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The continental United States receives an average of 30
inches of precipitation a year; transpiration from soil and from plants
returns approximately 21 of the 30 inches to the atmosphere, while the balance
of 9 inches contributes to the flow of streams and rivers.

(A) transpiration from soil and from plants returns
approximately 21 of the 30 inches to the atmosphere, while the balance of 9
inches contributes to the flow

(B) even though transpiration from soil and from plants
returns approximately 21 of the 30 inches to the atmosphere, the remainder of 9
inches contribute to the flowing

(C) although transpiration from soil and from plants
return approximately 21 of the 30 inches to the atmosphere, the balance of 9
inches contribute to the flowing

(D) with transpiration from soil and from plants to
return approximately 21 inches to the atmosphere, the rest of the 9 inches
contributes to the flow

(E) as transpiration from soil and from plants return
approximately 21 of the 30 inches to the atmosphere, the rest of the 9 inches
contribute to the flow

126.     

Because she knew many of the leaders of colonial America
and the American Revolution personally, Mercy Otis Warren was continually at or
near the center of political events from 1765 to 1789, a vantage point
combining with her talent for writing to make her one of the most valuable
historians of the era.

(A) a vantage point combining with her talent for writing
to make

(B) a vantage point, when combined with her talent for
writing, that made

(C) a vantage point that combined with her talent for
writing, and it made

(D) and this vantage point, which combined with her
talent for writing to make

(E) and this vantage point, combined with her talent for writing, made

105. Originally developed for detecting air
pollutants, a technique called proton-induced X-ray emission,
            which can
quickly analyze the chemical elements in
            'almost any substance without
destroying it, is finding uses in medicine, archaeology, and criminology.(called 前若加个逗号算对吗？which 指谁？)

(A)         
Originally
developed for detecting air pollutants, a technique called proton-induced X-ray
emission, which can quickly analyze the chemical elements in almost any
substance without destroying it,

(B)        
Originally
developed for detecting air pollutants, having the ability to analyze the
chemical elements in almost any substance without destroying it, a technique
called proton-induced X-ray emission

(C)        
A
technique originally developed for detecting air pollutants, called
proton-induced X-ray emission, which can quickly analyze the chemical elements
in almost any substance without destroying it,

(D)        
A
technique originally developed for detecting air pollutants, called
proton-induced X-ray emission, which has the ability to analyze the chemical
elements in almost any substance quickly and without destroying it,

(E)        
A
technique that was originally developed for detecting air pollutants and has
the ability to analyze the chemical elements in almost any substance quickly
and without destroying the substance, called proton-induced X-ray emission,

B       
Placement of two long modifiers at the beginning of the sentence is awkward and makes it difficult to locate the subject, second
modifier (having...)
actually modifies the first modifier

C       
Called proton-induced X-ray emission should be placed
next to a
technique and should not be set off by commas; relative clause
introduced by which
incorrectly and illogically modifies emission

D     
Called
proton-induced X-ray emission should be placed next to a technique and should not be set off
by commas; relative clause introduced by which incorrectly and illogically
modifies emission;
has the ability to is wordy

E      
Called
proton-induced X-ray emission should be placed next to a technique and should not be set off
by commas; has
the ability to is wordy