（A） that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to
（B） which means, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with
（C） which means, that screen out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with
（D） that is, that screen out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to
（E） that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with
2. Modern critics are amused by early scholars' categorizing Tacitus's Germania as an ethnographic treatise.
（A） scholars' categorizing Tacitus's Germania as
（B） scholars' categorizing Tacitus's Germania as if
（C） scholars, categorizing of Tacitus's Germania as
（D） scholars who categorize Tacitus's Germania as
（E） scholars who categorize Tacitus's Germania if
3. It may be that by focusing primarily on a patient's mental condition and on vague and often very speculative psychodynamic factors, predictions about the patient's future behavior decrease in accuracy.
（A） predictions about the patient's future behavior decrease in accuracy
（B） mental health professionals lessen the accuracy of their predictions about the patient's future behavior
（C） the accuracy of predictions about the patient's future behavior lessens
（D） a decrease in accuracy is seen in predictions about the patient's future behavior can be predicted less accurately
（E） the patient's future behavior can be predicted less accurately
4. Under the new corporate insurance policy, when an employer is charged for damages to a third party wholly or largely as a result of actions by an employee, he is entitled to recoup the amount of the damages.
（A） he is entitled to recoup
（B） the employer is entitled to recoup
（C） he or she is entitled to recoup
（D） he is entitled to recoup for
（E） the employer is entitled to recoup for
5. In presenting his modus vivendi proposal, Lansing implied that the American government accepted the German view that armed merchant vessels were warships: however, when the proposal was dropped by the Wilson administration, it seemed to be reverting to the British view on this question.
（A） when the proposal was dropped by the Wilson administration, it
（B） after it was dropped, the Wilson administration
（C） by dropping the proposal, the Wilson administration
（D） the Wilson administration dropped the proposal when it
（E） when they dropped the proposal, the Wilson administration
6. 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
7. Less detrimental than the effects of bacterial transformation is the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, metals corroding, decay of wood, and other undesirable alterations of substances.
（A） is the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, metals corroding
（B） are the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, metals corroding
（C） is the effects of bacterial deterioration, which include spoilage of food, metals corroding
（D） are the effects of bacterial deterioration, which includes spoilage of food, corrosion of metals
（E） are the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, corrosion of metals
8. One pervasive theory explains the introduction of breakfast cereals in the early 1900s as a result of the growing number of automobiles, which led to a decline in horse ownership and a subsequent grain glut; by persuading people to eat what had previously been horse feed, market equilibrium was restored.
（A） by persuading people to eat what had previously been horse feed, market equilibrium was restored
（B） persuading people to eat what had previously been horse feed restored market equilibrium
（C） by persuading people to eat what had previously been horse feed, it restored market equilibrium
（D） the persuasion of people to eat what had previously been horse feed restored market equilibrium
（E） market equilibrium was restored when people were persuaded to eat former horse feed
9. Art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form.
（A） be generated if a portion of the capital would have been
（B） have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been
（C） be generated if a portion of the capital were
（D） be generated if a portion of the capital was
（E） be generated if a portion of the capital had been
10. The work of mathematician Roger Penrose in the early 1970s, on the geometry of what are called aperiodic tiles, turned out to describe the architecture of a previously unknown class of crystals.
（A） what are called aperiodic tiles, turned out to describe
（B） what is called aperiodic tiles, describes
（C） aperiodic tiles, describing
（D） so-called aperiodic tiles, describe
（E） aperiodic tiles, it turned out to describe
11. There are more than forty newspapers published in the cities of Kerala, a state on the Malabar Coast, which reflects the fact that Keralans are by far India's most literate citizens.
（A） which reflects
（B） and that number reflects
（C） which reflect
（D） that number reflects
（E） that reflects
12. Stars like the sun can continue to shine steadily for billions of years because its light and heat are produced by nuclear fusion, in which titanic releases of energy result in the loss of only tiny amounts of mass.
（A） its light and heat are produced by nuclear fusion, in which
（B） nuclear fusion produces its light and heat, in which
（C） nuclear fusion produces their light and heat, where
（D） its light and heat are produced by nuclear fusion, where
（E） their light and heat are produced by nuclear fusion, in which
13. After the Vietnam war Bettye Granther, a U.S. Army nurse, continued her efforts on behalf of injured Vietnamese children, providing medical care, helping to reunite estranged families, and the establishment of a fund for the children's future education.
（A） the establishment of a fund for the children's future education
（B） the establishing of a fund for the future education of children
（C） establishing a fund for the children's future education
（D） establishing a fund for the childrens' future education
（E） the establishment of a fund for the childrens' future education
14. The Western world's love affair with chocolate is well-documented: few people have been known to have tasted it for the first time without requesting more.
（A） few people have been known to have tasted it
（B） few having been known to taste it
（C） it has been tasted by few people
（D） few people have been known to taste it
（E） few people having tasted it
15. The increased popularity and availability of televisions has led to the decline of regional dialects, language variations which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated by geographic isolation.
（A） which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated
（B） that originated from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated
（C） originated from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated
（D） originating from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated
（E） originating from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuating
16. The group called the Teton Sioux inhabits parts of North and South Dakota; their language and customs differ, however, from the Yankton, Sisseton, and Dakota Sioux.
（A） their language and customs differ, however, from
（B） its language and customs differ, however, from
（C） however, they have different language and customs than
（D） however, their language and customs differ from those of
（E） its language and customs differ, however, from those of
17. 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
18. Ancient Romans found it therapeutic to bathe in cold milk, in strawberries that had been crushed, or in bathtubs filled with black caviar.
（A） to bathe in cold milk, in strawberries that had been crushed, or in bathtubs filled with black caviar
（B） that they bathe in cold milk, in strawberries that had been crushed, or in caviar that was black
（C） to bathe in cold milk, crushed strawberries, or black caviar
（D） that they bathe in cold milk, crushed strawberries, or black caviar
（E） to bathe in milk , strawberries, or caviar
19. 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
（E） in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother
20. 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
（E） regarding the deficit, an unanticipated rise in interest rats have
21. A peculiar feature of the embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the cells adhere to one another, beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another.
（A） beating in unison and adopting
（B） they beat in unison while adopting
（C） beat in unison, and adopt
（D） beating in unison yet adopting
（E） even though they beat in unison and adopt
22. As recently as 1950, tuberculosis was never curable unless sequestered in sanitariums; today, the drug Isoniazid has made such treatment obsolete.
（A） unless sequestered
（B） without sequestering
（C） without being sequestered
（D） unless it was sequestered
（E） unless patients were sequestered
23. Newcomers to southern California are surprised to discover that, in spite of the temperate climate, heating bills are as high, or higher than, those in most Midwestern or eastern cities.
（A） as high, or higher than, those in
（B） as high, or higher than,
（C） as high as, or higher than,
（D） at least as high as those in
（E） no lower than
24. Through the years, the exquisitely subtle flavors and superb richness of Kenyan coffee has attracted an international following of discerning consumers.
（A） the exquisitely subtle flavors and superb richness of Kenyan coffee has
（B） the coffee of Kenya, with its exquisitely subtle and superbly rich flavors, have
（C） the exquisitely subtle, superbly rich flavors of Kenyan coffee are what has
（D） Kenyan coffee's superb richness and exquisite subtlety of flavor has
（E） the exquisitely subtle flavors and superb richness of Kenyan coffee have
25. Cut-paper design, a popular pastime of Colonial women, became an art form in the hands of Abigail Lefferts Lloyd, a Revolutionary War heroine.
（A） design, a popular pastime of colonial women, became an art form in the hands of
（B） design, a popular Colonial women's pastime, and it became an art form in the hands of
（C） design was a popular pastime for Colonial women, then it became an art form in the hands of
（D） design is a popular pastime of Colonial women that has become an art form by
（E） design, the popular Colonial pastime, became an art form for
Keys:
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. E 8. B 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. E 13. C 14. D 15. D 16. E 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. B 21. D 22.E 23. D 24. E 25. A
