1. The flexibility of film allows the artist __________ unbridled imagination to the animation of cartoon characters.
(A) to bring
(B) bringing
(C) is brought
(D) brings
2. Traditionally, __________in New England on Thanksgiving Day.
(A) when served is sweet cider
(B) when sweet cider is served
(C) is served sweet cider
(D) sweet cider is served
3. Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent __________, or pronghorn.
(A) it is the American antelope
(B) the American antelope is
(C) is the American antelope
(D) the American antelope
4. Lillian D. Wald, public health nurse and __________, was born in Cincinnati Ohio, in 1867.
(A) reforming society
(B) social reformer
(C) who reformed society
(D) her social reform
5. Copper sulfate, spread in judicious amounts, kills algae __________ harming fish or aquatic invert-ebrates.
(A) does not
(B) but does no
(C) except
(D) without
6. Of the millions who saw Haley’s comet in 1986, how many people __________long enough to see it return in the twenty-first century.
(A) will they live
(B) they will be living
(C) will live
(D) living
7. __________that fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise are universally reflected in facial expressions.
(A) Anthropologists have discovered
(B) Anthropologists discovering
(C) The discovery by anthropologists
(D) Discovered by anthropologists
8.In 1964__________of Henry Ossawa Tanner’s paintings was shown at the Smithsonian Institution.
(A) was a major collection
(B) that a major collection
(C) a collection was major
(D) a major collection
9. __________irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as a general antiseptic has been largely discontinued.
(A) Its
(B) Where its
(C) Since its
(D) Because of its
10.In order to remain in existence,__________must, in the long run, produce something consumers consider useful or desirable.
(A) a profit-making organization
(B) a profit-making organization which
(C) therefore a profit-making organization
(D) whichever a profit-making organization
11.The greater the population there is in a locality,__________for water, transportation, and disposal of refuse.
(A) the greater the need there is
(B) greater need
(C) is there great need
(D) the great need
12. A historical novel may do more than mirror history; __________future events.
(A) even influencing
(B) it may even influence
(C) may even influence
(D) that it may even influence
13. __________a child, sculptor Anne Whitney showed an eager intellect and artistic talent that her parents recognized and encouraged.
(A) Has been
(B) It was while
(C) She was
(D) As
14. It is widely believed that the pull of gravity on a falling raindrop changes__________round shape into a teardrop shape.
(A) of the drop
(B) the drop’s
(C) drop of
(D) drops their
15.__________modern offices becoming more mechanized, designers are attempting to personalize them with warmer, less severe interiors.
(A) If
(B) But
(C) With
(D) Once
16. Not woman held a presidential cabinet position in the United States until 1933, when Frances Perkins became secretary of labor.
17. The human body relies on certainty nutrients for its survival.
18. Too much electric current may flow into a circuit as a result either of a fault in the circuit and of an outside event such as lightning.
19. The Appalachian Trail, extending approximately 2,020 miles from Maine to Georgia, is the longer continuous marked footpath in the world.
20. For years, elephants were hunted for food and ivory, and as a result theirs numbers have been greatly reduced.
21. Barges which carrier most of the heavy freight on rivers and canals are usually propelled by towing.
22. Although afflicted by serious eyesight problems, Alicia Alonso was one the principal stars of the American Ballet Theater and later formed her own dance company.
23. The ritual combat of animals are triggered by precise signals.
24. It is more difficult to write simply, directly, and effective than to employ flowery but vague expressions that only obscure one’s meaning.
25. Different species of octopuses may measure anywhere from two inches to over thirty feet in long.
26. According to some theories derived from psychoanalysis, life is supposedly easier and mo re pleasant when inhibitions overcoming.
27. When rainbows appear, they are always in the part of the sky opposite directly the Sun.
28. Benjamin Franklin drew a political cartoon that is credited raising 10,000 volunteers for the American Revolutionary War.
29. The begins of the modern chemistry laboratory go back to the workrooms of medieval lchemists.
30. In many pieces of music there is a dominant theme on which the restful of the composition is centered.
31. Luminescence refers to the emission of light by means another than heat.
32.In a representative democracy, the people election delegates to an assembly.
33.George Washington Carver found hundred of uses for the peanut, the sweet potato, and the soybean and thus stimulated the cultivation of these crops.
34. A citadel, a fortress designed for the defense of a city, usually standed on top of a hill.
35. Conservative philosophers argue that the very structure of society is threatening by civil disobedience, while humanists stress the primacy of the individual conscience.
36. Since 1971 the regional corporations set up in Alaska by Congress managing everything from fishing to banking.
37. A rocket burns propellant rapidly and most rockets carry a supply that last just a few seconds.
38. Textile art is known for both its tactile and vision qualities.
39. The metal aluminum has been first isolated early in the nineteenth century.
40. Gulls can often be see swooping over large bodies of water.
1. The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while__________.
(A) spoken is slander
(B) is spoken slander
(C) slander is spoken
(D) is slander spoken
2. Great numbers of tiny shelled animals—on the ocean floor.
(A) Live
(B) Living
(C) They will live
(D) If they lived
3. The knee is the joint __________the thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower leg.
(A) when
(B) where
(C) why
(D) which
4. Closed plane figures like the square or the equilateral triangle can be grouped into a class __________polygons.
(A) called
(B) to call
(C) is called
(D) call as
5. Acids are chemical compounds that, in water solution, have __________, a corrosive action on metals, and the ability to turn certain blue vegetable dyes red.
(A) tastes sharp
(B) sharp-tasting
(C) a sharp taste
(D) tasting sharp
6. __________the history of the tough, strong-willed Nebraska farmer.
(A) Not only is much of the history of Nebraska
(B) Although it is much of the history of Nebraska that is
(C) It is much the history of Nebraska’s being
(D) Much of the history of Nebraska is
7. Billie Holiday’s reputation as a great jazz-blues singer rests on her ability __________emotional depth to her songs.
(A) be giving
(B) are given
(C) being given
(D) to give
8. __________1895 did Cornell University begin to offer a degree in ornithology.
(A) Not until
(B) Not since
(C) Until
(D) In
9. Uniform acceleration occurs __________the rate of change remains the same over successive and equal intervals of time.
(A) according
(B) if
(C) with
(D) under
10. People’s expectations for a higher standard of living increase __________.
(A) conditions in their community improve
(B) since conditions in their improving community
(C) conditions improve in their community
(D) as conditions in their community improve
11. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of __________reality.
(A) what it is conceived
(B) that is conceived
(C) what is conceived to be
(D) that is being conceived of
12. All of the plants now raised on farms have been developed from plants __________wild.
(A) once they grew
(B) they grew once
(C) that once grew
(D) once grew
13. __________relatively costly, the diesel engine is highly efficient and needs servicing infrequently.
(A) Even
(B) It is
(C) Even though
(D) There is
14. __________images out of clay, stone, and metal.
(A) The shaping of sculpture
(B) Sculpting the shapes
(C) To shape sculpture
(D) Sculptors shape
15. __________dates from the end of the eighteenth century.
(A) The modern circus
(B) That the modern circus
(C) While the modern circus
(D) The modern circus that
16. The boiled point of any liquid is determined by the pressure of the surrounding gases.
17. The Ranger spacecraft it provided more than 17,000 pictures of the moon.
18. Many people who live in New York City thinks that life in a large city offers special advantages.
19. The scientific revolution of the early 1900’s affected education by change the nature of technology.
20. Meadowlarks are about the same size than robins, but they have heavier bodies, shorter tails, and longer bills.
21. On May 20,1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
22. Translated into terms of psychological theory, association has been thought of as the basis of to learn, conditioning, and creative thinking.
23. The Statue of Liberty was originally proposed in 1865 to commemoration the alliance of France with the American colonies during the American Revolution.
24. Reptiles are widely distributed all over the world, but are much abundant in warm regions and are virtually absent beyond the treeline in the Arctic.
25. Alike light waves, microwaves may be reflected and concentrated.
