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1. Although he became famous for writing Dr. Zhivago, Boris Pasternak, _____ never wrote a second
novel.
A. one of the greatest poets of the 20th Century
B. is one of the greatest poets of the 20th Century
C. one of the greatest poets of the 20th Century he
D. being one of the greatest poets of the 20th Century
2. As the magma intrudes upward from the Earth's mantle, the temperature _____
A. increasing
B. which increases
C. the increase
D. increases
3. Masks, usually worn for ceremonial purposes, ______ animals, ancestors, or characters in a drama.
A. the representation
B. to represent
C. represent
D. representing
4. Although the UVA ray is potentially harmful to the skin, _____ is the UVB ray that is most damaging.
A. which
B. but
C. it
D. and
5. _____ of social groups that share interests, values, and kinship ties.
A. There are two basic types
B. Two basic types are
C. With two basic types
D. Two basic types
6. _____ a flare for the dramatic, even in his choral works, Bach never wrote an opera.
A. Demonstration
B. Demonstrated
C. Demonstrating
D. Demonstrates
7. Martha Graham, ______of the pioneers of modern dance, didn't begin dancing until she was
twenty-one.
A. who, as one
B. she was
C. one
D. was one
8. Tiger moths ____ wings marked with stripes or spots.
A. have
B. with
C. their
D. whose

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9. _____ are a form of carbon has been known since the late eighteenth century.
A. Diamonds
B. Because diamonds
C. That diamonds
D. Diamonds, which
10. Designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, ______
A. the United States was given the Statue of Liberty by the people of France
B. the people of France gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States
C. the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States by the people of France
D. the French people presented the United States with a gift, the Statue of Liberty

11. The city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, derives its name from a Native American word … "bubbling
springs."
A. meant
B. meaning
C. that it meant
D. whose meaning
12. … the dollar as its monetary unit in 1878.
A. Canada adopted
B. Adopted by Canada,
C. It was adopted by Canada
D. The Canadian adoption of
13. A grass-eating, river-dwelling mammal, the hippopotamus ………. to the pig.
A. being related
B. is related
C. relate
D. relating
14. … is more interested in rhythm than in melody is apparent from his compositions.
A. That Philip Glass
B. Philip Glass, who
C. Philip Glass
D. Because Philip Glass
15. … relations with friends and acquaintances, play a major role in the social development of
adolescents.
A. What are called peer group relations are
B. Peer group relations are
C. Peer group relations, the
D. By peer group relations, we mean

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