1. The role of the ear is ____ acoustic disturbances into neural signals suitable for transmission to the brain.

A. it coding

B. so that coded

C. coded

D. to code

• 2.• In addition to ____a place where business

deals are made, a stock exchange collects statistics, publishes prices quotations, and sets rules and standards for trading.

• A. being• B. it is• C . that which• D. where is

• 3.

• Virtually ____ species have biological clocks that regulate their metabolism over a 24-hour period.

• A. all there are

• B. all

• C. all are

• D. they all

• 4.

• According to United States criminal law, insanity may relieve a person from the usual legal consequences____.

• A. what his or her acts have

• B. of his or her acts

• C. of his or her acts are

• D. what of his or her acts

• 5.

• The imagist movement in poetry arose during the second decade of the twentieth century ____against romanticism.

• A. when a revolt

• B. as a revolt

• C. a revolt was

• D. that a revolt

• 6.

• The first inhabitants of the territories ____Canada came across the Bering Strait and along the edge of the Arctic ice.

• A. make up that now

• B. make up now that

• C . that now make up

• D. that make up now

• 7.• ____ need for new schools following the

Second World War that provided the sustained thrust for the architectural program in Columbus, Indiana.

• A. Since the• B. To be the• C . The• D. It was the

• 8.

• The soybean contains vitamins, essential minerals, ____high percentage of protein.

• A. a

• B. and a

• C . since a

• D. of which a

• 9.

• Hail is formed when a drop of rain is carried by an updraft to an altitude where ____ to freeze it.

• A. is the air cold enough

• B. the air cold enough

• C . the cold enough air

• D. the air is cold enough

• 10. • Geometrically, the hyperbolic functions are

related to the hyperbola, ____ the trigonometric functions are related to the circle.

• A. same• B. just as• C . similar to• D. and similar

• 11.

• ____, Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes, having erupted dozens of times since 1952.

• A. The big island of Hawaii’s location

• B. Locates the big island of Hawaii

• C . Located on the big island of Hawaii

• D. On the big island of Hawaii’s location

• 12.

• Not until the eighteenth century ____ the complex chemistry of metallurgy.

• A. when scientists began to appreciate

• B. did scientists begin to appreciate

• C .scientists who were beginning to appreciate

• D. the appreciation of scientists began

• 13. • ____ 1810, water-powered textile manufacturing

arrived in New Hampshire with the founding of a company in Manchester that manufactured cotton and wool.

• A. As early as• B. In the early• C. Early• D. When early

• 14.

• The settings of Eudora Welty’s stories may be rather limited, but ____about human nature is quite broad.

• A. exposes

• B. exposes that

• C . she exposes

• D. what she exposes

• 15.

• Lichens grow extremely well in very cold parts of the world ____plants can survive.

• A. where few other

• B. few others

• C . where do few others

• D. there are few others

• 16.

• The pear tree has simple, oval leaves that are smoother and shinier than them of the apple.

• A. has simple

• B. that are

• C. shinier

• D. them

• 17.

• In the orbit of a planet around the Sun, the point closest to the Sun is called it the perihelion.

• in

• planet

• around

• called it

• 18.• In the early 1900’s, Roy Harris created

and promoted a distinctly American style of classical music and greatly influenced a number of composer in the United States.

• and promoted• distinctly• style• composer

• 19 ．• The eighteenth century witnessed the

emergence of North American ports, particular Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, as major commercial centers within the British empire.

• emergence• particular• as major• within

• 20．• Guitarlike instruments have exist since

ancient times, but the first written mention of the guitar itself is from the fourteenth century.

• exist• but• mention• itself

• 21．• The law of biogenesis is the principle what

all living organisms are derived from a parent or parents.

• the

• what

• living organism

• or parents

• 22．• Onyx is a mineral that can be recognized

its regular and straight parallel bands of white, black, or brown.

• Recognized its

• Straight parallel

• Of

• Or

• 23．• There are as many as 200 million insects

for every human beings, and in fact their total number exceeds that of all other animals taken together.

• are as many as• human beings• that of• other

• 24．• Native to South America and cultivated

there for thousands of years, the peanut is said to have introduced to North America by early explorers.

• Native• And cultivated• Is said• Have introduced

• 25．• Originally canoes were made by the

hollowing out of logs and used were for combat as well as transport.

• Originally

• Hollowing

• Used were

• As well as

• 26．• Among the symptoms of measles, which

takes about twelve days to incubate, are a high fever, swelling of glands in the neck, a cough, and sensitive to light.

• among the• to• are• sensitive

• 27．• Ice crystals in a glacier tends to melt and

recrystallize within a brief moment of travel on a downhill glide.

• tends

• melt

• recrystallize

• brief

• 28 ．• Photograph was revolutionized in 1851 by

the introduction of the collodion process for making glass negatives.

• photograph

• by the

• of

• for making

• 29．• The piano is a stringed musical instrument

in which the strings are strike by felt-covered hammers controlled by a board.

• a

• instrument

• strike

• hammers controlled

• 30．• The sounds used in human languages to

create meaning consist of small variation in air pressure can be sensed by the ear.

• the sounds used

• to create

• pressure can

• be sensed

• 31．• The mountains, especially the Rocky

Mountains, formerly constituted a seriously barrier to east-west trade in British Columbia.

• especially• seriously• to• in

• 32．• Telescopes are frequently used in

astronomy to collect light from a celestial object, bring the light into focus, and producing a magnified image.

• frequently• to collect• into• producing

• 33．• Diamond is the hardest known substance,

so diamond can be cut only by another diamonds.

• diamond is

• substance

• can be cut

• another

• 34．• There are about 350 species and

subspecies of birds in danger of become extinct, with a large number of them, 117 in all, found on oceanic islands.

• there are• become• of them• in all

• 35．• The nineteenth-century romantic

movement in art was partially a reaction to what was perceived as overemphasis on reasonable and order in neoclassicism.

• movement• partially• what• reasonable

• 36．• Like triglycerides, cholesterol is a type of

fat that is both consumed in the diet but manufactured by the body.

• like

• of fat

• is

• but

• 37．• Both the United States silver dollar and

half-dollar, first minted in 1794, had a figure of Liberty on one side and a eagle on the reverse side.

• both• silver• first• eagle

• 38．• For an advertisement to be effective, its

production and placement must to be based on a knowledge of human nature and a skilled use of the media.

• for an• and placement• to be based• skilled use

• 39．• While photosynthesis in green plants, light

energy is captured and used to convert water, carbon dioxide, and minerals into oxygen and energy-rich organic compounds.

• while• energy• to covert• minerals

• 40 ．• The Democratic Party, the most oldest

existing political party in the United States, has played a vital role in the nation’s history.

• most oldest existing political• has• in• history