Structure and Written Expression Time: 25 minutes (including the reading of the directions)??Now set your clock for 25 minutes. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Structure
1. A microscope can reveal vastly ______detail than is visible to the naked eye. ?? (A) than (B) than more (C) more than (D) more
2. Narcissus bulbs ______ at least three inches apart and covered with about four inches of well drained soil. ?? (A) should be planted (B) to plant (C) must planting (D) should plant
3. Industrialization has been responsible for ______ most radical of the environmental changes caused by humans. ?? (A) a (B) the (C) some of which (D) which are the
4. In many areas the slope and topography of the land ______ excess rainfall to run off into a natural outlet. ?? (A) neither permit (B) without permitting (C) nor permitting (D) do not permit
5. Color and light, taken together, ______ the aesthetic impact of the interior of a building. ???? (A) very powerfully influence ???? (B) very influence powerfully ???? (C) powerfully very influence ???? (D) influence powerfully very
6. ______ that Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring was one of the chief sources of inspiration for the development of nontoxic pesticides. (A) There is likely (B) Likely to be (C) It is likely (D) Likely
7. Total color blindness, ______, is the result of a defect in the retina. (A) a rare condition that (B) a rare condition (C) that a rare condition (D) is a rare condition
8. ______ no conclusive evidence exists, many experts believe that the wheel was invented only once and then diffused to the rest of the world. (A) Even (B) But (C) Although (D) So
9. Wherever there is plenty of rain during the growing season, life is ______ in various forms. (A) abundant (B) the abundance (C) an abundant (D) it abundant
10. In her time, Isadora Duncan was ______ today a liberated woman. (A) calling what we would (B) who would be calling (C) what we would call (D) she would call it
11. ______ around stones that are sun-warmed, even the smallest of stones creates tiny currents of warm air. (A) The cool air (B) If the air is cool (C) That the air cools (D) The cooler the air
12. Despite its wide range of styles and instrumentation, country music has certain common features ______ its own special character. (A) give it that (B) that give it (C) give that (D) that give
s it to
13. Most of ______ archaeologists know about prehistoric cultures is based on studies of material remains. (A) these (B) what (C) which (D) their
14. According to some cities, the novels of William Burroughs demonstrate the major hazard of absurd literature, ______ tendency toward overembellishment and incoherence. (A) not withstanding (B) besides (C) is a (D) its
15. Coinciding with the development of jazz in New Orleans in the 1920's ______ in blues music. (A) was one of the greatest periods (B) one of the greatest periods (C) was of the greatest periods (D) the greatest periods
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Written Expression
16. Gone With the Wind, the epic novel about life in South during the Civil War period, took ten ??????????????????????????????????????___???????????????? _____???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ____ ????????????????????????????????????????A??????????????????????B????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????C?? years write. ________ ?????-
17. None two butterflies have exactly the same design on their wings. ??????____????????????????????????????????????????????______????????????__???????? ____ ????????A????????????????????????????????????????????????????B??????????????????C?????????? D
18. To save the Califonia condor from extinction, a group of federal, local, and privately ??????______???????????????????????????????? ___??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????______ ??????????A????????????????????????????????????????B???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? C organizations initiated a rescue program. ?????????????????????????????????????????????? _______ ???????????????????????????????????????????????????-
19. A coral reef, a intricate aquatic community of plants and animals, is found only in ??????????????????????????_???????????????????????? _________????????????????????????????????????____?????????????? ??????????????????????????A??????????????????????????????B????????????????????????????????????????????????C warm, shallow, sunlit seas. ____________________ ???????????????? D
20. Carnegie hall was the first building in New York designed special for orchestral music. ???????????????????????????????? ______??????????????????????????????????_______ _____??????_____________ ???????????????????????????????????? A????????????????????????????????????????????B?????????? C???????????????????-
21. Since it lives in the desert, the collared lizard depends from insects for water as well as for ??????____????___??????????????????????????????????????????????????__________?????????????????????????? _______ ???????? A????????B????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????C?????????????????????????????????????????- food.
22. The Texas Panhandle region, in the northwestern part of the state, produces more wheat, ??????????????????????????????????????????????????____??????????????????????___?? ????????????????????????????????????
???????????????? A?????????????????????????? B cotton, and grain sorghum than any of other area of Texas. _____???????????????????????????????????? _____ ?? C???????????????????????????????????????????? D
23. Light rays what enter the eye must be focused onto a point on the retina in order for a clear ??????????????????????____????????????????????____???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ____ ???????????????????????? A??????????????????????????B??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????C?? visual image to form. ?????????????????? ______ ?????????????????????? D
24. The orangutan's hands and feet are designed for holding and grasping branches, and its ??????___??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????__ ????????A????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????B?? powerful immensely arms enable it to climb and swing in trees without difficulty. _______________????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????____________ ?????????? C?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????-
25. The extraordinary beautiful of orchids makes them the basis of a multimillion-dollar floral ??????????????????????????????????______???????????????? _____?????????????? ____ ?????????????????????????????????????? A???????????????????????? B??????????????????????C industry. ______ ?????-
26. The Vermont Elememary Science Project, according to its founders, are designed to challenge ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ________?????????????????????? _________ ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????A???????????????????????????????????? B some of the most widely held beliefs about teaching. ?????????????????????????? _____?????????????????? ___________ ?????????????????????????????? C?????????????????????????????- 27. The number 8 1/2 is an example of a "mixed number" because it is composing of an integer ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ________????________????__ ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? A???????????????? B?????????? C and a fraction. ____ ?? D
28. If it is kept dry, a seed can still sprout up to forty years after their formation. ?????????????? ____??????????????????___________ ____???????????????????????? ___ ??????????????????A???????????????????????????? B?????????????? C???????????????????????????? D
29. In The Sociology of Science, now considered a classic, Robert Merton discusses cultural, ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????_______ ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? A economy, and social forces that contributed to the development of modern science. _______??????????????????_____?????????????????????????????????? ________________________ ?? B??????????????????????????????C
30. Bacteria lived in the soil play a vital role in recycling the carbon and nitrogen need
ed by plants. ?????????????????? ____??????????????????????????______??________??????????????????????????????????????______ ??????????????????????A???????????????????????????????? B??????????????C???????????????????????????????????????????????? D??
31. Some snakes have hollow teeth are called fangs that they use to poison their victims. ??????____???????????????????????????????????????? _______????????????????????????___??????????????____ ???????? A??????????????????????????????????????????????????B?????????????????????????????? C?????????????????? D 32. Stars derive their energy from thermonuclear reactions that take place in their heat interiors. ???????????????????????? ___???????????? ___???????????????????????????????????????????? ________?????????? ____ ?????????????????????????? A??????????????????B?????????????????????????????????????????????????? C???????????????????? D
33. Carrie Chapman Call organized the League of Woman Voters after successfully campaign for ?????????????????????????????????????? _______????????????????????????????????????????????????___????????????????????_______ ?????????????????????????????????????????????? A??????????????????????????????????????????????????????B?????????????????????????? C the constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote. ????????????????????????????????????????????_______ ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? D
34. Any group that conducting its meetings using parliamentary rules will encounter situations where ??????________????????________??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????_____ ??????????????A????????????????????B???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? C prescribed procedures cannot be applied. ?????????????????????????????????? _____ ?????????????????????????????????????? D
35. The strongly patriotic character of Charles Sangster's poetry is credited about greatly furthering??????????????????????????_______?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ________ ____????????????________ ?????????????????????????????? A??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????B???????????? C?????????????????? D the cause of confederation in Canada.
36. Jessamyn West's first and most famous novel, The Friendly Persuasion , describes the life of a ???????????????????????????????? ________________??????????????????????????????????????????????????_______????????????__ ?????????????????????????????????????????????? A????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????B?????????????????? C Quaker farmed family in the mid-1800's. ????????????__________ ???????????????????-
37. One inventor that Thomas Edison can take credit for is the light bulb. ???????????? ______?????????????????????????????????????? ________ __???????????????? ___ ?????????????????? A???????????????????????????????????????????????? B???????? C?????????????????? D
38. Electric motors range in size from the tiny mechanisms that operate sewing machine to the great?????????????????????????????? ____?????????????????? _____????????????????????????????????????????____________ ???????????????????????????????? A???????????????????????? B????????????????????????????????????????????????????????C engines in heavy
locomotives. ????????????????______________ ?????????????????????????? D
39. The nitrogen makes up over 78 percent of the Earth's atmosphere, the gaseous mass ??????_________??????????????????___??????________ ??????????????A?????????????????????????? B?????????????? C surrounding the planet. _________ ???????-
40. The Mississippi, the longest river in the United States, begins as small, clear stream in ???????????????????????????????????? _____?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ______ _____ ????????????????????????????????????????A??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????B????????C northwestern Minnesota. __________ ???????-
