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In the United States, the first roads were paved in colonial times, first with logs, latest with cobblestones or brick, depending on the region.. Early United States revolutionaries shap

113 In the United States, the first roads were paved in colonial times, first with logs, latest with cobblestones or brick, depending on the region

114 In physics, sound is considered to be the waves of vibratory motion, nether or not they are heard

by the human ear

115 Over one thousand mineral are known, most of which are characterized by definite chemical composition, crystalline structure, and physical properties

116 The layers of an elephant‘s tusk are deposited from the pulp, yet that the innermost layer is the newest

117 Butane is found into both oil and natural gas

118 When expelled from the nucleus of an atom, a neutron is unstable and decay to form a proton and an electron

The monument is decaying after years of neglect

120 Automobile insurance compensates only not for fire and theft but also for damage caused by a collision and for injury to victims of an accident

121 Importance as foods, carbohydrates supply energy and are used to make fats

122 Because banana plants yield only one bunch of fruit, each plant is cut down after produces bananas

123 Flash photography is widely used for taking pictures when the natural light is insufficient, such as outdoors at night and indoors most of time

124 The specific purpose served by a storage dam will influence its design and determined the amount of reservoir storage needed

125 In 1889 Jane Addams founded Hull House, an institution in Chicago where she and other socially reformers lived and worked to improve urban living conditions

126 Early United States revolutionaries shaped an orderly processes by which frontier territories would move from colonial status to statehood

127 In music, cacophony is discordant sounds, false harmony, or noisily and inharmonious

combinations of sounds

128 Small to medium-sized marsh birds similar in body shape by cranes, rails are found throughout the world, except in the polar regions

129 The completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869 gave California its first direct rail connection with a rest of the United States

130 Whilhelmina Cole Holladay she was the founder and first president of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC

131 As sweeteners, there is very small difference between honey and sucrose, although the former does contain minimal quantities of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids

132 Cultivated for salad since ancient times, lettuce is harvesting before its flower stem shoots up to bear its small yellow flowers

133 Phonological structure encodes speak sounds as a sequence of vocal tract configurations - successive positions of the larynx, jaw, lips, tongue, and velum

134 The steamship contributed of the development of fast news-gathering during the nineteenth century

135 The 1880‘s saw not only the creation of the curtain wall and wind-braced iron frame also the architectural mastery of these structural devices

137 The building knew as the Capitol is situated on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and it houses the legislative branch of the United States government

138 A person or business with more debts than assets for meeting debt payment may to declare legal bankruptcy

139 The first stethoscope -the kind of instrument what has come to symbolize medicine around the world -was constructed in 1816

140 It is said that no potential frontier has such fired the imagination or challenged the ingenuity of humankind as has space

141 The Congress of the United States can initiate legislation and significantly amend or rejection Presidential legislative proposals

142 Through his paintings, Edward Hopper depicted the isolation, lonely, and lack of variety of the daily life of small-town America

143 The chief editorial concern in magazine publishing is presenting a mix of news, information, and entertain, all targeted at the audience the magazine seeks to reach

PP Test 2 语法题笔记

Test 2 1~143

1 Sand is formed by the weathering and decomposition of all types of rock, _ most

abundant mineral constituent being quartz

A and its

B since its

C its

D it is

2 _ in the daytime for most of the year, the groundhog hibernates in a burrow during winter

A Is active

B That it is active

C Active

D While is active

3 The wood of elm trees is used in shipbuilding and in _ barrels, furniture, flooring, and sporting goods

A to make

B as made

C making

D to have made

4 In 1867 Russia sold Alaska to the United States, and in 1958 _ the forty-ninth state

A Alaska‘s becoming

B Alaska became

C when Alaska became

D Alaska to become

5 Almost _ countries use the decimal system

A all

B all of

C all of which

D of all

6 _ allows the skin and thus the body to be cooled

A Sweat evaporates

C whereas

D in that

8 The Dallas Civic Opera has earned _ since its initial production debuted in 1957

A an international reputation and

B an international reputation was

C what an international reputation

D an international reputation

9 Born in Akron, Ohio, in 1846, Henry Eugene Abbey became the of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City in 1883

A first manager was

B first manager

C manager who first

D manager was the first

10 A covered bridge is built of wooden timbers _ supporting trusses and a floor and are protected from weather by a roof

A when form

B so form

C form

D that form

11 Although _ with herons or storks, cranes are distinguished from these birds by bare red areas or ornamental plumes on their heads

A they are often confused

B how often they are confused

C that they are confused often

D are they confused often

12 More battles were fought in South Carolina _ in any other state during the American Revolution

A as

B although

C than

D but

13 Cotton is grown throughout the world, and _ year about 50 million bales, weighing nearly 500 pounds apiece, are produced

A each

B a

C by a

D in which

14 Based on a device used in naval vessels, the automatic pilot contains gyroscopes _

A provides

B that provide

C that providing

D and to provide

15 American Sign Language contains over 4,000 signs _ is used by over half a million people

A and

B although

C whenever

D also

16 _ founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and served as its president until 1904

A Clara Barton, who

B Although Clara Barton

C It was Clara Barton

D Clara Barton

17 _ two air masses with different characteristics meet, an area called a ―front‖ develops

A What

B There are

C When

D Being

18 Today‘s farmers use irrigation, fertilizers, large machines, and other technology _ high crop yields

A in the production

B for production

C to produce

D produce

19 served as secretary of war under the Articles of Confederation and also, in George Washington‘s administration, under the United States Constitution

A When Henry Knox

B It was Henry Knox

C Henry Knox

D Henry Knox, who

20 The course of the Missouri River marks the of continental glaciation

C farmland

D it is farmland

22 Also called the painted cup, the Indian paintbrush gives forth tiny flowers that are mostly green, while brightly colored

A its leaves

B it leaves being

C are its leaves

D its leaves are

23 _ 70 species of cockroaches in the United States A Since about

B Are about

C About

D There are about

24 difficult to achieve centrifugal forces thousands of times as great as the force of gravity

A There is not

B While not

C What is not

D It is not

25 In the early nineteenth century a Conestoga wagon on a poor road could economically _ light, fairly high-value goods over short distances

A only while carrying

B carry only

C it was only to carry

D only carrying its

26 The solid-bodied electric guitar mixes and amplifies vibrations from microphone contacts at different points _ a range of tone qualities

A produce

B to produce

C a production

D and producing

27 While the term ―harmony‖ suggests a pleasant or agreeable sound, it is applied to any

combination of notes, _ consonant or dissonant

A which

B such

C neither

D whether

28 Most meteorites are thought to be fragments from asteroids, _ some may be pieces from the heads of comets

C although

D but if

29 Penicillin, , kills a broad spectrum of bacteria, many of which cause disease in humans

A the first antibiotic to be discovered

B when the first antibiotic to be discovered

C the first antibiotic that discovered

D was the first antibiotic to be discovered

30 Action painting emphasizes the physical act of applying paint to canvas, rather _ picture

as a finished work of art

A the

B from the

C than the

D is the

31 Contrary to popular belief, the basic instruments of the old jazz bands were not saxophones, _ cornets and trumpets

A or not

B but

C instead

D neither

32 _ vary greatly in shape and form, depending upon both the growth pattern and the

arrangement of polyps within the colony

A Since coral colonies

B Coral colonies that

C Coral colonies, although they

D Coral colonies

33 The transition element cadmium is placed below zinc and above mercury in the periodic table, _ many properties in common with these elements

A and its

B and having

C and it has

D and

34 The covered wagons known as Conestogas were primarily used _ of freight across the prairies of the United States

B to resisting

C their resistance to

D by resistance

36 When _ with atmospheric particles, they create many types of secondary particles, including positrons, mesons, and hyperons

A the collision of primary cosmic rays

B primary cosmic rays collide

C primary cosmic rays colliding

D do primary cosmic rays collide

37 A common way to produce x-rays is _ electrons into a copper target

A fires

B fired

C by firing

D how to fire

38 _ in 1800, Middlebury College is the oldest college in Vermont

A Opened

B Opened it

C The opening

D There was open

39 Lizette Woodworth Reese‘s best-known poem is the sonnet ―Tears,‖ _ in 1899 in Scribner‘s Magazine

A to publish

B published

C to publish it

D was published

40 During the Revolutionary War, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was the capital of the United States for one day in 1777, _ there

A was when the Continental Congress stopped

B when did the Continental Congress stop

C the Continental Congress when it stopped

D when the Continental Congress stopped

41 In a barter economy, a person having something to trade must make contact with another person and has something acceptable to offer in exchange

A and who wants it

B wants it

C who wants it

D who does it want

42 The chief justice of the United States is the country‘s _ and is appointed by the

A judicial officer highest

B officer judicial highest

C officer highest judicial

D highest judicial officer

43 Including land and water, the state of Alaska an area of 1,530,700 square kilometers, equal to about one-sixth of the size of the United States

A having

B where there is

C which is

D has

44 _ until the twelfth century that the magnetic compass was used for navigation

A Its not being

B It was not

C Not

D Was not

45 Although she wrote only two short novels and 19 stories during her brief career, Flannery

O‘Connor made _ to United States fiction

A a contribution is important

B an important contribution

C a contribution and important

D is an important contribution

46 The New York City Ballet has been _ of United States classical ballet companies since its inception in 1946

A the consistently creative most

B consistently creative the most

C most creative the consistently

D the most consistently creative

47 When condensation occurs close to the ground, _ results in fog or dew

A or

B the

C it

D then

48 Desktop publishing systems are capable of _ camera-ready pages made up of text and