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Directions: Mark the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
Time: 15 minutes
□ 1. All steam engines work for the same reason: steam occupies nearly 1,800 times (
)
□ 9. the water from which it comes.
① of the space of much of
② much of the space
③ with as much space as
④ as much space as
□ 2. (
) early 1960's, a community action worker, Richard Mckinley, took his life savings
□ 9. of $1,200 and used it to launch the National Farm Workers Association.
① The
② He was in the
③ In the
④ That in the
□ 3. The Earth attracts bodies toward its center, (
) all bodies fall in a direct line toward
□ 9. that point.
① therefore
② so
③ however
④ nevertheless
□ 4. Tape recordings and computers have made (
□ 9. accurately.
① easier
② it easier
③ easier than
④ it is easier
) to store data conveniently and
□ 5. No one knows (
).
① just when mime began
② mime when just began
③ began mime just when
④ when mime began just
□ 6. Tecumseh, (
), played a crucial role in his tribe both in times of peace and of war.
① was a strong fighter and gifted orator
② a strong fighter and gifted orator whose
③ a strong fighter and was a gifted orator
④ a strong fighter and gifted orator
□ 7. (
) the zero was invented is not known.
① Before
② Since
③ Although
④ When
□ 8. Authorities have found that the addition of antibiotics to livestock mash (
□ 9. immune to the drugs.
① be making
② can be made
③ can make
④ make
) humans
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□ 9. (
) originated the donkey and elephant that symbolize the Democratic and
□ 9. Republican parties.
① Although Thomas Nast
② That Thomas Nast
③ Thomas Nast, who
④ It was Thomas Nast who
□ 10. In (
) the coming of the telephone, radio, and television has made rapid
□ 19. long-distance communication possible.
① one hundred years later
② one hundred years ago
③ the one hundred years since
④ the last one hundred years
□ 11. Author Flannery O'Connor thoroughly understood the society (
).
① she had grown up
② which had she grown up in
③ in which she had grown up
④ she had grown up in it
□ 12. New York's Statue of Liberty was designed to be a beacon for vessels and a monument
□ 19. (
).
① the two
② in addition to
③ as well
④ together
□ 13. The concepts behind the laws of probability (
) all of statistical systems.
① to enter into fundamentally
② they fundamentally enter into
③ fundamentally into enter
④ enter fundamentally into
□ 14. (
) largely being performed on calculators.
① Algebraic and arithmetic operations
② Arithmetic operations and also algebraic
③ Now that algebraic and arithmetic operations are
④ Arithmetic and algebraic operations are
□ 15. The edelweiss, floral symbol of Switzerland, is considered a rare plant because it grows wild
□ 19. in high regions (
) is difficult to find.
① this
② and
③ what
④ there
□ 16. In this solar system, only the Earth satisfies the complex conditions (
□ 19. life as we know them.
① necessary for
② that is necessary
③ are necessary to have
④ is it necessary for
) forms of
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□ 17. Daisy Lampkin, (
), lived to see the realization of many of the reforms for which
□ 19. she fought.
① social worker and humanitarian
② her social work and humanitarianism
③ whose social work and humanitarianism
④ she was a social worker and humanitarian
□ 18. Only in the early twentieth century (
) carefully and systematically.
① scrutinized was sleep first
② that sleep first was scrutinized
③ was sleep first scrutinized
④ and sleep was first scrutinized
□ 19. A pipeline network (
) 4,300 miles provides natural gas from Texas to homes and
□ 19. industries on the East Coast.
① total
② totals
③ totaling
④ it totals
□ 20. (
) struck, a diapason produces an almost pure tone, retaining its pitch over a long
□ 19. period of time.
① When is it
② One is
③ When it is
④ Is one