Tricky Questions

[Yazynin]

No sooner did the commissioner order the imposition of curfew in the city, when intense riots broke out near the bus station.

(A) curfew in the city, when
(B) the curfew in the city, when
(C) curfew in the city, than
(D) the curfew in the city, than
(E) curfew in the city, then

Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source – the Silicon Valley Millionaires' Club

(A) Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source – the Silicon Valley Millionaires' Club.
(B) For the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America, relief came from a rather unexpected source – the Silicon Valley Millionaires' Club.
(C) Relief came from a rather unexpected source – the Silicon Valley Millionaires' Club – for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America.
(D) Relief came for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America from a rather unexpected source – the Silicon Valley Millionaires' Club.
(E) The Silicon Valley Millionaires' Club was a rather unexpected source from which relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came.

[Erin]

First, this doesn't look like a GMAT-quality question, but here goes my explanation anyway.

Originally posted by Yazynin

No sooner did the commissioner order the imposition of curfew in the city, when intense riots broke out near the bus station.

(A) curfew in the city, when
(B) the curfew in the city, when
(C) curfew in the city, than
(D) the curfew in the city, than
(E) curfew in the city, then

First, memorize the pattern:

no sooner + inversion + than + sentence

Second, "curfew" is a singular count noun and therefore requires a determiner.

HTH

[Erin]

Originally posted by Yazynin

Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source – the Silicon Valley Millionaires' Club

(A) Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source – the Silicon Valley Millionaires' Club.
(B) For the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America, relief came from a rather unexpected source – the Silicon Valley Millionaires' Club.
(C) Relief came from a rather unexpected source – the Silicon Valley Millionaires' Club – for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America.
(D) Relief came for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America from a rather unexpected source – the Silicon Valley Millionaires' Club.
(E) The Silicon Valley Millionaires' Club was a rather unexpected source from which relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came.

A is fine. Did you have a question?