Grammar TEST

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Grammar TEST ONE
Directions: Questions 1 -5 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four wors or
phrases! mar"e #$%! #B%! #&%! an #D%. &hoose the one wor or phrase that 'est completes the sentence.
1. Most doctors of the Colonial period believed _______ was caused by an imbalance of humors in the body.
(A) In disease () !hat disease
(C) "f disease (#) about disease
$. In 1%&' (arah Caldwell became _________ at the Metropolitan "pera )ouse in *ew +or, City.
(A) (he was the first woman to conduct () !he first woman conductor
(C) !he woman was first conductin- (#) !he woman conducts first
.. "n /anuary &0 1%110 Marian Anderson became _________ to sin- a ma2or role at *ew +or, City3s Metropolitan
"pera )ouse.
(A) !he first African American () !he first African American was
(C) (he was the first African American (#) 4hen the first African American
5. 6erhaps the most si-nificant postwar trend was the decentrali7ation of cities throu-hout the 8nited (tates0
_________ when massive hi-hway9buildin- pro-rams permitted -reater suburban -rowth.
(A) And accelerated a phenomenon () A phenomenon that accelerated
(C) Acceleratin- a phenomenon which0 (#) !he acceleration of which phenomenon
1. :onald :ea-an had served two terms as -overnor of California before _________ 6resident.
(A) )e became () 4hen becomin-
(C) ecame (#) #id he become
Directions: (n )uestions * -15 each sentences has for unerline wor or phrases! mar"e #$%! #B%! #&%! an
#D%. &hoose the one wor or phrase that must 'e chan+e in orer for the sentence to 'e correct.
'. #urin- the )arlem :enaissance of the 1%$;3s0 (A) much African American writers0 artists0 and () musicians
came to )arlem in *ew +or, City0 (C) creatin- a cultural ( #) center there.

&. In Concord0 Massachusetts0 there is a (A) museum commemoratin- the () life of <ouisa May Alcott0 the (C)
author the nineteenth9century (#) novel <ittle 4omen.
=. <actose0 (A) a su-ar () present in mil,0 is one (C) of simple su-ars used in (#) food preparations for infants.
%. /ac,son 0 Michi-an 0 (A) a city () who was (C) settled in 1=$%0 was named (#) for Andrew /ac,son0 the seventh
6resident of the 8nited (tates .
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1;. oulder0 Colorado0 (A) is only city in the 8nited (tates () that derives its (C) water supply from (#) a -lacier.
11. (A) Construction () of first s,yscraper (C) be-an in Chica-o in 1==. (#) with the ten9story )ome Insurance
uildin-.

1$. !he Mississippi riverboat0 which (A) evolved from simpler () steamship of the early 1=;;3s0 became the (C)
dominant form of (#) passen-er transport on the Mississippi :iver.
1.. Modern strin-ed instruments comprise (A) both instruments () of ancient ori-in0 (C) such as the harp0 and the
(#) developed recently family of bowed instruments that includes the violin.
15. (tars provided early (A) astronomer with a () reference system (C) for measurin- (#) the motions of planets0
the Moon0 and the (un.
11. !he coal industry is important to (A) every industrial nation () because most (C) other industries are directly or
indirectly (#) dependent on it.
Grammar TEST T,O
Directions- Questions 1 -5 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four wors or
1. _________0 domesticated -rapes -row in clusters0 ran-e in color from pale -reen to blac,0 and contain su-ar in
varyin- >uantities.
(A) !heir botanical classification as berries
() Althou-h their botanical classification as berries
(C) ecause berries bein- their botanical classification
(#) Classified botanically as berries
$. !he cymbal is ________ in the military band and is also fre>uently used in modern orchestral music.
(A) A basic instrument () asic instrument
(C) )ow basic an instrument it is (#) as an instrument is basic
.. In instrumentalist philosophy0 ideas and ,nowled-e are e?clusively functional processes: they are of si-nificance
only _________ instrumental in the development of e?perience.
(A) As they are () Are they
(C) !here are (#) Are
5. _________ either by coolin- or by deprivin- the fire of o?y-en and most do both.
(A) 4or,in- fire e?tin-uishers () @ire e?tin-uishers that wor,
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(C) @ire e?tin-uishers wor, (#) !he wor, of fire e?tin-uishers
1. !he introduction of mass9production methods enabled many people _________ and -ave them an unprecedented
amount of mobility.
(A) !o purchase their own automobiles () their own to purchase automobiles
(C) !o their own purchase automobiles (#) own their automobiles to purchase
Directions - (n )uestions * -15 each sentences has for unerline wor or phrases! mar"e #$%! #B%! #&%! an
'. !he (A) bri-htly colored ,in-fisher () that perches until it si-hts a fish0 then dives into (C) the water to catch (#)
its prey.
&. *eptune (A) circles the (un once () every 1'5.= Aarth years0 and its day 999 one (C) rotation its a?is 999 is 11.=
(#) hours.
=. "bservable comets are (A) occasionally attracted toward the () inner (olar (ystem by the (C) fields -ravitational
of (#) nearby stars and -iant molecular clouds.
%. A (A) sin-le bacterium has the () potential to (C) produce 1' million copies of (#) themselves in a day.
1;. Atoms are held to-ether (A) by the electrical forces () of attraction between each ne-ative electron and (C) a
positive protons (#) within the nucleus.
11. !he (A) ori-inal aim () of encyclopedias was (C) to provide a -eneral (#) educational.
1$. Iceber-s are (A) usually white0 blue0 or -reen0 () even althou-h some are blac, due to (C) roc, material
incorporated in (#) them.

1.. (A) oth adult ladybu-s and () their larvae are voracious (C) eaters of aphids0 scale insects0 and (#) another
plant pests.
15. (A) Aarly An-lish burles>ue often ridiculed () celebrated literary (C) wor,s and (#) sentimentally drama.
11. !he American clipper ship era was (A) of duration short0 () e?tendin- from (C) about 1=51 (#) to 1=1%.
Grammar TEST T./EE
Directions: Questions 1 -5 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four wors or phrases! mar"e
#$%! #B%! #&%! an #D%. &hoose the one wor or phrase that 'est completes the sentence.
1. @rances 6er,ins0 _________ of the 8nited (tates cabinet0 served in the cabinet as secretary of labor from 1%.. to 1%51.
(A) !he first female member () 4as the first female member
(C) !he first female member who (#) of whom the first female member
$. 4hen _________ to dou-h and heated0 carbon dio?ide is released0 causin- the dou-h to rise.
.
(A) Is added ba,in- powder () Added ba,in- powder is
(C) Is ba,in- powder added (#) a,in- powder is added
.. _________ the percenta-e of individuals with similar traits in succeedin- -enerations0 -eneticists use the theory of probability.
(A) !he calculation of () to calculate
(C) Is calculatin- (#) Calculated
5. i-9band 2a77 relies on fi?ed arran-ements0 where _________ than one instrument playin- some of the parts0 rather than on
improvisation.
(A) Is more () 4henever more
(C) !here is more (#) more
1. ecause of _________ diversity0 seven separate -roupin-s or divisions of al-ae have been established by botanists.
(A) !hem () (o that
(C) !hose (#) !heir
Directions- (n )uestions * -15 each sentences has for unerline wor or phrases! mar"e #$%! #B%! #&%! an #D%. &hoose
the one wor or phrase that must 'e chan+e in orer for the sentence to 'e correct.
'. (A) Crystals of () pure >uart70 (C) usually called roc, crystal0 are (#) coarseness0 colorless0 and transparent.
&. "f 1$; (A) minerals ,nown to have been used () as -emstones0 only about $1 are in (C) common use in (#) today 2ewelry.
=. "ne of the thirteen ori-inal (A) state of the 8nited (tates0 *orth Carolina () lies on the Atlantic coast (C) midway between
*ew +or, (#) and @lorida.
%. !he various (A) peoples who () developed *orth America (C) have made it a world (#) leader economic.
1;. !he Mil,y 4ay is a (A) flat spiral -ala?y () who contains (C) an estimated 1;; billion stars0 (#) includin- the (un.
11. !he piano (A) as it is ,nown today represents () a lon- series of e?periments (C) e?tend bac, to the year 1&110 or perhaps
(#) even earlier.
1$. (A) Climate is the () primarily force (C) that distin-uishes one biome0 or ma2or terrestrial re-ion0 from (#) another.
1.. (A) 6rehistoric villa-ers () tended to wor, harder0 suffer (C) from more diseases0 and eat (#) the poorer diet than nomadic
hunters did.
15. A ma2or Canadian city0 Montreal is (A) second only () to 6aris (C) as the
(#) most lar-est @rench9spea,in- city in the world.
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11. Archaeolo-ical and -eolo-ical (A) e?cavations indicate () which a primitive (C) type of corn was used as food in *orth
America (#) at least &0;;; years a-o.
Grammar TEST 0O1/
Directions - Questions 1 -5 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four wors
or phrases! mar"e #$%! #B%! #&%! an #D%. &hoose the one wor or phrase that 'est completes the
sentence.
1. Chromosomes are re-arded today as the ma2or carriers of -enetic material0 _________ of #*A and
various types of protein.
(A) Consistin- () as to consist
(C) Consist (#) which consistin-
$. !he leopard seal is an animal _________ preys on pen-uins and other seals.
(A) !hat normally () of which it normally
(C) *ormally (#) that it normally
.. _________ BnovaC means new0 novas are actually stars that have e?isted for a lon- time and suddenly
flare into brilliance.
(A) !hat () 4hy
(C) Althou-h (#) It is
5. ecause Mars is farther from the (un than _________0 Mars ta,es lon-er to complete a revolution.
(A) Aarth is () is from Aarth
(C) what is Aarth (#) is it Aarth
1. A social system is _________ of social relations that draws the behavior of its members toward the core
values of the -roup
(A) a comple? networ, () how a comple? networ,
(C) a comple? networ, and (#) a networ, that is comple?
Directions - (n )uestions * -15 each sentences has for unerline wor or phrases! mar"e #$%! #B%!
#&%! an #D%. &hoose the one wor or phrase that must 'e chan+e in orer for the sentence to 'e
correct.
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'. !he ma2or (A) component of the sedimentary roc, called shale is clay0 an () earthy0 fine9-rained
material consistin- (C) primary of a (#) particular -roup of crystalline minerals.
&. Copper was the first (A) metal used by humans and is second () only to iron (C) into its utility
throu-h (#) the a-es.
=. !he mineral chalcopyrite usually (A) is found in () compact masses or in mi?tures with various other
(C) mineral as (#) opa>ue0 brass9yellow0 tetra-onal crystals.
%. ecause the (A) study of chemistry () encompasses the (C) entire material universe0 it is central to the
(#) understand of other sciences.
1;. Cyclamates were introduced in the early 1%1;3s (A) as alternative sweeteners () for use (C) by
individuals who needed (#) reducin- their su-ar inta,e for medical reasons.
11. !he pericardium0 a double9layered sac0 (A) it surrounds the heart () and the (C) lar-e vessels
enterin- and (#) leavin- the heart.
1$. !he )opi0 (A) descendants of the () prehistoric Anasa7i people0 are (C) a 6ueblo (#) people who of
the southwestern 8nited (tates.
1.. A storyteller (A) e?ercises close () control over the storytellin- e?perience by (C) the choice of
words0 their arran-ement0 and their (#) effective.
15. Iron (A) is one of the basic () element of (C) which the world (#) is made.
11. !he president and vice president are the only public officials in the 8nited (tates (A) choose in () a
nationwide election0 (C) which ta,es place (#) every four years.
Grammar TEST 0(2E
Directions- Questions 1 -5 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four wors or
1. ubbles0 flaws0 and other irre-ularities diffuse the li-ht that passes throu-h stained -lass0 _________the -lass
spar,le.
(A) 4hich ma,in- () And ma,in-
(C) Ma,in- (#) to ma,in-
$. @o- is common near _________ inland bodies of water and alon- coasts in temperate 7ones.
(A) !here are lar-e () lar-e
(C) Aither lar-e (#) where lar-e
.. !he portrayal of everyday life in the ob2ects of fol, art ma,es it _________ valuable source of history.
(A) And a () (o that a
'
(C) a (#) is a
5. _________ by the 8nited (tates -overnment3s ureau of <abor (tatistics0 the Consumer 6rice Inde? compares
current costs of -oods and services with past costs.
(A) !o prepare () As it prepared
(C) 4hen preparation (#) 6repared
1. _________ carries the -enes0 which determine the hereditary characteristics of the cell or or-anism.
(A) !he chromosome () !he chromosome that
(C) 4hereas the chromosome (#) !here is a chromosome
Directions- (n )uestions * -15 each sentences has for unerline wor or phrases! mar"e #$%! #B%! #&%! an
'. (A) #erived from the concept of natural law is the () theoretical that (C) individuals possess inalienable natural
ri-hts0 (#) as stated in the 8nited (tates #eclaration of Independence.
&. !he 8nited (tates national debt was (A) relatively small () until the (econd 4orld 4ar0 durin- (C) when it (#)
-rew from D5. billion to D$1% billion in 2ust five years.
=. rass (A) is stron-er than either the copper () and 7inc of which (C) it is (#) composed.
%. In the traditional sense0 a molecule (A) is smallest particle of () a chemical substance (C) capable of independent
e?istence while retainin- (#) all of its chemical properties.
1;. !he (A) able of a clarinet to blend and contrast with () other instruments ma,es it (C) popular for chamber
music and (#) as a solo instrument.
11. 6henotypic traits0 such as si7e or s,in color0 result (A)to the interaction () between an or-anism3s (C) -enetic
ma,eup and the environment in which the (#) or-anism develops.
1$. !o classical (A) scholar0 rhetoric was () important in three spheres of (C) human interaction: in law courts0 in
le-islative assemblies0 and in (#) public forums.
1.. !he (A) star,0 bo?y forms of Auropean modernist () architectural dominated 8nited (tates cityscapes in the (C)
buildin- boom (#) followin- the (econd 4orld 4ar.
15 . (ub2ects of Cecilia eau?3s paintin-s included (A) prominent fi-ures in -overnment0 the arts0 and () financial0
but her (C) stron-est wor,s are portraits (#) of family members and friends.
11. (A) y 1%$; the area of the 8nited (tates () under cultivation had (C) more than doubled in 2ust 1; years0 and
the national population (#) that surpassed 1;; million.
Grammar TEST S(3
&
Directions- Questions 1 -5 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four wors
sentence.
1. _________ directly with most metals to form compounds called carbides.
(A) Carbon reactin- () Carbon reacts
(C) !he reaction of carbon (#) 4hen carbon reacts

$. Meteorites are slowed down by Aarth3s atmosphere0 but if they are movin- _________0 they can form a
crater on impact.
(A) Anou-h fast () fast enou-h
(C) (o fast enou-h (#) enou-h are fast
.. <ocated at the upper end of each_________ an adrenal -land0 an inte-ral part of the endocrine system.
(A) Eidney which is () ,idney is
(C) Eidney bein- (#) ,idney
5. About &1 percent of all cadmium is used for cadmium platin- of _________ such as iron and steel.
(A) Aasily corroded metals () metals are easily corroded
(C) corroded metals that easily (#) how easily metals corroded
1. An atom is a basic structural unit of matter0 the smallest particle of an element _________ into
chemical combination.
(A) that can enter () can it enter
(C) when enterin- it can (#) that enters can
Directions- (n )uestions * -15 each sentences has for unerline wor or phrases! mar"e #$%! #B%!
correct.
'. (ome areas of the deep sea are (A) vulnerable fre>uent natural disturbances () ta,in- the form (C) of
intense currents0 mud slumps0 low (#) o?y-en0 and upwellin-s.
&. In the 8nited (tates0 (A) the first roads were paved in colonial times0 first with lo-s0 () latest with
cobblestones (C) or bric,0 (#) dependin- on the re-ion.
=
=. In physics0 sound is (A) considered to be the waves of vibratory () motion0 (C) nether or not they are
heard by (#) the human ear.
%. (A) "ver one thousand () mineral are ,nown0 most of which are (C) characteri7ed by definite
chemical composition0 crystalline (#) structure0 and physical properties.
1;. !he (A) layers of an elephant3s tus, are deposited () from the pulp0 (C) yet that the innermost layer is
the (#) newest.
11. utane (A) is found () into both (C) oil and (#) natural -as.
1$. 4hen (A) e?pelled from the nucleus of an atom0 a neutron is () unstable and (C) decay to (#) form a
proton and an electron.
1.. Muscles (A) who are -iven () proper e?ercise (C) react to stimuli >uic,ly and powerfully and are
said (#) to be Bin tone.C
15. (A) Automobile insurance compensates () only not for fire and theft but also for (C) dama-e caused
by a collision and for in2ury (#) to victims of an accident.
11. (A) Importance as foods0 () carbohydrates supply ener-y and (C) are used (#) to ma,e fats.
Grammar TEST SE2EN
sentence.
1. All the ma2or cities of the 8nited (tates0 ________ the cities of the Freat <a,es and the Fulf of
Me?ico0 be-an as centers of trade.
(A) and to include () which includin-
(C) included (#) includin-
$. (ettled by An-lish 6uritans in 1'.;0 oston became _________.
(A) the capital of the Massachusetts ay Colony
() the Massachusetts ay Colony its capital
(C) it was the capital of the Massachusetts ay Colony
(#) so that the capital of the Massachusetts ay Colony
.. *avi-ators on ships and aircraft use a compass to determine _________ they are headin-.
(A) !he direction in which () to where the direction
%
(C) !hat direction of which (#) where the direction
5. A condenser is a heat e?chan-er _________ steam or vapor loses heat and returns to li>uid form
(A) 4hat () in which
(C) In whose (#) that
1. 6ublished in 1%1&0 /ohn Cheever3s first novel0 The Wapshot Chronicle0 earned _________ the *ational
oo, Award.
(A) !hat he had () him
(C) was his (#) to him
correct.
'. (A) ecause banana plants yield () only one bunch of fruit0 (C) each plant is cut down (#) after
produces bananas.
&. @lash photo-raphy is (A) widely used for () ta,in- pictures when the natural li-ht (C) is insufficient0
such as outdoors at ni-ht and indoors most (#) of time.
=. !he (A) specific purpose served by a stora-e dam will () influence its desi-n and (C) determined the
amount of reservoir (#) stora-e needed.
%.In 1==% /ane Addams founded )ull )ouse0 (A) an institution in Chica-o () where she and other (C)
socially reformers lived and wor,ed to improve urban livin- (#) conditions.
1;. Aarly 8nited (tates revolutionaries shaped an orderly (A) processes by which frontier territories ()
would move from colonial (C) status to (#) statehood.
11. In (A) music0 cacophony () is discordant sounds0 false harmony0 or (C) noisily and inharmonious (#)
combinations of sounds.
1$. (mall to medium9si7ed (A) marsh birds similar in body shape () by cranes0 rails are found (C)
throu-hout the world0 (#) e?cept in the 6olar :e-ions.
1.. !he (A) completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1='% () -ave California its first (C) direct
rail connection with (#) a rest of the 8nited (tates.
15. 4ilhelmina Cole )olladay (A) she was the () founder and first (C) president of the *ational
Museum of 4omen in the Arts (#) in 4ashin-ton0 #C.
11. (A) As sweeteners0 there is very () small difference between honey and sucrose0 (C) althou-h the
former does contain minimal (#) >uantities of vitamins0 minerals0 and amino acids.
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Grammar TEST E(G.T
sentence.
1. as seen from the Aarth at ni-ht0 _________ planet /upiter ran,s third amon- the planets and stars in
ma?imum bri-htness0 after Genus and Mars.
(A) 4hen the () in which the
(C) !he (#) and the
$. _________ produces a crimson -low in a vacuum tube and is used e?tensively in advertisin- displays.
(A) *eon that () 4hen neon
(C) *eon (#) there is neon
.. Chaparral consists of _________ stunted by short0 wet winters followed by lon-0 dry summers.
(A) Are trees and shrubs () how trees and shrubs
(C) !rees and shrubs have (#) trees and shrubs
5. !he Monroe #octrine of 1=$. was _________ of 8nited (tates policy concernin- the activities and
(A) 4hen a statement () as a statement
(C) A statement (#) to a statement
1. _________ to stand in a warm place0 it sours because of the presence of bacteria that convert mil,
su-ar into acid.
(A) 4hen mil, is allowed () 4hen is mil, allowed
(C) Mil,0 when allowed (#) 4hen mil, allowed
correct.
'. Cultivated (A) for salad since ancient times0 lettuce is () harvestin- before its flower stem (C) shoots
up to bear its (#) small yellow flowers.
&.H 6honolo-ical structure encodes (A) spea, sounds as a () se>uence of vocal tract confi-urations 999
(C) successive positions of the laryn?0 2aw0 (#) lips0 ton-ue0 and velum.
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=. (A) !he steamship contributed () of the development of (C) fast news9-atherin- (#) durin- the
nineteenth century.
%. !he 1==;3s saw not only (A) the creation of the curtain wall and wind9braced iron () frame also the
architectural (C) mastery of (#) these structural devices.
1;. A century (A) a-o0 women () made >uilts (C) only not to ,eep their families warm but also (#) to
e?press their artistic abilities.
11. !he buildin- (A) ,new as the Capitol () is situated on Capitol )ill in 4ashin-ton0 #.C.0 (C) and it
houses the le-islative branch (#) of the 8nited (tates -overnment.
1$. A person (A) or business with () more debts than assets for (C) meetin- debt payment (#) may to
declare le-al ban,ruptcy.
1.. !he (A) first stethoscope 999 the ,ind of instrument () what has come (C) to symboli7e medicine (#)
around the world 999 was constructed in 1=1'.
15. It (A) is said that no potential frontier has () such fired the ima-ination or challen-ed the (C)
in-enuity of human,ind (#) as has space.
11. !he Con-ress of the 8nited (tates can (A) initiate le-islation and () si-nificantly amend or (C)
re2ection 6residential (#) le-islative proposals.
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