Test 04

A. Choose The Correct Answer

01. In medieval times _____ his enemy by throwing down his gauntlet
a. The challenge
b. A man challenged
c. A man made a challenge
d. His challenge

02. In 1885 photography changed dramatically _____ introduced paper-based film

a. Eastman
b. Eastman was
c. When it was Eastman
d. When Eastman

03. ______ antitrust laws didn’t exist in the US, three would not be as much competition in
certain industries.
a. So
b. If
c. For
d. Also

04. A bat will often spend the daylight hours _____ upside down in a tree or cave
a. Hanging
b. Which hangs
c. That is
d. Hangs

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05. Geomorphology is the study of the changes that ______ on the surface of the earth
a. Taking place
b. Takes place
c. Take place
d. They take place

06. A hero of the war of 1812, ______ president of the United States
a. Andrew Jackson later became
b. That Andrew Jackson later became
c. Who was Andrew Jackson
d. Later became Andrew Jackson

07. ______ jellies, jams are made by retaining the pulp with the fruit juice
a. No likeness to
b. Not alike
c. Unlike
d. Dislike

08. An elephant can lift _____ a ton with its tusks

a. So much that
b. It
c. Most
d. As much as

09. The electric eel uses its electric shock to capture food and _____
a. For protection
b. Protect itself
c. Protecting itself
d. It protects itself

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10. Rarely _______ acorns until the tress are more than twenty years old
a. When oak trees bear
b. Oak trees that bear
c. Do oak trees bear
d. Oak trees bear

11. The Andromeda Nebula, _____ more than two million light years away, can be seen
from the Northern Hemisphere
a. A galaxy
b. Is galaxy
c. A galaxy is
d. A galaxy which

12. The closer to one of the Earth’s Poles, the greater ______ gravitational force
a. Is
b. The
c. Has
d. It has

13. Baboons eat a variety of foods, _____ eggs, fruits, grass, insects, plant leaves, and roots
a. They include
b. Among them are
c. Among
d. Including

14. The flamingo uses its bill _____ feeding to filter mud and water from the tiny plants
and animals that it finds in shallow ponds
a. When
b. Is
c. That it is
d. Was

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 15. The first nuclear powered ship in the world, the Nautilus, ______ by the US Navy in
1954
a. When it was launched
b. That was launched
c. Was launched
d. Launched

B. Choose The Wrong One

16. The winter storm that raced through the area for the last two day moved east today
a. That raced
b. Through
c. The last
d. Day

17. In 1800’s botanist Asa Gray worked to describe and classifying the plants found in
North America
a. Botanist
b. Worked
c. Classifying
d. Found

18. Bryce Canyor, National Park, where is there oddly shaped and magnificently colored
rock formations, is located in southern Utah
a. Is there
b. Shaped
c. Formations
d. Southern

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19. After talks in Copenhagen yesterday, the secretary of state returning to Washington
a. After
b. Talks
c. Yesterday
d. Returning

20. Lava, rock fragments, and gaseous may all erupt from a volcano
a. Rock
b. Gaseous
c. All
d. Erupt

21. Many of the characters portrayed by writer Joyce Carol Oats is mentally ill
a. Many of
b. Portrayed
c. Is
d. Ill

22. The two types of nucleic acids, known as DNA and RNA, are not like
a. Types
b. Known
c. Are
d. Like

23. Of all the states in the United States, Rhode Island is a smallest
a. All the
b. In the
c. Is
d. A

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24. The classification of a dinosaur as either saurichian nor ornithischian depends on the
structure of the hip
a. As
b. Nor
c. Depends on
d. The hip

25. An octopus has three hearts to pump blood throughout their body
a. An
b. To pump
c. Throughout
d. Their

26. Studies show that the new strategy is not very effective as the previous one
a. Studies
b. That the
c. Very
d. Previous

27. Most the newspapers depend on the wire services for their international stories and
photographs
a. Most the
b. On
c. For
d. Their

28. The new system responds at seconds to any emergency

a. The
b. Responds
c. at
d. Any

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29. Landscape painting was a dominant art forms during much of the nineteenth century
a. Painting
b. Dominant
c. Forms
d. During

30. While his racing days, racehorse John Henry earned a record $6.5 million, $2.3 millions
more than his closest competitor
a. While
b. Earned
c. His
d. Competitor

31. Cartilage covers the ends of bones to protect the joints from wear and tear
a. Covers
b. The ends
c. To protect
d. From

32. The Alaskan malamute, used extensively to pull sleds, is closely related to the wolves
a. Used
b. To pull
c. Closely
d. Wolves

33. The 1890’s in America were known as a Gay Nineties

a. The
b. In
c. As
d. A

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34. The General Agreement of Tariffs and Trades (GATT) is an international agreement
designing to increase trade among member nations.
a. International
b. Designing
c. Among
d. Member nations

35. Like a small child, a victim of Alzheimer’s Disease who is left lone may get lost and
not know the way home
a. Like
b. Lone
c. Not know
d. Way home

36. Death Valley is 130 miles length and no more than 14 mile wide
a. Is
b. Length
c. No more
d. Wide

37. The theory of natural selection is used to explain which animals of a species will die
prematurely and which will survival
a. Is used
b. Which
c. Prematurely
d. Survival

38. There are thousands of kinds of bacteria, most of which is harmless to humans
a. There are
b. Of Which

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d. Harmless

39. An invention best known for the development of the Gatling Gun, Richard Gatling
actually put most of his effort into improving agricultural methods
a. Invention
b. Actually
c. Most of
d. Agricultural

40. Dorothea Dix worked extensively during the second half of the nineteenth century to
improve conditions in mental health facilities and the prisons
a. Extensively
b. During the
c. To improve
d. The