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Section Two: Structure and Written Expression

1. Among the first plants to grow on the land regions of the Earth _____, which in prehistoric
times grew to immense size
(A) were horsetail rushes
(B) horsetail rushes
(C) horsetail rushes were
(D) and horsetail rushes

2. Unlike fossil fuels, which can be used only once, wind and solar power _____of energy.
(A) for renewable sources
(B) the sources are renewable
(C) are renewable sources
(D) renewable sources

3. _____ that the first cheese was probably made more than 4,000 years ago by nomadic
tribes in Asia.
(A) The belief
(B) Although they believe
(C) It is believed
(D) Believing

4. Today _____ of the Earth live on a very small percentage of the Earth's land surface.
(A) about two-thirds populated
(B) the population is about two-thirds
(C) about two-thirds of the population
(D) of about two-thirds the population is

5. It was in the year 1792 _____

(A) that the New York Stock Exchange was founded
(B) founding the New York Stock Exchange
(C) which year the New York Stock Exchange was founded
(D) the New York Stock Exchange founded

6. Many small birds use new sites for each nesting,_____ large birds often reuse the same nest.
(A) by
(B) how
(C) within
(D) whereas

7. Plateaus are often referred to as tablelands _____ essentially flat-topped and stand
conspicuously above an adjacent land area.
(A) because are
(B) because they are
(C) because of their
(D) which because they are

8. Although many contemporary craft objects are not _____, they generally have their roots in
function.
(A) function
(B) functionally
(C) as function
(D) functional

9. _____ hearing aid was a tube called the ear trumpet, a flared tube held up to the ear.

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(A) First
(B) When the first
(C) It was the first
(D) The first

10. Most leaves are coated with a waterproof _____, or cuticle.

(A) that the covering
(B) and is covering
(C) covering
(D) by covering

11. The first glass factory _____ the North American continent was started in Jamestown,
Virginia, in 1607.
(A) established on
(B) being established
(C) was established on
(D) that established it

12. _____ in the desert is mainly due to the limited supply of desert water.
(A) Plants are widely spaced
(B) The spacing of plants is wide
(C) Plants to be spaced widely
(D) The wide spacing of plants

13. In addition to painting highly acclaimed portraits, Mary Cassatt was _____ to several major
art collectors.
(A) to advise
(B) an adviser
(C) advised
(D) advising

14. Spring water is _____ clean., since it has been filtered through permeable rocks, but all
spring water contains some dissolved minerals.
(A) generally fair
(B) generally fairly
(C) in general fair
(D) general and fair

15. All eels spawn in the sea, the eggs hatching into transparent, ribbon like larvae _____,
feeding until they metamorphose into small eels.
(A) that drift about
(B) drift about
(C) about drifting
(D) drift about them

16. Citrus fruits thrive in quite very tropical climates.

A B C D
17. Carson McCullers was fame for her novels about life in the small towns of the
A B C D
southern United States.

18. Because the atmosphere of Mars is so thin. Wind velocities of several hundred
A B C

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kilometers per hour are required to raised dust particles during dust storms.
D
19. Lumbering. The remove of timber from the forest, is a major industry in the
A B C D
Northwest region of North America.

20. The asphalt deposits of La Brea Tar Pit in California have yielded fossils of
A B
numerous animal of the Pleistocene epoch, including the giant ground sloth.
C D
21. Located in the center of the continental United States and known for its endless
A B
wheat fields, Kansas is one of the nation's leading agriculturally states.
C D
22. An intrinsic part of the sound structure of poet, the repetition of a consonant
A B
sound or sounds, may also be exhibited in prose.
C D
23. People feel uncomfortable when the humidity rises over 60 percent because perspiration
A B
cannot evaporate quickly enough for the body to rid themselves of excess heat.
C D
24. While infancy, the period from birth until the age of two. A child grows to
A B
approximately half of his or her adult height.
C D
25. The Pulitzer Prizes ate annual awards for excellence in United States journalism,
A B C
literature, and musical.
D
26. Judgments made in a criminal cases can usually be appealed to a higher count
A B
which can either overturn or uphold a lower court ruling.
C D
27. Science fiction is any fiction dealing with the future or with so imaginative
A B
subjects as interstellar travel, life on other planets, or time travel.
C D
28. The wingspread of various species of bats range from over five feet to less than two inches.
A B C D
29. The harmonica's tones are made by the vibrations of the feeds created by the
A B
blowing and suction to the player.
C D
30. The constitution of 1897, under which Delaware is now governed , is fourth
A B C
constitution in the history of the state.
D
31. Because most photographic filters work by subtract portions of visible light from
A B C
the subject, they decrease the intensity of light that reaches the film.
D
32. In a vacuum discharge tube at ordinary voltages and currents, neon glows
A
reddish-orange and is the mostly intense of all the rare gases.
B C D

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33. Although E.E. Cummings studied art in Paris, but his writings attracted much
A B C
more interest than his paintings.
D
34. Because material organic decays slowly in peat, the remains of prehistoric
A B
animals are often found in the depths of peat hogs.
C D
35. Usually an atom having one, two, or three electrons in its valence band readily
A B
contributes electrons to and receive electrons from neighboring atoms.
C D
36. A symbol of freedom, the Statue of Liberty represents a woman has just escaped
A B
from the chains of slavery, which lie at her feet.
C D
37. The southwestern portion of the United States is a land of little rain , and parts of
A B
it are too dry that they are called deserts.
C D
38. Seneca chief Corn-planter helped arrange treaties between many United States settler and
A B
Native American tribes in western Pennsylvania after the American Revolutionary War.
C D
39. Mercury is so much close to the Sun that it is usually invisible in the glare of the Sun's rays.
A B C D
40. Pollen can be transferred by the wind or by birds that comes into contactwith flowers.
A B C D

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