1. Woodrow Wilson (he was) an idealist (who) refused to make any compromises (concerning) the
AB C
(establishment of) the League of Nations.
D
2.The adrenal glands, (also called) the suprarenal glands ,(there are) organs of the body that (lie)
AB C
(just) above the kidneys .
D
3.Rice, (which it still) forms the staple diet of (much) of the world’s population, grows (best) in (hot),
A B C D
wet lands.
4. (A paragraph) is a portion of a text (consists of) one or more (sentences) (related) to the same idea.
A BCD
5.Douglas fir trees (towering) above (most other) (evergreens) in the western forests (of the) United
AB C D
states.
6.Most mammals (to maintain) a (relatively) constant body temperature, (regardless) of what the air
A B C
temperature (might be).
D
7.Salmons (spend) most of their (adult lives) in salt water, (despite) they (return) to their freshwater
AB C D
birthplaces to spawn and die.
8.Solar eclipses (occur) (during) the Moon’s shadow sweeps (across) the (face of) the Earth.
AB C D
9.(Even) many early leaders of the United States have (provided) names (for towns), only George
A BC
Washington is remembered (in the name) of a state.
D
10.When a pearl (is cut) in half and examined under (a microscope), (but) its layers can (be seen).
A B CD
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PART ONE
1. According to the third law of thermodynamics, ---- possible is-273. 16 degrees centigrade.
(A) that temperature is lowest
(B) the temperature is lowest
(C) lowest temperature
(D) the lowest temperature
2. Muskrats generally ---- close to the edge of a bog, where their favorite plant foods grow plentifully.
(A) staying
(B) they are staying
(C) stay
(D) to stay there
3. Oliver Ellsworth, ---- of the United States Supreme Court, was the author of the bill that established the federal court system.
(A) he was the third chief justice
(B) the third chief justice was
(C) who the third chief justice
(D) the third chief justice
4. ---- Colonial period the great majority of Connecticut’s settlers came from England.
(A) Since
(B) The time
(C) During the
(D) It was
5. A politician can make a legislative proposal more ---- by giving specific examples of what its effect will be.
(A) to understanding
(B) understandably
(C) understandable
(D) when understood
6. Playing the trumpet with dazzling originality, ---- dominated jazz for 20 years.
(A) Louis Armstrong
(B) the influence of Louis Armstrong
(C) the music of Louis Armstrong
(D) Louis Armstrong’s talent
7. Before every presidential election in the United States, the statisticians try to guess the proportion of the population that ---- for each candidate.
(A) are voted
(B) voting
(C) to be voted
(D) will vote
8. ---- at a river ford on the Donner Pass route to California, the city of Reno grew as bridges and railroads were built.
(A) Settle
(B) To settle
(C) It was settling
(D) Having been settled
9. The air inside a house or office building often has higher concentrations of contaminants ---- heavily polluted outside air.
(A) than does
(B) more
(C) as some that are
(D) like of
10. The decimal numeral system is one of the ---- ways of expressing numbers.
(A) useful most world’s
(B) world’s most useful
(C) useful world’s most
(D) most world’s useful
11. Emily Dickinson’s garden was a place ---- great inspiration for her poems.
(A) that she drew
(B) by drawing her
(C) from which she drew
(D) drawn from which
12. The mountains surrounding Los Angeles effectively shield the city from the hot, dry winds of the Mojave Desert, ---- the circulation of air.
(A) but they also prevent
(B) also prevented by them
(C) and also to prevent
(D) and also preventing
13. Not only ---- to determine the depth of the ocean floor, but it is also used to locate oil.
(A) to use seismology
(B) is seismology used
(C) seismology is used
(D) using seismology
14. Nebraska has floods in some years, ----.
(A) in others drought
(B) droughts are others
(C) while other droughts
(D) others in drought
15. Pop Art was a movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s whom imagery was based on readily recognized
AB C
American products and people.
D
16. Because the tachinid fly is a parasite of harmful insects, much species have been imported into the United
AB C
States to combat insect pests.
D
17. All almost the electricity for industrial use comes from large generators driven by steam turbines.
AB CD
18. The Egyptians first discovered that drying fruit preserved it, made it sweeter, and improvement its flavor.
A B CD
19. During his twelve year there, Ellis Marsalis turned the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts into a
AB
rich training place for future jazz stars.
C D
20. As her focus changed, the love poetry that Edna St. Vincent Millay produced in the 1920’s increasing
AB C D
gave way to poetry dealing with social injustice.
21. When a pearl is cut in half and examined under a microscope, but its layers can be seen.
A BC D
22. A conductor used signals and gestures to let the musicians to know when to play various parts of a
A B CD
composition.
23. If a glass lizard loses its tails, a new one grows to replace it.
A B C D
24. Many of the recording instruments used in vary branches of science are kymographs.
ABCD
25. It was near end of prehistoric times that the first wheeled vehicles appeared.
A B C D
26. Martin Luther King. Jr.’s magnificent speaking ability enabling him to effectively express the demands
AB C
for social justice for Black Americans.
D
27. Designers of athletic footwear finely tune each category of shoe to its particularly activity by studying
A BCD
human motion and physiology.
28. Gothic Revival architecture has several basis characteristics that distinguish it from other nineteenth-
A B C D
century architectural styles.
29. Since rats are destructive and may carry disease, therefore many cities try to exterminate them.
ABCD
30. In the United States among 60 percent of the space on the pages of newspapers is reserved for advertising.
AB CD
31. Recently in the automobile industry, multinational companies have developed to the point where such few
AB
cars can be described as having been made entirely in one country.
C D
32. Scientists believe that by altering the genetic composition of plants it is possible to develop specimens that
A
are resisting to disease and have increased food value.
B CD
33. the purpose of traveler’s checks is to protect travelers from theft and accidental lost of money.
A BCD
34. The early periods of aviation in the United States was marked by exhibition flights made by individual
AB C
fliers or by teams of performers at country fairs.
D
35. The American anarchist Emma Goldman infused her spirited lectures publishes. and demonstrations with
A B
a passionate belief in the freedom of the individual.
C D
36. Being the biggest expanse of brackish water in the world, the Baltic Sea is of special interesting to
A BC D
scientists.
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