【正文】 ant for mercial real estate, so that(C) the abundance of capital for mercial real estate has been such,(D) such has the abundance of capital been for mercial real estate that (E) such has been an abundance of capital for mercial real estate,Choice A is best. The construction so abundant has capital been... that correctly and clearly expresses the relationship between the abundance and the investors39。 response. In choice B, the repetition of so is illogical and unidiomatic. Choices C, D, and E alter somewhat the intended meaning of the sentence。 because of its position in these statements, such functions to mean of a kind rather than to intensify abundant. Choice D awkwardly separates has and been, and the omission of that from C and E makes those choices ungrammatical.21. Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their clients39。 misconduct stemmed from a reaction to something ingested, but in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or delinquent to an allergy to some food(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior (E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behaviorIn choices A, C, and E, in attributing ... behavior modifies the perpetrators, producing the illogical statement that the perpetrators rather than the defense attorneys are attributing behavior to food allergies. Choice C is also wordy, and attributing ... as is unidiomatic in E. In the correct form of the expression, one attributes x, an effect, to y, a cause。 or, if a passive construction is used, x is attributed to y. D avoids the initial modification error by using a passive construction (in which the attributors are not identified), but attributed x as the cause of y is unidiomatic. Choice B is best.22. The voluminous personal papers of Thomas Alva Edison reveal that his inventions typically sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly from previous works.(A) (A) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly(B) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but were slowly evolved(C) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly(D) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but had slowly evolved (E) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but they were slowly evolvedC, the best choice, places not and but in such a way that the distinction between springing to life in a flash of inspiration and evolving slowly is logically and idiomatically expressed. A and B are faulty because, for grammatical parallelism, not in a flash... must be followed by but in..., not by a conjugated form of the verb. Moreover, were slowly evolved is incorrect in B because evolve, in this sense of the word, cannot be made passive. Choices C, D, and E all correctly place not before spring. D, however, contains inconsistent verb tenses。 E contains the faulty passive and an intrusive they.23. A Labor Department study states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirtyfive percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than sixtytwo percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.(A) numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirtyfive percent increase(B) numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirtyfive percent(C) numbers of women employed outside the home were raised by more than thirtyfive percent(D) number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirtyfive percent (E) number of women employed outside the home was raised by more than a thirtyfive percent increaseBecause a count of women employed outside the home at any given time will be expressed by a single number, the use of the plural noun numbers in choices A, B, and C is illogical. In A, the phrase grew by more than a thirtyfive percent increase is redundant and wordy, since the sense of increase is implicit in the verb grew. In C and E, the passive verb forms were raised and was raised are inappropriate because there is no identifiable agent responsible for the raising of the number of women employed. In choice E, was raised by ... increase is redundant. Choice D, which presents the parison logically and idiomatically, is the best answer.24. The first decision for most tenants living in a building undergoing being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign a nobuy pledge with the other tenants.(A) being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign(B) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether they should be signing(C) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether or not they sign(D) conversion to cooperative ownership is if to sign (E) conversion to cooperative ownership is whether to signIn A, B, and C, the phrase being converted is awkward and redundant, since the sense of process indicated by being has already been conveyed by undergoing. A and D can be faulted for saying if rather than whether, since the sentence poses alternative possibilities, to sign or not to sign. Only E, the best choice, idiomatically pletes whether with an infinitive, to sign, that functions as a noun equivalent of decision. Choice E also uses the noun conversion, which grammatically pletes the phrase begun by undergoing.25. The end of the eighteenth century saw the emergence of prizestock breeding, with individual bulls and cows receiving awards, fetching unprecedented prices, and excited enormous interest whenever they were put on show.(A) excited(B) it excited(C) exciting(D) would excite(E) it had excitedChoice C is best. The third verb