1. The ancestors of the horse lived ….. and were about half a meter tall.

A. years ago 60 million

B. 60 million years ago

C. ago 60 million years

D million years ago 60

2. The museum on Ellis Island, a former immigration station, contains documents and artifacts……to four centuries of United
States immigration.

A. related them

B. related

C. related that

D. be related

3. _________, particularly the oxides of sulfur, greatly increases the rate at which rust forms.

A. The presence of air pollutants

B. Air pollutants are present

C. Because the presence of air pollutants

D. Air pollutants whose presence

4. The Sun, the Moon, and Earth have magnetic fields, and _________ evidence that the stellar that extend through vast
regions galaxies have fields of space.

A. which is

B. is

C. because

D. There is

5. The “confederation school” poets of nineteenth-century Canada were primarily nature poets, _________ a wealth of
eulogies to Canadian rural life.

A. and producing

B. who they produced

C. producing

D. whose production of
6. Since prehistoric people first applied natural pigments to cave walls, ______ have painted to express themselves.

A. when artists

B. artists

C. artists who

D. that artists

7.About 42 million bushels of oats are used annually ______ manufacture of breakfast foods in the United States.

A. the

B. is the

C. in the

D. to

8. Any acid can, in principle, neutralize any base, although ______ between some of the more reactive compounds.

A. side reactions can occur

B. the occurrence of side reactions can

C. can side reactions occur

D. side reactions that can occur

9. Just over two-thirds of Earth’s surface is covered by water, …… more than 98 percent of this water is contained in the oceans.

A. with

B. which

C. and

D. resulting

10. Pleasing to look at and touch, beads come in shapes, colors, and materials …….to handle and to sort them.

A. that almost compel one

B. one compels

C. that compel almost

D. one is almost compelled

11. In 1978 the united States National Air and Space Administration selected Sally Ride…….the first woman astronaut.
A. who being

B. to be

C. and being

D. was

12. Adhesions are ……. formed within the body in response to inflammation or injury.

A. that thin bands of scar tissue

B. they thin bands of scar tissue when

C. thin bands of scar tissue

D. thin bands of scar tissue able to

13. The planet Neptune is about 30 times …… from the Sun as Earth is.

A. far

B. as far

C. more far

D. far that

14. Not until the 1850’s …… a few public-spirited citizens and state legislatures seek to rescue historic buildings in the United
States from destruction or alteration.

A. both

B. came

C. did

D. when

15. …… 200 bones forming the framework, or skeleton, of the human body.

A. Being over

B. There are over

C. Where over

D. Over

1.The musical comedy Oklahoma did much to expand the potential of the musical stage, and it encouraged others to
attempt……
A. original themes

B. to original themes

C. that were original themes

D. how original themes

2.Despite its fishlike form, the whale is……and will drown if submerged too long.

A. an animal breathes air that

B. an animal that breathes air

C. an animal breathes air

D. that an animal breathes air

3.The saguaro ,found in desert regions in the southwestern United States ,……cactus in the world.

A. is the largest

B. the largest

C. that is the largest

E. the largest that is a

4. It is said that United Stales literature ____________ individuality and identity in the twentieth century, after long imitation of
European models.

A. was achieved

B. achieved

C. to achieve

D. achieving

5. Lucy Stone, ____________ first feminists in the United States, helped organize the American Woman Suffrage Association in
1869.

A. the one

B. who was the

C. another

D. one of the

6. _______, including climate, mineral content, and the permanency of surface water, wetlands may be mossy ,grassy , scrubby,
or wooded.
A. Depending on many factors

B. Many factors depending on

C. Factors depending on many

D. On many factors depending

7. Duke Ellington’s orchestra, _______ his own often complex compositions, made many innovations in jazz.

A. he played

B. playing

C. that it played

D. was playing

8. The term “ice age” refers to any of several periods of time when glaciers covered considerably more of Earth’s surface
_______.

A. as is today

B. than today is

C. than they do today

D. that today

9. From colonial times ,United States property owners agreed to tax themselves on the theory……directly from services that the
government could provide.

A. property owners benefited so that

B. why property owners benefited

C. that if property owners benefited

D. that property owners benefited

10. Helium is not flammable and, next to hydrogen, is……

A. known the lightest gas

B. lightest the known gas

C. the lightest gas known

D. the known gas lightest

11. Wild eagles that survive to adulthood are believed……from 20 to 30 years.

A. live
B. to live

C. they live

D. their living

12. Portland, ……, is located primarily on two hilly peninsulas overlooking Casco Bay and its many island.

A.which Maine’s largest city

B. Maine’s largest city where

C. is Maine’s largest city

D. Maine’s largest city

13. ……widely used in the chemical industry, sodium carbonate is principally consumed by the glass industry.

A. Despite

B. Whether

C. Though

D. Except for

14. Cells, first identified by the early microscopists, began to be considered …… in the nineteenth century.

A. them as microcosm of living organisms

B. the microcosm of living organisms

C. the microcosm of living organisms to be

D. as which ,the microcosm of living organisms

15. Like Jupiter, Saturn is a large, gaseous planet composed……of hydrogen and helium.

A. it is mostly

B. mostly

C. almost

D. both are almost