechet’s student and protégé when he was nineteen and, for a few years in the 1940’s, came as close to being a carbon copy of the jazz virtuoso in performance as anyone has ever come.
     

(A) as anyone has ever come

(B) as anyone ever had been

(C) as anyone ever had done

(D) that anyone ever did（A）

(E) that anyone ever came

182. 
     Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
     

(A) Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.

(B) What brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wage and price controls.

(C) That which brought the ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.

(D) What has brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wages and price controls.（B）

(E) To bring the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War, there was a special price increase during a period of wages and price controls that government sanctioned.

183. 
     Bufo marinus toads, fierce predators that will eat frogs, lizards, and even small birds, are native to South America but were introduced into Florida during the 1930’s in an attempt to control pests in the state’s vast sugarcane fields.
     

(A) are native to South America but were introduced into Florida during the 1930’s in an attempt to control

(B) are native in South America but were introduced into Florida during the 1930’s as attempts to control