General Motors, was so poor that he has to use the hayloft of a barn as a laboratory. a. successful b. so poor c. has to d. as → c 146. Despite the metric system is used throughout the world, it is still not commonly used in the United States. a. Despite b. is used c. is still d. commonly → a 147. Some gorillas beat their chests as an express of high spirits. a. beat b. as c. express d. high → c 148. Because Walter Reed’s efforts and those of the people who worked with him, human beings no longer fear the dreaded disease of yellow fever. a. Because b. those c. no longer d. dreaded disease → a 149. The continental shelves is the shallow area of the ocean floor that is closest to the continents. a. shelves b. of c. ocean floor d. closest → a 150. The average adult get two to five colds each year. a. The b. get c. to d. colds → b 151. Fishing have been found to contain a particular type of fat that may help lower blood cholesterol levels. a. Fishing b. to contain c. that d. levels → a 152. Benjamin Franklin’s ability to learn from observation and experience contributed greatly to him success in public life. a. ability b. contributed greatly c. him d. in → c 153. Industrial lasers are most often used for cutting, welding, drilling, and measure. a. Industrial b. most often c. for d. measure → d 154. Alice Walker is probably best known for her novel The Color Purple, publishing in 1982. a. probably b. for her novel c. publishing d. in 1982 → c 155. Psychologists at the University of Kansas has studied the effects of the color of a room on people’s behavior. a. has studied b. effects c. color d. on people’s → a 156. Montaigne, the illustrious French philosophy, was elected mayor of Bordeaux, which was his home town. a. the b. philosophy c. was elected d. which was → b 157. Certain pollens are more likely to cause an allergic reaction than another. a. Certain b. likely c. an allergic d. another → d 158. Computers have made access to information instantly available just by push a few buttons. a. have b. access c. instantly available d. by push → d 159. Mined over 2,000 years ago, copper is one of the earliest know metals. a. Mined b. ago c. the d. know → d 160. Many of the early word of T.S Eliot expresses the anguish and barrenness of modern life and the isolation of the individual. a. Many b. expresses c. barrenness d. isolation → a 161. The novel reveal the horror, drudgery, and joy of black life in rural Georgia. a. The novel b. reveal c. joy of black life