1-Alma and her brother Jose has won the state

robotics competition for high school students. 8-Although he had a great sense of timing, Billy's
A. NO CHANGE career as a stand-up comic were handicapped by
B. have won his poor memory.
C. is winning
D. was winning A. NO CHANGE
B. have been
2-"We only have three weeks until our fall issue C. was
goes to print," say Elena as a reminder to the Life D. were being
and Art Magazine editors who lagged on
deadlines. 9-Since restaurants rarely skimps on rich
ingredients like butter and salt, some researchers
A. NO CHANGE now say that "sit-down" restaurant food is
B. were saying nutritionally no better than fast food.
C. have said
D. said A. NO CHANGE
B. rarely skimp
3-Anyone who has traveled to foreign countries C. is rarely skimping
understand the importance of getting D. has rarely skimped
immunization shots.
10-With the help of the Mat-Su Regional Medical
A. NO CHANGE Center, middle school students in Gateway,
B. understands Alaska observe intubation and sets bones.
C. have understood
D. were understanding A. NO CHANGE
B. is setting
4-Everyone in the seminar believe that meditation C. has set
relieves stress and promotes overall well-being. D. set

A. NO CHANGE 11-Some would consider it foolish to build one's

B. believes own hot-air balloon to travel around the world;
C. have believed others might call it a brilliant way to avoid rising
D. were believing rates in air travel.

5-Writing have been invented in Sumer around A. NO CHANGE

3200 B.C., marking the beginning of recorded B. considers
history. C. is considering
D. has considered
A. NO CHANGE
B. was
C. were being
D. are 12-If Margaret can spend a week in the
wilderness, she surely possesses the fortitude to
6-Awarded a Newbery Medal, Doll Bones are the deal with a spider in her bathtub.
story of three children's quest to return a haunted
doll to its proper grave site. A. NO CHANGE
B. possess
A. NO CHANGE C. have possessed
B. is D. had possessed
C. were
D. have been 13-When hiking Machu Picchu in Peru, most
hikers finds that altitude sickness is a greater
7-After discovering that children who grow up on challenge than the intensity of the climb.
farms are less likely to suffer from asthma and
allergies, researchers is trying to isolate the A. NO CHANGE
compounds in farm dust that lead to this B. has found
protection. C. find
D. is finding
A. NO CHANGE
B. tries 14-Although calzones often contain the same
C. has tried ingredients as pizza, they are much easier to hold
D. are trying and present a much more subdued package.

A. NO CHANGE
B. contains
C. is containing
D. has contained A. NO CHANGE
B. were
15-A recent experiment revealed that hungry C. have been
mosquitoes first hones in on smell and then on D. is
warmth, thus body odor may play a key role in
being more desirable to the bugs. 22-Only one of the three girls noticed when a
shooting star streaked across the sky.
A. NO CHANGE
B. is first honing A. NO CHANGE
C. first hone B. have noticed
D. has first honed C. were noticing
D. notice
16-Despite claims that Columbus's journey to the
Americas was filled with harsh weather, records 23-Every cat in the control group are susceptible
show that the seas were fairly calm for the to seizures caused by sounds such as the
duration of the trip. crumpling of tin foil.

A. NO CHANGE A. NO CHANGE
B. shows B. were
C. is showing C. is
D. has shown D. have been

17-In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt revised 24-"All the President's Men is the most important
300 words that was thought to be too complex. work of investigative reporting to come out of the
The president felt words like honour, centre, and 20th century," Hannibal said.
travelled should be simplified, hence the deviation
of American spellings from their British A. NO CHANGE
counterparts. B. are
C. were
A. NO CHANGE D. have been
B. has been
C. is 25-Everyone in the psychiatric communities I've
D. were visited agree that daily exercise can enhance
mental well-being.
18-Most parents never think to turn down their
water heater, but many infants are burned by A. NO CHANGE
overly-warm tap water. B. agrees
C. have agreed
A. NO CHANGE D. were agreeing
B. never thinks
C. is never thinking 26-"I've lost my sense of direction, so it feels like
D. has never thought the exit to the outlet stores appear out of
nowhere," Molly said to Tameka as she changed
19-NASA's long-awaited photos of Pluto show lanes.
that not a single impact crater appear on the
planet's surface, which indicates that Pluto is A. NO CHANGE
geologically active. B. has appeared
C. have appeared
A. NO CHANGE D. were appearing
B. have appeared
C. appears 27-Although everyone else in her group were
D. are appearing asking for a turn with the scalpel, Shayla preferred
to take notes during the shark dissection.
20-Investigators at the Worldwide Crime Agency
found Carmen Sandiego to be the most elusive A. NO CHANGE
criminal of all time. B. have been asking
C. was asking
A. NO CHANGE D. are asking
B. finds
C. is finding 28-Lobsters, also known as the "cockroaches of
D. has found the sea," is most delicious during the late summer
months after they have completed their shedding
21-Set during the Great Depression, The Grapes process.
of Wrath are a novel about the struggles of tenant
farmers in America. A. NO CHANGE C. are
B. was D. has been