GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR GRAMMAR

1. _____ you hear the news? Sarah won the contest! 6. Now that he has started law school, Eric _____ give
a. Wouldn’t up his volunteer work.
b. Haven’t a. has had
c. Didn’t b. was to
d. Don’t c. has been
d. has had to
2. I’ve tried all day _____ I can’t undo the mess that
she made. 7. Attending every class is important _____ in college.
a. so a. for the success
b. unless b. succeeding
c. instead c. for success
d. yet d. to be succeeding

3. Many people are used to _____ groceries from the

same store each week. 8. _____ at night, there isn’t much traffic in the city.
a. buy a. When late
b. buying b. It’s late
c. bought c. From late
d. have bought d. Late

9. Hey John, _____ what time the baseball game starts,
4. The committee changed its recommendations do you?
because _____ the previous ones were too a. you don’t know
difficult for most people to follow. b. you do know
a. that felt that c. do you know
b. it felt that d. don’t you know
c. they felt it
d. felt that 10. Learning is a lifelong process through _____ must
go.
5. Things happened differently _____ I had expected. a. it everyone
a. as b. everyone
b. than c. which everyone
c. like d. that everyone
d. so

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 CLOZE CLOZE CLOZE

It is common knowledge that rainfall in the 11. a. Yet b. Although

mountains directly influences nearby river levels. __(11)__ c. While d. Since
recent research has revealed that some efforts are not
seen until fifty years after the rain has fallen. A study by 12. a. amount b. speed
a civil engineering professor investigated the __(12)__ it c. time d. route
takes for precipitation to travel from mountains to valleys
13. a. throughout b. resulting
__(13)__ underground aquifers, or water passages. c. flowing d. through
Using a computer model, this scientist __(14)__
on the water levels of a major river in the Rio Grande 14. a. researched b. focused
Valley in New Mexico. His model showed that a drought c. decided d. predicted
that occurred in the 1950s could be partly to __(15)__ for
current low water levels. The model assumed a fifty-year 15. a. blame b. explain
c. account d. attribute
wet climate cycle followed by an abrupt change in which
precipitation was cut in half. For decades, there was no 16. a. so b. but
change in the base flow of the Rio Grande, __(16)__ after c. indeed d. which
fifty years that dry cycle __(17)__ up in the river.
Previously, __(18)__ such as how much water to 17. a. ended b. came
store and __(19)__ from reservoirs have been based on c. showed d. opened
a conservative view, because it has been hard to predict
18. a. problems b. decisions
streamflows years __(20)__. However, if additional
c. research d. methods
research supports this study, the much-delayed impact
of droughts on underground water levels would have 19. a. give b. keep
significant implications for water management. c. maintain d. release

20. a. away b. before

c. after d. ahead

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 VOCABULARY VOCABULARY VOCABULARY

21. Mark is so _____. One minute he’s happy and the 26. Neither of them is at home during the day because
next minute he’s sad. their work schedules _____.
a. uneven a. overlap
b. moody b. overcome
c. diverse c. overrun
d. disrupted d. overwhelm

22. The house sold for a large _____. 27. There were a number of _____ errors in Bob’s report.
a. size a. glimmering
b. cost b. burning
c. quantity c. glaring
d. amount d. shimmering

23. My teacher asked me to _____ on the topic I chose 28. The little girl was on her best _____ at the
for the report. expensive restaurant.
a. explain a. style
b. elaborate b. actions
c. advance c. attitude
d. develop d. behavior

24. Her excellent performance in the movie _____ her 29. Our _____ on the train was so small that the trip
as a star. was very uncomfortable.
a. reviewed a. compartment
b. recognized b. component
c. established c. caravan
d. originated d. cabinet

25. Mary was _____ by the painting’s beauty and 30. She spent the small _____ that she got from her
happily gazed at it for an hour. aunt very carefully.
a. stranded a. inheritance
b. dismayed b. legitimacy
c. paralyzed c. heirloom
d. stunned d. heritage

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 READING READING READING

This passage about the blanket octopus comes from

science magazines and radio broadcasts.

A tiny bird trying to mate with a fighter jet may 31. What has previously been known about the blanket
be the most accurate way to describe the suicidal octopus?
sex life of the male blanket octopus. Until recently, a. its reproductive processes
little was known about this species except that there b. the size proportion of male to female
is an extreme size difference between the male and c. its defense mechanisms
female. The adult male is the size of a peanut, but the d. its parasitic qualities
female can grow up to about the size of a football.
Similar to other octopus species, the blanket octopus 32. What is the source of the poisonous tentacles?
has a round body equipped with gills for breathing, a. jellyfish
two large eyes, and long arms lined with suction disks. b. the octopus gill cavity
Although the males are small, they are not harmless. c. the sea floor
d. suction disks
Only recently have scientists observed poisonous
tentacles apparently stolen from jellyfish hanging from
33. How does a male blanket octopus use the
their suction disks. The male octopus compensates
tentacles?
for his small size by using these tentacles to fend off
a. to attract females
predators.
b. to fertilize females
Male blanket octopi, unlike the females, never
c. to protect himself
spend time on the sea floor, making it difficult for
d. to find food
them to find a female. They spend most of their lives
hovering in the water. If a male does meet a female, his
34. How does the male blanket octopus reproduce?
special reproductive arm breaks off and crawls into the
a. The reproductive arm fertilizes the mature
female’s gill cavity. The arm can exist there for months eggs on the sea floor.
until the female’s eggs have matured. The male, b. His reproductive arm separates and enters
however, dies shortly after separation. the female.
The type of size dimorphism observed in the blanket c. The reproductive arm hovers in the water
octopus can also be found in several barnacle and fish until it finds a mature female.
species. In these cases, however, the males tend to d. He crawls into the female’s gill cavity.
live as tiny parasites reduced to little more than sperm
generators. It is unclear why the blanket octopus has 35. What is unusual about the male blanket octopus’s
developed as it has. One theory suggests that the reproductive arm?
male’s small size allowed it to mature faster, giving a. It has a gill cavity.
it a competitive edge. Others believe that were it to b. It helps the male to find a female.
increase in size, it would no longer be able to use the c. It is extremely small compared to the other
jellyfish stingers as a defense. arms.
d. It separates from the male’s body.

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