are/is

[ashish.jere]

The Sports Medicine Programs of the Olympic Training Center, a complex where final tryouts are held for athletes representing the United States in the Olympics, is geared toward enhancing athletes' performance and toward their preparation for international competition.

(A) is geared toward enhancing athletes' performance and toward their preparation

(B) is geared to enhance the performance of athletes and to prepare them

(C) are geared to enhance athletes' performance and their preparation

(D) are geared toward the enhancement of athletes' performance and toward preparing them

(E) are geared toward enhancing the performance of athletes and preparing them

[ctrajaram]

Programs so use "are"

Down to C,D,E

geared toward something->idiomatic usage

E for parallelism
enhancing...and preparing

[RonPurewal]

the above poster's summary is basically correct, although i'm not 100% sure that "geared to" is incorrect.

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by the way:

i smell a non-official problem.

if this problem is really FROM THE GMATPREP SOFTWARE, then please post a screen shot as proof. i would be astonished if this were really an official problem.

[ashish.jere]

it is from GPREP, ron. you can take my word on that. anyways, i will post a screen shot soon.

the above poster's summary is basically correct, although i'm not 100% sure that "geared to" is incorrect.

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by the way:

i smell a non-official problem.

if this problem is really FROM THE GMATPREP SOFTWARE, then please post a screen shot as proof. i would be astonished if this were really an official problem.

[ashish.jere]

I have the screen shot ready, ron. could you please let me know how to upload it?

[ganurag83]

Ron, I have another doubt in this. Is "toward" correct or is "towards" correct?

[ashish.jere]

ganurag83 - Check this link. May clear your doubt.

post7023.html?

My question to Ron - what should really hint us in picking 'are'? Programs?
It's very misguiding in this question.

I went ahead and read like this - 'The SMP of the Olympic Training Center, a complex where final tryouts are held for athletes representing the United States in the Olympics, is blah blah blah'

[jitenderjain065]

can anyone tell me, how to attach screen shot of gmat prep

[RonPurewal]

Ron, I have another doubt in this. Is "toward" correct or is "towards" correct?

hmm?
"towards" doesn't appear anywhere in this problem. do you have a different version of it?

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clearly "toward" is ok, since it appears in the correct answer.

[RonPurewal]

My question to Ron - what should really hint us in picking 'are'? Programs?
It's very misguiding in this question.

nope. if there is ONE thing in this question that is absolutely clear, it's the subject of that verb.

"of the olympic training center" is ineligible, since it's a modifier.
"a complex where blah blah blah" is also ineligible; it's also a modifier.

therefore, the subject is "sports medicine programs".
100% unambiguous.

[RonPurewal]

can anyone tell me, how to attach screen shot of gmat prep

directions here
post12965.html#p12965

[ashish.jere]

thank you.

My question to Ron - what should really hint us in picking 'are'? Programs?
It's very misguiding in this question.

nope. if there is ONE thing in this question that is absolutely clear, it's the subject of that verb.

"of the olympic training center" is ineligible, since it's a modifier.
"a complex where blah blah blah" is also ineligible; it's also a modifier.

therefore, the subject is "sports medicine programs".
100% unambiguous.

[RonPurewal]

sure thing

[newbee24]

Ron, please can you explain why choice C is incorrect?
considering you mentioned "although i'm not 100% sure that "geared to" is incorrect"

[Willy]

Ron, please can you explain why choice C is incorrect?
considering you mentioned "although i'm not 100% sure that "geared to" is incorrect"

If we intend to mean AIM AT then we have to use "Geared Towards" it sound better to me than "Geared To"