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December 10, 2009

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Today's Practice GMAT Question:

Hunted by poachers throughout the 20th century, they killed Black Rhinoceros for the decorative and purported medicinal value of rhino horns and they were reduced heavily in number so that one subspecies was recently declared extinct.
(A) they killed Black Rhinoceros for the decorative and purported medicinal value of rhino horns and they were reduced heavily in number so that one
(B) they killed Black Rhinoceros, whose horns had decorative and purported medicinal value, and were reduced heavily in numbers so that one of their
(C) Black Rhinoceros, killed for the decorative and purported medicinal value of their horns, and were reduced so heavily in number that one
(D) Black Rhinoceros were killed for the decorative and purported medicinal value of their horns and were reduced so heavily in number that one
(E) Black Rhinoceros were killed for the decorative and purported medicinal value of their rhino horns and reduced heavily in number so that one of their


 

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