1. In the early 1900s, Eastman_____inexpensive Brownie box cameras.

 *
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developing
developed
it was developed
it developed

2. _______the discovery of the fossilized remnants of tides in one-billion-year-old

rocks. *
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Geological reports
The reports of geologist
Geologists's report
Geologists report

3. The Brooklyn Bridge ______took thirteen years to complete. *

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which New York

is in New York
it is in New York
in New York

4. Genes control all of the physical _____we inherit. *

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that traits
traits are that
that are traits
traits that

5. Indigo can be extracted from a plant, and then _______to dye cloth blue. *
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using
it
using it
it can be used

6. ______in United States spends 900 hours per year in class and in 1, 170 hours in
front of the television. *
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Three average grades

There are three grades
The average third-grader
The third grade is average
7. Researchers have begun studying what______is on human circadian rhytms. *
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is affecting the light

it is the effect of light
the light effects
the effect of light

8. If calcium oxide remains exposed to air, ______to calcium carbonate. *

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turns
the turn
turning
it turns

9. Some early batteries used concentrated nitric acid, ____gave off poisonous
fumes. *
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they
then they
but they had
but they

10. The sound produced by an object______in a periodic way involves more than the
simple. *
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it vibrates
is vibrating
vibrates
vibrating

11. Prior to the discovery of anesthetics in 1846, surgery was done _____was still
concious. *
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during the patient's

while the patient
the patient felt
while patiently

12. The drastic decline to the beaver helps to illustrate what______to the ecosystems
of the North American continent. *
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about happening
happening
the happening
has happened

13. The use of shorthand died out in the Middle Ages because of ____with
witchcraft. *
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associate the imagination

the imagined association
imagine the association
the association was imagined

14. A yacht is steered with a rudder; ______the flew of water that passes the mill *
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it deflects
which deflecting
which deflects

15. For top speed and sudden acceleration, the accelarator pump feeds additional
gasoline from the float chamber into______above the venturi tube. *
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the air flows

the air flow
the air is flowing
flows the air

Written Expression
Directions: In these questions, each sentence has four underlined word or phrases. The four underlined parts
of sentence are marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed
in order for the sentence to be correct. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in
the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have choosen.

16. In 1732, coach t̲ r̲a̲v̲e̲l̲e̲r̲s̲ could g̲o̲t̲ from New York t̲ o̲ Philadelphia in about two
d̲a̲y̲s̲. *
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travelers
got
to
days

17. Some of the District of Colombia are on low-lying, marshy ground. *

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of the
are
on
marshy

18. Georgia's economy is based main on agriculture. *

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Georgia's
based
main
agriculture

19. The Paul Revere House was built n 1676, and today its the oldest wooden building
in Boston. *
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built
its
oldest
wooden

20. Conifers such as cedars, firs, and pines bear its seeds in cones. *
1 poin

such as
bear
its
cones

21. A dome is a semispherical structures on top of a building. *

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semispherical
structures
on top of
building

22. Succulents suck up water in jus a few hour, but they can store it in their stems for
months. *
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suck up
hour
store
their stems

23. Flying buttresses enabled builders to put up tall but thinnest stone walls. *
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enabled
to put
thinnest
walls

24. Weather forecasters monitor barometric pressures and record they on charts as
isobars. *
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monitor
pressures
they
as

25. In many languages, the forms of a word varies to express such contrasts as
number, gender, and tense. *
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many languages
varies
such
tense

26. A Milky way object that erupted in the constellation Scorpius has provides
information to astronomers since July. *
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that
provides
astronomers
since

27. Much fossils are found in coal-bearing rocks. *

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Much
found
coal-bearing
rocks

28. When salt is added to ice, this mixture becomes coldly enough to freeze ice
cream. *
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added
this
coldly
to freeze
29. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Long island was chiefly an
agricultural region with fishing, whaling, and build ships as the important industries. *
1 poin

centuries
chiefly
agricultural
build ships

30. No one who has studied the Battle of Little Bighorn know the exact route that
Custer and his detachment took. *
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Who
Know
His
Took

31. The folktales which the brothers Grimm had collecting were translated into English
in 1823. *
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which
collecting
translated
in

32. In our solar system, nine planets, fifty-seven moons, several dozen comets,
several million asteroids, and billions of meteorites have so far been discover. *
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our
several dozen
so far
discover
33. from the 1850s until after the turn of the century, many of America’s super rich families made
newport his favourite summer resort.
Many
Families
Made
His
34. Mars may looks red because it is covered with a layer of soft red iron oxide. *
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looks
it is
covered
a layer

35. The radioactive substances that pose the greatest harm to humanity have neither
very short or very long half lives. *
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that pose
very short
or
lives

36. A robin cocks its head to peer at a worm with one eyes and not to hear it, as was
once thought. *
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its
a worm
eyes
once

37. Film sound is often record by an analog system which, like the compact disc, uses
light. *
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sound
record
which
uses

38. The scribes of the Middle Ages used quill pens to produce their high decorated
manuscript. *
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used
to produce
their
high

39. The principles of physics described by Christian Doppler in 1842 for the movement
of stars has been adapted to evaluate the movement of blood within the heart. *
1 poin
described
has
adapted
blood

40. The Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft were the first vehicles of humankind to venture
beyond the limits of ours solar system. *
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were
first
limits
ours