Structure and Written Expression
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Structure
1 Wind motion can be observed in the mesosphere by ______ the trails of meteors passing through it.
(A) to watch (B) watching (C) watched (D) watch
2 Thomas Edisons first patented invention was a device ____in Congress.
(A) votes counted for (B) had been counting votes (C) for counting votes (D) be a counted vote
3 Clara Bow, a popular actress in the 1992s,retired______she was unable to make the transition from silent films to sound films.
(A) nevertheless (B) in spite of (C) because (D) and for
4 Built in 1882,the Kinzua Viaduct in Mckean County, Pennsylvania, is open only to those visitors _____ are able to walk its 2058-foot length.
(A) who (B) to whom (C) which they (D) that which
5 A bridge must be strong enough to support its own weight _____ the weight of the people and
vehicles that use it.
(A) as well (B) so well (C) as well as (D) so well as
6 The swallows of Capistrano are famous _____ to the same nests in California each spring.
(A) to returned (B) who returned (C) they returned (D) for returning
7 In the fourteenth century, ____ that glass coated with silver nitrate would turn yellow when fired in an oven.
(A) the discovery (B) it was discovered (C) with the discovery (D) if it was discovered
8 _____ recurring fear is out of proportion to any real danger, it is called a phobia.
(A) When (B) Whereas (C) Which (D) Whether
9 Many modem photographers attempt to manipulate elements of photography other _____ in their photographs.
(A) than light is (B) than light (C) being light (D) light
10 For any adhesive to make a really strong bond _____ to be glued must be absolutely or grease.
(A) and surfaces (B) when surfaces (C) the surfaces (D) surfaces that
11 Although still underwater, Loihi Seamount, the newest Hawaiian island, _____ closer to the
surface by frequent volcanic eruptions that add layers of lava to the island.
(A) brought (B) to be brought (C) being brought (D) is being brought
12 _____unstable and explodes as a supernova is not known.
(A) For a star to become (B) how a star becomes (C) A star becomes
(D) That a star is becoming
13 Not until linoleum was invented in 1860 _____hard-wearing, easy-to-clean flooring.
(A) any house did have (B) did any house have (C) house had any (D) any house had
14 Hiram Revels, the first Black member of the United States Senate, served as senator from
Mississippi, an office _____ he was elected in 1870.
(A) which (B) to which (C) and which (D) being which
15 Oceans continually lose by evaporation much of the river water _____.
(A) to constantly flow into them (B) is constantly flowing into them (C) constantly flows into them (D) constantly flowing into them
Written Expression
16 Because of it consists only of a relatively short strand of DNA protected by a shell of protein,
__________ _____ _____
ABC
a virus cannot eat or reproduce by itself.
______
D
17 The oxygen in the air we breathe has no tasted, smell, or color.
__________ _____ ______
ABC D
18 In 1977 Kathleen Battle was hired by the New York metropolitan Opera, where her became
__ _______ ___
A B C
the star soprano.
__
D
19 The aardvark is a mammal that burrows into the ground to catches ants and termites.
___ ___________ ______
ABC D
20 Because of the availability of trucks and easy access to modern highways, the locate of farms
____
A
has become relatively unimportant with respect to their distance from markets.
_______________ ____
B CD
