Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The floods in 1984 displaced more than a million people and most devastating since the floods of 1951.

The floods in 1984 displaced more than a million people and most devastating since the floods of 1951.

Since 1951, no floods until 1984 had devastated more than a million people and left them displaced.

Most devastated since 1951, the floods of 1984 displaced more than a million people.

The floods in 1984 displaced more than a million people and were the most devastating since the floods in 1951.

The floods of 1984, most devastating from 1951, displaced more than one million people.