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151 Bells are frequently made from (A) bronze, an alloy (B) of approximately (C)

three part copper (D) and one part tin

152 A logarithm is……algebra as an exponent

(A) known what

(B) known what it is

(C) what is known

(D) what it is known

153 Negotiable (A) instruments such as personal checks may ordinarily (B) be transferred to another people (C) by endorsement (D)

154 Scientists and economists believe (A) that human beings can never (B) use away

(C) all the mineral (D) resources on Earth

155 Idaho ranks (A) first among (B) the states in (C) potatoes (D) production

156 All (A) village or tribe of the North American Indian confederacy had its annual

(B) green corn dance, a festival (C) in which social (D) ties were renewed

157 Pipelines are continually inspected for leaks and for damage (A) caused by such conditions as freezing temperatures (B), heavy rain (C), and soil erode (D)

158 Plastics used to make textiles can be drawn (A) into fine threads (B), then woven

(C) or knit (D) into fabrics

159 Not only ………… in the field of psychology but animal behavior is examined

as well

(A) human behavior is studied

(B) is human behavior studied

(C) is studied human behavior

(D) human behavior

160 The new information (A) on asbestos caused panic (B) in construction (C) and industry like (D)

161 The weaving (A) design was then embellished with a series of small chained (B)

diamond (C) of vertical and zigzag (D) lines

162 Aside from (A) the resolution to have more ecumenical conferences, the most

(B) accomplishment of the group was that it met (C) at all (D)

163 The intelligence ability of an (A) athlete is usually (B) far more (C) than they would expect (D)

164 The more (A) Robert tried to (B) please his mother through mere flattery, the greater (C) he succeeded in (D) annoying her

165 Do you know that the population (A) of Washington D.C is about (B) as many

as (C) that of (D) Minneapolis?

166 Generally speaking (A), tax returns must be filed annually (B), but in few cases

(C) they must be submitted every six months (D)

167 A question often posed (A) about journalism is "How much freedom should reporters (B) have interpreting (C) any given news item?"(D)

168 An analytical index group (A) many individual (B) subtopics under (C) major subject (D) headings

169 Within the Alamo were (A) one hundred and eighty men, more than two thirds

of them (B) had recently migrated (C) from near-by states (D)

170 Every one of the boys ………… here yesterday has a bicycle

(A) was

(B) were

(C) who was

(D) who were

171 The building opposite to (A) the bank is among the few (B) higher ones that has been put (C) up during the last (D) few years

172 The hurricane, coming (A) while (B) it did, took (C) the Florida coastal community by surprise (D)

173 Why did the Galapagos Islands have so many finches, a different kind of beak suited to its special feeding habits

(A) each has

(B) with each

(C) each with

(D) with which

174 All steam engines work for the same reason: steam occupies more than 1,700 times the water from which it comes

(A) of the space of much of

(B) much of the space

(C) with as much space as

(D) as much space as

175 Scientists have recently argued (A) that Einstein's contribution to (B) physics and mathematics are less (C) important as (D) Newton's

176 Even the most discriminating (A) gourmet will agree that (B) food in the South

is as good (C) as any other (D) region in the country

177 The study of astronomy is so (A) recent as the past centuries, but (B) astrology

(C) has existed for (D) thousands of years

178 Microwave oven thermometers are (A) more cost (B) than other (C) kinds (D) of thermometers

179 Mercury (A) is the most small (B) planet in (C) the solar system and the closest

to (D) the sun

180 The store ………

(A) that had the recently big sale went bankrupt

(B) that recently had the big sale went bankrupt

(C) that had the big recently sale went bankrupt

(D) that had the big sale went recently bankrupt

181 The intelligence ability (A) of an athlete is usually (B) for more (C) than they would expect (D)

182 Farmers grow popcorn in much the same way ……… field corn, except that the rows are planted closer together

(A) that they grow

(B) that grow

(C) they grow it

(D) do they grow

183 A semiconductor is a substance that seldom conducts electricity, but ……… under certain circumstances

(A) so can do

(B) do so can

(C) can do so

(D) so do can

184 Among the giants of the sea ………, which may weigh up to 1,000 pounds (A) tuna

(B) the tuna

(C) being the tuna

(D) is the tuna

185 ………… one of more units of living substance called protoplasm

(A) All living things consist of

(B) Although all living things that consist of

(C) All living things consisting of

(D) In all living things consisting of

186 A newspaper's political cartoons ……… capsule versions of editorial opinion (A) serve as

(B) serve

(C) in serving

(D) be served

187 A painter (A) who lived most (B) of his life (C) in the Middle West, Grant Wood has called (D) America's "Painter of the Soil."

188 Chromosomes as appear (A) long, tangled threads (B) when they first become

(C) visible during (D) the early prophase stage of mitosis

189 In the Middle Ages, books called (A) bestiaries were prepared in an attempt t(B)

o describe animals, real or (C) imagine (D), that exemplified human traits

190 The relationship of (A) Latin American music to (B) Black music in the United States is clearly evident (C) in the unaccented beats that are common to either (D)

191 Seven of planets (A) rotate in the same direction as (B) their orbital motions, while (C) Venus and Uranus rotate in the opposite direction (D)

192 A good exercise program helps teach (A) people to avoid (B) the habits that might (C) shorten the (D) lives

193 Nobody should (A) be able to find fault (B) in (C) that argument (D)

194 Since (A) the early 1990's Luther Burbank bred a spineless variety of (B) cactus that can be eaten (C) as food (D)

195 A drama (A) is a story intended to (B) be presented (C) by actors onto (D) a stage

196 The relationship between (A) law to liberty is even (B) more paradoxical than that (C) between law and (D) order

197 An (A) opera combines the excitement (B) of drama (C) and spectacle to (D) the power of music

198 No custom (A), belief, or action can be (B) fully understood away (C) its social

or cultural context (D)

199 The Alexandria Gazette, published (A) daily since 1797, is the oldest (B)

regularly published newspapers (C) in the (D) United States

200 Diamond is the hardest substance known, whereas graphite, another carbon allotrope, is …………

(A) the softest one of

(B) softest of the one

(C) the one of the softest

(D) one of the softest

201 Texas is the only state whose constitution permits it ………… into smaller states

(A) divides

(B) divide

(C) be dividing

(D) to be divided

202 Unlike (A) ordinary light sources (B), a laser sends out (C) a narrow beam of light on only (D) one direction

203 A thorough study (A) of mythology requires familiarity (B) for the properties of plants and trees, and the habits (C) of wild (D) birds and beasts

204 Seismology has not reached yet (A) the stage (B) where earthquakes can be foretold (C) with a great deal of accuracy (D)

205 Until the ninth century, written words were not actually separated, ………… in some literary writing, dots or points were used to indicate divisions

(A) in spite of

(B) contrary

(C) contrast to

(D) but

206 Medical research indicates but (A) large amounts (B) of histamines can be (C)

responsible for colds (D), hay fever, and other respiratory reactions

207 Precisely because photographs are produced (A) by mechanical (B) devices, a camera's images now seem to some artists the perfect (C) means for expression (D)

the modern era

208 The Swiss admit to running (A) work camps for refugees during the war, but (B)

deny whether t(C) hey were specifically (D) designed to victimize Jews

209 He was stopped each (A) dozen yards (B) by friends who wanted to (C)

congratulate him (D)

210 All objects are composed (A) of many molecules and the force (B) of gravity pulls (C) on every (D) of them

211 One or the other (A) of the (B) secretaries have to (C) attend the meeting But both of them (D) are reluctant to do so

212 Wagner and Strauss were such (A) good friends that (B) they frequently (C)

exchanged gifts with one another (D)

213 Culture (A) and society (B) are so interdependent that they do not occur (C)

without each another (D)

214 The seventeenth century was one (A) in that (B) many significant advances were

(C) made in both (D) science and philosophy

215 Some (A) antibiotics used in the treatment of human disease are (B) like (C)

only in that (D) they are obtained from fungi and bacteria

216 The biggest single (A) hobby in America, the one that (B) Americans spend (C)

most time, energy and money, is (D) gardening

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

218 Advancements in technology are inextricably (A) linked to the strength and survival (B) of the high-tech industry and its (C) potential (D) to create new jobs

219 The chimpanzee possesses hand tool (A), the sticky termite stick, with which

(B) it (C) digs termites out of (D) logs and stumps

220 For the past few years (A), researchers have perfected (B) their (C) control over the movement of cells and microbes by using (D) low-power laser beams

221 Perhaps the most (A) unique thing about (B) carbon atoms are (C) their ability to combine (D) with themselves

222 Psychologists and psychiatrists are trained (A) to encourage their (B) parents to talk for (C) the things that are causing them difficulty (D)

223 Physicists sought ways ………… many others to emit light, amplifying it to much higher powers

(A) how one atom or molecule could stimulate

(B) one atom or molecule stimulating

(C) stimulating one atom or molecule by

(D) by which one atom or molecule could stimulate

224 In mathematical terms (A), modern algebra is set o(B) f objects with rules (C)

for connecting or relating (D) those objects

225 Pennsylvania has the most (A) institutions (B) of higher learning than any other

(C) state has (D)

226 An ideal is a standard ………… people judge real phenomena

(A) how

(B) of

(C) by which

(D) for it

227 One of the most (A) difficult problems in understanding (B) sleep is determining

(C) what the functions of sleep is (D)

228 Jacobson is often referred to ………… at the factory

(A) as the best engineer

(B) be the best engineer

(C) by the president to be the best engineer

(D) as being the best engineer

229 Teaching and learning are part (A) of the same (B) educational experience but unfortunately they are often thought (C) of to be separate (D)

230 An epigram is usually (A) defined to be (B) a bright or (C) witty thought tersely and ingeniously (D) expressed

231 We usually define an epigram (A) to be (B) a bright or witty thought tersely and ingeniously (C) expressed (D)

232 Perhaps you have found some words to live by (A) and treasured (B) them because they say something (C) which you regard to be (D) vital

233 Paris is (A) one of the many cities in the world that are currently (B) developing programs of (C) restoring (D) their historical buildings

234 …………, a Form 57 must be completed

(A) To apply for this job

(B) In order to get his job

(C) Making application for this job

(D) If you want to apply for this job

235 Ballads were early (A) types of poetry (B) and may have been among a (C) first kinds of music (D)

236 During the 1600's skilled (A) shoemakers (B) scarce were (C) in what is (D)

now the United States

237 Salt lake city, Utah's capital (A) and largest (B) city, is industrial (C) and banking center (D)

238 The arthropods, including (A) insects and spiders, are great (B) economic (C)

and medical significance (D)

239 To his rural neighbors (A), Robert Frost was an likely farmer (B) who wrote poets (C) late at night (D)

240 The walls of this chapel (A) are (B) of solid masonry twenty-two and a half foot

(C) high and four feet (D) thick

241 The weeks of summer training are often (A) as (B) tense for (C) sports writers as

it is (D) for football players and coaches

242 Maritime law regulates commerce (A) and navigation on the seas or other (B)

navigable waters, including (C) inland lake rivers (D)

243 In all of (A) the workers' union (B), they had (C) definite and detailed rules (D)

about pension

244 The tartar chief controls (A) a thousand men, all of them (B) must obey his (C)

orders in both (D) war and peace

245 The farmer uses wood to build a house ………… to store grains

(A) with which

(B) where

(C) which

(D) in which

246 In the Middle Ages, books called (A) bestiaries were prepared in an attempt (B)

to describe animals, real or imagine (C), that (D) exemplified human traits

247 The relationship of (A) Latin American music to (B) Black music in the United States is clearly evident (C) in the unaccented beats that are common to either (D)

248 Seven of planets (A) rotate in the same direction as (B) their orbital motions, while (C) Venus and Uranus rotate in the opposite direction (D)

249 A good exercise program helps teach (A) people to avoid (B) the habits that might (C) shorten the (D) lives

250 Nobody should (A) be able to find fault (B) in (C) that argument (D)

251 Since (A) the early 1990's Luther Burbank bred a spineless variety of (B) cactus

that can be eaten (C) as food (D)

252 A drama (A) is a story intended to (B) be presented (C) by actors onto (D) a stage

253 The relationship between (A) law to liberty is even (B) more paradoxical than that (C) between law and (D) order

254 An (A) opera combines the excitement (B) of drama (C) and spectacle to (D) the power of music

255 Jekyll island has been one (A) of Georgia's state (B) parks (C) in (D) 1954

256 A logarithm is ……… in algebra as an exponent

(A) known what

(B) known what it is

(C) what is known

(D) what it is known

257 Negotiable (A) instruments such as personal checks may ordinarily (B) be transferred to another people (C) by endorsement (D)

258 Scientists and economists believe (A) that human beings can never (B) use away

(C) all the mineral (D) resources on Earth

259 Idaho ranks (A) first among (B) the states in (C) potatoes (D) production

260 All (A) village or tribe of the North American Indian confederacy had its annual

(B) green corn dance, a festival (C) in which social (D) ties were renewed

261 Pipelines are continually inspected for leaks and for damage (A) caused by such conditions as freezing temperatures (B), heavy rain (C), and soil erode (D)

262 Plastics used to make textiles can be drawn (A) into fine threads (B), them woven (C) or knit (D) into fabrics

263 Not only ………… in the field of psychology but animal behavior is examined

as well

(A) human behavior is studied

(B) is human behavior studied

(C) is studied human behavior

(D) human behavior