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November 7, 2013

 

 

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Today's Practice GMAT Question:

1997 saw the passage of the Kyoto Protocol, which aims to reduce greenhouse gases that cause climate change, but also scientists and economists in large numbers began attacking the effectiveness of the Protocol's reforms.
(A) 1997 saw the passage of the Kyoto Protocol, which aims to reduce greenhouse gases that cause climate change, but also scientists and economists in large numbers began
(B) In 1997 the Kyoto Protocol was passed, aiming to reduce climate change-causing greenhouse gases, but it was also a year for large numbers of scientists and economists who began
(C) With the Kyoto Protocol passing and aiming to reduce greenhouse gases that cause climate change in 1997, it was also a year when a large number of scientists and economists had begun
(D) Although 1997 saw the passage of the Kyoto Protocol, which aims to reduce climate change-causing greenhouse gases, it was also a year when a large number of scientists and economists began
(E) The Kyoto Protocol was passed in 1997, and it aimed to reduce greenhouse gases that cause climate change, but it was also a year for scientists and economists to begin in large numbers


 

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