10. The rising of costs of data-processing operations at many financial institutions has created a growing opportunity for independent companies to provide these services more efficiently and at lower cost. (A) The rising of costs (B) Rising costs (C) The rising cost (D) Because the rising cost (E) Because of rising costs
34. Lacking information about energy use, people tend to overestimate the amount of energy used by equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that used by unobtrusive equipment, such as water heaters. (A) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that (B) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when (C) equipment, such as lights, that is visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when (D) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate that (E) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate it when
82. Downzoning, zoning that typically results in the reduction of housing density, allows for more open space in areas where little water or services exist.
(A) little water or services exist (B) little water or services exists (C) few services and little water exists (D) there is little water or services available (E) there are few services and little available water
84. The computer company’s present troubles are a result of technological stagnation, marketing missteps, and managerial blunders so that several attempts to revise corporate strategies have failed to correct it. (A) so that several attempts to revise corporate strategies have failed to correct it (B) so that several attempts at revising corporate strategies have failed to correct (C) in that several attempts at revising corporate strategies have failed to correct them (D) that several attempts to revise corporate strategies have failed to correct (E) that several attempts at revising corporate strategies have failed to correct them 99. After the Civil War, contemporaries of Harriet Tubman's maintained that she has all of the qualities of a great leader: coolness in the face of danger, an excellent sense of strategy, and an ability to plan in minute detail. (A) Tubman’s maintained that she has (B) Tubman's maintain that she had (C) Tubman’s have maintained that she had (D) Tubman maintained that she had (E) Tubman had maintained that she ha |