Industrial Diamonds Hard Materials

0001

Industrial diamonds ------hard materials.

(A) are used to cut (B) are used to be cutting

0002

------the trumpet has played a leading role in

the development of jazz.

(A) From this century (B) Since this century has begun

0003

Many people living on the North American frontier in the

mid-1800's ------the bowie knife.

(A) were carried a weapon called (B) carried a weapon was called

0004

------have been discovered on top of peaks in

the Rockies and the Appalachians, as far as a thousand miles

from the nearest ocean.

(A) Fossils of sea creatures (B) There are fossils of sea creatures

0005

All early lamps fashioned from a wick floating in a bowl of

oil functioned ------capillary action.

(A) according to the principles (B) while according to the principles

0006

------, dahlias are stocky plants with showy

flowers that come in a wide range of colors.

(A) Comprising 20 species and many cultivated forms

(B) When they comprise 20 species and many cultivated forms

(D) They are comprised 20 species and many cultivated forms

0007

Geysers intermittentlydischarges an explosive column of

(A) (B)

steam and hot water into the air.

0008

In many cases, the formerly mysterious origins of diseases

------through modern scientific techniques.

(A) have now identified (B) have now been identified

0009

Antonio Stradivari, ------to be the greatest violin maker

of all time, worked in the Italian town of Cremona and

made over 1,000 instruments during the course of his career.

(A) who generally acknowledged (B) whose generally acknowledged

0010

Although ------, skin is often viewed as simply a

barrier between the body and the outside world.

(A) a part of the immune system

(B) there is a part of the immune system

(D) the immune system is a part of it

0011

A telescope improves our view of the skies, partly by forming

(A)

a large image that magnifies the detail in objects, but even more

(B)

importantly by gather more light than the human eye can.

0012

Life expectancy had improved steadily over the years,

------deaths during childhood.

(A) due to large a decline in (B) largely a decline in due to

0013

Chemistry is concerned with ------interact with one

another.

(A) the way of substances (B) the way substances

0014

The earliest primates were tree-dwelling squirrel-like animals

that ------modern primate species.

(A) bore little resemblance to (B) were boring resemblance little to

0015

When Columbus discovered the New World he was not

surprised ------; he thought he had landed in India

or Japan.

(A) finding it inhabited (B) to find it inhabited

0016

John F. Kennedy was only forty-two when he was inaugurated as president of the United State - the youngest person ------the presidency.

(A) ever electing to (B) ever been elected to

0017

The Influence of Jazz on this century's music has been

(A)

as pervasive that there is little popular music which does not

(B) (C)

trace its stylistic roots back to this unique American invention.

(D)

0018

In Africa, the feeding habits of migratory locusts makeit

(A) (B) (C)

one of the most feared of pests.

(D)

0019

Compact fluorescent light bulbs use about ------to produce

the same light output as normal light bulbs.

(A) a fifth as much energy (B) a fifth of the energy

0020

A hurricane is a large, spinning wind system that

(A)

is developed over warm seasnear the equator.

(B) (C) (D)

0021

The function of Congress is to make laws, but nowhere in

the Constitution ------about the exact steps that

must be taken in the law-making process.

(A) a statement is there (B) it is a statement

0022

------, manufacturers usually use additives to improve

keeping qualities and ease of serving.

(A) When make ice cream (B) When making of ice cream

0023

The hormone insulin, which is produced by specialized cells in

(A) (B)

the pancreas, enables the body using and store glucose quickly.

0024

Unlike the carnivores of their era, sauropods did not need to

(A) (B) (C)

take the lives of another animals to find sustenance.

(D)

0025

Ancient Greek art is frequently described as timeless, partly

(A)

because its mathematically precise, classic proportions.

(B) (C) (D)

0026

A chunk of uranium the size of a softball can release more

(A)

energy than a trainload of coal that weighs 3 million

(B) (C)

times so much.

(D)

0027

Since New York City is one of the world's most important

centers of business, culture, and trade, ------in

the city affects what happens throughout the United States and

around the world.

(A) much of happens (B) much of what happens

0028

When the Titanic hit an iceberg, it carried enough lifeboats for

(A) (B)

only about half of its approximate 2,200 passengers and crew.

0029

Nowadays, every virtually kind of organization throughout the

(A) (B)

world conducts business with computers.

0030

A popcorn kernel has a hard outer shell that surrounds a soft,

(A) (B) (C)

moisture, starchy center.

(D)

0031

Development in computer technology has given ------

of the automatic pilot used in previous aircraft.

(A) the aerospace industry that a sophisticated extension

(B) the aerospace industry which a sophisticated extension

(D) the aerospace industry by a sophisticated extension

0032

Most weeds are wild plants that invade farms and gardens

(A) (B)

and competing with the cultivated plants for sunlight, water,

(C)

and minerals in the soil.

(D)

0033

Many writers in the eighteenth century were inspired by the

educational and scientific ideas of the Enlightenment, ------

of literature to reach a wide readership.

(A) seeing the potential (B) saw the potential

0034

Although good health depends on a number of factors, in

(A) (B)

general there is a close correlation between the wealth of a

country as well as the health status of its people.

0035

Druggists often stock generic drugs, which are mostly less

expensive than brand-name products and ------.

(A) are just much efficacious (B) are just as efficacious

0036

The chief objectives of American Federation of Teachers

------professionalism in teaching and to secure

appropriate wages, better working conditions, and job security

for its members.

(A) to promote (B) are promote

0037

A bright-red color, a trim of white fat, and ------are

among the qualities of a good piece of beef.

(A) a texture smooth, firm (B) a smooth, firm texture

0038

In Batik, a method of applying colored designs to fabric,

(A)

design is made on the fabric, and those sections which are

(B)

to not be dyed are covered with a substance that will not

absorb the dye.

0039

The drama A Raisin in the Sun provides a study of the

(A)

search for identity by African American men and women, both

(B)

within the family or within a racially prejudiced American

society.

0040

The nucleus is composed of particles called nucleons, which

when electrically charged are protons and ------are

neutrons.

(A) when electrically neutral (B) electrically neutral

0041

Although ------with water pollution involve sources

of fresh water, pollution of the oceans is also an environmental

problem.

(A) the main associated human health problems

(B) the main human health associated problems

(D) the main human health problems associated

0042

Hormones are chemicals made in the body that regulate body

functions or ------.

(A) achieving specific tasks (B) achieved specific tasks

0043

An uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing, or pain in the

(A) (B)

center of the chest that lasts for two minutes or more maybe

a sign of a heart attack.

0044

About nineteen million people living in the US belong to a

Spanish-speaking ethnic group and ------their

first language.

(A) Spanish names as (B) named Spanish as

0045

Insect play a vital role in pollinating many crops for humans

(A) (B) (C)

and ensuring that they produce fruit and seed.

(D)

0046 NOTE

Heating and cooling can cause matter ------.

(A) expanding and contracting (B) expansion and contract

0047

One of the primary materials used in the construction of

buildings and roads is cement, ------primarily

from limestone and clay.

(A) a powder made(B) it is a powder made

0048

Established in Dec. 1945 as a specialized agency of the United Nations,

(A)

International Monetary Fund (IMF) makesfinancing available to

(B) (C)

members in balance-of-payments difficulties and provides technical

assistance to improvement their economic management.

0049

------and constant component of protein, measuring

nitrogen can be a good way of finding out the protein content

in a substance.

(A) Nitrogen is a characteristic(B) Since nitrogen is a characteristic

0050

Steven Spielberg, whose highly successful films have given

(A) (B)

popular cinema a new respectable appeal, is considered by one

(C)

of the best movie directors in the United States.

(D)

0051 NOTE

If they wish to make a profit, both large and small purveyors

of consumer products and services must find ways to let their

potential consumers ------.

(A) who know about their business(B) know about their business

0052

More than half the world's tropical forests have been destroyed

(A) (B) (C)

since the past fifty years.

(D)

0053

------vertebrates to try out life on land, but even

then they had to return to the water to breed, just like most

of today's amphibians.

(A) The amphibians which (B) The amphibians, the first

0054

The term laser stands forlight amplification by stimulated emission

(A)

of radiation : atoms emit photons of light when some electrons

(B)

jumping down to lower energy levels.

0055

Rachel Louise Carson was an aquatic biologist, naturalist, and

writer whose Silent Spring (1962) sparked an international

controversy over ------animals and human life.

(A) the effect of pesticides on(B) the effect on pesticides

0056 NOTE

Population expansion and ------for scarce resources

is one of the biggest problems facing the world today.

(A) the competition consequentially (B) consequentially competing

0057

Vital to animals and plants in many ways, lipids are ------

and yield about twice as many calories as an equal weight of

protein or carbohydrate.

(A) concentrated energy of food source(B) concentrating source food energy

(D) what a concentrated source of food energy

0058

Eddie Robinson has coached his teams to many victories than

(A) (B)

any other coach in college football history.

0059

One of the great engineering feats of the world, the 44-mile

Panama Canal bisects the continents of North and South

America, ------to sail between the Atlantic

and Pacific Oceans.

(A) making it possible for ships(B) made it possible for ships

0060

As has been the case with many artistic geniuses, Edgar Allan

(A) (B)

Poe was not adequate appreciated in his own time : many of

(C)

his contemporaries criticized him as morbid and excessive. (D)

0061

A combination of attributes ------with both

young and old.

(A) makes it vegetable gardening a national hobby

(B) makes vegetable gardening is a national hobby

(D) makes vegetable gardening a national hobby

0062

In fishing, the first step for the angler is to upgrade his or her

(A)

equipment so that the available range of lures, line weights,

(B)

distances, etc., issubstantial increased.

0063

The Governor is empowered to veto single items of the budget

bill, ------, and to return the same to the Legislature

if it is still in session.

(A) append to each a message(B) appending to each a message

0064

In traditional Japanese ink drawings, the artist tries to paint

(A)

a state of mind other than an exact copy of some object.

(B) (C) (D)

0065

An audience is different from a crowd in that it refers to

(A)

people who gather for the purpose of listening or observing

(B)

some proceedings in accordance with a program set in advance.

0066 NOTE

Calcium is a soft, silvery-white metallic element ------in

such rocks as limestone and marble.

(A) found most widely (B) which found most widely

0067

------, also called a carrousel, basically consists of

brightly painted horses and other animals mounted on a

circular platform.

(A) Because a merry-go-round(B) While a merry-go-round

0068

Pele, a Brazilian athlete, won famousas the greatest soccer

(A) (B)

player of his time and the most recognized athlete in world sports.

0069

Gordon Allport believed that a person is not a mechanical

product of environmental forces, but a unique force strives to

(A) (B) (C)

develop his or her own potential.

(D)

0070

American Farm Bureau Federation works to protect and advance

the business and economic interests of farmers and ranchers by

supporting educational programs, promoting favorable legislation,

and ------.

(A) it sponsors helpful services(B) sponsoring helpful services

0071

Scientists in Germany have announced that they developed a

combination of medications to ------.

(A) cure AIDS patients in the dreadful, fatal disease

(B) cure AIDS patients with the dreadful, fatal disease

(D) cure AIDS patients during the dreadful, fatal disease

0072

Jerome Kern's most famous work is Showboat, ------,

most enduring musical comedies.

(A) one of the best(B) one of the best and

0073

Cooperation is the mutual endeavor of two or more persons to

(A) (B)

perform a task or reaching a jointly cherished goal.

0074

The combination of two lenses makes it possible greater

(A)

magnificationthan can be achieved with a single lens.

(B) (C) (D)

0075

Electricity's potential as a source of illumination knownlong

(A) (B) (C)

before electricity came into use.

0076 NOTE

The leaves of the pitcher plant doesn't lie flat ; they curl up

(A) (B) into tubes and neveruncurl.

0077

Before constructing a bridge, the designers must consider the

(A) (B)

deep and width of the barrier.

0078

Immigration as well as natural growth caused the US

population ------during the period between 1870 and 1916,

rising from about 40 million to about 100 million.

(A) more than doubled(B) more double than

0079

On September 1, 1973, a small submersible, the Pisces III, was

rescued from 1,580 feet below sea level. Two men ------

inside for 3 days, after losing control of the craft and losing

radio contact with their surface ship.

(A) had been trapped(B) have been trapped

0080

The barber of Seville, a comic opera with music by the Italian

composer Gioacchino Rossini, ------in Rome in 1816.

(A) was first sung (B) first sang

0081 NOTE

That people consider a luxury at one time frequently becomes

(A) (B) (C)

a necessity ; many families find that ownership of two cars is

(D)

indispensible.

0082

Even best known for her prose works, Maya Angelou also

(A) (B)

published several collections of poetry.

0083

Founded by the Spanish as Yerba Buena in 1835, ------

was taken over by the United States in 1846 and later renamed.

(A) San Francisco is now what(B) what San Francisco is now

0084

------that not even light escapes the powerful

gravitational pull it exerts, it is called a black hole.

(A) When a body becomes so massive(B) A body becomes so massive

0085

Friction can be reduced by smooth and polishing the surface

(A)

of contact, by lubricating surfaces with grease or oil, or by

(B) (C)

rolling instead of sliding.

(D)

0086 NOTE

Each atoms in a molecule consists of a positively-charged

(A) (B) (C)

nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively-charged electrons.

(D)

0087

Francis Hopkinson, a New Jersey signer of the Declaration of

(A) (B)

Independence, was an American statesman, artist, writer,

(C)

lawyer, and a judge.

(D)

0088

New Jersey and Delaware are separated by Delaware Bay,

------connects with the Delaware River and thus

enables oceangoing vessels to reach the ports of Wilmington,

Del., and Philadelphia.

(A) which deep channel

(B) deep channel of it

(D) whose deep channel

0089

In April 1925, a Scottish engineer John Logie Baird gave

------of a television technology that used

mechanical devices in the camera and receiver.

(A) the public first demonstration(B) the first public demonstration

0090

Some barges are pushed or pulled by tugboats ; another barges

(A) (B) (C)

are powered by their own engines.

(D)

0091 NOTE

Maryland's economy is based largelyon service industries,

(A) (B)