PRACTICE TEST

E 1
1.
Absolute zero is the lowest possible temperature
that Conceived.

(A) it can
(B) it can be
(C) can be
(D) can
2.
The larynx contains a person's vocal cords,____
as a result of air rushing between them.

(A) which produce sound

(B) produce sound
(C) sound is producing
(D) produced sound which
3.
____ is essentially a conversion process-that is, workers
convert some material into some good by mechanical or
chemical reins.

(A) Manufacturing
(B) When manufacturing
(C) Manufacturing, which
(D) Since manufacturing
4.
A huge rocky region that curves around Hudson Bay like
a gland horseshoe, the Canadian Shield Covers
____ Canada.

(A) the land of half area

(B) half the land area of
(C) area half of the land
(D) the area half land of
5.
_____ in the film business involves a lot more than
finding something real and pointing a camera at it.

(A) Realism that

(B) Realism
(C) It is realism
(D) For realism
6.
In 1843, agricultural potential of the Pacific
Northwest began attracting large numbers of settlers.

(A) when an
(B) the
(C) there was
(D) it was
7.
Four flags have flown over the Palace of the Governors
in Santa Fe, New Mexico: Spain, Mexico, the
Confederacy, and the United States.

(A) which of
(B) of those being
(C) those of
(D) those that of
8.
that includes California, Oregon, and
Washington, contain nearly The Pacific states, 14 percent
of the nation's population.

(A) is a region of the western United States

(B) a region of the western United States is
(C) where a region of the western United States
(D) a region of the western United States
9.
_____ a piece of artwork or a photograph in color, four
separate printing plates must be made, each for a
different color of ink.

(A) To reproduce
(B) When reproduced
(C) It reproduces
(D) Reproduction of
10.
As First Lady of the United States, Barbara Bush made
her main project the eradication of illiteracy, an insue
_____ long concerned her.

(A) that had

(B) in which had
(C) that it had
(D) had
11.
The Bering Land Bridge was an Ice Age landmass linking
Siberia and Alaska in the area of the Bering
Strait.

(A) what is now

(B) there is now
(C) now it is
(D) now where
12.
Mules have the shape and size of a horse
____ the long ears and small hooves of a
donkey.

(A) of which
(B) Because
(C) Nevertheless
13.
California, in laws in 1907, 1917, and 1921,
established the first comprehensive network of
community colleges in the United States.

(A) were passed

(B) were they passed
(C) passed them
(D) passed
14.
Only when quantum theory was first proposed by scientists in
the early 1900s possible ton understand some of the
more complicated problems in chemistry.

(A) when was it

(B) it was
(C) when it was
(D) was it
15.
The thermometer is a slim glass tube that usually
contains a small bulb .

(A) low on the end of

(B) having been the low end
(C) which lower end
(D) at the lower end
16.
In
A
computing, a small image, nor
B
icon, is used in

graphicC displays to represent a particular

D item,

such as a program or disk drive.

Correct answer : Or
17.
Young snakes appearA to be fully prepared to

take care
B
of itself
C
immediately afterD
hatching.

Correct answer : Themselves

18.
Early peoples in parts of South and Central America had
A
a system of cutting and burning forest trees in order to
B

clearing land for cornfields.

C D

Correct answer : Clear

19.
One of the distinct characteristics
A
of a cactus is
B

the areole from which

C
the spines, leaves, hairs,

and flowery
D
arise.

Correct answer : Are

20.
Sally Ride became the first woman astronauts from the
A
United States to enter space when she flew on the
B C
seventh space shuttle mission in June of 1983.
D

Correct answer : Astronaut

21.
The National Archives and Records Administration in
A

Washington, D.C., oversees more than four billion

B C

documents of the United States governmental.

D

Correct answer : Oversee

22.

Coffee contains
A
caffeine, a substance that can
B

cause irritability, depressed,

C
and indigestion if
D

consumed in excess.
Correct answer : Or
23.
Charleston, West Virginia, was named for Charles
A
Clendenin who son George acquired land at the
B C
junction of tile Elk and Kanawha rivers in 1787.
D

Correct answer : Or
24.
Financier Andrew Mellon donated most of his
A
magnificent art collection to the National Gallery of
B C
Art, where it is now locating.
D

Correct answer : Or
25.
Soil temperatures in Death Valley, California, near
A B
the Nevada border, have been known to reach 90
C
of degrees Celsius.
D

Correct answer : Or
26.
When the Sun, Moon, and Earth are alignment
A B
and the Moon crosses the Earth's orbital plane, a
C
solar eclipse occurs.
D

Correct answer :
27.
Mary Cassatt's paintings of mothers and children
A
are known for its fine linear rhythm, simple
B C
modelings, and harmonies of clear color.
D

Correct answer :
28.
Plants synthesize carbohydrates from water and
A
carbon dioxide with the aid of energy is derived
B C
from sunlight.
D

Correct answer :
29.
The best American popular music balances
A
a powerful emotions of youth with tenderness,
B C
grace, and wit.
D

Correct answer :
30.
In the nineteenth century, women used quilts to
A B
inscribe their responses to social, economic, and
C
politics issues.
D

Correct answer :
31.
Fossils in 500-inillion-year-old rocks demonstrate
that life forms in the Cambrian period were mostly
A B C
marine animals capability of secreting calcium to
D
form shells.

Correct answer :
32.
Rainbows in the shape of complete circles are
A
sometimes seen from airplanes because they
B
are not cutting off by the horizon.
C D

Correct answer :
33.
Hot at the equator causes the air to expand, rise,
A B C
and flow toward the poles.
D

Correct answer :
34.
Although research has been ongoing since 1930, the
A
existence of ESP–perception and communication
B
without the use of sight, hear, taste, touch, or smell
C D
– is still disputed.

Correct answer :
35.
As many as 50 percent of the income from
A
motion pictures produced in the United States
B
comes from marketing the films abroad.
C D

Correct answer :
36.
Sleep is controlled by the brain and associated by
A B C
characteristic breathing rhythms.
D

Correct answer :
37.
The walls around the city of Quebec, which was
A
originally a fort military, still stand, making
B C
Quebec the only walled city in North America.
D

Correct answer :
38.
The manufacture of automobile was extremely
A B
expensive until assembly-line techniques made
C D
them cheaper to produce.

Correct answer :
39.
The ballad is characterized by informal diction, by a
A
narrative largely dependent on action and dialogue,
B
by thematic intense, and by stress on repetition.
C D

Correct answer :
40.
Eleanor Roosevelt set the standard against which
A
the wives of all United States Presidents since
B C
have evaluated.
D

Correct answer :