Multiple choice

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.

For every new power and possibility that technology brings, technological progress takes away other components of humanity and so, the new edge of technology may need the new age of the enduring legacies of spiritual practice.

  1. For every new power and possibility that technology brings, technological progress takes away other components of humanity

  2. For every power and possibility that technology brings, progress takes away other components of humanity

  3. For every power and possibility that technology brings, it could take away other components of humanity

  4. For every new power and possibility that it brings, technological progress takes away other components of humanity

  5. For every new power and possibility that brings that technological progress takes away other components of humanity
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence suffers from repetitive use of technology and technological progress. This option removes the repetition.

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