Structure and written expression

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The ponderosa pine is ..................of the most
of the timber used by forest-product firms in
the Black Hills of South Dakota. (I)
A. the source
B. as source
C. the source which
D. because the source
.
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Deserts are arid land areas where S V through
evaporation than is gained through
precipitation.
A. the loss of more water
B. loses more water
C. is more water lost
D. more water is lost
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S V 350 species of sharks, and although they are
all carnivorous, only a few species will attack
people. (4)
A. About
B. Where about
C. There are about
D. About the
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The quince is an attractive shrubs or small tree
Con S closely related to the apple and pear
trees. (II)
A. is
B. that is
C. that it is
D. is that which
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Many gases, including the nitrogen and oxygen
in air, .......coloror odor.
A. have no
B. which have no
C. not having
D. they do not have
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The American Academy of Poets, .......the 1930’s,
provides financial assistance to support
working poets.
A. when it was founded
B. was founded
C. which was founded in
D. was founded in
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A regional writer with a gift for dialect,........her
fiction with the eccentric, comic, but vital
inhabitants of rural Mississippi.
A. and Eudora Welty is peopling
B. Eudora Welty poeples
C. because Eudora Welty poeples
D. Eudora Welty, to people
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Most hot springs originate when ... close to or
through hot, igneous rock.
A. water that passes
B. water passes
C. Does water pass
D. Water does passes
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. .....different kinds of sleep has long been
recognized.
A. Although there are
B. Why are there
C. that there are
D. That are
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The greater the demand, ....... the price.
A. higher
B. high
C. the higher
D. the high
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Neither Jane nor her brothers _____ a consent
form for tomorrow’s field trip.
A. need
C. is needing
B. needs
D. has need
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Nondurable goods ____ for immediate use and
are often less expensive than durable goods.
A. is intended
B. intent
C. are intended
D. intends
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Not until the invention of the spectroscope in
the nineteenth century...
A. actual composition of stars became known
B. did the actual composition of became known
C. the actual did became known
D. became the actual did known
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The moon has ....atmosphere nor liquid water.
A. Either
B. neither
C. so
D. very
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The news of the president’s treaty negotiations
A
with the foreign government were received with
B C

mixed emotions by the citizens of both

governments.
D
Air pollution, together with littering, are causing
A B
many problems in our large industrial cities
C D
today.
Lack of sanitation in restaurants are a major
A B
cause of disease in some areas of the country
C D
The walls around the city of Quebec, which has
A
originally a fort military, still stand, making
B C
Quebec the only walled city in North America.
D
Dairying is concerned not only with the
A B
production of milk, but with the manufacture of
C
milk products such as butter and cheese.
D
The duties of the secretary are to take the
A B
minutes, mailing the correspondence, and
C
calling the members before meetings.
D
The differential attractions of the sun and the
A
moon have a direct effect in the rising and
B C
falling of the tides.
D
Insulin, it is used to treat diabetes and is secured
A B C
chiefly from the pancreas of cattle and hogs.
D
If one does not pick up the dry cleaning, within
A B
thirty days, the management is not obligated to
C
return it back.
D
Aeronomy is the study of the earth’s upper
A B C
atmosphere, which includes their composition,
D
temperature, density, and chemical reactions.
In 1776 to 1800, the population of the US
A B
continued to rise, reaching five million citizens
C D
by the turn of the century.
After Allan had searched for twenty minutes, he
A B
realized that his jacket had been laying on table
C
the entire time.
D