A Prep SC-

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A Prep SC-

by yangliu0401 » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:39 pm
As a result of a supernova explosion, every human being on Earth was bombarded on February 23, 1987, by about 100 billion neutrinos; fortunately, neutrinos are harmless elementary particles that are produced in nuclear reactions and that interact very weakly with matter.

(A) neutrinos are harmless elementary particles that are produced in nuclear reactions and that
(B) neutrinos, which are harmless, are elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which
(C) neutrinos are harmless elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which
(D) these harmless elementary particles are produced in nuclear reactions, and neutrinos
(E) these elementary particles, harmless products of nuclear reactions, are neutrinos that


OA is A, while I choose E.

I just found a former topic which also discussed about this pro., but no clear explanation derived. Can anyone help me?
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Re: A Prep SC-

by Goal to 800 » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:25 pm
yangliu0401 wrote:As a result of a supernova explosion, every human being on Earth was bombarded on February 23, 1987, by about 100 billion neutrinos; fortunately, neutrinos are harmless elementary particles that are produced in nuclear reactions and that interact very weakly with matter.

(A) neutrinos are harmless elementary particles that are produced in nuclear reactions and that
(B) neutrinos, which are harmless, are elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which
(C) neutrinos are harmless elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which
(D) these harmless elementary particles are produced in nuclear reactions, and neutrinos
(E) these elementary particles, harmless products of nuclear reactions, are neutrinos that


OA is A, while I choose E.

I just found a former topic which also discussed about this pro., but no clear explanation derived. Can anyone help me?
Choice A is best because each verb is in active tense:

that "are produced" is parallel to that "interact"...

the sentence is best to start with "neutrinos" because it is a active sentence (not passive)...

choices D & E are wordy, passive, and don't describe what neutrions are in a "active voice"

choices B & C: that is preferred to which as it is modifying the verbs...

Hope that helps,

Jonathan.

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