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by mylittled2008
Mon May 21, 2012 10:51 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: number of foreign-born residents and their children
Replies: 28
Views: 12626
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Re: number of foreign-born residents and their children

Hi, First of all, we should find out the meaning of this sentence: According to the sentence, the author want to make a comparison between the 35 percent and xx percent. Then we should check out all the following choices: A. "when compared to" is wrong B. "as compared to" is wron...
by mylittled2008
Tue May 22, 2012 9:22 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: climate on the Earth
Replies: 16
Views: 5808
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Re: climate on the Earth

Hi
In my view,
B the passive voice is not as good as active voice. This sentence want to emphasize that the melting of the polar ice caps caused the sea level to rise.

D over and above is awkward
by mylittled2008
Thu May 24, 2012 9:28 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: For the first time
Replies: 45
Views: 29671
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Re: For the first time

For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago. D. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from n...
by mylittled2008
Thu May 24, 2012 9:56 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: Sales of wines declined in the 1980s
Replies: 69
Views: 26765
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Re: Sales of wines declined in the 1980s

Sales of wines declined in the late 1980s, but they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease. A. perfect! in X, particularly Y, I suppose that X and Y should be parallel. "consumtion...
by mylittled2008
Thu May 24, 2012 10:18 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Verbal
Topic: A study of food resources in the North Pacific between 1989
Replies: 64
Views: 43287
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Re: A study of food resources in the North Pacific between 1989

A study of food resources in the North Pacific between 1989 and 1996 revealed that creatures of the seabed were suffering from dwindling food supplies, possibly resulting from increasing sea surface temperatures during the same period. First of all, we should understand what the author want to tell ...