1.

_____ the demands of aerospace, medicine, and agriculture, aengineers, are creating exotic
new metallic substances.
    (A) Meet
    (B) Being met are
    (C) To meet
    (D) They are meeting

2. _______ James A. Bland, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” was adopted is the state song of
Virginia in 1940.
    (A) Was written b
    (B) His writing was
    (C) He wrote the
    (D) Written by

3. 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 in

4. In the realm of psychological theory Margaret F. Washburn 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 believe

5. On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic one fossil forest consist of a nearly hundred

                                                                                        A                 B
      large stumps scattered on an exposed coal bed.
                                C                       D

6. The surface conditions on the planet Mars are the more like the Earth’s than are

                                A                                                    B                                C
       those of any other planet in the solar system.
                               D

7. The midnight sun is a phenomenon in which the Sun visible remains in the sky

                                   A                                                              B                   C
       for twenty-four hours or longer.
                                               D  

8. The Humber River and its valley form a major salmon-fishing, lumbering, hunting,

                                           A              B         C
       and farmer region in western Newfoundland, Canada.
                 D

9. _____, Sarah rarely misses her basketball shots

(a) An excellent basketball player
(b) An excellent basketball player is
(c) Sarah is an excellent basketball player
(d) Her excellent basketball play

10. Learning to play a musical instrument often motivates a child to be disciplined and
focused, ______ it can impart a feeling of social worth.
    A. because
    B. and
    C. So
    D. moreover

11. ______ the bad weather, he still chooses to go by air plane.

    A. Although
    B. However
    C. Despite
    D. While
12. Yosi continued playing game ______ he heard his mother calling.
    A. although
    B. as soon as
    C. after
    D. Because
13. . The number of girls in school and women in parliaments has risen, and their overall access
to contraception has improved in the past decade, _____ new report.

A. published in a
B. according a
C. according to a 
D. as stated in a