5 . After her post-graduation and some years working for a small company , Maria ’ s skills were acknowledged , and she was recruited by one of the best companies in the country . Then , she bought a car with all the bells and whistles .
A ) Maria had a job upgrade and as a reward she purchased a car with premium options , all the special features and high tech . x B ) Maria ’ s new job will demand a car , so she rang the bell to some acquaintances to get a good one . C ) She chose to have a post-graduation degree to get a promotion and managed to achieve it , immediately after . D ) Maria was used to working to minor companies , so when she got her new job she acknowledged she need extra studies and enrolled a postgraduation course . E ) Perceiving she needed to improve her skills , Maria decided to take her new car to see all her friends so as to get some advice on the studies she should take to enrol the recruitment process for a new and really good company .
6 . More is known about the causes of many more serious illnesses than about the cause of the common cold .
A ) The common cold is a serious disease because what origins it is still totally unidentified . B ) We ought to know less than we do about the reasons of getting the common cold in comparison to the causes of more serious sicknesses . C ) The fact is that we know not as much about the cause of the common cold than we do about the causes of more serious diseases . x D ) The origin of the common cold should be better known than the causes of more serious diseases . E ) Even the causes of less serious diseases than the common cold are better known than the causes of more serious diseases .
7 . While attempting to steal from a rather unprotected office of our company , two gunmen were detained by an undercover policewoman .
A ) Attempting to rob a poorly-protected branch office of our company , an undercover plain-clothes policewoman seized two gunmen . B ) A disguised policewoman apprehended two gunmen so that they couldn ' t attempt to rob a badly-protected office of our company . x C ) Two gunmen attempted to rob one of our company ' s well-protected offices ; they were apprehended by a plain-clothes policewoman in the act . D ) Robbing an unprotected office of our company , a plain-clothes policewoman sent away two gunmen during this attempt . E ) Two gunmen were caught by a plain-clothes policewoman as they attempted to rob one of our company ' s most protected offices .
8 . It is unlikely that the doctor will tell us the results of last week ' s blood test before next month .