【揽瓜阁语法打卡小分队】Day132

Day132
1.        （311）Metals, pigments and other chemical substances used by ancient cultures were not always benign, as the use of toxic lead by ancient Romans in the plumbing—a word derived from the Latin word for “lead”—of both their aqueducts and their private homes demonstrate.

(A) the use of toxic lead by ancient Romans in the plumbing—a word derived from the Latin word for “lead”—of both their aqueducts and their private homes demonstrate

(B) demonstrated by the use of toxic lead in the plumbing—a word derived from the Latin word for “lead”—both of their aqueducts and their private homes by ancient Romans

(C) demonstrated by the toxic lead that ancient Romans used in the plumbing—a word derived from the Latin word for “lead”—of both their aqueducts and their private homes

(D) toxic lead used by ancient Romans in the plumbing—a word derived from the Latin word for “lead”—both of their aqueducts and of their private homes demonstrate

(E) the use by ancient Romans of toxic lead in the plumbing—a word derived from the Latin word for “lead”—of both their aqueducts and private homes demonstrates

2.        (312)A higher interest rate is only one of the factors, albeit an important one, that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade.

A) keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did
B) keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did
C) keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did
D) keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like earlier
E) keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier

3.        (313)Having more than the usual numbers of fingers or toes on the hands or feet is termed polydactyly.

(A) Having more than the usual numbers of fingers or toes
(B) Having had more than the usual number of fingers or toes
(C) Having more than the usual number of fingers or toes
(D) To have more than the usual number of fingers or toes
(E) To have more than the usual numbers of fingers or toes

4.        (314)The possibility of an attack on Indian Point, a nuclear power plant, has caused local governmental officials to plan evacuation routes, build shelters, and offering citizens potassium pills so there will be fewer casualties in case of a leak.

(A) plan evacuation routes, build shelters, and offering citizens potassium pills so there will be

(B) plan evacuation routes, build shelters, and offer citizens potassium pills in order to have

(C) planning evacuation routes, building shelters, and the offer of potassium pills to citizens so there will be

(D) evacuation route planning, building shelters, and offering citizens potassium pills in order to have

(E) a planning of evacuation routes, shelter building, and offering potassium pills to citizens to have

5.        (315)The defending attorney weakened the prosecution’s arguments so much that, at the end of the trial, the jury doubted that the victim had even existed.

(A) doubted that the victim had even existed
(B) doubts that the victim has even existed
(C) was in doubt as to the existence of the victim
(D) was doubtful concerning the victim’s existence
(E) had doubts about the victim’s even existing

6.        (316)The Federalist papers is a compilation of articles written by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, as well as a few by John Jay, since each of them were advocates of the Constitution.

(A) since each of them were
(B) since they were each
(C) since all of them were
(D) each of which was
(E) because all of the men were

7.        (317)Regarded by publishing analysts to be increased by international tensions during the Cold War, sales of the spy novel reached the zenith in the 1960s, when most Americans perceived the U.S.S.R. like a constant threat.

(A) Regarded by publishing analysts to be increased by international tensions during the Cold War, sales of the spy novel reached the zenith in the 1960s, when most Americans perceived the U.S.S.R. like

(B) The spy novel, regarded by publishing analysts to be increased by international tensions during the Cold War, reached the zenith of its sales in the 1960s, when most Americans perceived the U.S.S.R. to be

(C) Regarded by publishing analysts as increased by international tensions during the Cold War, in the 1960s the spy novel reached the zenith of its sales, when most Americans perceived the U.S.S.R. as

(D) Reaching the zenith of its sales in the 1960s, the spy novel was regarded by publishing analysts as increased by international tensions during the Cold War, when most Americans perceived the U.S.S.R. as

(E) Regarded by publishing analysts as increased by international tensions during the Cold War, sales of the spy novel reached their zenith in the 1960s, when most Americans perceived the U.S.S.R. as

8.        (318)The invention of the cotton gin, being one of the most significant developments of the nineteenth century, had turned cotton cloth into an affordable commodity; it was costly before that.

(A) being one of the most significant developments of the nineteenth century, had turned cotton cloth into an affordable commodity; it was costly before that

(B) having been one of the most significant developments of the nineteenth century, turned cotton cloth into an affordable commodity, costly previously

(C) one of the most significant developments of the nineteenth century, turned cotton cloth into an affordable, however costly previously, commodity

(D) one of the most significant developments of the nineteenth century, turned cotton cloth into an affordable commodity, whereas it had previously been costly

(E) being one of the most significant developments of the nineteenth century, turned cotton cloth from a previously costly commodity to an affordable one


9.        (319)In 1997 the frequency of calvings among dairy cows increased across Northern Europe; this increase was more apparent in Norway than in either Sweden or Finland

(A) than in either Sweden or Finland
(B) than either in Sweden or Finland
(C) than those in Sweden or Finland
(D) than among those in either Sweden or Finland
(E) than it was either in Sweden or Finland

10.        (320)The conflict started both because of ethnic tensions as well as because of economic dislocations.

(A) both because of ethnic tensions as well as
(B) because of both ethnic tensions and
(C) not because of ethnic tensions but also
(D) as a result of ethnic tensions and worsened
(E) not because of ethnic tensions but also