PART 1 : Sentence Completion

1. America's first globe maker was James Wilson, 9. _____on the environment for the gratification of its needs.
who__________ and blacksmith in his earlier life. (A) Each organism to depend
(A) a farmer had been (B) Every organism depends
(B) had been a farmer (C) All organisms depending
(C) farming (D) Many organisms can depend
(D) being a farmer
10. Of Charles Dickens' many novels, Great Expectations is
2. Napoleon __________ the West Indian island of Santo perhaps __________ to many readers.
Domingo in 1801. (A) the most satisfying one
(A) attacked (B) most satisfying one
(B) is attacking (C) more than satisfying one
(C) has attacted (D) the more satisfying than
(D) attacking
11. _______, the nation's capital remained in Philadelphia,
3. Modern industrial methods have supplanted individual Pennsylvania.
crafts, _______ stonecarvers, coopers, and cobblers (A) While designing Washington, D.C.
virtually extinct. (B) Washington, D.C., was designed
(A) make blacksmiths, (C) While Washington, D.C., was being designed
(B) made blacksmiths, (D) Washington, D.C., designe
(C) making them blacksmiths,
(D) making blacksmiths 12. Children learn primarily by ____ the world around them.
(A) experiencing directly of
4. Not only knowledge and skills, but also attitudes ______ in (B) experience direct
school for students' future adjustment to society. (C) directly physical experience
(A) when cultivated (D) direct physical experience of
(B) cultivated
(C) which need to be cultivated 13. It is earth's gravity that __________ people their weight.
(D) need to be cultivated (A) gives
(B) give
5. On Mercator's maps, the far northern and southern polar (C) giving
regions are _______. (D) given
(A) greatly exaggerated in area.
(B) exaggerating greatly in area. 14. Generally speaking, people should have _______ as their
(C) greatly exaggerate in area. desires will allow.
(D) great exaggeration in area (A) much education
6. On the slope of Long's Peak in Colorado (B) as much education
_______the ruin of a gigantic tree. (C) education
(A) that lies (D) for education
(B) lies
(C) where lies 15. A dolphin six __________ length can move as
(D) lie fast as most ships.
7. ________ in Shanghai than in any other city in China. (A) foot in
(A) More people live (B) feet in
(B) More people living (C) foot of
(C) It has more people (D) feet of
(D) More living people

8. The earth spins on its axis and _____ 23 hours, 56 minutes

and 4.09 seconds for one complete rotation.
(A) need
(B) needed
(C) needing
(D) needs

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 PART 2 : Error Identification
16. Cotton used to rank first between Alabama's crops, but it
A B C 30. A jellyfish, which isn't really a fish, it has no brain, no bones,
represents only a fraction of the agricultural production now. A B C D
D and no face.
17. Salmon lay their eggs and die in freshwater, although they live
A B 31. International trade, going traveling, and television have lain
in salt water when most of their adult lives. A B
C D the groundwork for modern global life styles.
18. To building their nests, tailorbirds use their bills as needles. C D
A B C D 32. The most visible remind of the close relationship between
19. Fountain pens first became commercial available about A B
A B C the United States and France is the famous Statue of Liberty,
a hundred years ago. C
D which stands in New York harbor.
20. With its strong claws and its many protruding tooth a gopher is D
A B C D
33.Until diamonds are cut and polished, they just like look small
an excellent digger. A B C
blue-grey stones.
21.Drug addiction has resulted of many destroyed careers, and D
A B C 34.Jackie Robinson, whose joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947,
expulsions from school or college. A
D was the first black American to play baseball in the major leagues.
22. Because of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the United States B C D
A 35. Laser technology is the heart of a new generation of
begin to realize the true value of the Louisiana territory. A B C
B C D high-speed copiers and printer.
23. Americans annually import more than $3 billion worthy of Italian 36. Fertilize farmland is one of the biggest natural resources
A B C A B C
clothing, jewelry, and shoes. in the Central States.
D D
24. Akuce Ganuktibm, she spent her life working with the health and 37. The symptoms of diabetes in the early stages are too slight that
A B A B C
welfare of the families of workers. people don't notice them.
C D
25. There are many different ways of comparing the economy of one 38. Gone with the Wind written after Margaret Mitchell quit her job
A B A B
nation with those of another. as a reporter because of an ankle injury.
C D C D
26. Male guppies, like many other male fish, are more color than 39.With a policy of eminent domain, the state has control ultimate of
A B C D A B C
females. all real property.
D
27. When rhinos take mud baths, the mud create a barrier to biting 40. Hay fever symptoms, ranged from mild to severe, differ
A B C D A B C
insects. in degree according to the individual.
28. Benjamin Franklin, as an inventor, he had broad interests, D
A B
mechanical skills, persistence, and a practical view of life.
C D
29. In the stock market, the fluctuations in Standard and Poor's 500
A
Index does not always conform to Dow Jones Averages.
B C D

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