1. A microscope can reveal vastly _____ detail than is visible to the naked eye.

(A) than
(B) than more
(C) more than
(D) more
D
 
2. Narcissus bulbs _____ at least three inches apart and covered with about four inches of
well drained soil.
(A) should be planted
(B) to plant
(C) must planting
(D) should plant
A
 
3. Industrialization has been responsible for _____ most radical of the environmental changes
caused by humans.
(A) a
(B) the
(C) some of which
(D) which are the
B
 
4. In many areas the slope and topography of the land _____ excess rainfall to run off into a
natural outlet.
(A) neither permit
(B) without permitting
(C) nor permitting
(D) do not permit.
D
 
5. Color and light, taken together, _____ the aesthetic impact of the interior of a building.
(A) very powerfully influence
(B) very influence powerfully
(C) powerfully very influence
(D) influence powerfully very.
A
 
6. _____ that Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring was one of the chief sources of
inspiration for the development of nontoxic pesticides.
(A) There is likely
(B) Likely to be
(C) It is likely
(D) Likely
C
 
 
7. Total color blindness, _____, is the result of a defect in the retina.
(A) a rare condition that
(B) a rare condition
(C) that a rare condition
(D) is a rare condition.
B
 
8. _____ no conclusive evidence exists, many experts believe that the wheel was invented
only once and then diffused to the rest of the world.
(A) Even
(B) But
(C) Although
(D) So.
C
 
9. Wherever there is plenty of rain during the growing season, life is _____ in various forms.
(A) abundant
(B) the abundance
(C) an abundant
(D) it abundant
A
 
10. In her time, Isadora Duncan was _____ today a liberated woman.
(A) calling what we would
(B) who would be calling
(C) what we would call
(D) she would call it.
C
 
11. _____ around stones that are sun-warmed, even the smallest of stones creates tiny currents
of warm air.
(A) The cool air
(B) If the air is cool
(C) That the air cools
(D) The cooler the air.
B
 
12. Despite its wide range of styles and instrumentation, country music has certain common
features _____ its own special character.
(A) give it that
(B) that give it
(C) give that
(D) that gives it to
B
 
13. Most of _____ archaeologists know about prehistoric cultures is based on studies of
material remains.
(A) these
(B) what
(C) which
(D) their
B
 
14. According to some critics, the novels of William Burroughs demonstrate the major hazard
of absurd literature, _____ tendency toward over-embellishment and incoherence.
(A) notwithstanding
(B) besides
(C) is a
(D) its
D

15. Coinciding with the development of jazz in New Orleans in the 1920's _____ in blues
music.
(A) was one of the greatest periods.
(B) one of the greatest periods
(C) was of the greatest periods
(D) the greatest periods.
A
 
16.Gone With the Wind, the epic novel about life in South during the Civil War
A B
period, took ten years write.
C D
D
years writeàyears to write
 
17. None two butterflies have exactly the same design on their wings.
A B C D
A
noneàno
 
18. To save the California condor from extinction, a group of federal, local, and
A B
privately organizations initiated a rescue program.
C D
C
privatelyàprivate
 
19. A coral reef, a intricate aquatic community of plants and animals, is found only in
A B C
warm, shallow, sunlit seas.
D
A
aàan
 
20. Carnegie hall was the first building in New York designed special for orchestral music.
A B C D
C
specialàspecially 或 especially

21. Since it lives in the desert, the collared lizard depends from insects for water
A B C
as well as for food.
D
C
depends fromàdepends on

22. The Texas Panhandle region, in the northwestern part of the state, produces more
A B
wheat, cotton, and grain sorghum than any of other area of Texas.
C D
D
any ofàany
 
23. Light rays what enter the eye must be focused onto a point on the retina in order
A B
for a clear visual image to form.
C D
A
whatàthat
 
24. The orangutan's hands and feet are designed for holding and grasping branches,
A B
and its powerful immensely arms enable it to climb and swing in trees without difficulty.
C D
C
powerful immenselyàimmensely powerful
 
25. The extraordinary beautiful of orchids makes them the basis of a multimillion-
 A B C
dollar floral industry.
D
B
beautifulàbeauty
 
26. The Vermont Elememary Science Project, according to its founders, are designed
A B
to challenge some of the most widely held beliefs about teaching.
C D
B
are designedàis designed
 
27. The number 8.5 is an example of a "mixed number" because it is composing of an
A B C
integer and a fraction.
D
B
composingàcomposed
 
28. If it is kept dry, a seed can still sprout up to forty years after their formation.
A B C D
D
theiràits

29. In The Sociology of Science, now considered a classic, Robert Merton discusses
A
cultural, economy and social forces that contributed to the development of modern science.
B C D
B
economy and socialàeconomic and social
 
30.Bacteria lived in the soil play a vital role in recycling the carbon and nitrogen
A B C
needed by plants.
D
A
livedàliving
 
31.Some snakes have hollow teeth are called fangs that they use to poison their
A B C D
victims.
B
are calledàcalled 或 that are called
 
32.Stars derive their energy from thermonuclear reactions that take place in their heat
A B C D
interiors.
D
heatàhot
 
33.Carrie Chapman Call organized the League of Women Votes after successfully
A B
campaign for the constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote.
C D
C
campaignàcampaigning
 
34.Any group that conducting its meeting using parliamentary rules will encounter
A B
situations where prescribed procedures cannot be applied.
C D
B
conductingàconducts
 
35.The strongly patriotic character of Charles Sangster's poetry is credited about
A B C
greatly furthering the cause of confederation in Canada.
D
C
aboutàwith
 
36.Jessamyn West's first and most famous novel, The friendly Persuasion describes
A B
the life of a Quaker farmed family in the mid-1800's.
C D
D
farmed familyàfarmer family
 
37. One inventor that Thomas Edison can take credit for is the light bulb.
A B C D
A
inventoràinvention
 
38.Electric motors range in size from the tiny mechanisms that operate sewing machine
A B C
to the great engines in heavy locomotives.
D
C
sewing machineàsewing machines
 
39.The nitrogen makes up over 78 percent of the Earth's atmosphere, the gaseous
A B C
mass surrounding the planet.
D
A
the nitrogenànitrogen
 
40.The Mississippi, the longest river in the United States, begins as small clear
A B C
stream in northwestern Minnesota.
D
B
as smallàas a small