【正文】 death in 1886, and outnumbering(E) Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber30. Paleontologists believe that fragments of a primate jawbone unearthed in Burma and estimatedat 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence ofa crucial step along the evolutionary path that led to human beings.(A) at 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of(B) as being 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of(C) that it is 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of what was(D) to be 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of(E) as 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence31.Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes wererelatively simple and static, Barbara McClintock adhered to her own more plicated ideas about how genes might operate, and in 1983, at the age of 81, was awarded a Nobel Prize for her discovery that the genes in corn are capable of moving from one chromosomal site to another.(A) Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were(B) Although many of her colleagues were of the conviction of genes being(C) Contrary to many of her colleagues being convinced that genes were(D) Even though many of her colleagues were convinced that genes were(E) Even with many of her colleagues convinced of genes being32. Galileo was convinced that natural phenomena, as manifestations of the laws of physics, would appear the same to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through thewater as aperson standing on land.(A) water as a(B) water as to a(C) water。 just as it would to a(D) water, as it would to the(E) water。 just as to the33.Because an oversupply of puter chips has sent prices plunging,the manufacturer has announced that it will cut production by closing its factories for two days a month.(A) Because an oversupply of puter chips has sent prices plunging,(B) Because of plunging prices for puter chips, which is due to an oversupply,(C) Because puter chip prices have been sent plunging, which resulted from an oversupply,(D) Due to plunging puter chip prices from an oversupply,(E) Due to an oversupply, with the result that puter chip prices have been sent plunging,34. Beyond the immediate cash flow crisis that the museum faces, its survival depends onif it can broaden its membership and leaveits cramped quarters for a site where it can store and exhibit its more than 12,000 artifacts.(A) if it can broaden its membership and leave(B) whether it can broaden its membership and leave(C) whether or not it has the capability to broaden its membership and can leave(D) its ability for broadening its membership and leaving(E) the ability for it to broaden its membership and leave35. By 1940, the pilot Jacqueline Cochran held seventeen official national and international speed records,and she earned them at a time when aviation was still so new for many of the planes she flew to beof dangerously experimental design.(A) and she earned them at a time when aviation was still so new for many of the planes she flew to be(B) earning them at a time that aviation was still so new for many of the planes she flew to be(C) earning these at a time where aviation was still so new that many of the planes she flew were(D) earned at a time in which aviation was still so new such that many of the planes she flew were(E) earned at a time when aviation was still so new that many of the planes she flew were36. Along with the drop in producer prices announced yesterday, the strong retail sales figures released today seemlike it is indicative thatthe economy, although growing slowly, is not nearing a recession.(A) like it is indicative that(B) as if to indicate(C) to indicate that(D) indicative of(E) like an indication of37. Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the first woman to draw a soldier’s pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had beetoo ill to serve.(A) 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had bee(B) 22, was injured three times, while being discharged in 1783 because she had bee(C) 22 and was injured three times, and discharged in 1783, being(D) 22, injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she was(E) 22, having been injured three times and discharged in 1783, being38. Bengalborn writer, philosopher, and educator Rabindranath Tagore had the greatest admirationfor Mohandas K. Gandhi the person and also as a politician, but Tagore had beenskeptical of Gandhi’s form of nationalism and his conservative opinions about India’s cultural traditions.(A) for Mohandas K. Gandhi the person and also as a politician, but Tagore had been(B) for Mohandas K. Gandhi as a person and as a politician, but Tagore was also(C) for Mohandas K. Gandhi not only as a person and as a politician, but Tagore was also(D) of Mohandas K. Gandhi as a person and as also a politician, but Tagore was(E) of Mohandas K. Gandhi not only as a person and as a politician, but Tagore had also been39. Although schistosomiasis is not often fatal,it is so debilitating that it has bee an economicdrain on many developing countries.(A) it is so debilitating that it has bee an economic(B) it is of such debilitation, it has bee an economical(C) so debilitating is it as to bee an economic(D) such is its debilitation, it bees an economical(E) there is so much debilitation that it has bee an economical40. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had long been exp