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TOEIC Reading 5 Exercisee 228

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Question: 
O:8:"stdClass":2:{s:8:"question";s:148:"The chef, along with his assistants, ______ a special menu for tomorrow's evening wine tasting event, which will be attended by 15 top food critics.";s:7:"choices";a:4:{i:0;s:12:"is preparing";i:1;s:13:"are preparing";i:2;s:9:"preparing";i:3;s:19:"have been preparing";}}
Answer: 
a
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answer explanation: 

<span id="docs-internal-guid-702cc28a-7fff-baef-9fb1-7dc1f92fc74e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The question is a complex sentence. The main clause is “The chef, along with his assistants, _______ a special menu for tomorrow’s evening wine&nbsp; tasting event,” ending with the adjective clause, “, which will be attended by 15 top food critics,” to modify the antecedent “tomorrow’s evening wine tasting event.”</span></p><br><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Let’s focus on the main clause. Clearly, the blank should be filled with a verb for the main clause. Following this logic, we can eliminate Choice (C) </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;">preparing </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;">first because a gerund or present participle alone can’t serve as a verb in a sentence. Choice (B)</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> are preparin</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;">g and Choice (D) </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;">have been preparing</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> should be eliminated too, because they are plural verbs, but the subject “The chef” is singular. Choice (A)</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> is preparing</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> is the correct answer, and its tense fits the context. </span></span>