14. According to Interstudy，a nonprofit organization that studies health maintenance organizations（HMO's），they estimate that，in comparison to last year，when only 36 percent of the nation's 607 HMO's was profitable，this year 73 percent will be.
（A） they estimate that， in comparison to last year， when only 36 percent of the nation's 607 HMO's was profitable， this year 73 percent will be
（B） compared to only 36 percent of the nation's 607 HMO's being profitable last year， they estimate 73 percent would be this year
（C） only 36 percent of the nation's 607 HMO's were profitable last year； it estimates that this year 73 percent will be
（D） it estimates 73 percent of the nation's 607 HMO's would be profitable this year； last year that was only 36 percent
（E） only 36 percent of the nation's 607 HMO's last year were profitable， whereas they estimate it this year to be 73 percent
15. The visiting pharmacologists concluded that the present amalgam of Chinese and Western medicine is probably as good，or better than，any system that might be devised for the patients who are treated at the Nan Kai hospital in Tian-jing.
（A） as good， or better than， any system that might be devised for the patients who are
（B） as good， or better， than any system that might be devised for patients being
（C） as good， or better than， any system that might be devised for patients which are being
（D） good as， or even better than， any other system that may be devised for the patients who are
（E） as good as， or better than， any other system that might be devised for the patients
16. One of four babies are now born to mothers aged thirty years or more， compared with just one of six born in 1975.
（A） of four babies are now born to mothers aged thirty years or more， compared with just one of six born
（B） of four babies is now born to a mother whose age is thirty of older， compared to just one of six babies who were born
（C） baby in four are now born to mothers aged thirty or older， compared to just one in six
（D） baby in four is now born to a mother aged thirty or older， compared with just one in six
（E） baby in four is now born to mothers aged thirty years or more， compared to just one in six
17. School desegregation has worked well in Buffalo，New York，in part because parents and teachers were given major roles in designing the city's magnet schools，because extra federal funds were allocated to make each school unique，and because the federal judge enforced desegregation orders.
（A） because extra federal funds were allocated to make each school unique
（B） because of the allocation of extra federal funds that make each school unique
（C） because each school is made unique by allocating it extra federal funds
（D） extra federal funds were allocated in order to make each school unique
（E） extra federal funds were allocated for making each school unique
18. Among the Cossacks，vegetable farming was once so despised that it was forbidden on pain of death.
（A） so despised that it was
（B） so despised to be
（C） so despised it had been
（D） despised enough that it was
（E） despised enough as to be
19 Researchers have questioned the use of costly and experimental diagnostic tests to identify food allergies，such as milk，that supposedly disrupt normal behavior.
（A） to identify food allergies， such as
（B） to identify food allergies， like
（C） to identify food allergies， such as to
（D） for identifying food allergies， like that of
（E） for identifying food allergies， such as for
20 Biologists believe that they have found one of the substances that tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain quiescent in the earliest phases of an embryo's development.
（A） tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain
（B） tell individual genes both at which time they should become active or should remain
（C） tells individual genes both when to become active or remain
（D） tells individual genes both when to become active or when to remain
（E） will tell an individual gene both about when it should become active and remain
21 Unlike the lives of Pushkin，Gogol，Tolstoi，and Dostoevski，subjects of other Troyat biographies，Chekhov belongs to the twentieth century，an age of fretfulness and melancholy skepticism.
（A） Unlike the lives of Pushkin， Gogol， Tolstoi， and Dostoevski， subjects of other Troyat biographies， Chekhov belongs
（B） Chekhov， unlike the other Troyat biographies of Pushkin， Gogol， Tolstoi， and Dostoevski， belongs
（C） The life of Chekhov， unlike the lives of the subjects of other Troyat biographies， Pushkin， Gogol， Tolstoi， and Dostoevski， belongs
（D） Chekhov and his life， unlike that of the other Troyat biographies—— Pushkin， Gogol， Tolstoi， and Dostoevski， belong
（E） The life of Chekhov， unlike that of other Troyat biographies of Pushkin， Gogol， Tolstoi， and Dostoevski， belongs
22 The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina，Sarajevo's population on the eve of the First World War was 51，919.
（A） Bosnia-Herzegovina，Sarajevo's population
（B） Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo，whose population
（C） Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo，with a population
（D） Bosnia-Herzegovina，Sarajevo having a population that
（E） Bosnia-Herzegovina，the population of Sarajevo
23 The growing demand for housing，traffic congestion，and longer commuting trips has all but eliminated the cost advantage of owning a house in many rural communities.
（A） The growing demand for housing， traffic congestion， and longer commuting trips has
（B） Traffic congestion， the growing demand for housing， and longer commuting trips has
（C） Longer commuting trips， traffic congestion， and the growing demand for housing has
（D） Traffic congestion， longer commuting trips， and the growing demand for housing have
（E） The growing demand for housing， as well as traffic congestion and longer commuting trips， have
24 The investor who is uncertain about the future is more likely to put money into blue-chip stocks or treasury bills than into gold.
（A） than into
（B） than they do
（C） than they are
（D） as into
（E） as
25 According to the Better Business Bureau，if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest，it violates the New York Consumer Protection Law.
（A） if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest， it
（B） if one fails to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest price， it
（C） failure to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest
（D） failure to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as the lowest
（E） failing to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or products as that of the lowest
26 In its most recent approach，the comet Crommelin passed the Earth at about the same distance and in about the same position， some 25 degrees above the horizon， that Halley's comet will pass the next time it appears.
（A） that Halley's comet will pass
（B） that Halley's comet is to be passing
（C） as Halley's comet
（D） as will Halley's comet
（E） as Halley's comet will do
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