Sat grammar questions

(As patients, the medical directors of the clinic believe that you) are entitled to know the reason for the increase in fees.
(a) As patients, the medical directors of the clinic believe that you
(b) The belief of the clinic’s medical directors about patients is that you
© You, as patients, are believed by the clinical medical directors, and you
(d) The medical directors of the clinic, who believe that you, as patients,
(e) The medical directors of the clinic believe that as patients, you
Ans: E why not B?

2. Rilke, the great German poet, could not continue his search for angelic spirits until he can rely on a strength greater than his own.
  (A) can rely on a strength greater than his own
  (B) could rely on a strength greater than his own
  © would be able to rely on a strength greater than his own
  (D) can rely on a strength greater than his strength
  (E) could rely on a strength greater than his strength
Why B, not A,D, or E

Surface mining is safer, quicker, and cheaper than deep mining, but (the greater is its toll in human misery.)

B. it has a greater human misery toll

E. its toll in human misery is greater
Why E not B ?

trees are able to collect large amounts of water from fog - in some areas as much as thirty inches annually.
A- same
B- in some areas having thirty inches per year .
C-in some places collecting about thirty inches per year annually
D-collecting the equal of thirty inches annually in some places
E- which in some areas amounts to thirty inches collected annually
Why A not B,C,D,or E

B is passive. And too wordy.

What about the rest @bodangles

where do the questions come from ?

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/754464-bb-writing-questions.html