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511 When (A) Darwin presented his explanation of how living things evolve (B), he challenged the belief that human beings have special (C), indeed unique place in (D) the universe

512 A century and more after (A) his death, Poe is still among (B) the most popular (C) in (D) America authors

513 William Emerson died in 1811, when the boy was eight, left (A) his window to face poverty (B) and to educate (C) their (D) five sons

514 Thanksgiving Day (A), a unique (B) North American Holiday, is celebrated (C)

in the United states on the fourth Thursday (D) in November

515 A theory makes (A) a series of simplifying assumption (B) from which (C) it deduces how people will behave (D)

516 A long life is not just (A) the result of being (B) good for (C) the body and (D) staring off disease

517 Development refers to (A) a process of change in (B) growth and capability over (C) time, with (D) a function of both maturation and interaction with the environment

518 The pharmacology (A) is recent science, but it is closely (B) connected with one

of the oldest, the (C) giving of remedies (D) to relieve disease

519 The puffer is a (A) type of fish that (B) can inflate one's (C) body like (D) a balloon

520 The Louisiana Purchase (A), made in 1803, almost (B) was doubled (C) the (D) size of the United States

521 The nitrogen (A) make up over (B) 78 percent of (C) the Earth's atmosphere, the gaseous mass surrounding (D) the planet

522 Pharmacist (A) fill drug prescriptions, keeping (B) records of the drugs their patients are taking to make sure (C) that harmful combinations are not prescribed (D)

523 ………… not a single hard-surfaced road during the entire colonial period aside from city streets

(A) It was

(B) There was

534 Natural (A) adhesives are primarily of (B) animals or vegetable (C) origin (D).

535 Only rarely ………… neuroses leave a person unable to function in everyday situations

(C) used in kitchens (D).

537 The common (A) field (B) mouse is about four inches long (C) and has a three-inched (D) tail

538 Perhaps was (A) his own lack of proper schooling (B) that led (C) Horace Mann

to struggle for the important reforms in education (D)

539 Latent learning (A) is the association (B) of indifferent stimuli or situations (C) with one the other (D) without reward

540 Tooth (A) decay is the most common (B) disease (C) of humanities (D)

541 A soluble substance (A) alkali reacts (B) with acids (C) to do (D) salts

542 Plants range (A) in size to (B) tiny, single-celled, blue-green algae, invisible (C)

to the naked eyes, to giant sequoias, the largest living (D) plants

543 The time has long since passed (A) when inspired amateur working with (B) simple tools come (C) up with (D) finding of genuine scientific importance

544 It was upsetting to Tim (A) to find his classmates responding so sarcastic (B) to his presentation, on which (C) he had worked (D) diligently and seriously for days

545 The reviewer declared how (A) there was (B) a dearth (C) of serious books being published (D) on issues of social importance

546 Most animals cannot recognize their (A) reflection in a mirror themselves;(B) they usually react as if (C) confronted by another member of their species (D)

547 Great salt is fed by fresh-water stems, ………… is about four to five times as salty as the ocean

551 As (A) a glacier melts (B), rocks, boulders, trees, and tons of dirt (C) deposit (D).

552 Spruce resin was chewed (A) as a thirst (B) quencher by native Americans, from which (C) pioneers adopted the (D) practice

553 His criticism does not fully express (A) the degree which (B) the majority of delegates suggest (C) such protection of financial interest (D) extend

554 It is extremely (A) necessary that you will realize (B) that reading is not only (C)

a physical (D) and mental process

555 They are the ones (A) who assert (B) that a better bridge could have been (C) built have (D) we had their assistance

556 He looked like (A) he had been (B) in some strange land (C) where age advanced at a double pace (D)

557 I would wear my red dress save it ………… a stain in the front

564 Croquet (A) is a popular lawn game which (B) players hit (C) wooden (D) balls

565 There are very few areas in the world ………… be brown successfully

(A) where apricots can

(B) apricot can

(C) where can apricots can

(D) which apricots can

566 Xenon has a number of applications, may be mentioned its use in flesh lamps fog high-speed photography

(A) among which

568 A majority off people in the United States can get all the calcium their bodies

………… from the food they eat

(A) require

(B) requires

(C) requiring

(D) to require

569 Of all the economically important plants, palms, have been …………

(A) the least studied

(B) studied the least

(C) study less and less

(D) to study the less

570 ………… two thirds of the grants made by the Ford Foundation have been for the support of education

575 A dancing (A) is the oldest (B) and liveliest (C) of the arts (D)

576 The first (A) practical investigation into atomic energy (B) was made as part (C)

of attempt (D) to explain the source of solar power

577 Documentary (A) evidence indicates (B) that portraiture became an established (C) art form in the Hudson Valley region around the (D) 1660

578 The Earth (A) travels at a (B) high (C) rate of speed around Sun (D)

579 Lunar eclipses (A) happen only if (B) the Moon is full, but they do not (C) occur

at an every (D) full Moon

580 Since (A) beginning (B) of photography, inventors have tried to make photographs (C) that duplicate (D) natural colors

581 Solar eclipses always begins (A) on (B) the Sun's western side and the end (C)

on their eastern (D) side

582 In ancient (A) times books came in cumbersome packages and could not be carried (B) under an (C) arm or read on way (D) to work

583 Pewter, a metal (A) with an ancient heritage (B), is still practical (C) medium for the nonprofessional (D) metalworker

584 The dentistry (A) is a branch of (B) medicine that (C) has developed very dramatically (D) in the last twenty years

585 Although (A) apples do not grow during (B) the cold season, apple trees must have a such (C) season in order to flourish (D)

586 Except for the sun, all stars are too far from the Earth for their distances

………… in miles or kilometers

(A) to be conveniently measured

(B) which conveniently measured

(C) to measure conveniently

(D) conveniently measured

587 My reaction (A), I suppose (B), could have been (C) called to be (D) instinctive

588 Eagles are predatory birds that have (A) large, heavy, hooked (B) bills and strong, sharp (C) claws called as (D) "talons"

589 Each and every (A) witness is expected (B) that he will be asked (C) to give testimony he does not wish to (D) disclose

590 Returning to my room, …………

(A) my watch was missing

(B) I found my watch disappeared

(C) I found my watch missing

(D) the watch was missed

591 The photo periodic response of algae actually depends on the duration of

darkness, …………

(A) the light is not on

(B) and not on light

(C) but is not on the light

605 Constructed (A) in Chicago in 1883, the Home Insurance Building was the fist building in the world whose (B) the floors and the exterior (C) masonry walls were supported (D) by a skeleton framework of metal

606 The columnist feels sure that (A) who (B) wins the election (C) will have the support of both parties (D)

607 The (A) Maelstrom is a swift (B) and danger (C) current in (D) the Arctic Ocean

608 Because (A) oak trees are highly (B) resistant of (C) storm damage, they usually live (D) a long time

609 A majority of people in the United States can get all the calcium their bodies

………… from the food they eat

614 The influenza virus infects us again and again, …………

(A) however we fight off it many times

(B) no matter how many times we fight it off

(C) no matter what many times

(D) we fight it off how many times

615 These strands of RNA (A) come packed (B) in a fatty membrane (C), which is studded with tiny protein spikes known (D) H and N antigens

616 A distinctively (A) America architecture began with Frank Lloyd Wright, who had taken to heart the (B) admonition (C) that form should follow function, and who thought of (D) building not separate architectural entities but as parts of an organic whole that included the land, the community, and the society

617 There must be over (A) 50,000 square kilometers of land to cover (B) with ice (C) for (D) the glacier to qualify as an ice sheet

618 Any (A) dome-like body of ice that also flows out in (B) all directions only (C) covers less than 50,000 square kilometers is called (D) an ice cap

619 Although ice caps are rare nowadays (A), there are a number (B) in northeastern (C) Canada, on Baffin Island (D), and on the Queen Elizabeth Islands

620 One form of mountain glacier that resembles (A) an ice cap in that (B) it flows outward (C) in several directions called (D) an ice field

621 The ice of valley glaciers bounded by (A) terrain, flows down valleys, curves around (B) their (C) corners, and falls over cliffs (D)

622 …………, Cameron had thought of both "The Abyss" and "True Lies" as love stories, but he know he'd failed to convey that

(A) Oddly heard it may sound

(B) Maybe it was as odd as

(C) Odd as it may sound

(D) It may sound as odd

623 His cynical and often savage vision of life and love …………

(A) have won him a considerable critical acclaim

(B) have won considerate critical acclaim

(C) has won considerably critical acclaim to him

(D) has won him considerable critical acclaim

624 After all (A), it was only the dinosaurs that (B) have been disappeared (C), not (D) the whole of animal life

625 During the flood of 1972, the Red Cross, ………… out of emergency headquarters in Mississippi, set up temporary for the homeless

628 Emily Dickinson's garden was a place ………… great inspiration of her poems

(A) that she drew

(B) by drawing her

(C) from which she drew

(D) dream from which

629 Recently in the automobile industry, multinational companies have developed (A) to the point where such (B) few (C) cars can be described as having been made entirely (D) in one country

630 Scientists believe that by altering (A) the genetic composition of plants it is possible to develop specimens that are resisting (B) to disease (C) and have increased (D) food value

631 The purpose of (A) traveler's checks is (B) to protect travelers from theft (C) and accidental lost (D) of money

632 As a result claim (A) that eating a diet consisting entirely of (B) organically (C) grown foods prevents or cures disease other benefits to health have become widely (D) publicized and form the basis for folklore

633 In the beginning, the human beings viewed the natural forces of the world, even the seasonal changes, as (A) unpredictably (B), and they (C) sought, through various means, to control (D) these unknown and feared powers

634 Financial (A) problems loomed largely (B) in (C) both the (D) North and the South

635 One chromosome considered (A) to be made up of one very long (B) DNA molecule with (C) protein molecules attached (D) along its length

636 Although best known (A) for her (B) prose works, Maya Angelou was also (C) published several collections of poetry (D)

637 Electric motors range (A) in size from the tiny (B) mechanisms that operate sewing machine (C) to the great engines in heavy locomotives (D)

638 Even as he wrote (A) copiously on such diverse topic (B) as education, politics, and religion, Lewis Munford remained (C) active in city (D) and regional planning

639 Instructors at (A) the school of American Ballet first examine (B) a young applicant's instep to see (C) whether it is pliant and shows promising (D) of a good arch

640 The unit of measurement (A) known as a "foot" has (B) originally based on the average size (C) of the human foot (D)

641 A paragraph (A) is a portion of a text consists of (B) one or more sentences (C) related to (D) the same idea

642 Some types of instrument to apply (A) paint has been (B) known to (C) painters since (D) the Stone Age

643 Doctors often (A) study film records of complex (B) operations for improving (C) their own knowledge (D) and skill

644 Most educators today consider (A) computer literacy being (B) a necessary (C) addition to the basic (D) scholastic requirements

645 Anthropologists have interest in knowing what (A) human beings looked when (B) they first began to devise (C) stone tools of making pottery (D)

646 A sextant comprises an arc, marked (A) in degrees (B), a movable arm (C) with

a mirror pivoted at the center, and a telescope mount (D) to the framework

647 As inevitably as human culture (A) has changed (B) with the passing (C) of time,

so does (D) the environment

648 Earthworms improve soil by aerating (A) it as (B) they burrowing (C) through (D) the ground

649 At night (A) the desert floor radiates heat (B) back into the atmosphere and the temperature may be drop (C) to near (D) freezing,

650 Ancient people made a clay (A) pottery because (B) they needed it (C) for their survival (D)

651 Ancient people used pot (A) they made (B) for cooking (C), storing food, and carrying (D) things from place to place

652 The pottery (A) was so important to early cultures (B) that scientists now study

it to learn more (C) about ancient civilizations (D)

653 Good pottery clay must be free from all small stones and other hard material (A) that would make (B) the potting (C) process difficult (D)

654 Plain wire (A) is used to (B) cut away (C) the finished pot from its basis on (D) the potter's wheel

655 The Puritans, the religious sect that dominated the early British colonies in (A) North America, regarded idleness as sin (B), and believed that life in an underdeveloped country made it absolutely necessary (C) that each member of the community perform (D) an economic function

656 The first such attempt (A) the ambitious Project Mohole, got under way during the 1960's and proved the value of deep-sea drilling by making several test holes (B)

in the mantle beneath the crust before spiral costs (C) led to its cancellation (D)

657 The gymnosperms were ………… of water for reproductive purposes

(A) independent to be the first plants

(B) the first independent plants to be

(C) the first plants to be independent

(D) to be the first independent plants

658 simple pressure gauges such as liquid-level manometers are ………… insensitive for use in vacuum works