1. Among the first plants to grow on the land regions 6.

6. Many small birds use new sites for each nesting,

of the Earth _____, which in prehistoric times _____ large birds often reuse the same nest. 11. The first glass factory _____ the North American
grew to immense size (A) by continent was started in Jamestown, Virginia, in
(B) how 1607.
(A) were horsetail rushes
(C) within (A) established on
(B) horsetail rushes (D) whereas (B) being established
(C) horsetail rushes were (C) was established on
(D) and horsetail rushes 7. Plateaus are often referred to as tablelands _____ (D) that established it
essentially flat-topped and stand conspicuously
above an adjacent land area. 12. _____ in the desert is mainly due to the limited
2. Unlike fossil fuels, which can be used only once, (A) because are supply of desert water.
wind and solar power _____of energy. (B) because they are (A) Plants are widely spaced
(A) for renewable sources (C) because of their (B) The spacing of plants is wide
(B) the sources are renewable (D) which because they are (C) Plants to be spaced widely
(C) are renewable sources (D) The wide spacing of plants
(D) renewable sources 8. Although many contemporary craft objects are not
_____, they generally have their roots in function. 13. In addition to painting highly acclaimed portraits,
3. _____ that the first cheese was probably made (A) function Mary Cassatt was _____ to several major art
more than 4,000 years ago by nomadic tribes in (B) functionally collectors.
Asia. (C) as function (A) to advise
(A) The belief (D) functional (B) an adviser
(B) Although they believe (C) advised
(C) It is believed 9. _____ hearing aid was a tube called the ear (D) advising
(D) Believing trumpet, a flared tube held up to the ear.
(A) First 14. Spring water is _____ clean, since it has been
4. Today _____ of the Earth live on a very small (B) When the first filtered through permeable rocks, but all spring
percentage of the Earth’s land surface. (C) It was the first water contains some dissolved minerals.
(A) about two-thirds populated (D) The first (A) generally fair
(B) the population is about two-thirds (B) generally fairly
(C) about two-thirds of the population 10. Most leaves are coated with a waterproof _____, (C) in general fair
(D) of about two-thirds the population is or cuticle. (D) general and fair
(A) that the covering
5. It was in the year 1792 _____ (B) and is covering 15. All eels spawn in the sea, the eggs hatching into
(A) that the New York Stock Exchange was (C) covering transparent, ribbon-like larvae _____, feeding until
founded (D) by covering they metamorphose into small eels.
(B) founding the New York Stock Exchange (A) that drift about
(C) which year the New York Stock Exchange (B) drift about
was founded (C) about drifting
(D) the New York Stock Exchange founded (D) drift about

16. Citrus fruits thrive in quite very tropical climates.

17.Carson McCullers was fame for her novels about life in the small owns of the southern United states.

18. Because the atmosphere of Mars is so thin， wind velocities of several hundred A C kilometers per hour are required to raised dust particles during dust storms.

19. Lumbering，the remove of timber from the forest, is a major industry in the Northwest region of North America.

20. The asphalt deposits of La Brea Tar Pit in California have yielded fossils of numerous animal of the Pleistocene epoch, including the giant ground sloth.

21. Located in the center of the continental United States and known for its endless wheat fields, Kansas is one of the nation’s leading agriculturally states.

22. An intrinsic part of the sound structure of poet, the repetition of a consonant sound or sounds, may also be exhibited in prose.

23. People feel uncomfortable when the humidity rises over 60 percent because perspiration cannot evaporate quickly enough for the body to rid themselves of excess
heat.

24. While infancy, the period from birth until the age of two，a child grows to Approximately half of his or her adult height.

25. The Pulitzer Prizes are annual awards for excellence in United States journalism, literature, and musical.

26. Judgments made in a criminal cases can usually be appealed to a higher count，which can either overturn or uphold a lower court ruling.

27. Science fiction is any fiction dealing with the future or with so imaginative subjects as interstellar travel, life on other planets, or time travel.

28. The wingspread of various species of bats range from over five feet to less than two inches.

29. The harmonica’s tones are made by the vibrations of the feeds created by the blowing and suction to the player.

30. The constitution of 1897, under which Delaware is now governed, is fourth constitution in the history of the state.

31. Because most photographic filters work by subtract portions of visible light from the subject, they decrease the intensity of light that reaches the film.

32. In a vacuum discharge tube at ordinary voltages and currents, neon glows reddish- orange and is the mostly intense of all the rare gases.

33. Although E.E. Cummings studied art in Paris, but his writings attracted much more interest than his paintings.

34. Because material organic decays slowly in peat, the remains of prehistoric animals are often found in the depths of peat hogs.

35. Usually an atom having one, two, or three electrons in its valence band readily contributes electrons to and receive electrons from neighboring atoms.
36. A symbol of freedom, the Statue of Liberty represents a woman has just escaped from the chains of slavery, which lie at her feet.

37. The southwestern portion of the United States is a land of little rain, and parts of it are too dry that they are called deserts.

38. Seneca chief Corn-planter helped arrange treaties between many United States settler and Native American tribes in western Pennsylvania after the American
Revolutionary War.

39. Mercury is so much close to the Sun that it is usually invisible in the glare of the Sun’s rays.

40. Pollen can be transferred by the wind or by birds that comes into contact with flowers.