Question

Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences at (23)?

• A. When applied to apples, 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times, allowing producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested.
• B. Producers are allowed to sell their apples months after they have been harvestedin the off-season because 1-MCP, when applied to apples, lengthens their storage life by three to four times.
• C. 1-MCP lengthens storage life, when applied to apples, by three to four times, allowing producers to sell their apples months after the apples have been harvested in the off- season.
• D. Months after apples have been harvested, producers are allowed to sell their apples, in the off-season, because 1-MCP lengthens storage life when applied to apples by three to four times.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

When applied to apples, 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times, allowing producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested.

Option A is the correct answer because it opens with a clause that identifies how 1‑MCP affects apples, which focuses the sentence on 1‑MCP as the subject and allows the ideas in the sentence to progress logically. Options B, C, and D are incorrect because each displays awkward or flawed modification and progression of ideas, or is redundant.