Questions 1-15 are incomplete sentences.

Beneath each sentence, you will

see four words or phrases. Choose the one word or phrase that best
completes the sentence. 

Questions:

1. Almost everyone fails _______ the driver's test on the first try.

a.
to have passed

b.
to pass

c.
passing

d.
in passing

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2. If endangered species _______ saved, rain forest must be protected

a.
be

b.
will be

c.
are to be

d.
 can be

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3. On average, a healthy heart ______ to pump five tablespoons of blood with every
beat

a.
should

b.
can

c.
must

d.
ought

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4. In general, by the second year of production, the price of a new piece of technology
______ significantly.

a.
will decreased

b.
 will has decreased

c.
will have decreased

d.
has decreased

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5. The two main ______ are permanent magnets and electromagnets. 

a.
kind magnets

b.
kinds of magnets

c.
kinds magnets

d.
kind of magnets

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6. When water is frozen, it becomes ______
 a.
ice

b.
an ice

c.
the ice

d.
ices

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7. The crime rate has begun to decline in New York City due to efforts on the part of
both government and private citizens to curb _____

a.
it

b.
him

c.
them

d.
its

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8. Seals can ______ because they have a thick layer of blubber under their fur

a.
keep them warm

b.
they keep warm

c.
keep their warm

d.
keep themselves warm

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9. The data on the winter migration patterns of the monarch butterfly is very ______

a.
interested

b.
interest

c.
interesting
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of interest

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10. The New England states have had ______ serious earthquake since the Ice Age

a.
none

b.
no

c.
not

d.
not any

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11. Tuition at an American university runs _____ thirty-five thousand dollars a
semester 

a.
so high as

b.
 as high to

c.
as high than

d.
as high as 

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12. The cost of a thirty-second commercial on a network television station is  ______
for most businesses 

a.
much

b.
very much

c.
so much

d.
much too much

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13. It is not clear how much students learn ______ television classes without
supervision and monitoring
 a.
from watching

b.
for watching

c.
by watch

d.
to watch

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14. In spite of the fact that 85 percent of all societies allow men to make more than
one wife, most prefer monogamy ______ polygamy

a.
than from

b.
for

c.
that

d.
to

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15. Some ancient units such as the day, the foot, and the pound, ______ today. 

a.
still in use

b.
are still in use

c.
which are in use still

d.
that are still in use

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In questions 1-25, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The
four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D).
Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for
the sentence to be correct. 

Questions:

1. When the silkworm gets through to lay its eggs, it dies.

a.
the silkworm
 b.
to lay

c.
its

d.
it dies

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2. A barometer is a device with a sealed metal chamber designed to reading the
changes in the pressure of air in the atmosphere. 

a.
A barometer 

b.
sealed

c.
to reading

d.
air

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 3. It is generally believed that Thomas Jefferson was the one who had researched
and wrote the Declaration of Independence during the months prior to its signing in
July 1776

a.
It is generally believed

b.
wrote

c.
its signing

d.
in July 1776

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4. During the past decade, twenty millions graduates spended more than fifty billion
dollars in ten-year student loans

a.
During

b.
spended

c.
more than

d.
ten-year

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5. The understanding electricity  depends on a knowledge of atoms and the sub-
atomic particles of which they are composed

a.
The understanding

b.
electricity

c.
depends on

d.
are composed

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6. The cost of delivering mails is estimated at 600 percent more for
mass mailing campaigns using the U.S. Post Office as compared with e-
mail advertising. 

a.
cost

b.
mails
 c.
mailing

d.
advertising

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7. Sloths spend most of its time hanging upside down from trees and feeding on
leaves and fruit. 

a.
most

b.
its

c.
feeding

d.
fruit

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8. When the European settlers came in the seventeenth century, the newcomers
began a systematic effort to push the Native Americans into the wilderness and to
take their land from their.
 a.
in the seventeenth century

b.
to push

c.
their land

d.
from their

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9. There are more potatoes cultivated than any the other vegetable crop worldwide

a.
There are

b.
cultivated

c.
the other

d.
vegetable crop

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10. Marian Anderson, recognized both in the U.S and Europe as a real
great vocalist, was the first black singer to appear with the Metropolitan Opera
Company

a.
and

b.
real great

c.
was

d.
the first

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11. Alligators are about the same color than crocodiles, although the adults may
be slightly darker with broader heads and blunter noses

a.
may be

b.
than

c.
 about

d.
blunter

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12. DVDs provide images of best quality than those of either television signals or
videotapes. 

a.
provide

b.
best quality

c.
those

d.
either

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13. Some metals such gold, silver, copper, and tin occur naturally and are easy to
work.

a.
 Some

b.
such

c.
naturally

d.
to work

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14. Because the expense of traditional fuels and the concern that they might run out,
many countries have been investigating alternative sources of power

a.
Because

b.
have been investigating

c.
might run out

d.
they

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15. The plastic arts, mainly sculpture and ceramics, that are produced by modeling or
molding the materials into interesting shapes

a.
The

b.
mainly

c.
that are

d.
by modeling or molding

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16. Ocean currents that help transfer heat from the equator to the poles,
thereby creating a more balanced global environment

a.
that

b.
heat

c.
creating
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more balanced 

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17. Since lightning was probably significant in the formation of life,
understanding it might help us to understanding life itself. 

a.
it

b.
might help

c.
to understanding

d.
itself

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18. If the oxygen supply in the atmosphere was not replenished by plants, it would
soon be exhausted.

a.
in the atmosphere
 b.
was

c.
by plants

d.
exhausted

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19. Although some higher structures have been build in New York City,
none characterizes the skyline better than the Empire State Building

a.
some higher structures

b.
have been build

c.
characterized

d.
better than

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20. Research in genetics and DNA having had a profound influence on the direction of
treatment for a large number of diseases. 

a.
having

b.
profound

c.
on

d.
a large number

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21. One of the most distinctive plant found in the desert is the Saguaro cactus. 

a.
most

b.
plant

c.
found 

d.
the

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22. A thunder usually follows lightning by five seconds for every mile between the
flash and the observer. 

a.
A thunder

b.
usually

c.
for every mile

d.
between

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23. After Dr. Werner Arber discovered restriction enzymes, Drs. Daniel Nathan,
Hamilton Smith, and him were awarded the Nobel Prize for their research in that field. 

a.
discovered

b.
him

c.
were awarded
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their

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24. There are not many people which adapt to a new culture without feeling some
disorientation at first

a.
many

b.
which

c.
are

d.
feeling

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25. At the core of a star, temperatures, and pressures are so great as particles collide
and connect in a process called fusion

a.
At the core
b.
so great as

c.
in a process

d.
called