Puji syukur kepada Allah SWT dan shalawat kepada Nabi Muhammad SAW.

Semoga kita semua tetap dianugrahi kesehatan dan kemampuan meraih semua target

kehidupan yang sudah kita rencanakan.

Penulis disini akhirnya dapat merasa sangat bersyukur karena telah

menyelesaikan buku kami yang berjudul “1000 Soal Grammar Bahasa Inggris dan

Kunci Pembahasan”. Dalam buku ini kami mencoba untuk memberikan soal-soal yang

dapat mengasah kemampuan kita dalam penguasaan grammar dalam mengikuti

berbagai test. Salah contohnya adalah Tes TOEFL, CPNS, Sekolah Kedinasan dan

materi kuliah.

Penulis mengucapkan banyak terima kasih kepada semua pihak yang telah

membantu hingga terselesaikannya buku ini. Dan penulis memahami jika buku ini tentu

jauh dari kesempurnaan maka kritik dan saran sangat kami butuhkan guna memperbaiki

karya-karya kami di waktu-waktu mendatang.

Medan, September 2019

Penulis

KATA PENGANTAR ................................................................................. ii

DAFTAR ISI .............................................................................................. iii

SOAL .........................................................................................................1

MULTIPLE CHOICE ................................................................................... 2

ERROR RECOGNITION .......................................................................... 68

KUNCI JAWABAN ................................................................................... 92

KUNCI JAWABAN MULTIPLE CHOICE ................................................... 93

KUNCI JAWABAN ERROR RECOGNITION .......................................... 127

DAFTAR PUSTAKA ............................................................................. 131

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1. The North Pole_____a latitude of 90

degrees north.

(A) has

(B) is having

(C) which is having

(D) it has

2. _____greyhound, can achieve

speeds up to thirty-six miles per

hour.

(A) The

(B) The fastest

(C) The fastest dog

(D) The fastest dog, the

3. The Mayflower was bound for

Virginia, but a hurricane _____ off

course.

(A) blew it

(B) to blow it

(C) it blew

(D) blowing it

4. The greenhouse effect occurs _____

heat radiating from the Sun.

(A) when does the Earth’s

atmosphere trap

(B) does the Earths atmosphere trap

(C) when the Earth’s atmosphere

traps

(D) the Earth's atmosphere traps

5. The Rose Bowl, ______ place on

New Year’s Day, is the oldest

postseason collegiate football game

in the United States.

(A) takes

(B) which takes

(C) it takes

(D) took

6. Experiments _______ represent a

giant step into the medicine of the

future.

(A) using gene therapy

(B) use gene therapy

(C) they use

(D) gene therapy uses

7. _____ off the Hawaiian coastline are

living, others are dead.

(A) Coral reefs

(B) Some types of coral reefs

(C) There are many types of coral

reefs

(D) While some types of coral reefs

8. People who reverse the letters of

words ____ to read suffer from

dyslexia.

(A) if they tried

(B) when trying

(C) when tried

(D) if he tries

9. Featured at the Henry Ford Museum

_____ of antique cars dating from

1865.

(A) an exhibit is

(B) an exhibit

(C) is an exhibit

(D) which is an exhibit

10. Rubber _____ from vulcanized

silicones with a high molecular

weight is difficult to distinguish from

natural rubber.

(A) is produced

(B) producing

(C) that produces

(D) produced

11. _____ in scope, romanticism was a

reaction against neoclassical

principles.

(A) Mainly literary

(B) It was mainly literary

(C) The main literature was

(D) The literature was mainly

12. The Central Intelligence Agency

(CIA) _____came about as a result

of the National Security Act of 1947.

(A) what

(B) it was

(C) was what

(D) it was what

13. Oil shale is a soft, fine-grained

sedimentary rock _____ oil and

natural gas are obtained.

(A) from (C) is which

(B) is from (D) from which

14. _____ appears considerably larger

at the horizon than it does overhead

is merely an optical illusion.

(A) The Moon

(B) That the Moon

(C) When the Moon

(D) The Moon which

15. According to the World Health

Organization, _____ there to be an

outbreak of any of the six most

dangerous diseases, this could be

cause for quarantine.

(A) were (C) there were

(B) they were (D) were they

16. The North Platte River ____ from

Wyoming into Nebraska.

(A) it flowed

(B) flows

(C) flowing

(D) with flowing water

17. _____ Biloxi received its name from

a Sioux word meaning "first people.”

(A) The city of

(B) Located in

(C) It is in

(D) The tour included

18. A pride of lions ____ up to forty lions.

including one to three males, several

females, and cubs.

(A) can contain (C) contain

(B) it contains (D) containing

19. ____ tea plant are small and white.

(A) The

(B) On the

(C) Having flowers the

(D) The flowers of the

20. The tetracyclines, _____ antibiotics,

are used to treat infections.

(A) are a family of

(B) being a family

(C) a family of

(D) their family is

21. Any possible academic assistance

from taking stimulants _____

marginal at best.

(A) it is (C) is

(B) there is (D) as

22. Henry Adams, bom in Boston, ____

famous as a historian and novelist.

(A) became

(B) and became

(C) he was

(D) and he became

23. The major cause _____ the pull of

the Moon on the Earth.

(A) the ocean tides are

(B) of ocean tides is

(C) of the tides in the ocean

(D) the oceans’ tides

24. Still a novelty in the late nineteenth

century,_____ limited to the rich.

(A) was

(B) was photography

(C) it was photography

(D) photography was

25. A computerized map of the freeways

using information gathered by

sensors embedded in the pavement

_____ on a local cable channel

during rush hours.

(A) airs (C) air

(B) airing (D) to air

26. The president of the U. S. appoints

the cabinet members, _____

appointments are subject to Senate

approval.

(A) their

(B) with their

(C) because their

(D) but their

27. The prisoners were prevented from

speaking to reporters because ___

(A) not wanting the story in the

papers

(B) the story in the papers the

superintendent did not want

(C) the public to hear the story

(D) the superintendent did not want

the story in the papers

28. Like Thomas Bergers fictional

character Little Big Man, Lauderdale

managed to find himself

where_____of important events took

place.

(A) it was an extraordinary number

(B) there was an extraordinary

number

(C) an extraordinary number

(D) an extraordinary number existed

29. ____ sucked groundwater from

below, some parts of the city have

begun to sink as much as ten inches

annually.

(A) Pumps have

(B) As pumps have

(C) So pumps have

(D) With pumps

30. Case studies are the target of much

skepticism in the scientific

community, _____ used extensively

by numerous researchers.

(A) they are

(B) are

(C) yet they

(D) yet they are

31. According to the hypothesis in the

study, the monarchs pick up the

magnetic field of the _____ migrate

by following magnetic fields.

(A) target monarchs

(B) target since monarchs

(C) target since monarchs are

(D) target

32. _____ show the relations among

neurons, they do not preclude the

possibility that other aspects are

important.

(A) Neural theories

(B) A neural theory

(C) Although neural theories

(D) However neural theories

33. _____or refinanced, the lender will

generally require setting up an

escrow account to ensure the

payment of property taxes and

homeowner’s insurance.

(A) A home is

(B) A home is bought

(C) When a home

(D) When a home is bought

34. If ultraviolet radiation enters the

Earth's atmosphere, _____ generally

blocked by the ozone concentrated

in the atmosphere.

(A) it

(B) it is

(C) so it is

(D) then it

35. Among human chromosomes, the Y

chromosome is unusual _____ most

of the chromosome does not

participate in meiotic recombination.

(A) in

(B) so

(C) and

(D) in that

36. The three basic chords in _____ the

tonic, the dominant, and the

subdominant.

(A) functional harmony

(B) functional harmony is

(C) functional harmony are

(D) functional harmony they are

37. _____ Hale Telescope, at the

Palomar Observatory in southern

California, scientists can photograph

objects several billion light years

away.

(A) The

(B) With the

(C) They use the

(D) It is the

38. Without the proper card installed

inside the computer, _____

impossible to run a graphical

program.

(A) is definitely

(B) because of

(C) it is

(D) is

39. The charter for the Louisiana lottery

was coming up for renewal, _____

spared no expense in the fight to win

renewal.

(A) the lottery committee

(B) so the lottery committee and

(C) so the lottery committee

(D) the lottery committee made

40. While in reality Alpha Centauri is a

triple star, ____ to the naked eye to

be a single star.

(A) it appears

(B) but it appears

(C) appears

(D) despite it

41. The Sun’s gravity severely distorted

the path of the comet _____ entered

its wildly erratic orbit around Jupiter.

(A) it

(B) when

(C) after the comet came into it

(D) once the comet

42. Each object ____ Jupiter's magnetic

field is deluged with electrical

charges.

(A) Enters (C) entering

(B) it enters (D) enter

43. As its name suggests, the Prairie

Wetlands Resource Center _____

the protection of wetlands on the

prairies of the Dakotas, Montana,

Minnesota, and Nebraska.

(A) it focuses

(B) focuses on

(C) focusing

(D) to focus on

44. One of the largest and most powerful

birds of prey in the world, _____ a

six-foot wingspan and legs and

talons roughly the size of a man’s

arms and legs.

(A) so the harpy has

(B) the harpy having

(C) with the harpy having

(D) the harpy has

45. ____ creation of such a community

was a desirable step, the requisite

political upheaval had to be

accepted.

(A) Since the

(B) The

(C) Later, the

(D) It was the

46. Dolphins form extremely

complicated allegiances and ____

continually change.

(A) enmities that

(B) that are enmities

(C) enmities that are

(D) that enmities

47. Scientists are now beginning to

conduct experiments on _____

trigger different sorts of health risks

(A) noise pollution can

(B) that noise pollution

(C) how noise pollution

(D) how noise pollution can

48. The Apollo II astronauts _____ of the

Earth’s inhabitants witnessed on the

famous first moonwalk on July 20,

1969, were Neil Armstrong and Buzz

Aldnn.

(A) whom

(B) whom millions

(C) were some

(D) whom some were

49. At the end of the nineteenth century,

Alfred Binet developed a test for

measuring intelligence ____ served

as the basis of modem IQ tests

(A) has

(B) it has

(C) and

(D) which has

50. _____ have at least four hours of

hazardous materials response

training is mandated by federal law.

(A) All police officers

(B) All police officers must

(C) That all police officers

(D) For all police officers

51. A clouds reservoir of negative

charge extends upward from the

altitude at ____ the freezing point.

(A) temperatures hit

(B) hit temperatures

(C) which temperatures hit

(D) which hit temperatures

52. In a 1988 advanced officers' training

program, Sampson developed a plan

to incorporate police in enforcing

environmental protection laws

whenever ______ feasible.

(A) it is

(B) is

(C) has

(D) it has

53. _____ will be carried in the next

space shuttle payload has not yet

been announced to the public.

(A) It

(B) What

(C) When

(D) That

54. During free fall, _____ up to a full

minute, a skydiver will fall at a

constant speed of 120 m.p.h.

(A) it is

(B) which is

(C) being

(D) is

55. The fact _____ the most important

ratings period is about to begin has

caused all three networks to shore

up their schedules.

(A) is that (C) that

(B) of (D) what

56. _____ loom high above the north

and northeastern boundaries of the

expanding city of Tucson.

(A) The Santa Catalina mountains

(B) Because the Santa Catalina

mountains

(C) The Santa Catalina mountains

are

(D) That the Santa Catalina

mountains

57. Radioactive _____ provides a

powerful way to measure geologic

time.

(A) it

(B) dates

(C) dating

(D) can

58. _____ contained in the

chromosomes, and they are thought

of as the units of heredity.

(A) Genes which are

(B) Genes are

(C) When genes

(D) Because of genes

59. The benefit _____ the study is that it

provides necessary information to

anyone who needs it.

(A) of

(B) which

(C) that

(D) because

60. The same symptoms that occur ____

occur with cocaine.

(A) amphetamines can

(B) with amphetamines can

(C) so amphetamines

(D) with amphetamines they

61. Many companies across the country

have molded the concepts_____

describes into an integrated strategy

for preventing stress.

(A) and Wolf

(B) that Wolf

(C) what Wolf

(D) so Wolf

62. ____ In the first draft of the budget

will not necessarily be in the final

draft.

(A) Although it appears

(B) It appears

(C) What appears

(D) Despite its appearance

63. If a food label indicates that a food is

mostly carbohydrate, it does not

mean ____ is a good food to eat.

(A) and it

(B) and

(C) that it

(D) when

64. A need for space law to include

commercial concerns has been

recognized in as much _____ been

expanding drastically in recent

years.

(A) the commercial launch industry

(B) the commercial launch industry

has

(C) as has the commercial launch

(D) as the commercial launch

industry has

65. The report on the nuclear power

plant indicated that when the plant

had gone on line, ____ unsafe.

(A) and it had been

(B) it had been

(C) had been

(D) that it had been

66. When _____ nests during spring

nesting season, Canadian geese are

fiercely

(A) building

(B) are building

(C) built

(D) are built

67. In 1870, Calvin, along with

Adirondack hunter Alvah Dunning,

made the first known ascent of

Seward Mountain, _____ far from

roads or trails.

(A) a remote peak

(B) it is a remote peak

(C) a remote peak is

(D) which a remote peak

68. Kokanee salmon begin to deteriorate

and die soon _____ at the age of

four..

(A) they spawn

(B) after spawning

(C) spawn

(D) spawned the salmon

69. _____ benind government secrecy

for nearly half a century, The Hanford

plant in teritorial central Washington

produced plutonium for the nuclear

weapons of the Cold War.

(A) It is hidden

(B) Hidden

(C) Which is hidden

(D) The plant is hiding

70. Until _____ incorrect, astronomers

had assumed that the insides of

white dwarfs were uniform.

(A) they

(B) their proof

(C) the astronomers recently proven

(D) recently proven

71. _____ artifacts from the early

Chinese dynasties, numerous

archeologists have explored the

southern Silk Road

(A) They were searching for

(B) It was a search for

(C) Searched for

(D) Searching for

72. In Hailey, the best-known lecturer

was women’s rights activist Abigail

Scott Duniway of Portland, Oregon,

who could usually be persuaded to

speak _____ town visiting her son.

(A) she was in

(B) while in

(C) why le she was

(D) was in

73. The National Restaurant _____

Washington, says that federal efforts

to regulate workplace smoking would

limit restaurants’ ability to respond to

the desires of their patrons.

(A) Association in

(B) Association is in

(C) Association which is in

(D) Association, based in

74. _____ in North American waterways

less than a decade ago, zebra

mussels have already earned a

nasty reputation for their expensive

habit of clogging water pipes in the

Great Lakes area.

(A) The first sighting

(B) Although first sighted

(C) Zebra mussels were first sighted

(D) First sighting

75. Small companies may take their

goods abroad for trade shows

without paying foreign value-added

taxes by acquiring ____ an ATA

carnet.

(A) a document calls

(B) a document called

(C) calls a document

(D) called a document

76. In the United States _____

approximately four million miles of

roads/streets, and highways.

(A) there

(B) is

(C) they

(D) there are

77. _____ twelve million immigrants

entered the United States via Ellis

Island.

(A) More than

(B) There were more than

(C) Of more than

(D) The report of

78. The television, _____ so long been a

part of our culture, has an enormous

influence.

(A) has

(B) it has

(C) which

(D) which has

79. Psychologists have traditionally

maintained that infants cannot

formulate long-term memories until

_____ the age of eight or nine

months.

(A) they

(B) they reach

(C) to reach

(D) reach

80. ____ a cheese shop has since grown

into a small conglomerate consisting

of a catering business and two retail

stores.

(A) In the beginning of

(B) It began as

(C) Its beginning which was

(D) What began as

81. Primarily a government contractor,

_____ preferential treatment from

government agencies as both a

minority-group member and a

woman.

(A) receives Weber

(B) Weber receives

(C) the reception of Weber

(D) according to Weber's reception

82. Because the project depends on

_____ at the federal level, the city

and county may have to wait until the

budget cutting ends.

(A) it happens

(B) which happening

(C) what happens

(D) that it happen

83. ____ definitive study of a western

hardrock mining community

cemetery appears to have been

done is in Silver City, Nevada.

(A) Most

(B) The most

(C) Where most

(D) Where the most

84. One of the areas of multimedia that

is growing quickly ____ is sound.

(A) yet is easily overlooked

(B) is easily overlooked

(C) it is easily overlooked

(D) that is easily overlooked

85. ____ , early approaches for coping

with workplace stress dealt with the

problem only after its symptoms had

appeared.

(A) Although well intending

(B) Although it is a good intention

(C) Although a good intention

(D) Although well intended

86. Rarely ___ located near city lights or

at lower elevations.

(A) observatories are

(B) are

(C) in the observatories

(D) are observatories

87. There are geographic, economic,

and cultural reasons why _____

around the world

(A) diets differ Engineers

(B) do diets differ

(C) are diets different

(D) to differ a diet auto industry.

88. Were _____ millions of dollars each

year replenishing eroding beaches,

the coastline would be changing

even more rapidly.

(A) the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers not spending

(B) the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers not

(C) the U.S Army Corps of

Engineers

(D) not spending the U.S. Army

Corps of

89. Nowhere ____ more skewed than in

the auto industry

(A) that retail trade figures

(B) retail trade figures

(C) are retail trade figures

(D) retail trade figures

90. New York City’s Central Park is

nearly twice as large _____ second

smallest country, Monaco.

(A) as (C) as is

(B) is the (D) as is the

91. Potassium has a valence of positive

one because it usually loses one

electron when ____ with other

elements.

(A) does it combine

(B) it combines

(C) in combining

(D) combination

92. The economic background of labor

legislation will not be mentioned in

this course, _____ be treated.

(A) trade unionism will not

(B) nor trade unionism will

(C) nor will trade unionism

(D) neither trade unionism will

93. _____ test positive for antibiotics

when tanker trucks arrive at a milk

processing plant, according to

federal law, the entire truckload must

be discarded.

(A) Should milk

(B) If milk

(C) If milk is

(D) Milk should

94. Located behind _____ the two

lacrimal glands.

(A) each eyelid

(B) is each eyelid

(C) each eyelid are

(D) each eyelid which is

95. Only for a short period of time _____

run at top speed.

(A) cheetahs

(B) do cheetahs

(C) that a cheetah can

(D) can

96. ____ variety of flowers in the show,

from simple carnations to the most

exquisite roses.

(A) A wide

(B) There was a wide

(C) Was there

(D) Many

97. The wedges ____ dartboard are

worth from one to twenty points

each.

(A) they are on a

(B) are on a

(C) are they on a

(D) on a

98. ____ producing many new movies

for release after the new season

begins.

(A) His company is

(B) His companies

(C) The company

(D) Why the company is

99. _____ that Er lily Dickinson wrote, 24

were given titles and 7 were

published during her lifetiire.

(A) Of the 1,800 poems

(B) There were 1,800 poems

(C) Because the 1,800 poems

(D) The 1,800 poems

100. Since an immediate change was

needed on an emergency basis,

_____ by the governor to curtail

railway expenditure.

(A) so it was proposed

(B) was proposed

(C) because of the proposal

(D) it was proposed

101. In the Morgan Library in New

York City _____ of medieval and

renaissance manuscripts.

(A) a collection is

(B) in a collection

(C) is a collection

(D) which is a collection

102. Some fishing fleets might not

have been so inefficient in limiting

their catch to target species _____

more strict in enforcing penalties.

(A) the government had been

(B) if the government had

(C) had the government been

(D) if the government

103. The Dewey decimal system,

currently used in libraries throughout

the world, ____ all written works into

ten classes according to subject.

(A) dividing

(B) divides

(C) it would divide

(D) was divided

104. Individual differences in brain-

wave activity may shed light on why

some people are more prone to

emotional stress disorders -------

(A) that others are

(B) and others are

(C) others are

(D) than are others

105. _____ squeezed, the orange

juice in a onecup serving provides

twice the minimum daily requirement

for vitamin C.

(A) It is freshly

(B) If freshly

(C) You freshly

(D) If it freshly

106. ____ several unsuccessful

attempts, Robert Peary reached the

North Pole on April 6, 1909.

(A) After (C) When

(B) He made (D) His

107. The musical instrument _____ is

six feet long.

(A) is called the bass

(B) it is called the bass

(C) called the bass

(D) calls the bass

108. One problem with all languages

____ they are full of irregularities.

(A) when (C) is that

(B) so (D) in case

109. _____ of economic cycles been

helpful in predicting turning points in

cycles, they would have been used

more consistently.

(A) Psychological theories

(B) Psychological theories have

(C) Had psychological theories

(D) Psychologists have theories

110. Hospital committees _____

spent weeks agonizing over which

artificial kidney candidate would

receive the treatments now find that

the decision is out of their hands.

(A) once

(B) that once

(C) have

(D) once had

111. Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood

is neither journalistically accurate

___

(A) a piece of fiction

(B) nor a fictitious work

(C) or written in a fictitious way

(D) nor completely fictitious

112. Vitamin C is necessary for the

prevention and _____ of scurvy.

(A) it cures

(B) cures

(C) cure

(D) for curing

113. A baby’s development is

influenced by both heredity and ____

(A) by environmental factors

(B) environmentally

(C) the influence of the environment

(D) environment

114. Because bone loss occurs

earlier in women than _____ , the

effects of osteoporosis are more

apparent in women

(A) men do

(B) in men

(C) as men

(D) similar to men

115. The growth of hair _____ cyclical

process, with phases of activity and

inactivity.

(A) it is

(B) is a

(C) which is

(D) a regular

116. The fire ____ to have started in

the furnace under the house.

(A) is believed

(B) that is believed

(C) they believe

(D) that they believe

117. In Roman numerals, ____

symbols for

numeric values.

(A) are letters of the alphabet

(B) letters of the alphabet are

(C) which uses letters of the

alphabet

(D) in which letters of the alphabet

118. The legal systems of most

countries can Ipe classified _____

common law or civil law.

(A) as either

(B) either as

(C) either to

(D) to either

119. One difference between

mathematics and language is that

mathematics is precise _____

(A) language is not

(B) while language is not

(C) but language not

(D) while is language

120. Your criticism of the three short

stories should not be less than

2,000*words, nor ____ more than

3,000.

(A) should it be

(B) it should be

(C) it is

(D) should be it

121. The speed of light is _____ the

speed of sound.

(A) faster

(B) much faster than

(C) the fastest

(D) as fast

122. The use of detail is _____

method of developing a controlling

idea, and almost all students employ

this method.

(A) more common

(B) common

(C) most common

(D) the most common

123. _____ in Stevenson’s

landscapes, the more vitality and

character the paintings seem to

possess.

(A) The brushwork is loose

(B) The looser brushwork

(C) The loose brushwork is

(D) The looser the brushwork is

124. ____ , a liberal arts college

specifically for deaf people, is

located in Washington, D.C

(A) Gallaudet College

(B) Gallaudet College is

(C) About Gallaudet College

(D) Because of Gallaudet College

125. ____ varieties of dogs at the

show, including spaniels, poodles,

and collies.

(A) The several

(B) Those

(C) Several

(D) There were several

126. While the discovery that many

migratory songbirds can thrive in

deforested wintering spots ____ , the

fact remains that these birds are

dying at unusual rates.

(A) it is heartening

(B) hearten

(C) heartening

(D) is heartening

127. ____ separates Manhattan’s

Upper East Side from the Upper

West Side

(A) Central Park

(B) Where Central Park

(C) Where is Central Park

(D) Central Park which

128. Bioluminescent animals _____

the water or on land.

(A) live

(B) are living either

(C) they are found in

(D) can be found in

129. The purpose of a labor union is

to improve the working conditions,

_____ , and pay of its members.

(A) jobs are secure

(B) to be secure

(C) job security

(D) the job's security

130. When _____ on July 4, 1789, the

federal tariff, intended by the

Founding Fathers to be the

government’s primary source of

revenue, was remarkably

evenhanded

(A) was first enacted

(B) first enacted

(C) was enacted first

(D) it first

131. _____ inclined to push for such

a reduction, it would probably not be

successful.

(A) The Office of Management

(B) The Office of Management was

(C) In the Office of Management

(D) Were the Office of Management

132. _____ in the United States

declined from twenty million in 1910

to nine million in the 1970s.

(A) For a number of horses

(B) The number of horses

(C) When the number of horses

(D) That the number of horses

133. Because of his reservations

about the issue, _____ refused to

vote for it.

(A) who

(B) and

(C) which the senator

(D) the senator

134. Bats avoid running into objects

by ____ high-frequency sounds and

listening for echoes.

(A) the emission

(B) emitted

(C) emitting

(D) they emit

135. It has been estimated that if we

intend to stay above the starvation

level, ____ the food supply.

(A) so we will have to double

(B) and it must double

(C) which it must be doubled

(D) we must double

136. _____ discussed by the board of

directors when it was proposed

again by supervisors.

(A) The problem had already

(B) The problem is already

(C) The problem had already been

(D) The problem has already

137. Much of the carnage of

elephants, giraffes, and big cats

_____ uncaring hunters.

(A) must commit by

(B) must be committed

(C) must have committed

(D) must have been committed by

138. The X-ray treatments ___ up to

the time the that he was dismissed

from the hospital.

(A) gave daiIy

(B) were given daily

(C) basically have given

(D) daily had been given

139. ____ Big Dipper, a seven-star

constellation in the shape of a cup, is

part of Ursa Major.

(A) The

(B) It is the

(C) With the

(D) That the

140. The Military Academy at West

Point ____ on the west bank of the

Hudson River, north of New York

City.

(A) located

(B) is located

(C) which is located

(D) whose location is

141. ____ impressive chapter in the

book was the chapter on Stuart’s

scientific theories.

(A) It was the most

(B) The most

(C) Most

(D) Most of the

142. Presidential ____ held every

four years on the first Tuesday after

the first Monday in November.

(A) electing

(B) elections are

(C) is elected

(D) elected and

143. Studies of carcinogenesis in

animals can provide data on ____ in

human susceptibility.

(A) differences are

(B) that differences are

(C) differences have

(D) differences

144. Those who favor the new law

say that the present law does not set

spending limits on lobbyists' gifts to

politicians, nor ____ statewide funds.

(A) it limits

(B) limits it

(C) does it limit

(D) does it

145. The population of the earth is

increasing at a tremendous rate and

____ out of control.

(A) they have become

(B) are soon going to be

(C) soon will be

(D) why it will be

146. Starting in 1811, traders and

manufacturers were more easily able

to send goods upriver in _____

provided the necessary power to

counteract the flow of the waters.

(A) steamboats

(B) which

(C) that

(D) that steamboats

147. ____ worst phase of the

Depression, more than thirteen

million Americans had no jobs.

(A) It was in the

(B) During the

(C) While the

(D) The

148. When reading a book, you must

keep your point of view separate

from the point of view in ____ you are

studying.

(A) that

(B) the material and

(C) the materials that

(D) the materials that are

149. Speech consists not merely of

sounds but ____ that follow various

structural patterns.

(A) of organized sound patterns

(B) organized sound patterns

(C) that sound patterns are

organized

(D) in organizing sound patterns

150. Patty Berg, the top tournament

winner in women's golf, ___ eighty-

three golf tournaments from 1935

through 1964.

(A) she won

(B) winning

(C) won

(D) who won

151. ____ with about fifteen times its

weight in air does gasoline allow the

carburetor to run smoothly.

(A) It is mixed

(B) To mix it

(C) When mixed

(D) Only when mixed

152. During the early nineteenth

century, the Spanish missions in

Alta, ____ California to be an integral

part of the economy and productive

capacity of the region.

(A) proved

(B) they proved

(C) they proved it

(D) proved it

153. _____ still other hurdles remain

before suitable for private cars.

(A) fuel cells

(B) become

(C) fuel cells become

(D) that fuel cells become

154. The daughters of Joseph

LaFlesche were bom into the

generation of Omaha forced to

abandon tribal traditions, ____ on

thereservation, and to adapt to the

white

man's ways.

(A) they matured

(B) to mature

(C) maturing

(D) to maturity

155. Among the most revealing

aspects of

mining towns ____ their paucity of

public open space.

(A) Was (C) it was

(B) were (D) so

156. In economics, "diminishing

returns" describes _____ resource

inputs and production.

(A) among

(B) when it is

(C) among them

(D) the relationship between

157. When lava reaches the surface,

its temperature can be ten times

_____ boiling water.

(A) the temperature

(B) that of

(C) it is

(D) more

158. Rarely ___ remove the entire

root of a dandelion because of its

length and sturdiness.

(A) can the casual gardener

(B) the casual gardener

(C) the casual gardener will

(D) does the casual gardener’s

159. In any matter, heat tends to flow

_____ to the cooler parts.

(A) hotter parts

(B) there are hotter parts

(C) from the hotter parts

(D) toward the hotter parts

160. Certain authorities claim that the

costumes that people wear to

parties___ into their personalities.

(A) give subtle insights

(B) they give subtle insights

(C) which give subtle insights

(D) subtle insights

161. _____Army camps near

Washington, D.C., in 1861, Julia

Ward Howe wrote “The Battle Hymn

of the Republic.”

(A) She visited

(B) After visiting

(C) When visited

(D) When was she visiting

162. Wild Bill Hickok _____ for the

Union Army during the Civil War by

posing as a Confederate officer.

(A) spied

(B) spying

(C) a spy

(D) was spied

163. ____ was unusable as farmland

and difficult to traverse, the Badlands

is an area in South Dakota.

(A) So named because it

(B) Because of

(C) It

(D) Naming it

164. The planet Mercury ___

rotations during every two trips

around the Sun.

(A) three complete

(B) completes three

(C) the completion of three

(D) completing three of the

165. In prehistoric ____ of western

Utah was covered by Lake

Bonneville.

(A) times, a large part

(B) times, there was a large part

(C) part of the time

(D) for large parts of time

166. The helicopter is able to hover in

___ powered rotors produce lift even

at zero forward speed.

(A) flight because of the

(B) flying the

(C) the flying of the

(D) flight because the

167. The upper levels of the Sun's

atmosphere are of very low _____

heats the gases there to very high

temperatures.

(A) dense and solar

(B) density, solar activity

(C) density, but solar activity

(D) density and activity of the Sun is

168. Lapis lazuli, ____ stone, has

been valued for ornamental

purposes for more than 6,000 years.

(A) an opaque deep blue

(B) is an opaque deep blue

(C) it is an opaque deep blue

(D) that is an opaque deep blue

169. Mountaineers ____ climb Mount

Everest must make reservations to

do so, often up to seven years in

advance.

(A) want to

(B) they want to

(C) who want

(D) wanting to

170. Created by the dissolution of

limestone, the underground cave

system _____ Mammoth Cave is

noted for its stalactites and

stalagmites.

(A) is known as

(B) it is known to be

(C) known as

(D) to be known

171. Most slang terms are simply old

words ____ additional new

meanings.

(A) give

(B) given

(C) are given

(D) they are given

172. North Carolina's Outer Banks

are a chain of low, narrow islands

_____ the mainland from the

frequent Atlantic storms in the area.

(A) they buffer

(B) that buffer

(C) to buffer them

(D) that they buffer

173. It is at the age of approximately

eighteen months _____ children

begin to make combinations of two or

three words.

(A) when many

(B) when are many

(C) when do many

(D) when have many of the

174. Story of a bad boy, a semi

autobiographical novel by Thomas

Bailey Aldrich, ranks high among

books _____ have incorporated their

boyhood experiences.

(A) the American authors

(B) which are American authors

(C) in which American authors

(D) are those which American

authors

175. In the La Brea tar pits of Los

Angeles ____ which have been

preserved from the Pleistocene

period.

(A) thousands of animals are

(B) thousands are animals

(C) the thousands of animals

(D) are thousands of animals

176. _____provided

alivingfornearly90 percent of the

population of the American colonies.

(A) Farming was what

(B) What farming

(C) Farming was

(D) What was farming

177. Not only_____more brittle than

hard maples, but they are also less

able to withstand high winds.

(A) soft maples are

(B) are soft maples

(C) they are soft maples

(D) soft maples

178. _____ become blocked so that

heat and moisture could not escape,

death would result.

(A) Were the skin’s pores to

(B) The pores of the skin were to

(C) The skin’s pores

(D) If the pores of the skin

179. At the beginning of this book, the

author discusses the effects _____

on the envirorunent.

(A) of pollution

(B) they are of the polluted

(C) of the polluted

(D) they pollute

180. Psychologists have observed

that a large part of the ____ activity

is beyond one's awareness.

(A) brain that

(B) brainless

(C) brain's

(D) brain whose

181. Tax laws are passed by ____

who usually want to be re-elected.

(A) political it is

(B) politicians

(C) politics for

(D) politician

182. Paul Samuelson was the first

American to· win the Nobel Prize in

____

(A) economy

(B) economic

(C) economical

(D) economics

183. Various societies define ____ in

many rather complex ways.

(A) that is successful

(B) what success is

(C) that success is

(D) what is success

184. ____ warfare duties primarily to

males ·was imperative when combat

was hand-ro-hand.

(A) Assigning

(B) Assigned

(C) They who assigned

(D) That they were assigning

185. One approach to the study of

stress is to identify events that cause

psychological ____.

(A) disrupting

(B) disrupts

(C) disrupt

(D) disruption

186. ____ budget depends on the

state of its economy and the stability

of its currency.

(A) The country

(B) The countries

(C) Countries

(D) The country's

187. When items appear to vanish

gradually from short-term ____ , the

process of displacement is noted.

(A) memory

(B) memorial for

(C) in the memory

(D) memorize

188. Wendell WIlkie gained

prominence for ___ to President

Roosevelt's social refonns.

(A) he opposed

(B) his opposition

(C) opposing him

(D) he was opposite

189. Before the 1900s, children ____

the yards of their homes and in the

streets.

(A) playing alone in

(B) played in

(C) had played in

(D) they are playing

190. Many critics of plea bargaining

____ allows large numbers of

crimlnals to escape appropriate

punishment.

(A) believed it

(B) believe it to

(C) believing that it

(D) believe it

191. To get an idea of a soil's

porosity, ____ a small amount of top

soil in your hand.

(A) to rub

(B) rubbing

(C) rubbed

(D) rub

192. The risks of developing cancer

can ____ by not smoking and by

drinking in moderation.

(A) be significantly reduced

(B) to be significantly reduced

(C) significantly reduce

(D) to reduce significantly

193. Even though many couples ____

smaller families, the number of births

could rise.

(A) now having

(B) now has

(C) are now having

(D) is now having

194. To make up for losses in

revenue, bus companies ____

service and maintenance.

(A) cutting

(B) tends to cut

(C) tending to cut

(D) tend to cut

195. City planners in St. Paul ____

models for building compact towns

and' cities.

(A) proposing

(B) have proposed

(C) proposition

(D) proposal

196. Refrigeration ____ food spoilage

by keeping temperal\lres near or

below freezing.

(A) and the prevention of

(B) prevents

(C) preventing that

(D) is prevented from

197. Every year both large and small

businesses ____ financial

difficulties.

(A) that develop

(B) are developed

(C) they are developing

(D) develop

198. Why ____ to sell products

consumers want in order to earn

profit?

(A) companies have

(B) do companies have

(C) companies do have

(D) companies did have

199. Caffeine is ___ , slightly bitter

subscance, added to many

carbonated soft drinks.

(A) Odor

(B) odorless

(C) an odorless

(D) more odorous

200. Spain has little good farmland

and lacks many ____ raw materials.

(A) important industty

(B) industrious and imponant

(C) important industrial

(D) important industries

201. Nuclear engines operate wilhout

air and consume ____ fuel than do

other engines.

(A) much less

(B) most

(C) much

(D) most of the

202. Raising and selling cue flowers

and ____ potted plants is a large

industry.

(A) Decoration

(B) Decorates

(C) Decorate

(D) Decorative

203. Calcite is one of ____ minerals

in !he eanh, and is prevale(lt in

mountainous regions.

(A) the more commonly

(B) the most common

(C) as common a

(D) common

204. The mass of the sun is about 750

times ____ that of all the planets

combined.

(A) the greatest

(B) as great as

(C) greatly

(D) greater

205. Charles Dickens was one of

____ writers of all time.

(A) the popularity

(B) the most popularly

(C) the most popular

(D) mostly popular

206. The divorce rate is ____ in The

United States than in almost any

country.

(A) very high (C) the highest

(B) higher (D) highly

207. Martha Thomas was an

American educator who stood for

equal ____ rights for women.

(A) well-educated

(B) educational

(C) educating of

(D) educationally

208. The fewer the number of threads

per inch, the ____ texture.

(A) loose fabric is

(B) looser the fabric

(C) fabric has loose

(D) loose fabric

209. During the American

Revolutionary War, about 14,000

British loyalists returned to Britain,

____ in 1783.

(A) most of whom

(B) most of them

(C) mostly, they

(D) much

210. The sense of touch is essential

in locating external objects if ____

close to our bodies.

(A) their are

(B) they are

(C) their

(D) they

211. We thank the many editors ____

assisted us in the preparation of this

book.

(A) They

(B) Whose

(C) Whom

(D) who

212. A language laboratory has audio

equipment placed in booths ____

students listen to language tapes.

(A) How

(B) in that

(C) where

(D) who

213. Mothers ____ to their children

during the day and before bedtime

give their children a great advantage

in school.

(A) their having

(B) who have gotten

(C) whose

(D) who

214. Mary Cassan was an inventive

printmaker, and ____ were always at

the service of the public.

(A) her talents

(B) she was talented

(C) talent of hers

(D) hers, talents

215. Linguistics studies the structure

of language and regularities ____ .

(A) it's used in

(B) in its usage

(C) people use it

(D) using its

216. The judges at the fair are

delighted to inform you that ____ are

one of the selected finalists.

(A) Your

(B) Yours

(C) You

(D) Yourself

217. An organism cannot grow

without food, ____ materials to build

its cells.

(A) who delivers

(B) whose delivery

(C) which delivers

(D) it delivers

218. A sizable proportion of ltigh

school students claim _____ hope is

to be admined to college.

(A) that is their

(B) that their

(C) it is that their

(D) is that their

219. By the end of the 1950s, portions

of the Atlantic around New York had

become ____

(A) extremely dirty

(B) extreme dirtiness

(C) more dirty

(D) extremely dirtly

220. Because so much of the Sudan

is dry land, irrigation ____ for

farming.

(A) essentially

(B) is essential

(C) has essentially

(D) has essential

221. Pilots who prepare for military

careers train on the ground ____ in

the air.

(A) as good as

(B) as well as

(C) well as

(D) good as

222. None of the exercises provides

srudents with practice in

understanding ____ questions.

(A) really difficult

(B) real difficulty

(C) reality, difficulty

(D) really, difficulty

223. Saul Bellow has ____ life in

Chicago where he spent his

childhood.

(A) vivid portrayal

(B) vividly portrayed

(C) vividly portrays

(D) vivid portrait

224. Knight Dunlap conducted his

famous photography experiment

____ ,sixty years ago.

(A) Nearing

(B) Nears

(C) Ear

(D) Nearly

225. The elderly person whose family

moves to a new city may find it ____

to make friends of similar age.

(A) particularly hard

(B) particular, hard

(C) hardly panicular

(D) hard, particularly

226. Beethoven's nephew became

his pupil, but this relationship turned

out ____ .

(A) Bad

(B) Badly

(C) Worst

(D) More badly

227. Edgar Degas was ____ visual

information about faces, movement,

and light.

(A) constant accumulation

(B) consuntly accumulate

(C) constantly accumulating

(D) constant, accumulated

228. People who are ____ cannot tell

light from dark.

(A) blind totally

(B) a total blind

(C) totally blind

(D) totally blindly

229. Professional gardeners

appreciate flowers for their ____ ,

sorgeous colors, and pleasant

fragrance.

(A) attractively shaped

(B) shape and attract

(C) shaped attractively

(D) attractive shapes

230. Customs influence ____ and

how they prepare, serve, and eat

foods.

(A) people eat that

(B) people eat it

(C) what people eat

(D) what do people eat

231. Students of economics take

courses in such related fields as

history, political science, and ____ .

(A) Statistical

(B) Statistics

(C) Statistic

(D) Statistician

232. To bake fish, ____ buner and

place it in a generously greased

rectangular pan.

(A) it brushes with

(B) with its brushes

(C) brushing it with

(D) brush it with

233. Free electrons are not tightly

bound to their atoms and ____ from

one to another.

(A) can move easy

(B) can easily move

(C) can move more easily

(D) easy move

234. If you are seated when a

newcomer enters the room, stand up

to be greeted or ____ .

(A) Introduces himself

(B) Introduce

(C) Introduction

(D) Introduced

235. Good manners should always

govern the way people ____ .

(A) driving and parking

(B) drive and park

(C) to drive and to park

(D) driven and parked

236. Classical ballet dancers perform

their movements with an ____

bearing.

(A) openly and directly

(B) openness and direction

(C) open and direct

(D) opening and directly

237. The brain centers of ____ and

hearing enable a person to

understand written and spoken

language.

(A) Vision

(B) Visual

(C) The vision

(D) A visual

238. The D'Aulaires were them ____

team who wrote and illustrated

children's books.

(A) husband and wife

(B) husband and a wife

(C) husband and the wife's

(D) husbands and wifes

239. Dolphins and whales are

mammals that ____ lives in water.

(A) spend their entire

(B) their entire

(C) spend there entirely

(D) spending their entire

240. ____ a wrong number, it is

important to apologize before

hanging up.

(A) You dial

(B) If dials

(C) If dialing, you

(D) If you dial

241. The study of etymology rests

upon basic principles _____ to all

languages.

(A) that applying

(B) that they apply

(C) that apply

(D) applied that

242. Juries determine facts from what

is said and from the manner ____ .

(A) which is said in

(B) which said it in

(C) in which it is said

(D) which said it

243. No one knows when or why

Monet abandoned his largest

canvas, of which ____ .

(A) only the survival of fragments

(B) only fragmented survivors

(C) only fragmenis survive

(D) survived only as fragments

244. Evening programs have been

opened for people ____ during the

day.

(A) whom work

(B) who work

(C) who works

(D) which work

245. Congress, acting on the

rccommendation of spedal

subcommittees, decides how much

money ____ on education.

(A) the government which is

spending

(B) the government will spend

(C) will the government spend

(D) the spending of the government

246. Colonists who came to America

created schools similar to those

____ in Europe.

(A) they had known

(B) had they known

(C) which had known

(D) that had known

247. The thirteen colonies stretched

from ____ Maine to Georgia.

(A) that is now

(B) what is now

(C) now that is what

(D) is that what

248. That ____ by gases was

established only recently.

(A) surrounding the earth

(B) surrounded the earth

(C) the earth is surrounded

(D) the earth surrounded

249. Nondurable goods ____ for

immediate use and are often less

expensive than durable goods.

(A) is intended

(B) are intended

(C) intent

(D) intends

250. There ____ photogtaphs and

graphs in this book that meet the

needs of instructors in introductory

courses.

(A) is many

(B) are many

(C) many are

(D) many more

251. Flower experts ____ three main

classes of cultivated roses.

(A) recognition

(B) they recognize

(C) recognize

(D) recognizes

252. Each of the displayed antique

garments ____ of praise and

admiration.

(A) worthy

(B) worth

(C) are worthy

(D) is worthy

253. Almost all vegetarian diets

contain fewer calories than diets that

____ meat.

(A) it includes

(B) they include

(C) include

(D) including

254. When the Winter Palace caught

on fire, all of its library _____ .

(A) were destroyed

(B) destroyed

(C) was destroyed

(D) it destroyed

255. Syndicated news ____ than

news from independent agents.

(A) are cheaper and faster

(B) is cheaper and faster

(C) are cheap and fast

(D) is cheap and fast

256. None of the deparunents in the

university _____ advance the

students' reading skills.

(A) it set out to

(B) setting out

(C) sets out to

(D) they set out to

257. Cold pressing _____ less oil

from a plant than do other processes.

(A) Removes

(B) Removing

(C) it removes

(D) they remove

258. While reporters listen to a

communication, _____ the points the

speaker is making.

(A) evaluate

(B) the evaluation

(C) he evaluares

(D) they evaluate

259. The raw materials present in the

sugar beet ____ make sugar.

(A) need

(B) are needed to

(C) while needing

(D) needs it

260. Hair, fingernails. and toenails

____ from the skin.

(A) forming

(B) formed

(C) are formed

(D) form

261. The Icelandic language ____

very little over the past 800 years.

(A) is changed

(B) has changed

(C) changes are

(D) changing so

262. The climate of India is greatly

influenced by strong winds ____

monsoons.

(A) calling them

(B) called for

(C) are calling to

(D) are called

263. Many cultures, religions, and

languages ____ among the peoples

of South America.

(A) found

(B) finding for them

(C) are found

(D) founded them

264. The cost of medical insurance

____ steadily over the current

decade.

(A) has risen

(B) being risen

(C) being raised

(D) rose

265. The first American immigrants

____ political practices that have

influenced the history of the United

States.

(A) were institutional

(B) were instituted by

(C) instituted

(D) instituting for

266. William Penn, a Quaker, ____

the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681.

(A) was founded

(B) was found

(C) founded

(D) has found

267. Education in Chile ____ since

the government reform in the 1960s.

(A) has many improvements

(B) been improved

(C) has an improvement

(D) has improved

268. The oldest extant American

valentine card has a _____ verse in

German.

(A) Handwriting

(B) Handwritten

(C) wrote by hand

(D) writing by hand

269. In automotive companies,

employees are rewarded for ____

with the furn for lengthy time periods.

(A) to stay

(B) staying

(C) to staying

(D) stay

270. Graduate students often spend

their weekends ____ data for their

research.

(A) together

(B) to gather

(C) gathering

(D) to gathering

271. Early craftsmen did not have the

technology that would have allowed

them ____ their wares.

(A) to storing and transporting

(B) to store and transport

(C) storing and transponing

(D) store and transport

272. Language permits us ____ our

heritage through literature and

narratives.

(A) preserve

(B) preserving

(C) to preserve

(D) preservation

273. Fingerprints have been

employed ____ criminals, amnesia

viairns, and unknown dead.

(A) to identifying

(B) identifies

(C) identifying

(D) to identify

274. The blood near the skin allows

excess body heat ____ from the skin.

(A) to be lost

(B) being lost

(C) to be losing

(D) losing

275. Amateur sportsmen believe that

there are too many government

restrictions on , ____ deer.

(A) to hunting

(B) hunts

(C) hunting

(D) to hunt

276. Botanists hope ____ new

methods of intensive cultivation of

crops in Africa.

(A) formulate

(B) formula

(C) to formulate

(D) formulating

277. In June 1990, lawmakers were

on the verge of ____ a new dean air

bill.

(A) pass

(B) passing

(C) passage

(D) pass to

278. China has made impressive

efforts ____ population growth under

control.

(A) to bring its

(B) bringing to its

(C) to bringing their

(D) bring there

279. The final step in the research

process is to draw conclusions

based ____ of results

(A) of the analysis

(B) on the analysis

(C) the analysis

(D) in the analysis

280. A correlation refers to a regular

relationship ____ two variables.

(A) In

(B) About

(C) Between

(D) On

281. Language dialects in the inner

city are different ____ those in the

suburbs or the countryside.

(A) Than

(B) of

(C) from

(D) in accordance to

282. The microwave oven is one of

the safest appliances ____ .

(A) Home

(B) about the home

(C) in the home

(D) a home

283. Internal migration can affect

society as deeply as movement

_____ a country.

(A) up and over

(B) between and among

(C) in and out of

(D) up to

284. Never ____ concerned about

money even though he was not well-

to-do.

(A) the doctor was

(B) was the doctor

(C) the doctor were

(D) the doctor is

285. Marilyn Monroe ____ to

playwright Anhur Miller from 1956 to

1961.

(A) has been married

(B) had been married

(C) was married

(D) married

286. When the two alpine glaciers

____ , they will comprise a

compound glacier.

(A) will unite

(B) had united

(C) unite

(D) united

287. Not only ____ closed but also

the adjoining roadways are

completely blocked.

(A) the airport is

(B) the airport did

(C) is the airport

(D) did the airport

288. Since the new campus ____ , it

has grown to twice its original size.

(A) opened a year ago

(B) a year ago it opened

(C) opening for a year

(D) opens for a year

289. Mnemonic systems ____

information so that it can be

remembered.

(A) Organic

(B) Organized

(C) Organization

(D) Organize

290. As they grow older, many

children ____ attachments to living

creatures, such as cats, dogs, and

birds.

(A) forming

(B) a form

(C) form

(D) forms

291. Always ____ diskettes to their

envelopes as soon as you remove

them from the disk drive.

(A) they return

(B) it Is returned

(C) a return

(D) return

292. According to a survey, test

scores ____ prominently in

university admission decisions.

(A) may be a figure

(B) may figure

(C) have a figure

(D) may have figures

293. ____ are periodic vibrations in

the loudness of a souod.

(A) There are beats

(B) That beats

(C) Beats

(D) It beats

294. Almost everyone fails ____ the

driver's test on the first try.

(A) Passing

(B) to have passed

(C) to pass

(D) in passing

295. If endangered species ____

saved, rain forests must be

protected.

(A) are to be

(B) be

(C) can be

(D) will be

296. The average spoken sentence in

conversational English takes 2.5

seconds _____.

(A) for to complete

(B) completing

(C) to complete

(D) by completing

297. Only twenty years ago, most

doctors agreed______truthful with

their terminally ill patients, a trend

that has reversed itself in modem

medical practice.

(A) don't to be

(B) not to be

(C) we shouldn't been

(D) not to been

298. William Torrey Harris was one of

the first educators interested ______

a logical progression of topics in the

school curriculum.

(A) in establishing

(B) for establishing

(C) establishing

(D) to establish

299. North American Indian tribes

used sign language _____with tribes

that spoke a different language or

dialect.

(A) to communicating

(B) for communicate

(C) to communicate

(D) for communicated

300. Art tends to be ____ more after

the death of the artist, but most

literary works tend to decrease in

value when the writer dies.

(A) Price

(B) Worthy

(C) Worth

(D) Value

301. Adult eagles let their offspring __

nests near their original nesting area.

(A) Build

(B) Builds

(C) Building

(D) to build

302. If a person does not have an

attorney, the court _____ one.

(A) will appoint

(B) appointed

(C) would appoint

(D) appointing

303. _____ the eight Ivy League

schools are among the most

prestigious colleges in the United

States.

(A) It is generally accepted that

(B) That it is accepted

(C) Accepting that it is

(D) That is accepted

304. To relieve pain caused by severe

bums, prevent infection, and treat for

shock, _____ immediate steps.

(A) taking

(B) to take

(C) taken

(D) take

305. If gasoline vapor _____ with air,

combustion will occur.

(A) mixed

(B) had mixed

(C) mixes

(D) mixture

306. Vermont, commonly known as

the Green Mountain State, refused

_____ until 1791.

(A) to join the Union

(B) joining the Union

(C) the joining of the Union

(D) join the Union

307. Air constricted between the

vocal chords makes them ______ ,

producing sounds.

(A) to vibrate

(B) vibrating

(C) vibrate

(D) the vibration

308. On the average, a healthy heart

______ to pump five tablespoons of

blood with every beat.

(A) Must

(B) Ought

(C) Can

(D) Should

309. In general, by the second year of

production, the price of a new piece

of technology ______ significantly.

(A) will decreased

(B) has decreased

(C) will have decreased

(D) will has decreased

310. A cure for juvenile diabetes

_____ until more funds are allocated

to basic research.

(A) won't develop

(B) aren't developing

(C) don't develop

(D) won't be developed

311. Civil engineers had better _____

steel supports in concrete structures

built on unstable geophysical sites.

(A) Include

(B) Including

(C) Inclusion

(D) Included

312. The cones of pine trees ____

two or three years to reach maturity.

(A) to take

(B) taking

(C) may take

(D) takes

313. Although the scientific

community had hoped that the field

of transplantation _____ , the

shortage of organ donors has

curtailed research.

(A) Progress

(B) had progressed

(C) would progress

(D) progressing

314. Even without strong wings, the

ostrich has survived because it

_____ at high speeds to escape

predators.

(A) to run (C) running

(B) can run (D) run

315. The two main ______ are

permanent magnets and

electromagnets.

(A) kinds of magnets

(B) kind of magnets

(C) kind magnets

(D) kinds magnets

316. When water is frozen, it

becomes _____.

(A) Ice

(B) Ices

(C) the ice

(D) an ice

317. ______ can live to be more than

fifteen years old.

(A) That it is dogs

(B) That dogs

(C) Dogs that

(D) Dogs

318. ln the fall, most trees lose _____

which have, by then, turned from

green to gold and orange.

(A) their leaf

(B) their leaves

(C) the leaf

(D) the leafs

319. Doctors have concluded that in

addition to regular exercise, a diet

rich in _____ is good for the heart.

(A) fruits and vegetable

(B) a fruit and vegetable

(C) the fruits and vegetables

(D) fruit and vegetables

320. Canada stretches from the

Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean,

and covers _____ of almost four

million square miles.

(A) a area

(B) an area

(C) the area

(D) area

321. During the early nineteenth

century, ____ were hunted for their

pelts.

(A) a beaver

(B) beavers

(C) the beaver

(D) that beavers

322. _____ designs on a wall, also

called graffiti, has become

associated with gang activity in many

neighborhoods.

(A) Spraying of

(B) The spraying of

(C) Spray the

(D) Sprays

323. ____ by the author John

Grisham are frequently on the best

selJer list.

(A) The novel

(B) Novels

(C) A novel

(D) Some novel

324. ____ have made communication

faster and easier through the use of

e-mail and the Internet is widely

recognized.

(A) It is that computers

(B) That it is computers

(C) Computers that

(D) That computers

325. Termites can do _____ to the

wood in homes before they are

detected.

(A) an extensive damage

(B) extensive damages

(C) the extensive damage

(D) extensive damage

326. The crime rate has begun to

decline in New York City due to

efforts on the part of both

government and private citizens to

curb ____ .

(A) Them

(B) Him

(C) Its

(D) It

327. Seals can _____ because they

have a thick layer of blubber under

their fur.

(A) keep them warm

(B) keep themselves warm

(C) they keep warm

(D) keep their warm

328. In order for people who speak

different languages to engage in

trade _____ they often develop a

simplified language called pidgin.

(A) with each the other

(B) with each to the other

(C) with each another

(D) with each other

329. Domestic cats often show loyalty

to their owners by leaving freshly

killed prey such as birds for ____ to

find.

(A) They

(B) He

(C) Them

(D) Their

330. The United States and Canada

have many trade agreements that

benefit _____.

(A) one the other

(B) other

(C) other one

(D) each other

331. The constellation Orion is easily

recognized by ____ three vertical

stars.

(A) Your

(B) Its

(C) Their

(D) Her

332. Wolves, which are known to

travel in packs, both provide for and

defend _____ through group

cooperation.

(A) Himself

(B) Themselves

(C) Itself

(D) Theirselves

333. Although orchids give the

appearance of being very fragile,

they are actually very hardy plants

_____ indoors during the winter

months.

(A) which may be grown

(B) what may grow

(C) who may be grow

(D) where may be growing

334. Hyperactivity in children may

result from ____ some food

additives.

(A) their eating

(B) they eat

(C) to eat

(D) them eating

335. Hawkeye was a character _____

James Fenimore Cooper created for

The Last of the Mahicans.

(A) who

(B) whom

(C) which

(D) whose

336. The data on the winter migration

patterns of the monarch butterfly is

very _____ .

(A) Interested

(B) Interest

(C) Interesting

(D) of interest

337. The New England states have

had ____ serious earthquakes since

the Ice Age.

(A) None

(B) not any

(C) not

(D) no

338. _____ orangutans live alone.

(A) Near all

(B) Almost all

(C) The all

(D) The most alI

339. Some hybrid flowers retain the

fragrant scent of the nonhybrid, and

____ are bred without fragrance.

(A) Anothers

(B) the other

(C) some other

(D) others

340. According to a recent survey,

____ doctors do not have a personal

physician.

(A) a large amount of

(B) large amount of

(C) a large number of

(D) large number of

341. John F. Kennedy was the

youngest president of the United

States, and _____ to be

assassinated.

(A) the fourth

(B) fourth

(C) four

(D) the four

342. _____ in the world export

diamonds.

(A) Only little nations

(B) Only few nations

(C) Only a little nations

(D) Only a few nations

343. Uranus is just _____ to be seen

on a clear night with the naked eye.

(A) bright enough

(B) enough brightly

(C) as enough bright

(D) bright as enough

344. _____ like McDonald's and

Kentucky Fried Chicken have used

franchising to extend their sales

internationally.

(A) Chain's restaurants

(B) Chains restaurants

(C) Chain restaurant

(D) Chain restaurants

345. Thirty-six years after his first

flight, at the age of 77, John Glenn

proved that he was not ____ to return

to his role as an astronaut.

(A) so old

(B) too old

(C) oldest

(D) very older

346. _____ that is known as Art Deco

culminated in the exhibits and

expositions at the World's Fair in

1939.

(A) The art

(B) Arts

(C) An art

(D) Artist

347. The brightest body in the

constellation Hydra, Alphard is only

____

(A) a second-magnitude star

(B) a magnitude second star

(C) a star of the magnitude second

(D) a second magnitudes star

348. Tuition at an American university

runs ____ twenty thousand dollars a

semester.

(A) so high as

(B) as high to

(C) as high as

(D) as high than

349. The cost of a thirty-second

commercial on a network television

station is ____ for most businesses.

(A) so much

(B) much

(C) very much

(D) much too much

350. The seed heads of teasel plants

raise the nap on coarse tweed cloth

_____ than do the machine tools

invented to replace them.

(A) more efficiently

(B) efficiently

(C) more efficient

(D) most efficient

351. The North American robin is only

____ the European and African

robins.

(A) half big

(B) as big half

(C) half as big as

(D) big by half

352. In U.S. law, a misdemeanor is a

crime that is ____ a felony, and

usuaJly carries a term of

imprisonment of less than one year

most offenses.

(A) lesser than

(B) less severe than

(C) less than severe

(D) severely lesser

353. Although both are mammals, the

early stages of development on the

part of placentals differ from _____.

(A) Marsupials

(B) that of marsupials

(C) those of marsupials

(D) those marsupials

354. The North's abundance of

industry and commercial wealth

proved to be a greater advantage

____ in determining the outcome of

the Civil War.

(A) than originally thought

(B) that originally thought

(C) as originally thought

(D) originally thought

355. The Woodstock Music and Art

Fair of 1969 captured the essence of

the counterculture movement of the

1960s ____ .

(A) most than any of other events

(B) best that any other event

(C) than any other events

(D) better than any other event

356. Eli Whitney's cotton gin enabled

the cotton producers of the early

nineteenth century to increase their

production by _____ times the

amount produced prior to the

invention.

(A) more fifty

(B) more as fifty

(C) more than fifty different ways

(D) most than fifty

357. ____ 250,000 species of fo sils

have been discovered in both

organized, scientific searches and by

sheer accident.

(A) As much as

(B) As many as

(C) As many

(D) Many as

358. A dancer, while always graceful

and precise in her movements,

trains ____ any other athlete.

(A) as strenuously

(B) more strenuously as

(C) as strenuously as

(D) as strenuously that

359. It is not clear how much students

learn _____television classes

without supervision and monitoring.

(A) for watching

(B) from watching

(C) by watch

(D) to watch

360. In spite of the fact that 85

percent of all societies allow the men

to take more than one wife, most

prefer monogamy _____ polygamy.

(A) Than

(B) To

(C) For

(D) that

361. Stained glass becomes even

more beautiful when it ____ because

the corrosion diffuses light.

(A) will age

(B) ages

(C) are aging

(D) aged

362. All of the senses ____ smell must

pass through intermediate gateways

to be processed before they are

registered in the brain.

(A) Until

(B) But

(C) To

(D) For

363. The lights and appliances in

most homes use alternating current

_____ .

(A) instead direct current

(B) instead of direct current

(C) that instead direct current

(D) for direct current instead

364. More murders are reported ____

December in the United States than

during any other month..

(A) On

(B) In

(C) At

(D) For

365. The tendency to develop cancer,

even in high-risk individuals, can be

decreased ____ the amount of fruit

and vegetables in the diet.

(A) to increase

(B) for increase

(C) for increasing

(D) by increasing

366. If one of the participants in a

conversation wonders ____ , no real

communication has taken place.

(A) what said the other person

(B) what the other person said

(C) what did the other person say

(D) what was the other person

saying

367. Neptune is an extremely cold

planet, and ____ .

(A) so does Uranus

(B) so has Uranus

(C) so is Uranus

(D) so Uranus

368. Deserts are often formed ____

they are cut off from rain-bearing

winds by the surrounding mountain

ranges.

(A) Because

(B) in spite of

(C) so

(D) due to

369. There are many beautifully

preserved historic buildings ____

(A) in Beacon Street in Boston

(B) in Beacon Street at Boston

(C) on Beacon Street in Boston

(D) at Beacon Street at Boston

370. ____ the original document, the

U.S. Constitution contains ten

amendments called the Bill of Rights.

(A) Beside

(B) Besides

(C) In addition

(D) Also

371. Cooking oil made from com does

not become saturated when heated,

and ____

(A) neither oil made from soy

(B) oil made from soy does either

(C) neither does oil made from soy

(D) oil made from soy either

372. Some ancient units such as the

day, the foot, and the pound, ____

today.

(A) are still in use

(B) that are still in use

(C) which are in use still

(D) still in use

373. Paper money ____ by the

Continental Congress in order to

finance the American Revolution.

(A) which was issued

(B) was issuing

(C) issued

(D) was issued

374. The Scholastic Aptitude Test

(SAT) ____ by high school students

as a requirement for admission to

many colleges.

(A) which is taken

(B) is taken

(C) taken

(D) is taking

375. Camp David ____ the official

country home of the U.S. presidents.

(A) that is

(B) that it is

(C) it is

(D) is

376. ____ considered strong and

reliable, and is favored by investors

who are interested in security.

(A) That blue chip stock

(B) Blue chip stock is

(C) It is blue chip stock

(D) Which is blue chip stock

377. Most botanists have observed

____ a period of dormancy, even

when conditions may be favorable

for growth.

(A) that seeds exhibiting

(B) that seeds exhibit

(C) seeds that exhibiting

(D) seeds that they exhibit

378. La Guardia Airport in New York

City ____ for Fiorello La Guardia,

one of New York's most popular

mayors.

(A) which is named

(B) named

(C) which named

(D) is named

379. ln a meritocracy, intelligence and

ability ___ more than social position

or wealth.

(A) which value

(B) that are valued

(C) valuing

(D) are valued

380. Of all the lawsuits in the world,

_____ in U.S. courts.

(A) filed 95 percent of them

(B) 95 percent of them are filed

(C) that filed are 95 percent of them

(D) which of them 95 percent are

filed

381. "Chicago" is a poem ____ in

praise of one of the busiest industrial

centers in the U.S.

(A) which by Carl Sandburg

(B) which was written by Carl

Sandburg

(C) was written by Carl Sandburg

(D) Carl Sandburg who wrote it

382. ____ are kept as pets in almost

every country in the world.

(A) Cats and dogs which

(B) Which cats and dogs

(C) Cats and dogs

(D) That cats and dogs

383. The PTA ____ parents and

teachers who support the school by

fund-raising and other activities.

(A) it is a group of

(B) that is a group of

(C) which group of

(D) is a group of

384. The jet stream ____ usually

occurs at about thirty-five to sixty

degrees latitude.

(A) a narrow band of wind that

(B) is a narrow band of wind that

(C) a narrow band of wind

(D) it is a narrow band of wind that

385. Before the 1800s, when William

Young made different shoes for right

and left feet, shoes ____ on either

foot.

(A) can wear

(B) are wearing

(C) could be worn

(D) worn

386. In the Middle Ages, the word

"masterpiece" referred to a work that

____ by a journeyman in order to

qualify as a master artisan.

(A) Completed

(B) is completed

(C) was completed

(D) complete

387. Before his death in 1943, in an

effort to encourage less dependence

on one crop by the South, George

Washington Carver ____ for

developing hundreds of industrial

uses for peanuts and sweet

potatoes.

(A) has responsibility

(B) were responsibility

(C) is responsible

(D) was responsible

388. The Greek historian Herodotus

reported that one hundred thousand

men ____ for twenty years to build

the Great Pyramid at Gizeh.

(A) employ

(B) employed

(C) are employed

(D) were employed

389. Evolutionary changes in the

speech organs probably ____ the

development of language in

humanoids.

(A) to contribute

(B) contribute to

(C) contribution to

(D) contributed to

390. Before he died, Armand

Hammer ____ an extraordinarily

diverse business empire, including

interests in oil, livestock, cattle,

grain, and art.

(A) Established

(B) Establishing

(C) Establishes

(D) Establish

391. People under thirty years old

cannot remember when ____

without a computer terminal.

(A) they have to work

(B) they had to work

(C) their w