1) In their designs the S. always sought ___ to a problem,.....

A.the sipmlest solution

B.the solution of simplest
C.the solution that simplification
D.which solution simplest
2)The poet MM spent several years ___ school in CP.
A.had taught
B.teaching
C.her teaching
D. and to teach
3)When the US C authorized a postal service in 1789, ___ 75 local offices.
A.the nation having
B.has the nation
C.the nation had
D.for the nation to have
4)___ places on the Earth where plant and animal life has not been affected by the
activities of
humans.
A.The few
B.Being few
C.There are few
D.Few
5)___ nerve pathways conect the eye directly to the pineal gland, that gland is
extremely sensitive
to light.
A.Because
B.That
C.How
D.By
6)Chrom...s vary in size and shape and usually ___ in pairs.
A.occurring
B.to occur
C.occur
D.as occur
7)SL became the first VS woman ___ abroad the RM space station.
A.who working
B.has worked
C.was working

D.to work
8)The gravitational attractive of a black hole is extremely intense, but it would be no
stronger ___
A.than that
B.as is
C.than it is
D.from which
9)____ basically hunting animals and as such are physiologically adapted to going for
long periods
without food or water.
A.Dogs being
B.Dogs
C.There are dogs
D.Dogs are
10)In filmmaking, ___ the segments of a film are presented can be varied to creat
drastically
different dramatic effects.
A.the order which in
B.the order in which
C.in the order which
D.in which the order
11)Perhaps even more important than the accuracy and realibility of a m...cal
instrument ___.
A.that positioning it is correct
B.is positioned correctly
C.that its correct position
D.is that it be positioned correctly
12)The DP began to assume its modern form during the intence political conflict __ US
citizens
after the war of 1892.
A.divided
B.that divided
C.that divided it
D.that it divided
13)____ Earth's crust averages only 004 grams of the gold per ton, .........."?
A.Despite
B.Except

C.Although
D.Whether
14)In the process of v...,rubber is combined with sulfur, make it ___ to heat and cold.
A.is resistant
B.to resist
C.resistant
D.resist
15)The presence in the US during the second world war of ___ European su... was
decisive in the development of AE.
A.which many
B.many the
C.many are
D.many
16. Lake Michigan is the third (large) of the American Great Lakes and (the only) one
(lying) wholly (within) the United States.
17. (Many) films (produced) in the United States (during) the 1930s were set in the
American Civil War period and the years following (them.)
18. Children (who) form a positive self-concept are more assertive, optimistic,
(confidence), and sociable (than those) who (do not).
19. Intaglio printing is the (oppose )of relief printing, since (the printing) is (done )form
ink that (is below )the surface of the plate.
20. Form the outset, (the) formulation and teaching of technique figured (prominently)
in the (development) of American modern (dancer).
21. Oil shales, (which may) furnish a (significantly) fraction of the worlds future
energy, vary in richness, (yielding) from four to fifty percent oil (by weight).
22. Government comprises the set of legal and political institutions (that) regulate the
relationships (among) members of (a )society and between the society (or) outsiders.
23. Niagara Falls (is) not (only one) of (North Americas greatest) tourist attractions but
(also source) of hydroelectricity.
24. (Although) the beaver is a (powerful) swimmer, it has difficulty (moves) the logs
and braches it (needs for) building and for food.
25. True cedars are (members) of the pine family and are 120 to 150 (feet tall), with

(erect )cones and (bunches short), needlelike leaves.

26. Grandma Moses, the well-known American artist, began (to paint) at the age of 76
(when) she could (no long) do needlework because of arthritis.
27. (In) warm-blooded animals, body temperature (are) maintained within narrow
(limits) regardless of the temperature of the animals (surroundings).
28. Bret Harte, (which) best-known works describe life in California in the mid-1800s,
(helped shape) the (literary) movement (called) local-color writing.
29. (With the) Democrats adoption of (economic) radicalism in the 1890s, (and the)
Republicans emerged as the (majority party) in the United States.
30. (The more) kinetic (energy in) the particles of (a material), the (hottest) the
material is.
31.Weather forecasting was of vital (important) in the seafaring (and agricultural) lives
(led by) the seventeenth-century European colonists (in what) is now the United States.
32.One (common) herb of the mint family is thyme, the (dried) leaves and flowering
tops of which (is) used (to flavor) many different food.
33. Birds usually (have very) well-developed sense of (sight), and the optic lobes of
(their brains) are (correspondingly) large.
34. Peter Cooper launched a number of (successful) commercial (enterprise), including
the Canton Iron Works in Baltimore, (which produced) the first (commercially operated)
North American steam locomotive.
35.Fainting (is caused) by stoppage of the blood supply to brain, due to (temporary)
heart (fail) from shock, (weakness), or exhaustion.
36.The Fundamental physical (principle) of photography is that (light falling) on the
grains (of certain) insoluble silver salts produces small, (invisibly) changes in the
grains.
37. The oxygen of the atmosphere, (so) essential to (many of) forms of life,
(represents) the accumulated product of over 3,500,000,000 years of photosynthesis
(by) green plants.
38. Most of the worlds energy ----(including) wind (and) water power and (all) fossil
fuels ---(come) indirectly from the Sun.

39.(The wolf) was once the (most widely) distributed (kind of) mammal (on) the world.
40. Instruments that (measure) the passage (of time) have been in (exist) for (about)
4,000 years.

ABCCA CDADB DBCCD ADBAD BDDCD DBACD ACABC DBDDC

16. A large----------largest
17. D them----------it
18. B confidence---confident
19. A oppose-------opposite
20. D dancer-------dance
21. A significantly----------significant
22. D or-------and
23. D also source----------also a source
24. C moves---------moving
25. D bunches short-----------short bunches
26. D no long------------no longer
27. B are-------------is
28. A which-------------whose
29. C and the-----------the
30. D hottest--------hotter
31. D in what---------in which
32. C is---------------are
33. A have very----------have a very
34. B enterprise-----------enterprises
35. B temporary-----------the temporary
36. D invisibly--------invisible
37. B many of---------many
38. D come---------comes
39. D on-----------in
40. C exist----------existence