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30. What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc has been the use of the new technology to revitalize, in better sound than was ever before possible, some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LP era. (A) What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc (B) The thing that was as remarkable as developing the compact disc (C) No less remarkable than the development of the compact disc (D) Developing the compact disc has been none the less remarkable than（C） (E) Development of the compact disc has been no less remarkable as Besides being wordy, the clauses beginning What was in A and The thing that was in B cause inconsistencies in verb tense: the use of the new technology cannot logically be described by both the present perfect has been and the past was. In B and D, developing the compact disc is not parallel to the use of new technology to revitalize... performances; in C, the best answer, the noun development is parallel to use. The phrases none the less... than in D and no less... as in E are unidiomatic; the correct form of expression, no less... than, appears in C, the best choice. 38. Scientists have observed large concentrations of heavy-metal deposits in the upper twenty centimeters of Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there. (A) Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there (B) Baltic Sea sediments, where the growth of industrial activity is consistent with these findings (C) Baltic Sea sediments, findings consistent with its growth of industrial activity (D) sediments from the Baltic Sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial activity in the area（D） (E) sediments from the Baltic Sea, consistent with the growth of industrial activity there All of the choices but D contain ambiguities. In A and B the words which and where appear to refer to sediments, and in E it is not clear what consistent describes. In A, C, and E, t