Pervasive Gmat 6 pdf

A are visible as dark spots on the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted on B are visible as dark spots that never have been sighted on the surface of the Sun C appear on the su

respiratory system in dealing

(D) a specially serious pollutant because it diminishes the capability of the

respiratory system to deal

(E) a specially serious pollutant because of diminishing the respiratory system’s ability to deal

677.Sunspots, vortices of gas associated with strong electromagnetic activity, are visible as dark spots on the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted on the Sun’s poles or equator

(A) are visible as dark spots on the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted

on

(B) are visible as dark spots that never have been sighted on the surface of the Sun

(C) appear on the surface of the Sun as dark spots although never sighted at (D) appear as dark spots on the surface of the Sun, although never having been sighted at

(E) appear as dark spots on the Sun’s surface, which have never been sighted on 678.Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, which was once prohibited by federal regulations, are thriving in the free market

conditions permitted by the current Federal Communications Commission

(A) Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, which was once prohibited by federal regulations, are

(B) Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, a practice that federal regulations once prohibited, is

(C) Developing television programs in conjunction with the marketing of toys, as once prohibited by federal regulations, is

(D) Federal regulations once prohibited developing television programs in

conjunction with the marketing of toys, but they are

(E) Federal regulations once prohibited developing television programs in

conjunction with the marketing of toys, but such programs are

679.Temporary-employment agencies benefit not only from the increasing demand for clerical workers but also the higher profits made when highly paid professionals are placed, requests for whom have increased in the recent wave of corporate takeovers

(A) the higher profits made when highly paid professionals are placed, requests for whom

(B) the higher profits that are made in the placement of highly paid professionals, requests for whom

(C) from the requests for highly paid professionals, who make higher profits for the agencies when placed and whose requests

(D) from highly paid professionals, whose placement makes higher profits for the agencies and whose requests

(E) from the higher profits made in placing highly paid professionals, requests for whom

680.Tenor George Shirley sang more than 20 leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera since having his debut there as Fernando in Cosifan tulle on October 24, 1961 (A) sang more than 20 leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera since having (B) sang more than 20 leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera since having had (C) has sung more than 20 leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera since

(D) has sung more than 20 leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera after

(E) has sung more than 20 leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera subsequently

to

681.Teratomas are unusual forms of cancer because they are composed of tissues such

as tooth and bone not normally found in the organ in which the tumor appears (A) because they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone

(B) because they are composed of tissues like tooth and bone that are

(C) because they are composed of tissues, like tooth and bone, tissues

(D) in that their composition, tissues such as tooth and bone, is

(E) in that they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone, tissues

682.Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and should have no writing in them or be underlined

(A) and should have no writing in them or be underlined

(B) and should not have writing in them or not be underlined

(C) and contain no writing or underlining

(D) without containing writing nor be underlined

(E) without having any writing or no underlining in them

683.That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault: Alvin Toffler, one of the most prominent

students of the future, did not even mention microcomputers in Future Shock,

published in 1970

(A) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault

(B) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said to be at fault

(C) It can hardly be said that it is the fault of educators who have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology

(D) It can hardly be said that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact

of microcomputer technology

(E) The fact that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of

microcomputer technology can hardly be said

684.That the new managing editor rose from the publication’s “soft” news sections to

a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a

woman

(A) her being a woman

(B) being a woman is

(C) her womanhood

(D) that she was a woman

(E) that she is a woman

685.The 19th-century proponents of the school of thought known as mechanism held that life process are not the products of some mysterious life force, but are the same chemical and physical processes that operate in inorganic systems, which is still a subject of debate between biologists today

(A) systems, which is still a subject of debate between

(B) systems, which are still debated between

(C) systems still debated among

(D) systems, a theory still debated by

(E) systems, a theory still debated between

686.The aim of the new regulations is to make it easier for prospective homeowners to have funds available for energy improvement in their new houses

(A) to make it easier for prospective homeowners to have

(B) to make easier for prospective homeowners the having of

(C) making it easier for prospective homeowners so they can have

(D) that prospective homeowners more easily can have

(E) for prospective homeowners to more easily have

687.The airline industry is cutting its lowest discount fares more widely, more

substantially, and earlier this year than it normally does at the end of the summer,

a time during which travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares for the attraction of passengers

(A) during which travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares for the attraction of

(B) during which travel usually decreases and therefore the industry will use some lower fares for the attraction of

(C) in which travel usually decreases and in which the industry therefore uses some lower fares attracting

(D) when travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares to attract

(E) when travel usually decreases and therefore the industry will use lower fares for the attraction of

688.The American Medical Association has argued that the rapidly rising costs

associated with malpractice litigation are driving doctors from the profession and that reform of the tort system is imperative for bringing malpractice insurance premiums under control

(A) that reform of the tort system is imperative for bringing malpractice insurance premiums

(B) that reform of the tort system is imperative if malpractice insurance premiums are to be brought

(C) that reform of the tort system is imperative to bring malpractice insurance premiums

(D) reform of the tort system is necessary in bringing malpractice insurance premiums

(E) the tort system needs to be reformed so that malpractice insurance premiums are brought

689.The animosity between those who regulate and those who are regulated, never more pronounced than in recent debates over environmentalism and pollution control

(A) The animosity between those who regulate and those who are regulated, never

(B) The animosity between those who regulate and those who are regulated, never being

(C) The animosity between those who regulate and those who are regulated has never been

(D) Between those who regulate and those who are regulated, such animosity was never

(E) Between those who regulate and between those regulated, such animosity has never been

690.The argument that the dominant form of family structure today is not the nuclear family, but rather it is a family which is modified and extended, is based on a number of facts: the existence of three-generational families, the amount of vertical and horizontal communication between family subunits, and the extent to which family members offer assistance to one another

(A) family, but rather it is a family which is modified and extended, is based on a number of facts: the existence of three-generational families

(B) family, but is instead a family that is modified and extended, is based on a number of facts: three-generational families exist

(C) family, which has been modified and extended, is based on a number of facts: the existence of three-generational families

(D) family but a modified extended family is based on a number of facts: the existence of three-generational families

(E) family, but also a modified and extended family, is based on a number of facts: three-generational families exist

691.The aristocratic values expressed in the writings of Marguerite Yourcenar place her within the French classical tradition, as does her passionate interest in history, particularly Roman history

(A) as does

(B) so do

(C) as do

(D) so is the case with

(E) similarly, does

692.The attorney turned down the law firm’s offer of a position because she suspected that it was meant merely to fill an affirmative action quota with no commitment

to minority hiring and eventually promoting

(A) quota with no commitment to minority hiring and eventually promoting (B) quota, having no commitment to minority hiring and eventually promoting (C) quota and did not reflect a commitment to minority hiring and eventual

promotion

(D) quota, not reflecting a commitment to minority hiring and eventual promotion (E) quota, not one that reflected that minority hiring and eventual promotion was

a commitment

693.The Audubon Society and other conservation groups, concerned over what they have perceived to be the serious threatening of the environment as posed by the policies of the government, are preparing for a major political effort

(A) have perceived to be the serious threatening of the environment as

(B) perceived as the serious threat to the environment as

(C) perceive being the serious threat to the environment

(D) are perceiving as the serious threatening of the environment

(E) perceive as the serious threat to the environment

694.The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is the migration of motorists from passenger cars to minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickups

(A) The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last

50 years, which is

(B) Of the trends the auto industry experienced in the last 50 years has been one

of the most significant

(C) In the last 50 years, one of the most significant trends that the auto industry

has been experiencing has been

(D) One of the most significant trends that the auto industry has experienced in the last 50 years is

(E) In the last 50 years, the auto industry experienced one of the most significant trends that it has had, that of

695.The average weekly wage nearly doubled in the 1970’s, rising from $114 to $220, yet the average worker ended the decade with a decrease in what their pay may buy

(A) with a decrease in what their pay may buy

(B) with what was a decrease in what they were able to buy

(C) having decreased that which they could buy

(D) decreasing in purchasing power

(E) with a decrease in purchasing power

696.The Baldrick Manufacturing Company has for several years followed a policy aimed at decreasing operating costs and improving the efficiency of its

distribution system

(A) aimed at decreasing operating costs and improving

(B) aimed at the decreasing of operating costs and to improve

(C) aiming at the decreasing of operating costs and improving

(D) the aim of which is the decreasing of operating costs and improving

(E) with the aim to decrease operating costs and to improve

697.The bank acknowledged that they are and will continue to experience difficulties

as it attempts to deal with the precipitous fall of the dollar against the yen and the dislocations reflected in the stock market decline

(A) they are and will continue to experience difficulties as it attempts

(B) they are and will continue to experience difficulties as they attempt

(C) it is and will continue to experience difficulties as it attempts

(D) it is experiencing and will continue to experience difficulties as they make an attempt

(E) its difficulties are likely to continue as it attempts

698.The bank holds $3 billion in loans that are seriously delinquent or in such trouble that they do not expect payments when due

(A) they do not expect payments when

(B) it does not expect payments when it is

(C) it does not expect payments to be made when they are

(D) payments are not to be expected to be paid when

(E) payments are not expected to be paid when they will be