ARCO’S PREPARATION FOR TOEFL

PRACTICE TEST 1
SECTION 1
PART A 18. (A) He is the best student in the class. 35. (A) The car needs to be fixed.
(B) He'll have to take the exam again. (B) They need to work the next day.
1. (A) She enjoys summer the most. (C) He passed the exam with the grade he expected. (C) Their flight doesn't leave until the next day.
(B) She's too busy to go traveling. (D) His grade was not as high as he had hoped. (D) The weather is very bad that night.
(C) She gets bored staying home too long.
19. (A) They are studying hard for their finals.
(D) She doesn't like to travel. PART C
(B) The school year seemed to go by very quickly.
2. (A) Building houses is very complicated. (C) They've been in school a few weeks.
36. (A) a magazine
(B) He lent his other book to a friend. (D) Even though finals are over, they still have to
(B) a neighborhood
(C) This book doesn't have enough details. study for a few weeks.
(C) a period of time
(D) He needs the information in this book.
20. (A) His shoulder hurts. (D) a political issue
3. (A) He left his lab and went on vacation. (B) His eyes are dim.
37. (A) before World War I
(B) He locked his lab. (C) He likes the ice in the lake.
(B) in the 1950s
(C) He came back to work early. (D) He wants another cold drink.
(C) in the 1970s
(D) He went to give a lecture.
(D) after 1985
PART B
4. (A) Connie and David have changed.
38. (A) new viral discoveries
(B) David wants to talk to Connie.
21. (A) finding books in the library (B) a brief history of 19th-century France
(C) Connie and David are planning a trip together.
(B) an exam in a class (C) a movement toward world peace
(D) Connie and David have many friends.
(C) a student's research project (D) the life and times of Shakespeare
5. (A) She used to work for the city. (D) asking directions to a class
39. (A) American Revolutionary period
(B) She enjoys sightseeing in the city.
22. (A) in the mountains (B) world history
(C) She thinks there are two buildings.
(B) in the Southwest desert (C) journalism
(D) She has visited the museum more than once.
(C) in New York (D) economics
6. (A) She is unhappy with her work. (D) on the Atlantic coast
40. (A) to inform people of the zoo show times
(B) She wonders what job the man does.
23. (A) the southwestern desert (B) to announce the zoo will close soon
(C) She doesn't know what the man means.
(B) the end of the Anasazi civilization (C) to advertise goods sold at the gift shop
(D) She agrees to work on another day.
(C) native American history (D) to promote a restaurant serving lunch at the zoo
7. (A) He thinks Greg is too young. (D) desert climates
41. (A) lions and tigers
(B) He thinks it's a good decision.
24. (A) There is another person studying a similar topic. (B) elephants and giraffes
(C) He is surprised.
(B) There are no books in the library about this (C) sharks and rays
(D) He is angry.
particular topic. (D) apes and monkeys
8. (A) Sandy wants to room with the woman. (C) She thinks the student should change his focus.
42. (A) the giant bird cage
(B) Sandy is a very interesting person. (D) She has a lot of books on this topic for the
(B) the tiger house
(C) Sandy doesn't want to bother anyone. student.
(C) the monkey and ape habitat
(D) Sandy is the woman's roommate.
25. (A) Boston (D) the tropical rainforest exhibit
(B) San Francisco
9. (A) The complete movie was not shown. 43. (A) at the main entrance
(C) New York
(B) She went to sleep during the movie. (B) in the gift shop
(D) Milwaukee
(C) The end surprised everyone. (C) from Dr. Smith
(D) She wants to see the movie again tonight. 26. (A) It is going to the wrong destination. (D) at the primate center
(B) The departure times are not appropriate.
44. (A) American history
10. (A) She already has tickets for both of them. (C) The train will arrive too late.
(B) twentieth-century poets
(B) She's trying to fool him. (D) The ticket is too expensive.
(C) Shakespeare
(C) She thinks it's going to be hard to get tickets.
27. (A) because it goes on to Boston (D) Abraham Lincoln
(D) She doesn't want to get tickets, because they
(B) because it is slower
might have to stay home. 45. (A) the date when the Civil War ended
(C) because there is no place to sleep
(B) the date when the first exam will take place
11. (A) Come back again to apply for the job. (D) because it arrives in the middle of the night
(C) the date when the paper is due
(B) Think about whether he really wants to resign.
28. (A) friends (D) the date when Abraham Lincoln died
(C) Get some training before he quits his job.
(B) sea birds
(D) Apply for an additional part-time job. 46. (A) the end of the Civil War
(C) a trip
(B) the speech by Abraham Lincoln
12. (A) Alex wants to change his major. (D) Fridays
(C) the conditions in the southern states
(B) Alex is still too young to make his own decision.
29. (A) They are friends. (D) the beginning of the war between the states
(C) Alex should not change his major without
(B) They have just met.
consent from his parents. 47. (A) music
(C) They are brother and sister.
(D) Alex is capable of making his own decision. (B) literature
(D) They have a class together.
(C) dance
13. (A) He'll make an effort to go tonight.
30. (A) to sit in the sun (D) painting
(B) He doesn't like commitments.
(B) to watch the waves
(C) He remembered he had to go to the group 48. (A) Handel
(C) to observe sea birds
meeting. (B) the Messiah
(D) to have picnics
(D) He has to go somewhere else. (C) the London Philharmonic
31. (A) Saturday (D) the symphony
14. (A) There is nothing that worries him.
(B) one year later
(B) He didn't do any studying. 49. (A) the educational level of artists has increased.
(C) Friday
(C) He studied very hard. (B) the size of the audience has grown.
(D) after the summer
(D) He was bored. (C) the number of voices and instruments has
32. (A) taking a vacation changed.
15. (A) Laura doesn't understand the proposal.
(B) going to sleep (D) the types of visitors have changed.
(B) Laura will not like the proposal.
(C) seeing a movie
(C) Laura accepted this proposal. 50. (A) Christmas
(D) traveling to New York City
(D) Laura's proposal is excellent. (B) New Year's Day
33. (A) in a restaurant (C) Easter
16. (A) She doesn't want a long drive to the airport.
(B) in an office (D) the summer solstice
(B) She will hang her luggage in the closet.
(C) in a classroom
(C) She won't use the same airline again this time.
(D) in a house
(D) She isn't used to traveling very much.
34. (A) She enjoys hiking.
17. (A) You can't eat the fruit whole.
(B) Her cousin has a cabin in Canada.
(B) You can't eat the pit.
(C) She wants to get away from the city.
(C) You can't eat the fruit raw.
(D) She can't afford to stay in a hotel.
(D) You can't eat the skin of the fruit.
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PRACTICE TEST 2
SECTION 1
PART A 35. (A) morning
18. (A) She began to like it more after learning more. (B) evening
1. (A) The salesperson says they will fit. (B) She will major in organic chemistry. (C) midnight
(B) His nephew already has a pair of gloves. (C) It was hard to learn everything. (D) noon
(C) Only one size will fit. (D) She got better grades at the end of the class.
(D) The gloves are all the same size.
19. (A) She canceled the room. PART C
2. (A) Test the new computer. (B) She enjoyed their trip to the reservoir.
(B) Start writing another section of the paper. (C) She is sure that he made the right decision. 36. (A) to advertise a new film To Be or Not to Be?
(C) Go to another lab. (D) She reserved a table in a restaurant. (B) to inform people that a film will not be shown
(D) Change his project. (C) to critique the characters in To Be or Not to Be?
20. (A) Penny goes to Smith College.
(D) to discuss William Shakespeare's life
3. (A) She needs to buckle her safety belt. (B) Penny stopped going to Smith College.
(B) The safety belt is in the back seat. (C) Penny has just begun school at Smith College. 37. (A) Shakespeare may not have been the actual
(C) He is waiting for somebody to arrive. (D) Penny likes Smith College the best. writer.
(D) The car has no seat belts. (B) The ceiling of the theater is leaking.
PART B (C) The comedy is not very funny.
4. (A) Change lines.
(D) The film has been misplaced.
(B) Go to another theater.
21. (A) teaching English classes
(C) Follow the map. 38. (A) John F. Kennedy
(B) summer vacation
(D) Go back home. (B) William Shakespeare
(C) other teachers
(C) Queen Victoria
5. (A) A good presentation needs a lot of preparation. (D) students in history classes
(D) Madonna
(B) The presentation was very good.
22. (A) two
(C) He can always turn to her for help. 39. (A) humorous
(B) three
(D) He should get some sleep. (B) tragic
(C) four
(C) sad
6. (A) Cook an egg for Dan. (D) five
(D) dark
(B) Go buy some eggs.
23. (A) English
(C) Plan food for Dan's dinner. 40. (A) a class in stilt walking
(B) economics
(D) Eat eggs. (B) a stilt walking performance
(C) history
(C) a formal dance
7. (A) She is on a plane. (D) computer science
(D) a trip to Kenya
(B) She needs to be picked up at school.
24. (A) morning
(C) She is often late. 41. (A) a dance club
(B) afternoon
(D) She has been delayed at work. (B) a student arts committee
(C) evening
(C) a group of professors
8. (A) His cousin's name is Jack. (D) late night
(D) a sports team
(B) Jack is coming to see him.
25. (A) Carolina Tradition
(C) His cousin knows Jack very well. 42. (A) Sunday
(B) Carolina Bakery
(D) Jack doesn't know the woman. (B) Tuesday
(C) Carolina Coffee Shop
(C) Friday
9. (A) Stand still. (D) Carolina Basketball
(D) Saturday
(B) Get some exercise.
26. (A) eggs and bacon
(C) Sit down. 43. (A) tax reform
(B) cereal
(D) Change his residence. (B) judges' pensions
(C) fresh fruit
(C) electing a political candidate
10. (A) He doesn't want the woman to go away on a trip. (D) French toast
(D) electing a judge
(B) He is cautioning the woman to be careful.
27. (A) 6 days
(C) He is guiding the woman step by step. 44. (A) The program needs to be changed.
(B) 10 years
(D) He wants to borrow the woman's watch. (B) The laws are working well.
(C) 60 years
(C) There should be a new governor.
11. (A) School begins later this year. (D) 100 years
(D) There should be less spending in education.
(B) School will be easy this year.
28. (A) by car
(C) She'd better start her work early. 45. (A) 20 percent of his or her salary
(B) by train
(D) He wants her to relax. (B) 30 percent of his or her salary
(C) by plane
(C) 50 percent of his or her salary
12. (A) Since the weather is nice, she wants to go (D) by boat
(D) 60 percent of his or her salary
boating.
29. (A) Los Angeles
(B) She thinks the park is too far away. 46. (A) vote for her candidate
(B) San Jose
(C) She suggests they go to the park. (B) call their state representatives
(C) Sacramento
(D) She's not a very fast walker. (C) march in protest of the governor
(D) San Francisco
(D) not listen to other opinions
13. (A) How much will the book cost?
30. (A) that they may have taken a wrong road
(B) Which book store did she go to? 47. (A) economics of South America
(B) that they cannot find a gas station
(C) Whom did she talk to? (B) Latin American history
(C) that it is getting dark
(D) What library has the book he needs? (C) United States history
(D) that there is no service attendant
(D) political science
14. (A) It has been a good day.
31. (A) to use the bathroom
(B) That's the place we're going. 48. (A) the Oscar Award
(B) to rest
(C) We've finished our day's work. (B) the Pulitzer Prize
(C) to ask directions
(D) The store is closed for the day. (C) the Medal of Honor
(D) to get fuel
(D) the Nobel Peace Prize
15. (A) She owes money to the landlord.
32. (A) in a classroom
(B) She is checking out Bill's telephone number. 49. (A) 1400s
(B) in a bedroom
(C) She wants to take a rest. (B) 1700s
(C) in a pool
(D) She will pay her portion of the telephone bill. (C) 1800s
(D) on a baseball field
(D) 1900s
16. (A) These bananas are on sale and ready to eat.
33. (A) 6
(B) These are the best bananas in the state. 50. (A) Spanish and French
(B) 10
(C) These bananas are already overripe. (B) English and German
(C) 50
(D) These bananas are not ripe. (C) French and German
(D) 60
(D) Spanish and English
17. (A) She did not like all the rain.
34. (A) to eat breakfast
(B) The rain is good for the crops.
(B) to eat dinner
(C) Part of each day was clear.
(C) to go to class
(D) She hopes the drought is over.
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PRACTICE TEST 3
SECTION 1

PART A 18. (A) He is going to stay home. PART C

(B) The meeting is mandatory.
1. (A) He is not interested in the news. (C) He is interested in attending the meeting. 36. (A) types of bicycle frames
(B) He is surprised that the Woman knows. (D) He'd like to invite more people to the meeting. (B) the diamond bicycle frame
(C) He was also going to look for a job. (C) an analysis of steel alloys
19. (A) The interviews are all written.
(D) He thinks that the Woman made a mistake. (D) rigidity in bicycle frames
(B) The interviews were difficult.
2. (A) Victor is a good student. (C) The man has more work to do. 37. (A) lighter weight
(B) Victor is shy. (D) The man is lazy. (B) more rigid structure
(C) Victor is intelligent. (C) more visually appealing
20. (A) She wants the man to wait.
(D) Victor is a good friend. (D) easier to mount
(B) She is ready now.
3. (A) He'd rather live on a farm. (C) She has decided not to go. 38. (A) Mixte frames are better than diamond frames.
(B) He's going on a trip to the country. (D) She thinks the man should change his clothes. (B) Bicycles haven't changed much in the last one
(C) He'll go to the farmers market. hundred years.
(D) He'll try to eat more vegetables. PART B (C) Bicycles are difficult to build.
(D) Diamond frames are better than mixte frames.
4. (A) They cannot go to the beach today.
21. (A) Saturday's game
(B) They are expecting a plumber soon. 39. (A) new colors and paints
(B) Michigan's defense
(C) They have some guests coming to visit. (B) stronger plastic materials
(C) pulled ligaments
(D) They should stay only a short time at the beach. (C) lighter-weight metals
(D) getting into the coach's office
(D) new popularity for cycling
5. (A) He expected the movie would be good.
22. (A) soccer
(B) He liked the movie. 40. (A) because the skin is good for boat-making
(B) baseball
(C) He missed the movie. (B) because the bones are used for traditional
(C) football
(D) He wanted to go too. carvings
(D) basketball
(C) because the tusks are valuable
6. (A) She doesn't like the man's idea.
23. (A) in the coach's office (D) because the fur can be used in making coats
(B) She wants to keep warm.
(B) on the playing field
(C) She agrees with the man. 41. (A) Alaskans
(C) at the doctor's office
(D) She will open the window. (B) coastal natives
(D) in the auditorium
(C) park rangers
7. (A) The afternoon will be less crowded.
24. (A) to the hospital (D) Fish and Wildlife workers
(B) The doctors are not well trained.
(B) to his home
(C) It's a busy year for the clinic. 42. (A) money
(C) to her office
(D) A lot of people are sick during this season. (B) weapons
(D) to the library
(C) drugs
8. (A) He was sick, but he is getting better.
25. (A) a lunch (D) food
(B) Only two classes were available to him.
(B) an exam
(C) He doesn't have enough time to study. 43. (A) that the Fish and Wildlife Service will kill the
(C) a class
(D) He has just returned from vacation. animals
(D) a trip
(B) that they will not have enough walruses for food
9. (A) She has one more thing to do.
26. (A) rainforest tribes in Brazil (C) that they will be blamed for illegal killings
(B) She is not scheduled to talk today.
(B) mountain tribes in Chile (D) that they will be attacked by walruses
(C) She is busy working on the talk.
(C) Incas in Peru
(D) She's wondering how to prepare for it. 44. (A) to discuss the university childcare programs
(D) cities of Colombia
(B) to advertise the merits of the kindergarten
10. (A) Who is Sylvia?
27. (A) her paper due the next week (C) to discuss eligibility requirements for the nursery
(B) What did Sylvia learn?
(B) her most recent exam grade (D) to argue for private schools as a better form of
(C) How did Sylvia find out?
(C) the material on the exam education
(D) What are some things Sylvia likes?
(D) not being able to get lunch
45. (A) two
11. (A) Ask the Woman to teach him to drive.
28. (A) to take a nap (B) three
(B) Learn to drive.
(B) to study (C) four
(C) Leave the Woman alone.
(C) to play football (D) five
(D) Teach the Woman how to drive.
(D) to eat lunch
46. (A) The parents must both be university students.
12. (A) He didn't stay up late last night.
29. (A) a sandwich and a guest lecturer (B) The parents must live in university housing.
(B) He didn't sleep at all last night.
(B) a guest lecturer and ancient Egypt (C) The children must be at least six years old.
(C) He was apologizing for disturbing her last night.
(C) anthropology and history (D) At least one parent must be studying for a
(D) He slept comfortably all night.
(D) a sandwich and dessert doctorate degree.
13. (A) Dr. Byron has a new position.
30. (A) anthropologist 47. (A) $100
(B) The course has been cut this semester.
(B) doctor (B) $250
(C) There are not enough students signed up for the
(C) teacher (C) $500
class.
(D) student (D) $1,000
(D) The department is hiring a new art history
professor. 31. (A) crafts of ancient Rome 48. (A) He was the speaker's father.
(B) ancient medicine (B) He influenced the speaker's music.
14. (A) He did poorly on the first exam.
(C) types of food in Egypt (C) He was the greatest jazz musician ever.
(B) He got more than eighty percent right.
(D) job opportunities in anthropology (D) He helped the speaker produce his first record.
(C) Eighty percent of the students did well.
(D) He did much better than he thought. 32. (A) in a classroom 49. (A) the Ritz Carlton
(B) in a doctor's office (B) the Poodle Dog Cafe
15. (A) that the Woman hasn't learned anything yet
(C) in a cafeteria (C) the Washingtonian
(B) that the Woman learned not to waste time
(D) in an apartment (D) the Cotton Club
(C) that the Woman will become a manager after
graduation 33. (A) on a beach 50. (A) piano
(D) that the Woman has done the right thing (B) on a dock (B) saxophone
(C) in a boat (C) guitar
16. (A) The coupon can be used only today.
(D) in a swimming pool (D) trumpet
(B) The coupon will expire next week.
(C) The coupon is not good. 34. (A) looking for his watch
(D) He doesn't need this coupon. (B) listening to the radio
(C) looking for his tanks
17. (A) He cannot park here today.
(D) writing a letter
(B) Today is a normal day.
(C) The street is very clean. 35. (A) summer break
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PRACTICE TEST 5
SECTION 1

PART A 35. (A) in Section C

1. (A) The shirt is old-fashioned.
(B) The shirt is the wrong color.
(C) The shirt is too dirty.
(D) The shirt doesn't fit.
2. (A) There are fewer people than usual.
(B) There will be more people in the restaurant at
dinner time.
(C) They don't have any lunch specials today.
(D) It's very busy.
3. (A) He wants to pay with cash.
(B) He wants to get money.
(C) He wants to charge something.
(D) He wants to check something.
4. (A) She has finished eating dinner.
(B) She is going to make some dessert.
(C) She did the cooking.
(D) She is happy dining with him.
5. (A) He thinks she will do a good job.
(B) He will impress everybody with the presentation.
(C) She has good reason to worry. 22. (A) to her room
(D) She will be fine if she practices more.
6. (A) bus driver
(B) airline ticket agent
(C) post office clerk 23. (A) eating dinner
(D) department store salesperson
7. (A) The school offers more classes now.
(B) This is a small section.
(C) It's difficult to get into this class. 24. (A) The man will have an exam.
(D) Last fall the class was better.
8. (A) She has had enough chicken.
(B) She doesn't eat vegetables.
(C) She doesn't eat meat.
(D) She is not hungry. 25. (A) advanced economics
9. (A) He goes fishing sometimes.
(B) He went fishing once.
(C) He had to quit fishing.
(D) He has other hobbies now. 26. (A) walking on campus
10. (A) She is surprised.
(B) She can't help him.
(C) She doesn't understand him.
(D) She is angry. 27. (A) 40
11. (A) sit down and rest
(B) pay the money
(C) take the boat tour
(D) visit the exihibit 28. (A) She took the class last semester.
12. (A) He drinks a lot of water during the day.
(B) He doesn't usually drink this much water.
(C) He has never been so thirsty.
(D) He likes soft drinks more than water. 29. (A) He wanted to ask her to do something for him.
13. (A) They will go eat with their friends.
(B) The Johnsons are coming over.
(C) She will take a dish to the Johnson's house.
(D) She is tired of cooking. 30. (A) 6:00 A.M.
14. (A) He is tired of standing up all day.
(B) He is finishing his homework.
(C) He has a lot of school work.
(D) He has been working at home. 31. (A) in Katrina's room
15. (A) The car didn't get washed.
(B) Don and Mary washed the car together.
(C) Mary washed the car.
(D) Don washed the car for Mary. 32. (A) He has been expelled from school.
16. (A) This grocery store doesn't accept checks.
(B) Check your shopping list while you are
shopping.
(C) This store doesn't have what she wants. 33. (A) watching a football game on television
(D) Check to see if the grocery store is next to the
gas station.
17. (A) He used the wrong bus schedule.
(B) He's going to get a bus schedule. 34. (A) car trouble
(C) He likes to ride the bus.
(D) He missed the bus.
(B) in Section D
18. (A) John has his hair cut every month.
(C) behind the benches
(B) John has his hair cut twice as often as Peter does.
(D) behind the goals
(C) John had a haircut two weeks ago.
(D) This month Peter didn't have his hair cut.
PART C
19. (A) She is financially independent now.
(B) She needs a financial advisor. 36. (A) one to two pages
(C) She applied for a job this year. (B) 10 to 12 pages
(D) She's happy with her financial plan. (C) 19 to 20 pages
(D) no limit was mentioned
20. (A) She should turn right on Second Street.
(B) She is supposed to turn right at this stop sign. 37. (A) during the first week of school
(C) She should turn left at the stop sign after this (B) by the middle of the term
one. (C) sometime before the last week of school
(D) She should turn left after she turns right. (D) at anytime during the term
38. (A) because they are more likely to have problems
PART B
writing the paper
(B) because the teaching assistant prefers to work
21. (A) because she failed her last exam
with first-year students
(B) in order to complete her homework
(C) because it is the policy of the university
(C) in order to prepare for her exams
(D) because the professor wants them to have more
(D) because she has fallen behind in her work
work
39. (A) April 6
(B) to the dining hall
(B) April 13
(C) to the pool
(C) April 20
(D) to the gymnasium
(D) April 27
40. (A) arriving passengers
(B) swimming
(B) departing passengers
(C) studying for an exam
(C) people boarding a boat
(D) taking a nap
(D) people departing from a train
41. (A) Walk straight ahead.
(B) The man and the woman will have lunch
(B) Turn to the left to Terminal B.
together.
(C) Wait for transportation to bring their luggage.
(C) The man will be in a swim meet at 1 P.M.
(D) Walk to their right to get their baggage.
(D) The man and the woman will study together.
42. (A) at Carousel B
(B) at the blue area
(B) biology 110
(C) near the green sign
(C) introductory economics
(D) next to the white buses
(D) advanced biology
43. (A) at the departure gate
(B) at Carousel B
(B) waiting in a dormitory lounge
(C) under the green sign
(C) eating at a dining hall
(D) in the yellow loading zone
(D) sitting on a campus bench
44. (A) American natural history
(B) English children's literature
(B) 100
(C) zoos in the western world
(C) 200
(D) bears of North America
(D) 400
45. (A) a child
(B) a bear
(B) She read about it in the school newspaper.
(C) an author
(C) She heard about it on the school radio station.
(D) a pig
(D) Her roommate took the course last semester.
46. (A) in the woods
(B) at a zoo
(B) They both live in the same dorm.
(C) at a school
(C) They both had the same exam the next day.
(D) in a garden
(D) He wanted to borrow her car.
47. (A) the invention of the elevator
(B) modern elevators
(B) 7:00 A.M.
(C) the Crystal Palace Exhibition
(C) 7:30 A.M.
(D) inventions of the nineteenth century
(D) 8:00 A.M.
48. (A) London
(B) Chicago
(B) in front of the dormitory
(C) San Francisco
(C) next to the dean's office
(D) New York
(D) inside the parking garage
49. (A) steel cables
(B) guide rails
(B) He has to go to a relative's funeral.
(C) strong ropes
(C) He is going to his sister's wedding.
(D) an open carriage
(D) He has finished his exams.
50. (A) other inventions at the Crystal Palace Exhibition
(B) the first tall buildings
(B) going out to dinner tonight
(C) further developments in elevators
(C) arranging to meet at a championship game
(D) the life of Elisha Otis
(D) getting ready to play a game.
(B) studying for an exam
(C) choir practice
(D) a late dinner
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SECTION 1

PART A

1. (A)Adam will repair the car. 17. (A)It's expensive to get a 10-speed bicycle. 34. (A)that he was a president
(B)Adam helped to pull the car to the repair shop. (B)He commutes to school by bike. (B)that he was a scientist
(C)Fred and Adam both fixed the car. (C)He would really like a fast bicycle. (C)that he liked peanuts
(D)The car cannot be fixed any more. (D)He can borrow his friend's bicycle whenever he (D)that he was a Native American
wants.
2. (A)Jeff agreed to take the oral exam again. 35. (A)dedicated
(B)Jeff passed the oral exam and went on a vacation. 18. (A)She doesn't like cheap things. (B)angry
(C)It took Jeff a long time to pass his exam. (B)It was two dollars cheaper than usual. (C)excited
(D)Jeff didn't take the oral exam. (C)It was too expensive. (D)uninformed
(D)She bought something cheaper.
3. (A)He has been waiting for Ron for a long time.
PART C
(B)Ron is not a new librarian. 19. (A)She was expecting someone to visit.
(C)Ron did a lot of work for the man. (B)She didn't like to get up early.
36. (A)history of the Smithsonian
(D)He needs to collect some information from Ron. (C)She got up early and went out.
(B)introduction to archeology
(D)Someone called her early in the morning.
4. (A)He would like to help the woman typing. (C)Native Americans in the Western States
(B)He wonders how much he should pay her. 20. (A)Jim washed his friend's car. (D)hiking and backpacking techniques
(C)He wants the woman to help him. (B)Jim's car was not very well cleaned.
37. (A)to the university
(D)He prefers to type the paper by himself. (C)Jim didn't wash his car this time.
(B)to a lecture
(D)Jim once had a job washing cars.
5. (A)Why the man needs to return. (C)to Wyoming
(B)What makes the man happy. (D)to the Smithsonian Institute
(C)Which classroom the man is going to.
PART B 38. (A)searching for plant and animal fossils
(D)What book the man needs to get.
(B)building homes for the poor
6. (A)Mary is going to the airport. 21. (A)to a park downtown (C)rock climbing
(B)Mary is not going to the party. (B)to the Ocean Palace (D)white water rafting
(C)Mary is not very kind. (C)to the cinema
39. (A)1250
(D)Mary should not be driving. (D)to a bookstore
(B)1500
7. (A)She doesn't need an escort. 22. (A)two free dinners (C)2000
(B)She will call the night escort by herself. (B)$50 worth of books (D)2500
(C)She would like the man to get a night escort for (C)a $30 gift certificate
40. (A)an animation festival
her. (D)four movie passes
(B)a drama festival
(D)She's afraid the man won't help her.
23. (A)by going to the bookstore (C)an exhibit featuring the \4Mona Lisa\4
8. (A)The fee for charging is more than $15. (B)by sending a letter in the mail (D)\4Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase\4
(B)He cannot use a credit card if he spends less than (C)by calling on the phone
41. (A)Italian history
$15. (D)by going to the ticket office
(B)art history
(C)The store does not accept credit cards.
24. (A)go with the man (C)sociology
(D)She cannot accept cash.
(B)make a phone call (D)architecture
9. (A)The woman has to wait in line to register. (C)buy a ticket
42. (A)\4The Prince and the Princess\4
(B)It may be too late for the woman to get into the (D)go to the library
(B)Francis Bacon
speech class.
25. (A)a fight (C)the Louvre
(C)The woman needs to take another class before
(B)cooking (D)KKED radio
registering for this class.
(C)manners
(D)The woman should go by herself to sign up for 43. (A)at the KKED radio station
(D)a problem
the class. (B)at the Art Exhibition Hall
26. (A)student (C)at the Palace of Fine Arts
10. (A)Students can bring their books to the exam.
(B)bartender (D)at the Historical Museum
(B)Dr.Jones will be the next department chair.
(C)waiter
(C)Dr.Jones will probably not give an open-book 44. (A)European expeditions in the 1700s
(D)cook
exam. (B)the growth of Los Angeles
(D)It's up to the students. 27. (A)because something was wrong (C)famous sites in Los Angeles
(B)because she wanted to pay her bill (D)the entertainment industry
11. (A)He doesn't know how to take care of the phone.
(C)because she needed to order her meal
(B)He's going to leave too. 45. (A)the oceans and the gold rush
(D)because she needed to be seated
(C)He will answer the telephone for the woman. (B)tourism and the entertainment industry
(D)He is coming back soon. 28. (A)angry (C)the railroads and the discovery of oil
(B)concerned (D)sea trade and the airplane industry
12. (A)She can manage much more.
(C)pleased
(B)She will take one. 46. (A)50 years
(D)disappointed
(C)She doesn't care how many she gets. (B)100 years
(D)She will not take any. 29. (A)in a restaurant (C)200 years
(B)in a classroom (D)300 years
13. (A)He needs a roommate to share the expenses.
(C)in a library
(B)He lives alone without anybody to bother him. 47. (A)Washington, D.C.
(D)at a park
(C)Things are all right at this point. (B)New York City
(D)His apartment is far away from school. 30. (A)study (C)Chicago
(B)eat dinner (D)Denver
14. (A)The university policy has not changed enough.
(C)see a movie
(B)He agrees with the woman's opinion. 48. (A)to prevent diseases among military personnel
(D)work
(C)He doesn't know what the old policy was. (B)to investigate serious crimes in the military
(D)The university needs to change their policy more. 31. (A)working (C)to find ways of identifying bodies of soldiers
(B)studying (D)to store old military journals and diaries
15. (A)She was very frightened.
(C)dancing
(B)She had a heart problem. 49. (A)working with DNA
(D)eating
(C)She lost the race. (B)wearing a necklace
(D)Overall, she was happy. 32. (A)to set a time to meet again (C)taking blood samples
(B)to complain about school (D)making identification tags
16. (A)It's not a good time or place to talk.
(C)to explain working hours
(B)I'm thinking about making this place better. 50. (A)biology
(D)to request help in finding books
(C)This is a good place for a conversation. (B)geology
(D)You'd better leave this place now. 33. (A)Canada (C)history
(B)Alaska (D)political sciencec
(C)Alabama
(D)Washington
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PRACTICE TEST 1 (B) most satisfying one D
SECTION 2 (C) more than satisfying one 25. There are many different ways of comparing the economy of one nation
A B
(D) the more satisfying than
with those of another.
1. America's first globe maker was James Wilson, who __________ and 11. __________, the nation's capital remained in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. C D
blacksmith in his earlier life. (A) While designing Washington, D.C.
(A) a farmer had been 26. Male guppies, like many other male fish, are more color than females.
(B) Washington, D.C., was designed A B C D
(B) had been a farmer (C) While Washington, D.C., was being designed
(C) farming 27. When rhinos take mud baths, the mud create a barrier to biting insects.
(D) Washington, D.C., designed A B C D
(D) being a farmer
12. Children learn primarily by __________ the world around them. 28. Benjamin Franklin, as an inventor, he had broad interests, mechanical
2. Napoleon __________ the West Indian island of Santo Domingo in 1801. (A) experiencing directly of A B
(A) attacked (B) experience direct skills, persistence, and a practical view of life.
(B) is attacking (C) directly physical experience C D
(C) has attacted (D) direct physical experience of 29. In the stock market, the fluctuations in Standard and Poor's 500 Index does
(D) attacking A B
13. It is earth's gravity that __________ people their weight. not always conform to Dow Jones Averages.
3. Modern industrial methods have supplanted individual crafts, __________ (A) gives C D
stonecarvers, coopers, and cobblers virtually extinct. (B) give
(A) make blacksmiths, 30. A jellyfish, which isn't really a fish, it has no brain, no bones, and no face.
(C) giving A B C D
(B) made blacksmiths, (D) given
(C) making them blacksmiths, 31. International trade, going traveling, and television have lain the
14. Generally speaking, people should have __________ as their desires will A B
(D) making blacksmiths, groundwork for modern global life styles.
allow.
4. Not only knowledge and skills, but also attitudes __________ in school for (A) much education
C D
students' future adjustment to society. (B) as much education 32. The most visible remind of the close relationship between the United States
(A) when cultivated (C) education
A B C
(B) cultivated and France is the famous Statue of Liberty, which stands in New York
(D) for education D
(C) which need to be cultivated
(D) need to be cultivated 15. A dolphin six __________ length can move as fast as most ships. harbor.
(A) foot in 33. Until diamonds are cut and polished, they just like look small blue-grey
5. On Mercator's maps, the far northern and southern polar regions are (B) feet in A B C
__________. (C) foot of stones.
(A) greatly exaggerated in area. (D) feet of D
(B) exaggerating greatly in area.
16. Cotton used to rank first between Alabama's crops, but it represents only a 34. Jackie Robinson, whose joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, was the first
(C) greatly exaggerate in area. B B
A B C D
(D) great exaggeration in area. black American to play baseball in the major leagues.
fraction of the agricultural production now.
6. On the slope of Long's Peak in Colorado __________ the ruin of a gigantic C D
17. Salmon lay their eggs and die in freshwater, although they live in salt water
tree. A B 35. Laser technology is the heart of a new generation of high-speed copiers and
(A) that lies when most of their adult lives.
A B C
(B) lies C D printer.
D
(C) where lies 18. To building their nests, tailorbirds use their bills as needles.
(D) lie A B C D 36. Fertilize farmland is one of the biggest natural resources in the Central
A B C D
7. __________ in Shanghai than in any other city in China. 19. Fountain pens first became commercial available about a hundred years States.
(A) More people live A B C
(B) More people living ago. 37. The symptoms of diabetes in the early stages are too slight that people don't
D A B D
(C) It has more people notice them.
(D) More living people 20. With its strong claws and its many protruding tooth a gopher is an excellent D
A B C D
8. The earth spins on its axis and __________ 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 digger. 38. Gone with the Wind written after Margaret Mitchell quit her job as a
seconds for one complete rotation. A B C
(A) need 21. Drug addiction has resulted of many destroyed careers, and expulsions reporter because of an ankle injury.
A B C D D
(B) needed
from school or college.
(C) needing 39. With a policy of eminent domain, the state has control ultimate of all real
(D) needs 22. Because of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the United States begin to A B C D
A B property.
9. __________ on the environment for the gratification of its needs. realize the true value of the Louisiana territory.
(A) Each organism to depend C D 40. Hay fever symptoms, ranged from mild to severe, differ in degree
A B C
(B) Every organism depends 23. Americans annually import more than $3 billion worthy of Italian clothing, according to the individual.
(C) All organisms depending A B C D D
(D) Many organisms can depend jewelry, and shoes.
24. Akuce Ganuktibm, she spent her life working with the health and welfare
10. Of Charles Dickens' many novels, Great Expectations is perhaps A B C
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SECTION 2

1. With new technology, cameras can take pictures of 6. An advisor to both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and 11. Tuna, _________, may weigh up to 1,000 pounds.
underwater valleys _________ color. Harry Truman, _________ of Bethune-Cookman (A) is the sea giant
(A) within College. (B) can be giants of the sea
(B) for (A) Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune was the founder (C) one of the sea giants
(C) in (B) Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune, who was the (D) the sea of the giant
(D) by founder 12. Physical fitness exercises can cause injuries
2. _________ the fifth largest among the nine planets (C) the founder was Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune _________ the participants are not careful.
that make up our solar system. (D) did the founder Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune (A) that
(A) The Earth is 7. Warmth, moisture, and oxygen are three necessary (B) to
(B) The Earth being requirements _________ most seedlings. (C) if
(C) That the Earth is (A) for cultivating (D) with
(D) Being the Earth (B) for cultivate 13. Total weight of all the ants in the world is much
3. In mathematics, a variable is a symbol _________ (C) as cultivating greater than _________.
some element of a set. (D) can cultivate (A) to all human beings
(A) and representing 8. In the west the birth of a girl is welcomed with an (B) all human beings is that
(B) represents enthusiam _________ to that of a boy. (C) that of all human beings
(C) that represents (A) equally (D) is of all human beings
(D) represents that (B) equal 14. _________ for overall health.
4. _________ actress's life is in many ways unlike (C) they are equal (A) Extra fiber in one's diet is helpful
that of other women. (D) and equal (B) Extra fiber is one's helpful diet
(A) An 9. A well-known large natural lake is Lake Tahoe, (C) Helpful one's diet is extra fiber
(B) A _________ straddles the California-Nevada border. (D) One's diet is helpful in extra fiber
(C) As the (A) and 15. Elephants scratch themselves with sticks
(D) That the (B) which _________.
5. About 20 miles from Boston, _________ a little (C) since (A) holding in their trunks
town named Concord that has a rich history. (D) for (B) in their trunks holding
(A) has 10. Before _________, they used horse-drawn wooden (C) hold in their trunks
(B) there is carts. (D) held in their trunks
(C) there are (A) farmers have had tractors
(D) where is (B) tractors owned by farmers
(C) having tractors farmers
(D) farmers had tractors

16. In order to survive, trees rely to the amount of annual rainfall they receive, 30. Oceans of the world exerts strong influences on the weather over the Earth's
A B A B C
as well as the seasonal distribution of the rain. surface.
C D B
17. The purchased of Louisiana was one of the biggest events in the history of 31. The Columbine flower can survive in almost any type of gardens condition
A B C D A B C D
the United States. in the United States.
18. A future system of solid waste managements should begin with reduction in 32. Kiwi birds search the ground with the bills for insects, worms, and snails to
A B C A B
the amount of waste. eat.
D
33. If protect,a solar cell lasts for a long time and is a good source of energy.
19. The tongue is the principle organ of taste, and is crucial for chewing, A B C D
A B C
swallowed, and speaking. 34. The growth rate of the Pacific Rim countries is five times fast as comparable
D A B C
areas during the Industrial Revolution.
20. The members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate are D
A B
election by the citizens of the United States 35. Drug abuse have become one of America's most serious social problems.
C D A B C D

21. The human ear cannot hear a sound that vibrates less than 16 times the 36. The Commitments of Traders Report is released by the Commodity Futures
A B C D A
second. Trading Commission on eleventh day of each month.
B C D
22. Some tree frogs can alter their colors in order to blend to their environment.
A B C D 37. Heartburn can best be understood as a symptom causing by acid reflux due
A B C
23. If one is invited out to a dinner, it is perfectly proper to go either with or
A B C to a weak lower esophageal sphincter.
D
without no a gift.
D 38. In 1903, when the Wright brothers announced they had invented a flying
A B
24. Some birds, such as quails, can move instant from a resting position to full
A B C machine, his news was generally ignored.
C D
flight.
A 39. Lasers are indispensable tools for delicate eyes surgery.
A B C D
25. In 1961 America's first manned spacecraft launched.
A B C D 40. Alexander Calder, who was originally interested in mechanical engineering,
A B
26. Geochemistry includes the study of the movement of elements from one
A B later became a sculpture.
place to another as a result of processes chemical. C D
C D

27. Fireflies product light through a complex chemical reaction that takes place
A B C
within their abdominal cells.
D

28. Wind is the motion that occurs when lighter air rises and cools heavier air
A B C
replaces it.
D
29. Under the crust of the Earth are bubbling hot liquids that sometime rise to
A B C D
the surface.
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PRACTICE TEST 3
SECTION 2

1. Van Gogh's Sunflowers __________ $39.9 6. __________ their territories but rather than fight, 11. Most accidents in the home can be prevented by
million, three times the previous record. they howl. __________ elimination of hazards.
(A) once sold for (A) Wolves protectively jealous (A) that
(B) for sale once (B) Jealous of wolves (B) that the
(C) selling for once (C) Protection of wolves (C) there is a
(D) for once sold (D) Wolves jealously protect (D) the
2. Some monkeys, __________, use their tails in a 7. __________ strength of 70 horses, a forklift toils 12. __________ problems in sailing in tropical seas is
way similar to a hand. all day long in a warehouse lifting great weights. the coral reefs.
(A) like the spider monkey (A) Because the (A) One of the biggest
(B) spider monkey likes (B) With the (B) The biggest one
(C) to the spider monkey (C) Some (C) Of the biggest one
(D) the monkey likes the spider (D) The (D) There are the biggest
3. Black, red, and even bright pink diamonds 8. The growth of two-income families in the United 13. The strongest dump trucks work in rock quarries,
__________. States __________ of people moving to a new __________ tons of rocks and soil at one time.
(A) occasionally to find social class. (A) that they move
(B) occasionally found (A) has resulted in millions (B) they move
(C) have occasionally been found (B) results of millions (C) where they move
(D) have occasionally found (C) millions of results (D) which they move
4. Between the California Coast Range and the (D) resulting in millions 14. Alice Freeman, __________ to head Wellesley
Sierra Nevada __________. 9. Using a globe can be __________ it is College at age 27, is one of the youngest college
(A) great Central Valley educational. presidents in history.
(B) the great Central Valley (A) enjoyable (A) who was appointed
(C) being the great Central Valley (B) to enjoy as (B) has been appointed
(D) lies the great Central Valley (C) as enjoyable (C) that is appointed
5. It is gravity __________ objects toward the earth. (D) as enjoyable as (D) is appointed
(A) pulling 10. Each mediocre book we read means one less great 15. Helen Keller lost both her sight and hearing after
(B) that pulls book that we would otherwise have a chance a severe illness __________.
(C) to pull __________. (A) of her age in 19 months
(D) what pulls (A) to read them (B) she was 19 months old
(B) read (C) when she was 19 months old
(C) reading (D) when 19 months old she was
(D) to read
30. Industrial lasers are most often used for cutting, welding, drilling, and
16. One of history's most spectacular executions were that of Damiens, the A B C
A B C measure.
unsuccessful assassin of Louis XV of France. D
D 31. In the last 10 years, Mexican government has reduced the number of its state-
17. Globes and maps have been important throughout history, but never many so A B C
A B C owned companies to about half.
than today. D
D 32. Psychologists at the University of Kansas has studied the effects of the color
18. Since vitamins are contained in a wide variety of foods, people seldom lack of A B C
A B C D of a room on people's behavior.
most of them. D

19. Psychological experiment indicate that people remember more math problems 33. Montaigne, the illustrious French philosophy, was elected mayor of
A A B C
that they cannot solve than those they are able to solve. Bordeaux, which was his home town.
B C D D

20. The sun is a huge fiery globe at a average distance of 93,000,000 miles from 34. Certain pollens are more likely to cause an allergic reaction than another.
A B C D A B C D
the Earth. 35. Computers have made access to information instantly available just by push a
A B C D
21. Before becoming successful, Charles Kettering, former vice president of
A few buttons.
General Motors, was so poor that he has to use the hayloft of a barn as a 36. Mined over 2,000 years ago, copper is one of the earliest know metals.
B C D A B C D
laboratory.
37. Many of the early work of T.S. Eliot expresses the anguish and barrenness of
22. Despite the metric system is used throughout the world, it is still not A B C
A B C modern life and the isolation of the individual.
commonly used in the United States. D
D
38. A sore throat interferes with daily life by making swallow difficult.
23. Some gorillas beat their chests as an express of high spirits. A B C D
A B C D
39. A farmer's tractor is like a powerful horse, as it plows field, pulls trailers, and
24. Because Walter Reed's efforts and those of the people who worked with him, A B C
A B moves heavy loads.
human beings no longer fear the dreaded disease of yellow fever. D
C D
40. During wedding ceremonies in the United States guests are usually silence.
25. Studying the science of logic is one way to cultivate one's reason skills. A B C D
A B C D

26. The continental shelves is the shallow area of the ocean floor that is closest to
A B C D
the continents.
27. The average adult get two to five colds each year.
A B C D

28. Fishing have been found to contain a particular type of fat that may help
A B C
lower blood cholesterol levels.
D
29. Benjamin Franklin's ability to learn from observation and experience
A
contributed greatly to him success in public life.
B C D
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SECTION 2

1. Birds all over the world _____________ in 6. Despite claims that filters and low-tar tobacco 11. _____________ of commodities by air began in the
distances up to thousands of miles. make smoking somewhat safer, in fact they only 1920s at the same time as airmail service.
(A) migrating marginally reduce, _____________ eliminate, the (A) The shipping
(B) migrated hazards. (B) A ship
(C) migrate (A) none (C) The shipped
(D) are migrated (B) no (D) To ship
2. Cellulose, which _____________ for making (C) not 12. Jan Malzeliger's invention, the "shoe-lasting"
paper, can be foundin all plants. (D) nor machine, _____________ production but it also cut
(A) is used 7. _____________ many of the designs for the new the cost of shoe production by half.
(B) uses capital were considered lost forever, Benjamin (A) not only increased
(C) are used Banneker helped reproduce the original plans. (B) not increased only
(D) is using (A) When (C) increased only
3. _____________ , human beings have relatively (B) During (D) only have increased
constant body temperature. (C) If as 13. It can sometimes _____________ a home.
(A) Alike all mammal (D) How (A) to take months to sell
(B) Alike all mammals 8. A few natural elements exist in _____________ (B) take several months to sell
(C) Like all mammals that they are rarely seen in their natural (C) selling takes several months
(D) Like all mammal environments. (D) to sell taking several months
4. So far there is no vaccine _____________ in sight (A) such small quantities 14. Jellyfish are probably _____________ on Earth.
for the common cold. (B) so small quantities (A) most numerous predators
(A) or curing (C) very small quantities (B) the most numerous predators
(B) has cured (D) small quantity (C) most numerous of predators
(C) or cure 9. Generally speaking, every person_____________ (D) the most predators
(D) having cured the potential to be a teacher, to some extent. 15. In the United States _____________ is the most
5. The Louisiana Territory, an area _____________ (A) has concentrated is New Orleans.
the size of France, was bought by the United States (B) to have (A) French influence the city
from France for $15,000,000 in 1803. (C) having (B) the city where French influence
(A) than more four times (D) have (C) where the city influences French
(B) more than four times 10. _____________ business, a merger is a (D) where the French influence the city
(C) four times than more combination of two or more corporations under one
(D) is four times more than management.
(A) The
(B) At
(C) On
(D) In

16. In 1931 Jane Addams was a Nobel Peace Prize recipient for she 29. As Ingrid Bergman lived a life of courage, she also approached die with
A B C A B C D
humanitarian achievements. courage.
D
30. Residents in some cities can call an electrical inspector to have the
17. Even on the most careful prepared trip , problems will sometimes A B C
A B C D wiring in their house is checked.
develop. D

18. Many people say that California is a state of geographic remarkable 31. The best way to eliminate a pest is to controlling the food accessible to it.
A B C A B C D
diversity. 32. The Earth depends the sun for its heating.
D
A B C D
19. An uncultivated tea plant might grow about 30 feet height. 33. The famous aviator Charles Lindbergh was a early supporter of rocket
A B C D A B C D
20. A galaxy, where may include billions of stars, is held together by research.
A B C D
34. Cholesterol help the body by making hormones and building cell walls, but
gravitational attraction. A B
21. Rocks can be broken apart by water that seeps into the cracks and freeze too much cholesterol can cause heart problems.
A B C C D
in low temperatures. 35. Luther Burbank was a pioneer in the process of graft immature plants onto
A
A B
22. Alexander Graham Bell was once a teacher who run a school for the deaf fully mature plants.
A B C C D
in Massachusetts. 36. With its compound eyes, dragonflies can see moving insects approximately
D
A B C
23. Some fish use their sense of smell as a guide when return to a spawning 18 feet away.
A B C D D
site. 37. An X-ray microscope enables a person to see on solid materials such as
24. In Quebec, Canada, the flowing of the maple sap is one of the first sign A B C
A B C D metal and bone.
of spring. D

25. Antique auctions are getting more and more popular in the United States 38. The United States has a younger population as most other major industrial
A B A B C
because increasing public awareness of the value of investing in antiques. countries.
C D D

26. Archaeological evidence reveals that Native Americans lived on the East 39. Before the invention of the printing press, books have been all printed by
A B A B C D
Coast of the United States 13 centuries before. hand.
C D 40. As the Asian economic miracle spreads throughout the Pacific, wage
27. Diamond itself is the only material hard enough to cut and polishes A B
A B C D increases everywhere is affecting millions of consumers.
diamonds. C D

28. The change from day to night results the rotation of the Earth.
A B C D

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PRACTICE TEST 6
SECTION 2

1. A log grabber has a long arm __________, which 6. Sometimes __________ wears people out and is 11. __________ is often used in soups and sauces.
stretches out to pick up logs. worse than the lack of sleep itself. (A) Parsley, an inexpensive herb,
(A) calls a jib (A) to sleep the desire (B) Parsley is an inexpensive herb
(B) calling a jib (B) the desire to sleep (C) Inexpensive parsley, herb
(C) a jib called (C) to desire sleep is (D) An herb is inexpensive parsley,
(D) called a jib (D) the desire to sleep who 12. Perspiration increases __________ vigorous
2. A home computer __________ an opportunity for 7. Although dissimilar in almost every other respect, exercise or hot weather.
convenient and efficient work at home. birds and insects have both evolved efficient (A) during
(A) provides __________ capabilities. (B) when
(B) to be providing (A) fly (C) at the time
(C) which provides (B) flying (D) for
(D) providing it (C) to fly 13. Goddard developed the first rocket to fly faster
3. Eli Whitney's milling machine remained (D) is flying __________.
unchanged for a century and a half because 8. The wheel, __________ has remained important (A) than sound is
__________ was so efficient. for 4,000 years, is one of mankind's first (B) does sound
(A) it inventions. (C) sound
(B) he (A) how (D) than sound
(C) of (B) when 14. Even if the unemployment rate __________
(D) its (C) which sharply, the drop may still be temporary.
4. Some of the rainwater from clouds evaporates (D) about (A) to drop
before __________. 9. __________ children master the basics, advanced (B) dropping
(A) reaching the ground development becomes easier. (C) have dropped
(B) to reach the ground (A) The (D) drops
(C) reach the ground (B) Once 15. Studies indicate __________ collecting art today
(D) the ground reaches (C) That than ever before.
5. Once an offending allergen has been identified (D) Even (A) there are that more people
__________ tests, it is possible for the doctor to 10. __________ there is a close correlation between (B) more people that are
give specific desensitizing injections. stress and illness. (C) that there are more people
(A) means of (A) Some psychologists believe (D) people there are more
(B) by means of (B) Believed some psychologists
(C) of the means by (C) Some psychologists to believe
(D) by means (D) Some psychologists believing

16. The surface of the tongue covered with tiny taste buds. 32. George Gershwin not only composed popular songs for musicals, also wrote
A B C D A B C

17. Cosmic distance is measured on light-years. more serious concerts.

D
A B C D

18. A million of tourists from all over the world visit New York every year. 33. Among the world's 44 richest countries, there has been not war since 1945.
A B C D
A B C D

19. Whereas Earth has one moon, the planet call Mars has two small ones. 34. Caricature, a type of comic exaggeration, is common used in political
A B C D
A B C D
cartoons.
20. An ardent feminist, Margaret Fuller, through her literature, asked that
A B 35. One and more sentences related to the same topic form a paragraph.
women be given a fairly chance. A B C D
C D 36. Mirrors done of shiny metal were used by the Egyptians in ancient times.
21. No longer is scientific discovery a matter of one person alone working. A B C D
A B C D 37. Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are one of America's national
22. The scientific method consists of forming hypotheses, collect data, and A B C
A B C treasures.
testing results. D
D 38. In his early days as a direct, Charlie Chaplin produced 62 short, silent
23. All data in computer are changed into electronic pulses by an input unit. A B C
A B C D comedy films in four years.
D
24. The basic law of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are taught
A B C 39. Some studies show that young babies prefer the smell of milk to those of
to all elementary school students. A B C
D other liquids.
D
25. A largely percentage of Canadian export business is with the United States.
A B C D 40. Plants absorb water and nutrients and anchoring themselves in the soil with
A B C
26. The famous Jim Thorpe won both the pentathlon or decathlon in the 1912 their roots.
A B C D D
Olympic Games.
27. Acute pharyngitis pain is most often caused by a viral infection, for who
A B C
antibiotics are ineffective.
D

28. Knowledges about cultures provides insights into the learned behaviors of
A B C D
groups.
29. A fiber-optic cable across the Pacific went into service in April 1989, link
A B C D
the United States and Japan.
30. Dislike the gorilla, the male adult chimpanzee weighs under 200 pounds.
A B C D

31. Before lumberjacks had mechanical equipments, they used horses and ropes
A B C
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1. (A) She'll stay for a little while.
(B) She'll talk to him about his raise.
(C) She prefers to continue working.
(D) She'd like a short vacation.
2. (A) The food doesn't have enough seasonings in it.
(B) The man isn't very funny.
(C) She agrees with the man.
(D) She isn't sure about the rice.
3. (A) He's feeling better.
(B) The film wasn't very good.
(C) He didn't enjoy the talk very much.
(D) He will see the woman later.
4. (A) It cost more than he thought it would.
(B) He would like to sell it.
(C) It isn't a very good one.
(D) He got it for a good price.
5. (A) She felt different last week.
(B) Someone cut her hair for her.
(C) She hasn't been the same all week.
(D) She cut her own hair.
6. (A) He'll bring the food quickly.
(B) He needs to write down the woman's order.
(C) He'll send a waiter to the woman's table.
(D) He'll take the food away now.
7. (A) She'll work part-time at the banquet.
(B) She'll try to find a blanket for her guest.
(C) She is still looking for a guest speaker.
(D) She lives too far away to come to the dinner.
8. (A) Who is waiting to see her.
(B) How many people can hear her.
(C) When she can see someone.
(D) What the man said.
9. (A) Give the woman instructions about the phone.
(B) Read the instructions next to the phone.
(C) Pay for his telephone.
(D) Call the woman on the phone.
10. (A) The scholar will arrive shortly.
(B) They didn't get as much money as they needed.
(C) They collected two hundred dollars.
(D) He doesn't know how to do the calculation.
11. (A) He doesn't like to walk late at night.
(B) He has two jobs.
(C) He can't go to the game.
(D) He'll come to the game late.
12. (A) Tony put it together.
(B) He is going to pick it up now.
(C) He will bring it to the picnic.
(D) Tony got it for them.
13. (A) He doesn't know when he'll take a vacation.
(B) He doesn't want to move right away.
(C) He's waiting for the woman to move out of the
dorm.
(D) He needs to move before summer vacation.
14. (A) It isn't ready to use yet.
(B) It can't be fixed.
(C) It needs new legs.
(D) He'll put it in the stable to dry.
15. (A) Work on the assignment a little bit at a time.
(B) Finish the assignment on time.
(C) Take the assignment to someone else this time.
(D) Stop working on the assignment.
16. (A) Continue on in spite of the wind.
(B) Stay home and get some rest.
(C) Wait for a few seconds before deciding.
(D) Go out with the man tonight.
17. (A) Read the directions.
(B) Take back the coffee machine.
(C) Copy the instructions.
(D) Write her a check for the coffee.
18. (A) Report her problem to the police.
(B) Express her opinion to the athletic department.
(C) Go with him to complain about the high fee.
(D) Prepare a speech for students using the gym.
19. (A) His drapes are not attractive, but they keep out the
heat.
(B) It wouldn't be practical for him to buy new drapes.
(C) His new drapes help keep his house warm.
(D) He did not pay a lot of money for the drapes.
Practice Test I (Heinemann 1997)
Listening Comprehension
Section I
20. (A) John will get a good price for Ms bike when he
sells it.
(B) The man who sold John his bike was easy to deal
with.
(C) John paid a good price for his bicycle.
(D) John is always happy when he's riding his bike.
21. (A) He'll get a sandwich with them.
(B) He'll join them after he finishes.
(C) He wants something different this time.
(D) He isn't hungry right now.
22. (A) One faculty member has published far more than
the rest.
(B) Several English faculty have published their
writing.
(C) The number of faculty in the English department
is far from ideal.
(D) One English faculty member has done a lot for the
department.
23. (A) They don't have enough storage space.
(B) They can't afford to buy any bookcases.
(C) This store does not sell books.
(D) All of their books are in storage.
24. (A) Ask someone to take George to the airport.
(B) Take two people to the airport.
(C) Take George to the airport early.
(D) Take someone else to the airport instead.
25. (A) He isn't really serious about taking it.
(B) He is going to have to pay for it himself.
(C) He hasn't mentioned it yet to his roommate.
(D) Someone else is paying for his room and board.
26. (A) She's worried about the rain.
(B) The picnic wasn't a good idea anyway.
(C) Rain won't be a problem.
(D) Since it has started to rain, they should move
indoors.
27. (A) He can't help the woman revise her research paper.
(B) His research paper is due tomorrow.
(C) The woman probably won't be able to finish her
paper on time.
(D) He doesn't know what to do with the woman's
paper.
28. (A) He already belongs to the student association.
(B) He had heard about the nomination earlier.
(C) He is not going to vote for the woman.
(D) He doesn't want to be the class president.
29. (A) She wonders whether Paul has completed his
work.
(B) She promised to help Paul finish his report.
(C) She'll show Paul how to get his work done on
time.
(D) She knows that Paul will do what he promised.
30. (A) He can't wait for Jane any longer.
(B) He'll try to catch them at the gate.
(C) He doesn't want to go to the theater.
(D) He will join them as soon as he can.
PART B
31. (A) A student.
(B) A psychology professor.
(C) Professor Densmore.
(D) A geologist.
32. (A) He overslept.
(B) His alarm clock didn't work.
(C) He needed to stay at home and finish his paper.
(D) He had some alarming news.
33. (A) Sleeping.
(B) Studying computer science.
(C) Finishing a lab.
(D) Writing a paper.
34. (A) He studies too much.
(B) He is to be admired.
(C) He doesn't budget his time well.
(D) He writes very well.
35. (A) The life of a tree surgeon.
(B) A new sport.
(C) Using a throwball.
(D) Trees and their uses.
36. (A) He lost his job as a tree surgeon.
(B) He thinks trees are very easy to climb.
(C) He believes climbing trees is less dangerous and
more accessible than mountain climbing.
(D) He thinks that the equipment for tree climbing is
less expensive and more comfortable.
37. (A) Because Sam was heading toward the mountains.
(B) Because Sam was carrying equipment often used
by mountain climbers.
(C) Because Sam was well-known as a mountain
climber.
(D) Because they both were interested in mountain
climbing.
38. (A) That he climbed a redwood that was leaning.
(B) That he went all the way to California to climb the
tree.
(C) That he spent the night sleeping in the tree top.
(D) That he climbed in the rain.
PART C
39. (A) She had never taught Social Studies 101 before.
(B) She was used to hearing about expectations in her
senior seminar.
(C) She wanted to wait and go over the syllabus at a
later time.
(D) She didn't think the students would like the new
requirement.
40. (A) She preferred teaching twentieth century history.
(B) She had been teaching at Johnsville so shewanted
to return there.
(C) She hadn't yet finished her advanced degrees.
(D) She decided that she preferred teaching.
41. (A) Teaching at the Social Science Research Center.
(B) Studying at Burke College.
(C) Teaching the seminar that Professor Barrett
normally teaches.
(D) Teaching Social Studies 102.
42. .42. (A) A community service requirement.
(B) A senior seminar.
(C) A two-year course on civilization.
(D) A second course covering modem American
history.
43. .43. (A) Its own eggs.
(B) Grass from neighborhood lawns.
(C) Worms and insects.
(D) Mud and sticks.
44. .44. (A) To locate better nesting sites.
(B) To gather materials for nest-building.
(C) To incubate their eggs.
(D) To find warmer temperatures.
45. (A) To look for food.
(B) To find a place to build a nest.
(C) To spend twelve to fifteen days incubating eggs.
(D) To acquire a mate.
46. (A) So she can lay a second set of eggs.
(B) So she can collect grass and sticks to build a nest.
(C) So she can find something to eat.
(D) So she can begin her migration south.
47. (A) A clerk in the college book store.
(B) A professor from the Business and Administration
Department.
(C) Mrs. Stake's assistant.
(D) Mrs. Stake's friend.
48. (A) To talk about the Business and Administration
Department.
(B) To introduce herself and to help orientate the new
students.
(C) To familiarize the students with their teachers.
(D) To introduce the students to Mrs. Stoke.
49. (A) Memorize the names of the teachers and always
do the homework.
(B) Call Mrs. Stoke at home for emergencies and
always leave a message.
(C) Know the hours for the bookstore and always be
on time for classes.
(D) Call home monthly and write letters often.
50. (A) Suzanne will go to class.
(B) Mrs. Stoke will speak to the students.
(C) The students will go to their classes.
(D) Suzanne will show the students around the
college.
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1. (A) They are enjoying a visit after a long separation.
(B) They don't see each other unless they have to.
(C) They will not see each other again for a long time.
(D) They aren't speaking to each other.
2. (A) Let's go to a movie.
(B) Let's stay home.
(C) Why should we go to a movie?
(D) Why don't we go home?
3. (A) She could not afford to fly to Chicago.
(B) She has taken the bus to Chicago only twice.
(C) Taking a plane costs more but saves time.
(D) It is better to go to Chicago on the bus.
4. (A) At an art exhibit.
(B) In a supermarket.
(C) In a shoe store.
(D) In a clothing store.
5. (A) Ted didn't observe the speed limit.
(B) Ted should go to the hospital.
(C) More time is needed to evaluate Ted's condition.
(D) Ted will soon end his emergency training.
6. (A) She doesn't want to practice any more.
(B) They've been dancing since six o'clock.
(C) The dance routine needs more right turns.
(D) She will be ready to practice at six o'clock.
7. (A) It doesn't serve very good fish.
(B) It is an excellent restaurant.
(C) It has slow service.
(D) He'd like to see it again.
8. (A) He ate too much and needs to go to sleep.
(B) He can't wait to see his friends tomorrow.
(C) The woman should wait until tomorrow to have
her party.
(D) He doesn't want to go to the party because it starts
late.
9. (A) She didn't need a ride from the airport.
(B) She might have missed her flight from Boston.
(C) She was taking a trip to Boston.
(D) She had decided not to make the trip.
10. (A) She knew the doctor was fifty years old.
(B) She is not surprised by the man's statement.
(C) The man should wait to see a doctor.
(D) She is shocked by the man's statement.
11. (A) Be understanding toward the woman.
(B) Lower the woman's final grade.
(C) Work hard to get an extension.
(D) Expect the woman to finish her paper first.
12. (A) It hasn't rained much lately.
(B) The woman doesn't like Ray.
(C) Ray is behaving differently than usual.
(D) The class started late because of the rain.
13. (A) The woman doesn't need to type her English
paper.
(B) He doesn't want to type any papers.
(C) Both of the woman's papers should be typed.
(D) There are two papers this term.
14. (A) John's mother can't hear him very well right now.
(B) John's mother isn't here right now.
(C) The telephone belongs to John's mother.
(D) The telephone is not available right now.
15. (A) She lives too far away to go to Jane's presentation.
(B) Jane didn't appear nervous at all during her
presentation.
(C) Jane needs to take lessons in public speaking.
(D) She didn't understand Jane's presentation.
16. (A) Biology 101 won't be offered next semester.
(B) Biology 101 is not popular with students.
(C) She has already taken Biology 101.
(D) She hasn't heard anything about Biology 101.
17. (A) Open the door to the cafeteria.
(B) Look at the lunch schedule.
(C) Get a schedule from someone else.
(D) Wait in the cafeteria for lunch to be served.
18. (A) She might not graduate.
(B) She doesn't like to receive presents.
(C) She might prefer a different gift.
(D) She doesn't wear gold.
Practice test II. (Heinemann 1997)
Listening comprehension.
Section 1.
19. (A) Someone else prepared it for her.
(B) She had to deliver it.
(C) She had a great time preparing it.
(D) Someone will help her prepare it.
20. (A) He will help Jane with her work.
(B) He will work things out with Jane.
(C) He wishes Jane success in her new job.
(D) He wants to apologize to Jane.
21. (A) Joe paid too much for his new car.
(B) Joe is always in a good mood.
(C) Joe is happy with the price he paid.
(D) Joe is going to get a bargain on his purchase.
22. (A) He can't fix the television today.
(B) He hasn't had time to look at the television.
(C) He will refund the woman's money.
(D) He is willing to check the television again.
23. (A) Lend her his notes.
(B) Take her to class.
(C) Give her lecture for her.
(D) Tape record the whole lecture.
24. (A) He has been helping Linda prepare for her class.
(B) He thinks Linda is feeling better every day.
(C) He likes having Linda as a tutor.
(D) Linda would do better if she got a tutor.
25. (A) He has eaten too much.
(B) He disagrees with the woman.
(C) He feels cold.
(D) He would like to shut the door.
26. ) He doesn't really want to move.
(B) He hasn't found an apartment he can afford.
(C) He will be moving very soon.
(D) He hasn't looked for an apartment yet.
27. (A) No one seems to have the book she needs.
(B) She wasn't able to геsеrve her ticket.
(C) She closed the travel agency early.
(D) She has two books to return tomorrow.
28. (A) They should order two more pizzas.
(B) The pizza isn't large enough.
(C) He won't eat any more pizza.
(D) There is enough pizza for everyone.
29. (A) The woman has enough tapes of jazz music
already.
(B) The woman isn't really going to buy any more
music.
(C) He hasn't heard any good jazz lately.
(D) He doesn't like jazz as well as other types of
music.
30. (A) Elizabeth didn't go out of town after all.
(B) Elizabeth changed her schedule.
(C) The man was mistaken about Elizabeth's plans.
(D) Elizabeth will be out of town this week.
PART B
31. (A) How to raise butterflies and moths.
(B) How to photograph insects in the wilderness.
(C) Butterflies and their physical development.
(D) The characteristics of black flies.
49.
32. (A) Butterflies are bigger and more colorful than
moths are.
(B) The antennae of butterflies and moths are
different.
(C) Butterflies are faster flyers than moths are.
(D) Moths have bigger wings than butterflies do. 50.
33. (A) They tickle and cause a rash.
(B) They swarm and bite.
(C) They are too small to see.
(D) They are difficult to catch.
34. (A) They develop inside of cocoons.
(B) They find mates and reproduce.
(C) They learn how to spin silk.
(D) They travel from plant to plant in search of food.
35. 5(A) She slept through her alarm.
(B) She had to see a doctor.
(C) She was writing a paper for Professor Smith.
(D) She was too ill to leave her room.
36. (A) She needs a blood transfusion every eight weeks.
(B) She can't finish her work on time for the next
class.
(C) She becomes ill when she eats cereal.
(D) She has an illness that many other women have.
37. (A) Eat iron-rich foods.
(B) Buy a new alarm clock.
(C) Stop eating cereal.
(D) Call Professor Smith.
38. (A) Her pills.
(B) The assignment.
(C) Professor Smith's handouts.
(D) The notes for Professor Smith's lecture.
PART C
39. (A) Someone who is trying to find a home for a cat.
(B) Someone who has lost a cat.
(C) Someone who might be interested in buying a cat.
(D) Someone who wants to work in a pet store.
40. (A) A common cat
(B) A hungry cat.
(C) A pure-bred cat.
(D) An expensive cat.
41. (A) Loss of blood.
(B) Ancestry.
(C) Training.
(D) Reproducing.
42. (A) They are both very expensive.
(B) They both make good pets.
(C) The history of both can be traced.
(D) They both often go homeless.
43. (A) Life in Norway during Viking times.
(B) Different ocean routes taken by the Vikings.
(C) Methods used in Viking navigation.
(D) The importance of migrating geese in Viking
navigation.
44. (A) The construction of Viking ships.
(B) Viking use of the stars in navigation.
(C) Ingenuity and technology in 900 A.D.
(D) Landmarks.
45. (A) They followed the route of migrating birds
instead.
(B) They wanted to avoid pack-ice.
(C) Along the longer route, they could stop at islands.
(D) They followed the path of the stars instead.
46. (A) Their feeding ground could be used by the
Vikings as a landmark.
(B) They were a good source of food for the Vikings.
(C) The Vikings could follow their migratory route to
find land.
(D) They helped the Vikings find routes through the
ice.
47. (A) They weren't able to travel very far from their
homeland.
(B) They migrated south.
(C) They developed an advanced technology.
(D) They were expert sailors.
48. (A) Harvesting vegetables.
(B) Designing a garden.
(C) Choosing nutritious vegetables to plant in a
garden.
(D) Soybeans.
(A) They contain Vitamin B.
(B) They are more nutritious than other bean varieties.
(C) They are better tasting than green and yellow
beans.
(D) They are easy to plant and care for.
(A) It will be on the final exam.
(B) It is more important than the other vitamins.
(C) It could help decrease stress and fatigue during
exams.
(D) It is found exclusively in soybeans.
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PART A
1. (A) Happy.
(B) Frustrated.
(C) Sleepy.
(D) Full.
2. (A) In a dentist's office.
(B) At the employment office.
(C) In a pharmacy.
(D) In a coffee shop.
3. (A) John likes old movies more than Bill does.
(B) John likes old movies, but Bill doesn't.
(C) Both John and Bill like old movies.
(D) Old movies are really enjoyable.
4. (A) He wants to talk about the project.
(B) He thinks the project is fine.
(C) He agrees with the woman.
(D) The woman shouldn't be worried.
5. (A) Continue with work.
(B) Hold his breath.
(C) Breathe deeply
(D) Rest for a short time.
6. (A) He didn't get the grant he wanted.
(B) He's going to choose another university.
(C) He wants the woman to help him.
(D) He isn't pleased with the university he has chosen.
7. (A) She has to look for the library.
(B) The library is only a little farther.
(C) The man has found the library.
(D) She doesn't know where the library is.
8. (A) Ask the man to fix the lawn mower.
(B) Fix the lawn mower herself.
(C) Take the lawn mower out of the garage.
(D) Stop working in the garage right now.
9. (A) To a beauty salon.
(B) To a furniture store.
(C) To a library
(D) To a clothing store.
10. (A) It only has two chapters.
(B) The last part won't contain any new material.
(C) He doesn't think Charles will ever finish it.
(D) He might be able to help Charles write a summary
of it.
11. (A) Take his typewriter to the library.
(B) Buy a typewriter.
(C) Borrow a typewriter from the woman.
(D) Go to the library to use a typewriter.
12. (A) Find a friend to take her to the party.
(B) Wait until she's feeling better to go to the party.
(C) Go to the party for a short time.
(D) Find the papers for the man to sign.
13. (A) His car lost the race.
(B) He wasn't able to buy the car.
(C) He can't help the woman choose a car.
(D) Someone hit his car from behind.
14. (A) He isn't very interested in the concert.
(B) The concert is too much for him to do.
(C) He is quite interested in the tickets.
(D) He couldn't see much of the concert.
15. (A) Annoyed.
(B) Hungry.
(C) Tired.
(D) Happy.
16. (A) Find another place to sit.
(B) Offer her seat to the man.
(C) Find out who has taken her seat.
(D) Ask the man if she can sit next to him.
17. (A) He has more money than he said he did.
(B) He should hurry up and buy the stereo before he
runs out of cash.
(C) He'll need to run to the bank before he goes
shopping.
(D) He doesn't need to buy anything else right now.
18. (A) The woman should stop staring at him.
(B) He didn't let Susan know about the meeting.
(C) He can't come to a meeting on such short notice.
(D) He left the meeting without the woman noticing.
19. (A) He is still waiting to hear about the position.
(B) Someone else got the job he applied for.
(C) The woman is mistaken.
(D) The woman should accept his position.
Practice test III. (Heinemann 1997)
Listening comprehension.
Section 1.
37. (A) He is looking at the wrong catalog.
20. (A) Rewrite his notes. (B) His advisor has made a mistake.
(B) Ask the woman to look at his notes for him. (C) The registrar will change his grade for him.
(C) Read the woman's notes. (D) He has time to take another class before
(D) Study some more before the test. graduation.
21. (A) Rain might spoil the class picnic. 38. (A) Go sign up for a summer course.
(B) She's not certain she will go to the picnic. (B) Explain his problem to his advisor.
(C) She wonders what the weather forecast will be. (C) Write a letter to the registrar.
(D) She's sure it won't stop raining in time for the (D) Get ready for the graduation party.
picnic.
PART C
22. (A) He lost something that belongs to the woman.
(B) He doesn't know how to play the tape recorder.
39. (A) Distribution of goods and services.
(C) He broke the woman's tape player.
(B) Factories.
(D) He doesn't want to listen to the new cassette.
(C) Today's homework.
23. (A) A difficult boss. (D) Advertising.
(B) A joke.
40. (A) The movement of goods from their sources to
(C) A scheduling problem.
their destinations.
(D) A note from a friend.
(B) The arrangement of products on the shelves.
24. (A) She won't be able to graduate on Friday. (C) The circulation of advertisements.
(B) She doesn't really have to go to Ted's graduation. (D) The manufacturing of goods.
(C) She has a job interview with Ted on Friday.
41. (A) A guest speaker might arrive.
(D) She might not be able to go to the ceremony.
(B) Class might be canceled.
25. (A) Eating the woman's food. (C) There might be a short quiz.
(B) Moving into a dormitory. (D) Homework might be collected.
(C) Finding the woman an apartment.
42. (A) Advertising as an important aspect of marketing.
(D) Fixing the woman's refrigerator.
(B) A comparison between wholesalers and retailers.
26. (A) She should hang up her coat. (C) The manufacture of goods.
(B) She is probably close by. (D) The roles of consumers.
(C) She might not be coming.
43. (A) Changing exhibits.
(D) She was just about to leave.
(B) Permanent displays.
27. (A) He doesn't know what time the group will finish. (C) The tipi village.
(B) The group didn't seem to enjoy talking about (D) The library service.
linguistics.
44. (A) It is too busy today.
(C) The discussion lasted longer than he thought it
(B) It is too far away.
would.
(C) It is too dangerous.
(D) People were bored because the discussion lasted
(D) It is still being built.
too long.
45. (A) The portrait gallery.
28. (A) They need to begin their work by the fifteenth.
(B) The research library.
(B) They should take their lab reports off of the desk.
(C) The sculpture gardens.
(C) They have fifteen minutes to finish their work.
(D) The Indian museum.
(D) They should get to work on their report soon.
46. (A) Because of the large number of visitors.
29. (A) She didn't understand what Gary was talking
(B) Because of construction in part of the museum.
about.
(C) So that visitors could shop for gifts.
(B) She didn't get to see Gary after his presentation.
(D) To give everyone a needed rest.
(C) She didn't like the topic of Gary's talk.
(D) She got tired of thinking about the figures Gary 47. (A) To inform people about how to avoid being struck
was discussing. by lightning.
(B) To explain why lightning often strikes tall trees.
30. (A) He would love to take the woman to the opera.
(C) To point out that lightning often appears in round
(B) He hopes the woman likes opera.
flashes a round boats, airplanes, and steeple clocks.
(C) People who like opera will probably like the new
(D) To encourage people to give up outdoor sports
theater.
during thunder storm season.
(D) He is especially grateful for the downtown theater.
48. (A) Trees provide a good path to the ground for
PART B electricity.
(B) The wood's resistance can cause the electricity to
31. (A) Pigments used in paint production. flash out at people nearby.
(B) Steps in chlorophyll production. (C) Round flashes of lightning that look like fire often
(C) The loss of trees due to disease. strike tall trees.
(D) Reasons for autumn leaf color. (D) Tree limbs can be hit by lightning and fall on
people.
32. (A) A change in the weather.
(B) A radio program. 49. (A) They are big so they offer lots of protection.
(C) A botany lecture. (B) They move around so it is hard for lightning to hit
(D) The woman's hopes to save a dying tree. them.
(C) They conduct electricity into the ground and are
33. (A) Bright autumn leaf color is due to frost and cold.
well-insulated.
(B) Pigments from leaves are used in the production of
(D) They are waterproof and reflect lightning away
paint.
from themselves.
(C) Sunlight is necessary in the production of bright
leaf color. 50. (A) Get on a bicycle or a horse.
(D) The true color of leaves is brown. (B) Find a place to swim so you can get your feet off
the ground.
34. (A) Chlorophyll.
(C) Continue what you are doing as long as you are
(B) Bright sunlight.
not holding a metal fishing rod, shovel, or golf club.
(C) Different chemical pigments.
(D) Stay as low as possible, even getting into a ditch if
(D) Nutrient production.
you can.
35. (A) Graduation requirements.
(B) Graduating with honors.
(C) Planning a graduation party.
(D) Talking to the registrar.
36. (A) He did not get good grades this semester.
(B) He doesn't think he can graduate this spring.
(C) He can't find his advisor.
(D) His grades are not as good as Suzanne's.
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Listening comprehension.
Section 1.
PART A
1. (A) Someone is already using his vacuum.
(B) He's having trouble with his vacuum.
(C) He will need the vacuum to clean out his car.
(D) He is willing to lend the woman his vacuum.
2. (A) In a hotel.
(B) In a furniture store.
(C) In a campground.
(D) In a private home.
3. (A) There is one apartment that is worse than this one.
(B) She doesn't like the size of this apartment at all.
(C) She would like to see the next apartment.
(D) She has never seen a worse apartment.
4. (A) She can't understand why the man is thirsty.
(B) The man ought to go to the laundromat.
(C) The laundromat is too far away.
(D) She will not wash the man's clothes for him.
5. (A) He'll take no more than six courses.
24. (A) He is depending on the woman.
(B) He's not interested in hearing about the woman's
life.
(C) He will not enroll in so many classes.
(D) He'll get his new glasses before fall.
25. (A) She needed to read the book before returning it.
6. (A) Get a better doctor.
(B) Go see a doctor.
(C) Try not to hurt her shoulder.
(D) Look carefully at her shoulder.
26. (A) He needs to return the videos he rented.
7. (A) She can't figure out what is wrong with the car.
(B) She is shocked by what the man has said.
(C) She disagrees with what the man said.
(D) She can't see what is behind the car.
27. (A) The weather might prevent Richard from getting
8. (A) It's Carol's turn to bake one.
(B) He doesn't know when Carol baked it.
(C) He would like to taste it.
(D) He will take it to Carol.
9. (A) He has to be home by eight.
(B) He doesn't have time to eat right now.
(C) He's going to see the woman later.
(D) He doesn't want to gain any weight.
28. (A) He hasn't received any parking tickets.
10. (A) She doesn't understand the man's question.
(B) She'll have the test ready in a few days.
(C) She has a few questions about the man's schedule.
(D) The man may not take the test early.
29. (A) Sam mowed the lawn for her.
11. (A) She was tired of the professor's joke.
(B) She paid a hundred dollars for her new glasses.
(C) She couldn't hear what was being said in class
very well.
(D) She had heard the professor speak many times.
PART B
12. (A) It will carry him far.
30. (A) He didn't know the woman was graduating.
(B) It is certain to improve with time.
(C) It is somewhat limited.
(D) It has developed since he began singing opera.
13. (A) Can he stop and count the sandwiches?
(B) Did she pay for his sandwiches?
(C) Are his sandwiches included in the ones that were 31. (A) In a furniture store.
counted?
(D) Did she put his sandwiches in the picnic basket for
him?
14. (A) She thinks it would be a good idea to go 32. (A) Help the woman clean her apartment.
swimming.
(B) She wants to talk to the man.
(C) She'll loan the heater to the man.
(D) The heat doesn't bother her that much.
33. (A) She is not a good housekeeper.
15. (A)Both Professor Andrews and Professor Larson
refuse late work.
(B) Professor Andrews will accept late work, but
Professor Larson won't.
34. (A) The man will take her.
(C) Professor Larson will take everything except her
papers to the lake.
(D) Professor Larson and Professor Andrews both live
near the lake.
35. (A) That the woman was going to empty her trash.
16. (A) She can help the man this term.
(B) She doesn't know how to help the man.
(C) The man's term paper is well-organized.
(D)She's never seen the man's term paper.
17. (A) Look at his map.
(B) Ask someone else for directions.
(C) Mark the map in the back of his catalog.
36. (A) Saving money.
(D) Tell her where the school catalog is.
18. (A) Greg might not want a sports coat.
(B) The woman should buy me sports coat.
(C) Greg really has enough sports coats.
(D) Greg might prefer a different color.
19. (A) She had to type her report fast.
(B) Someone else typed her report for her.
(C) She will ask her secretary to help her type her
report.
(D) She needs to find a secretary to finish her report. 38.
20. (A) Today's meeting was great.
(B) He doesn't mind the change in the schedule.
(C) He doesn't have time to think about the meeting.
(D) He'll have time to run to the next meeting.
21. (A) He has a lot of free time.
(B) He prefers swimming to anything else.
(C) He went swimming yesterday.
(D) He doesn't like to swim.
22. (A) Drive her to the airport.
(B) Help her with her luggage.
(C) Help her plan her afternoon.
(D) Find her a ride to the airport.
23. (A) Scored exams.
(B) Prepared to take a test.
(C) Worked on a paper.
(D) Wrote the calculus test for his students.
(B) He might be able to help the woman.
(C) He will do anything the woman asks.
(D) He couldn't hear what the, woman was saying.
(B) She hadn't received the book yet.
(C) The clerk forgot to give her a receipt.
(D) She couldn't get her money back.
(B) He won't rent any more videos this weekend.
(C) He wants to rent three videos for Saturday night.
(D) They should watch a video together.
to Minneapolis on time.
(B) Richard will not arrive on time in Minneapolis due
to bad weather.
(C) Richard will call them as soon as he knows more
about the weather in Minneapolis.
(D) The woman shouldn't interfere with Richard's
plans to go to Minneapolis.
(B) The woman has gotten too many parking tickets.
(C) He already knew about the parking ticket.
(D) He doesn't think the woman will get a ticket.
(B) Someone from the landscaping service came and
mowed the lawn.
(C) Sam called the landscaping service for her.
(D) She mowed the lawn.
(B) He doesn't want to be the featured speaker.
(C) He doesn't think the woman should give the
speech.
(D) He didn't know that graduation was so soon.
(B) In the woman's apartment.
(C) In the man's car.
(D) At a party.
48. (A) It does most of the steering.
(B) Exercise with the woman.
(C) Help the woman buy a bed.
(D) Explain what he meant.
49. (A) They like to land in a vertical position with their
(B) She has found a larger apartment.
(C) She has a lot more cleaning to do.
(D) She wants to leave a clean apartment.
(B) She'll drive her car.
(C) She'll take a taxi.
(D) She'll walk.
50. (A) A flying squirrel that has been stuffed for display
(B) That the woman would save her glass containers
for him.
(C) That the woman would go for a bicycle ride with
him.
(D) That the woman was saving her used bottles and
cans for recycling.
(B) Reusing materials that have already been used.
(C) Taking the same bicycle route more than once.
(D) Disposing of trash.
37. (A) It is too expensive.
(B) It takes too much time.
(C) She doesn't have very many recyclable items.
(D) She can't remember to do it.
(A) Go for a walk with the man.
(B) Start saving money.
(C) Start recycling again.
(D) Help the man recycle his cans and bottles.
PART C
39. (A) In the library.
(B) In an auditorium.
(C) Outside on the campus grounds.
(D) In the greenhouse of the biology building.
40. (A) Library science students.
(B) Students interested in attending this college.
(C) Librarians who want to know about the library
collection.
(D) Students who will be graduating from the college
soon.
41. (A) The person who designed the library building.
(B) The author of several books in the library.
(C) The first director of the library.
(D) The biology professor after whom the library is
named.
42. (A) To the biology building.
(B) To the reference section of the library.
(C) To the cafeteria.
(D) To the admissions office.
43. (A) To get hotel management students to be more
diligent about catching thieves.
(B) To educate hotel management students about the
facts of hotel thievery.
(C) To encourage hotel management students to bolt
everything down in their hotels.
(D) To teach hotel management students how to
attracthoneymooners to their hotels.
44. (A) Security devices would have to be installed, and
people who are innocent might be falsely accused.
(B) The cost of implementing security measures is too
great.
(C) Honeymoon couples might stop visiting hotels.
(D) People who are honest throughout their lives often
become thieves when they are in a hotel room.
45. (A) So that guests won't steal them.
(B) It's good advertising when stolen articles end up
elsewhere.
(C) To make people who steal things from rooms feel
guilty about it.
(D) So that other hotels and motels can't use them.
46. (A) They are a big part of the summer hotel business.
(B) They are often young and don't think about what
they are doing.
(C) They usually want something from the hotel to
remind them of their stay.
(D) They are the good side of the problem of hotel
theft.
47. (A) Flying squirrels don't really fly; they simply glide.
(B) A flap of skin serves as a sail on each side of a
flying squirrel's body.
(C) Special muscles control the flying squirrel's glide.
(D) Flying squirrels use their tails to steer around
twigs andtree trunks.
(B) It acts as a sail.
(C) It controls the tension of the potegum.
(D) It helps the squirrel maintain its balance.
tails up.
(B) They like to be able to make slight twists in the
air.
(C) They don't like to have to climb up the trunks to
continue their journeys.
(D) The trees are so close together that the squirrels
don't need to glide.
in the museum.
(B) A flying squirrel who lives at the museum and
demonstrates his glide for visitors.
(C) A resident naturalist who helps give tours of the
museum.
(D) A cooperative student who stays out back to
explain how flying squirrels glide.
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Part A
1. (A) She isn't sure what she wants.
(B) She will certainly have a party.
(C) She is sure about her part for tonight.
(D) She would like to go to the party.
2. (A) On a subway.
(B) In an airport.
(C) In an airplane.
(D) In a bus station.
3. (A) Hungry.
(B) Angry
(C) Tired.
(D) Happy
4. (A) He doesn't know how much the dinner cost.
(B) He is not worried about what the woman owns.
(C) He doesn't own the diner.
(D) The woman doesn't need to pay for her meal.
5. (A) She fell and hurt herself.
(B) She hasn't been able to complete her work.
(C) She finished her term papers on time.
(D) She actually left her papers behind.
6. (A) She never minds repeating herself.
(B) She doesn't want to repeat what she said.
(C) She accepts the man's apology.
(D) She didn't hear the man.
7. (A) He mailed it for George.
(B) He sent it to the woman.
(C) He received it in the mail.
(D) George mailed it.
8. (A) She figured the problem out in her head.
(B) She was ahead of the other students until today.
(C) She didn't think carefully about the problem.
(D) She used her calculator to do the problem.
9. (A) The man had finished the laundry.
(B) The laundry still needed to be washed.
(C) There were no dirty shirts in the laundry.
(D) All the man's clothes were clean.
10. (A) He will lend the woman his book.
(B) He threw the book away.
(C) He doesn't like his sociology book.
(D) The woman should buy her own book.
11. (A) He isn't sure when the school year will end.
(B) He doesn't want to start writing right away.
(C) He needs to read his book before the end of the
year.
(D) He's all booked up until the end of the year.
12. (A) He doesn't like museums.
(B) He's tired of touring this museum.
(C) He thinks a hundred miles is too far to go for a
tour.
(D) He is excited about going to the museum.
13. (A) He didn't understand what she was singing about.
(B) He has a few questions about her performance.
(C) He isn't sure what to ask her.
(D) She was definitely the best performer in the show.
14. (A) He might break the handle on his glass.
(B) He has an advanced physical illness.
(C) The class might be too difficult for him.
(D) His hands have been bothering him.
15. (A) Her award isn't as impressive as it seems.
(B) She encouraged other people from her school to
apply for the scholarship.
(C) Her school has won a number of scholarships.
(D) She hopes to win the scholarship she applied for.
16. (A) He doesn't know where the bag is.
(B) He'll take the woman to the grocery store.
(C) He'll carry the groceries for the woman.
(D) He doesn't really want to go inside the house.
17. (A) The man will be tired if he doesn't get some sleep.
(B) She can't see because her eyes are tired.
(C) She can tell the man how to get rid of the circles
under his eyes.
(D) The man's physical appearance indicates that he is
tired.
18. (A) Sheila didn't make any apple pie for dessert.
(B) He didn't have time to eat any pie.
(C) There was no pie left when he went to get some.
(D) Sheila was gone when dessert was served.
Practice test V. (Heinemann 1997)
Listening comprehension.
Section 1.
19. (A) Borrow money from Mary to buy a car.
(B) Ask Mary if he can borrow her car.
(C) Try Mary's car before borrowing it.
(D) Pay Mary for her car.
20. (A) The man's bike should be safe under the porch.
(B) She will wait on the porch for the man to arrive.
(C) The man can leave his bike on her front porch.
(D) She can't see the man's bike from her house.
21. (A) She only saw part of it.
(B) She couldn't wait until it was over.
(C) She didn't understand it.
(D) She couldn't go see it.
22. (A) He doesn't like French very well.
(B) He speaks French better than the woman does.
(C) He hasn't spent much time in France.
(D) He doesn't speak French very well.
23. (A) He is too busy to finish everything he needs to do.
(B) He is rushing around now so that he will have
morefree time this evening.
(C) He doesn't know what to do with all of his free
time.
(D) He doesn't want the woman to spend too much
timerushing around.
24. (A) She had enjoyed writing her thesis.
(B) She hadn't finished taking classes.
(C) She didn't realize how long it would take to finish
her course work.
(D) She was working faster than had been expected.
25. (A) He has been working at his new job for only a
short time.
(B) It's time for him to apply for a new job.
(C) He hasn't always worked as hard as he could.
(D) It is good to know that he likes his new job so
much.
26. (A) Write a report about her lost purse.
(B) Go tell the police what happened.
(C) Go back to the department store and look for her
purse.
(D) Take her purse across the street to the bank.
27. (A) The soup needs a lot more vegetables.
(B) There is a lot of soup left.
(C) Soup with vegetables in it is healthy.
(D) He likes the way the soup tastes.
28. (A) Buying pictures.
(B) Taking photographs.
(C) Leaving as soon as possible.
(D) Finding a different spot.
29. (A) They can't afford to buy the kind of computer they
want.
(B) They can't find a computer that is powerful
enough.
(C) The computer they have is losing power.
(D) They don't know how to choose a new computer.
30. (A) He will enjoy doing it for his landlord.
(B) He will not receive any help from his landlord.
(C) It will not cost much money to do it.
(D) He is going to pay someone to do it for him.
Part B
31. (A) Differences between anthropology and biology.
(B) Biological approaches to the study of human
beings.
(C) Differences in two approaches to anthropological
study.
(D) Family structure in cultures all over the world.
32. (A) She didn't see the man there.
(B)The first lecture was more difficult than she’d
expected.
(C) The course had a different name than she’d
expected.
(D) She thought she would be studying physical
anthropology.
33. (A) Ancient human tools.
(B) The relationship between parents and children
indifferent societies.
(C) Food crops in various cultures.
(D) Height differences in people from different
cultures.
34. (A) Because he heard it was easier.
(B) Because he is interested in human cultures.
(C) Because he's a biology major.
(D) Because it is a required course for him.
35. (A) His grades have gone down.
(B) He has to go to school this summer.
(C) He doesn't like classrooms without air
conditioning.
(D) He doesn't have enough money.
36. (A) Take summer courses.
(B) Work forty hours a week.
(C) Break up with his girlfriend,
(D) Fly to England.
37. (A) It would keep him too busy.
(B) It would mean that he could go to England this
summer.
(C) It sounds quite romantic.
(D) It would help him pay for is meal card.
38. (A) Look for a cheap airline ticket.
(B) Call his girlfriend.
(C) Sign up for summer courses.
(D) Start applying for jobs.
Part C
39. (A) To present information about several Hawaiian
volcanoes.
(B) To explain a research project about an underwater
volcano.
(C) To demonstrate the latest use of underwater
cables.
(D) To discuss a study of ocean life near underwater
volcanoes.
40. (A) Geologists will bring it back.
(B) It will be sent back by cable.
(C) It will be sent by mail.
(D) It will be sent back through seismometers.
41. (A) Because it is related to work being done in class.
(B) Because she helped produce it.
(C) Because she is excited about it.
(D) Because it is a public television broadcast.
42. (A) The twenty types of manmade fibers.
(B) Rayon.
(C) How nylon is made.
(D) Clothing care.
43. (A) Since 1939.
(B) For a little over a century.
(C) For approximately twenty years.
(D) Since nylon was first invented.
44. (A) It is inexpensive to produce.
(B) It is more durable than other manmade fibers.
(C) It remains a very popular clothing fiber.
(D) It is easy to produce in great quantities.
45. (A) It does not wash well.
(B) It is manmade.
(C) It loses its color in sunlight.
(D) It is not very comfortable to wear.
46. (A) Talk about the production of nylon.
(B) Leave the factory.
(C) Take a break.
(D) Go into the rayon production room.
47. (A) The use of English in shipping and aviation.
(B) The early history of the English language.
(C) The emergence of English as a global language.
(D) The influence of the Roman Empire in Britain.
48. (A) Its publishers don't have the funds to constantly
update it.
(B) It is used only by speakers of English as a first
language.
(C) The use of English is on the decline, so it is hard
to know when to catalog new words.
(D) Many scientific and technical words are very new
and haven't yet been included.
49. (A) No one spoke English two thousand years ago.
(B) English has such a huge vocabulary it is hard to
learn.
(C) Only one half of the world's scientific periodicals
are in English.
(D) Only about 350 million people use English as a
native language.
50. (A) The rise and fall of the Roman Empire.
(B) Evidence that English is not very old.
(C) Problems posed by using English in aviation.
(D) Reasons why English is so widely used today.
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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. The human brain ------- only two percent of an 6. Malaria, which can be fatal if left untreated, is 11. ------- gene in the human genome were more
adult's body weight. transmitted by the female, ------- by the male, completely understood, many human diseases
(A) which makes up mosquito. could be cured or prevented.
(B) it makes up (A) not (A) Each
(C) makes it up (B) however (B) Since each
(D) makes up (C) despite (C) If each
2. The foreign policies ------- the Hoover (D) instead (D) Were each
administration undertook in 1929 were marked by 7. ------- Henry David Thoreau is known for his 12. ------- of the United States grown during a
good will and peaceful purpose. transcendental views. Republican administration.
(A) that (A) He was like his predecessor, Ralph Waldo (A) Rarely the federal government has
(B) where Emerson, (B) Rarely has the federal government
(C) on which (B) His predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, was (C) Has the federal government rarely
(D) of like him (D) The federal government has rarely
3. Children usually turn to their parents rather than - (C) Like his predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, 13. Water, -------, is also one of the most abundant
------ for protection from threats in the (D) That he was like his predecessor, Ralph compounds on earth.
environment. Waldo Emerson, (A) is one of the most critical elements for human
(A) they turn to other figures of authority 8. The tallest bird on the North American continent, survival
(B) authority figures to other the white whooping crane, ------- four and a half (B) one of the most critical elements for human
(C) to other figures of authority feet tall. survival
(D) their turning to other figures of authority (A) stands (C) of which one of the most critical elements for
4. ------- cause extensive damage to Pacific Island (B) which stands human survival
nations each year. (C) it stands (D) one of the most critical elements for human
(A) Because of the high tides and winds during (D) standing survival which
hurricanes 9. For thousands of years, people have used vast 14. ------ extensively by persons who cannot speak or
(B) The high tides and winds of hurricanes amounts of wood for building and ------- their hear, American Sign Language ranks as the fourth
(C) The high hurricane tides and winds which homes. most widely used language in the U.S.today.
(D) That the high tides and winds of hurricanes (A) they heat (A) Relied on
5. Anthropologists ------- within their environments (B) to heat (B) It is relied on
and evaluate the adaptations they have made. (C) heating (C) Relying on it
(A) societies are studied (D) heat (D) To rely on it
(B) study societies 10. Past experience has shown that even well-trained 15. Efforts to provide equal opportunity for
(C) who study societies are ------- overwhelming success in forecasting minorities in the United States ------- from the
(D) their societies are studied interest rates. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
(A) experts do not always have (A) may be said to date
(B) do not always have experts (B) dating
(C) there are experts who do not always have (C) may say to date
(D) always do not have experts (D) to date may be said

16. Chicago's Sears Tower, now the taller building in the world, rises 1,522 feet 28. The world's rain forests are being cut down at the rate on 3,000 acres per hour.
A B C A B C D
from the ground to the top of its antenna. 29. In all human communities, power yields certain advantages and privileges,
D
A B
17. Vitamin E, which is found in nutritious foods such as green vegetables and such as honor, material benefits, and prestigious.
A B C D
whole grains, action as an antioxidant in cell membranes. 30. Scientists used line spectra identifying the element helium in the sun.
C D
A B C D
18. Scientists is currently trying to map the human genome, the blueprint of human 31. The compute of the passage of time has always been associated with the
A B C D
A B
heredity. movements of celestial bodies.
19. A snowflake is a frailty crystalline structure which maintains its delicate shape C D
A B 32. Many environmentalists fear that the earth will run out essential natural
only as long as it is airborne. A B C
C D resources before the end of the 12th century.
20. James Dickey's first poem was published during he was still a senior in D
A B C D
college. 33. The discovered of gold in California in 1848 led to the Gold Rush of 1849.
A B C D
21. Most fatty acids have been find as essential components of lipid molecules.
A B C D 34. The personality traits of children are often similar to those that of their parents,
A B
22. Social stratification can based on many criteria, such as wealth, cultural level, but these traits are not always genetically conditioned.
A B C C D
legal status, birth, personal qualities, and ideology.
D 35. Lecithins and other phospholipids play key roles the structure of cell
A B C
23. In his famous domes, architecture Buckminster Fuller utilized thousands of membranes.
A B D
simple equilateral triangles linked together.
C D 36. Wages and salaries account for nearly three fourths of the total nationally
A B
24. Early in United States history, the rights of woman were championed in income generated in the United States annually.
A B C D
Wyoming, the state where they were first guaranteed the right to vote.
C D 37. Farther evidence is needed to support recent research which suggests that
A B C
25. The most aggressive bees known, the African honeybee is currently swarming certain chemicals found in broccoli may act as cancer preventatives.
A B C D
into North America.
D 38. Contemporary newspaper columnist Russell Baker is noted for his
A
26. Only after Theodore Roosevelt became president did conservation developed commentaries humorous written in the tradition of Benjamin Franklin.
A B B C D
into a major environmental issue in the United States.
C D 39. Nutritional adequacy is hard to achieve on a low-calorie diet; even a small
A B
27. If he were alive today, F.Scott Fitzgerald might be surprised to learn that his person should not try to get by on fewer than twelve hundreds calories per day.
A B C D
novel The Great Gatsby having transcended its own age and turned into a
C D 40. In reality, all biological reproductive begins at the cellular level.
A B C
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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. The life of Benjamin Franklin, a practical man (B) is where Martha's Vineyard 11. When linguists encounter a new language, _______
_______ many stories have been told, was (C) Martha's Vineyard work to identify all of the sounds it contains.
unusually productive. (D) is Martha's Vineyard (A) who
(A) of 7. Franchising offers many advantages to small (B) they
(B) about whom business owners _______ problematic. (C) and
(C) about (A) however it is (D) those
(D) of which (B) even though it is 12. According to recent investigations, unselfish
2. Indiana University, one of the largest in the nation, (C) despite its motives, such as true empathy, _______, and
is located _______ town. (D) it is commitment to a principle, sometimes surpass self-
(A) a small midwestern 8. Although most cats hate to swim, _______ if interest in influencing human behavior.
(B) in a small midwestern necessary. (A) to have solidarity with others
(C) small midwestern (A) can they do so (B) others with solidarity
(D) in small midwestern (B) so can they do (C) solidarity with others
3. _______ his life, Eugene O'Neill was regarded as (C) they do so can (D) one has solidarity with others
the foremost American dramatist. (D) they can do so 13. _______ the lip of an open-pit copper mine, the
(A) It was the time of 9. American author John Updike, _______, spent his huge tractors and cranes below look like toys, and
(B) While boyhood in Shillington, Pennsylvania. people look like tiny ants scurrying about.
(C) During (A) was the only child of a high school (A) Where
(D) By the time of mathematics teacher (B) While
4. _______ Social Security Act of 1935 was written (B) whom the only child of a high school (C) That
to insure workers against unemployment. mathematics teacher (D) From
(A) The (C) the only child of a high school mathematics 14. Not only _______ atoms with their microscopes,
(B) What the teacher but they now can also "feel" them with the aid of a
(C) For the (D) he was the only child of a high school versatile sensing device called the "magic wrist".
(D) After the mathematics teacher (A) are today's scientists able to see
5. Chemists are not sure _______. 10. In practice, setting up a chain of command in a (B) able to see today's scientists are
(A) how precisely can cold fusion occur business can be a very complicated task, _______it (C) today's scientists are able to see
(B) cold fusion can occur precisely how involves the interaction of real human beings. (D) are able to see today's scientists
(C) precisely how cold fusion can occur (A) because of 15. In the seventeenth century, North America was vast
(D) can cold fusion occur precisely how (B) how and unconquered, _______ only at great cost.
6. Just off the Massachusetts coast _______, a (C) as (A) it promised riches but yielded its bounty
popular summer resort area. (D) due to (B) promising riches but yielding its bounty
(A) Martha's Vineyard is (C) by promising riches but by yielding its bounty
(D) its riches were promised but its bounty yielded.

16. For make its nest, the yellow-headed blackbird weaves a small cup and fastens it to have an impact on the tobacco industry in the United States.
A B C D D
to reeds above water. 29. Antarctic blue whales can be 100 foot long and weigh more than any dinosaur
17. Native American beaded designs are often characterized by geometric shaped A B C
A B C that ever lived.
and bright colors. D
D 30. Oil-base house paint is neither easy to work with or quick to clean up, but it is
18. The codfish lays million of eggs each year, only a small percentage of which A B
A B C D often preferred to latex paint because of its high sheen and durability.
actually hatch. C D
19. When the body becomes extremely overheated, it failure to cool itself again, and 31. The colonists who first settled in New England did so because they felt there was
A B C A B C
sunstroke can occur. none social justice in their homeland of England.
D D
20. The preferrins of many Western cultures for maintaining a physical distance of 32. Architect Louis Sullivan commanded the respect of his contemporaries for his
A B C A B
at least three feet during social interaction is well documented in anthropological work on the designed of the first American skyscrapers.
D C D
studies. 33. During the 1850s, the Spanish colony of Cuba was of interest to Southerners,
A B
21. In chronicling her months as a captive of the Wampanoag Indians, Mary
A B who felt they needed it for it increasing political and economic power.
C D
Rowlandson demonstrated his narrative skill.
C D 34. Glucose is different from fructose in its structural formula, but the molecular
A B
22. The nests of most bird species are strategic placed to camouflage them against
A B C formula for these two sugars is the similar.
C D
predators.
D 35. A sealer should be applied at wood surfaces before they are varnished;
A B
23. Few synthetic vitamins and minerals in pill supplements are absorbed so
otherwise, uneven absorption of the varnish may occur.
efficiently by the body that are those occurring naturally in foods. C D
A B C D
36. The high temperatures created by fire are necessary for to split open the
24. On the one hand, most Americans feel that space exploration is a legitimate A B C
A
seed-bearing cones of lodge pole pines.
and important national undertaking; on the contrary, they worry about the D
B C D
37. Mormon leader Brigham Young was too brilliant and strong-willed that he was
amount it costs. A
25. Vitamin К providing the necessary impetus for the synthesis of at least two able to organize the most remarkable religious migration in the annals of
A B C B C D
proteins involved in blood clotting. American history.
D
38. Due to her untimely death, the talented writer Sylvia Plath was never to know
26. If no fossil record were available, the next strongest evidence of the kinship A B
A
how well would her work be received by the American public.
among organisms would to be similarities in the embryonic development of C D
B C
39. From the Mexican War toward the Civil War, the major theme of American
organisms today. A
D
political history was a growing sectionalism interacting with a vigorous
27. The black cherry tree, from which fine cabinets and furniture is made, is found B C D
A B
nationalism.
all across North America, from Nova Scotia to Texas.
B C 40. In Western culture, much attention been given to the subject of social class
A B
28. Research and recommending concerning the dangers of smoking are beginning
A B C conflict, which may cause revolution.
C D

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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. _____ fall naturally into two classes, which can be 6. The Federal Reserve System, _____ under President 11. _____ all citrus fruit originated with the Chinese
further subdivided into several subclasses. Wilson, plays a key role in regulating the U.S. economy. orange.
(A) There are vitamins (A) the establishment in 1913 (A) That the belief
(B) Vitamins that (B) was established in 1913 (B) The belief that
(C) Vitamins (C) established in 1913 (C) To believe that
(D) After vitamins (D) in 1913 they established it (D) It is believed that
2. The incidence of anorexia nervosa, _____ , is growing in 7. In the 1960s, due in part to the invention of air 12. The year 1732 saw the first appearance of Poor
industrially advanced societies. conditioning, the population of the United States _____ Richard's Almanac, _____ Benjamin Franklin created
(A) is an eating disorder a dramatic geographical shift southward. the character of Poor Richard.
(B) an eating disorder which (A) experiencing (A) there
(C) an eating disorder (B) was experienced (B) in which
(D) for which an eating disorder (C) to experience (C) in it
3. In the 1960s, pop art _____ to discover artistic (D) experienced (D) which in
significance in the commercial artifacts of the consumer 8. Antarctica is larger _____ , but it has no native human 13. _____ more susceptible to bacterial contamination
culture. population. than other types of meat because it has more surface
(A) seeking (A) than Europe or Australia does area exposed to bacteria laden air.
(B) to seek (B) Europe or Australia (A) Ground meat
(C) has sought (C) of Europe or Australia (B) Ground meat is
(D) sought (D) than Europe or Australia (C) Ground meat that is
4. Air _____ the carbon dioxide necessary for 9. Whole-grain food products _____ in most large (D) Ground meat being
photosynthesis enters leaves through tiny surface supermarkets across the United States and Canada. 14. Over the past several decades, radio telescopes _____
openings. (A) now can purchase of the universe from the one disclosed by ordinary
(A) contains (B) can now be purchased telescopes.
(B) contained (C) now to purchase (A) have given scientists quite a different view
(C) containing (D) the purchase of which (B) have quite a different view given scientists
(D) it contains 10. A dividend is_____ the only benefit a corporation can (C) quite a different view have given scientists
5. Overexposure to the sun can produce ------ can some offer its shareholders. (D) have they given scientists quite a different view
toxic chemicals. (A) no 15. Nestled along the shoreline of Hudson Bay _____.
(A) more than damage to the skin (B) nor (A) are several recently settled Inuit communities
(B) more damage than to the skin (C) none (B) several recently settled Inuit communities are there
(C) damage more than to the skin (D) not (C) near several recently settled Inuit communities
(D) more damage to the skin than (D) is where several recently settled Inuit communities

16. The field cricket is quite injury to crops and vegetation and does most of its 29. Many New England farmers supplement their incomes with the sold of maple
A B C A B
harmful work at night. syrup tapped from sugar maples growing on their farmland.
D C D
17. Perhaps the most unique thing about carbon atoms are their ability to combine 30. When attempt to explain children's food preferences, researchers are faced with
A B C D A B C D
with themselves. contradictions.
18. Works wrote by Vladimir Nabokov often contain heroes and heroines who 31. Glaciologists now suspect that the Antarctic ice sheet unstable is, but they are
A B C A B
have lived in many places. not yet certain to what extent this instability might cause problems.
D C D
19. Organisms and their cells live by maintaining a constant exchange of elemental, 32. Human infants are not usually able to walk by selves until they reach eleven or
A B C A B C
ions, minerals, and gases. twelve months of age.
D D
20. For the past few years, researchers have perfecting their control over the 33. Scholars of historical change feels that the velocity of history has been greatly
A B C A B C
movements of cells and microbes by using low-power laser beams. accelerated by the onward rush of science and technology during the twentieth
D D
21. The mountain sheep is known for its incredible agility, timid, and ability century.
A B C
to withstand severe cold. 34. Psychologists and psychiatrists are trained to encourage their patients to talk for
D A B C
22. The chimpanzee possesses hand tool, the sticky termite stick, with which it digs the things that are causing them difficulty.
A B C D
termites out of logs and stumps. 35. Food contamination is monitored by the Food and Drug Administration, which
D A B
23. The different layers of the Grand Canyon contain a variety of fossils, including periodically conducts controlled strictly inspections of foodstuffs.
A B C D
algae and seaweed from early historically periods. 36. From the time he was a child, author Herman Melville had a interest in the sea.
C D A B C D
24. The United States government use price supports and cost subsidies to raise farm 37. Booker T. Washington, head of the first industrial school for African Americans,
A B C D A
prices and profits. was as popular with Southerners than he was with Northerners.
B C D
25. The basic factors that enhance health and longevity include vigorous exercise, 38. Peacocks are among the most exotic birds in nature; its long tail feathers fan out
A B A B C D
hereditary, and diet. to reveal a profusion of vivid colors.
C D
26. Fission tracking is a new artifact dating method who promises to have important 39. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, physical techniques making it possible
A B C D A B
archeological applications in the future. to determine the chemical constitution of stars.
C D
27. Biologically produced ceramics, alike those made by mollusks such as the sea 40. In seeking out its representative writers, twentieth-century America seems to be
A B C A B
urchin, remain superior to those produced synthetically. searching for someone who chronicle the chaos and lack of direction reflected in
D C D
28. Contemporary poet James Merrill writes autobiographical verse that building on some contemporary value
A B C
remembrances of his childhood.
D
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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. Copper tubing is the preferred choice of plumbers 6. Spectrographs _____ possible for phoneticians to 11. Declared an endangered species in the United
_____ noncorrosive. analyze the human voice and its speech qualities. States, _____.
(A) since it is (A) make (A) people have gathered the ginseng root almost
(B) because of (B) make it to the point of extinction
(C) it is (C) makes it (B) the ginseng root has been gathered almost to
(D) insofar as (D) are made the point of extinction
2. _____ "cultural diffusion" refers to the spread of 7. Trace minerals are _____ are elements needed in (C) the near extinction of the ginseng root is due to
customs or practices from one culture to another. greater quantities. excessive gathering
(A) To phrase (A) as important to healthy human tissue as (D) gathering the ginseng root almost to the point
(B) Phrased (B) most important to healthy human tissue of extinction
(C) To the phrase (C) to healthy human tissue as important 12. The sudden expansion of heated air associated with
(D) The phrase (D) important to healthy human tissue lightning produces _____ often heard during a
3. _____ born, a baby kangaroo measures less than 8. Balinese cats, which are a cross between Siamese storm.
three inches in length. and long-haired cats, _____ medium length silky (A) thunder is the rumbling sound
(A) One is coats of fur. (B) the rumbling sound, thunder is
(B) When is one (A) they have (C) the rumbling sound, thunder, that
(C) Is one (B) have (D) thunder, the rumbling sound
(D) When it is (C) which have 13. Henry Ford revolutionized production management
4. _____ daily promotes physical as well as emotional (D) having by_____ into small steps on a moving line.
well-being in people of all ages. 9. _____ when a person doesn't eat enough fruit and (A) breaking down auto assembly
(A) Having exercised vegetables. (B) broken down auto assembly
(B) Those who exercise (A) Depleting gradually, potassium can occur (C) he broke down auto assembly
(C) Exercising (B) Gradual potassium depletion can occur (D) auto assembly breaking down
(D) For exercising (C) Since potassium can gradually be depleted 14. In carpentry, _____ "ceiling joists" refers to boards
5. The financial manager's job ------ among the many (D) Since gradually depleting potassium can occur hung down from unfinished ceilings as the
sources of finance for the best interest rates 10. Anthropologist Guy Swenson _____ that witchcraft backbone from which finishing materials can be
available. beliefs are prevalent in societies in which social hung.
(A) to shop around is groups interact without formal mechanisms for (A) to the term (C) the term
(B) to shop around it is social control. (B) is termed (D) to term
(C) is it to shop around (A) he found 15. _____ the 35 years between the end of the Civil
(D) is to shop around (B) found War and the turn of the century, the population of
(C) finding the United States doubled, and manufacturing
(D) was found production increased sevenfold.
(A) Into (C) At
(B) In (D) To

16. One important agent of erosion is the glacier, which is an accumulated of snow 29. Newspapers metropolitan that pride themselves on the quality of their opinion
A B A B C
slowly pressed into ice. articles often have large staffs to write and edit the editorial page.
C D D
17. Ethnolinguists study language as it relates to society, culture, and human 30. Theoretical biologist Aristid Lindenmayer is known for him description of the
A B C A B C
behaving. developmental processes in multicellular structures.
D D
18. It has long been known as an entire cluster of galaxies may sometimes lie buried 31. When the Panic of 1857, some U.S. citizens who had been rich or comfortable
A B C A B
within a vast, dense ball of gas. became poor while a few others, capitalizing on economic shifts, became richer.
D C D
19. Paleoanthropologists believe that prehistoric man was innate a gentle, 32. Many artists receive promote backing from government agencies as well as from
A B A B C
cooperative, food-sharing creature. private individuals and firms.
C D D
20. Many corporate advisors feel that companies that provide their employees with 33. Dr.Frank Conrad's musical radio broadcasts in 1919 led Westinghouse open the
A B A B
recreational time and facilities safe money on health insurance in the long run. first fully licensed commercial broadcasting system in the United States on
C D C D
21. Metal and glass containers can be recycled, and several states are November 2,1920.
A B
currently contemplating mandatory recycling laws for either. 34. The rocks of the Cambrian period of prehistory were formed 500 to 600 million
C D A B
22. The desire to species preservation is a primary motivator for many kinds of year ago.
A B C C D
animal behavior, including reproduction. 35. Organisms that are related are usually identifiable by at less some similarities in
D A B
23. In 1987, molecular biologist L. Mark Lagrimini of Ohio State University cloned anatomical structure and embryonic development.
A C D
the gene in that codes for a type of peroxidase found in tobacco plants. 36. With the development of underwater breathing equipment, helmeted divers
B C D A
24. To fit on an ecosystem, an organism must be able to adapt or become a part of it. can now descend six hundred foot if they breathe a special mixture of gases.
A B C D B C D
25. Arteries with poorly blood flow can leave the heart muscle starved for oxygen, a 37. According to Cherokee legend, a woman named Grandmother Spider brought to
A B C A B C
condition that often leads to heart attack. her people the light of intelligence and to experience.
D D
26. Christopher Columbus first seen Native Americans when he discovered the 38. Many of the mammals that dwell in the desert are active only at a night as the
A B C A B C
Caribbean Islands on October 12,1492. intense heat of a desert day can be fatal to warm-blooded animals.
D D
27. Alpine Saint Bernards are too good at following the scent of humans, even in 39. The building blocks of the proteins necessary for life are amino acids, much of
A B A B
snow, that they are used by ski patrols as rescue dogs. which cannot be synthesized by the body and must be included in the diet.
C D C D
28. The writing of Elizabeth Stoddard was praised by her contemporaries because 40. The cytoskeleton of a cell provides structural support also coordinates cell
A A B C
they was dramatic and direct, possessing a frankness unlike that of most other division, growth, and morphology.
B C D D
writing of the time.
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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. ______ growing awareness of social ills, Edna Saint 6. ______ young, Eugene O'Neill traveled with his 11. Scientists believe that the beaver's instinct to build
Vincent Millay wrote increasingly more somber father's theatrical company, and the stage was an dams is more complex than ______ other animal
poetry during her later years. important part of his life. instinct.
(A) A (A) When was he (A) most
(B) Because her (B) He was (B) all
(C) When a (C) Was he (C) any
(D) Due to her (D) When he was (D) these

2. ______ categorized as lipids. 7. Vitamins are organic compounds ______ and must 12. Considered unique and exotic, ______.
(A) Fats and also oils be ingested to maintain proper bodily functions. (A) over 4,000 American households keep the llama
(B) While fats and oils (A) that they can't be produced by the body as a pet
(C) Fats and oils are (B) the body can't produce them (B) there are over 4,000 American households that
(D) Fats and oils (C) that can't be produced by the body keep the llama as a pet
(D) not produced them by the body (C) the llama is kept as a pet in over 4,000
3. The role of the mass media in influencing public American households
policy decisions, maintaining or changing the status 8. ______ business managers plan the tasks that their (D) the llama kept as a pet in over 4,000 American
quo of our society, and ______ outlets for all types employees are to carry out. households
of views is enormous. (A) It is the organizing process
(A) as it provides (B) They process the organizing 13. Anxiety about uncontrollable situations is thought to
(B) to provide (C) While the organizing process cause ______.
(C) provide (D) Through the organizing process (A) to fitfully sleep
(D) providing (B) fitful sleep
9. Copper is the favored metal for electricians' wire (C) fitful in sleep
4. ______ earth might be experiencing a global because of ______. (D) sleep fitfully
warming trend which could have devastating (A) it is an excellent conductor
climatic effects. (B) its excellent conductivity 14. One of the most influential Virginians of colonial
(A) In the (C) excellent conductivity of it times, ______in England.
(B) The (D) so conductive is it (A) the education received by William Bin
(C) Where the (B) was the education that William Bird received
(D) Whole 10. Chemicals in paint that pose a fire hazard ______ as (C) William Bird was educated
combustible, flammable, or extremely flammable. (D) the education that William Bird received
5. Depressant drugs ______ historically have been (A) are listed
known to be addictive are called narcotics. (B) listed 15. By careful seeding, weathermakers can encourage
(A) and (C) being listed two small clouds to merge into one big cloud
(B) which (D) they are listed ______ produce a powerful thunderstorm.
(C) they (A) so
(D) about which (B) these
(C) which
(D) and

16. The tiny nucleus of an atom is held together by forces powerful capable of 29. Solar astronomers have recently observed bursts of coherent radio waves coming
A B C A B
unleashing great energy. from a specific locations on the sun's surface.
D C D
17. Because of their beautiful coloration, palomino horses does often chosen as show 30. In accordance the wishes of most of his electorate, President Franklin D.
A B C D A B
horses for parades. Roosevelt postponed entering the Second World War until December 11, 1941.
C D
18. The discovering of quarks, minute particles of matter, has led to a new age in 31. Substances such as DDT become more concentrated in each successively level in
A B C A B C
particle physics. an ecological pyramid.
D D
19. Thanksgiving Day, a uniquely North American holiday, is celebrated in the United 32. The rate of stomach cancer is lowest in countries where people don't eat processed
A B A B C
States on the four Thursday in November. meat products than in nations where such foods are consumed.
C D D
20. A square is a geometric shape which is as long as is tall and which has four right 33. Unlike most liquids, which contract when they solidify, water expands by nine
A B C D A B C
angles. percentage when it freezes.
D
21. The incidence of which is now referred to as cryovolcanism, or ice volcanoes, is 34. Raindrops falling on the ocean reduce the number of breaking waves, thereby
A B C A B
quite high on the surface of Triton, one of the moons of Neptune. calming roughness water.
D C D
22. Contemporary poet Alien Ginsberg prides him on his ability to create poetry 35. The languages spoken by the Alaskan Eskimos and the Inuit of northern Canada
A A B
which invites complete emotional and physical participation by its audience. are such similar as to be mutually intelligible.
B C D C D
23. The amount of red meat needed to provision sufficient protein for maintaining 36. According to a Keynesian economist, expects economic conditions to worsen can
A B C A B
good health is estimated at less than four ounces per day. bring about behavior which in fact causes these conditions to worsen.
D C D
24. Neither oil drilling or gas exploration can be prevented from steadily changing the 37. Desiring to leave their own marks of identity inside the White House, most
A B C D A
face of the Arctic. presidents' wives redecorate at least some portion of its rooms as soon as arrival
B C D
25. However unavoidable the Civil War may have been, it was more devastating also there.
A B
exhausting than any European war between 1815 and 1914. 38. Generally speaking, proteins that come from animal sources are complete whereas
C D A B
26. Water and petroleum are the only two liquids what occur in large quantities in those that come from another sources are incomplete proteins.
A B C D C D
nature. 39. Even although he is best remembered as a writer, Walt Whitman was also a
A B C
27. Allowing children to help plan and prepare family meals provides enjoyable newspaper publisher, teacher, and farmer.
A D
learning experiences that later encouraging them to eat the foods they 40. The first domesticated bird in earth was probably the goose.
B C A B C D
have prepared.
D

28. According to many economists, international specialization in the production of

A
some goods, such as cars and computers, increase world efficiency and output,
B C
making all nations richer.
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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. John Denver _______ in October 1997 during a 6. Our ability to see greatly influences _____ we 11. In 1848, men from the Miwok and other Indian tribes
flight in his new aircraft near Monterey, California. perceive the world around us. _____ half of the 4,000 miners working in the Gold
(A) unfortunately killing (A) us Country of California.
(B) he was killed (B) and (A) and made up
(C) to kill (C) how (B) to make up
(D) was killed (D) in which (C) which they made up
(D) made up
2. Iodine, needed for the thyroid gland to function 7. Recovery time after surgery has decreased _____
properly, _____ from iodized salt or seafood. have been developed. 12. Once _____ as a state in 1850, California imposed a
(A) obtaining (A) procedures are less invasive tax of $20 a month on foreign miners.
(B) can be obtained (B) less invasive procedures (A) instituting
(C) to obtain (C) to proceed less invasively (B) instituted
(D) it is obtained (D) now that less invasive procedures (C) the institution
(D) to institute
3. Some experts feel that children lose a great deal of 8. The Cheetah, the fastest bicycle in the world, cruises
what _____ during the school year over the long at nearly 70 mph, _____ reaches speeds up to only 13. Were _____, they would miss up to 30 percent of
summer vacation. 30 mph. their required calories.
(A) they learn (A) the convention of a bicycle (A) not allow young children to snack
(B) do they learn (B) the conventional bicycle (B) with snacks for young children
(C) learner (C) whereas the conventional bicycle (C) no snacks be allowed for young children
(D) learning (D) conventionally, a bicycle (D) young children not allowed to snack

4. Many thousands and sometimes even millions of 9. The koala never drinks water because it gets all the 14. _____ away from the Sun is the pressure of the solar
______ in a single colony. liquid that _____ from the leaves of eucalyptus trees. wind.
(A) ants living (A) the need for it (A) The tail of a comet always points
(B) the lives of ants (B) needing it (B) What keeps the tail of a comet always pointing
(C) ants live (C) it needs (C) Why does it keep the tail of a comet pointing
(D) living ants (D) it needs is (D) The tail of a comet that always points

5. The Pilgrims felt that cold ocean water was bad for 10. The stomach also secretes ammonia, a powerful 15. Motorists spend four times more on car repairs
their health, _____ ate fish when food supplies were alkali, _____ as a neutralizing agent to the gastric resulting from bad roads than _____ state highway
low. acid. departments on maintaining the roads.
(A) they only (A) which acts (A) doing
(B) when only (B) it acts (B) from
(C) so they only (C) acts (C) to do from
(D) because they (D) that act (D) do

16. Lake Superior, located between Canada and the United States, cover nearly thirty 31. At the fourth century B.C., the "thumbs up" gesture was used to give silent
A B C A B
thousand square miles. instructions to Etruscan gladiators in the arena about whether or not to spare an
D C D
17. Ultralight airplanes can being used to guide whooping cranes to their wintering opponent's life.
A B C
grounds. 32. On an accordian, each of the keyboards on either side of the bellows effectively
D A B
18. All plastics have in common the fact that them consist of large organic molecules. resemble individual reed organs.
A B C D C D
19. Euclid was a Greek mathematician who, in 300 B.C., wrote prodigiously a 33. A protective film that is spread over the surface of the eye with each blink
A B A B
monumental work on geometry. formed by tears so that vision stays clear and eyes feel comfortable.
C D C D
20. Boston became the bigger town in the colony called Massachusetts, which 34. A traitor betrays the confidant of his or her country by revealing classified
A B C A B C
was started by the Puritans. information to an enemy.
D D
21. In July 1962, AT&T launches Telstar, which was the first communication satellite 35. Abandoning towns are often called ghost towns, but sometimes a handful of people
A B A B
to transmit telephone and telegraph signals. inhabit these towns that once were home to hundreds or even thousands.
C D C D
22. In 1940, the Oldsmobile corporation produced his first fully automatic 36. A huge counterclockwise swirl of warm moist air with winds greater than 75 miles
A B C A
transmission automobile. an hour, an hurricane is the most extreme form of a tropical cyclone.
D B C D
23. Either insects nor "bugs," spiders belong to the order of Araneida, which includes 37. A moon that forms at the same time as a planet typically orbits around the planet's
A B C A B
not only mites and ticks but also scorpions. equator and found within a few hundred thousand miles of the planet.
D C D
24. Fiber optic tubing carries hundreds of times more information per second than do 38. Most of the more than 50 different blends of coffee imported to the United States
A B C D A B C
wire communication cable. comes from Central and South American countries.
D
25. Many lumber mills shut down in the late 1980s and early 1990s after the federal 39. Ice covers roughly ten percent of the Earth's land surface, which is about the same
A A B C
government restricted logging in an ancient forests of the N orthwest to protect the number as farms.
B C D D
northern spotted owl. 40. In an isosceles triangle, two sides are congruent and two angles are congruent, so
A B
26. Hollywood, a famous center of movie and record production is located the third side and another angle are not congruent.
A B C C D
Southern California.
D
27. Eighteen-year-old gymnast Keri Strugg won the 1996 gold medal even though she
A B
has broken her ankle in the Olympic event.
C D
28. The acrid fumes of the combination of the two chemicals, ammonia and chlorine,
A B
can be fatally to humans.
C D
29. In autumn, many newspapers and magazines publish lists of year chores to prepare
A B C D
a house for winter snow and rain.

30. In 1944, the Martha Graham ballet Appalachian Spring, with music by Aaron
A B
Copland, premiered with Graham in leading role.
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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. Even identical twins _____ fingerprints. 6. ______ trees that are too large for them to haul to a 11. The new electric cars run partially on free energy
(A) distinct nearby stream. _____ installed at businesses have no means by
(B) with distinct (A) Beavers, which often fell which to measure or bill for the electricity used.
(C) having distint (B) The fall of beavers and (A) with rechargers
(D) have distinct (C) Beavers often fell (B) as rechargers
(D) How beavers fell (C) recharging
2. During an introduction, _____ helpful to say (D) using rechargers
something interesting and polite to make the 7. Nearly 100 years ago, doctors in the United States
conversation easier. started recommending peanut butter as a good source 12. When _____ in the early 1940s, the sun's corona was
(A) is of protein, yet nobody _____ who first invented it. found to be a baffling 2.7 million degrees Fahrenheit.
(B) it is (A) knowing (A) measuring
(C) to it (B) with the knowledge (B) was measured
(D) its (C) knows (C) measured
(D) who knows (D) in measuring
3. The substance holding every atom together _____
{gluon{ because it acts like a kind of cosmic glue. 8. Mike Fink was a colorful American frontiersman 13. _____ used to lure children into behaving better can
(A) calling whose adventures _____ of numerous folktales and work at first, but the results are often temporary.
(B) and calling legends. (A) Rewards are
(C) is called (A) served as a basis (B) Rewards
(D) with the call of (B) as the basis serving (C) To reward
(C) the basis to serve (D) Rewards which
4. One of the most committed ______ shouted, "Give (D) to serve the basis
me liberty or give me death!" in a stirring speech just 14. We can determine the family that a bird falls into by
prior to the start of the American Revolution. 9. Apogee, a variety of wheat being developed for _____ like.
(A) Patrick Henry was a patriot growth in space, grows only 18 inches high, _____ (A) what are the shape and behavior of a bird
(B) patriotic Patrick Henry up to 1,000 bushels per acre under constant high (B) what the bird's shape and behavior
(C) patriot was Patrick Henry light. (C) the shape and behavior of a bird
(D) patriots, Patrick Henry (A) it yields (D) what the shape and behavior of a bird are
(B) yet yielding
5. Though rain forests _____ about ten percent of the (C) yet it yielded 15. At no time _____ Susan B. Anthony pay the fine she
Earth's surface, today one half of the rain forests are (D) yet it yields was charged for voting in a presidential election in
gone. 1872.
(A) once covered 10. Nowhere in the United States but in New Jersey (A) did suffragist
(B) one cover _____ so many people per square mile. (B) the suffragist
(C) coverage at once (A) there (C) to the suffragist
(D) covering once (B) there are (D) was suffragist
(C) there is
(D) are there

16. Anyone who has ever skied down a mountain have felt the dual forces of gravity
A B C 31. Most castles in the Middle Ages had water-filled moats and others means of
and friction. A B C
D protection, such as drawbridges, high stone walls, and battle towers.
17. The ordinary short bow was first used 8,000 years earlier the English long bow. D
A B C D 32. Some of the most extensive deposits of taconite, a low-grade iron ore, is located in
18. Insects are an important part of the diet of every hummingbirds. A B C
A B C D northern Minnesota's iron range.
19. The natural immunity that a person gains by having chicken pox when still child is D
A B C 33. Cosmos, zinnias, asters, and bachelor's buttons all linger longer than other summer
apparently very long-lasting in virtually all cases. A
D floral, making them ideal for summer bouquets.
20. Women have marched and dying in battle from the American Revolution to recent B C D
A B C D 34. From the perspective of an observer on the ground, distant images will appear
times. A B C D
projected on the sky if there were an inversion of cool, dense air over a hot air
21. Nearly four billion years ago, the atmospheric conditions on both Earth and Venus
A B mass.
are dominated by carbon dioxide gas.
C D 35. Terns and gulls prefer living on sandy beaches, while ducks and gooses opt for
22. Rain forests help renew ours atmosphere by converting most of the world's carbon A B C D
A B C living on muddy shores or in salt marshes.
dioxide into oxygen.
D 36. Afraid civilians usually flee war-torn cities seeking refuge in more peaceful areas.
23. A platypus is a small animal from Australia that lays always eggs, even though it is A B C D
A B 37. The Himalayas, a mountain range that is still growing slowly, were formed the
a mammal, walks on webbed feet, and eats with a bill shaped like a duck's. A B C
C D collision of India with Asia, landmasses which at one time were separated.
24. The refraction of light waves cause a pencil which is placed in water D
A B 38. The internal pressure of the Earth's molten core forced landmasses to break
to appear bent. A B
C D apart into separate continents billions of years ago, before the Earth's crust has
25. Some concepts that English signals by means of free morphemes are indicated in a C D
A completely cooled.
synthetic language alike Hungarian with bound morphemes.
B C D 39. Comets, which are heavenly bodies with star-like nuclei and tails, appear
26. It is not always true that the higher a person's income, greater the happiness and A B
A B C D luminously when visiting our skies as many as five or more times each year.
inner contentment. C D
40. A black-and-white coat of the giant panda makes it one of the most distinctive,
27. Most white Southerners supported the Civil War to the end out of dedication to the A B
A B appealing, and instantly recognizable mammals in the world.
Confederate nation, which was symbolized Robert E. Lee and the Army of C D
C D
Northern Virginia.

28. The star Betelgeuse, in the large constellation Orion, is so large that were it
A B C
centered in the Sun's position, their radius would extend beyond Mars.
D
29. In California, pedestrians have the right to cross at every intersection in both
A
marking and unmarking crosswalks, unless a sign specifically prohibits crossing.
B C D
30. Scientists tinkering with gene therapy think that they have found a way to make
A B
an unhealthy and malfunctioning hearts grow their own bypasses.
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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. Oxygen is necessary for the survival of most 6. Although the strawberry _____ a fruit, it is actually 11. A fluorescent lamp contains _____ glows with white
organisms, but _____ these organisms. the base of the strawberry flower. light when electricity passes through it.
(A) damaged (A) a look like (A) a glass tube
(B) it can also damage (B) like a look (B) a tube is made of glass
(C) is damaging (C) liking to look (C) a glass tube that
(D) the damage (D) looks like (D) a glass tube that it

2. _____ from the flax plant can be made into linen. 7. Hardly ever _____ out of the loop at work; on the 12. Dogs have more scent receptors than _____, so dogs
(A) Fibers contrary, they often get more work done and see can be trained to smell many things that humans
(B) They are fibers more of their families. cannot smell.
(C) With fibers (A) telecommuters feel (A) do humans
(D) Fibers are (B) do telecommuters feel (B) with humans
(C) the telecommuters (C) too humane
3. About 5,000 years ago, _______ was developed (D) the feeling of telecommuters (D) humanly
simultaneously and independently by both the
Chinese and the Egyptians. 8. Data about butterflies accumulate each Fourth of 13. When the Hubble Space Telescope focused for ten
(A) the fan July as _____ all over the United States participate in days on a dark patch of sky the size of a grain of
(B) fans an annual butterfly count. sand, what initially appeared to be empty space
(C) they were fans (A) butterfly watching _____ thousands of distant galaxies.
(D) it fanned (B) and watching butterflies (A) turned out to be filled with
(C) so butterflies watch (B) it turned out to be filled
4. Jean-Claude Van Damme, usually _______ in hit (D) butterfly watchers (C) turning out to be filled with
movies as the hero, surprisingly is the villain in the (D) and it turned out to fill
movie {No Retreat, No Surrender.{ 9. _____ is lubricated can affect the longevity of the
(A) stars moving parts that rub together. 14. Though _____ on millions of people, "Black
(B) to star (A) How often machines Thursday," the stock market collapse of October 24,
(C) starring (B) A machine often 1929, did not cause the economic depression that
(D) is the star (C) Often a machine followed.
(D) How often a machine (A) having depressing effects
5. Lotto winners _____ their winnings in one lump (B) to affect depressingly
sum, are now being paid in equal annual payments. 10. In the Civil War, about two-thirds of the property (C) have depressing effects
(A) originated the pay of _____ by Southerners was lost, their economy was (D) have depressed effectively
(B) were originally paid wrecked, and much of their land was devastated.
(C) originally paid (A) was owned 15. Should _____ early injections against diseases, they
(D) the pay was originally (B) owned might have a lower risk of infection in late preschool
(C) to own and early school age.
(D) it will own (A) receive
(B) children's reception
(C) be receiving
(D) children receive

16. Most of the rocks in the Grand Canyon is red, but others are green, violet, mauve, 29. The Nile River runs over 4,100 miles from it source in Lake Victoria, Uganda to
A B C A B C D
pink, and dark brown. the Mediterranean Sea.
D
17. Palmer, a famous American penman of the 1800s, realized that speed was more 30. In 1984, space shuttle Challenger astronaut Kathy Sullivan became a first
A B C A B
important than beautiful in commercial handwriting. American woman to walk in space.
D C D
18. A stress-management program has help heart patients reduce their risk of heart 31. At the center of a spiral galaxy is gamma rays so powerful that no organic life
A B C A B C
attacks or their need for surgery by 74 percent. could possibly exist.
D D
19. Many of Van Gogh's painters were based on his personal experiences and feelings. 32. The Tour de France, always held each year during the month of July, is one of the
A B C D A B
20. When two fractions are added, it is important to remember that both fractions must mostly grueling cycling races held all year long.
A B C C D
have commonly denominators. 33. Remnants of warm-blooded, hairy mammoths that roam the Earth millions of years
D A B C
21. In 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message was sending as Justice ago are found in the frozen Arctic regions.
A B C D
Stephen J. Field of California transmitted a telegram to President Lincoln. 34. Benjamin Franklin invented an unusual instrument, the armonica, on which tunes
D A B
22. Giraffes have extremely elastic blood vessels and special valves in their neck veins could be played lively.
C D
which protect they when drinking by controlling the rush of blood to their heads. 35. At least 11 million Americans telecommute, a change in work styles which
A B C D A B
23. The United States was divided into four time zones in 1883, and the year next the represents 30 percent increase in two years.
A B C C D
entire world was divided into 24 standard time zones based on the meridians, or 36. Years ago, dogs with hip dysplasia and another arthritic joint conditions had little
D A B C
lines of longitude. quality of life.
D
24. Anything in our bodies that produces free radicals also increase the possibility of 37. Lincoln had to make a lot of menial jobs, such as splitting rails and delivering mail,
A B C A B C
permanent cell damage. in his early years.
D D
25. A U.S. tax return must be filed if a taxpayer pays income tax payments during that 38. A comparison of the ancient mitochondrial DNA sequences of Neanderthal fossils
A B A B
year or expect an income tax return. to sequences from modern humans indicate that Neanderthals were not ancestors of
C D C D
26. Seventy percent of all cancers can, through a healthy diet and lifestyle, probably Homo sapiens.
A B C
been prevented. 39. Automated highway systems currently under development combine advancing
D A B
27. Bats locate insects by means of sonar, but some moths were able to avoid capture versions of today's cruise control and antilock braking systems and radar with
A B C C
by sending out a jamming signal. magnetic and motion sensors in the road.
D D
28. Fluorescent bulbs, which last ten times as long as incandescent bulbs and use a 40. Greek children gave their toys to the god Apollo and the goddess Artemis when
A B A
quarter of the electricity, are now available in several different form that fit they reached puberty as a sign that childhood had come an end.
C B C D
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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. With 36 black keys and 52 white keys, _____ a total 6. _____ to live at high altitudes, so it is essential to 11. More than 90 percent of all stars _____ from Earth
of 88 keys. nomadic families in the Himalayas in spite of its can be viewed from a mountain on the island of
(A) a piano having stubbornness. Hawaii.
(B) a piano has (A) The yak is able (A) visible
(C) to have a piano (B) The ability of the yak (B) visibility
(D) have a piano (C) For the yak to be able (C) visibly
(D) Because the yak (D) are visible
2. John Chapman of Massachusetts, known as Johnny
Appleseed, _____ 100,000 square miles of the early 7. It was about 500 million years ago when _____ on 12. Rarely _____ in airplanes until famous pilots like
United States planting apple trees as he traveled. Earth. Charles Lindbergh helped to show that air travel was
(A) trekking more than (A) did the first fish appear safe.
(B) he trekked as much as (B) the appearance of the first fish (A) people travel
(C) to trek (C) were the first fish to appear (B) people
(D) trekked over (D) the first fish appeared (C) did people travel
(D) to travel
3. When warm air rises, _____ and cools. 8. Should _____ and strengthen the muscles that
(A) it expands support the back, they will reduce their susceptibility 13. It is rather ironic that the rhinoceros, _____ in mud
(B) so it expands to further injuries. or dust to protect itself from sunburn.
(C) the expansion of it (A) patiently exercise (A) having an armor-plated hide to bathe
(D) its expansion (B) back patients exercise (B) with its armor-plated hide, must bathe
(C) back patients exercising (C) bathing with its armor-plated hide
4. No one knows when _____ to make bread. (D) back patients to exercise (D) with an armor-plated hide it must bathe
(A) the first use of yeast
(B) yeast was first used 9. Expectorants can be very effective for coughs due to 14. The speed _____ traveling when it leaves a track will
(C) the first yeast used conditions causing thick respiratory secretions, affect the distance between the animal's footprints.
(D) was yeast first used though _____ less effective for coughs associated (A) which an animal
with common colds. (B) at which an animal is
5. The intestines are the lower portion of the alimentary (A) with their (C) that an animal which is
canal _____ of an upper long winding part and a (B) because they (D) which an animal is
lower shorter wider part. (C) there
(A) consist (D) they are 15. Viruses need to have more beneficial conditions in
(B) they consist which to replicate than _____.
(C) consisting 10. Although ______ a large percentage of desperadoes (A) in bacteria
(D) it consists and gamblers, Tombstone was perhaps the most (B) do bacteria
cultivated city of its day in the Southwest. (C) bacterial
(A) was attracting (D) to do with bacteria
(B) to attract
(C) attracting
(D) the attraction

16. The oak's leaf canopies can weigh several tons each and catching the wind like a 30. In October 1925, a fifteen-year-old boy named Bill Taynton appeared in
A B C D A
sail. a segment brief on one of the very first experimental television sets.
B C D
17. Surveys have found that women are seeing doctors almost three times as often as 31. The Pilgrims and other early American settlers were like in that they washed their
A A
men and that women are live about seven years longer than men. inner layers of clothes often but only brushed the outer layers clean.
B C D B C D
18. By the 1870s, ice made by machine so that it could be available everywhere, 32. On Manhattan Island, the upper cluster of skyscrapers are about halfway up the
A B C D A B
regardless of the weather. island in what is known as the midtown section.
B C
19. In 1928, Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover spoke of the "American 33. Louis L'Amour's more than 100 works, mostly Westerners that convincingly
A B A B C
system of rugged individualism" in an speech at New York's Madison Square portray frontier life, have sold more than 200 million copies in 20 different
C D D
Garden. languages.
20. Most of the lift in airplanes are caused by negative pressure on the lower surface of 34. In addition to its calls, body language and scent are the most important means of
A B C A B C
the wings. communication among squirrels.
D D
21. Internet browsers should easily allows computer owners to locate information on 35. Leap years are those years which are even divisible by four except for century
A B C A B C
the Internet. years, which must be divisible by 400.
D D
22. The first World Series outside the United States was playing in Toronto in 1992. 36. Hub Beardsley, president of Dr. Miles Laboratories, accidentally discovered the
A B C D A B
23. The moon snail preys on another mollusk by drilling various neat hole in the shell benefits to Alka-Seltzer when he combined aspirin with baking soda.
A B
C D
and devouring whatever is hiding inside. 37. Landfills can be improved simply by adding a layer of earth each day on top the
C D A B C D
24. Only after a glacier accumulates 60 or more feet of ice and snow do the pressure of solid waste and other trash.
A B
the ice mass cause the glacier to move. 38. The moon's reflected light amounts to only a fraction of the light that had been
C D A B C D
25. The name of the Mississippi River is probably derived from either two Chippewa radiated from the sun.
A B C
Indian words meaning "great river" and an Algonquin Indian word, "messipi." 39. The interest in walking is part of the larger reexamination of a city growth patterns
D A B C
26. Handel's Messiah is one of more frequently performed classical selections since World War II.
A
D
to be sung by choruses during the holiday season. 40. Putting together a toy can be made easier by looking at the diagram, reading the
B C D A B
27. During the dry season when water is scarce, elephants would dig for water in a instructions, and then making what is required step by step.
A B C D C D
sandy riverbed.

28. The more subtle presentations of a heart attack can make a diagnoses difficult.
A B C D
29. We usually get measles only once because ours bodies produce special chemical
A B
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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. The _____ in our solar system all revolve around the 6. The Arctic Ocean is rich in plankton, which _____ 11. Government economic analysts are concerned about
Sun. during the summer months. _____ to the economy if prices were to rise so
(A) planets are nine (A) the feed of blue whales quickly that they devalue the money supply.
(B) nine planets (B) feeding on the blue whales (A) is what happens
(C) nine planets are (C) blue whales feed on (B) that it could happen
(D) nine planetary (D) the blue whales that feed on it (C) what could happen
(D) could it happen
2. An outpatient is a patient ______ at a hospital during 7. Mr. Johnson is over 80 years old, _____ over seven
the day but not staying overnight. feet and holds the world pole vault record for his age 12. Were _____ too rapidly between low and high
(A) is treated group. altitudes, they would experience altitude sickness
(B) being treated (A) yet he still because the body must work harder to breathe at
(C) he is treated (B) yet he still pole vaults higher altitudes.
(D) to be treated (C) yet as a pole vaulter (A) with tourists traveling
(D) he still pole vaults (B) tourists to travel
3. Before there were radios and radar, sailors had (C) too touristlike
trouble knowing exactly where _____; however, they 8. A fuel cell is a device _____ chemical energy to (D) for traveling
could often learn their location during the day by the electrical energy.
different colors and patterns on lighthouses. (A) the conversion 13. A tsunami in the open ocean travels much faster than
(A) were they (B) that converts _____ closer to shore.
(B) were (C) it converts (A) does
(C) they were (D) converts (B) does one
(D) they (C) does travel
9. Integra, an artificial skin used to treat severe burns, is (D) travels
4. _____ funnel clouds, are also called cyclones, replaced with a thin graft of the patient's own skin
twisters, or water spouts. _____ have regenerated. 14. In 1994, the spacecraft {Clementine{ orbited the
(A) Tornadoes, twisting (A) the inner dermal cells moon and discovered that at the cold dark corners of
(B) Tornadoes are twisting (B) giving the inner dermal cells' the moon _____.
(C) Twisting tornadoes and (C) as soon as the inner dermal cells (A) the might of water
(D) In tornadoes, twisting (D) with the inner dermal cells' (B) water might be
(C) might be water
5. _____ lizards in appearance, they differ in longevity 10. Windansea Beach is the place where many of (D) water might
and body heat regulation. surfing's pioneers honed their skills before _____ the
(A) Resembling tuataras big waves of Hawaii. 15. Sperm whales _____ among the largest whales and
(B) Resembling lizards, tuataras (A) conquered are the species immortalized in Herman Melville's
(C) Tuataras and (B) conquering classic book {Moby Dick{.
(D) Although tuataras resemble (C) were conquering (A) which are
(D) conquer (B) in
(C) are
(D) they are

16. The rings of Saturn is actually made up of crushed rock fragments that revolve 30. Nasal spray vaccine can prevent influenza in healthy children, who are two to ten
A B C D A
around the planet. times more likely to get the disease than is adults.
B C D
17. The design of the Yale lock is credited to Linus Yale, who adds inclined planes to 31. On the Richter scale, earthquakes measuring below four are less serious than those
A B C A B
the cylinder lock in 1848. register above four.
D C D
18. River otters are well-known for they playfulness and agility in the water. 32. Most cactus have thick herbaceous or woody stems than contain chlorophyll.
A B C D A B C D
19. One of the warning signs of a stroke is unexplained dizziness, unsteady, or sudden 33. The more greatly a person's eating and the less the amount of daily exercise,
A B C D A B
falling. the fatter and the more likely to develop heart disease the person is.
C D
20. Found in virtually all cultures, the evil eye is one of the dreadedest beliefs about 34. When liquid forced through a nozzle is at high pressure, it emerged as a condensed
A B C A B C
bad luck. jet or a spray of droplets.
D D
21. Approximately 1,800 thunderstorms are, at any given moment, occur throughout 35. The egg of a North African ostrich is six to seven inch long and takes no less than
A B C D A B C
the world. 40 minutes to hard-boil.
D
22. The first permanent photographer required an exposure time of nearly eight hours 36. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are known as the "gas giants" because of the
A B C D A B
to be developed. fact that they are made by little or no solid material.
C D
23. In 1921, Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for its work on the general 37. A child who earns a weekly allowance can learn both to do a good use of money
A B C D A B C
theory of relativity. and not to make daily requests for ice cream, candy, or toys.
D
24. All of the marbles existing today was formed millions of years ago deep under the 38. Native Americans granted their own land and with it the power of self-governance
A B C D A B C
Earth. within the framework of federal law.
D
25. Geneticists hope that by altering the genes of certain stem cells they would be able 39. Extended leaves, with or without pay, have become treasured and, over the last few
A B C A B C
to produce a universal donor tissue. years, increasingly common benefit for long-term and even relatively short-term
D D
26. Ice is sometimes use in making concrete by contractors to slow down the employees.
A B C
hardening process. 40. Like volcanoes, mountains are both high and elevated, but they are not like in that
D A B C
27. Fish that live in the depths of the ocean have the specialty ability to maintain the volcanoes are made from the buildup of their own lava, ash, and dust.
A B D
same pressure inside their bodies as the water pressure outside.
C D
28. On May 18,1980, the asleep volcano, Mount Saint Helens, awoke in a fury, killing
A B C D
57 people as it erupted.
29. The emperor penguin is a largest of all penguin species and can grow to a height of
A B C
four feet and weight of ninety-plus pounds.
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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. _____ plays only a few low tones, but it can be used 6. A fir tree growing in nature _____ rather like a 11. Benny Goodman, who made swing music popular,
to accompany other instruments or voices. pyramid. _____ along with his band after performing at the
(A) The primitive bagpipe (A) a tendency to be shaped Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles in 1935.
(B) The bagpipe is primitive (B) the shape tends to be (A) to become an overnight success
(C) Because of the primitive bagpipe (C) tends to be shaped (B) becoming an overnight success
(D) The primitive bagpipe's (D) a tendency of the shape (C) in becoming an overnight success
(D) became an overnight success
2. Cinderella, _____ from ninth-century China, featured 7. The beaver _____, which it uses to propel itself
a noiseless slipper of gold. though the water like a paddle. 12. In the preparation of pie crusts, biscuits, or scones,
(A) was a fairy tale (A) with a thick, flat tail _____ are beaten with the fat until the dough is
(B) a fairy tale was (B) it has a thick flat tail crumbly, at which time the liquids are added.
(C) a fairy tale (C) whose tail is thick and flat (A) the ingredients are dry
(D) it was a fairy tale (D) has a thick, flat tail (B) the dry ingredients
(C) to dry the ingredients
3. Children need to be aware of driving safety, _____ 8. Seabirds lay elongated eggs, _____ less likely to be (D) drying the ingredients
old enough to drive or not. blown out of rocky nests.
(A) they are (A) are 13. A skier making telemark turns _____ to be
(B) to their (B) which are genuflecting down the mountain.
(C) whether they are (C) they are (A) that appear
(D) their not (D) therefore, they are (B) appears
(C) in the appearance
4. _____ of American high school students successfully 9. Geologists know _____ commonly found enveloped (D) appear
pass math courses in elementary calculus. in igneous rock.
(A) The percent is less than two (A) that uranium 14. Superconductivity will revolutionize the way that
(B) At less than two percent (B) that uranium is energy is used for the next millennium, and _____
(C) Less than two percent (C) uranium the first truly superconductive substance will be
(D) With a percent of less than two (D) is that uranium remembered as a technological hero.
(A) what the discovery of
5. The Australian boomerang, curved and flat, _____ to 10. On American rails in 1913 _____ more than 10,000 (B) the discovery of
the thrower. Pullman sleepers, which gave rest to 100,000 (C) whose discovery of
(A) the return passengers a night in the world's biggest hotel chain. (D) whoever discovers
(B) and returned (A) were
(C) returnable (B) train cars were 15. Should _____ California cuisine, you would find an
(D) returns (C) the train cars eclectic mix of Asian, European, Latin American,
(D) being and other influences.
(A) try
(B) you try
(C) trying
(D) you tried

16. A estimated 52 million Americans are doing at least some of their work from home 29. Scanning, dislike reading slowly to find the contextual meaning of a vocabulary
A B C A B
by using computers. word, is a reading skill that requires the reader to skim quickly through a passage
D C D
17. The bee hummingbird of the Caribbean is the smallest of the amethyst woodstar to find a key word or phrase.
A B C
bird. 30. Laser surgery to repair nearsightedness is becoming common over the past several
D A B C D
18. Nearly every plant that develops roots are dependent on the mechanical and years.
A B
chemical environment provided by the silicate structure of clay. 31. Economic reports often focus on unemployment, but underemployment is equally
C D A
19. Levi jeans were first wear by California gold miners and were made popular in the detrimental as underemployed people have either more time or unusing skills to
A B C B C D
1950s by James Dean and Marlon Brando. offer the workplace.
D
20. Small cars are involved in less accidents than large ones, but large cars are 32. Typically less than half of the trees in a coniferous forest is old-growth timber.
A A B C D
considered more safe when involved in accidents. 33. A candle relied on the capillary action of the wick, which keeps the flame
B C D A B C
21. When hunting for fish, dolphins emit loud clicking sounds to confuse theirs prey. supplied with molten wax as it burns.
A B C D D
22. Both helicopters and tiltrotors are capable of vertical and horizontal flight, but 34. Freeware is a category of software that mostly distributed on the Internet or
A B A B C D
helicoptors are neither as fuel efficient nor as speedily as tiltrotors. through computer bulletin boards.
C D
23. The stegosaurus weighed approximately two tons, yet their brain cavity was 35. The sheep industry has been breeding larger sheeps to make lamb chops closer
A B A B
merely the size of a golf ball. in size to pork chops and therefore more attractive to the consumer.
C D C D
24. During flight, the forces of lift and thrust overcomes the counterforces of weight 36. Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes primarily uses the orchestra as the
A B C A
and drag. accompanist, but during "Sea Interludes" the orchestra is lone in carrying the
D B C D
25. The ancient game of chess, once the game of eccentrics, is all of a sudden boom in opera.
A B C D
grade schools. 37. Two presidents of the United States of America were from Vermont; one was
A B
26. The first successful planetary probe has reached Venus in December 1962 after it Chester Arthur, and other was Calvin Coolidge.
A B C
C D
made a stunning 180 million-mile voyage. 38. According to in-the-know analysts, the higher a bull market climbs, the more
D A B
27. Most people do not realize that sixty percent of the English words that are used insecure stock market investments will be and the least likely profit taking will be.
A
C D
every day in this century came from Latin and Greek, two languages early which 39. One of the most electrifying, no soon-to-be-forgotten moments in Super Bowl
B C A B
are seldom spoken today. history occurred in 1989 when quarterback Joe Montana led the San Francisco
D C
28. In 1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect under a Fair Labor Standards Act Forty-Niners 92 yards down the field for the game-winning touchdown.
A B C
D
of 1938. 40. In liquid form, an acid will turn blue litmus paper red and react for bases to form
D A B C D
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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. _____ of the moon was drawn in 1650 by the 6. Rapidly spinning black holes and neutron stars make 11. On the surface of the sun _____ magnetic spots that
astronomer Riccioli. the space around them swirl like water _____ a pump a continuous flow of heat and energy from the
(A) The map was the first drain. interior up to the surface.
(B) He was mapping (A) running down (A) the
(C) The first map (B) which are running down (B) are
(D) Is the first map (C) ran down (C) places are
(D) to run down (D) in the
2. The brain accounts for about two percent of body
weight, but _____ about twenty percent of the 7. _____ well camouflaged in the dappled shade of a 12. {Volunteer Vacations,{ published by Chicago
oxygen that is breathed. high tree branch that it perches on while it waits Review Press, lists opportunities for volunteers to
(A) the use of silently for prey below. travel and work, _____ to teach, help maintain parks,
(B) using (A) The jaguar is assist in archeological digs, or even decorate a Rose
(C) used to be (B) Why the jaguar Parade float.
(D) it uses (C) The jaguar (A) whether they want
(D) The jaguar that is (B) they want
3. Some rodents have biological clocks that tell them to (C) their wants
move around at night when _____ them. 8. _____ was legal to use the American flag in political (D) want them
(A) can predators not easily find advertising before the turn of the century,
(B) to find predators presidential candidates at that time decorated flags 13. Studies have shown that the elderly who are pet
(C) predators cannot easily find with all sorts of slogans and artwork. owners have lower blood pressure than ______ who
(D) with predators (A) It live without pets.
(B) Since it (A) for the elderly to do
4. _____ cud just like a cow, the long-necked African (C) Due to (B) elderly
giraffe survives by stretching its neck to pluck leaves (D) Because (C) do the elderly
off tall trees. (D) to the elderly
(A) It chews 9. What is known as an "open cluster" _____ of
(B) Chewing anywhere between a few dozen and a few thousand 14. If _____ space suits, astronauts have problems with
(C) The chew of stars. radiation and extreme temperatures.
(D) They chew (A) consisting (A) to not wear
(B) that consists (B) do not wear
5. _____ a stiffener in corsets of seventeenth-century (C) it consists (C) no wearing
women, was not really bone but gristle from the (D) may consist (D) not wearing
mouth of a whale.
(A) Whalebone was 10. The second largest number of votes received during 15. Despite its small size and slow gait, the wolverine is
(B) With whalebone, the first U.S. presidential election _____, who an effective predator, for what it lacks in speed and
(C) Whalebone, became vice president under George Washington. size _____ in strength and endurance.
(D) For whalebone to be (A) for John Adams (A) its make-up
(B) went to John Adams (B) making it up
(C) by John Adams (C) it makes up
(D) was John Adams (D) and it makes up

16. Fifty-six percent of Americans with cancer will survived at least five years after 30. Most tulip bulbs should be planted to depth three times their length; therefore, in
A B C D A B C
diagnosis. the case of all but the smaller species of tulips, this should be about four to six
D
17. Under the tongue, there is three pairs of salivary glands. inches.
A B C D
18. Nuclear power plants can provide we with a source of nonpolluting energy. 31. In the Scottish Highland Games, the competitors participate a contest called "toss
A B C D A B
19. The length of the wingspan of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet is greater than the entire the caber," in which they throw logs as far as they can.
A B C
C D
distant of the first flight by the Wright brothers. 32. When the changes of the electric charge in a cloud becomes strong enough,
D A B
20. All of the varieties of blue cheese is made from cow's milk with the exception of lightning flashes within the cloud.
A B C C D
Roquefort cheese, which comes from ewe's milk. 33. In 1833, Ada Lovelace, who took it from herself to explain Charles Babbage's
A A
21. On October 29, 1929, Black Tuesday, prices collapsed amid panic selling, and wonderful ideas about a new machine, helped people to realize the possibilities of
A B B C D
thousands of investors were completely wipes out as America's Great Depression the computer.
C
began. 34. The small intestine, measuring 21 feet in length, is the longest of the wider large
D A B C
22. A ROM (read only memory) chip is able to store memory permanently even when intestine at only 6 feet.
A B C
D
the electric current was switched off. 35. Before Louis Pasteur disproved the misconception, it was widely believed that
D A B C
23. If one eats too quickly without chewing, you might get indigestion. worms will spontaneously generate from mud.
A B C D
D
24. Thomas Edison is best known for inventing the lightbulb, but he also invented 36. Although most U.S. presidents earned degrees from colleges and universities, a
A B
A B
hundreds of other gadgets, and everything that he invented are on display in a little, the most famous of whom were Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln, did not.
C D
C D
museum in Ohio. 37. Knitting machines can be programmed to produce a seemingly endless variety of
A
25. Pineapple motifs symbolizing hospitality often appeared on early American knits, from a lightweight jersey made from a thin yarn to an heavy jacquard
A B
B C D
cooking molds used for serving both puddings or fancy desserts. incorporating thick yarns.
C D
26. In the late 1800s, publications used drawings rather than photographs, so good 38. A Howdy Doody marionette and more than 100 other pieces of memorabilia from
A B
A B
illustrations were well paid. the classic children's television show bought for more than $300,000 at auction.
C D
C D
27. When a gorilla drinks water, it first soaks the back of it hand and then sucks the 39. Before they were aware that they were crushing alive creatures, divers walked on
A B C
A B
water out of its fur. coral reefs, breaking the fragile skeletons of these marine polyps and killing whole
D
C D
28. In 1948, the new chemical compound polyethylene allowed the inventor Earl S.
A
sections of coral colonies.
Tupper to develop Tupperware, which is remarkably pliant and looks attractively. 40. Other than moving the right hand as a guide under the line of print, other way to
B C D A B C
29. Bomb dogs, as opposed to patrol or attack dogs, complete a several-month
A B
increase reading speed is to read just above and not below the line of print.
D
intensive trained program before qualifying as FAA-certified dogs.
C D

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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. _____ by placing a numerator over a denominator, 6. Outdoor climbers have to lug equipment into the 11. _____ the developer of the modern safety
fractions represent the parts between whole numbers wilderness and hook it up before _____ to scale the mechanisms in elevators, allowed himself to be sent
on the number line. rock. up in an elevator and to have the cable cut to
(A) Formed (A) finally beginning demonstrate the effectiveness of his emergency
(B) They are formed (B) begin the final braking system.
(C) The form (C) the final beginning (A) Elisha Otis was
(D) They form (D) finally begun (B) It was Elisha Otis who was
(C) Elisha Otis, who was
2. _____ of covering the mouth during a yawn 7. Biologists _____ what happens to healthy plant and (D) Elisha Otis, whose
developed as a measure to keep life from escaping animal life when a river becomes choked with
through the mouth. nitrogen and phosphorus. 12. One of the most important ways in which the body
(A) The custom (A) who are concerned about _____ to produce energy.
(B) It was customary (B) are concerned about (A) uses food
(C) Customarily (C) the concern about it (B) uses food is
(D) It accustomed (D) they are concerned about (C) the use of food is
(D) is the use of food
3. _____ to see children vaccinated against rotavirus 8. Using Robot Super Achilles, a diverless submersible,
since it leads to nearly 900,000 deaths annually. _____ can photograph shipwrecks up to 2,000 feet 13. Articulatory phonetics involves the study of _____
(A) Some scientists would like deep, and they can also deploy parachutes to bring are produced, described, and classified according to
(B) Hoping artifacts up to the surface. their properties.
(C) Scientists hoping (A) for archeologists to be underwater (A) phones
(D) For some scientists (B) underwater archeologists (B) how phones
(C) archeologists are underwater (C) how phones which
4. At the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin (D) with archeologists underwater (D) how phones that
_____ of circus items from the past and present.
(A) a collection is 9. According to documented research, _____ each other 14. Of the 80 million aspirin tablets taken daily by
(B) a collection and are willing to help each other, the crime rate is Americans, somewhere between 30 and 50 percent
(C) is a collection lower. _____ as preventive medicine for cardiac diseases.
(D) to collect (A) trusting neighbors (A) are taken
(B) wherever neighbors trust (B) to take
5. Due to the technology of vulcanization, the sneaker, (C) the trust of neighbors for (C) they are taken
_____, was invented and so called because of its (D) neighborhood trust (D) taken
quiet footfall.
(A) is useful 10. Elliptical galaxies are more oval and compact than 15. Neither _____ nor can sport sailors get an accurate
(B) is used as an athletic shoe _____. reading on compasses near Split Rock because of the
(C) a rubber-soled athletic shoe (A) with spiral galaxies iron ore in Lake Superior.
(D) a shoe is made for athletes (B) are spiral (A) merchant sailors can
(C) are spiral galaxies (B) merchant sailors
(D) to spiral (C) merchant sailors do
(D) can merchant sailors

16. What once concerned a few obsessed enthusiasts has became the norm for an 30. The first bread was probably done in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East from
A B A
increasing number of drivers, who realize that periodic detailing protects the value wild grasses long before wheat was even cultivated.
C D B C D
of their automobiles. 31. Deep beneath the Nevada desert is aquifers containing enough fresh water to make
A B C
17. A calf can refer to a baby cow, hippo, antelope, or whales. the arid land bloom.
A B C D D
18. Alaska, which is the largest state in the United States, has more than 20,000 square 32. A well-trained falsetto voice stands in the same relationship to a tenor voice as the
A A B C
miles of inland water, which amounts to more water than seven of the states fifty recorder and the flute.
B C D D
have. 33. A person with normal color vision can, regardless of how pale the colors may be,
A
19. Kauai, the wettest of the Hawaiian Islands, boast an annual rainfall of 480 inches. distinguishing among more than 100 different hues of color.
A B C D B C D
20. World's youngest chess champion is Garry Kasparov, who won in 1985 at the 34. Any one of a number of widely distributing lizards characterized by long, shiny
A B C A B C
age of 22. bodies, smooth scales, and short legs can be referred to as skinks.
D D
21. Although chromium prevents rusting in steel, it would make the alloy more brittle 35. The first doctor who is recognized as the father in modern medicine was the Greek
A B C A
when it is added. physician Hippocrates, who is thought to have lived from 460 to 370 B.C.
D B C D
22. One ladybug can eat as much as 50 aphids in a day. 36. Whether neutrinos contain mass or are massless, particles is something that still
A B C D A B C
23. Pasteurized milk is much safer than untreated milk because they do not contain puzzle physicists.
A B C D
D
harmful bacteria. 37. Brands were first registered about 1850 as a legal record of cattle ownership
A B
24. The catalytic converter ensures that nearly all the harmful hydrocarbon emissions county recorders so that ranchers had some defense against cattle rustlers.
A B
C D
from a car is processed before being released as exhaust. 38. The San Diego Wild Animal Park's horticultural department has successfully
C D A B
25. The Sydney Opera House, finished 1973, sits on the water's edge and resembles a cultivated aloes, cycads, euphorbias, cactus, and tree ferns.
A B C
C D
ship with billowing sails. 39. By sensitively registering light from stars and galaxies too faint to be seen by other
D A
26. In 1934, bank robber Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd shot to death at a farm in East telescopes, the Hale's 200-inch mirror illuminated vast regions of a universe, to
A B C D
B C
Liverpool, Ohio. which humans previously had been blind.
D
27. Although some species of birds lay eggs on bare rocks, most of they prepare a nest 40. The invention of the integsrated circuit in 1958 had led to the development of the
A B C D
A B
in which to lay their eggs. microchip and advent of the computer age.
C D
28. As an increasing number of Americans take pets with them when they travel,
A
directories for pet-friendliness hotels and activities have become popular.
B C D
29. Educators and others say that chess teaches a growing and maturing children
A B
discipline, logic, and the analytical skills crucial in today's world.
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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. When studying serology, medical students ______ 6. Even though fairly accurate weather models have 11. The Dalton Gang, which was notorious for its train
about the properties of blood. been developed, _____ enough to use for weather robberies, was practically _____ while attempting to
(A) to learn forecasting. rob a pair of banks in Coffeyville, Kansas.
(B) learn (A) because they are not yet reliable (A) in wiping out
(C) learning (B) yet without reliability (B) to wipe out
(D) with learning (C) they are not yet reliable (C) wiped out
(D) still not reliable (D) wipe out
2. The 3,750,000 people living in the country of the
Ivory Coast ______ a small country, with only 7. Images _____ that gases at the center of the Milky 12. In 1620, 41 Pilgrims aboard the {Mayflower{, which
124,500 square miles of area on the west coast of Way Galaxy rotate at thousands of miles per hour, was anchored off Massachusetts, _____ that called
Africa. indicating a powerful gravitational force. for a "body politick."
(A) they inhabit (A) from space have revealed (A) a compact was signed
(B) actually (B) revelation from space (B) to sign a compact
(C) to inhabit (C) they have revealed from space (C) signing a compact
(D) inhabit (D) from space that revealed (D) signed a compact

3. Because of El Ni*o, high winds, heavy surf, and 8. Tuberculosis rates in New York City dropped 13. Never _____, household cleaning sprays, or solvent-
possible flooding _____ for the winter of 1997-1998 sharply in the 1920s _____ horses, decreasing the based cleaners be used on the seat belts of a car.
in Southern California. amount of bacteria-laden dust in the air. (A) detergents should
(A) to be predicted (A) cars replaced (B) detergents
(B) all predictions (B) as cars replaced (C) the use of detergents
(C) were all predicted (C) replacing cars (D) should detergents
(D) predicting (D) replaced cars
14. _____ of an ecosystem eventually affects those
4. _____ in water and on land, so they are generally 9. Like man, _____, which it uses to manipulate its species higher up.
considered to be accurate indicators of food. (A) Whatever affects the lowliest member
environmental health. (A) raccoons have opposing thumbs (B) Whatever the effect on the lowliest member
(A) Frogs living (B) the raccoon has opposing thumbs (C) The lowliest members
(B) Because frogs live (C) the raccoon which has opposing thumbs (D) What is the affect on the lowliest member
(C) The life of frogs (D) the opposing thumbs on the raccoon
(D) Frogs live 15. Should _____ in use, the horizontal movement along
10. British scientist John Fleming, _____ vacuum tube, a fault line can be measured continuously.
5. _____, the 38th president of the United States, paved the way for the development of radio and (A) a creepmeter be
became president in 1974 following the resignation television. (B) a creepmeter
of Richard Nixon. (A) developed the (C) a creepmeter has it
(A) Because Gerald Ford (B) who developed the (D) it be a creepmeter
(B) Gerald Ford was (C) he developed the
(C) Gerald Ford (D) whose development of the
(D) When Gerald Ford

16. In 1836, Sam Houston was inaugurates as the first constitutionally elected 29. In addition of finding out that no two snowflakes are the same, Wilson W. Bentley
A B C D A B
president of the Republic of Texas. also found that they all have six sides and are usually formed from flat, platelike
C D
17. On May 20, 1861, North Carolina voted to secede from a United States. crystals.
A B C D
18. Some of the Great Barrier Reef lie underwater, but at least 200 islands dot its 30. Just alike a legend, the primary purpose of a fable is to tell people how they should
A B C D A B
length. live because it also ends with a moral.
C D
19. When a spider builds a web, it first had used a tough thread to construct the outer 31. Morton Gould, a popular conductor and composer of not only musicals and ballets
A B C D A B
frame. and symphonies, died in 1996.
C D
20. The koala looks like a small bear, but they are actually part of the marsupial 32. The study of the stone implements of the Paleolithic and Neolithic people have
A B C A B C
family. helped us to understand how these early people lived.
D D
21. The shamrock became increasingly identify with St. Patrick's Day when the story 33. The more greatly a person's eating and the less the amount of daily exercise,
A B A B
circulated about St. Patrick's sermon incorporating the three-leaf clover as an the fatter and the more likely to develop heart disease the person is.
C D C D
illustration of the divine Trinity. 34. In order for a doctor to practice medicine in any hospital, it must be proved that the
A B
22. The skins of potatoes contain dietary fiber as well as an number of vitamins and doctor has the qualifiers to do so.
A B C C D
minerals, including potassium and iron. 35. Sir Walter Scott's book, Rob Roy, is evoked lovely in Hector Berlioz's Scottish
D A B C
23. The most advanced version of Intelligent Transportation Systems has already be concert overture "Rob Roy Macgregor."
A B C D D
given the capability to direct a vehicle to move forward, steer, and stop without 36. Histamines are chemicals released when irritants trigger the body's many allergic
A B C
help from the driver. responses, which include a swollen blood vessels, lowered blood pressure, and
D
24. Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca was one of only four explorers who were still itching.
A
live at the end of a 1528 expedition to what is now known as Tampa Bay, Florida. 37. According to legend, Romulus and Remus, who founded the great city of Rome,
B C D A B C
25. Only if it is kept out of circulation does coins become a mint-quality collector's were suckled a she-wolf.
A B C D D
item. 38. Each year, hundreds of thousands of earthquakes with magnitudes lesser than 2.9
A B C
26. Some fire extinguishers produce a burst of carbon dioxide gas, which inhibited on the Richter scale occur.
A B D
burning by starving the fire of oxygen. 39. Identity theft occurs whenever personal identifying information stolen and used to
C D A B C
27. Unlike other organs, the cornea is not supplied with blood vessels but instead receive credit in that person's name by a thief.
A B D
gets it oxygen as air comes into direct contact with the surface of the eye. 40. The alumnus from universities and colleges are asked to support their alma maters
C D A
28. On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was final inaugurated after being in generously to help defray tuition costs for future students.
A B B C D
production for 25 years from the initial conception of the idea to its actual
C D
realization.

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Structure and Written Expression
Section II

1. _____ called exoskeletons because they have 6. The surrealistic movement in art in the 1920s and 11. Only rarely _____ in the wild because they lack the
external skeletons. 1930s _____ on the unconscious, so it often pigments that normally provide protective coloration
(A) When anthropods are incorporated dreamlike images. and screen against the sun's ultraviolet rays.
(B) For anthropods to be (A) placed an emphasis (A) albino animals survive
(C) Anthropods are (B) emphasizing the place (B) the survival of albino animals
(D) Are anthropods (C) the place of emphasis (C) for albino animals to survive
(D) to emphasize the place (D) do albino animals survive
2. _____, the most powerful god in Norse mythology,
is the source of the modern English word 7. In 1911, the Philadelphia Athletics became the first 12. The imaginary world of virtual reality, _____ the
"Wednesday." team to issue press pins to reporters _____ the World impression of moving about in a three-dimensional
(A) Woden Series. realm, can be entered by donning a special mask and
(B) Woden is the god (A) the coverage of gloves.
(C) To Woden (B) covering (A) gives the user
(D) Woden is the (C) it covered (B) the user is given
(D) covers (C) to whom the user gives
3. A tachometer, usually placed on the dashboard of a (D) which gives the user
car, _____ the rpm's of the engine. 8. About 300 million years ago, there _____ of trees
(A) the measure of unlike those in existence today. 13. Talking on a cellular phone while driving _____ as
(B) measurably (A) they were huge expanses studies show that talking while driving has the same
(C) to be measured (B) huge expanses were accident rate as drunk driving.
(D) measures (C) huge expanses (A) has proven risky
(D) were huge expanses (B) prove the risk
4. In addition to Roman numerals, capital letters, and (C) proof of the risk
Arabic numerals, small letters _____ to organize 9. In the United States, California began the wind- (D) proving the risk
ideas in outlines. power trend in the 1970s when natural gas and _____
(A) using threatened. 14. The braincases of Neanderthals were longer, lower,
(B) the use of (A) was coal being and wider than _____ of modern humans.
(C) usually (B) coal were being (A) that
(D) can also be used (C) when coal (B) were those
(D) coal (C) if those are
5. The starlight that we see today _____ 1,500 years (D) were
ago. 10. Antibiotic overuse _____ underlies many health
(A) which left the constellation Orion problems that begin in the digestive system. 15. _____ where Colorado's largest gold nugget was
(B) it left the constellation Orion (A) is often what discovered, Breckenridge had an isolated location,
(C) to leave from the constellation Orion (B) which often high altitude, and bitter climate that kept most gold
(D) left the constellation Orion (C) what often prospectors away.
(D) is often the cause (A) Though it
(B) Though
(C) It was
(D) To be

16. Saliva not only washes away food particles but also possessing natural antibiotics. 31. Each of the brain's nearly 100 billion neurons are interconnected by an elaborate
A B C D A B C
17. Soon after a caterpillar forms a chrysalis, it would become a butterfly. network of dendrite fibers.
A B C D D
18. The aurora borealis is so translucent that us can see stars shining through it. 32. The swept-back wings of a jetliner enable them to cruise at high speed but also
A B C D A B
19. Not only do a chimney carry away smoke from a fire, but it also acts as a require high takeoff and landing speeds.
A B C C D
ventilator, providing more air for the fire. 33. On October 26, 1881, the gunfight at the OK Corral took place in Tombstone,
D A
20. With a television audience of 25 billion, World Cup Soccer has ten times Arizona, and during the gunfight, three members of Ike Clanton's gang were killed
A B C B C
the most viewers of the Olympic Games. and Wyatt Earp's brothers wound.
D D
21. The Hubble Space Telescope images of deep space show us how the universe 34. In 1858, plastic was developed when a serious shortage of ivory prompted a New
A B A
appears some 13 billion years ago. England manufacturer of ivory billiard balls to offer a ten-thousand-dollar prize for
C D B
22. When you suck through a straw, the air in the atmosphere presses down on the a suitably substitute.
A B
C D
liquid and pushes it up through the straw into yours mouth. 35. Fish markets often carry alive shellfish as well as fresh fish.
C D A B C D
23. The Library of Congress Washington, D.C. has received two free copies of every 36. Acrylic is synthetic material that mimics wool, but acrylic is lighter in weight and
A B C A B C
copyrighted book in the United States since 1870. less itchy.
D D
24. The double skin and watertight compartments of the Titanic was not able to 37. It is a sure sign that wet weather is in its way when the scales on a pinecone start to
A B A B C
prevent the vessel from sinking. close up.
C D D
25. In Roman mythology, Cupid generally proved benevolently, though he could 38. The first photocopy was taken on October 22, 1938 by Chester Carlson, a patent
A A
sometimes be mischievous in matchmaking at the behest of his mother Venus. clerk who has invented the process to make his job easier.
B C D B C D
26. A Boston-based energy consulting firm has, by combing oxygen and hydrogen 39. Trust is one of the most difficult characteristics for teammates to develop because
A A
from gasoline, came up with a fuel cell that produces energy. placing one's fate in someone else's hands is somewhat counter to the American
B C D B C
27. In 1939, nylon stockings were selling publicly for the first time in Wilmington, way of life, in which independence is revering.
A B C D
D
Delaware by a major retailer. 40. Highly successful concert pianists need both extremely accurate technician and
A B C D
28. Each Barnum and Bailey and Ringling Brothers programs which predates 1919, wonderfully emotive expression.
A B C
when the two circuses merged, is a collector's item.
D
29. Alike the Sioux, who followed the buffalo over great distances, the tribes east of
A B C
the Mississippi tended to remain in small areas and found their food by fishing,
D
hunting, and gathering berries and nuts.

30. Some of the raisin grown for commercial production are dried quickly in heated
A
sheds and treated with sulfur dioxide to prevent spoilage.
B C D

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