A.   their share of the country’s $21 billionbook market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging

B.   from 6 percent to 10 percent its share ofthe $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

C.   to 10 percent from 6 percent in their shareof the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging

D.   in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent,of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

E.    to 10 percent from 6 percent its share ofthe country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

A.   because of the economy’s continued strength,analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will

B.   with the economy’s strength continuing,analysts predicted for weeks that the target

C.   because the economy continues strong,analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

D.   due to the economy’s continued strength,analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target

E.    due to the fact of the economy’s continuedstrength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity inthe late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today thereare less than one-quarter that many.

A.   there are less than one-quarter that many

B.   there are fewer than one-quarter as many

C.   there are fewer than one-quarter of thatamount

D.   the number is less than one-quarter theamount

E.    it is less than one-quarter of that amount

A.   Heavy commitment by an executive to a courseof action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely tomiss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

B.   An executive who is heavily committed to acourse of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signsof incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.

C.   An executive who is heavily committed to acourse of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient troublewhen they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past.

D.   Executives’ being heavily committed to acourse of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes themlikely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they doappear.

E.    Being heavily committed to a course of action,especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executivemiss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

In California, a lack of genetic variation in theArgentine ant has allowed the species to spread widely; due to their beingso genetically similar to one another, the ants consider all their fellows tobe a close relative and thus do not engage in the kind of fierce intercolonystruggles that limits the spread of this species in its native Argentina.

A.   due to their being so genetically similar toone another, the ants consider all their fellows to be a close relative andthus do not engage in the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limits

B.   due to its being so genetically similar theant considers all its fellows to be a close relative and thus does not engagein the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limit

C.   because it is so genetically similar, theant considers all its fellows to be close relatives and thus does not engage inthe kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limits

D.   because they are so genetically similar toone another, the ants consider all their fellows to be close relatives and thusdo not engage in the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limit

E.    because of being so genetically similar toone another, the ants consider all their fellows to be a close relative andthus do not engage in the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limits