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Direction: This question presents a sentence, part of which or all of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence, you will find four ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other three are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise, choose one of the others.
The administration discussed whether the number of students studying European languages was likely to decline when the senior lecturer retired.