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(A) should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is
(B) should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, are
(C) should they repudiate a significant number of these debts, are
(D) if there is a repudiation of a significant number of these debts, would be
(E) if a significant number of these debts will be repudiated, is
244.Dirt roads may evoke the bucolic simplicity of another century, but financially
strained townships point out that dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining
paved roads.
(A) dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads
(B) dirt roads cost twice as much to maintain as paved roads do
(C) maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as paved roads do
(D) maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as it does for paved roads
(E) to maintain dirt roads costs twice as much as for paved roads
245.Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the
predominantly female have given rise to substantial differentials between the
wage of housepainters and secretaries and between the wages of parking-lot
attendants and library assistants.
(A) paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly
female have
(B) paid in occupations that are predominantly make over those that are
predominantly female have
(C) that favors predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female
have
(D) that favors predominantly male occupations over those that are predominantly
female has
(E) paid in predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female has
246.Displays of the aurora borealis, or “northern lights,” can heat the atmosphere over
the arctic enough to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles, induce

electric
currents that can cause blackouts in some areas and corrosion in north-south
pipelines.
(A) to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles, induce
(B) that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected, induce
(C) that it affects the trajectories of ballistic missiles, induces
(D) that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected and induces
(E) to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles and induce
247.Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure of large sums of money, even
if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce
distinguished architecture.
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(A) even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money
produce
(B) even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money
will produce
(C) even though there is no certainty that the expenditure of money in large sums
produces
(D) even though it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of
money produces
(E) though there is no certainty as to the expenditure of money in large sums
producing
248.Doctors generally agree that such factors as cigarette smoking, eating rich foods
high in fats, and alcohol consumption not only do damage by themselves but also
aggravate genetic predispositions toward certain diseases.
(A) not only do damage by themselves but also aggravate
(B) do damage by themselves but also are aggravating to
(C) are damaging by themselves but also are aggravating

(D) not only do damage by themselves, they are also aggravating to
(E) are doing damage by themselves, and they are also aggravating
249.Doctors still know little about how the Listeria bacterium is spread and why the
disease it causes, listeriosis, afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it
spares many others.
(A) though it spares
(B) where it spares
(C) despite sparing
(D) when sparing
(E) while sparing
250.Domestic automobile manufacturers have invested millions of dollars into
research to develop cars more gasoline-efficient even than presently on the road.
(A) into research to develop cars more gasoline-efficient even than presently on
the road
(B) into research for developing even more gasoline-efficient cars on the road
than at present
(C) for research for cars to be developed that are more gasoline-efficient even
than presently on the road
(D) in research to develop cars even more gasoline-efficient than those at present
on the road
(E) in research for developing cars that are even more gasoline-efficient than
presently on the road
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251.Downzoning, zoning that typically results in the reduction of housing density,
allows for more open space in areas where little water or services exist
.
(A) little water or services exist
(B) little water or services exists

(C) few services and little water exists
(D) there is little water or services available
(E) there are few services and little available water
252.Dr. Hakuta’s research among Hispanic children in the United States indicates that
the more the children use both Spanish and English, their intellectual advantage is
greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic.
(A) their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and
nonverbal logic
(B) their intellectual advantage is the greater in skills underlaying reading ability
and nonverbal logic
(C) the greater their intellectual advantage in skills underlying reading ability and
nonverbal logic
(D) in skills that underlay reading ability and nonverbal logic, their intellectual
advantage is the greater
(E) in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic, the greater
intellectual advantage is theirs
253.Dr. Hegsted argues that just as polio vaccine is given to every person to protect
the few who might actually contract polio, mass dietary change is needed to
protect the significant number who are susceptible to the life-threatening effects
of press eating habits.
(A) just as polio vaccine is given to every person to protect the few who might
actually contract polio
(B) like polio vaccine, which is given to every person to protect the few who
might contract polio
(C) similar to polio vaccine which is given to every person in order to protect the
few who might actually contract polio
(D) while, to protect the few who might actually contract polio, polio vaccine is
given to every person
(E) similar to the giving of polio vaccine to every person in order to protect the
few who might contract polio actually

254.Dr. Sayre’s lecture recounted several little-known episodes in the relations
between nations that illustrates what is wrong with alliances and treaties that do
not have popular support.
(A) relations between nations that illustrates
(B) relation of one nation with another that illustrates
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(C) relations between nations that illustrate
(D) relation of one nation with another and illustrate
(E) relations of nations that illustrates
255.Dr. Tonegawa won the Nobel Prize for discovering how the body can constantly
change its genes to fashion a seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each
specifically targeted at an invading microbe or foreign substance.
(A) seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each specifically targeted at
(B) seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted specifically to
(C) seeming unlimited number of antibodies, all specifically targeted at
(D) seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, all of them targeted specifically to
(E) seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted specifically at
256.During an era when interracial tensions in the United States have run high
, Rosa
Parks became a quiet, unassuming symbol of the continued struggle for human
dignity.
(A) have run high
(B) ran high
(C) had run highly
(D) run high
(E) were running highly
257.During an ice age, the buildup of ice at the poles and the drop in water levels near
the equator speed up the Earth’s rotation, like a spinning figure skater whose

speed increases when her arms are drawn in.
(A) like a spinning figure skater whose speed increases when her arms are drawn
in
(B) like the increased speed of a figure skater when her arms are drawn in
(C) like a figure skater who increases speed while spinning with her arms drawn
in
(D) just as a spinning figure skater who increases speed by drawing in her arms
(E) just as a spinning figure skater increases speed by drawing in her arms
258.During her lecture the speaker used map to clarify directional terms, for not
everyone in attendance was knowledgeable that winds are designated by the
direction from which they come.
(A) or not everyone in attendance was knowledgeable
(B) for everyone in attendance did not know
(C) with everyone in attendance not knowing
(D) with everyone attending not knowledgeable
(E) for not everyone attending knew
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259.During Roosevelt’s years in office Black Americans began voting for Democrats
rather than Republicans in national elections, but Black support for Democrats at
the state and local levels developed only after when civil rights legislation was
supported by Harry Truman.
(A) developed only after when civil rights legislation was supported by Harry
Truman
(B) developed only after when Harry Truman supported civil rights legislation
(C) developed only after Harry Truman’s support of civil rights legislation
(D) develops only at the time after the supporting of civil rights legislation by
Harry Truman
(E) developed only after there being Harry Truman’s support of civil rights

legislation
260.During the 1980’s approximately $50 billion in private investment capital is
estimated to have left Mexico and added to the strain on the country’s debt-ridden
economy.
(A) During the 1980’s approximately $50 billion in private investment capital is
estimated to have left Mexico and added
(B) During the 1980’s it is estimated that approximately $50 billion in private
investment capital left Mexico and added
(C) It is estimated that there was approximately $50 billion in private investment
capital that left Mexico during the 1980’s and added
(D) It is estimated that during the 1980’s approximately $50 billion in private
investment capital left Mexico, adding
(E) Approximately $50 billion in private investment capital is estimated as having
left Mexico during the 1980’s, adding
261.During the 1980s it became clear that soliciting private funds was far more
efficient for environmentalists who sought financial aid than to go to state or
federal agencies.
(A) that soliciting private funds was far more efficient for environmentalists who
sought financial aid
(B) that for environmentalists who sought financial aid, it was far more efficient
to solicit private funds
(C) that for environmentalists seeking financial aid, private organizations were far
more efficient to go to
(D) for environmentalists seeking financial aid, going to private organizations
was far more efficient
(E) for environmentalists who sought financial aid, private organizations were far
more efficient
262.During the early years of European settlement on a continent that was viewed as
“wilderness” by the newcomers, Native Americans, intimately knowing the
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ecology of the land, were a help in the rescuing of many Pilgrims and pioneers
from hardship, or even death.
(A) Native Americans, intimately knowing the ecology of the land, were a help in
the rescuing of
(B) Native Americans knew the ecology and the land intimately and this enabled
them to help in the rescue of
(C) Native Americans, with their intimate knowledge of the ecology of the land,
helped to rescue
(D) having intimate knowledge of the ecology of the land, Native Americans
helped the rescue of
(E) knowing intimately the ecology of the land, Native Americans helped to
rescue
263.During the first nine months of 1979, textbook publishers incurred substantial
costs for creating products that, due to a decline in public funding for
instructional material, never were sold.
(A) funding for instructional material, never were
(B) funding for instructional material, never was
(C) funding, the instructional material, was never
(D) funding for instructional material, the products were never
(E) funding, they were never
264.During the first one hundred fifty years of the existence of this republic, no one
expected the press was
fair; newspapers were mostly shrill, scurrilous, and
partisan.
(A) was
(B) to be
(C) of being
(D) should be

(E) had to be
265.During the first year after the corporate reorganization, no one considered the
management was well-organized
; managers were largely untrained and
directionless.
(A) was well-organized
(B) well-organized
(C) were well-organized
(D) seemed to be well-organized
(E) seemed well-organized
266.During the Great Depression, industrial output fell by nearly fifty percent from its
peak in 1929 down to its nadir in 1933.