08年GMAT语法模拟习题(6) B

11. The Iroquois were primarily planters,but supplementing their cultivation of maize,squash,and beans with fishing and hunting.
  (A) but supplementing
  (B) and had supplemented
  (C) and even though they supplemented
  (D) although they supplemented
  (E) but with supplementing
  12. Affording strategic proximity to the Strait of Gibraltar,Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout the first half of the twentieth century because they assumed that if they did not hold it,their grip on Algeria was always insecure.
  (A) if they did not hold it, their grip in Algeria was always insecure
  (B) without it their grip on Algeria would never be secure
  (C) their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they did not hold it
  (D) without that,they could never be secure about their grip on Algeria
  (E) never would their grip on Algeria be secure if they did not hold it
  13. 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,
  (E) Beatrix Potter,in her book illustrations,carefully coordinated them with her narratives and
  14. As contrasted with the honeybee,the yellow jacket can sting repeatedly without dying and carries a potent venom that can cause intense pain.
  (A) As contrasted with the honeybee
  (B) In contrast to the honeybee's
  (C) Unlike the sting of the honeybee
  (D) Unlike that of the honeybee
  (E) Unlike the honeybee
       15. The development of a new jumbo rocket that is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration will be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit than the space shuttle and at a lower cost.
  (A) The development of a new jumbo rocket that is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration will be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit than the space shuttle and at a lower cost.
  (B) The development of a new jumbo rocket is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration and be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit at a lower cost than the space shuttle.
  (C) The new development of a jumbo rocket,which is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration,will be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit at a lower cost than the space shuttle.
  (D) A newly developed jumbo rocket,which is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration,will be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit than the space shuttle can,and at a lower cost.
  (E) A newly developed jumbo rocket,which is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration,will be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit than the space shuttle and to cost less.
  16. Once they had seen the report from the medical examiner,the investigators did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was the man who had attempted to escape from the state prison.
  (A) did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was
  (B) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was
  (C) had not doubted that the body recovered from the river was
  (D) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was that of
  (E) had no doubt that the body recovered from the river was that of
  17. Contestants in many sports prepare for competition by eating pasta as part of a “carbohydrate-loading ” regimen that is supposed to provide quick energy.
  (A) prepare for competition by eating pasta as
  (B) prepare for competition and eat pasta, which is
  (C) prepare for competition by eating pasta because this is
  (D) eat pasta to prepare for competing, which is
  (E) eat pasta to prepare for competing as
  18. His studies of ice-polished rocks in his Alpine home-land,far outside the range of present-day glaciers,led Louis Agassiz in 1837 to propose the concept of an age in which great ice sheets had existed in now currently temperate areas.
  (A) in which great ice sheets had existed in now currently temperate areas
  (B) in which great ice sheets existed in what are now temperate areas
    (C) when great ice sheets existed where there were areas now temperate
  (D) when great ice sheets had existed in current temperate areas
  (E) when great ice sheets existed in areas now that are temperate
  19. More and more in recent years,cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities,despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support.
  (A) to greater economic development and investing
  (B) to greater development economically and investing
  (C) of greater economic development and invest
  (D) of greater development economically and invest
  (E) for greater economic development and the investment of
  20. Since 1986 enrollments of African Americans,American Indians,and Hispanic Americans in full-time engineering programs in the United States has steadily increased,while the number of other students who enter the field has fallen.
  (A) has steadily increased,while the number of other students who enter the field has fallen
  (B) has steadily increased,while other students entering the field have declined in number
  (C) increased steadily,while there was a decline in the number of other students entering the field
  (D) have steadily increased,while the number of other students entering the field has fallen
  (E) have steadily increased,while that of other students who enter the field fell
  
   
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  1. D 2. E 3. B 4. A 5. B  6. C 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. E

  11. D 12. B 13. C 14. E 15. D  16. E 17. A 18. B 19. A 20. D
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