Structure and Written Expression:

1. Drinking water----excessive amounts of fluorides causes the enamel of teeth to become brittle
and to chip off, leaving a stained or mottled effect.
A. containing
B. in which containing
C. contains
D. that is contained
2. Carbohydrates, ----of the three principal constituents of food, form the bulk of the acerage
human diet.
A. are one
B. one that
C. one
D. which one
3. ------the eye, a camera takes in rays of light that are reflected from an object and focuses the
rays into an image.
A. Alike
B. As like
C. Is like
D. Like
4. Great pain and swelling characterize both sprains and fractures, but-------the affected part and
unnatural twisting often indicate a bone break.
A. inability to move
B. they are unable to move
C. unable to move
D. when inability to move
5. The human skin forms-----against the action of physical, chemical, and bacterial agents on the
deeper tissues.
A. a protective barrier is
B. a protective barrier
C. a barrier and protective
D. when a protective barrier
6. The technique of frying food has been used since antiquity----to prepare meats, fish,
vegetables, and breads.
A. to have most cultures
B. that in most cultures
C. in cultures when
D. in most cultures
7. Music has been called both the most mathematical-----the most abstract of the arts.
A. but
B. and
C. however
D. or
8. Roots of plants tend to grow downward into soil, unless-----more readily available at the
surface.
A. have water
B. water has
C. is water
D. water is
9. United States income taxes are paid to the Internal Revenue Service, -----funds for use by the
government.
A. which distributes
B. and distributes
C. the distribution of
D. so that the distribution of
10. Robert Penn Warren’s first novel was published in 1939, and seven years later, his third novel,
All the King’s Men, made ------famous.
A. he was
B. him
C. his
D. how he was
11. Although legend has it that the Pilgrims first set foot in America on Plymouth Rock in 1620,
------ documentary evidence confirming this.
A. no
B. still is no
C. there is no
D. but no
12. The gardenia, about 200 species------to tropical and subtropical countries, was named in honor
of eighteenth-century naturalist Alexander Garden.
A. native of which are
B. are native of which
C. which are native of
D. of which are native
13. High-speed photography has made------certain aspects of motion never before seen,
A. visible
B. they are visible
C. visibly
D. it visible
14. Nitroglycerin is an unstable chemical compound that is very sensitive to sudden
movement-----dangerous to transport.
A. because
B. and therefore
C. why it is
D. making
15. A computer is a fast electronic machine------information according to a stored sequence of
instructions called a program.
A. processes
B. that processes
C. that it processes
D. that processes it

16. Lucy Maud Montgomery, a Canadian novelist, is best of known for

A
Anne of Green Gables, the story of a spirited, unconventional orphan girl.
B C D
17. Every magnet has two ends, called north and south poles, where the forces it
A B C
exert are strongest.
D
18. Approximate 92 percent of the world’s trading goods are transported by ships.
A B C D
19. Rapid eye movement sleep is sometimes called paradoxical sleep because it has
A B
characteristics of either the waking and sleeping states.
C D
20. With the exception of gold, silver is most malleable and ductile of all metals.
A B C D
21. The fact that mothers in some species of animals reaction immediately if they are
A B C
missing one or more of their litter demonstrates a sense of number.
D
22. Approximately four percent of human body weigh is made up of fat in the organs,
A B C
skeletal muscles, and central nervous system.
D
23. By about seven years of age, children begin to grasp that a given quantity remains
A B
the same not matter how its shape changes.
C D
24. Sleek and powerful swimmers found to all seas, dolphins are distinguished from
A B C
porpoises by well-defined, beaklike snouts and conical teeth.
D
25. Stereo recording began with the introductory of two-track magnetic tape in the 1950’s.
A B C D
26. The cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the brain, is where most memory storage,
A B C
cognitive skills, and creative think reside.
D
27. The physical universe is governed by law that demand the continuous increase of
A B C D
entropy or disorder.

28. Metonymy is literary device involving the substitution of the name of one thing
A B
with that of other thing with which it is closely associated.
C D
29. The 1906 Hepburn Act gave the United States Interstate Commerce Commission
A
power to investigated financial accounts of interstate utilities and to set rates,
B C
subject to judicial review.
D
30. Although Republican Dwight Eisenhower won the United States presidency in
A B
1952 and 1956, the Democrats ran Congress for six of his eight years into office.
C D
31. Substances such common salt, when dissolved in water, lower the freezing point
A B C D
of the water.

32. Some advantages of celluloid are that it is inexpensive and durable, takes a highly
A B C
polish, does not warp or discolor, and is not affected by moisture.
D
33. The pitch of a musical note---how much high or low the sound is---depends on
A B C
its wavelength.
D
34. Two good ways to prevent attacks of hay fever are to effect a change of climate

also to eliminate harmful substances from the environment.

B C D
35. In filmmaking, a flashback is an interruption of the actual chronology of a story
A B C
to relate a significant event of a earlier time.
D
36. The bottom end of a guitar string is attached to a hardwood bridge, which
A B
transmitting the vibration to the top plate.
C D
37. Missouri is a heavily industrialized state whose leading products are
A B C
transportation equipment, processed food, and chemical.
D
38. Seamounts are isolated submarine mountains believed to be the remnants of extinct
A B
volcanoes that either formed or sank far beneath of the ocean surface.
C D
39. Transfusion of plasma or whole blood increases the volume of circulating blood,
A B
raising blood pressure and ensuring adequate distribution of oxygenated blood
C
among the body.
D
40. The national debt is the sum total of financial obligations the national government
A B
incurs by borrow from governments, international institutions, or its
C
own population.
D