Structure and Written Expression
1. Simple photographic lenses cannot ______sharp, undistorted images over a wide field.
(A) to form
(B) are formed
(C) forming
(D) form
2. Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one ______ the most.
(A) it influence farmers
(B) that influences farmers
(C) farmers that it influences
(D) why farmers influence it
3. Beverly Sills, ______, assumed directorship of the New York City Opera in 1979.
(A) be a star soprano
(B) was a star soprano
(C) a star soprano and
(D) a star soprano
4. ______ of tissues is known as histology.
(A) Studying scientific
(B) The scientific study
(C) To study scientifically
(D) That is scientific studying
5. With the exception of mercury, ______ at standard temperature and pressure.
(A) the metallic elements are solid
(B) which is a solid metallic element
(C) metallic elements being solid
(D) since the metallic elements are solid
6. Potential dehydration is_______ that a land animal faces.
(A) the often greatest hazard
(B) the greatest often hazard
(C) often the greatest hazard
(D) often the hazard greatest
7. By tracking the eye of a hurricane, forecasters can determine the speed at which ____.
(A) is a storm moving
(B) a storm is moving
(C) is moving a storm
(D) a moving storm
8. The Grapes of Wrath, a novel about the Depression years of the 1930 s, is one of John Steinbeck s ______ books .
(A) most famous
(B) the most famous
(C) are most famous
(D) and most famous
9. Technology will play a key role in _______future life-styles.
(A) to shape
(B) shaping
(C) shape of
(D) shaped
10. The computer has dramatically affected _____photographic lenses are constructed .
(A) is the way
(B) that the way
(C) which way do
(D) the way
11. The early railroads were _____the existing arteries of transportation: roads turnpikes, canals, and other waterways.
(A) those short lines connected
(B) short lines that connected
(C) connected by short lines
(D) short connecting lines
12. ______ as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period in
which it was created.
(A) Ranks
(B) The ranking
(C) To be ranked
(D) For being ranked
13.Jackie Robinson, _______ to play baseball in the major leagues, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
(A) the Black American who first
(B) the first Black American
(C) was the first Black American
(D) the first and a Black American who
14. During the flood of 1927, the Red cross,______out of emergency headquarters in
Mississippi , set up temporary shelters for the homeless.
(A) operates
(B) is operating
(C) has operated
(D) operating
15 . In bacteria and in other organisms,______is the nucleic acid DNA that provides the genetic information .
(A) both
(B) which
(C) and
(D) it
16. Twenty to thirty year after a mature forest is cleared away, a nearly impenetrable thicket
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A BC
of trees and shrubs develops.
______
D
17. The first national park in world, Yellowstone Natinna1Park, was established in 1872.
____________ _____
ABCD
18.Because it does not have a blood supply, the cornea lakes their oxygen directly from
______ _____ _________
ABCD
the air.
19. Magnificent mountains and coastal scenery is British Columbia s chief tourist
________________
A BC D
attractions.
20. Scientists at universities are often more involved in theoretical research than in
________ ____ ______
A BC
practically research.
_______
D
21. John Rosamond Johnson he composed numerous songs, including Lift Every Voice
__________ __________
A B C
and Sing, for which his brother, James Weldon Johnson, wrote the words.
_______
D
22. Nylon, a synthetic done from a combination of water, air, and a by-product of coal,
____ ______________
ABC
was first introduced in 1938.
________
D
23. Ornithology, the study of birds, is one of the major scientific fields in which amateurs
________
A B
play a role in accumulating, researching, and publish data.
___ _____
CD
24. Animation is a technique for creativity the illusion of life in inanimate things.
_____________ ________
A B C D
25. The nonviolent protest advocated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., proving highly
________
AB
effective in age of expanding television news coverage.
_______ _______
CD
26. On December 7,1787, Delaware became a first stale to ratify the Constitution .
__ _____ _ ______
ABC D
27. Nutritionists believe what diet affects how one feels physically and emotionally.
_________ ___ __________
AB CD
28. Mealii Kalama, creator of over 400 Hawaiian quilts, was granted a National Heritage
___ _________
A B
Fellowship in 1985 for herself contributions to folk art.
_____ _________
C D
29. A jetty serves to define and deepen a chancel, improve navigate, or protect a harbor.
______________ ____________
A B C D
30.Minoru Yamasaki is an American architect which works departed from the austerity
_______________
AB
frequently associated with architecture in the United States after the Second World War.
__________
CD
31 . Chemical research provides information that is useful when the textile industry in the
______ ________
AB C
creation or synthetic fabrics.
______
D
32. JancAddams, social worker, author, and spokeswoman for the peace and women s
___________
A
suffrage movements, she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 for her humanitarian
________ __________________
BC D
achievements .
33.Bromyrite crystals have a diamond- like luster and are usually colorless, but they dark
_____ _______ ___
A BC
to brown when exposed to light.
______
D
34. Stars in our universe vary in temperature, color, bright, size, and mass.
____ _ _____ ____
A B C D
35. Ice is less denser than the liquid from which it is formed.
____ ___ _________
AB CD
36. The 1983 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Barbara MeClintock for her
__________
A
experiments with maize and her discoveries regardless the nature of DNA.
_____________________________
BCD
37. In 1866 to 1883, the bison population in North American was reduced from an
___________
A B
estimated 13 million to a few hundred.
_____________
CD
38. Most of the damage property attributed to the San Francisco earthquake of 1906
_______________
A BC
resulted from the fire that followed.
__________
D
39. James Baldwin s plays and short stories. which are to some degree autobiographical,
________________
A B
established them as a leading figure in the United States civil rights movement.
_________
CD
40. Thunder can be listened from a maximum distance of about ten miles except under
____________ _____
A B C
unusual atmospheric conditions.
_____
D