8. For most consumers, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually, even if free of damage claims and moving violations.

　　(A) even if

　　(B) despite being

　　(C) even if they are

　　(D) although they may be

　　(E) even if remaining

　　9. It was an increase in reported cases of malaria along the Gulf Coast that in 1921 led the health authorities' granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of Unimedco.

　　(A) authorities' granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of

　　(B) authorities' granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later to be called by the name of

　　(C) authorities' granting a permit for experimentation using human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of

　　(D) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group later called

　　(E) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group that later would be called by the name of

　　10. Most primates are immune to feline rhinovirus, but a specific group, this being the golden macaques, are highly susceptible to the organism.

　　(A) a specific group, this being the golden macaques, are highly susceptible to

　　(B) a specific group, the golden macaques, is highly susceptible to

　　(C) one group, specifically golden macaques, is highly susceptible of

　　(D) a specific group, the golden macaques, which are highly susceptible to

　　(E) a specific group, the golden macaques, which are highly susceptible of

　　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