STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESION
PART A
- In addition to the more traditional simple oven many _____ either by circulating heated air around to the food or by heating the moisture contained in the food with microwaves, and a few do both.
The answer is C (modern ovens function)
- _____ many communication companies are now able to offer radio and television broadcasts over the internet.
The answer is D (with the introduction of advanced technology)
- From the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, technology _____ people are beginning to imagine there are no limits to what we can achieve.
The answer is C (has progressed to the point that)
- A trap _____ disguise is what has come to be called a Trojan Horse, from the ancient story of the gift of the wooden horse from the Greeks.
The answer is D (offered as a gift in)
- Telecommuting is a new from of work _____ to work, such as fathers with children, the chance to work while remaining at home.
The answer is A (affording those previously unable)
- It is the lack of gravity on the moon that makes _____ leaps of 30 or more.
The answer is A (possible)
- It is believed that the modern bird _____ the pterodactyls that existed millions of years ago.
The answer is B (evolved from)
- Although _____ a successful film, none of her other works have to date been adapted to the film format.
The answer is D (Amy Tan’s best known novel, The Joy Luck Club, made)
- The advent of the personal computer and easy access to information via the internet has allowed many more entrepreneurs _____ than over before.
The answer is C (opening businesses home-based)
- _____ “orca” means whale, the orca is actually a member of the dolphin family, the delphinids.
The answer is C (While)
- Many modern critics of American literature have called Mark Twain, born Samuel Clemens, _____.
The answer is C (America’s greatest writer)
- _____ its area of defense, a fort should be built on an elevation and with some sort of natural feature of the landscape to obstruct direct access to the fort.
The answer is A (To better protect)
- An iron smelting forge _____ ore into usable metals.
The answer is A (melts)
- The one in charge of a meeting _____ toward the end of the meeting.
The answer is D (generally tables important topics)
- Sufficient gravitational force is _____ atmosphere, otherwise the atmosphere will drift off into space.
The answer is D (necessary to retain a planet’s)
PART B
- Because of the enormous pull gravitational of the Moon, the shape of the
A B
Earth actually changes as the largest oceans are “pulled” toward the Moon.
C D
The answer is B (gravitation)
- Only with the advent of refrigerator were most Americans able to begin to
A B C
consume fresh meat.
D
The answer is A (refrigerates)
- The smaller of all nine planets in the solar system is Pluto.
A B C D
The answer is A (smallest)
- The function of a biologist is both to describe organisms in minute detail also
A B C
to understand why they behave as they do.
D
The answer is C (and)
- According to all findings to date, the known universe consists almost entirely
A B C
of the hydrogen.
D
The answer is D (don’t make word “the”)
- Because of their flexibility, reeds and straw are able to endure harsh winds
A B
that other more brittle materials like brick and concrete would not be able to
C
withstanding.
D
The answer is D (withstand)
- Before hay can be processed and sold, it is typically bundled into boxlike
A B C
bales so that it can be more easily transport.
D
The answer is D (transported)
- Most of the birds living in desert regions inhabits the fringes of the desert.
A B C D
The answer is D
- Areas of rocks may shifts up or down on each side of a fault.
A B C D
The answer is B (shift)
- From the 1850s until after the turn of the century, many of America’s super-
A
rich families made Newport his favorite summer resort.
B C D
The answer is D (their)
- Of Jane Austeen’s six great novels, the first four were published anonymous
A B C
during her lifetime.
D
The answer is B (was)
- Clarence Birdseye is best know for developing a process for freezing food in
A B C
small packages.
D
The answer is A (known)
- It was as a direct result of the widespread implementation electricity that the
A B C
US had a source of light other than gas lights.
D
The answer is C (implementing)
- The Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC is home to the largest
A
collecting of Native American artifacts in the United States, most of which
B C
uncatalogued and hidden from public view.
D
The answer is B (collection)
- In the modern era, face to face communication is becoming near as uncommon
A B C
as hand-written letters.
D
The answer is B (nearer)
- The leaves of most coniferous species are slender and length.
A B C D
The answer is D (long)
- Like an airplane, a helicopter have to control sticks instead of one.
A B C D
The answer is C (has)
- Much bright young starts lie along the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy.
A B C D
The answer is A (many)
- Hippocrates believed that health depended on the balanced of the four fluids
A B C D
of the body blood, phlegm, bile and black bile.
The answer is C (balance)
- Because mistletoe berries are poisonous, everyone with Christmas decorations
A
containing mistletoe need to be aware of the potential danger.
B C D
The answer is C (needs)
- The earliest known artworks were done by caveman which used a mixture of
A B C
clay, chalk and burned wood and bones.
D
The answer is C (who)
- The Earth’s crust is composed of fifteen plates which float on the partially
A B C
molten layer below they.
D
The answer is D (them)
- The Cabinet consist of secretaries of departments, who report to the president,
A B
give him advice, and helping him make decisions.
C D
The answer is C (help)
- Operas can be broadly classified as either comedies or they are tragedies.
A B C D
The answer is D (don’t make word “or they are”)
- During the annually salmon migration from the sea to fresh water, Alaska’s
A B
McNeil River becomes a gathering place for brown bears waiting eagerly to
C D
catch their fill.
The answer is A (annual)
