Quiz Day 7

1. The speed of light is _________the speed of sound.

(A) faster
(B) much faster than
(C) the fastest
(D) as fast
2. The use of detail is ________ method of developing a controlling idea, and almost all
students employ this method.
(A) more common
(B) common
(C) most common
(D) the most common
3. __________ in Stevenson’s landscape, the more vitality and character the paintings
seem to posses.
(A) the brushwork is loose
(B) the looser brushwork
(C) the loose brushwork is
(D) the looser the brushwork is
4. ________ impressive chapter in the book was the chapter on Stuart’s scientific theories.
(A) it was the most
(B) the most
(C) most
(D) most of the
5. The extinct Martian volcano Olympus Mons is approximately three times as _________
Mount Everest.
(A) high
(B) high as is
(C) higher than
(D) the highest of
6. ________ tea plant are small and white.
(A) The
(B) On the
(C) Having flower the
(D) The flowers of the
7. The tetracyclines, ________ antibiotics, are used to treat infections.
(A) are a family of
(B) being a family
(C) a family of
(D) their family is
8. ________ Biloxi received its name from the Sioux word meaning “first people”.
(A) The city of
(B) Located in
(C) It is in
(D) The tour included
9. The major cause ________ the pull of the Moon on the earth.
(A) the ocean tides are
(B) of ocean tide is
(C) of the tides in the ocean
(D) the oceans’ tides
10. Still a novelty in the late nineteenth century, ______ limited to the rich.
(A) was
(B) was photography
(C) it was photography
(D) photography was
11. In the United States ___________ approximately four million miles of roads, streets, and
highways.
(A) there
(B) is
(C) they
(D) there are
12. The speed of light is ________ the speed of sound.
(A) faster
(B) much faster than
(C) the fastest
(D) as fast
13. _________ , a liberal arts collage specifically for deaf people, is located in Washington,
D.C.
(A) Gallaudet College
(B) Gallaudet College is
(C) About Gallaudet College
(D) Because of Gallaudet Collage
14. _________ varieties of dogs at the show, including spaniels, poodles, and collies.
(A) The several
(B) Those
(C) Several
(D) There were several
15. __________ separates Manhattan’s Upper East Side from the Upper west Side.
(A) Central Park
(B) Where Central Park
(C) Where is Central Park
 (D) Central Park which
16. Bioluminescent animals _________ the water or on land.
(A) live
(B) are living either
(C) they are found in
(D) can be found in
17. In 1958, a largest recorded wave, with a height of 500 meters, occurred in
A B C D
Lituya Bay, Alaska.
18. The wave lengths of ultraviolet light are short than those of visible light but longer than
A B C D
those of X-rays.
19. Supersonic flight is flight that is faster the speed of sound.
A B C D
20. In space, with no gravity for muscles to work against, the body becomes weakly.
A B C D
Answer key
1. B
2. D
3. D
4. B
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. D
11. D
12. B
13. A
14. D
15. A
16. D
17. A
18. B
19. C
20. D