PART A
1. Question : In addition to the more traditional simple oven many__________ either by circulating heated air around the food or by heating the moisture contained in the food with microwaves, and a few do both.
Answer : C. Modern oven function
2. Question : ________ many communication companies are now able to offer radio and television broadcasts over the internet.
Answer : D. With the introduction of advanced technology.
3. Question : From the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, technology ________ people are beginning to imagine there are no limits to what we can achieve.
Answer : C. has progressed to the point that.
4. Question : A trap ______ disguise is what has come to be called a Trojan Horse, from the ancient story of the gift ot the wooden horse from the Greeks.
Answer : D. offered as a gift in
5. Question : Telecomuting is a new form of work ______ to work, such as fathers with children, the chance to work while remaining at home.
Answer : A. affording those previously unable.
6. Question : It is the lack of gravity on the moon that makes ______ lepas of 30 feet or more
Answer : A. possible
7. Question : It is believed that the modern bird ______ the pterodactyls that existed millions of years ago
Answer : B. evolved from
8. Question : Although ______ a successful film, none of her other works have to date been adapted to the film format.
Answer : D. Amy Tan’s best known novel, The Joy Luck Club, made.
9. Question : The advent of the personal computer and easy access to information via the internet has allowed many more enterpreuners _________ than ever before.
Answer : C. opening bussinesses home-based
10. Question : ________ “orca” means whale, the orca is actually a member of the dolphin family, the delphinds.
Answer : C. While
11. Qusetion : Many modern critcs of American literature have called Mark Twain, born Samuel Clemens, _________.
Answer : C. America’s greatest writer
12. Question : its area of defense, afort should be built on an elevation and with some sort of natural feature of the landscape to obstruct direct access to the fort.
Answer : A. To better protect
13. Question : An iron smelting forge _________ ore into usable metals.
Answer : A. melts.
14. Question : The one in charge of a meeting _______ toward the end of the meeting.
Answer : D. generally tables important topics.
15. Question : Sufficient gravitational force is ______ atmosphere; otherwise will drift off into space.
Answer : D. necessary to retain a planet’s.
PART B
Direction : Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be grammatically correct.
16. Question : Because of the enormous pull gravitational of the Moon, the shape of the Earth
A B
actually changes as the largest oceans are “pulled” toward the Moon.
C D
Answer : A. gravitation
17. Question : Only with the advent of refrigerator were most Americans able to begin to
A B C
consume fresh meat.
D
Answer : A. refrigerators
18. Question : The smaller of all nine planets in the solar system is Pluto.
A B C D
Answer : A. smallest
19. Question : The funcion of a biologist is both to describe organisms in minute detail also to
A B C
understand why they behave as they do.
D
Answer : C. also to and
20. Question : According to all findings to date, the known universe consists almost entirely of
A B C
the hydrogen.
Answer : D. hydrogen
21. Question : Because of their flexibility, reeds and straw are able to endure harsh winds that
A B
other more brittle materials like brick and concrete would not be able to
C
withstanding
D
Answer : D. withstand
22. Question : Before hay can be processed and sold, it is typically bundled into boxlike bales so
A B C
that it can be more easily transport
D
Answer : D. transport transported
23. Question : Most of the birds living in desert regions inhabits the fringers of the desert.
A B C D
Answer : B. inhabits
24. Question : Areas of rocks may shifts up or down on each side of a fault
A B C D
Answer : B. shift
25. Question : From the 1850s until after the turn of the century, many of America’s super-rich
A
families made Newport his favorite summer resort.
B C D
Answer : D. his their
26. Question : Of Jane Austeen’s six great novels, the first four were published anonymous
A B C
during her lifetime
D
Answer : B. were was
27. Question : Clarence Birdseye is best know for developing a process for freezing food in small
A B C D
packages.
Answer : B. known
28. Question : It was as a direct result of the widespread implementation electricity that the US
A B C
had a source of light other than gas lights.
D
Answer : C. implementing
29. Question : The Smithsonian Istitution in Washington D.C is home to the largest collecting of
A B
Native American artifacts in the United States, most of which remain uncatalogued
C D
and hidden from public view.
Answer : B. collection
30. Question : In the modern era, face-to-face communication is becoming near as uncommon as
A B C
hand-written letters.
D
Answer : B. nearer
31. Question : The leaves of most coniferous species are slender and length
A B C D
Answer : D. length long
32. Question : Like an airplane, a helicopter have to control sticks instead of one.
A B C D
Answer : C. have has
33. Question : Much bright young stras lie along the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy.
A B C D
Answer : A. much many
34. Question : Hippocrates believed that health depended on the balanced of the four fluids of the
A B C D
body : blood,phlegm,bile,and black bile.
Answer : C. balance
35. Question : Because mistletoe berries are poisonous, everyone with Christmas decorations
A
containing mistletoe need to be aware of the potential danger.
B C D
Answer : C. needs
36. Question : The earliest known artworks were done by cavemen which used a mixture of clay,
A B C
chalk and burned
D
Answer : C. which who
37. Question : The Earth’s crust is composed of fifteen Plates which float on the partially molten
A B C
layer below they.
D
Answer : D. they them
38. Question : The cabinet consist of secretaries of departments, who report to the president, give
A B
him advice, and helping him make decisions.
C D
Answer : C.help
39. Question : Operas can be broadly classfied as either comedies or they are tragedies.
A B C D
Answer : C. without they are.
40. Question : During the annualy salmon migration from the sea to fresh water, Alaska’s
A B
McNeil River becomes a gathering place for brown bears waiting eagerly to catch
C D
their fill.
Answer : A. annual
