Part One
16. Sculptor Duane Hanson is noted for his many life-sized and realistic figure.
A B C D
17. A liquid does not have reach its boiling point to evaporate completely.
A B C D
18. The discovery of gold in California in 1848 brought more than 40,000 prospectors there by two years.
A B C D
19. Some psychologists believe what even when a person suffers from amnesia, some memory remains in the
A B C D
unconscious.
20. The Aeneid was the greatest achievement in the golden age of Latin literature, and it does continued to
A B
influence poets through the centuries.
C D
21. The Appalachian Range of North America is made up of a broken chain of ridges, plateaus, and
A B C
mountainous.
D
22. Bacteria are either plants nor animals, but are single-celled organisms that reproduce most commonly
A B C
through binary fission.
D
23. W. A. Burpee was one of the first merchants to establish a successfully mail order business.
A B C D
24. Fine handmade lace is traditionally making of linen thread.
A B C D
25. The Van de Graaff generator, an electrostatic machine used of nuclear physics to study transformations in
A B C
subatomic particles, produces powerful electric currents.
D
26. New uses for plastics were found during the 1950's and 1960's in medicine, space, research, industrial, and
A B C D
architecture.
27. To form a silicate glass, the liquid from which it is made must be cooled rapidly enough to prevent it
A B C D
crystallization.
28. Nearly 75 percent of the land of the Canadian province of British Columbia are covered by forests.
A B C D
29. By distinguishing himself as a judge in Arizona, Sandra Day O'Connor caught President Reagan's attention
A B C
and was appointed the first woman justice on the Supreme Court.
D
30. The cotton mills of a hundred years ago were hot, dust, noisy, dangerous places and the life of the
A B C
millworkers was hard.
D
31. Doris Humphrey, a pioneer of modern dance in the United States, was an innovative in the technique,
A B C
choreography, and theory of dance movement.
D
32. The primary aim of science horticultural is to develop plants of the highest quality that offer the promise of
A B C D
high yields.
33. The engineering in charge of the design of a scientific tool works in close partnership with the scientist and
A B C
the technician.
D
34. Hammers are made in many different shapes and sizes to do a various of jobs.
A B C D
35. Red clover, the state flower of Vermont, was the leading leguminous hay crop of the northeastern region of
A B C
the United States until it surpassed by alfalfa.
D
36. Afterward a heavy rain, a rainbow may spread all the way across the sky, its two ends seeming to rest on
A B C D
the Earth.
37. The Statue of Liberty is one of the most celebrating examples of repousse work, a process of hammering
A B C
metal inside a mold.
D
38. Observation of the Sun, Moon, and stars has enabled humans to determine both the seasons and the time
A B C
from day.
D
39. The oriental fruit fly causes extensive damage to grapefruit, lemons, and oranges but does not harm to the
A B
trees on which the fruit grows.
C D
40. The hardness of mineral often gives a clue to its identity.
A B C D
Part Two
1. Sociologists have long recognized that social tension---
(A) elements from group living
(B) elements of a normal group life
(C) living are a group of elements
(D) are normal elements of group life
2. ---have a very keen sense of hearing, although most do not hear sounds audible to the human ear
(A) While some insects do
(B) Some insects which
(C) Some insects
(D) That some insects
3. Although both political parties wanted Dwight D. Eisenhower as their presidential nominee in 1952, he became a Republican candidate and---.
(A) President was electing
(B) was elected President
(C) to elect the President
(D) being elected President
4. If an act is rewarded many times, immediately and with strong reinforces, it will rapidly become---
(A) a habit
(B) into a habit
(C) that which a habit
(D) a habit can be
5. Giant pandas resemble bears in shape and in---
(A) it is a slow, clumsy way to walk
(B) the slow, clumsy way they walk
(C) they walk in a slow, clumsy way
(D) their slow walk is clumsy
6. --- temperature at which air holds as much water vapor as it can is called the dew point.
(A) It is the
(B) Is the
(C) As the
(D) The
7. The earring is one of the oldest known ornaments and---pieces of stone, bone, or shell.
(A) was from made originally
(B) was made originally from
(C) originally made was from
(D) from originally made was
8. No one knows exactly---
(A) how did speech begin
(B) how speech began
(C) how the beginning of speech
(D) of how beginning speech
9. ---mechanical device has ever been invented that can satisfactorily replace teasel flower heads for raising the nap on cloth..
(A) No
(B) Not the
(C) Never has a
(D) There is no
10. Even as a girl, ---to be her life, and theater audiences were to be her best teachers.
(A) performances by Fanny Brice were
(B) it was known that Fanny Brice's performances were
(C) audiences knew that Fanny Brice's performances were
(D) Fanny Brice knew that performing was
11. --- the diffusion of heat upward to the Earth's surface, the temperature within the Earth remains constant.
(A) That
(B) Despite
(C) If
(D) When
12. Noise in a room may be reduced by carpeting, draperies, and upholstered furniture, ---absorb sound.
(A) which they all
(B) of them all
(C) all of which
(D) of all which
13. ---devised to lessen the drudgery of washing clothes that the origin of the washing machine is unclear
(A) Were the inventions so numerous
(B) The inventions so numerous
(C) So numerous were the inventions
(D) The inventions that were so numerous
14. Of the thousands of varieties of bird species in North America, --- bright red plumage, like the cardinal, are most often designated as state bird.
(A) those that have
(B) who have
(C) which have
(D) to have their
15. --- as a territory in 1854 and admitted as a state in 1861, Kansas is at the geographical center of the United States.
(A) By organizing
(B) Because organized
(C) Organized
(D) He had organized
16. Before pioneers cleared the land for farms, cities, and road, forests covered about 40 percent of what is now
A B C D
the state of Illinois.
17. The sea chantey, a type of folk music, not only described the pleasures of stations' lives ashore, also but the
A B C
harsh conditions, of life aboard ship.
D
18. Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota has a heads of four presidents of the United States
A B C
carved into its face.
D
19. Nest building is much less commonly among mammals than among birds.
A B C D
20. The Awakening, a novel by Kate Chopin, shocked readers and cause a storm of criticism.
A B C D
21. The Alaskan Highway was officially opened November 20, 1942, although much more work needed be
B C D
done to complete it.
22. Sagebrush flourishes in the dry soil of the western plains, where other many plants cannot grow.
A B C D
23. Modern directions of Shakespeare are not longer inhibited by earlier traditions of realistic settings.
A B C D
24. Surveys show that the majority of passengers are pleasing that an agreement has been reached to forbid
A B
smoking on commercial flights within the continental United States.
C D
25. Snakes are capable of graceful motion throughout the entire long of their rubbery bodies.
A B C D
26. Tariffs preventing the most efficient use of the world's resources by restricting division of labor to national
A B C D
boundaries.
27. The Aleuts in western Alaska have always depended of the sea for food.
A B C D
28. Atoms that having different atomic numbers generally behave differently.
A B C D
29. Over the past few year, many towns in the United States have been joining with neighboring communities
A B C
to share the costs of government.
D
30. What makes for human skeleton hard and strong is the presence of the metallic element calcium.
A B C D
31. Many of Robert Bly's poems explore solitude, natural vigor, and silent in an immediate and modern idiom.
A B C D
32. To convert an angle measured in radians for an equivalent angle measured in degrees, multiply the number
A B C
of radians by 57.296.
D
33. Serving as chief of the United States Children's Bureau from 1921 to 1934, Grace Abbott fought for the
A B
rights of women and children through the world.
C D
34. To people from temperate climates, tropical butterflies may seem incredible big.
A B C D
35. The first railroad in the United States were shot wooden tramways connecting mines also quarries with
A B C D
nearby streams.
36. The League of Women Voters of the United States identifies certain local, state, and nation issues for study
A B
and action.
C D
37. Fibers can come from plants, animals, or mineral ores, or they may be made from a variety chemical
A B C D
substances.
38. Edwin Franko Goldman was the first bandmaster to encourage leading contemporary compositions to write
A B
original works for a band.
C D
39. The tapir, an odd-toed, hoofed mammal, feed on plants, eating such things as grass, leaves, fallen fruit, and
A B C
moss in large quantities.
D
40. For thousands of years, people have used some kind of refrigeration cooling beverages and preserve
A B C
edibles.
D
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Part1
1. Wind motion can be observed in the mesosphere by----the trails of meteors passing through it.
(A) to watch
(B) watching
(C) watched
(D) watch
2. Thomas Edison's first patented invention was a device----in Congress.
(A) votes counted for
(B) had been counting votes
(C) for counting votes
(D) be a counted vote
3. Clara Bow, a popular actress in the 1920's, retired----she was unable to make the transition from silent films to sound films.
(A) nevertheless
(B) in spite of
(C) because
(D) and for
4. Built in 1882, the Kinzua Viaduct in McKean County, Pennsylvania, is open only to those visitors----are able to walk its 2,058-foot length.
(A) who
(B) to whom
(C) which they
(D) that which
5. A bridge must be strong enough to support its own weight----the weight of the people and vehicles that use it.
(A) as well
(B) so well
(C) as well as
(D) so well as
6. The swallows of Capistrano are famous----to the same nests in California each spring.
(A) to return
(B) who returned
(C) they returned
(D) for returning
7. In the fourteenth century, ----that glass coated with silver nitrate would turn yellow when fired in an oven.
(A) the discovery
(B) it was discovered
(C) with the discovery
(D) if it was discovered
8. ----recurring fear is out of proportion to any real danger, it is called a phobia.
(A) When
(B) Whereas
(C) Which
(D) Whether
9. Many modern photographers attempt to manipulate elements of photography other----in their photographs.
(A) than light is
(B) than light
(C) being light
(D) light
10. For any adhesive to make a really strong bond, ----to be glued must be absolutely clean and free from moisture or grease.
(A) and surfaces
(B) when surfaces
(C) the surfaces
(D) surfaces that
11. Although still underwater, Loihi Seamount, the newest Hawaiian island, ----closer to the surface by frequent volcanic eruptions that add layers of lava to the island.
(A) brought
(B) to be brought
(C) being brought
(D) is being brought
12. ---- unstable and explodes as a supernova is not known.
(A) For a star to become
(B) How a star becomes
(C) A star becomes
(D) That a star is becoming
13. Not until linoleum was invented in 1860 ---- hard-wearing, easy-to-clean flooring.
(A) any house did have
(B) did any house have
(C) house had any
(D) any house had
14. Hiram Revels, the first Black member of the United States Senate, served as senator from Mississippi, an office----he was elected in1870.
(A) which
(B) to which
(C) and which
(D) being which
15. Oceans continually lose by evaporation much of the river water----.
(A) to constantly flow into them
(B) is constantly flowing into them
(C) constantly flows into them
(D) constantly flowing into them
16. Because of it consists only of a relatively short strand of DNA protected by a shell of protein, a
A B C
Virus cannot eat or reproduce by itself.
D
17. The oxygen in the air we breathe has no tasted, smell, or color.
A B C D
18. In 1977 Kathleen Battle was hired by the New York Metropolitan Opera, where her became the star
A B C D
soprano.
19. The aardvark is a mammal that burrows into the ground to catches ants and termites.
A B C D
20. Because of the availability of trucks and easy access to modern highways, the locate of farms has
A
become relatively unimportant with respect to their distance from markets.
B C D
21. The homes created by the legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright are still viewed as uniquely,
A B C
innovative, and valuable.
D
22. Geologists find it useful to identification fossils in a rock sample because certain assemblages of
A B C
species are characteristic of specific geologic time periods.
D
23. Many poets enhance their work by creating a contrast among realism and symbolism in a given
A B C D
poem.
24. Most countries depend to few extent on cereal imports to augment their own crops.
A B C D
25. The fragrant leaves of the laurel plant to sell commercially as bay leaves and are used for seasoning
A B C
foods.
D
26. When contented, and occasionally when hunger, cats frequently make a purring sound.
A B C D
27. The evolution of fishes is a history of constant adaptation to new possibilities, and a refined of these
A B C D
adaptations.
28. In 1991 Antonia Novello, the United States Surgeon General, launched several programs to address
A B C
particular problem that young people have.
D
29. Some psychologists believe that those who are encouraged to be independent, responsible, and
A B
competent in childhood are likely more than others to become motivated to achieve.
C D
30. The central purpose of management is for making every action or decision help achieve a carefully
A B C D
chosen goal.
31. As a poetry Nikki Giovanni makes effective use of jazz and blues rhythms.
A B C D
32. Unlike wood, paper, and fabric, which tendency to disintegrate after being buried for many years,
A B C
ceramics and glassware, although easily broken, survive well in the ground.
D
33. Margaret Mead achieved world famous through her studies of child-rearing, personality, and
A B C
culture.
D
34. The discovery of the antibiotic penicillin in 1928 has not produced antibiotics useful for the
A B C
treatment of infectious diseases until 1940.
D
35. In the United States, the Cabinet consist of a group of advisers, each of whom is chosen by the
A B C D
President to head an executive department of the government.
36. Colleges in the newly formed United States, in recovering from the adverse effects of the American
A B
Revolution, inaugurated a broad curriculum in response of social demands.
C D
37. Humus is formed during soil microorganisms decompose animal and plant material into elements
A B C
usable by plants.
D
38. Ozone is an unstable, faintly bluish gas that is the most chemical active form of oxygen.
A B C D
39. The development of professional sports in the United States dates back to nineteenth century.
A B C D
40. Long before his death, John Dewey saw his philosophy have a profound influences on education
A B C
and thought in the United States and elsewhere.
D
Part2
1. A microscope can reveal vastly----detail than is visible to the naked eye.
(A) than
(B) than more
(C) more than
(D) more
2. Narcissus bulbs----at least three inches apart and covered with about four inches of well drained soil.
(A) should be planted
(B) to plant
(C) must planting
(D) should plant
3. Industrialization has been responsible for----most radical of the environmental changes caused by humans.
(A) a
(B) the
(C) some of which
(D) which are the
4. In many areas the slope and topography of the land----excess rainfall to run off into a natural outlet.
(A) neither permit
(B) without permitting
(C) nor permitting
(D) do not permit
5. Color and light, taken together,----the aesthetic impact of the interior of a building.
(A) very powerfully influence
(B) very influence powerfully
(C) powerfully very influence
(D) influence powerfully very
6. ----that Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring was one of the chief sources of inspiration for the development of nontoxic pesticides.
(A) There is likely
(B) Likely to be
(C) It is likely
(D) Likely
7. Total color blindness, ----, is the result of a defect in the retina.
(A) a rare condition that
(B) a rare condition
(C) that a rare condition
(D) is a rare condition
8. ----no conclusive evidence exists, many experts believe that the wheel was invented only once and then diffused to the rest of the world.
(A) Even
(B) But
(C) Although
(D) So
9. Wherever there is plenty of rain during the growing season, life is ----in various forms.
(A) abundant
(B) the abundance
(C) an abundant
(D) it abundant
10. In her time, Isadora Duncan was----today a liberated woman.
(A) calling what we would
(B) who would be calling
(C) what we would call
(D) she would call it
11. ----around stones that are sun-warmed, even the smallest of stones creates tiny currents of warm air.
(A) The cool air
(B) If the air is cool
(C) That the air cools
(D) The cooler the air
12. Despite its wide range of styles and instrumentation, country music has certain common features----its own special character.
(A) give it that
(B) that give it
(C) give that
(D) that gives it to
13. Most of----archaeologists know about prehistoric cultures is based on studies of material remains.
(A) these
(B) what
(C) which
(D) their
14. According to some critics, the novels of William Burroughs demonstrate the major hazard of absurd literature, ----tendency toward overembellishment and incoherence.
(A) notwithstanding
(B) besides
(C) us a
(D) is
15. Coinciding with the development of jazz in New Orleans in the 1920's ----in blues music.
(A) was one of the greatest periods
(B) one of the greatest periods
(C) was of the greatest periods
(D) the greatest periods
16. Gone With the Wind, the epic novel about life in South during the Civil War period, took ten years
A B C D
write.
17. None two butterflies have exactly the same design on their wings.
A B C D
18. To save the California condor from extinction, a group of federal, local, and privately organizations
A B C
initiated a rescue program.
D
19. A coral reef, a intricate aquatic community of plants and animals, is found only in warm, shallow,
A B C D
sunlit seas.
20. Carnegie hall was the first building in New York designed special for orchestral music.
A B C D
21. Since it lives in the desert, the collared lizard depends from insects for water as well as for food.
A B C D
22. The Texas Panhandle region, in the northwestern part of the state, produces more wheat, cotton, and
A B C
grain sorghum than any of other area of Texas.
D
23. Light rays what enter the eve must be focused onto a point on the retina in order for a clear visual
A B C
image to form.
D
24. The orangutan's hands and feet are designed for holding and grasping branches, and its powerful
A B C
immensely arms enable it to climb and swing in trees without difficulty.
D
25. The extraordinary beautiful of orchids makes them the basis of a multimillion-dollar floral industry.
A B C D
26. The Vermont Elementary Science Project, according to its founders, are designed to challenge some
A B
most widely held beliefs about teaching.
C D
27. The number is an example of a mixed number because it is composing of an integer and a
A B C D
fraction.
28. If it is kept dry, a seed can still sprout up to forty years after their formation.
A B C D
29. In The Sociology of Science, now considered a classic, Robert Merton discusses cultural, economy,
A B
and social forces that contributed to the development of modern science.
C D
30. Bacteria lived in the soil play a vital role in recycling the carbon and nitrogen needed by plants.
A B C D
31. Some snakes have hollow teeth are called fangs that they use to poison their victims.
A B C D
32. Stars derive their energy from thermonuclear reactions that take place in their heat interiors.
A B C D
33. Carrie Chapman Call organized the League of Women Voters after successfully campaign for the
A B C
constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote.
D
34. Any group that conducting its meetings using parliamentary rules will encounter situations where
A B C
prescribed procedures cannot be applied.
D
35. The strongly patriotic character of Charles Sangster's poetry is credited about greatly furthering the
A B C D
cause of confederation in Canada.
36. Jessamyn West's first and most famous novel, The Friendly Persuasion, describes the life of a
A B C
Quaker farmed family in the mid-1800's.
D
37. One inventor that Thomas Edison can take credit for is the light bulb.
A B C D
38. Electric motors range in size from the tiny mechanisms that operate sewing machine to the great
A B C
engines in heavy locomotives.
D
39. The nitrogen makes up over 78 percent of the Earth's atmosphere, the gaseous mass surrounding
A B C D
the planet.
40. The Mississippi, the longest river in the United States, begins as small, clear stream in northwestern
A B C D
Minnesota.
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