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16. The word "shore" can be used rather of "coast" to mean the land bordering the sea A B C D 17. A radio telescope is an instrument that collects and measured faint radio waves given off by A B C D objects in space. 18. The private satellite industry sprang up in the mid-1960's to relay not only television A B C broadcasts but too phone calls and computer data. D 19. Yosemite National Park it has many spectacular natural attractions, including Yosemite Falls, A B C one of the world's highest waterfalls. D 20. During the Colonial days, the Iroquois had an agricultural economy basing mainly on corn A B C with supplementary crops of pumpkins, beans, and tobacco. D 21. Before the retina of the eye can be examined, the pupil must to be artificially dilated. A B C D 22. The most widely writer praised of the 1960's in the United States was probably Joyce Carol A Oates, who published many novels and short stories. B C D 23. Unlike animals such as cows horses, human beings are neither able to digest cellulose, the A B C D fibrous carbohydrate found in grass. 24. At the age of 94, composer, conductor, arranger, and acting Eva Jesse led her choral group A B in the first production of the opera Porgy and Bess, written in 1935. C D 25. In 1987 the states of ice cream in the United States amounted to fifteen quarts per year for A B C every persons in the country. D 26. The type of precipitation is affected by electrical conditions, air temperature and the A B percentage of humid in the air. C D 27. Almost destroy by fire in 1814, the White House was rebuilt and enlarged over the next three A B C D years. 28. A flight recorder shows how aircraft systems behave by giving information such as a plane's A B high, direction, and rate of descent. C D 29. It is not unusual for ballet dancers wear out more than one pair of toe shoes during an A B C evening's performance. D 30. A fable is usually a short tale featuring animals or inanimate objects that can talk and think A B C alike humans. D 31. The "ashcan" school in American art being a rebellion against traditional subjects and favored

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A B C the painting of back-street scenes. D When a magnet is free suspended, it becomes a compass. A B C D Susan Sontag's aversion to the traditional critical practice of extracting morals meaning from A B art is reflected in her novels. C D Best known for his research in statistical mechanics and meson physics, Chen Ning Yang A B shared the Nobel Prize in 1957 to another physicist from the United States, Tsung-Dao Lee. C D Those electrons most closely to the nucleus are held there by electromagnetic force. A B C D Its tremendous output of dairy products have earned the state of Wisconsin the title of A B C D America's Dairyland.

37. The early use of a complete steel frame for towering buildings appeared in the first A B skyscraper, built on Chicago in 1883. C D 38. Some cities have a fire regulations that requires people to put smoke detectors in their A B C D houses. 39. Since flounders have markings that blend with their surroundings, it can lie camouflaged on A B C the bottom of the ocean. D 40. The determination of the path of Mars's orbit in1609 became the unifying link among the A B C two formerly separate realms of physics and astronomy. D

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16. Abraham Lincoln delivery his most famous address at the dedication of the soldiers cemetery A B C D in Gettysburg. 17. Stalagmites are produced when water to drop directly to the floor of a cave. A B C D 18. Regulation of public utilities in the United States is carried out by locally, state, and federal governments. A B C D 19. The poet Marianne Moore was initially associated with the imagist movement, but later A develops her own rhyme patterns and verse forms. B C D 20. The most worst economic reversal of the twentieth century, the Great Depression of the A B 1930's, began in the United states and spread abroad. C D 21. Many narcotic plants and its products, such as nicotine, are effective in controlling insects. A B C D

22. In some occupations, the computer has already replaced the motor vehicle as the principal A B C conserve of time and laboring. D 23. Farming becomes more expensive when farmers are forced to apply greater quantities of A costly fertilizers for to sustain yields. B C D 24. The metaphors we use routinely are the means which by we describe our everyday A B C experiences. D 25. Scientists finding out that the universe is even larger and more complex than anyone has ever A B C imagined. D 26. Because their properties differ from those of their constituents, proper alloys can great A B C increase the corrosion resistance of a metal. D 27. The ability to retain a mental record of earlier experiences are referred to as "memory". A B C D 28. The aging process is not entirely determined by heredity, but is influenced by different A B C environmental and social circumstances as good. D 29. The waterwheel is a mechanism designed to harness energy from a source instead than A B C D animals. 30. If they are prepared skillfully, soybeans they can be appetizing as well as nutritious. A B C D 31. Studies of either vision and physical optics began almost as early as civilization itself. A B C D 32. James Whitcomb Riley, the "Hoosier Poet," wrote many of his work in standard English, but A B he wrote his most popular poems in the dialect of his home state, Indiana. C D 33. The city of Green Bay, established in 1745, was the first permanent settler in Wisconsin. A B C D 34. Whichever they may differ widely in function, all cells have a surrounding membrane and an A B C internal, water-rich substance called cytoplasm. D 35. Booker T. Washington, an educational leader, worked throughout the lifetime to improve A B C economic conditions for Black people in the United States. D 36. In the Middle Ages, books called bestiaries were prepared in an attempt to describe animals, A real or imagine, that exemplified human traits. B C D 37. Pumps can operate under pressures ranging between a fraction of a pound to more than 10,000 A B C D pounds per square inch. 38. Approximately fifty percent of the package utilized in the United States are for foods and A B C beverages. D 39. Whether as statesman, scientist, and philosopher, Benjamin Franklin was destined to gain

A B C lasting honor throughout much of the world. D 40. A traditional Halloween decoration is a jack-o-lantern, which is a hollowed-out pumpkin with A B a scary face cut into them. C D

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1. For a long time cotton ranked first between Alabama's crops, but today it accounts for only a A B C fraction of the agricultural production. D 2. Margaret Fuller was not active in the women rights movement, but she asking for a fair A B C chance for women in her book, Woman in the Nineteenth Century. D 3. Most cities major in the United States have at least one daily newspaper. A B C D 4. The survival of a forest depends not only on the amount of annual rainfall it receives, and A B C also on the seasonal distribution of the rain. D 5. James Farmer, an American civil rights leader, he helped establish the Congress of Racial A B Equality, an organization that is dedicated to the principle of nonviolence. C D 6. A merger is a combination of two or more businesses down below a single management. A B C D 7. In its simplest form, a transformer is composed of two coils of wire placed together without no A B C D wires actually in contact. 8. The greatest natural resource of the state of North Dakota is their fertile farmland. A B C D 9. The doctrine of eminent domain is based the legal tradition that all real property is subject to A B C the control of the state. D 10. In a controversial eating guide entitled Are You Hungry? Jane Hirschmann and Lela A B Zaphiropolous argue that children instinctively know what foods are good for selves. C D 11. Bats rely to their hearing to navigate and to find food at night. A B C D 12. Once an important port of entry for immigrants to the United States, Ellis Island recent A B C reopened its great hall as a museum of immigration. D 13. Every year Colorado is visited by millions of tourists who come for a variety of reason. A B C D 14. The energy needed for animal grow is derived primarily from carbohydrates and fats. A B C D 15. Countries tend to specialize in the production and export of those goods and services that it A B C can produce relatively cheaply. D 16. Antique auctions have become popular in the United States because a steadily increasing

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A B awareness of the investment value of antiques. C D Alike an insect, the crustacean is an arthropod, an animal with jointed legs and an A B exoskeleton, a supportive covering for its body. C D Bricks are made from clay that is processed into a workable consistency, form to standard A B C sizes, and then fired in a kiln. D Her speech at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 brought Fannie Barrier A B C Williams local and nation recognition. D A paragraph is a portion of a text consists of one or more sentences related to the same idea. A B C D A deficient of folic acid is rarely found in humans because the vitamin is contained in a wide A B C D variety of foods.

22. Industry utilize the gaseous element xenon when developing specialized flashlights and other A B C powerful lamps. D 23. Some types of ferns resemble trees and some are too small that they look like moss. A B C D 24. Made of sealskin stretched over a framework of whalebone or driftwood, an Eskimo kayak is A completed enclosed except for the opening in which the peddler sits. B C D 25. Our urge to classify different life forms and give us names seems to be as old as the human A B C D race.