2

I. __ range in color from pale yellow to 6. Most species of heliotropes are weeds,
bright orange. __ of them are cultivated.

(A) Canaries which (A) some

(B) Canaries (B) but some
(C) That canaries (C) for some species
(0) Canaries that are (0) some species

2. __ ~f precious gems is determined by 7. Thunder occurs as __ through air,

their hardness, color, and brilliance. causing the heated air to expand and
collide with layers of cooler air.
(A) The valuable
(B) It is the value (A) an electrical charge
(C) It is valuable (B) passes an electrical charge
(0) The value (C) the passing of an electrical charge
(0) an electrical charge passes
3. __ a tornado spins in a
counterclockwise direction in the northern 8. Researchers have long debated __
hemisphere, it spins in the opposite Saturn's moon TItan contains hydrocarbon
direction in the southern hemisphere. oceans and lakes.

(A) However (A) over it

(B) Because of (B) whether it
(C) Although (C) whether
(0) That (0) whether over

4. The Caldecott Medal, __ for the best 9. Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark grey
children's picture book, is awarded each clouds __ forebode rain.
January.
(A) what
(A) a prize (B) which
(B) which prize (C) what they
(C) is a prize which (0) which they
(0) is a prize
10. __ in several early civilizations, a cubit
5. The horn of the rhinoceros consists of a was based on the length of the forearm
cone of tight bundles of keratin __ from from the tip of the middle finger to the
the epidermis. elbow.

(A) grow (A) It was used as a measurement

(B) grows (B) A measurement was used
(C) growing (C) The use of a measurement
(0) they grow (0) Used as a measurement

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II. Only when air and water seep through its 14. The flight instructor, __ at the air base,
outer coat __ . said that orders not to fight had been
given.
(A) does a seed germinate
(B) to the germination of a seed (A) when interviewed
(C) a seed germinates (B) when he interviewed
(0) for a seed to germinate (C) when his interview
(0) when interviewing
12. __ seasonal rainfall. especially in
regions near the tropics, is winds that blow 15. In the northern and central parts of the
in an opposite direction in winter than in state of Idaho __ and churning rivers.
summer.
(A) majestic mountains are found
(A) Causing (B) found majestic mountains
(B) That cause (C) are found majestic mountains
(C) To cause (0) finding majestic mountains
(0) What causes

13. The extinct Martian volcano Olympus

Mons is approximately three times as
__ Mount Everest.

(A) high
(B) high as is
(C) higher than
(0) the highest of

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16. Light can travels from the Sun to the Earth in eight minutes and twenty seconds.
-A- --B- C --D-

17. Every human typically have twenty-three pairs of chromosomes in most cells.
--A-13 ----C-O

18. Most sedimentary rocks start forming when grains of clay, silt, or sandy settle in
-A- B -C-
river valleys or on the bottoms of lakes and oceans.
----0-

19. The total thickness of the ventricular walls of the heart are about three times that of
---,;- B -C- 0
the atria.

20. The type of jazz known as "swing" was introduced by Duke Ellington when he wrote
-A- B C
and records "11 Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing."
-D-

2 I. The bones of mammals, not alike those of other vertebrates, show a high degree of
I\"-B- --C-

differentiation.
D

22. The neocortex has evolved more recently then other layers of the brain.
A --B- -C----O-

23. The United States receives a large amount of revenue from taxation of a tobacco
--A- --B- --C- 0

products.

24. Much fats are composed of one molecule of glycerin combined with three molecules
-A- B

of fatty acids.
-CO-

25. The capital of the Confederacy was originally in Mobile, b:Jt t!:ey were moved to
-A- BCD
Richmond.

26. A pearl develops when a tiny grain of sand or stone or some another irritant
~ --B--C-

accidentally enters into the shell of a pearl oyster.

D

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27. The English horn is an alto oboe with a pitch one-fifth lower than the soprano oboe.
-A- S- c-o
28. In the Milky Way galaxy. the most recent observed supernova appeared in 1604.
--,;:-
-B- C IT

29. Never in the history of humanity has there been more people living on this relatively
A B -C- 0
small planet.

30. Because of the mobility of Americans today, it is difficult for they to put down
--A- --B- C;
real roots.
o
31. For five years after the Civil War, Robert E. Lee served to president of Washington
T B
College, which was later called Washington and Lee.
-C- J)

32. The number of wild horses on Assateague is increasing lately, resulting in overgrazed
--A- B C

marsh and dune grasses.

-0-

33. Hypnoses was successfully used during World War II to treat battle fatigue.
A B -C- 0

34. The lobster, like many crustaceans, can cast off a damaging appendage and
T-B- C
regenerate a new appendage to nearly nonnal size.
-0-

35. Humans develop nonnally twenty primary, or deciduous, teeth and thirty-two
A --B- C

pennanent ones.
o
36. The curricula of American public schools are set in individual states; they
A 13
do not detennine by the federal government.
C -0-

37. The fact that the sophisticated technology has become part of revolution in travel
A B
delivery systems has not made travel schedules less hectic.
--C- D

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38. Balanchine's plotless ballets, such Jewels and The Four Temperaments, present dance
-A- 13" -C-

purely as a celebration of the movement of the human body.

-D-

39. In a solar battery, a photosensitive semiconducting substance such as silicon crystal

A B -C-
is the source of electrician.
D

40. In early days, hydrochloric acid was done by heating a mixture of sodium chloride
A B- --C-

with iron sulfate.

J)

This Is the end of Section 2.

If you finish before 25 minutes has ended,
check your work on Section 2 only.

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Use exactly 55 minutes to work on Section 3.

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