Structure Test
Structure Test
2. Even with vast research, there is still a great deal that is known about the
workings of the human brain.
(A) neither
(B) none
(C) no
(D) not
5. The art works of Madlyn-Ann Woolwich are characterized by strong, dark colors and fine
attention to patterns of light-----
-- the viewer’s eye.
(A) that attract
(B) when attracted
(C) which attraction
(D) attract to
6. A grass-eating, river-dwelling mammal, the hippopotamus to the pig.
(A) being related
(B) is related
(C) relate
(D) relating
15. Though smaller than our solar system, a quasar, which looks like an ordinary star, emits
more light--------------galaxy.
(A) than an entire
(B) entirely as
(C) that the entire
(D) entirely than
16. People usually wear clothing why two basic purposes — warmth and
decoration. A B C D
17. In 1890 Kate Hurd-Mead became medical director of the Bryn Mawr School for girls,
A B
one of a first schools in the United States to initiate a preventive health program.
C D
18. Superior to all others woods for shipbuilding, teak is also used for furniture, flooring,
and A B C D
general construction.
19. Weather is the transitory expression of climate that can change great from day to day or
A B C D
season to season.
22. It was after shortly microscopes were introduced at the beginning of the seventeenth
A B C
century that microorganisms were actually sighted.
D
23. Until the 1840’s, practically the only pioneers who had ventured to the western
United A B C
States were trappers and a little explorers.
D
24. Medical research indicates but large amounts of histamines can be responsible for colds,
A B C D
hay fever, and other respiratory reactions.
25. Yttrium is a silvery, metallic element used in the made of red phosphors for
television A B C
D
picture tubes.
26. Tropical forests exist close the equator, where both high temperatures and
abundant A B C D
rainfall occur year-round.
27. The ease with which houseplants can grown causes them to be popular among
amateur A B C D
horticulturists.
28. Paintings of a religious, ceremonial, or history character tend to elevate their subjects
A B C
above the level of ordinary existence.
D
29. According to classical musical tradition, the term “sonata” is given to those works
are A B C
written for solo piano or for a solo wind or stringed instrument.
D
30. Precisely because photographs are produced by mechanical devices, a camera’s images
A B
now seem to some artists the perfect means for expression the modem era.
C D
31. The discovery of the magnetic effects of coils made possible to measure an electric
current. A B C D
32. Since the 1950’s the city of Baltimore has financed several major programs of urban A B
renew, including rebuilding the Inner Harbor. C D
33. For at least 4,000 years, Native American artists adorned rocks, cliff walls, and caves A B
in the American Southwest with an amazing various of symbolic figures.
C D
34. Animal researchers have identified many behavioral patterns associated with selection
A B
a place to live, avoiding predators, and finding food.
C D
35. Average world temperatures have risen on half a degree Celsius since the mid-nineteenth A B C
D
century.
36. The plan connected the Hudson River with Lake Erie by a canal was first proposed in A B C
the late eighteenth century. D
37. Why certain plants contain alkaloids remains a mystery, although botanists have A B C
formulated a number of theory to explain it.
D
38. Dimness of light will not harm the eyes any more than taking a photograph in dimly A B C
D
light can harm a camera.
39. Contemporary film directors, some of them write the scripts for, act in, and even produce
A B
their own motion pictures, are thereby assuming ever more control of their art.
C D