EXERCISE I

1. .....a necessary dimension for measuring astronomical space and the distance of heavenly
bodies form the Earth.
a. Once in time
b. Time is
c. The time
d. It is time
2. Jackie Joyner-kersee, .... the world record in heptahlon in the 1998 Olympics, also won
the long jump in the year.
a. Whose setting
b. Which she set
c. Whoever set
d. Who set
3. .................. the demands of aerospace, medicine, and agriculture, engineers are creating
exotic new metallic substances.
a. meet
b. being met are
c. to meet
d. they are meeting

4. ......... James A. Bland, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” was adopted is the state song of
virginia in 1940.
a. was written by
b. his writing was
c. he wrote the
d. written by

5. Most geologist believe.... from the remains of tiny marine plants and animals that died
millions of years ago.
a. what was formed petroleum
b. that petroleum was formed
c. when pretroleum formed
d. petroleum that formed

6. The seat of France’s North American holdings in the eighteenth century was Quebec, and
the French heritage....
a. to remain
b. remaining
c. by remaining
d. has remained

7. If it......... more humid in the desert of the Southwest, the hot temperatures would be
unbearable.
a. Be
 b. Is
c. Was
d. Were

8. The fossilized remains of type of camel... a dog have beemn found in the Bad Lands of
South.
a. No more large
b. No larger than
c. Not langer
d. Which no langer

9. Gorillas are quiet animals,.... they are capable of making about 20 different sounds.
a. Whether
b. Which
c. Even though
d. As well as

10. Mary Garden,...... the early 1900’s, was considered one of the best singing actresses of
her time.
a. a soprano was popular
b. in a popular soprano
c. was a popular soprano
d. a popular soprano

11. In the realm of psychological theory, Margaret F. Wasburn was a dualist........... that
motor phenomena have an essential role in psychology.
a. who she believed
b. who believed
c. believed
d. who did she believed

12. If Earth did not rotate, differences in air presure would be....., with winds blowing from
high-pressure to low-pressure areas.
a. primary air flow to cause
b. the primary cause of air flow
c. they primaly cause air flow
d. air flow has a primary cause

13. A mobile is a sculpture constructed of pans so delicately connected and balnced.... the
entire suspended structure may be moved by vibration or manual manipulation.
a. in order
b. making
c. with
d. that

14. Although the Earth’s chemical composition had been studied for years, only toward the
end of the nineteenth century... as a discipline in its own right.
 a. When geochemistry was recognized
b. Was recognized as geochemistry
c. Then recognized as geohemistry
d. As geochemistry was recognized
15. Because the wood of the dogwood tree is very hard,..... is used for objects, such as roller
skalte wheels, in which hardness is desired.
a. And
b. It
c. What
d. Thus
16......... no real boundary to the part of the ocean referred to as a “deep” because of
changing water levels and movement in the sea floor.
a. it is
b. to be
c. being
d. there is

17. Unlike moderate antislavery advocates, abolitionist......... an immediate end to slavery.

a. demanded
b. they demanded
c. that they demanded
d. in that they demand

18. The ice of glacier that reaches the sea breaks off.....
a. and forming icebergs
b. to form icebergs
c. icebergs have- formed
d. when the formation of icebergs

19. Migraine headaches are more frequent among woman..... among men.
a. than
b. however
c. except for
d. as air

20. In hot, dry regions, the Sun’s heat causes the outer layer of rocks ........................... a
process called exfoliation.
a. Are expanded and peeled away
b. To expand and peel away
c. Expands and peels away
d. They expand and peel away