Question

george washington carver, a highly accomplished scientist and a widely respected educator, he was born into slavery in 1864 in missouri. when slavery ended, carver moved to kansas, which he went to high school in. after graduating, carver attended iowa state university. the university is located in ames, iowa. there, he became the school’s first african - american student, and studied agricultural science and received a bachelor’s degree in 1894. carver earned a master’s degree from iowa state in 1896 and was to become the school’s first african - american teacher. soon after his teaching career began at iowa state, however, carver decided to switch jobs and began working at alabama’s tuskegee institute. he was a teacher and a researcher. at tuskegee, the peanut was the focus of carver’s attention and interest. he felt it was a crop that might be used more in order to reduce the reliance of southern farmers on cotton. carver eventually there, he became the school’s first african american student, and studied agricultural science and received a bachelor’s degree in 1894. 〇 student who for his studies in agricultural science received a bachelor’s degree in 1894. 〇 student, for he studied agricultural science and he received from the school a bachelor’s degree in 1894 〇 student, studied agricultural science, and received a bachelor’s degree in 1894 〇 student, studying agricultural science, leading to his receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1894 〇 student, as studying agricultural science led to his reception of a bachelor’s degree in 1894

Explanation:

To determine the correct option, we analyze the sentence structure and meaning. The original sentence is "There, he became the school’s first African - American student, and studied agricultural science and received a bachelor’s degree in 1894." We need to find an option that has the same meaning and correct grammar.

• Option 1: The phrase "who for his studies" is an incorrect structure, it makes the sentence ungrammatical.
• Option 2: The use of "for" to connect the clauses is incorrect as "for" here is used in a way that doesn't fit the logical and grammatical flow of the sentence.
• Option 3: "student, studied agricultural science, and received a bachelor’s degree in 1894" has a correct parallel structure. The subject "he" (implied as the student) carries out three actions: became a student, studied, and received a degree. The commas and the conjunction "and" are used correctly to show the sequence of actions.
• Option 4: The phrase "leading to his receiving" is a bit wordy and the structure is not as straightforward as the original or Option 3. It also changes the simple sequence of actions into a causal - like structure which is not what the original sentence intends.
• Option 5: The use of "as" to introduce the reason is incorrect. The original sentence is just stating a sequence of actions, not a causal relationship between studying and receiving the degree.

Answer:

student, studied agricultural science, and received a bachelor’s degree in 1894