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1. A.The woman and the man have plans to eat out together.
B.The woman would prefer to stay home this evening.
C.The man has changed his mind about the new restaurant.
D.The man is sorry he cannot join the woman for dinner.
2. A. A plane trip.
B. A rental car.
C. A hotel room.
D. Concert tickets.
15. A. The woman should call the professor the next day.
B. He is canceling the choir rehearsal because of illness.
C. The woman will feel better in a day or two.
D. He will turn up the heat in the choir room.
18. A. The woman should have thrown out the newspapers herself.
B. He does not know where her paper is.
C. The woman's paper is in the trash.
D. He does not have time to help her look for her paper.
29. A. The man did not give the woman the notes she needed.
B. The man's notes were hard to understand.
C. The woman wants to borrow the man's sociology notes.
D. The woman has to organize her psychology notes.
39. A. They are examples of the usual sequence of observation and explanation.
B. They provide evidence of inaccurate scientific observation.
C. Their discovery was similar to that of the neutrino.
D. They were subjects of 1995 experiments at Los Alamos.
43. A. Law.
B. Mathematics.
C. History.
D. Engineering.
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B. %
C. K
D. ->
50. A. It would keep trying to reach the rock the same way.
B. It would try to reach the rock a different way.
C. The scientists would move the spider to the rock.
D. The scientists would place another spider in the tray.
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STRUCTURE
1. A dominant animal is best defined as one …. Actions are not constrained by possible responses of its
fellows.
a) With
b) That is
c) Whose
d) Where its
4. …. Explores the nature of guilt and responsibility and builds to a remarkable conclusion.
a. The written beautifully novel
b. The beautifully written novel
c. The novel beautifully written
d. The written novel beautifully
6. …. Getting the highest result in the class, john still had problems with his teacher.
a. Despite of
b. In spite of
c. Even though
d. Nonetheless
7. This new service will be available to all users …. Up for paid membership.
a. That signed
b. That signed it
c. Which signed
d. Sign
9. Acute hearing helps most animals sense the approach of thunderstorms long before people ….
a. Hear
b. Hearing them
c. Do
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d. Do them
11. With the passing of the time and the emoarchement of people, the habitat of garillas … to decrease
a. Containing
b. Continius
c. Which continue
d. Continue
12. …. Social meeting birds that build their nests in tress and on clifis.
a. Most stocks are
b. Stocks most
c. The most stocks
d. Most are stocks
13 ….. was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for this work on the phoneletric effect.
a. That enstein
b. It was enstein
c. Enstein who
d. Enstein
14. .Emma Thompson was nominated for an Academy Award as both a Screenwriher…an actress in 1996.
a) Also
b) Or
c) In addition
d) And
16. from the inception of his long and distingshed carrer, frank lieyd wright was concerned with how …
architecture with topography.
a) Integrating
b) To integrate
c) Did the integrate
d) Integrated
17. Egyptian pyramids were regurally robbed despire their intricate pessegewrys, byzantine mazes, and …
a) Walls which were false
b) They had false walls
c) False walls
d) Walls of falsity
18. The Duncan sofa, …. Is highly valued in todays antique furniture market.
a) A colonial masterpiece
b) A colonial masterpiece which
c) It is a colonial masterpiece that
d) Whose colonial masterpiece
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19.Maine’s coastline is a major attraction and vista of sandy beaches contrasted… rockbound shoreline.
a) To the rugged
b) By the rugged
c) On the rugged
d) At the rugged
20. At the seventh international ballet competions, Fernando Bujones won the first, gold modal ever … to a
Unites States make dancer
a) That award
b) Should be awarding
c) To be awarded
d) To award
21. the best-known diffuse nebuls is the great Orion Nebuls …. Can be seen by the narked eye.
a) It
b) Which
c) One
d) Who
22. Over time the young students will perfect the art of piano playing. After all, such …. Needs delicate
handling .
a) A tuned instrument finely
b) A finely instrument tuned
c) An instrument tuned finely
d) A finely tuned instrument
23, before Johnson and smith reached great heights in the business world, … encountered many great
difficults in promoting their theories and methods.
a) They
b) Who
c) Which
d) He
24. …. Air is composed of about 78 percent nitrogen and only about 21 percent oxygen is a little known fact
on the streets.
a) How that
b) When
c) That
d) However
25. Nearly all treets contain a mix of polymets that can burn like petrolurn ….property extracted.
a) If
b) Is
c) After
d) When it
30. three responsibilities … are to search out, identify, and assess patentable inventions and technologies.
a) To a patent manager
b) With a patent manager
c) On a patent manager
d) Of a patent manager
31. too little thyroid hormone will lead to sluggishness and inertia; too much results in rapid heartbeat ….
And higher oxygen consumption.
a) It increases mental activity
b) Increased mental activity
c) Mental activity to increase
d) Mental activity is increased
32. …. Of Willa Catha presents an unadorned picture of life on the prairies of the Midwestern United States
during the 19th century.
a) The novels that
b) That the novels
c) The novels which
d) The novels
33. With neither a naturally aggreasive disposition …. A particularly large size, the mimic octopus survives
quite easily because .Of its natural adaptions.
a) And
b) With
c) Nor
d) Or
34. circulating column of air at the core of a tornado …. In excess of 250 miles per hour.
a) Almoust never reachers
b) Reachersalmoust never
c) Almoustreachers never
d) Reachers never almoust
35. Unless an observer knows … an eclips properly, severe retinal and cornea darmage can results.
a) To observing
b) How observe
c) How to observe
d) To have observed
36. pipeline network, …. 4.000 miles, provides natural gas from texas to homes and industries on the east
coast.
a) Totaling
b) Totals
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c) Total
d) It totals
37. Ulysses S. Grant …. Showed great magnanimity in receiving the surrender of his arch-rival, Robert. E
Lee at the end of the Civil War.
a) That was the supreme commander of northern forces
b) Who supremely commanding northern forces
c) He was the supreme commander of northern forces
d) The supreme commander of northern forces.
38. John knows, that he had better … his algebra skills before the mict-form exam
a) Brush up on
b) Brush on up
c) Brushing up on
d) Brushing on up
39. …. For his poetry but also for his six-volume life of Abraham lincon
a) Not only Carl Sandburg is know
b) Carl Sandburg, knowing not only
c) Carl Sandburg is known not only
d) Carl sanburg, who is known not only
40. Jane Addams, …. Lived to see the realization of many of the reforms for which she fought
a) Her social work and humanitarianism
b) Whose social work and humanitarism
c) She was a social worker and humanitariam
d) Social worker and humanitarian
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READING
RADIANT
With its radiant color and plantlike shape, the sea anemone looks more like a flower than an animal.
More specifically, the sea anemone is formed quite like the flower for which it is named, with a body like a
stem and tentacles like petals in brilliant shades of blue, green, pink, and red. Its diameter varies from about
six millimeters in some species to more than ninety centimeters in the giant varieties of Australia. Like
corals, hydras, and jellyfish, sea anemones are coelenterates. They can move slowly, but more often they
attach the lower part of their cylindrical bodies to rocks, shells, or wharf pilings. 'The upper end of the sea
anemone has a mouth surrounded by tentacles that the animal uses to capture its food. Stinging cells in the
tentacles throw out tiny poison threads that paralyze other small sea animals. The tentacles then drag this
prey into the sea anemone's mouth. The food is digested in the large inner body cavity. When disturbed, a
sea anemone retracts its tentacles and shortens its body so that it resembles a lump on a rock. Anemones
may reproduce by forming eggs, dividing in half, or developing buds that grow and break off as independent
animals.
5. It can be inferred from the passage that sea anemones are usually found
(A) attached to stationary surfaces
(B) hidden inside cylindrical objects
(C) floating among underwater flowers
(D) searching for food
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(B) relaxes
(C) reproduces
(D) lifts up
10. Based on the information in the passage, all of the following statements about sea
anemones are true EXCEPT that they
(A) are usually tiny
(B) have flexible bodies
(C) are related to jellyfish
(D) arc usually brightly colored
11. Where does the author mention the, sea anemone's food-gathering technique?
(A) Lines 1-2
(B) Lines 4-6
(C) Lines 7-10
(D) Lines 11-14
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Questions 12-23
BARBARA KASTEN
Barbara Kasten is an artist who makes photographs of constructions that she creates for the purpose of
photographing them. In her studio she arranges objects such as mirrors, solid forms, and flat surfaces into
what could be called large still life arrangements, big enough to walk into .She lights the construction, then
rearranges and rephotographs it until she arrives at a final image. She also photographs away from her studio
at various architectural sites, bringing camera, lights mirrors, and a crew of assistants to transform the site
into her own abstract image.
Kasten starts a studio construction with a simple problem, such as using several circular and rectangular
mirrors . She puts the first objects in place, sets up a camera, then goes back and forth arranging objects and
seeing how they appear in the camera. Eventually she makes instant color prints to see what the image looks
like. At first she works only with objects, concentrating on their composition; then she lights them and adds
color from lights covered with colored filters .
Away from the studio, at architectural sites, the cost of the crew and the equipment rental means she has
to know in advance what she wants to do. She visits each location several times to make sketches and test
shots. Until she brings in the lights, however, she cannot predict exactly what they will do to the image, so
there is some improvising on the spot.
13. Which of the following would be an example of one of the "constructions" referred to
in line 1?
(A) A still life arrangement
(B) Natural landscapes
(C) An instant color print
(D) A colored filter
16. It can be inferred from the passage that Kasten makes instant prints to
(A) give away
(B) sell as souvenirs
(C) include as part of the construction
(D) see what the construction looks like at that stage
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(C) objects
(D) filters
21. Why does Kasten visit the location of outdoor work before the day of the
actual shooting?
(A) To plan the photograph
(B) To purchase film and equipment
(C) To hire a crew
(D) To test the lights
22. How is Kasten's studio work different from her work at architectural sites ?
(A) She does not use lights outdoors.
(B) Her work outdoors is more unpredictable.
(C) She works alone outdoors.
(D) She makes more money from her work outdoors .
23. Where in the passage does the author suggest that the constructions that Kasten
photographs are life-sized?
(A) Lines2-4
(B) Lines 5-7
(C) Lines 12- 14
(D) Lines 16-I7
MARIE CURIE
Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished scientists in history. Together with her husband,
Pierre, she discovered radium, an element widely used for treating cancer, and studied uranium and other
radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie's amicable collaboration later helped to unlock the secrets of the
atom.
Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a professor of physics. At the early
age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a blithe personality. Her great exuberance for learning prompted her
to continue with her studies after high school. She became disgruntled, however, when she learned that the
university in Warsaw was closed to women. Determined to receive a higher education, she defiantly left
Poland and in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a French university, where she earned her master's degree and
doctorate in physics.
Marie was fortunate to have studied at the Sorbonne with some of the greatest scientists of her day,
one of whom was Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre were married in 1895 and spent many productive years
working together in the physics laboratory. A short time after they discovered radium, Pierre was killed by a
horse-drawn wagon in 1906. Marie was stunned by this horrible misfortune and endured heartbreaking
anguish. Despondently she recalled their close relationship and the joy that they had shared in scientific
research. The fact that she had two young daughters to raise by herself greatly increased her distress.
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Curie's feeling of desolation finally began to fade when she was asked to succeed her husband as a
physics professor at the Sorbonne. She was the first woman to be given a professorship at the world-famous
university. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for isolating radium. Although Marie Curie
eventually suffered a fatal illness from her long exposure to radium, she never became disillusioned about
her work. Regardless of the consequences, she had dedicated herself to science and to revealing the
mysteries of the physical world.
24. The Curies' ____ collaboration helped to unlock the secrets of the atom.
A. friendly
B. competitive
C. courteous
D. industrious
E. chemistry
A. strong
B. lighthearted
C. humorous
D. strange
E. envious
26. When she learned that she could not attend the university in Warsaw, she felt___.
A. hopeless
B. annoyed
C. depressed
D. worried
A. challenged authority
B. showed intelligence
C. behaved
D. was distressed
A. Dejectedly
B. Worried
C. Tearfully
D. Happily
E. Sorrowfully
29. Her ____ began to fade when she returned to the Sorbonne to succeed her husband.
A. misfortune
B. anger
C. wretchedness
D. disappointment
E. ambition
30. Even though she became fatally ill from working with radium, Marie Curie was never ____.
A. troubled
B. worried
C. disappointed
D. sorrowful
E. disturbed
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BOTANY
Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. For
many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything more than the
vaguest of insights. It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants, but
from what we can observe of pre-industrial societies that still exist, a detailed learning of plants and their
properties must be extremely ancient. This is logical. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living
things, even for other plants. They have always been enormously important to the welfare of peoples, not
only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, dyes: medicines, shelter, and a great many other
purposes. Tribes living today in the jungles of the Amazon recognize literally hundreds of plants and know
many properties of each. To them botany, as such, has no name and is probably not even recognized as a
special branch of "Knowledge at all.
Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become the farther away we move from direct contact with
plants, and the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes unconsciously on an
amazing amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a rose, an apple, or an orchid.
When our Neolithic ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago, discovered that certain
grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer yields the next season, the first great step in a
new association of plants and humans was taken. Grains were discovered and from them flowed the marvel
of agriculture: cultivated crops. From then on, humans would increasingly take their living from the
controlled production of a few plants, rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties
that grew wild – and the accumulated knowledge' of tens of thousands of years of experience and intimacy
with plants in the wild would begin to fade away.
31. Which of the following assumptions about early humans is expressed in the passage?
(B) It is not surprising that early humans had a detailed knowledge of plants.
(C) It is reasonable to assume that our ancestors behaved very much like people in preindustrial
societies.
33According to the passage, why has general knowledge of botany begun to fade?
34. In line 16, what is the author’s purpose in mentioning "a rose, an apple, or an orchid"?
35According to the passage, what was the first great step toward the practice of agriculture?
36The relationship between botany and agriculture is similar to the relationship between zoology (the study
of animals) and
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(C) sheep raising
37. In which lines in the passage does the author describe the beneficial properties that plants have for
humans?
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