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TOEIC Reading 5 Exercisee 190

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Question: 
O:8:"stdClass":2:{s:8:"question";s:150:"Each year, companies in manufacturing industries send representatives to the technology conference that ______ by universities throughout the country.";s:7:"choices";a:4:{i:0;s:6:"hosted";i:1;s:11:"are hosting";i:2;s:8:"is hosed";i:3;s:10:"was hosted";}}
Answer: 
c
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-c8e08c9f-7fff-49d9-82d0-682b688ddbbd"><p dir="ltr"><span>Let’s focus on the adjective clause, “that _______ by universities throughout the country.”&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>The word “that” in this adjective clause is a subject relative pronoun that refers to the antecedent “the technology conference,” a singular noun. In other words, the blank should be filled with a singular verb to complete this adjective clause. For this reason, (B) "</span><span>are hosting"</span><span> can be eliminated first since it’s a plural verb.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Next, since the technology conference is held instead of holding another activity, the verb should be a passive verb. Thus, (A) "</span><span>hosted"</span><span> is eliminated because it’s an active verb in the simple past tense.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Only (C) "</span><span>is hosted"</span><span> and (D) "</span><span>was hosted</span><span>"are possible answers. Now, we need to look at the tense.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>The phrase “Each year,” and the main verb “send” indicate that the technology is held regularly instead of being held sometime in the past. Therefore, (D) "</span><span>was hosted"</span><span>, a passive verb in the simple past tense, is incorrect. (C) "</span><span>is hosted"</span><span> is the correct answer since it’s in the simple present tense.&nbsp;</span></p></span>