A pioneer journalist, Nellie Bly’s exploits included

Question A pioneer journalist, Nellie Bly’s exploits included circling the globe faster than Jules Verne’s fictional Phileas Fogg. Option A Option B Option C Option D Option E (This question is from Official Guide. Therefore, because of copyrights, the complete question cannot be copied here. The question can be accessed at GMAT Club) Solution Sentence …

Discussion of greenhouse effects have usually had as a focus

Question Discussion of greenhouse effects have usually had as a focus the possibility of Earth growing warmer and to what extent it might, but climatologists have indicated all along that precipitation, storminess, and temperature extremes are likely to have the greatest impact on people. Option A Option B Option C Option D Option E (This …

The use of the bar code, or Universal Product Code

Question The use of the bar code, or Universal Product Code, which was created in part to enable supermarkets to process customers at a faster rate, has expanded beyond supermarkets to other retail outlets and have become readily accepted despite some initial opposition when it was first introduced in 1974. Option AOption BOption COption DOption …

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had long been expected

Question The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had long been expected to announce a reduction in output to bolster sagging oil prices, but officials of the organization just recently announced that the group will pare daily production by 1.5 million barrels by the beginning of next year, but only if non-OPEC nations, including Norway, …

A surge in new home sales and a drop in weekly unemployment

Question A surge in new home sales and a drop in weekly unemployment claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as some analysts previously thought. Option A Option B Option C Option D Option E (This question is from Official Guide. Therefore, because of copyrights, the complete question cannot be copied here. …

Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past

Question Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are now drawing solid conclusions about how the human brain grows and how babies acquire language. Option A Option B Option C Option D Option E (This question is from Official Guide. …

According to a recent study of consumer spending on prescription medications

Question According to a recent study of consumer spending on prescription medications, increases in the sales of the 50 drugs that were advertised most heavily accounts for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year, the remainder of which came from sales of the 9,850 prescription medicines that companies did not …

Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written

Question Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else. Option A Option B Option C Option D Option E (This question is from Official Guide. Therefore, because …

Because an oversupply of computer chips has sent prices plunging

Question Because an oversupply of computer chips has sent prices plunging, the manufacturer has announced that it will cut production by closing its factories for two days a month. Option AOption BOption COption DOption E (This question is from Official Guide. Therefore, because of copyrights, the complete question cannot be copied here. The question can …

Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s knowledge of the literatures of Europe, China

Question Ryunosuke Akutagawa‘s knowledge of the literatures of Europe, China and that of Japan were instrumental in his development as a writer, informing his literary style as much as the content of his fiction. Option A Option B Option C Option D Option E (This question is from Official Guide. Therefore, because of copyrights, the …