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CAT Exam Review: Idiom Correction

The document summarizes a question from a CAT exam review about the evolution of the study of the large-scale structure of the universe. The question concerns the correct use of idioms in a sentence stating that physical cosmology was made possible because of both Einstein's theory of relativity and better ability to observe distant astronomical objects. The summary provides the correct answer that physical cosmology was made possible by both Einstein's theory of relativity and the better ability to observe extremely distant astronomical objects.

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CAT Exam Review: Idiom Correction

The document summarizes a question from a CAT exam review about the evolution of the study of the large-scale structure of the universe. The question concerns the correct use of idioms in a sentence stating that physical cosmology was made possible because of both Einstein's theory of relativity and better ability to observe distant astronomical objects. The summary provides the correct answer that physical cosmology was made possible by both Einstein's theory of relativity and the better ability to observe extremely distant astronomical objects.

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10/3/2015 CatExams

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Duringthetwentiethcentury,thestudyofthelargescalestructureoftheuniverseevolvedfromthetheoreticaltothe
practicalthefieldofphysicalcosmologywasmadepossiblebecauseofbothEinstein'stheoryofrelativityandthe
betterabilitytoobserveextremelydistantastronomicalobjects.

becauseofbothEinstein'stheoryofrelativityand

bybothEinstein'stheoryofrelativityand

byEinstein'stheoryofrelativityandalso

becauseofEinstein'stheoryofrelativityandalso

asaresultofbothEinstein'stheoryofrelativityand

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Theunderlinedportionofthesentenceintroducestwoidioms:[Link]
idiomisincorrectlypresentedinthesentenceasmadepossiblebecauseof.

(A)Thechoiceisincorrectasitrepeatstheoriginalsentence.

(B)[Link]:madepossiblebyandbothXandY.

(C)Thischoicecorrectsthefirstidiom(madepossibleby)butintroducesanewerrorbyremovingbothandreplacing
itwithandalso,whichisredundant.

(D)[Link]
bothandreplacingitwithandalso,whichisredundant.

(E)Thischoicepresentstheincorrectidiom(madepossibleasaresultof)ratherthanthecorrectidiom,made
possibleby.

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