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14. Originally published in 1950, Some Tame Gazelle was Barbara Pym’s first novel, but it does not read like an apprentice work.
(A) does not read like an apprentice work
Most concise
(B) seems not to read as an apprentice work
Seems seems awkward
(C) does not seem to read as an apprentice work would
(D) does not read like an apprentice work does
(E) reads unlike an apprentice work



23. a huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.
(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
Incorrect: That is awkward
(C) and it is believed to have been
Correct: it correctly refers to Que....
(D) which was, it is believed,
Incorrect: which modifies 36 feet. 36 feet isn't the largest flying creature seen
(E) which is believed to be

Incorrect: Same problem as D

4. Framed by traitorous colleagues, Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned for twelve years before there was exoneration and his freedom.
(A) there was exoneration and his freedom
(B) he was to be exonerated with freedom
Incorrect: I don't think you exonerate with freedom

(C) being exonerated and freed
I want to say this as Incorrect. In GMAT I will mark this as Incorrect. But among the choices here, it looks best. So I am not sure
(D) exoneration and his freedom
Incorrect: Awkward

(E) being freed, having been exonerated
Incorrect: If you ever see " being " in the underlined part, it is incorrect Saves time

24. Margaret Courtney-Clarke has traveled to remote dwellings in the Transvaal to photograph the art of Ndebele women, whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house.
(A) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house
Correct: Concise and Parallel
(B) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and their style is varying among women and houses
(C) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and they are in styles that vary from woman to woman and house to house

D and E are incorrect. The woman don't have any murals on their bodies.
(D) with murals brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their style varies among women and houses
(E) with murals that are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their styles vary among women and houses
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) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly
Incorrect: sprang to life, does not make sense
(B) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but were slowly evolved
Incorrect:
(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
Correct: had correctly uses past perfect
(E) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but they were slowly evolved.