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1. The human brain ------- only two percent of an adult's 8.

8. The tallest bird on the North American continent, the


body weight. white whooping crane, ------- four and a half feet tall.
(A) which makes up (A) stands
(B) it makes up (B) which stands
(C) makes it up (C) it stands
(D) makes up (D) standing

2. The foreign policies ------- the Hoover administration 9. For thousands of years, people have used vast amounts of
undertook in 1929 were marked by good will and peaceful wood for building and ------- their homes.
purpose. (A) they heat
(A) that (B) to heat
(B) where (C) heating
(C) on which (D) heat
(D) of
10. Past experience has shown that even well-trained -------
3. Children usually turn to their parents rather than ------- for overwhelming success in forecasting interest rates.
protection from threats in the environment. (A) experts do not always have
(A) they turn to other figures of authority (B) do not always have experts
(B) authority figures to other (C) there are experts who do not always have
(C) to other figures of authority (D) always do not have experts
(D) their turning to other figures of authority
11. ------- gene in the human genome were more completely
4. ------- cause extensive damage to Pacific Island nations understood, many human diseases could be cured or prevented.
each year. (A) Each
(A) Because of the high tides and winds during hurricanes (B) Since each
(B) The high tides and winds of hurricanes (C) If each
(C) The high hurricane tides and winds which (D) Were each
(D) That the high tides and winds of hurricanes
12. ------- of the United States grown during a Republican
5. Anthropologists ------- within their environments and evaluate administration.
the adaptations they have made. (A) Rarely the federal government has
(A) societies are studied (B) Rarely has the federal government
(B) study societies (C) Has the federal government rarely
(C) who study societies are (D) The federal government has rarely
(D) their societies are studied
13. Water, -------, is also one of the most abundant compounds on
6. Malaria, which can be fatal if left untreated, is earth.
transmitted by the female, ------- by the male, mosquito. (A) is one of the most critical elements for human survival
(A) not (B) one of the most critical elements for human survival
(B) however (C) of which one of the most critical elements for human survival
(C) despite (D) one of the most critical elements for human survival which
(D) instead
14. ------ extensively by persons who cannot speak or hear,
7. ------- Henry David Thoreau is known for his American Sign Language ranks as the fourth most widely
transcendental views. used language in the U.S. today.
(A) He was like his predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, (A) Relied on
(B) His predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, was like him (B) It is relied on
(C) Like his predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, (C) Relying on it
(D) That he was like his predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, (D) To rely on it

15. Efforts to provide equal opportunity for minorities


in the United States ------- from the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
(A) may be said to date
(B) dating
(C) may say to date
(D) to date may be said
24. American author John Updike, -------,
16. The life of Benjamin Franklin, a practical man ------- spent his boyhood in Shillington, Pennsylvania.
many stories have been told, was unusually productive. (A) was the only child of a high school mathematics teacher
(A) of (B) whom the only child of a high school mathematics teacher
(B) about whom (C) the only child of a high school mathematics teacher
(C) about (D) he was the only child of a high school mathematics teacher
(D) of which
25. In practice, setting up a chain of command in a business
17. Indiana University, one of the largest can be a very complicated task, -------it involves the
in the nation, is located ------- town. interaction of real human beings.
(A) a small midwestern (A) because of
(B) in a small midwestern (B) how
(C) small midwestern (C) as
(D) in small midwestern (D) due to

18. ------- his life, Eugene O'Neill was 26. When linguists encounter a new language,
regarded as the foremost American dramatist. ------- work to identify all of the sounds it contains.
(A) It was the time of (A) who
(B) While (B) they
(C) During (C) and
(D) By the time of (D) those

19. ------- Social Security Act of 1935 was 27. According to recent investigations, unselfish motives, such as
written to insure workers against unemployment. true empathy, -------, and commitment to a principle,
(A) The sometimes surpass self-interest in influencing human behavior.
(B) What the (A) to have solidarity with others
(C) For the (B) others with solidarity
(D) After the (C) solidarity with others
(D) one has solidarity with others
20. Chemists are not sure -------.
(A) how precisely can cold fusion occur 28. ------- the lip of an open-pit copper mine, the huge
(B) cold fusion can occur precisely how tractors and cranes below look like toys, and people look
(C) precisely how cold fusion can occur like tiny ants scurrying about.
(D) can cold fusion occur precisely how (A) Where
(B) While
21. Just off the Massachusetts coast -------, a popular (C) That
summer resort area. (D) From
(A) Martha's Vineyard is
(B) is where Martha's Vineyard 29. Not only ------- atoms with their microscopes, but they
(C) Martha's Vineyard now can also "feel" them with the aid of a versatile
(D) is Martha's Vineyard sensing device called the "magic wrist".
(A) are today's scientists able to see
22. Franchising offers many advantages to small (B) able to see today's scientists are
business owners ------- problematic. (C) today's scientists are able to see
(A) however it is (D) are able to see today's scientists
(B) even though it is
(C) despite its 30. In the seventeenth century. North America
(D) it is was vast and unconquered, ------- only at great cost.
(A) it promised riches but yielded its bounty
23. Although most cats hate to swim, ------- if necessary. (B) promising riches but yielding its bounty
(A) can they do so (C) by promising riches but by yielding its bounty
(B) so can they do (D) its riches were promised but its bounty yielded.
(C) they do so can
(D) they can do so
31------- fall naturally into two classes, which can be further 38. Antarctica is larger -------, but it has no native human
subdivided into several subclasses. population.
(A) There are vitamins (A) than Europe or Australia does
(B) Vitamins that (B) Europe or Australia
(C) Vitamins (C) of Europe or Australia
(D) After vitamins (D) than Europe or Australia

32. The incidence of anorexia nervosa, -------, is growing in 39. Whole-grain food products -------in most large
industrially advanced societies. supermarkets across the United States and Canada.
(A) is an eating disorder (A) now can purchase
(B) an eating disorder which (B) can now be purchased
(C) an eating disorder (C) now to purchase
(D) for which an eating disorder (D) the purchase of which

33. In the 1960s, pop art ------- to discover artistic 40. A dividend is------- the only benefit a corporation can
significance in the commercial artifacts of the offer its shareholders.
consumer culture. (A) no
(A) seeking (B) nor
(B) to seek (C) none
(C) has sought (D) not
(D) sought
41. -------all citrus fruit originated with the Chinese orange.
34. Air ------- the carbon dioxide necessary for photosynthesis (A) That the belief
enters leaves through tiny surface openings. (B) The belief that
(A) contains (C) To believe that
(B) contained (D) It is believed that
(C) containing
(D) it contains 42. The year 1732 saw the first appearance of Poor Richard's
Almanac, ------- Benjamin Franklin created the character
35. Overexposure to the sun can produce ------ can some toxic of Poor Richard.
chemicals. (A) there
(A) more than damage to the skin (B) in which
(B) more damage than to the skin (C) in it
(C) damage more than to the skin (D) which in
(D) more damage to the skin than
43. ------- more susceptible to bacterial contamination than
36. The Federal Reserve System, ------- under President other types of meat because it has more surface area
Wilson, plays a key role in regulating the U.S. economy. exposed to bacteria laden air.
(A) the establishment in 1913 (A) Ground meat
(B) was established in 1913 (B) Ground meat is
(C) established in 1913 (C) Ground meat that is
(D) in 1913 they established it (D) Ground meat being

37. In the 1960s, due in part to the invention of air 44. Over the past several decades, radio telescopes -------of
conditioning, the population of the United States ------- the universe from the one disclosed by ordinary telescopes.
a dramatic geographical shift southward. (A) have given scientists quite a different view
(A) experiencing (B) have quite a different view given scientists
(B) was experienced (C) quite a different view have given scientists
(C) to experience (D) have they given scientists quite a different view
(D) experienced
45. Nestled along the shoreline of Hudson Bay -------.
(A) are several recently settled Inuit communities
(B) several recently settled Inuit communities are there
(C) near several recently settled Inuit communities
(D) is where several recently settled Inuit communities
46. Copper tubing is the preferred choice of
plumbers ------- noncorrosive.
(A) since it is
(B) because of
(C) it is
(D) insofar as

47. ------- "cultural diffusion" refers to the spread of customs


or practices from one culture to another.
(A) To phrase
(B) Phrased
(C) To the phrase
(D) The phrase

48. ------- born, a baby kangaroo measures


less than three inches in length.
(A) One is
(B) When is one
(C) Is one
(D) When it is

49. ------- daily promotes physical as well as


emotional well-being in people of all ages.
(A) Having exercised
(B) Those who exercise
(C) Exercising
(D) For exercising

50. The financial manager's job ------ among the many


sources of finance for the best interest rates available.
(A) to shop around is
(B) to shop around it is
(C) is it to shop around
(D) is to shop around

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