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Structure
Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

51. _____ of pottery is dependent on the

durability of clay after firing.
A. To make
B. The making
C. When to make
D. It is making
52. Pig iron, wrought iron, and steel
contain iron carbides made up of
_____ of carbon.
A. amounts are different
B. different amounts that
C. different amounts
D. which amounts are different
53. The Arctic fox is found throughout
the Arctic, usually on tundra or
mountains _____ the sea.
A. by which near
B. near of
C. because near
D. near
54. The midge, _____ to any of several
species of small flies, refers to a
mosquito-like insect with slender
wings and body, long legs, and
antennae.
A. which a term applied
B. a term applied
C. is a term applied
D. applied a term
55. The face is the most _____ of a
human being.
A. part is distinctly
B. distinction in part
C. distinctive part
D. part of distinction

56. The chemical facts _____ as a byproduct of their search for gold
became the basis for modern
chemistry.
A. that had been accumulated by
alchemists
B. were accumulated by alchemists
C. alchemists accumulating them
D. had been accumulated by
alchemists
57. The fluoroscope makes _____ for
medical doctors to view a silhouette
of the bones and internal organs of a
patient's body.
A. being possible
B. possibly
C. it is possible
D. it possible
58. The second-oldest continuously occupied
governor's mansion in the United States
_____ Jackson, Mississippi.
A. the location in
B. is the location
C. is located in
D. located in
59. A television camera produces an
image by conveying _____ receives
into a series of bright and dark dots.
A. and it
B. it
C. what it
D. that it

60. In so-called nonfiction novels, a

documentary style is combined with
fictional techniques _____ actual
events and people.
A. that they describe
B. to describe
C. and in describing
D. are describing
61. Managers often receive considerable
training in the "technical" aspects of
their jobs _____ very little in the
"people management" aspects.
A. so
B. just as
C. yet
D. and that
62. Areas of fertile soil called deltas,
usually _____ are formed by mud
deposited at the mouth of a river.
A. triangular in shape
B. their shape is triangular
C. they have a triangular shape
D. triangular shape

63. Though a respected educator,

Alexander Graham Bell _____ the
inventor of the telephone.
A. as is best known
B. best known as is
C. is best known as
D. best is known as
64. Not until the First World War _____
to improve the road system in the
United States.
A. a determined effort was made
B. made a determined effort
C. when a determined effort was
made
D. was a determined effort made
65. Often invisible, always in motion,
gas is _____ of matter.
A. the state is most energetic
B. stating the most energetic
C. the most energetic state
D. the state that most energetic

Directions : In questions 66-90 each sentence has four underlined words or phrases.
The four underlined parts of the 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.
66. Some fish have whiskers, which are sensory organs used for touching and tasting,
A
B
and which are helpful when are they searching for food in sand and mud.
C
D

67.

Cement is produced commercially by to heat a mixture of limestone and clay

A
B
in a large, slowly rotating cylindrical furnace.
C
D

68.

In addition to appropriating the subject matter of mass culture, the pop art
A
B
movement of the 1950's utilized various technique of mass production.
C
D

69.

Practical problems limit the ability of astronomers to determine the mass

A
B
of asteroids, who are small planetary bodies orbiting the Sun.
C
D

70.

An accomplished saxophonist and composer, John Coltrane begun his career playing
A
B
C
in the big bands of the early 1950's.
D

71.

Bacteria and similar one-celled organisms reproduce by cell division, each of the
A
daughter cell then beginning a new life as a distinct organism.
B
C
D

72.

Many species of birds that breed in temperate latitudes often show particular
A
B
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patterns of migration while the year.
D

73.

Quebec, the most oldest city in Canada, lies on the north bank of the St. Lawrence
A
B
C
D
River.

74.

Because of the need to maintain the correct balance of salts and minerals in the
A
B
water, keeping saltwater fish in aquariums requires more work that keeping
C
D
freshwater fish.

75.

Addressing themes that were unique American, the poet Walt Whitman celebrated
A
B
C
the lives of ordinary people.
D

76.

Many museums have been founded by private benefactors, and a few have
A
B
received endowments that help to support theirs routine operations.
C
D

77.

The Bessemer process for converting iron to steel was invention of enormous
A
B
importance because it led to many significant changes in industrial processes.
C
D

78.

Painters have been portraying the sea for centuries, and in the United States a
A
B
rich tradition of marine painting been developed during the nineteenth century.
C
D

79.

The city of Memphis, Tennessee, was a important Confederate military center

A
B
during the American Civil War and served as the temporary state capital in 1862.
C
D

80.

Although all sedimentary rocks contain iron, but the deposits that are richest in
A
B
iron consist predominantly of minerals such as iron oxides, carbonates, silicates,
C
D
and sulfides.

81.

In the United States, the attorney general is a cabinet member in charge with the
A
B
C
administration of the Department of Justice.
D

82.

The Atlantic cable, which began to operating in 1866, linked the United States to
A
London and to another cable stretching eastward to India and beyond.
B
C
D

83.

Many folk songs were originated to accompany manual work or to mark a

A
B
C
specific ceremonies.
D

84.

The shell of the abalone, a marine snail, is especially suited by its hardness and
A
B
various of colors for the manufacture of jewelry.
C
D

85.

Geraldine Farrar, who debuted as an opera singer in 1901, later appeared both on
A
B
C
stage and in several silent film.
D

86.

The migration of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North
A
in the early 1900's were the biggest internal migration in American history.
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87.

Searching for alternate forms of energy does not necessary mean the abandonment
A
B
C
of fossil fuels as an energy source.
D

88.

The flamingo constructs a cylindrical mud nest for its egg, which both parents
A
B
C
care for it.
D

89.

Due to persistent inbreeding, self-pollinating plants have genetically more uniform

A
B
than cross-pollinated plants, which harbor more genetic variability.
C
D

90.

Metaphysical philosophy is concerned with the principles, structures, and

A
B
meaningful that underlie all observable reality.
C
D

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