1.

_____ the demands of aerospace, medicine, and agriculture, aengineers, are creating
exotic new metallic substances.
A. Meet
B. Being met are
C. To meet
D. They are meeting

2. _______ James A. Bland, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” was adopted is the state
song of Virginia in 1940.
A. Was written b
B. His writing was
C. He wrote the
D. Written by

3. Mary Garden, ______ the early 1900’s was considered one of the best singing
actresses of her time.
A. a soprano was popular
B. in a popular soprano
C. was a popular soprano
D. a popular soprano in

4. In the realm of psychological theory Margaret F. Washburn was a dualist _____ that
motor phenomena have an essential role in psychology.
A. who she believed
B. who believed
C. believed
D. who did she believe

5. A camel ___ 30 gallons of water in ten minutes.

A. can drink
B. it can drink
C. a large drink of
D. with a drink of
6. ___, a firefighting specialist from Texas, has dealt with numerous major fires
worldwide.
A. Red Adair is
B. For Read Adair
C. Red Adair
D. In Red Adair’s life
7. ___ was backed up for miles on the freeway.
A. Yesterday
B. In the morning
C. Traffic
D. Cars
8. Engineers ___ for work on the new space program.
A. neccesary
B. are needed
C. hopefully
D. next month
9. The boy ___ going to the movies with a friend.
A. he is
B. he always was
C. is relaxing
D. will be
1. On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic one fossil forest consist of a nearly hundred
A B
large stumps scattered on an exposed coal bed.
C D
2. The surface conditions on the planet Mars are the more like the Earth’s than are
A B C
those of any other planet in the solar system.
D
3. The midnight sun is a phenomenon in which the Sun visible remains in the sky
A B C
for twenty-four hours or longer.
D
4. The Humber River and its valley form a major salmon-fishing, lumbering, hunting,
A B C
and farmer region in western Newfoundland, Canada.
D
5. Each number in binary system are formed from only two symbols.
A B C D
6. Scientists at the medical center is trying to determine if there is a relationship
A B C
between saccharine and cancer.
D
7. On the rim of the Kilauea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands are a hotel
A B C
called the Volcano Hotel.
D
8. The dwarf lemon tree, grown in many areas of the world, bears fruit when it is
A B
fewer than six inches in high
C D
9. The brain composed of a mass of softly gray matter in the skull that controls our
A B C D
intelligence.
10. Polluter is a topic of such importance today that even elementary school children are
A B
well informed about its dangers.
C D
11. Best represented in a famous oil painting by da Vinci, The Last Supper it is an
A B C
important part of the history of Christianity.
D
12. Together with his friend Little John, Robin Hood are fondly remembered today by
A B C D
millions of people.
13. In Vermont, the sap the maple tree is the primary ingredient in producing maple
A B C D
syrup.
14. After to have won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for A Bell for Adano, John
A B
Hersey wrote a nonfiction book about the bombing of Japan.
C D
15. The smallest hummingbirds beat their wings 70 times a second and are about
A B C
two inches long.
C
16. Quality, price, and located are often considered to be the primary concerns in buying a
A B C C
house.
17. The name “America” comes from Amerigo Vespucci, who was a 16th-century Italian
A B C D
explorer
18. Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes for their discoveries
A B
of radioactivity and radioactive elements.
C D
19. The developing of the submarine was hindered by the lack of a power source that could
A B C D
propel an underwater vessel.
20. Although humans have highly developed brains, most animals have acuter senses than
A B C D
them
21. The movement of the stars was first noticed by early travelers, who used the stars to
A B C
guide its way across the sea.
D
22. Those who have seen what is believed to be Noah’s Ark says it is the largest than a
A B C D
modern battleship.
1. … Jane has an excellent resume, she hasn’t found a job yet.
2. … several universities that have excellent engineering schools.
3. Many Middle Eastern diplomats still feel that the United States is intent … the
ultimate police in the region.
4. Woodrow Wilson believed the United States’ entry into World War I would put a … to
the war in months.
5. … of New York’s Erie Canal greatly enhanced trade in the upstate region.
6. A leech, after … the skin, is best removed by the application of either salt or heat.
7. … east of the Mississippi River.
8. … wrote the operetta Babes in Toyland, drawn from the childhood characters of
Mother Goose.
9. Some of the oldest and most widespread creation myths are … involving the all-
giving “Earth Mother.”
10. In …, disk technology has made record albums almost obsolete.
11. In the first few months of life, an infant learns how to lift its head, smile, and …
12. Juana Inez de la Cruz… Mexico’s greatest female poet.
13. Because the metal mercury … in direct proportion to temperature, it was once used as
the indicator in common thermometers.
14. … what is now San Salvador, Christopher Columbus believed that he had found
Japan.
15. The principal purpose of aviation medicine is … by people aboard an air craft in
flight.