| 1. | The labor union and the company management were not able to communicate pragmatically and it was a major reason for the labor strike in Washington in 2003. |
| a. | | The labor union and the company management were not able to communicate pragmatically and it |
| b. | | The labor union and the company management were unable to communicate openly and that |
| c. | | The inability to communicate pragmatically of the labor union with the company management |
| d. | | Since the labor union and the company management were not able to communicate pragmatically, it |
| e. | | The inability of the labor union and the company management to communicate pragmatically
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| 2. | Any company manufacturing medicines containing the drug Marcaine in quantities greater than .25 mg must stop its production so that government agencies can decide whether they should be banned. |
| a. | | so that government agencies can decide whether they should be banned |
| b. | | so that the government agencies can ascertain if they should be banned |
| c. | | so that the government agencies can decide whether the medicines should be banned |
| d. | | so that then the government agencies will be able to decide if they should be banned |
| e. | | so that the government agencies can then be decided as to whether the medicines should be banned or not
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| 3. | When computers were first installed in the late 1970's, bank officials insisted that they would be faster, more efficient and less susceptible to errors than their human counterparts. |
| a. | | insisted that they would be faster |
| b. | | insisted that there were faster machines |
| c. | | promised that they would be faster |
| d. | | insisted that the machines would be faster |
| e. | | persisted that they were faster machines
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| 4. | While Paris has smashed all European tourism revenue records this year, they still lag well behind in exports. |
| a. | | this year, they still lag well behind in exports |
| b. | | in the present year, they lag behind still in exports |
| c. | | this year, it lags still behind in exports |
| d. | | in the present year, they still lag well behind in exports |
| e. | | this year, it still lags well behind in exports
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| 5. | Brooke went to select flowers for Tom's wedding with his wedding planner Carrie, but she couldn't find anything she liked. |
| a. | | but she couldn't find anything she liked |
| b. | | but they couldn't find anything she liked |
| c. | | however, she couldn't find anything they liked |
| d. | | but they couldn't find anything they liked |
| e. | | but she couldn't find anything they liked
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| 6. | The average female moviegoer expects to see at least three scenes of romance per film, and they are seldom disappointed. |
| a. | | and they are seldom disappointed |
| b. | | and they are almost never disappointed |
| c. | | and she is seldom disappointed |
| d. | | but they are seldom disappointed |
| e. | | but she is disappointed only seldom
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| 7. | Neither Tom nor John believes they passed the mid-term science paper this semester. |
| a. | | Neither Tom nor John believes they passed the |
| b. | | Neither Tom nor John believes he passed the |
| c. | | Neither Tom nor John believed they passed the |
| d. | | Neither Tom or John believes he passed a |
| e. | | Neither Tom nor John believe they passed the
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| 8. | The breakup of the Soviet Union has left nuclear weapons in the hands of unstable nascent countries, making it imperative for world security that they be destroyed. |
| a. | | imperative for world security that they be destroyed |
| b. | | imperative to the world security that they should be destroyed |
| c. | | imperative that these weapons be destroyed for world security |
| d. | | imperative to the world security that they are destroyed |
| e. | | imperative for world security that these weapons be destroyed
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| 9. | One must always look after one's family and home, at the same time it is also important to consider your friends and colleagues. |
| a. | | at the same time it is also important to consider your friends and colleagues |
| b. | | at the same time it is also important for you to consider your friends and colleagues |
| c. | | at the same time it is also important to consider one's friends and colleagues |
| d. | | at the same time it is also important to consider the friends and colleagues |
| e. | | at the same time it is also important for one to consider your friends and colleagues
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| 10. | While some of the candy in this bag are Tom's, the rest of it is mine. |
| a. | | bag are Tom's, the rest of it is mine |
| b. | | bag is Tom's, the rest of them is mine |
| c. | | bag are Tom's, the rest are mine |
| d. | | bag is Tom's, the rest of it is mine |
| e. | | bag are Tom's but the rest of them is mine
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