Exercise Iii

EXERCISE III
1. ____, the nation’s capital remained in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(A) While designing Washington D.C.
(B) Washington D.C. was designed.
(C) While Washington D.C. was being designed.
(D) Washington D.C. designed.
2. You will get a good grade on the exam if ____.

(A) studying
(B) to study
(C) study
(D) you study
3. ____ sucked ground water from below, some parts of the city have begun to
sink as much as ten inches annually.
(A) Pumps have
(B) As pumps have
(C) With pumps have
(D) Have pumps
4. Case studies are the target of much skepticism in the scientific community,
____ used extensively by numerous researchers.
(A) they are
(B) are
(C) yet are
(D) yet they are
5. ____ is not clear to researchers.

(A) Why dinosaurs having become extinct
(B) Why dinosaurs became extinct
(C) Did dinosaurs become extinct
(D) Dinosaurs became extinct
6. There are geographic, economic, and cultural reasons why ____ around the
world.
(A) diets differ
(B) do diets differ
(C) are diets differ
(D) to differ a diet
7. ____ a tornado spins in a counterclockwise direction in the northern

hemisphere, it spins in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere.
(A) However
(B) Because of
(C) Although
(D) That
8. The teachers have had some problems deciding ____.

(A) when to the students they shall return the final papers
(B) when are they going to return to the students the final papers
(C) when they should return the final papers to the students
(D) the time when the final papers they should return for the students
9. Although many people use the word “milk” to refer cow’s milk, ____ to milk
from any animal, including human milk and goat’s milk.
(A) applying it also
(B) applies also
(C) it also applies
(D) but it also applies
10. Drinking water containing ____ excessive amounts of fluorides may leave a
stained or mottled effect on the enamel of teeth.
(A) containing
(B) in which containing
(C) contains
(D) that contain
11. When Franklin Roosevelt became very ill, his wife began to take a more
active role in politics, and many people believed that ____ and the president
shared the responsibilities.
(A) she
(B) her
(C) herself
(D) hers
12. The opposite of love is hate, an emotion directed toward any disturbing
factor, whatever ____ may be.
(A) that
(B) those
(C) them
(D) they
13. Since the earth’s crust is much thicker under the continents, equipment
would have to be capable of drilling through 100,000 feet of rock to
investigate the mantle ____.
(A) beneath them
(B) beneath their
(C) beneath its
(D) beneath they
14. One property of radioisotopes is that ____ decaying occurs in half-lines over
a long period of time.
(A) they
(B) them
(C) theirs
(D) their
15. The committee has met and ____.

(A) They have reached a decision
(B) It has formulated themselves some opinions
(C) Its decision was reached
(D) It has reached a decision
16. People who have very little technical background have ____ to understand
computer language.
(A) learn
(B) learned
(C) learning
(D) learns
17. When Henry arrived home after a hard day at work, ____.
(A) his wife was sleeping
(B) his wife slept
(C) his wife was slept
(D) his wife has been
18. The cyclist ____ he crossed the main street.

(A) looked with caution after
(B) had looked cautiously before
(C) was looked cautious when
(D) looks cautious when
19. Gravity not only causes bodies to fall ____ increases their speed.
(A) and to
(B) and also
(C) but also
(D) and so
20. Truman Copate’s In Cold Blood is neither journalistically accurate ____.

(A) a piece of fiction
(B) and a fictitious work
(C) or written in a fictitious way
(D) nor completely fictitious
21. It is very difficult to compute how much does an item cost in dollars when
A B
one is accustomed to calculating in another monetary system.
C D
22. Buttercups are avoided by grazing animals because their bitter juices.
A B C D
23. Although was defeated for the presidency three times, William Jennings
A B
Bryan was a major influence in the United States.
C D
24. Because wood which was abundant in the North American continent, it is
A B C
the chief building material of early settlers.
D
25. I do not know where could he have gone so early in the morning.
A B C D
26. The symptoms of diabetes in the early stages are too slight that people don't
notice them.
27. He was a man of extraordinary versatility and became both a lawyer as well
A B C D
as an engineer.
28. A jewel is an ornament fashioned from precious metals or stones, either

A B C
alone and in combination.
D
29. Since snake eggs are tough and baby snakes can survive alone at birth,
A B
neither the eggs or nèw born snakes need protection from the mother.
C D
30. Professor Duncan teaches both anthropology as well as sociology each fall.
A B C D
31. According to legend, because the Indian Princess Pocahontas said that she
A B C
loved he Captain John Smith was set free.
D
32. According to Amazon legends, men were forced to do all of the household
A
tasks for women warriors who governed and protected the city for they.
B C D
33. The officials object to them wearing long dresses for the inaugural dance at
A B C
the country club.
D
34. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research
A B C D
paper this semester.
35. Some of us have to study their lesson more carefully if we expect to pass this
A B C D
examination.
36. To overcome rejection a skin graft, a system for matching donor and
A B
recipient tissues has be developed.
C D
37. Nails are commonly make of steel as well as can contain substances such as
A B C D
aluminum.
38. A patient suffering from amnesia may had partial or total loss of memory.
A B C D
39. The idea of using pure nicotine to help smokers stop was first tries in the mid-
A B C D
1980-an with nicotine-laced chewing gum Nicotette.
40. Extension of the countdown hold to fourteen hours was order to give crews
A B C
more time to repair wiring and clear away equipment.
D

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EXERCISE III

1. ____, the nation’s capital remained in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2. You will get a good grade on the exam if ____.

5. ____ is not clear to researchers.

7. ____ a tornado spins in a counterclockwise direction in the northern

8. The teachers have had some problems deciding ____.

15. The committee has met and ____.

18. The cyclist ____ he crossed the main street.

20. Truman Copate’s In Cold Blood is neither journalistically accurate ____.

28. A jewel is an ornament fashioned from precious metals or stones, either

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