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 scientist had to place a distance between himself and nature, for the greater the number of scientists in the world, the greater is the amount of sentiments attached to the nature.

The scientist had to place a distance between himself and nature, for the greater the number of scientists in the world, the greater is the amount of sentiments attached to the nature.

The scientist had to distance himself from the nature, for greater the number of scientists in the world, greater is the amount of sentiments attached to the nature.

The scientist had to place a distance between himself and nature, for the greater the number of scientists in the world, greater is the amount of sentiments attached to the nature.

The scientist had to maintain some distance from mother nature, as the greater is the number of scientists in the world, the greater is the amount of sentiments attached to the nature.

As the greater the number of scientists in the world, the greater is the amount of sentiments attached to the nature, scientists had to place a distance between themselves and nature.