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I. VOCABULARY
1. Martha Graham, ________ of the pioneers of modern dance, didn’t begin dancing until she was 21.
A. who, as one	B. she was
C. one	D. was one
2. Tiger moths __________ wings marked with stripes or sports.
A. have	B. with
C. their	D. whose
3. Platinum is harder than copper and is almost as pliable ___________.
A. gold	B. than gold
C. as gold	D. gold is
4. Most of Annie Jump Cannon’s career as an astronomer involved the observation, classification, and __________.
A. she analyzed stars	B. the stars’ analysis
C. stars were analyzed	D. analysis of stars
5. Many communities are dependent on groundwater _________ from wells for their water supply.
A. that obtained	B. obtained 
C. is obtained	D. obtain it
6. _________ experimental studies of the aging process, psychologist Ross McFarland determined that people could work productively much longer than had previously been thought.
A. In that	B. Through
C. Since	D. Into
7. _________ often raise funds from the sale of stock.
A. For corporations to operate	B. The operations of corporations
C. Corporations operate by	D. To operate, corporations
8. While all birds are alike in that they have feathers and lay eggs, ________ great differences among them in terms of size, structure, and color.
A. there are	B. but are
C. if there are	D. to be
9. There were _________ federal laws regulating mining practices until 1872.
A. none	B. not
C. no	D. nor
10. The Masters, one of the most important of all golf tournaments, ________ every year in Augusta, Georgia.
A. has held	B. being held
C. is held 	D. holding
11. Not only ________ places of beauty, they serve scientific and educational purposes as well.
A. are botanical gardens	B. botanical gardens to be
C. botanical gardens are	D. to be botanical gardens
12. _______ quicksand can be found all over the world, little was known about its composition until recently.
A. except	B. Although
C. Even	D. Despite
13. In 1791, Quebec was divided into two sections, Upper Canada and Lower Canada, _______ were ruled by elected assembles.
A. they both	B. both of them
C. in which both	D. both of which
14. _______ are a form of carbon has been known since the late eighteenth century.
A. Diamonds	B. Because diamonds
C. That diamonds	D. Diamonds, which
15. Designed by Frederic Auguste Batholde, __________.
A. the United States was given the Statue of Liberty by the people of France
B. the people of France gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States
C. the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States by the people of France
D. the French people presented the United States with a gift, the Statue of Liberty
16. In the United States, ________ is generally the responsibility of municipal governments.
A. for water treatment	B. water treatment
C. where water treatment	D. in which water treatment
17. Crop rotation ________ of preserving soil fertility.
A. it is one method	B. one method
C. a method is one	D. is one method
18. _________ the dollar as its monetary unit in 1878.
A. Canada adopted	B. Adopted by Canada
C. It was adopted by Canada	D. The Canadian adoption
19. _________ almost impossible to capture the beauty of the aurora borealis in photographs.
A. Being	B. It is
C. There is	D. Is
20. Usually political cartoons ________ on the editorial page of a newspaper.
A. appear	B. whose appearance
C. by appearing	D. when they appearance
21. ________ two major art museums, the Fog and the Sadler.
A. Harvard University has	B. At Harvard University	
C. Harvard University, with its	D. There at Harvard University
22. American actress and director Margaret Webster ________ for her production of Shakespearean plays.
A. who became famous	B. famous as she became
C. becoming famous	D. became famous
23. _______ gas tanks connected to welding equipment, one full of oxygen and the other full of acetylene.
A. It is two	B. Of the two
C. There are two	D. Two
24. _______ is the most interested in rhythm than in melody is apparent from his compositions.
A. That Philip Glass	B. Philip Glass, who
C. Philip Glass	D. Because Philip Glass
25. Compressed air _________ the power to drive pneumatic tools.
A. by providing	B. provides
C. that provides	D. the provision of
26. _________ by cosmic rays.
A. The Earth is constantly bombarded	B. Bombarded constantly, the Earth
C. Bombarding the Earth constantly	 D. The Earth’s constant bombardment
27. ________ primary colors are red, blue, and yellow.
A. There are three	B. The three
C. Three of them	D. That the three
28. ________ who was elected the first woman mayor of Chicago in 1979.
A. It was Jane Byrne	B. Jane Byrne
C. That Jane Byrne	D. When Jane Byrne
29. Every computer consists of a number of systems _______ together.
A. by working	B. work
C. they work	D. that work
30. On the Moon, _________ air because the Moon’s gravitational field is too weak to retain an atmosphere.
A. there is no	B. where no
C. no	D. is no
31. The Glass Mountains of northwestern Oklahoma _________ with flecks of gypsum, which shine in the sunlight.
A. they are covered	B. covered them
C. that are covered	D. are covered
32. In some cases, __________ to decide if an organism is a plant or an animal.
A. difficult if	B. it is difficult
C. the difficulty	D. is difficult
33. The first American novelist to have a major impact on world literature ________.
A. who was James Fenimore Cooper	B. James Fenimore Cooper was
C. it was James Fenimore Cooper	D. was James Fenimore Cooper
34. ________ important railroad tunnel in the United States was cut through the Hoosac Mountains in Massachusetts.
A. At first	B. It was the first
C. The first	D. As the first of
35. Generally, _________ in the valleys and foothills of the Pacific Coast ranges.
A. the California	
B. the growth of the California poppy.
C. the California poppy grows
D. growing the California poppy
36. When bats are at rest, __________ hang upside-down.
A. th ... tered Lily’s plants.
(C) Traveled overseas.
(D) Caught colds.
47. (A) It should have been turned up.
(B) The people across town enjoy it.
(C) It’s extremely popular.
(D) It was much too loud.
48. (A) It was quite relaxing.
(B) The weather wasn’t good.
(C) It was unexpected busy.
(D) It was perfectly planned.
49. (A) The lab is generally locked on Saturdays.
(B) The man doesn’t have a key to the lab.
(C) Something strange happened in the lab on Saturday.
(D) The lab should never be locked.
50. (A) He needs the insurance no matter how much it costs.
(B) There are other types of insurance he should buy.
(C) The man doesn’t have enough money to buy insurance.
(D) The cost of insurance is becoming more reasonable.
51. (A) She’s an art student.
(B) She’s afraid of flying.
(C) She did well on the test.
(D) She got her pilot’s license.
52. (A) An elevator.
(B) A television.
(C) An automobile.
(D) A telephone.
53. (A) Meg’s sister took it to the cleaner’s.
(B) Meg cleaned it.
(C) Meg wore it to class.
(D) Meg’s sister borrowed it.
54. (A) She must go to an orientation session.
(B) They are not new students.
(C) They won’t be allowed to register.
(D) They were given the wrong schedule.
55. (A) He doesn’t mind moving.
(B) His brother won’t move for two weeks.
(C) He’d rather not help his brother move.
(D) His brother decided not to move.
56. (A) She has a coin like his.
(B) She knows a lot about coins.
(C) She thinks the coin is worthless.
(D) She’s never seen this type of coin.
57. (A) Its lyrics are hard to understand.
(B) It needs a stronger melody.
(C) It has become very popular.
(D) Its melody is hard to forget.
58. (A) He hadn’t been smiling.
(B) His picture hadn’t been taken.
(C) It wasn’t a good picture.
(D) The woman wouldn’t show him the picture.
59. (A) They’re always expensive.
(B) They haven’t been cleaned.
(C) They’re inexpensive now.
(D) There aren’t any available.
60. (A) From college.
(B) Through her roomate.
(C) From the reception.
(D) Through her sister. 
61. (A) She broke the window herself.
 (B) She repaired the broken window.
 (C) She was able to get the window open.
 (D) She hurt herself on the broken glass.
62. (A) The golf tournament made it famous. 
 (B) It’s grown a lot lately.
 (C) It can’t be found without a map.
 (D) Very few people there play golf.
63. (A) Where she got new information.
 (B) How the copy was made.
 (C) Who painted the picture.
 (D) Why the copy was made.
64. (A) Groceries.
 (B) A used car.
 (C) Gasoline.
 (D) Medicine.
65. (A) She read it again and again.
 (B) She covered it up.
 (C) She read every page of it.
 (D) She ripped its cover off.
66. (A) He can no longer play.
 (B) He’s played everyday for years.
 (C) His playing has improved.
 (D) He played quite well.
67. (A) He needs to get more camping equipment.
 (B) He is an experienced camper.
 (C) He is taking too much equipment.
 (D) He shouldn’t go camping for such a long time.
68. (A) Try to get electric mayor.
 (B) Attend a class.
 (C) Interview the mayor.
 (D) Apply for a job.
69. (A) She was mistaken about Professor Leguin.
 (B) She just returned from San Francisco.
 (C) She doesn’t know what the professor looks like.
 (D) She’s an admirer of Professor Leguin.
70. (A) He’s speaking a language they don’t know.
 (B) He doesn’t have a microphone.
 (C) He’s speaking much too quickly.
 (D) He’s using a defective microphone.
71. (A) It’s near the elevator.
 (B) He doesn’t know where it is.
 (C) It’s on another floor.
 (D) The directory doesn’t list it.
72. (A) She’s only heard it a few times.
 (B) She doesn’t get to listen to it very often.
 (C) She once liked it, but she’s heard enough.
 (D) She enjoys it very much.
73. (A) It’s no wonder that she had to work.
 (B) It wasn’t busy because of the weather.
 (C) She was very busy at work.
 (D) The snow made her late for work. 
74. (A) He doesn’t have any money left either.
 (B) The club is looking for some new members.
 (C) He woman some money.
 (D) It doesn’t cost much to join the club. 
75. (A) He doesn’t enjoy receptions.
 (B) He uses his computer a lot.
 (C) His computer isn’t working.
 (D) He will definitely attend. 
76. (A) Only one person in the group is older than he.
 (B) His group is almost the oldest.
 (C) He’s the youngest person in the group.
 (D) He appears only in the second photograph. 
77. (A) Pancakes are not his favorite dish.
 (B) His pancakes don’t taste very good.
 (C) He never makes enough pancakes.
 (D) He can’t cook many dishes. 
78. (A) She thinks Professor Bryant is unfair.
 (B) She doesn’t know Professor Bryant.
 (C) She agrees with the man.
 (D) She doesn’t understand the man’s remark. 
79. (A) In a few days.
 (B) Before they eat.
 (C) During lunch.
 (D) When lunch is over. 
80. (A) The woman would enjoy the mountain scenery.
 (B) The weather has been hot this month.
 (C) The weather in mountain is unusual.
 (D) The woman probably doesn’t like cool weather. 
81. (A) It has exceptionally good service.
 (B) It has excellent food.
 (C) The service there is disappointing.
 (D) Everything there is great. 
82. (A) If his name sounds familiar.
 (B) If she’s spoken to him on the phone.
 (C) If he’s a musician.
 (D) If she likes his name. 
83. (A) He thought other science courses would be harder.
 (B) It’s a required class for all students.
 (C) He’s studied geology before.
 (D) It was the only science course open to him.
84. (A) He’s never have been to the zoo.
 (B) He’s seen only one bear.
 (C) He’s never have seen a bear in the wild.
 (D) There weren’t any bears at that zoo.
85. (A) When she will answer the questions.
 (B) Where he drove.
 (C) What kind of car she has.
 (D) Why she asked so many questions. 
86. (A) He thinks it will be better than the old one.
 (B) He’s anxious for it to be completed.
 (C) He’s worried that it’s not long enough.
 (D) He feels that it shouldn’t have been built.
87. (A) Where he’s studying.
 (B) What subject he’s studying.
 (C) How long he’s been in Europe.
 (D) When’s he’s returning.
88. (A) Charlotte wouldn’t be attending graduate school.
 (B) Charlotte had gotten a scholarship.
 (C) Graduate school wouldn’t start until September.
 (D) Scholarships were easy to get. 
89. (A) He paid it today for the first time.
 (B) He pays it on the last day of the month.
 (C) He pays it after it’s due. 
 (D) He’s planning to pay it tomorrow. 
90. (A) The debate involved only a few issues.
 (B) Many people changed their plans.
 (C) A lot of people attended.
 (D) The debate lasted longer than expected.
Part B
1. (A) They are both studying social anthropology.
 (B) Both of them are going to the museum on Saturday.
 (C) They both have the same teacher.
 (D) Both of them have studied anthropology before.
2. (A) In the morning.
 (B) In he afternoon.
 (C) In the evening.
 (D) Only on Saturdays.
3. (A) Relationships between parents and children.
 (B) The tools used by ancient people.
 (C) Leadership is contemporary society.
 (D) Marriage customs.
4. (A) He found it uninteresting.
 (B) He found it useful.
 (C) He found it fascinating.
 (D) He found it difficult.
5. (A) At a university.
 (B) At a television station. 
 (C) At a newspaper office.
 (D) At a hospital.
6. (A) He needs a well-paying position.
 (B) He was told to by a professor.
 (C) He wants the experience.
 (D) He recently lost another job.
7. (A) Drama.
 (B) Journalism. 
 (C) Telecommunications.
 (D) History.
8. (A) Talk to Ms. Wagner.
 (B) Drop a class.
 (C) Change his major.
 (D) Complete a form.
9. (A) At a newspaper.
 (B) At an advertising agency.
 (C) At a furniture store.
 (D) At a real estate office.
10. (A) A two-bedroom apartment.
 (B) A sofa.
 (C) A chair.
 (D) A roommate.
11. (A) Her phone number.
 (B) The location of the apartment.
 (C) The best time to call her.
 (D) Her first name. 
12. (A) $ 5
 (B) $ 15
 (C) $ 30
 (D) $ 250
13. (A) From a newspaper advertisement.
 (B) From a magazine article.
 (C) From a television program.
 (D) From an automobile dealer.
14. (A) To warn of danger.
 (B) To explain traffic regulation.
 (C) To wake up drivers who are falling asleep.
 (D) To give directions. 
15. (A) He has a good sense of direction.
 (B) He owns a ‘smart’ car.
 (C) He doesn’t know how to drive.
 (D) He doesn’t know the way to the woman’s house.
16. (A) He got lost.
 (B) He ran out of gas.
 (C) He was in an accident.
 (D) His car broke down. 
17. (A) Because it was cheap.
 (B) Because it is in such good condition.
 (C) Because it is a collector’s item.
 (D) Because he can resell it at a high price.
18. (A) In the 1930s.
 (B) In the 1940s.
 (C) In the 1950s.
 (D) In the 1960s.
19. (A) Replace its engine.
 (B) Enter it in some shows.
 (C) Take it on a long drive.
 (D) Resell it for more money. 
20. (A) At a conference hall.
 (B) At an art gallery.
 (C) At an airport.
 (D) At a hotel. 
22. (A) To attend a conference.
 (B) To see the planetarium.
 (C) To change planes.
 (D) To go sightseeing. 
23. (A) She recently went there.
 (B) It’s not a very good one.
 (C) There’s one in her home town.
 (D) It will be closed when she’s free. 
24. (A) On foot and by boat.
 (B) By car and on foot.
 (C) By air and by car.
 (D) By car and by bus.
Part C 
1. (A) A football game.
 (B) Jet transportation.
 (C) The Von Hindenburg disaster.
 (D) Lighter than aircraft.
2. (A) Early twentieth-century airships.
 (B) Blimps.
 (C) Jet aircraft.
 (D) Modern airships.
3. (A) The age of zeppelins ended in disaster there.
 (B) It was there that the first blimp was designed.
 (C) Helium was first substituted for hydrogen there.
 (D) It was there that the last zeppelin was built.
4. (A) They would be safer.
 (B) They would use less fuel.
 (C) They would be faster.
 (D) They could fly higher.
5. (A) The Uniform Time Act.
 (B) The role of daylight savings time in wartime.
 (C) Ways to save energy.
 (D) The history of daylight savings time.
6. (A) In the spring.
 (B) In the summer.
 (C) In the fall.
 (D) In the winter.
7. (A) As confusing.
 (B) As innovative.
 (C) As amusing.
 (D) As wasteful.
8. (A) To standardize daylight savings time.
 (B) To establish year-round daylight savings time.
 (C) To abolish daylight savings time.
 (D) To shorten daylight savings time. 
9. (A) A program the city is starting.
 (B) The uses of recycled materials.
 (C) A proposed schedule.
 (D) A recent newspaper article.
10. (A) Newspaper.
 (B) Aluminum cans.
 (C) Plastic bottles.
 (D) Glass containers.
11. (A) The north.
 (B) The east.
 (C) The south.
 (D) The central. 
12. (A) Look in the local newspaper.
 (B) Keep listening to radio.
 (C) Stop by the recycling center.
 (D) Call the radio station.
13. (A) To present an award.
 (B) To say goodbye to Professor Callaghan.
 (C) To explain computer models.
 (D) To welcome a new college president.
14. (A) An administrator.
 (B) A faculty member.
 (C) A chancellor of the college.
 (D) A graduate student. 
15. (A) Computer science.
 (B) History.
 (C) Economics.
 (D) Physics. 
16. (A) Two
 (B) Four
 (C) Six
 (D) Eight
17. (A) A bicycle racer.
 (B) A radio announcer.
 (C) A coach.
 (D) A television reporter. 
18. (A) The benefits of bicycle commuting.
 (B) Local traffic problems.
 (C) A bicycle race.
 (D) The American university system.
19. (A) On the college campus.
 (B) On downtown streets.
 (C) In Woodland Park.
 (D) In the nearby countryside.
20. (A) Take part in the race.
 (B) Travel to the country.
 (C) Avoid the downtown area.
 (D) Ride a bicycle to work.
21. (A) In an art history class.
 (B) In a painter’s studio.
 (C) In a photography class.
 (D) In an art museum. 
22. (A) A famous person.
 (B) A beautiful landscape.
 (C) An empty phone booth.
 (D) Geometric shapes. 
23. (A) They are very valuable.
 (B) They are quite large.
 (C) They are highly abstract.
 (D) They are extremely lifelike. 
24. (A) Paint pictures.
 (B) Write papers.
 (C) View some slides.
 (D) Discuss their reactions. 
25. (A) Tourists.
 (B) Professional dancers.
 (C) Students.
 (D) Traditional musicians. 
26. (A) It will be different from the ones performed in Hawaii today.
 (B) It will involve women wearing grass skirts.
 (C) It will involve only male dancers.
 (D) It was once performed for great Hawaiian leaders. 
27. (A) They prohibited it.
 (B) They sponsored it.
 (C) They proposed some small changes in it.
 (D) They exported it to other islands. 
28. (A) Attend a live performance.
 (B) Go on a tour.
 (C) Perform a dance.
 (D) Watch a video. 
29. (A) To discuss a weather phenomenon.
 (B) To explain how to drive during storms.
 (C) To describe supercooled water.
 (D) To warn gardeners of the danger of hail. 
30. (A) Because of its size.
 (B) Because of its color.
 (C) Because of its layers.
 (D) Because of its weight.
31. (A) As a drop of supercooled water.
 (B) As a snowflake.
 (C) As a particle of dust.
 (D) As a ball of ice.
32. (A) In the spring.
 (B) In the summer.
 (C) In the fall.
 (D) In the winter. 
33. (A) New theories about the origin of language.
 (B) How to teach grammar to children.
 (C) Mistakes children sometimes make.
 (D) The stages of children’s language learning. 
34. (A) ‘Coo, coo.’
 (B) ‘Da-da.’
 (C) ‘More milk!’
 (D) ‘Na-na.’ 
35. (A) Between four and eight months.
 (B) Between one year and eighteen months.
 (C) Between two and three years.
 (D) Between three and four years. 
36. (A) They are the same in all languages.
 (B) They are often misinterpreted.
 (C) They are learned by imitation.
 (D) They are quite logical. 
37. (A) They are too complicated.
 (B) She doesn’t have time to talk about them today.
 (C) The class didn’t have a chance to read about them.
 (D) She doesn’t agree with them.