Assessment Test I (Cont) Structure and Written Expression

Part A: Choose the best answer. 51. According to the Christian Bible, when the disciples saw Jesus after he had risen from the dead, they said, ____________. (A) It is him. (B) It is he. (C) It is his. (D) It is himself. 52. Moby Dick is a mythical account of evil and revenge as shown by Captain Ahabs pursuit of the whale that had wounded _____________ earlier in life. (A) he (B) his (C) him (D) to him 53. Since the earths crust is much thicker under the continents, equipment would have to be capable of drilling through 100,000 feet of rock to investigate the mantle _______. (A) beneath them (B) beneath their (C) beneath its (D) beneath they 54. One property of radioisotopes is that ____________ decaying occurs in half-lives over a long period of time. (A) they (B) them (C) theyre (D) their 55. Sports medicine experts agree that ice should be applied immediately when an athlete suffers an injury to ___________ leg. (A) its (B) an (C) the (D) his 56. Charlie Chaplin was a comedian _____________ was best known for his work in silent movies. (A) who (B) which (C) whose 1|Page

(D) what 57. In a parliamentary system, it is not the monarch but the prime minister __________. (A) whom the real power (B) who has the real power (C) whom has the real power (D) who the real power 58. The jaw structure of a snake permits it to eat and digest animals much larger than _____________ . (A) it (B) itself (C) its (D) it has 59. Business partners can usually sell their mutually owned property without consulting _____________ unless they have agreed to a separate contract. (A) other (B) other one (C) one the other (D) each other 60. A desert receives less than twenty-five _____________ of rainfall every year. (A) centimeter (B) a centimeter (C) centimeters (D) of centimeters 61. __________ at 212 degrees F. and freezes at 32 degree F. (A) Waters boils (B) The water boils (C) Water boils (D) Waters boil 62. It is generally believed that an M.B.A. degree is good preparation for a career in ___________. (A) a business (B) business (C) businesses (D) one business 63. Unemployment compensation is money to support an unemployed person while he or she is looking for ____________ . (A) job 2|Page

(B) a job (C) works (D) a work 64. Fire-resistant materials are used to retard ___________ of modern aircraft in case of accidents. (A) a damage to the passenger cabin (B) that damages to the passenger cabin (C) damage to the passenger cabin (D) passenger cabins damages 65. Hybids have one more _____________ per plant than the other varieties. (A) corns (B) ear of corn (C) corn ears (D) corns ears 66. According to estimates by some botanists, there are ____________ of plants. (A) seven thousand type (B) seven thousand types (C) type of seven thousand (D) types seven thousand 67. ___________ trees is a custom that many people engage in to celebrate Arbor Day. (A) The plant (B) Plant (C) Planting (D) To planting 68. ___________ is not a new idea. (A) The planning of cities (B) Cities to plan them (C) Plan cities (D) To planning cities 69. ____________ migrate long distances is well documented. (A) That it is birds (B) That birds (C) Birds that (D) It is that birds 70. Sunspots are known to cause ____________ enormous increase in the intensity of the suns electromagnetic radiation. (A) an 3|Page

(B) a (C) some (D) one 71. __________ of Country-Western singers may be related to old English ballads. (A) The music (B) Music (C) Their music (D) Musics 72. __________ is an ancient source of energy. (A) The wind (B) Winds (C) Wind (D) A wind 73. At Woolworths first five-and-ten-cent store __________ more than a dime. (A) neither items cost (B) items not cost (C) items none costing (D) no item cost 74. One of ____________ of the late Middle Ages was Saint Thomas Aquinas, a scholar who studied under Albertus Magnus. (A) the thinkers who was great (B) the great thinker (C) the greatest thinkers (D) who thought greatly 75. Although southern California is densely populated, ___________ live in the northern part of the state. (A) a little people (B) a few the people (C) few people (D) a little of people 76. Although the Ojibwa Indians fought frequently with the Sioux, they didnt have ____________ with early white settlers. (A) much contact (B) lots contact (C) many contact (D) large contact

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77. ___________ is currently available to researchers and physicians who study and treat acromegaly, a glandular disorder characterized by enlargement and obesity. (A) The little information (B) Few information (C) Little information (D) A few information 78. ___________ can be grown on arid land. (A) Only a few crops (B) Only few crop (C) Only a little crops (D) Only little crop 79. Only ___________ of the breeds of cattle have been brought to the United States. (A) a small amount (B) a little amount (C) a small number (D) a little number 80. ____________ fuel that is used today is a chemical form of solar energy. (A) Most (B) The most (C) Most (D) Almost the 81. When your body does not get _____________, it cannot make the glucose it needs. (A) enough food (B) food as enough (C) food enoughly (D) enough the food 82. The definitions for gram calories or calories are ___________ for most engineering work. (A) accurate as enough (B) enough accurate (C) accurate enough (D) as accurate enough 83. There are three kinds of solar eclipses: one is total, another is annular, and _______. (A) the another is partial (B) the partial is other (C) other is partial (D) the other is partial 5|Page

84. Some plants are annuals; ___________ are biennials; the rest are perennials. (A) some another (B) another (C) others (D) other 85. ____________ planet from the sun, Mars has a year of 687 days. (A) The fourth (B) The four (C) Four (D) Fourth 86. ___________ is cheaper for students who maintain a B average because they are a better risk than average or below-average students. (A) Automobiles insurance (B) Insurance of automobiles (C) Automobile insurance (D) Insurance automobile 87. The evolution of vertebrates suggests development from a very simple heart in fish to a ___________ in man. (A) four-chamber heart (B) four-chambers heart (C) four-chamber hearts (D) four-chambers heart 88. The Canterbury Tales, written about 1386, is as alive and ____________ today as it was nearly 600 years ago. (A) appealed (B) appeal (C) appealing (D) the appeal of 89. Oil paints are ____________ they have become the most popular painters colors. (A) so versatile and durable that (B) so versatile and durable than (C) such versatile and durable as (D) such versatile and durable 90. Water is ____________ that it generally contains dissolved materials in greater or lesser amounts. (A) such an excellent solvent (B) such excellent a solvent (C) such a excellent solvent 6|Page

(D) a such excellent solvent 91. The tiny pictures on microfilm are ____________ small to be read with the naked eye. (A) so (B) too (C) much (D) such 92. Young rivers have no flood plains and their valleys are __________. (A) very narrow (B) too narrow (C) so narrow (D) narrowly 93. If one is suffering from a psychosomatic illness, that is, a disease contributed to by mental anxiety, one may still feel very ____________. (A) badly (B) bad (C) worsely (D) worser 94. Although we often use speed and velocity interchangeably, in a technical sense, speed is not always ____________ velocity. (A) alike (B) the same as (C) similar (D) as 95. The vegetation in temperate zones all around the world is _____________. (A) similar (B) like (C) same (D) as 96. Although they are smaller, chipmunks are _____________ most other ground squirrels. (A) like to (B) like as (C) like (D) alike 97. Some retirement communities will not sell property to new residents unless they are about ___________ the rest of the residents. 7|Page

(A) the same age (B) the same old (C) the same age as (D) the same old as 98. Although the name was not popularized until the Middle Ages, engineering _______ civilization. (A) as old as (B) is as old as (C) that is old as (D) as old as that 99. The works of Picasso were quite ___________ during various periods of his artistic life. (A) differ (B) different (C) different from (D) different than 100. Modern blimps like the famous Goodbye blimps _____________ the first ones in that they are filled with helium instead of hydrogen. (A) differ from (B) different from (C) is different from (D) different

Part B: Choose the incorrect words or phrase and correct it. 59. We know that in 1000A.D. Leif Eriksson landed on the North American coast, and (A) that him and his Norwegian companions were the first white men to see the New World. (B) (C) (D) 60. It was her, Elizabeth I, not her father, King Henry, who led England into the Age of (A) (B) (C) (D) Empire. 61. According to legend, because the Indian Princess Pocahontas said that she loved he, (A) (B) (C) Captain John Smith was set free. (D) 62. According to Amazon legends, men were forced to do all of the household tasks for (A) (B) 8|Page

the women warriors who governed and protected the cities for they. (C) (D) 63. Although Barney Clark lived only a few months with the artificial heart, doctor were (A) able to learn a great deal from him having used it. (B) (C) (D) 64. According to the theory of natural selections, the man who was able use the hands and feet most freely to walk and grasp was the one who survived and evolved. (A) (B) (C) (D) 65. Absolute zero, the temperature at whom all substances have zero thermal energy and (A) (B) thus, the lowest possible temperatures, is unattainable in practice. (C) (D) 66. The Pilgrims were 102 English emigrants whom, after arriving on the Mayflower, (A) (B) became the first European settlers in New England. (C) (D) 67. According to the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, no person should be (A) (B) compelled to be a witness against him own. (C) (D) 68. The twinkling lights of the firefly are signals so that the male and female of the (A) (B) species can find each to the other. (C) (D) 69. In 1950 it was naively predicted that eight or ten computer would be sufficient to (A) (B) (C) handle all of the scientific and business needs in the United States. (D) 70. The religion attempts to clarify mankinds relationship with a superhuman power. (A) (B) (C) (D) 71. A space is the last frontier for man to conquer. (A) (B) (C) (D) 72. It is believed that a people could live on Mars with little life support because the (A) (B) (C) atmosphere is similar to that of earth. 9|Page

(D) 73. A progress has been made toward finding a cure for AIDS. (A) (B) (C) (D) 74. A few tiles one Skylab were the only equipments that failed to perform well in outer (A) (B) (C) (D) space. 75. One kinds of tool that was popular during the Stone Age was a flake, used for (A) (B) (C) cutting and scraping. (D) 76. Spell correctly is easy with the aid of a number of word processing programs for (A) (B) (C) personal computers. (D) 77. Writing of instructions for computers is called computer programming. (A) (B) (C) (D) 78. That it is the moon influence only one kind of tide is not generally known. (A) (B) (C) (D) 79. Although almost all insects have six legs, a immature insect may not have any. (A) (B) (C) (D) 80. Philosophy of the ancient Greeks has been preserved in the scholarly writing of (A) (B) (C) Western civilization. (D) 81. The soil is composed of a mixture of organic matter called humus and inorganic (A) (B) (C) (D) matter derived from rocks. 82. Some religions have none deity but are philosophies that function instead of (A) (B) (C) (D) religions. 83. One of the primary cause of accidents in coal mines is the accumulation of gas. (A) (B) (C) (D) 84. Unless one subscribes to a large metropolitan newspaper such as the Wall Street (A) (B) Journal, or the Washington Post, one will find very few news from abroad. 10 | P a g e

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85. Many heavy work that was once done by hand can now be done more easily with the (A) (B) (C) (D) help of compressed air. 86. When there is a few money remaining after all expenses have been paid, we say that (A) (B) (C) a small economic surplus has been created. (D) 87. Only a little early scientists, among them Bacon, Copernicus, and Bruno, believed (A) (B) (C) that the principles underlying the physical world could be discovered and understood (D) through careful observation and analysis. 88. The amount of books in the Library of Congress is more than 58 million volumes. (A) (B) (C) (D) 89. Almost the plants known to us are made up of a great many cells, specialized to (A) (B) (C) perform different tasks. (D) 90. As soon as the company has as enough earnings to make up for a bad year, the (A) (B) (C) stockholders of cumulative preferred stock dividends for the bad year as well as for the (D) good year. 91. Most large corporations provide pension plans for their employees so that they will (A) be secure enough than to live comfortably during their retirement. (B) (C) (D) 92. One of the most popular major fields of study for foreign scholars in the United (A) States is business and the another is engineering. (B) (C) (D) 93. In experiments with large numbers of animals crowded in small cages, some have ` (A) not been affected, but the rest of have shown all of the symptoms associated with stress (B) (C) (D) and mental illness. 11 | P a g e

94. Labor Day is always celebrated on First Monday in September. (A) (B) (C) (D) 95. Sexs education is instituted to help the student understand the process of (A) (B) maturation, to eliminate anxieties related to development, to learn values, and to prevent (C) (D) disease. 96. The MX is a four-stages rocket with an 8,000-mile range, larger than that of the (A) (B) (C) (D) Minuteman. 97. It is not surprised that the Arabs, who possessed a remarkable gift for astronomy, (A) (B) (C) mathematics, and geometry, were also skillful mapmakers. (D) 98. By the mid-nineteenth century, land was such expensive in large cities that (A) (B) architechs began to conserve space by designing skyscrapers. (C) (D) 99. Albert Einstein was such brilliant a scientist that many of his colleagues had to study (A) (B) (C) for several years in order to form opinions about his theories. (D) 100. Mercury is not often visible because it is so near the sun to be seen. (A) (B) (C) (D)

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