Sentence Structure

1. ------ Who was elected the first women mayor of Chicago in 1979.
a. It was Jane Byrne b. Jane Byrne
c. That Jane Byrne d. When Jane Byrne
2. Every computer consists of a number of systems ------ together.
a. by working b. work
c. they work d. that work
3. On the Moon, ---- air because the Moon a gravitational field is too weak to retain an
atmosphere.
a. there is no b. where no
c. no d. is no
4. The first American novelist to have a major impact on world literature ------.
a. who was James Fenimore Cooper
b. James Fenimore Cooper was
c. it was James Fenimore Cooper
d. was James Fenimore Cooper
5. ---- important railroad tunnel in the United States was cut through the Hoosac Mountains
in Massachusetts.
a. At first b. It was the first
c. The first d. As the first of
6. The loop, which is the commercial heart of Chicago, ---- within a rectangular loop of
elevated train tracks.
a. that is enclosed b. enclosing it
c. is enclosed d. it is enclosed
7. ---- amino acid that serve as the basic building blocks of all problems.
a. It was about twenty b. For about twenty of
c. About twenty are d. There are about twenty
8. Most folk songs are ballads ---- have simple words and tell simple stories.
a. what b. although
c. when d. that
9. In 1850. Yale University established Sheffield Scientific School; ----
a. engineers were educated there
b. where engineers were educated
c. in which were engineers educated
d. where were engineers educated
10. Many of Louise Nevelsons sculptures consisted of a number of large wooden structures --
-- in complex patterns.
a. which she arranged b. she arranged them
c. which arranged d. arranged them
11. In addition to being a naturalist, Stewart E. White was writer ---- the struggle for survival
on the American frontier.
a. whose novels describe b. he describes in his novels
c. his novels describe d. who, describing in his novels
12. William Samuel Johnson, ---- helped write the Constitution, became the first president of
Columbia College in 1787.
a. whom he had b. and he had
c. who had d. had
13. Seals appear clumsy on the land, ---- are able to move short distances faster than most
people can run.
a. but they b. which they
c. they d. which
14. The instrument panel of a light airplane has at least a dozen instruments -----.
a. the pilot must watch b. what the pilot must watch
c. which the pilot must watch them d. such that the pilot must watch them
15. The size and shape of a nail depends primarily on the function ---- intended.
a. which it is b. for which it is
c. which it is for d. for which is
16. Charlotte Glimans best known book ---- she urges women to become financially
independent.
a. is Women and Economics in which
b. Women and Economics, in which
c. is Women and Economics, which
d. Women and Economics, which
17. Aerodynamics is the study of the forces ------ on an object as it moves through the
atmosphere.
a. acting b. act
c. are acting d. acted
18. ---- for their strong fiber include flax and hemp.
a. Plants are grown b. Plants grown
c. Plants that grow d. To grow plants
19. In 1821, the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, was laid out in a design ----- after that of
Washington D.C.
a. patterned b. was patterned
c. a pattern d. that patterned
20. The solitary scientist ----- by himself has in many instances been replaced by a cooperative
scientific team.
a. to make important discoveries b. important discoveries were made
c. has made important discoveries d. making important discoveries

21. ----- relations with friends and acquaintances, play a major role in the social development
of adolescents.
a. What are called peer group relations are
b. Peer group relations are
c. Peer group relations, the
d. By peer group relations, we mean
22. Dr. Siblu, ---- director of the English institution, was Sir Saifurs advisor on theoretical
matters.
a. the first b. to be the first
c. was the first d. as the first
23. ----- begin their existence as ice crystals over most of the earth seem likely.
a. Raindrops b. If raindrops
c. What if raindrops d. That raindrop
24. Scientists cannot agree on ---- related to other orders of insects.
a. that fleas are b. how fleas are
c. how are fleas d. fleas that are
25. It was in 2010 .. joined the faculty of the Finance department at Dhaka University.
a. that Saifur Rahman b. Saifur Rahman, who
c. as Saifur Rahman d. Saifur Rahman then
26. ----- developed so rapidly in Alabama primarily because of its rich natural resources.
a. that heavy industry b. Heavy industry
c. Heavy industry that was d. When heavy industy
27. Dynamite is ordinary detonated ------ called a blasting cap.
a. a device is used b. that a device
c. with a device d. the use of a device
28. ------ are hot is a common misconception.
a. All deserts b. All deserts
c. Of all deserts d. That all deserts
29. A deep-tissue massage is a type of massage therapy on one part of the body; such as the
lower back.
a. its concentration is b. concentrating
c. why it concentrates d. to be concentrated
30. ----- about four years for a new aircraft model to move from the preliminary design stage
to the full-production stage.
a. It takes b. Taking
c. One of which d. To take