SECTION 2. STRUCTURE. 1. The North Pole __________ a latitude of 90 degrees north.
A.
A) has
B.
B) is having
C.
C) which is having
D.
D) it has
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2. __________ greyhound, can achieve speeds up to thirty-six miles per hour.
A.
A) The
B.
B) The fastest
C.
C) The fastest dog
D.
D) The fastest dog, the
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3. The Mayflower was bound for Virginia, but a hurricane __________ off course.
A.
A) blew it
B.
B) to blow it
C.
C) it blew
D.
D) blowing it
4.
4. The greenhouse effect occurs __________ heat radiating from the Sun.
A.
A) when does the Earth's atmosphere trap
B.
B) does the Earth's at atmosphere trap
C.
C) when the Earth's atmosphere traps
D.
D) the Earth's atmosphere traps
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5. The Rose Bowl, __________ place on New Year's Day, is the oldest postseason collegiate football game in the United States.
A.
A) takes
B.
B) which takes
C.
C) it takes
D.
D) took
6.
6. Experiments __________ represent a giant step into the medicine of the future.
A.
A) using gene therapy
B.
B) use gene therapy
C.
C) they use
D.
D) gene therapy uses
7.
7. __________ off the Hawaiian coastline are living, others are dead.
A.
A) Coral reefs
B.
B) Some types of coral reefs
C.
C) There are many types of coral reefs
D.
D) While some types of coral reefs
8.
8. People who reverse the letters of words __________ to read suffer from dyslexia.
A.
A) if they tried
B.
B) when trying
C.
C) when tried
D.
D) if he tries
9.
9. Featured at the Henry Ford Museum __________ of antique cars dating from 1865.
A.
A) an exhibit is
B.
B) an exhibit
C.
C) is an exhibit
D.
D) which is an exhibit
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10. Rubber __________ from vulcanized silicons with a high molecular weight is difficult to distinguish from natural rubber.
A.
A) is produced
B.
B) producing
C.
C) that produces
D.
D) produced
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11. __________ in scope, romanticism was a reaction against neoclassical principles.
A.
A) Mainly literary
B.
B) It was mainly literary
C.
C) The main literature was
D.
D) The literature was mainly
12.
12. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) __________ came about as a result of the National Security Act of 1947.
A.
A) what
B.
B) it was
C.
C) was what
D.
D) it was what
13.
13. Oil shale is a soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock __________ oil and natural gas are obtained.
A.
A) from
B.
B) is from
C.
C) is which
D.
D) from which
14.
14. __________ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical illusion.
A.
A) The Moon
B.
B) That the Moon
C.
C) When the Moon
D.
D) The Moon which
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15. According to the World Health Organization, __________ there to be an outbreak of any of the six most dangerous diseases, this could be cause for quarantine.
A.
A) were
B.
B) they were
C.
C) there were
D.
D) were they
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SECTION 2. Written Expression. 16. Segregation in "public/A" schools was "declare/B" "unconstitutional/C" by the Supreme Court "in/D" 1954.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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17. Sirius, the Dog Star, is the "most brightest/A" star in the sky with "an absolute/B" magnitude about twenty-three "times/C" "that/D" of the Sun.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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18. Killer whales "tend/A" "to wander/B" in family "clusters/C" that hunt, play, and "resting/D" together.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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19. Some of the "most useful/A" "resistor/B" "material/C" are carbon, metals, and "metallic/D" alloys.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
20.
20. The "community/A" of Bethesda, Maryland, was "previous/B" "known/C" "as/D" Darcy's Store.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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21. J. H. Pratt used "group/A" therapy "early/B" in the past century "when he/C" brought tuberculosis patients together to discuss "its/D" disease.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
22.
22. Alloys of gold and copper "have/A" been "widely/B" "using/C" in "various/D" types of coins.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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23. The United States has "import/A" all carpet wools in "recent/B" years because "domestic/C" wools are "too fine/D" and soft for carpets.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
24.
24. banks are rushing to merge because consolidations "enable them/A" to "slash/B" "theirs/C" costs and "expand/D"
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
25.
25. "That/A" water has a very high specific heat "means/B" that, without a large temperature change, water can "add or lose/C" a large "number/D" of heat.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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26. Benny Goodman was "equally/A" talented as both a jazz "performer/B" "as well as/C" a classical "musician./D"
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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27. "No longer/A" "satisfied/B" with the "emphasis/C" of the Denishawn School, Martha Graham "is moving/D" to the staff of the Eastman School in 1925.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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28. Irving Berlin "wrote/A" "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" "while serving/B" in "a/C" U.S. Army "during/D" World War I.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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29. "Shortly/A" before the Allied "invasion/B" of Normandy, Ernest Hemingway "has gone/C" to London as a war "correspondent/D" for Collier's.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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30. During the 1960s, the Berkeley campus of the University of California "came to/A" national attention as a "result/B" its "radical political/C" "activity./D"
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
31.
31. Because of the flourish with "which/A" John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence, "his/B" name "become/C" "synonymous/D" with signature.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
32.
32. On the "floor/A" of the Pacific Ocean "is/B" hundreds of "flat-topped/C" mountains "more than/D" a mile beneath sea level.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
33.
33. William Hart was an "act/A" "best known/B" for "his/C" roles "as/D" western heros in silent films.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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34. "Prior to/A" an extermination program "early in the/B" last century, "alive/C" wolves roamed across "nearly/D" all of the North America.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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35. The state seal still "used/A" in Massachusetts "designed/B" by Paul Revere, "who/C" also designed the first Continental "currency./D"
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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36. Artist Gutzon Borglum "designed/A" the Mount Rushmore Memorial and worked on "project/B" from 1925 "until/C" "his/D" death in 1941.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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37. It is proving less "costly/A" and more "profitably/B" for drugmakers "to market/C" "directly/D" to patients.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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38. Sapphires "weighing/A" as much as two "pounds/B" have "on occasion/C" "mined./D"
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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39. "Like/A" snakes, lizards can "be found/B" on all "others/C" continents "except/D" Antarctica.
A.
(A)
B.
(B)
C.
(C)
D.
(D)
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40. Banks, savings and loans, and finance companies "have recently/A" been "doing/B" home equity loans with "greater frequency/C" than "ever before./D"
