【揽瓜阁语法打卡小分队】Day33

Day32
1.(71)Paper production accounts for approximately 40 percent of theworld's industrial use of wood, and the market for paper is growingfaster than it is for all major wood products.
(A) the market for paper is growing faster thanit is for all
(B) themarket for paper is growing faster than the market for all other
(C) the market for it is growing faster than itis for all other
(D) its market is growing faster than the marketfor all
(E) its market is growing faster than it is forall other
B
2.(72)Broccoli thrives in moderate to coolclimates and propagated by seeds, either sown directly in the field orin plant beds designed for producing transplants.
(A) propagated by seeds, either sown directly inthe field or in plant beds designed for producing
(B) propagated by seeds, sown either directly inthe field or sown in plant beds designed so as to produce
(C) is propagated by seeds either sown directlyin the field or in plant beds designed so that they produce
(D) ispropagated by seeds sown either directly in the field or in plant beds designedto produce
(E) is propagated by seeds, sown either directlyin the field or sown in plant beds designed for producing
D
3.(73)Evolutionary psychology holds that thehuman mind is not a "blank slate," but instead that it comprisesspecialized mental mechanisms that were developed as a way of solving specificproblems human ancestors faced millions of years ago.
(A) the human mind is not a "blankslate," but instead that it comprises specialized mental mechanisms thatwere developed as a way of solving
(B) thehuman mind is not a "blank slate" but instead comprises specializedmental mechanisms that were developed to solve
(C) the human mind, instead of a "blankslate," it comprises specialized mental mechanisms that have beendeveloped to solve
(D) rather than it being a "blankslate," the human mind comprises specialized mental mechanisms that havebeen developed as a way of solving
(E) rather than the human mind's being a"blank slate," that it comprises specialized mental mechanisms thatwere developed as a way of solving
B
4.(74)Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould hasargued that many biological traits are not the products of natural selection,favored due to their enhancement of reproduction or survival, but thatthey are simply random by-products of other evolutionary developments.
(A) due to their enhancement of reproduction orsurvival, but that they are
(B) due to the reproduction or survival theyenhance, but they are
(C) because they enhance reproduction orsurvival, but
(D)because they enhance reproduction or survival, but are
(E) because of enhancing reproduction orsurvival, but are
D
5.(75)Beneath the soil of the Malheur NationalForest in eastern Oregon, a fungus has for centuries been slowlyweaving its way through the roots of trees, to become the largestliving single organism known to humans.
(A) has for centuries been slowly weaving itsway through the roots of trees, to become
(B) has slowly woven its way through the rootsof trees for centuries, and so becoming
(C) thathas been slowly weaving its way through the roots of trees for centuries hasbecome
(D) that has for centuries slowly woven its waythrough the roots of trees and has become
(E) that, having slowly woven its way throughthe roots of trees for centuries, to become
C
6.(76)By recording the noise of crinkledwrappers as they were slowly stretched out in an otherwise silent chamber, andthen digitizing and analyzing the sound emissions on computers, a teamof scientists found the noise not continuous but consisted of individualbursts or pops just thousandths of a second long.
(A) digitizing and analyzing the sound emissionson computers, a team of scientists found the noise not
(B)digitizing and analyzing the sound emissions on computers, a team of scientistsfound that the noise was not
(C) digitizing and analyzing the sound emissionson computers, a team of scientists found the noise not to be
(D) the sound emissions were digitized andanalyzed on computers, a team of scientists found that the noise was not
(E) the sound emissions were digitized andanalyzed on computers, a team of scientists found the noise not to be
B
7.(77)Scientists have found signs that movingwater changed the chemical makeup of the surface of Mars in recent eras,therefore concluding that its crust is harboring up to three times as muchwater than was previously thought.
(A) eras, therefore concluding that its crust isharboring up to three times as much water than was
(B) eras, therefore concluding that the planet'scrust harbors up to three times as much water or more as was
(C) erasand have therefore concluded that the planet's crust harbors up to three timesas much water as
(D) eras and they have concluded, therefore,that its crust harbors up to three times as much water, or more, than
(E) eras and concluded, therefore, that theplanet's crust is harboring up to three times more water as was
C
8.(78)The cottontail rabbit population in OrangeCounty, California, has increased unchecked in recent years as a result ofthe removal of the native fox population and the clearing of surroundingwoodlands.
(A)years as a result of the removal of
(B) years as a result of removing
(C) years, resulting from the removing of
(D) years, which is a result of removing
(E) years, which is a result of the removal of
A

9. (79)Changes in sea level are not only a result of changes inwater temperature, affecting water density,but of melting glaciers as well.

(A) are not only a result of changes in water temperature, affecting waterdensity, but of melting glaciers as well

(B) not only result from changes in water temperature, which affect waterdensity, but also when glaciers melt

(C) are a result not only of changes in water temperature, which affectwater density, but also the melting glaciers

(D) result not only from changes inwater temperature, which affect water density, but also from the melting ofglaciers

(E) result from not only changes in water temperature, affecting waterdensity, but as well as when glaciers melt

D

10. (80)In the major cities of industrialized countries at the end of thenineteenth century, important public places such as theaters, restaurants,shops, and banks had installed electric lighting, but electricity wasin less than one percent of homes, where lighting was still providedmainly by candles or gas.

(A) electricity was in less than onepercent of homes, where lighting was still

(B) electricity was in less than one percent of homes and lighting still

(C) there were less than one percent of homes with electricity, wherelighting was still being

(D) there was less than one percent of homes that had electricity, havinglighting that was still

(E) less than one percent of homes had electricity, where lighting hadstill been

A