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1. 1. The role of the ear is ____ acoustic disturbances into neural signals suitable for transmission to the brain. A. it coding B. so that coded C. coded D. to code

2. 2. • In addition to ____a place where business deals are made, a stock exchange collects statistics, publishes prices quotations, and sets rules and standards for trading. • A. being • B. it is • C . that which • D. where is

3. 3. • Virtually ____ species have biological clocks that regulate their metabolism over a 24-hour period. • A. all there are • B. all • C. all are • D. they all

4. 4. • According to United States criminal law, insanity may relieve a person from the usual legal consequences____. • A. what his or her acts have • B. of his or her acts • C. of his or her acts are • D. what of his or her acts

5. 5. • The imagist movement in poetry arose during the second decade of the twentieth century ____against romanticism. • A. when a revolt • B. as a revolt • C. a revolt was • D. that a revolt

6. 6. • The first inhabitants of the territories ____Canada came across the Bering Strait and along the edge of the Arctic ice. • A. make up that now • B. make up now that • C . that now make up • D. that make up now

7. 7. • ____ need for new schools following the Second World War that provided the sustained thrust for the architectural program in Columbus, Indiana. • A. Since the • B. To be the • C . The • D. It was the

8. 8. • The soybean contains vitamins, essential minerals, ____high percentage of protein. • A. a • B. and a • C . since a • D. of which a

9. 9. • Hail is formed when a drop of rain is carried by an updraft to an altitude where ____ to freeze it. • A. is the air cold enough • B. the air cold enough • C . the cold enough air • D. the air is cold enough

10. 10. • Geometrically, the hyperbolic functions are related to the hyperbola, ____ the trigonometric functions are related to the circle. • A. same • B. just as • C . similar to • D. and similar

11. 11. • ____, Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes, having erupted dozens of times since 1952. • A. The big island of Hawaii’s location • B. Locates the big island of Hawaii • C . Located on the big island of Hawaii • D. On the big island of Hawaii’s location

12. 12. • Not until the eighteenth century ____ the complex chemistry of metallurgy. • A. when scientists began to appreciate • B. did scientists begin to appreciate • C .scientists who were beginning to appreciate • D. the appreciation of scientists began

13. 13. • ____ 1810, water-powered textile manufacturing arrived in New Hampshire with the founding of a company in Manchester that manufactured cotton and wool. • A. As early as • B. In the early • C. Early • D. When early

14. 14. • The settings of Eudora Welty’s stories may be rather limited, but ____about human nature is quite broad. • A. exposes • B. exposes that • C . she exposes • D. what she exposes

15. 15. • Lichens grow extremely well in very cold parts of the world ____plants can survive. • A. where few other • B. few others • C . where do few others • D. there are few others

16. 16. • The pear tree has simple, oval leaves that are smoother and shinier than them of the apple. • A. has simple • B. that are • C. shinier • D. them

17. 17. • In the orbit of a planet around the Sun, the point closest to the Sun is called it the perihelion. • in • planet • around • called it

18. 18. • In the early 1900’s, Roy Harris created and promoted a distinctly American style of classical music and greatly influenced a number of composer in the United States. • and promoted • distinctly • style • composer

19. 19． • The eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of North American ports, particular Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, as major commercial centers within the British empire. • emergence • particular • as major • within

20. 20． • Guitarlike instruments have exist since ancient times, but the first written mention of the guitar itself is from the fourteenth century. • exist • but • mention • itself

21. 21． • The law of biogenesis is the principle what all living organisms are derived from a parent or parents. • the • what • living organism • or parents

22. 22． • Onyx is a mineral that can be recognized its regular and straight parallel bands of white, black, or brown. • Recognized its • Straight parallel • Of • Or

23. 23． • There are as many as 200 million insects for every human beings, and in fact their total number exceeds that of all other animals taken together. • are as many as • human beings • that of • other

24. 24． • Native to South America and cultivated there for thousands of years, the peanut is said to have introduced to North America by early explorers. • Native • And cultivated • Is said • Have introduced

25. 25． • Originally canoes were made by the hollowing out of logs and used were for combat as well as transport. • Originally • Hollowing • Used were • As well as

26. 26． • Among the symptoms of measles, which takes about twelve days to incubate, are a high fever, swelling of glands in the neck, a cough, and sensitive to light. • among the • to • are • sensitive

27. 27． • Ice crystals in a glacier tends to melt and recrystallize within a brief moment of travel on a downhill glide. • tends • melt • recrystallize • brief

28. 28． • Photograph was revolutionized in 1851 by the introduction of the collodion process for making glass negatives. • photograph • by the • of • for making

29. 29． • The piano is a stringed musical instrument in which the strings are strike by felt-covered hammers controlled by a board. • a • instrument • strike • hammers controlled

30. 30． • The sounds used in human languages to create meaning consist of small variation in air pressure canbe sensed by the ear. • the sounds used • to create • pressure can • be sensed

31. 31． • The mountains, especially the Rocky Mountains, formerly constituted a seriously barrier to east-west trade in British Columbia. • especially • seriously • to • in

32. 32． • Telescopes are frequently used in astronomy to collect light from a celestial object, bring the light into focus, and producing a magnified image. • frequently • to collect • into • producing

33. 33． • Diamond is the hardest known substance, so diamond can be cut only by another diamonds. • diamond is • substance • can be cut • another

34. 34． • There are about 350 species and subspecies of birds in danger of become extinct, with a large number of them, 117 in all, found on oceanic islands. • there are • become • of them • in all

35. 35． • The nineteenth-century romantic movement in art was partially a reaction to what was perceived as overemphasis on reasonable and order in neoclassicism. • movement • partially • what • reasonable

36. 36． • Like triglycerides, cholesterol is a type of fat that is both consumed in the diet but manufactured by the body. • like • of fat • is • but

37. 37． • Both the United States silver dollar and half-dollar, first minted in 1794, had a figure of Liberty on one side and a eagle on the reverse side. • both • silver • first • eagle

38. 38． • For an advertisement to be effective, its production and placement must to be based on a knowledge of human nature and a skilled use of the media. • for an • and placement • to be based • skilled use

39. 39． • While photosynthesis in green plants, light energy is captured and used to convert water, carbon dioxide, and minerals into oxygen and energy-rich organic compounds. • while • energy • to covert • minerals

40. 40． • The Democratic Party, the most oldest existing political party in the United States, has played a vital role in the nation’s history. • most oldest existing political • has • in • history