1.
The black hole has entered the popular imagination as
an object too massive that neither light nor matter can
escape its gravitational pull.
(A) too massive that neither light nor matter can escape its
(B) too massive for either allowing light or matter to
escape its
(C) massive enough that either light or matter cannot
escape their
(D) so massive that neither light nor matter could
escape their
(E) so massive that neither light nor matter can escape its
2.
Selling several hundred thousand copies in six months,
the publication of “Maple Leaf Rag” in 1899 was an
instant hit, helping to establish Scott Joplin as the
preeminent ragtime composer.
(A) Selling several hundred thousand copies in six
months, the publication of “Maple Leaf Rag”
in 1899 was an instant hit, helping to establish
Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime
composer.
(B) The publication in 1899 of “Maple Leaf Rag”
was an instant hit: in six months they sold
several hundred thousand copies and it helped
establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime
composer.
(C)) Helping to establish Scott Joplin as the preemi-
nent ragtime composer was the publication of
“Maple Leaf Rag” in 1899, which was an
instant hit: it sold several hundred thousand
copies in six months.
(D) “Maple Leaf Rag” was an instant hit: it helped
establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime
composer, published in 1899 and selling sev-
eral hundred thousand copies in six months.
(E) Published in 1899, “Maple Leaf Rag” was an
instant hit, selling several hundred thousand
copies in six months: it helped establish Scott
Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer.