1. In 1864 Nevada enter the United States as _______ thirty-sixth state.

(A) in the
(B) to be the
(C) was the
(D) the
D

2. Bob Stephenson, a biologist in Alaska who studies the Canadian lynx, a type of wildcat,
has
learned ______ from studying their tracks in the snow.
(A) how lynx hunt
(B) lynx hunt how
(C) how hunt lynx
(D) lynx how hunt
A

3. ______ lay eggs , but some give birth to live young.

4. Author Sraah Jewett established her literary reputation with Deephaven, a collection of
sketches ______.
(A) with rural Maine life
(B) that life in rural Maine
(C) about life in rural Maine
(D) life in rural Maine
C

5. By means of various types of wind tunnels, ______ simulate most of the flight conditions
to which an airplane is subjected.
(A) which aeronautical engineers can
(B) aeronautical engineers can
(C) the ability of aeronautical engineers to
(D) aeronautical engineers, being able to
B

6. ______ planes in flight between airports , air traffic controllers rely on radar.
(A) Tracked
(B) Track of
(C) To track
(D) Of tracking
C

7. The operating principles of the telephone are ______ they were in the nineteenth century.
(A) the same as today
(B) the same today
(C) the same today as
(D) today what the same.
C

8. Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie used part of his wealth _______ more than 2,500 public
libraries in English-speaking countries between 1881 and 1919.
(A) helped in building
(B) helped him to building
(C) to help build
(D) his help in building
C

9. Not until 1949 _______ Canada's tenth province.

10. Paul Samuelson revolutionized _____ by presenting his students with the most
advanced economic thinking at an introductory level.
(A) to teach economics
(B) the teaching of economics
(C) teaching that economics is
(D) economics is taught
B

11. The term bell-letters is used to denote literary forms that contain _____, such as
drama, poetry, essays, and novels.
(A) artistic, creative writing
(B) writing that artistic, creative
(C) artistic, creative, and writing
(D) them is artistic, creative writing
A

12. Open-pit mining follows the same sequence of operations ______ mining: drilling,
blasting, and loading and removing waste and ore.
(A) where underground
(B) that underground
(C) underground
(D) as underground
D

13. ______ in cases where special oxidants are used, fires are the result of a fuel rapidly
combining with the oxygen in the air.
(A) There are
(B) Even though
(C) How
(D) Except
D

14. Maya Angelou's widely acclaimed autobiography, I know why the Caged Bird sings, is a
moving and ______ of her childhood in segregated Arkansas.
(A) an account that is often humorous
(B) often humorous as an account
(C) often humorous, the account
(D) often humorous account
D

15. ______ to study element 104 because only a few atoms of his substance can be isolated
at one time.
(A) The difficulty
(B) Why it is difficult
(C) It is difficult
(D) Even though difficult
C

16. Common salt occurs naturally in pure, solidly form as the mineral halite and in widely
A B C
distributed deposits of rock, or mineral, salts.
D
B
solidlyàsolid

17. The term "metabolism" refers to the chemical changes which by living things transform
A B C
food into energy.
 D
B
which by àby which

18. Materials that of clay are among the most ancient manufactured articles and have
A B C
played a vital role in human civilization.
D
A
that of àof

19. Yogurt contains a higher percentage of lactic acid than another fermented milks, and it
A B C
is rich in B-complex vitamins.
D
C
anotheràother

20. Canada is made up of ten provinces and two territories, with governmental powers
A B
being divided between the federal government or the provinces.
C D
D
oràand

21. Before the formation of labor unions, individual workers had almost not voice in
A B
determining their wages, hours , or working conditions.
C D
B
notàno

22. In the United States, the leading butter-producing states which are Wisconsin,
A B C
California， and Minnesota.
D
C
states which---states
23. Each stanza of a poem has a repeatable pattern of meter and rhyme and is normally
A B
division from the following stanza by a blank line.
C D
C
divisionàdivided

24. Depending on many factors, including climate, mineral content of the soil, and the
A B
permanency of surface water , wetlands may be mossy, grassy, or covering with shrubs or
C D
trees.
D
coveringàcovered

25. In many areas of the world, people need clothing for protection the weather.
A B C D
D
protectionàprotecting from

26. Hoocer Dam in Nevada is a multipurpose structure that provides flood control,
A
hydroelectric powerful, and drinking and irrigation water.
B C D
B
powerfulàpower

27. Physiologically, the period of adolescence is marked by active growth, especially in the
A B
skeletal and muscular systems and in a certain vascular tissues.
C D
D
a certainàcertain

28. Free nitrogen is chemically inert and combines with other elements only since very high
A B C
temperature or pressures.
 D
C
sinceàunder

29. Sawfish are shark-like fish have "saws" of cartilage set with two rows of teeth on their
A B C D
snouts.
A
haveàwhich have/having

30. The decade of the 1920's was significant in Georgia's history because of the rapidity with
A B
what agriculture declined in the state.
C D
C
what àwhich

31. Although usually living on or under rocks or on coral reefs, marine snails have been
A B
observed in a great various of habitats.
C D
D
variousàvariety

32. In the field of acting theory, controversy arises over the question of whether is acting a
A B C
behavioral or a mental process.
D
C
is actingàacting is

33. Short-wave radios that can receive and transmit signals are used by pilots, the police,
A B C
and amateur operator.
D
D
operatoràoperators
34. Because silk is the strongest of all natural fibers, ranking in strong with the synthetic
A B
fiber nylon, its delicate look and fell are deceptive.
C D
B
strongàstrength

35. The Red River, so named because of the red-colored sediment it carries, it is one of the
A B C
main branches of the Mississippi.
D
C
It isàis

36. Floyd Bennett was a pilot for two of the Arctic expedition of the 1920's and the first pilot
A B C
to fly over the north pole.
D
A
expeditionàexpeditions

37. To those who favorite free trade, the revival of barter can suggest nothing less than a
A B C
disaster.
D
B
favoriteàfavor

38. In the United States, about 75 percent of the total tomatoes crop is processed into juice,
A B C D
caned tomatoes, sauces, pastes, and ketchup.
C
tomatoesàtomato

39. Today's nuclear fission fuels are the remnants of which used to be a much more active
A B
mixture of radioactive and fissionable materials two billion years ago and earlier.
C D
A
whichàwhat

40. Petrography concerns primarily with the detailed description and classification of rocks,
A B
whereas petrology deals primarily with rock formation.
C D
A
concernsàdeals