Six Challenge Problems and Answers

1. Mr. Chung would like to retire, but retirement is unable to be afforded by him.
(A) Mr. Chung would like to retire, but reitrement is unable to be afforded by him.
(B) Mr. Chung would like to retire, but he cannot afford to do so.
(C) Mr. Chung would like to retire, but he is unable to afford that.
(D) Retirement is what Mr. Chung would like to do, but he cannot afford it.
(E) Retirement appeals to Mr. Chung, but he cannot afford stopping working.

2. The Ussuri tiger, a relative of the Bengal tiger, has been described as the strongest tiger and also the most peaceful of them.
(A) the strongest tiger and also the most peaceful of them
(B) not only the strongest tiger, but also more peaceful than any
(C) the strongest tiger at he same time as it is the most peaceful tiger
(D) at once the strongest and also the most peaceful of them
(E) the strongest and yet the most peaceful of tigers

3. Carrying signs and waving flags, the company's corporate office was surrounded by angry demonstrators demanding better health benefits.
(A) the company's corporate office was surrounded by angry demonstrators demanding better health benefits
(B) the company's corporate office, surrounded by angry demonstrators demanding better health benefits
(C) angry demonstrators demanding better health benefits surrounded the company's corporate office
(D) angry demonstrators surrounding the company's corporate office demanding better health benefits
(E) demanding better health benefits, the company's corporate office was surrounded by angry demonstrators

4. Jerome often referred (A) to art history textbooks (B) while he was sculpting; whenever he learned a new method in art class, he (C) seeks out the work of sculptors who (D) had used it in the past. (E) No error

5. (A) From about A.D. 700 to 1600, sculptors (B) created (C) nearly 1,000 colossal rock statues on the (D) remote and tiny Easter Island. (E) No error

6. It is difficult to predict (A) what kinds of books (B) will be popular in the years ahead, because tastes change and topics either get overexplored (C) and lose (D) their relevance. (E) No error

Answer (highlight): BECCEC