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1. The planet Mercury. . rotations during 7. Created by the dissolution of limestone, the
every two trips around the Sun. underground cave system _____ Mammoth
Cave is noted for its stalactites and
(A) three complete stalagmites.
(B) completes three
(C) the completion of three (A) is known as
(D) completing three of the (B) it is known to be
(C) known as
2. In prehistoric. . of western Utah was (D) to be known
covered by Lake Bonneville.
8. Most slang terms are simply old words
(A) times, a large part additional new meanings.
(B) times, there was a large part
(C) part of the time (A) give
(D) for large parts of time (B) given
(C) are given
3. The helicopter is able to hover in . (D) they are given
powered rotors produce lift even at zero
forward speed. 9. North Carolina's Outer Banks are a chain of
low, narrow islands_____ the mainland
(A) flight because of the from the frequent Atlantic storms in the
(B) flying the area.
(C) the flying of the
(D) flight because the (A) they buffer
(B) that buffer
The upper levels of the Sun's atmosphere (C) to buffer them
are of very lo w _____ heats the gases there (D) that they buffer
to very high temperatures.
10. It is at the age of approximately eighteen
(A) dense and solar m onth s_____children begin to make
(B) density, solar activity combinations of two or three words.
(C) density, but solar activity
(D) density and activity of the Sun is (A) when many
(B) when are many
5. Lapis lazu li,. . stone, has been valued (C) when do many
for ornamental purposes for more than (D) when have many of the
6,000 years.
11. Story o f a Bad Boy, a semiautobiographical
(A) an opaque deep blue novel by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, ranks high
(B) is an opaque deep blue among books_____ have incorporated their
(C) it is an opaque deep blue boyhood experiences.
(D) that is an opaque deep blue
(A) the American authors
6. M ountaineers. _climb Mount Everest (B) which are American authors
must make reservations to do so, often up to (C) in which American authors
seven years in advance. (D) are those which American authors

(A) want to
(B) they want to
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12. In the La Brea tar pits of Los A ngeles------- 14. Not o n ly _____ more brittle than hard
which have been preserved from the maples, but they are also less able to
Pleistocene period. withstand high winds.

(A) thousands of animals are (A) soft maples are

(B) thousands are animals (B) are soft maples
(C) the thousands of animals (C) they are soft maples
(D) are thousands of animals (D) soft maples

13. _____provided aliv in g fo rn ea rly 9 0 15. _____ become blocked so that heat and
percent of the population of the American moisture could not escape, death would
colonies. result.

(A) Farming was what (A) Were the skin’s pores to

(B) What farming (B) The pores of the skin were to
(C) Farming was (C) The skin’s pores
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16. The wave lengths of ultraviolet light are short than those of visible light but longer
A B C D
than those of X-rays.

17 All thoroughbreds are descended from three Arabian stallion imported into England
X B £ D
between 1689 and 1724.

18. By measuring the rate of decay of potassium isotopes in volcanic ash, scientists
A
can date the lavers of volcanic ash and any human remains in they.
-----B----- C D

19. Hundreds of partial to complete fossil skeletons of Triceratops have been gather in
A B C
North America from rocks of the late Cretaceous period.
D

20. By the time of the dinosaurs, turtles have already developed the hard shell
A B
into which their heads and legs could be drawn.
------ C------ D
21. A zoom lens produces an inverted real image,either on the film in a camera and on
A B C D
the light-sensitive tube of a television camera.

22 The leaves and young twigs of the henna plant are ground into a powder to produce a
A B
paste that can used as a dye.
“ C— D
23. Thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves arepresent in humans, and each pair have two
A B C D
roots

24 William Randolph Hearst built a chain of newspapers that included 25 dailies and 11
~ B C
Sunday editions at their peak in 1937.
D
25 The electromagnetic spectrum consists in bands o f different wavelengths.
A B C D

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26. Lemon trees are similar in longevity and appear to orange trees but have more upright
A B C
growth.
D

27. Christopher Columbus, alike many other explorers, underestimated the size of the
A “T T C~
Earth and overestimated the width of Asia.
D

28. Manganese, found in trace amounts in higher animals, activates a large amount of
A B
the enzymes involved in metabolic processes.
C D

29. The remains of Homo erectus, an extinct species of early man, was first discovered
X B "TT D
on the island of Java by Dutch physician Eugene Debois.

30. The Ford Motor Company introduced the moving assembly line in 1914 so that it will
A TT
be able to meet the huge demand for its Model T.
' C "D

31. By 1830, approximately 200 steamboats had become operationally on the

A B C D
Mississippi River.

32. The huge Meteor Crater was created when a 63,000-ton iron meteorites struck the
A B C D
Earth near Winslow, Arizona.

33. Daniel Boone helped to build the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap,
A B
creating a route for settlers heading westerly.
C -----D-----

34. The Appalachian Mountains extend Georgia and Alabama in the south to Canada in
A B C "D
the north.

35. Howard Hughes once did more than half a billion dollars in one day in 1966 when he
A B
received a single bank draft for $546,549,171 for his share of TWA.
C D-----

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36. The city of Tam pa, Florida, is located on peninsula across Tam pa Bay from S aint
A B C “ D“
Petersburg.

37. The closer it gets to D ecem ber 21, the first day of winter, the short the davs becom e
A B ~ C ~ D
38. Only about a hundred o u t of an estim ating 3,000 know n m ineral species
A
have been found at least reasonably suitable for use as gems
B C------- ~ D ~

39. Most of the y ear San Miguel Island is shrouded in fog, and strong northw est w inds
A B
b a tte r relentlessly the island.
C D

40. W omen have adm itted to the United States M ilitary Academy a t West Point since

1976, and the first w om en cadets graduated in 1980.

C D

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c ir c le th e n u m b e r s o f th e q u e s tio n s th a t y o u m isse d .
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