Solutions
Get detailed explanations to advanced GMAT questions.
Question
The steel industry has changed radically over the last two decades, as large, integrated companies such as Bethlehem Steel once conducted operations from mining at one end of the process to shipping at the other have greatly downsized, or in some cases shut down altogether.
Option A:
as large, integrated companies such as Bethlehem Steel
Option B:
as large, integrated companies, such as Bethlehem Steel, that
Option C:
with large, integrated companies, such as Bethlehem Steel, that
Option D:
while large, integrated companies, such as Bethlehem Steel, that
Option E:
and large, integrated companies such as Bethlehem Steel
Difficulty Level
MediumSolution
Option B is the correct answer.
Option Analysis
Concept tested: Construction, Comparison.
A) Sentence fragment; Bethlehem steel once conducted….have greatly downsized.
B) Correct Answer
C) Inappropriate usage of the word “with”
D) Inappropriate usage of the word “while”
E) Sentence fragment. The conjunction “And” is unnecessary
Related Questions
- After more than four decades of research and development, a new type of jet engine is being tested that…
- A recent poll found that over 80 percent of the residents of Nalmed Province favored a massive expansion…
- Mel: The official salary for judges has always been too low to attract the best Candidates to the job. The legislature’s move to raise…
- Birds known as honey guides exhibit a unique pattern of behavior: the bird leads another animal, such as a…
- Most of the purported health benefits of tea comes from antioxidants— compounds also found…