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.

With cloning technology, scientists are approaching what has long been the ultimate goal of modern husbandry: achieving a consistency of quality and production in farm animals as once thought to be limited to manufactured goods.

  1. achieving a consistency of quality and production in farm animals as once thought to be

  2. achieving farm animals with a consistency of quality and production as were once thought of as

  3. achieving in farm animals a consistency of quality and production that was once thought to be

  4. achievement of farm animals whose consistency of quality and production are the same as what were once thought to he

  5. achievement of farm animals at a consistency of quality and production once thought of as
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Gerund form is preferred with 'achieve' as it maintains the tense structure of the sentence;  (4) and  (5) are eliminated. (2) changes the meaning as we are not achieving farm animals but quality in the  animals.  (3) is the answer.

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