Explanation
Explanation
Explanation
The province of Newfoundland has ____ than any other region of North America
in which the first language is English.
(A) (A) its longer history
(B) (B) a longer history
(C) (C) the longer the history
(D) (D) the history is longer
(B)
2. 2. Clinical psychologist Dr. Carl Rogers found that 80 percent ____ verbal
communication involved five types of responses: evaluative, interpretive, supportive,
probing, and understanding.
(A) all
(B) is the
(C) with
(D) of all
(D)
3. 3. The early feminist leader Susan B. Anthony became increasingly aware through
her work in the temperance movement ____ the same rights as men.
(A) women were not granted that
(B) that women were not granted
(C) not granted women that wore
(D) that were not granted women
(B)
4. 4. DNA, ____, is found in the cell nucleus in the form of very long and thin
molecules consisting of two spiral strands.
(A) inherits material
(B) is inheritance material
(C) material is inherited
(D) the material of inheritance
(D)
5. 5. ____ plants, which manufacture their own food, animals obtain nourishment by
acquiring and ingesting their food.
(A) Unlike
(B) Different
(C) Whereas
(D) As much
(A)
6. 6. The Hawaiian alphabet, introduced by missionaries in the 1820s, ____ and only
seven consonants.
(A) the five vowels consists of
(B) consisting of five vowels
(C) that consists o five vowels
(D) consists of five vowels
(D)
(B)
8. 8. Volcanoes are divided into three main groups, based on their shape and the type
of material they ____.
(A) are made
(B) made of
(C) are made of
(D) made for
(C)
(B)
(D)
11. 11. The growth of psychobiology owes ____ to major conceptual advances in the way
people think about the brain.
(A) much
(B) as much as
(C) much which
(D) there is so much
(A)
12. 12. In 1938 Pearl S. Buck became the first American woman ____ the Nobel Prize for
Literature.
(A) receive
(B) received
(C) to receive
(D) she received
(C)
13. 13. Now considered an art form, quilt-making originated as a means of fashioning bed
covers from bits of fabric that otherwise ____.
(A) not use
(B) were no use
(C) had no use
(D) it was not used
(C)
14. 14. The early years of the United States government were characterized by a debate
concerning ____ or individual states should have more power.
(A) whether the federal government
(B) either the federal government
(C) that the federal government
(D) the federal government
(A)
15. 15. Beneath the streets of a modern city ____ of walls, columns, cables, pipes, and
tunnels required to satisfy the needs of its inhabitants.
(A) where exists the network
(B) the existing network
(C) the network's existence
(D) exists the network
(D)
16. 16. The antique collector must be able to distinguish real antiques from later
imitations,
A B C
which can be either reproductions nor fakes.
D
(D)
nor or
17. 17. Paint must be stirred and sometimes dilution before it is applied.
A B C D
(C)
dilution diluted
18. 18. A great aviation pioneer, Amelia Earhart was already famous when she sets out on
her
A B C
ill-fated attempt to circle the globe in 1937.
D
(C)
sets set
19. 19. Although apples do not grow during the cold season, apple trees must have a such
A B C
season in order to flourish.
D
(C)
a such such a
20. 20. Two unique features of the Arctic they are lack of precipitation and permanently
frozen
A B C D
ground.
(B)
they are are
21. 21. Faced with petroleum shortages in the 1970s, scientists and engineers in the
United
A
States stepped up its efforts to develop more efficient heating systems and better
B C D
insulation.
(B)
its their
22. 22. Rabbits have large front tooth, short tails, and hind legs and feet adapted for
running
A B C D
and jumping.
(B)
tooth teeth
23. 23. Dentistry is a branch of medicine that has developed very dramatic in the last
twenty
A B C D
years.
(D)
dramatic dramatically
24. 24. The ease of solving a jigsaw puzzle depends the number of pieces, their shapes and
A B
shadings, and the design of the picture.
C D
(B)
depends the depends on the
25. 25. Plants range in size to tiny, single-celled, blue-green algae, invisible to the naked
eye, to
A B C
giant sequoias, the largest living plants.
D
(B)
to from
26. 26. During the 1940's science and engineering had an impact on the way music reach
its
A B
audience and even influenced the way in which it was composed.
C D
(B)
reach reached
27. 27. By 1860 the railroads of the United States had 3,000 miles of track, three-quarters
of
A B C
which it was east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River.
D
(D)
which it which
28. 28. Ballads were early types of poetry and may have been among a first kinds of
music.
A B C D
(C)
a the
29. 29. The thin outer layer of the skin is called the epidermis, while the layer inner, which
is
A B C D
slightly thicker, is called the dermis.
(D)
layer inner inner layer
30. 30. With the incorporation of jazz history into current academic curricula, leading jazz
A B C
musicians are now founding on the faculties of several universities.
D
(D)
founding found
31. 31. Humus, a substance found in soil, is soft and spongy and enables plant roots to
send out
A B C
tiny hairs through that they absorb water and food.
D
(D)
that which
32. 32. Although flies live longest in cool temperatures, it breed prolifically when
temperatures
A B
are warm, food is abundant, and humidity is moderate.
C D
(B)
it they
33. 33. Alaska's vast areas of untamed wilderness attracts many people who enjoy the
A B C D
outdoors.
(C)
attracts attract
34. 34. The giant panda closely resembles the bear, but account of certain anatomical
features
A B C
it is placed in the raccoon family.
D
(C)
but account of but on account of
35. 35. The ode was original a ceremonial poem written to celebrate public occasions or
exalted
A B C D
subjects.
(A)
original originally
36. 36. Even as he wrote copiously on such diverse topic as education, politics, and
religion,
A B
Lewis Mumford remained active in city and regional planning.
C D
(B)
diverse topic diverse topics
37. 37. Oscillation is a electronic function that changes direct current to the signal of
desired
A B C D
frequency.
(A)
a electronic an electronic
38. 38. Papier-mache figures by Stephen Hensen, which they cheerfully depicted life in
the
A B
Information Age, were the focus of an exhibit at the Museum of American History.
C D
(A)
they cheerfully cheerfully
39. 39. Pharmacist fill drug prescriptions, keeping records of the drugs their patients are
A B
taking to make sure that harmful combinations are not prescribed.
C D
(A)
Pharmacist Pharmacists
40. 40. Great technical advances in aerial and satellite photography have been made since
end
A B C D
of the Second World War.
(D)
since end since the end