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Section Two: Structure and Written Expression

1. Among the 450 artworks in the White House art 8. During the 1850', reform movements
collection __ . ___temperance and the abolition of slavery gained
(A) as is Mary Cassatt's Young Mother and Two strength in the United States.
Children (A) advocating
(B) is Mary Cassatt's Young Mother and Two (B) they had advocated
Children (C) to advocating
(C) which is Mary Cassatt's Young Mother and Two (D) to advocate when
Children
(D) Mary Cassatt's Young Mother and Two Children 9. Many meteorites are thought to have originated
from ___ that once existed between the orbits of
2. An unconsolidated aggregate of silt particles is Mars and Jupiter.
also termed silt, _____ a consolidated aggregate is (A) where a planet or planets
called siltstone. (B) a planet or planets so
(A) which (C) which a planet or planets
(B) why (D) a planet or planets
(C) whereas
(D) whether 10. The modern automobile is a composed of
more than 14,000 parts.
3. In 1864 the American Shakespearean actor Edwin (A) complex technical system
Booth gained critical acclaim when he ____ (B) system of complex technical
Hamlet at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York (C) complex technical system that
City. (D) system is technically complex
(A) perform
(B) performed 11. over 100 years since the invention of the
(C) had been performing square-bottomed paper bag.
(D) having performed (A) Now is
(B) Now it has
4. ____ are chiefly derived from petroleum. (C) There is now
(A) Plastics today (D) It is now
(B) There are plastics today
(C) Because today plastics today 12. The novelist John Dos Passes developed a style of
(D) Due to plastics today fiction incorporating several documentary devices
____ to his works.
5. Most tangerine trees and their flowers and fruits (A) lent realism
resemble ____the orange, although tangerines are (B) that lending realism
generally smaller. (C) to lend realism
(A) of those (D) of whose realism lent
(B) which of those
(C) those of (D) which are of 13. In Earth's infancy, its surface was warm enough
for life ____ the young Sun
16. Ohio, the center of_____ the Hopewell culture, was fainter than it is today.
has the greatest concentration of ancient burial (A) in spite of
mounds in the United States. (B) whether
(A) called (C) neither of which
(B) what is called (D) even though
(C) that is called
(D) is called 114. The invention of the compound
microscope (which allowed much higher
7. ____ , such as jazz, are often played from magnification through multiple lenses) made
memory rather than from a written score.
(A) Of some types music
_____ the great strides in life sciences.
(A) it possible
(B) Music some of types
(B) possibly
(C) Some types of music
(C) possible
(D) Types of music some
(D) it was possible
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(A) rather to be
15. Hares generally have longer ears and hind legs (B) rather than
than rabbits and move by jumping (C) are rather
____ running. (D) as rather

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16. Lake trout, fish usually finding in deep, cool lakes, are greenish gray and are
A B
covered with pale spots.
C D
17. During the first 20 years of the space age, the United States spent more than 90
A B
billion dollars onto its civilian and military space programs.
C D
118. Vitamins A and C and most of the B vitamins are retain in foods that have
A B C
been canned.
D
19. Ella Baker spent her adult life working for social change by lecturing, writing,
A B
teacher, and organizing adult literacy programs.
C D
20. Gold can combined with silver in any proportion, but alloys with 50 to 60 percent
A B C
silver are the_strongest.
D
21. The camera obscura, a lensless precursor of the photographic camera, consists_of
A
a darkened chamber, with light pass into it through a single tiny hole.
B C D
22. Lumber production was the main industry in Michigan until the early 1900's,
A B C
which the automobile industry was established in Detroit.
D
23. Twenty minutes of vigorous exercise every day is very effect in helping a person
A B C
to maintain physical fitness.
D
24. It was not until after Emily Dickinson's death in 1886 that, hidden away in her
A B
bureau, overly one thousand unpublished poems were discovered,
C D
25. Rocks form within Earth are called intrusive or plutonic rocks because the
A B
magma from which they form often intrudes into neighboring rock.
C D
26. Most fish swim by moving their tails from side to side , with little relatively body
A B C D
undulation.
27. In its life expectancy, although in most other things, the Sun is a typical star.
A B C D
28. Machines need energy to function, whether it is animal or human muscle, wind or
A B
waters currents, or heat-generated energy, such as steam.
C D
29. The modern violin, the smallest and versatile instrument in the violin family, is
A B
tuned in fifths and produces tones ranging over four and a half octaves.
C D
30. Norman Rockwell was a meticulous artist who paintings portrayed family
A B
incidents and well-defined characters with a wealth of supporting details.
C D
31. By the late twelve century, stained glass had emerged in Europe as an integral
A B C D
part of Gothic architecture.
32. The United States, a nation with a highly diversified economy, is a major
A B
exporter of grain, fruit, chemical, aircraft, and cars.
C D
33. Canada began cultivation wheat intensively in 1910, which led to a demand for
A B
tools, machines, housing, and building supplies.
C D
34. Magnesium has little structural strength and must be alloyed with another metals
A B
such as aluminum and zinc when it is to be subjected to stress.
C D
35. Orchid seeds take up to eighteen months to mature before they sprout, and the
A B
young plants may need another two years to reach at the flowering stage.
C D
36. The oldest public edifice in Washington D.C., the White House was originally
A B
constructed in the 1790's, also has been rebuilt or extensively remodeled
C
three times since then.
D
37. Mitosis is the normal process by which a cell divides, each new cell ending up
A B C
with a same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
D
38. There are a series of large-scale wind patterns all over Earth are called prevailing
A B
winds that have a direct effect on weather and climate.
C D
39. 1n June, 1846, near Sacramento, California, a number of new settlers rebelled in
A B C
the Bear Flag Revolt and proclaiming California an independent republic.
D
40. A mutation is result of a definite biochemical change in a gene that causes the
A B
offspring to vary in some characteristic from the parents.
C D