11.Marketing researchers have found that, because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as Northeasterners, the two varieties of commercially prepared coleslaw most popular in New York City and Boston are virtually ignored by consumers in Richmond and Raleigh.

 A, because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as
 B, because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage with
 C, because many residents of the Southeast do not have the same ethnic heritage as
 D, due to many residents of the Southeast not sharing the same ethnic heritage with
 E, whereas many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as

12.Darwin was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; his tremendous originality lay in the fact that he proposed the idea of natural selection as the means by which evolution worked.
 A, lay in the fact that he proposed the idea
 B, lay in the fact of his proposing the idea
 C, laid in the fact of his proposing the idea
 D, laid in his proposal
 E, lay in his proposal

13. In spite of continuing national trends toward increased consumption of specialty foods, agronomists in the Midwest foresee a gradual reversion to the raising of agricultural staples: feed corn and hard red wheat.

 A, a gradual reversion to the raising of agricultural staples
 B, that a gradual reversion back will feature the raising of agricultural staples
 C, a gradual reversion back to the raising of agricultural staples again
 D, a gradual reversion to raise agricultural staples
 E, a gradual reversion into the raising of agricultural staples

14.A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm.

 A, whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
 B, if the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
 C, about whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
 D, whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
 E, whether the flood was gradual or it created a cataclysm

15.Since 1975 the number of women in upper-level management in American corporations have increased by 25 percent; female executives’ salaries, however, still lag behind those of their male counterparts.

 A, have increased by 25 percent; female executives’ salaries, however, still lag
 B, has increased by 25 percent, however much their salaries lag
 C, have increased 25 percent; female executives’ salaries, however, still have lagged
 D, has increased by 25 percent; female executives’ salaries, however, still lag
 E, have increased 25 percent; their salaries, however, still lag

16. Adult survivors of child abuse traditionally have had little or no chance that they could get their symptoms recognized and treated.

 A, that they could get their symptoms recognized and treated
 B, to recognize and treat their symptoms
 C, of getting their symptoms recognized and treated
 D, of recognizing and treating symptoms
 E, of getting his or her symptoms recognized and treated

17.Erasmus Montanus, a seventeenth-century farce written by Ludwig Holberg, both predates and resembles Moliere’s Tartuffe and is therefore thought to be one of Moliere’s sources.

 A, both predates and resembles
 B, it both predates and resembles
 C, both predated and resembles
 D, has both predated and resembled
 E, because it both predated and resembled

18.To maintain a high demand for their product, the manufacturers first took over the marketing and sales functions previously performed by outside agents; next, they began changing their advertising campaigns monthly to keep pace with the rapid changes in consumers’ lives.

 A, they began changing
 B, this began changing
 C, the former began changing
 D, to begin changing
 E, to change

19.The last “wild” Indian in North America, according to anthropologist Alfred Kroeber, was the lone survivor of California’s lost Yahi tribe, which staggered out of the mountains near Lassen Peak in 1912, deep in mourning for the last of his companions, expecting to be butchered and eaten by white ranchers.

 A, which
 B, who
 C, that
 D, the survivor having
 E, having

20. Studies of circadian rhythms can be applied to problems ranging from chronic insomnia in frequent transcontinental air travelers to workers in all-night plants being inefficient.
 A, to workers in all-night plants being inefficient
 B, toward workers in all-night plants being inefficient
 C, to workers in all-night plants who are inefficient
 D, to combat worker inefficiency in all-night plants
 E, to decreased efficiency among workers in all-night plants