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1. Strauss finished ____ two of his published 11. Since more than 50 percent of all marriages in the
compositions before his tenth birthday. United States end in divorce, about half of the
a) written b) write children in America must ____ in single parent
c) to write d) writing Ans: d homes.
2. Many modern architects insist on ___ materials a) grow up b) to grow up
native to the region that will blend into the c) growing up d) have grow up Ans: a
surrounding landscape. 12. (a) Sheep (b) must have mate in fall (c) since the
a) use b) to use young (d) are born in early spring in every year.
c) the use d) using Ans: d Ans: b
3. During Jackson’s administration, those (a) who did 13. (a) As television images of the astronauts showed,
not approve of (b) permit common people in the even for trained professionals (b) who are (c) used
white house (c) were shocked by the president’s to move about in a lessened gravitational field, (d)
insistence that they (d) be invited into the there are still problems.
mansion. Ans: b Ans: c
4. Before the Angles and the Saxons ____ to England, 14. (a) Too much water (b) makes plants (c) turning
Iberians had lived there. brown on the edges of (d) their leaves.
a) coming b) come Ans: c
c) came d) did come Ans: c 15. Lobbyists who represent special interest groups
5. When Columbus (a) had seen the New World, he get __ that benefits their groups.
(b) thought that he (c) had reached the West a) congress to pass the legislation
Indies (d) by way of a Western route. Ans: a b) congressed passed the legislation
6. By the time a baby has reached hid first birthday, c) the legislation to pass by Congress
he should, without the help of an adult, ____ sit d) the legislation that Congress passing Ans: a
up or even stand up. 16. In order (a) to receive full reimbursement for
a) to be able to b) able to jewellery that might (b) be stolen, the owner must
c) to be able d) be able to Ans: d get (c) all pieces (d) appraise. Ans: d
7. The theory of continental drift assumes that 17. Most presidential candidates have their names
there ___ long term climatic changes in many (a) print on the ballot in the New Hampshire
areas during the past. primary election because (b) it is (c) customarily
a) must have been b) must be (d) the first one in the nation, and winning it can
c) must have d) must Ans: a give them a good chance to be nominated by
8. Many birds will, in the normal course of (a) their their parties. Ans: a
migrations, (b) flying (c) more than three 18. The immigration and naturalization service often
thousand (d) miles to reach their winter homes. ___ their visas if they fill out the appropriate
Ans: b papers.
9. The general public ____ a large number od a) lets student extend
computers now, because prices are beginning to b) lets student for extend
decrease. c) letting students to extend
a) must buy b) must have bought d) lets students extending Ans: a
c) must be buying d) must buying Ans: c 19. In partnership with John D. Rockefeller, Henry
10. The American buffalo must be (a) reproduce (b) Flager ___ the standard oil company.
itself again (c) because (d) it has been removed a) helped forming b) help form
from the endangered species list. Ans: a c) he helped form d) helping to form
Ans: b
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20. (a) Doctors (b) agree that (c) the fluid around the 30. It is necessary ___ the approaches to a bridge, the
spinal cord helps (d) the nourish the brain. road design, and the alignment in such a way as to
Ans: d best accommodate the expected traffic flow over
21. If water is heated to 212 degrees F. ___ as steam. and under it.
a) it will boil and escape a) plan b) to plan
b) it is boiling and escaping c) planning d) the plan Ans: b
c) it boil and escape 31. It is essential the vitamins (a) are supplied either
d) it would boil and escape Ans: a by food (b) or (c) supplementary tablets for
22. It the Normans had not invaded England in the normal growth (d) to occur.
tenth century, the English language ___ in a very Ans: a
different way. 32. __ Giant Ape Man, our biggest and probably one
a) develop b) developed of our first human ancestors, was just about the
c) would develop d) would have developed size of a male gorilla.
Ans: d a) it is believed that
23. In the Wizard of Oz the wizard could not help (b) that it is
Dorothy ____. (c) that is believed
a) that the return to Kanas (d) that believing Ans: a
b) return to Kanas 33. (a) That is believed that (b) most of the
c) returning to Kanas earthquakes in the world occur (c) near (d) the
d) returned kanas Ans: b youngest mountain ranges --- the Himalayas, the
24. If teaching ___ more, fewer teachers would leave Andes and the Sierra Nevadas.
the profession. Ans: a
a) pays b) is paying 34. By the middle of the twenty-first century, the
c) paid d) had paid Ans: c computer --- a necessity in every home.
25. The Food and Drug administration, (a) known as a) became b) becoming
the FDA, (b) makes grocers and restaurant owners c) has become d) will have become Ans: d
(c) pasteurized all milk before (d) selling it. 35. Although research scientists had hoped that the
Ans: c new drug interferon --- to be a cure for cancer, its
26. If baby geese are hatched in the absence of (a) applications now appear to be more limited.
their mother, they (b) following the first (c) a) prove b) had proven
moving object they (d) see. c) would prove d) will prove Ans: c
Ans: b 36. President Wilson had hoped that world war I (a)
27. A temporary driver’s permit lets the learner (a) be the last great war, but only two decades (b)
drives with (b) another (c) licensed (d) driver in the later (c) the second world war (d) erupting.
car. Ans: a
Ans: a 37. The giraffe survives in part because it --- the
28. If the celebration of a pigeon (a) was (b) vegetation in the high branches of trees where
destroyed, the bird (C) would not be able (d) to fly. other animals have not grazed.
Ans: a a) to reach b) can reach
29. (a) Many architects prefer that a dome (b) is used c) reaching d) reach Ans: b
to roof buildings that need (c) to conserve (d) floor 38. (a) according to some scientists, the earth (b)
space. losing (c) its outer Atmosphere (d) because of
Ans: b pollutants.
Ans: d
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39. If a rash (a) occurs within twenty-four hours (b) 48. One (a) kinds of tool that (b) was popular during
after taking a new (c) medication the treatment Stone Age (c) was flake, used (d) for cutting and
(d) should discontinued. scraping.
Ans: d Ans:
40. In a parliamentary system, it is not the monarch 49. ----- migrate long distances in well documented.
but the prime minister ------. a) that is birds b) that birds
a) whom the real power c) Birds that d) It is that birds Ans: b
b) who has the real power 50. Sunspots are known to cause ---- enormous
c) whom has the real power increase in the intensity of the sun’s electro-
d) who the real power Ans: b magnetic radiation.
41. The pilgrims were 102 English emigrants (a) a) an b) a
whom, after (b) arriving on the Mayflower, (c) c) some d) one Ans: a
became (d) the first European settlers in New 51. Although (a) almost all intersects (b) have six legs,
England. (c) a immature insect (d) may not have any.
Ans: a Ans: c
42. A desert receives less than twenty-five ----- of 52. Although the Ojibwa Indians fought frequently
rainfall every year. with the Sioux, they didn’t have ---- with early
a) centimetre b) a centimetre white settlers.
c) centimeters d) of centimeters a) much contact b) lots contact
Ans: c c) many contact d) large contact
43. (a) In 1950 it was (b) naively predicted that (c) Ans: a
eight or ten computer would be sufficient (d) to 53. (a) Many heavy work that was once (b) done (c) by
handle all of scientific and business needs in the hand can now be done more (d) easily with the
United States. help of compressed air.
Ans: c Ans: a
44. ---- at 212 degrees F. and freezes at 32 degrees F. 54. Only ---- of the breeds of cattle have been brought
a) waters boils b) the water boils to the United States.
c) water boils d) waters boil a) a small amount b) a little amount
Ans: c c) a small number d) a little number
45. (a) The religion attempts (b) to clarify (c) Ans: c
mankind’s relationship with a (d) super human 55. (a) The amount of books (b) in the Library of
power. Ans: a congress (c) is (d) more than 58 million volumes.
46. Unemployment compensation is money to Ans: a
support an unemployed person while he or she is 56. (a) As soon as the company has (b) has enough
looking for --------. earnings (c) to make up for a bad year, the
a) job b) a job stockholders of cumulative preferred stocks
c) works d) a work Ans: b dividends for the bad year (d) as well as for the
47. According to estimates by some botanists, there good year.
are --- of plants. Ans: b
a) seven thousand type 57. Most large corporations provide pension plan for
b) seven thousand types their employees (a) so that they will be (b) secure
c) type of seven thousand enough than (c) to live (d) comfortably during
d) types seven thousand Ans: b their retirement.
Ans: b
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58. There are three kinds of solar eclipses: one is total, 68. The vegetation in temperate zones all around the
another is annular, and ----------. world is -----.
a) the another is partial b) the partial is other a) similar b) like
c) others is partial d) the other is partial c) same d) as Ans: a
Ans: d 69. The medical problems of parents and (a) their
59. One of the most popular major fields of study for children tend (b) to be very (c) similar to (d)
(a) foreign scholars (b) in the United States (c) is because of the hereditary nature of many
business and (d) the another is engineering. diseases.
Ans: d Ans: c
60. Some plants are annuals; ---- are biennials; the 70. Although they are smaller, chipmunks are ------
rest are perennials. most other ground squirrels.
a) some another b) another a) like to b) like as
c) others d) other Ans: c c) like d) alike Ans: c
61. In experiments with (a) large numbers of animals 71. (a) The first living structure (b) to appear on Earth
crowded in small cages, some have not been thousands of years (c) ago were (d) alike viruses.
affected, but (b) the rest of (c) have shown (d) all Ans: d
of the symptoms associated with stress and 72. The works of Picasso were quite ……... during
mental illness. various periods of his artistic life.
Ans: a) differ b) different
62. The evaluation of vertebrates suggests c) different from d) different that Ans: b
development from a very simple heart in fish to a 73. Modern blimps like the famous Goodyear blimps
----------- in man. …. the first ones in that the they are filled with
a) four-chamber heart b) four-chambers heart helium instead of hydrogen.
c) four-chamber hearts d) four-chamber’s heart a) differ from b) different from
Ans: a c) is different from c) different Ans: a
63. The MX (a) is (b) a four-stages rocket with (c) an 74. The blue whale is ……… known animal, reaching a
8000- mile range, (d) larger than that of the length of more than one hundred feet.
Minuteman. a) the large b) the larger
Ans: b c) the largest d) most largest Ans: c
64. (a) Mercury is not often visible (b) because it is (c) 75. (a) The (b) more important theorem of all in plane
so (d) near the sun to be seen. geometry (c) is (d) the Pythagorean Theorem.
Ans: c Ans: b
65. Young rivers have no flood plaints and their 76. The total production of bushels of corn in the
valleys are --------. United States is ……. all other cereal crops
a) very narrow b) too narrow combined.
c) so narrow d) narrowly Ans: a a) more as b) more than that of
66. (a) The smallest of the apes, the gibbon is c) more that d) more of Ans: b
distinguished (b) by (c) its (d) too long arms. 77. Although it is difficult ________ a frog is more
Ans: d likely to be smooth and wet, and a toad rough and
67. When two products are (a) basically (b) the same dry.
as, (c) advertising can (d) influence the public’s a) distinguishing among a frog and a toad
choice. b) distinguish a frog and a toad
Ans: b c) between a frog and a toad distinguish
d) to distinguish between a frog and a toad Ans:d
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78. Most stories in large American cities close ….. five
or six o’clock on weekdays, but the malls in the
suburbs stay open much later.
a) at b) in
c) on d) until Ans: a
79. (a) Accountants are always busiest (b) on April
because both federal (c) and state taxes are due
(d) on the fifteenth.
Ans: b
80. (a) To receive a degree from an American
University, one must take many courses (b) beside
(c) those (d) one’s major field.
Ans: b
81. Everyone ____ albinos has a certain amount of
pigment in the skin to add colour.
a) but b) that
c) without d) not Ans: a
82. The copper Age lasted ----- after which bronze
was introduced.
a) from about 5000 B.C to about 3700 B.C
b) about from 5000 B.C and about 3700 B.C
c) for about 5000 B.C to about 3700 B.C
d) about 5000 B.C to about 3700 B.C Ans: a
83. The belief in life after death is prevalent in both
primitive societies ---- advanced cultures.
a) and b) and in
c) and also d) also Ans: a
84. When a woman becomes pregnant --- in life, she
encounters additional risks in delivering a healthy
baby.
a) lately b) lateness
c) latest d) late Ans: d
85. Blue-green algae are found ----- there is ample
moisture.
a) wherever b) ever where
c) ever d) there ever Ans: a