GMAT Verbal SC-4

1. In the textbook publishing business，the second quarter is historically weak，because revenues are low and marketing expenses are high as companies prepare for the coming school yean.

(A)  low and marketing expenses are high as companies prepare

(B)  low and their marketing expenses are high as they prepare

(C)  low with higher marketing expenses in preparation

(D)  low，while marketing expenses are higher to prepare

(E)  low，while their marketing expenses are higher in preparation

2. Using a Doppler ultrasound device, fetal heartbeats can be detected by the twelfth week of pregnancy．

(A)  Using a Doppler ultrasound device，fetal heart-beats can be detected by the twelfth week of  pregnancy．

(B)  Fetal heartbeats can be detected by the twelfth week of pregnancy, using a Doppler ultrasound device．

(C)  Detecting fetal heartbeats by the twelfth week of pregnancy, a physician can use a Doppler ultrasound device．

(D)  By the twelfth week of pregnancy, fetal heartbeats can be detected using a Doppler ultrasound device by a physician．

(E)  Using a Doppler ultrasound device，a physician can detect fetal heartbeats by the twelfth week of pregnancy．

3. Delighted by the reported earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year, it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise．

(A)  it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise

(B)  the decision of the company manager was to give her staff a raise

(C)  the company manager decided to give her staff a raise

(D)  the staff was given a raise by the company manager

(E)  a raise was given to the staff by the company manager

4. Unlike auto insurance，the frequency of claims does not affect the Premiums for personal property coverage, but if the insurance company is able to prove excessive loss due to owner negligence，it may decline to renew the policy．

(A)  Unlike auto insurance，the frequency of claims does not affect the premiums for personal  property coverage

(B)  Unlike with auto insurance，the frequency of claims do not affect the premiums for personal property coverage

(C)  Unlike the frequency of claims for auto insurance，the premiums for personal property coverage are not affected by the frequency of claims

(D)  Unlike the premiums for auto insurance，the premiums for personal property coverage are not affected by the frequency of claims

(E)  Unlike with the premiums for auto insurance，the premiums for personal property coverage is not affected by the frequency of claims

5. Besides offering such physiological rewards as toned muscles, karate, if practiced regularly, can turn the body into a dangerous   weapon and produce numerous other benefits.

(A) karate, if practiced regularly, can turn the body into a dangerous weapon

(B) one  can turn the body into a dangerous weapon through karate, if it is practiced regularly

(C) the body can be turned into a dangerous weapon as a result of karate if practiced regularly

(D) when karate is practiced regularly, the body can be turned into a dangerous weapon

(E) when practiced regularly, the results of karate can be to turn the body into a dangerous weapon

6. Thought  to  emanate from a tiny gland on the underside of their bodies, ants leave behind pheromone trails that can be used as signals or messages for other ants.

A. Thought to emanate from a tiny gland on the underside of their bodies, ants leave behind pheromone trails that can be used

B. Ants leave behind pheromone trails that are thought to emanate from a tiny gland on the underside of their bodies, and they can use this

C. Thought to emanate from a tiny gland on the underside of ants’ bodies, pheromone trails left behind can be used

D. Emanating it is thought from a tiny gland on the underside of their bodies, ants leave behind pheromone trails they can use

E. Emanating, it is thought, from a tiny gland on the underside of their bodies, pheromone trails are left behind by ants that can be used

7. Added to the increase in monthly wages discussed last spring, the dining hall employees are currently seeking improved insurance coverage.

A. Added to the increase in monthly wages discussed last spring, the dining hall employees are currently seeking improved insurance coverage.

B. Added to the increase in monthly wages which had been discussed last spring, the employees of the dining hall are currently seeking an improved insurance coverage.

C. The dining hall employees are currently seeking improved insurance coverage added to the increase in monthly wages that were discussed last spring.

D. In addition to the increase in monthly wages that were discussed last spring, the dining hall employees are currently seeking improved insurance coverage.

E. In addition to the increase in monthly wages discussed last spring, the employees of the dining hall are currently seeking improved insurance coverage.

8. With  just a few quick slashes of the sword, her opponents were defeated by the fencer, capitalizing on their slowness.

A. her opponents were defeated by the fencer, capitalizing on their slowness

B. the fencer defeated her opponents, capitalizing on their slowness

C. the fencer capitalized on the slowness of her opponents, defeating them

D. the fencer defeated her opponents and also capitalized on their slowness

E. her opponents and their slowness were defeated by the fencer

9. In the mid-1960’s a newly installed radar warning system mistook the rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets．

(A)  rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets

(B)  rising of the moon for a massive Soviet missile attack

(C)  moon rising to a massive missile attack by the Soviets

(D)  moon as it was rising for a massive Soviet missile attack

(E)  rise of the moon as a massive Soviet missile attack

10. Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist．

        (A)  while being an adolescent

        (B)  while in adolescence

        (C)  at the time of her being adolescent

        (D)  as being in adolescence

        (E)  as an adolescent

11. Wisconsin，Illinois，Florida，and Minnesota have begun to enforce statewide bans prohibiting landfills to accept leaves，brush，and grass clippings．

(A)  prohibiting landfills to accept leaves，brush，and grass clippings

(B)  prohibiting that landfills accept leaves，brush，and grass clippings

(C)  prohibiting landfills from accepting leaves，brush，and grass clippings

(D)  that leaves，brush，and grass clippings cannot be accepted in landfills

(E)  that landfills cannot accept leaves，brush，and grass clippings

12. In a 5-to-4 decision，the Supreme Court ruled that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of their ancestral lands in the eighteenth century．

(A)  that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of 0neida Indians for the unlawful seizure of

(B)  that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians because of their unlawful seizure of

(C)  two upstate New York counties to owe restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for their unlawful seizure of

(D)  on two upstate New York counties that owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians because they unlawfully seized

(E)  0n the restitution that two upstate New York counties owed to three tribes of 0neida Indians for the unlawful seizure of

13. In a recent poll，86 percent of the public favored a Clean Air Act as strong or stronger than the present act.

(A)  a Clean Air Act as strong or stronger than

(B)  a Clean Air Act that is stronger, or at least so strong as，

(C)  at least as strong a Clean Air Act as is

(D)  a Clean Air Act as strong or stronger than is

(E)  a Clean Air Act at least as strong as

14. Last year, land values in most parts of the pinelands rose almost so fast, and in some parts even faster than what they did outside the pinelands．

(A)  so fast，and in some parts even faster than what they did

(B)  so fast，and in some parts even faster than，those

(C)  as fast，and in some parts even faster than，those

(D)  as fast as，and in some parts even faster than，those

(E)  as fast as，and in some parts even faster than what they did