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PRACTICE TEST 1 1. Lizards lack the built-in body temperature control many another creatures possess A B C D 2. Doctor are discovering that there is a strong psychological component to chronic pain. A B C D 3. With her talent for business promotion, Kate Gleason expansion her family's small machine- A B tool company into a major manufacturer of gear-cutting machinery. C D 4. Using their bills as needles, tailorbirds sew large leaves together with plant fiber to forming A B C D their nests. 5. Columns may be circular or polygonal in cross section, and are generally at least four times A B C more taller than they are wide. D 6. The poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks demonstrates a major characteristically of twentieth – A B C century writing : the conflict between commitment to a social ideal and commitment to art. D 7. Montessori preschools differ than public elementary schools in that the activities focus on the A B C child's individual abilities and interests rather than academic ones. D 8. Josh Billings roamed the country as a laborer when he was a young man, but settled down in A B his later life to become a humorist and lecturing. C D 9. Data received from two spacecraft indicate that there is many evidence that huge A B thunderstorms are now occurring around the equator of the planet Saturn. C D 10. Every individual cell, whether its exists as an independent microorganism or is part of a A B complex creature, has its own life cycle. C D 11. Because aluminum is nonmagnetic, it is value for protecting electrical equipment from A B C D magnetic interference. 12. Nitrogen and oxygen are too important that most living organisms cannot survive without A B C D these elements. 13. Coal and petroleum resulted when plants become buried in swamps and decayed. A B C D 14. Per-capita income is a nation's entire income dividing by the number of people in the nation. A B C D 15. Jim Thorpe, a football, track, and baseball stars from Pennsylvania, is considered by many to A B C be the greatest all-around athlete of modern times. D 16. For centuries waterwheels were the only sources of power aside from human and animal A B C 1 strong . D 17. Proteins form the most of the structure of the body and also act as enzymes. A B C D 18. The attorney general of the United States advises the President on any questions of law who A B may arise in the conduct of administrative affairs. C D 19. Many of the science fiction publications by Ray Bradbury display a desire to rebel against A B C society's depend on machines. D 20. The age of a geological sample can be estimated from the ratio of radioactive to A B nonradioactive carbon present in the object is examined. C D 21. Dams vary in size from small rock barriers to concrete structures many feet height. A B C D 22. Even before the human organism developed into their present stage of home sapiens, the A B C beginnings of culture were already evident. D 23. In the United States, sleds for recreation were first produced commercial in the 1870's or A B C D thereabouts. 24. Employments agencies bring together persons qualified for specific jobs and employers who A B C have those jobs available. D 25. Salmon spend most of their adult lives in salt water, despite they return to their freshwater A B C D birthplaces to spawn and die. PRACTICE TEST 2 1. Porcelain is not a single clay, and a compound of kaolin, ball clay, feldspar, and silica. A B C D 2. The bison, know for the hump over its shoulders, is usually called a buffalo in North A B C D 2 America. 3. Perspiration, the body’s built-in cooling mechanism occurs as a natural reaction to A B C nervousness, intense heat, or vigorously exercise. D 4. Because of the rising cost of fuel, scientists are building automobile engines who will A B C D conserve gasoline but still run smoothly. 5. The primary function of a sonometer is to calculate and demonstrate the relations mathematical A B C of melodious tones. D 6. The most useful way of looking at a map is not as a piece of papers, but as a record of A B C geographically organized information. D 7. Vitamin A is essential to bone grow and to the healthiness of the skin and mucous A B C D membranes. 8. The Moon, being much more nearer to the Earth than the Sun, is the principal cause of the A B C tides. D 9. One of the wildest and most inaccessible parts of the United States are the Everglades where A B C wildlife is abundant and largely protected. D 10. The dromedary camel is raised especially to racing. A B C D 11. The founding of the Boston Library in 1653 demonstrate the early North American colonists’ A B interest in books and libraries. C D 12. Public recognition of Ben Shahn as a major American artistic began with a retrospective A B show of his work in 1948. C D 13. The texture of soil is determined by the size of the grains or particles that make up. A B C D 14. To produce an pound of honey, a colony of bees must fly a distance equals to twice around A B C D the world. 15. The domestic dog, considered to be the first tamed animal, is coexisting with human beings A B since the days of the cave dwellers. C D 16. Nature not only gave the Middle Atlantic region fine harbors, however endowed it with a A B C D first-class system of inland waterways. 3 17. All matter resists any change in their condition of rest or of motion. A B C D 18. Swans, noted for graceful movements in the water, have been the subject of many poetry, A B C D fairy tales, legends, and musical compositions. 19. Since peach trees bloom very early in the season, they are in danger for spring frosts. A B C D 20. Like some other running birds, the sanderling lacks a back toe and has a three-toed feet. A B C D 21. Lucretia Mott’s influence was too significant that she has been credited by some authorities A B C as the originator of feminism in the United States. C 22. Cotton is one of the most popular fiber used to make clothes. A B C D 23. Manganese does not exist naturally in a pure state because it reacts so easily with other A B C element. D 24. Scientists estimate that as many as hundred millions visible meteors enter the Earth’s A B C atmosphere every day. D 25. Although not abundant in nature, zinc is important for both the galvanization of iron and the A B C preparation of alloys as such brass and German silver. D PRACTICE TEST 3 1. Some art historians have say that too many artists have tried only to imitate previous painting A B C D styles. 2. Inventor Granville Woods received him first patent on January 3, 1984, for a steam boiler A B C D furnace. 4 3. Throughout history, shoes have been worn not only for protection and also for decoration. A B C D 4. Worker bees labor for the good of the hive by collecting food, caring for the young, and A B C to expand the nest. D 5. Pathologists use their knowing of body tissues and body fluids to aid other physicians. A B C D 6. Objects falling freely in a vacuum have the same rate of speed is regardless of differences in A B C size and weight. D 7. The construction of sundials was considered to be an acceptable part of a student's educator A B C D as late as the seventeenth century. 8. Historians have never reached some general agreement about the precise causes of the Civil A B C D War in the United States. 9. Of all the Native Americans in the United States, the Navajos form largest group. A B C D 10. A neutron star forms when a star much more massive than the Sun dies and exploded. A B C D 11.A thorough study of mythology requires familiarity for the properties of plants A B and trees, and the habits of wild birds and beasts. C D 12. Quartz may be transparency, translucent, or opaque, and it may be colorless or colored. A B C D 13. In an adult human, the skin weighs about seven pounds and covers it about thirty-six square A B C D feet. 14. A leading Canadian feminist and author, Nellie McClung, struggled relentlessly in the early A twentieth century to win politically and legal rights for Canadian women. B C D 15. Metabolism consists of a complicated series of chemicals reactions carried out by living cells. A B C D 16. Duke Ellington was the first person to compose extended jazz works and gives regular jazz A B C D concerts. 17. Seismology has not reached yet the stage where earthquakes can be foretold with a great deal A B C of accuracy. D 18. The design of the University of Virginia came at the end of Thomas Jefferson's long career as A B C theoretician, statesman, and architecture. D 19. At night the desert floor radiates heat back into the atmosphere and the temperature may be drop A B C to near freezing. D 5 20. Although they are in different countries, Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan are close A B neighbors and cooperate on numerous matters of mutually interest. C D 21. First incorporated in 1871, Dallas, Texas, had become the seventh largest cities in the United A B C D States by 1976. 22. Will Rogers was widely recognized for his daily newspaper column, in which he humorously A B C criticized and commented in the politics of his time. D 23. The free silver movement, promoting unlimited silver coinage, gained prominent, in the late A B C D 1800's. 24. The Continental Divide refers to an imaginary line in the North American Rockies that divides A the waters flowing into the Atlantic Ocean from it flowing into the Pacific. B C D 25. The Petrified Forest of eastern Arizona are made up of tree trunks that were buried in mud, A B sand, or volcanic ash ages ago and have turned to stone. C D 6 PRACTICE TEST 4 1. The tongue is capable of many motions and configurations and plays a vital role in chewing, A B C swallowed, and speaking. D 2. Instead of being housed in one central bank in Washington, D.C., the Federal Reserve System A B is division into twelve districts. C D 3. Philodendrons of various kinds are cultivated for their beautifully foliage. A B C D 4. Kiwi birds mainly eat insects, worms, and snails and searched for their food by probing the A B C ground with their long bills. D 5. William Penn founded the city of Philadelphia in 1682, and he quickly grew to be the largest A B C city in colonial America. D 6. Fewer people reside in Newfoundland than in other any Canadian province except Prince A B C D Edward Island. 7. Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, the founder of Bethune-Cookman College, served as advice to A B C both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry Truman. D 8. Some plant produce irritating poisons that can affect a person even if he or she merely A B C D brushes against them. 9. The rotation of the Earth on its axis is responsible the alternation of periods of light and A B C D darkness. 10. Anne Elizabeth McDowell is best remembered for a weekly journal, the Woman's Advocate, A B C who she launched in January 1855. D 11. In every society there are norms that say individuals how they are supposed to behave. A B C D 12. An erupting volcano or an earthquake sometimes affects the featured of the surrounding A B C region and can even cause lakes to disappear. D 13. Most tree frogs change color to harmonize with its background. A B C D 14. Due to the refraction of light rays, this is impossible for the naked eye to determine the exact A B C location of a star close to the horizon. D 15. Modern poets have experimented with poetic devices such alliteration and assonance. A B C D 16. Birds eggs vary greatly of size, shape, and color. A B C D 17. Social reformer Frederick Douglass dedicated his life to working for the abolish of slavery A B and the fight for civil rights. C D 18. Mount Edith Cavell, a peak in the Canadian Rockies, is named after a famous nurses. A B C D 19. Xanthines have both good and bad effects on the body, and these effects are generally A B determined on the size and regularity of dosage. C D 20. When a severe ankle injury forced herself to give up reporting in 1926, Margaret Mitchell A B C began writing her novel Gone with the Wind. D 21. One of the most difficult questions in defining sleep is "What is the functions of sleep?" A B C D 22. The Millicent Rogers Museum houses five thousands pieces of Hispanic and American A Indian jewelry, textiles, and other objects documenting the vibrancy of these two cultures. B C D 23. Seven of planets rotate in the same direction as their orbital motions, while Venus and Uranus A B C rotate in the opposite direction. D 24. In the United States voters election representatives to the national legislature, which consists A B C D of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 25. It is the interaction between people, rather than the events that occur in their lives, that are the A B C main focus of social psychology. D PRACTICE TEST 5 1. The culinary expert Fannie Farmer taught dietetics, kitchen management, and to cook at her A B C famous Boston school. D 2. The elephant relies more on its sense of smell than for any other sense. A B C D 3. A few naturally elements exist in such small amounts that they are known mainly from A B C laboratory-made samples. D 4. Some insects hear ultrasonic sounds more than two octaves than higher humans can. A B C D 5. To stay warm in cold weather, cold-blooded animals must expose itself to a source of warmth A B C such as direct sunlight. D 6. A severe illness where she was just nineteen months old deprived Helen Keller of both her A B C D sight and hearing. 7. Like all ecological systems, a forest is made up of a living environment and a nonliving A environment, the latter composed of air, rocks, soiled, and water. B C D 8. The purposeful of the elementary school is to introduce children to the skills, information, and A B C attitudes necessary for a smooth adjustment to society. D 9. Notorious as a host for wheat rust, the barberry bush has been banned from many area. A B C D 10. Christopher Plummer is a Canadian actor who has starred in stage, television, and film A B C productions on both sides the Atlantic Ocean. D 11. A microphone enables a soft tone to be amplified, thus making it possible the gentle renditions A B C of romantic love songs in a large hall. D 12. Atrophy is a decrease in size of a cell, organ, tissues, or other parts of the body such as a limb. A B C D 13. The poetry of E. E .Cummings illustrates the way in which some poets bend grammatical rules A B as they strive to expression their insights. C D 14. In the wild, tea plants become trees of approximately thirty feet in high. A B C D 15. Accounting is described as art of classifying, recording, and reporting significant financial A B C events. D 16. The development of the watch depended upon the invent of the mainspring. A B C D 17. The ordeal of the Cherokee Indians, who were forcible moved from their homeland in the A B C 1830's, is remembered as the "Trail of Tears." D 18. Physical fitness activities can lead to an alarming variety of injuries if participants push A B themselves greatly hard. C D 19. The structure or behavior of many protozoans are amazingly complex for single-celled A B C animals. D 20. Alaska's rough climate and terrain divide the state into isolated regions and the difficult of A B C highway maintenance is a troublesome problem. D 21. For hundreds of years, sailors relied on echoes to warn them of another ships, icebergs, or A B C cliffs in foggy weather. D 22. Although he is employed in the scientific and technical fields, the metric system is not A B C generally utilized in the United States. D 23. Prototypical oboes did a loud, harsh tone, but the modern oboe is appreciated for its smooth A B C and beautiful tone. D 24. Beneath the deep oceans that cover two-thirds of the Earth, tantalizing secret of the planet are A B C concealed. D 25. The pioneer John Chapman received the nickname "Johnny Appleseed" because he planted A B apple seedlings during him travels in what are now Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. C D PRACTICE TEST 6 16. The word "shore" can be used rather of "coast" to mean the land bordering the sea A B C D 17. A radio telescope is an instrument that collects and measured faint radio waves given off by A B C D objects in space. [...]... A B C D PRACTICE TEST 13 16 At the future, banks will be offering an increasingly broad spectrum of financial services A B C D 17 Considered one of America's greatest playwrights, Eugene O'Neill win the Novel Prize for A B C D literature in 19 36 18 The work which the poet Emma Lazarus is best known is the “the New Colossus,” which is inscribed on A B C the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty D 19 The... expensive D 40 In the 18 80's, when George Eastman first offered the Kodak camera and film, photography A B C becoming a popular and individualized art D PRACTICE TEST 12 16 The Wright brother's Flyer, who they built and flew in 19 03, became world's first successful A B C D airplane 17 Astronauts circling the Earth may get to seen sixteen sunrises and sixteen sunsets every A B C D "day" 18 The plesiosaur,... D 26 PRACTICE TEST 14 16 Since 17 80, when the country's first hat factory was establish in Danbury, Connecticut, the A B town has been a center for hat manufacturing in the United States C D 17 The psychologist, William James, asserted that fear is more the often result of running away A B C than the cause D 18 The evaporameter measures the fast of evaporation of water in the atmosphere A B C D 19 Brook... earliest form of condensers invented to store an electrical A B C D charge PRACTICE TEST 11 16 For make adobe bricks, workers mix sand and clay or mud with water and small quantities of A B C straw, grass, or a similar material D 17 A dictionary allows quick access to the meaning of a word only if one knows how spell the A B C D word 18 To simulate natural sounds in music, composers often use the orchestral... in the name of a state D 25.Numerous insects, special the butterfly, have weak powers of flight A B C D PRACTICE TEST 10 1 Since the beginning of this century, the United States government has played an role in the A supervision and use of the nation's natural resources B C D 2 Between 19 06 and 19 17, political activist Emma Goldman devoted most of her efforts to A B C writing, traveling and lectured... detected bacterial endotoxins was a chance A B C discovery in the 19 70's at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts D 40 Although experimental television had been available since the 19 20's, many people in the A B C United States did not see a broadcast until was the New York World's Fair of 19 39 D PRACTICE TEST 19 16 The architectural style of Mannerism used unbalanced proportions... one at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C 14 Alike a chicken, the grouse has four toes, with the hind one raised above the ground A B C D 15 Membership in labor unions in the United States reached its peak of 17 millions members in A B C D 19 60 16 The newer kinds of seeds produce corn it has much greater food value than older kinds A B C D 17 In meteorology, either the formation of clouds and... D 10 .Many critics believe that Amy Lowell's most important work is not her poetry, but his A B C biography, John Keats, published the year of her death D 11 .Research on pain has been neglected, although the mainly reason people take medicine is to A B C relieve pain D 12 .Sidney Poitier, he is famous for his character portrayals, won an Oscar for his 19 63 A B C performance in Lilies of the Field D 13 .The... flat patches when they fasten themselves to rocks and trees trunks A B C D PRACTICE TEST 15 16 American sign language has its own distinct grammatical structure, which must be mastered A B in the same way as that of another languages C D 17 Alaska is the larger and most sparsely populated state of the United States A B C D 18 Fossil remains indicate that squid-like creatures called belemnites swam... United Stated Naval Academy was founded in 18 45, sailors were trained at sea A B C D 40 During her lifetime, Margaret Mead was internationally known as an authority on various A B C literate and illiterate culture D PRACTICE TEST 16 16 A symphony orchestra conductor selects the repertoire, interprets the music, and directed the A B C musicians during rehearsals D 17 The rhinoceros is known for its distinctive . PRACTICE TEST 1 1. Lizards lack the built-in body temperature control many another creatures possess A. A B C be the greatest all-around athlete of modern times. D 16 . For centuries waterwheels were the only sources of power aside from human and animal A B C 1 strong . D 17 . Proteins form. C wildlife is abundant and largely protected. D 10 . The dromedary camel is raised especially to racing. A B C D 11 . The founding of the Boston Library in 16 53 demonstrate the early North American

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