Buku 1000-soal-grammar3


Puji syukur kepada Allah SWT dan shalawat kepada Nabi Muhammad SAW.
Semoga kita semua tetap dianugrahi kesehatan dan kemampuan meraih semua target
kehidupan yang sudah kita rencanakan.
Penulis disini akhirnya dapat merasa sangat bersyukur karena telah
menyelesaikan buku kami yang berjudul “1000 Soal Grammar Bahasa Inggris dan
Kunci Pembahasan”. Dalam buku ini kami mencoba untuk memberikan soal-soal yang
dapat mengasah kemampuan kita dalam penguasaan grammar dalam mengikuti
berbagai test. Salah contohnya adalah Tes TOEFL, CPNS, Sekolah Kedinasan dan
materi kuliah.
Penulis mengucapkan banyak terima kasih kepada semua pihak yang telah
membantu hingga terselesaikannya buku ini. Dan penulis memahami jika buku ini tentu
jauh dari kesempurnaan maka kritik dan saran sangat kami butuhkan guna memperbaiki
karya-karya kami di waktu-waktu mendatang.
Medan, September 2019
Penulis


KATA PENGANTAR.................................................................................ii
DAFTAR ISI .............................................................................................. iii
SOAL .........................................................................................................1
MULTIPLE CHOICE................................................................................... 2
ERROR RECOGNITION .......................................................................... 68
KUNCI JAWABAN...................................................................................92
KUNCI JAWABAN MULTIPLE CHOICE................................................... 93
KUNCI JAWABAN ERROR RECOGNITION.......................................... 127
DAFTAR PUSTAKA ............................................................................. 131

1. The North Pole_____a latitude of 90
degrees north.
(A) has
(B) is having
(C) which is having
(D) it has
2. _____greyhound, can achieve
speeds up to thirty-six miles per
hour.
(A) The
(B) The fastest
(C) The fastest dog
(D) The fastest dog, the
3. The Mayflower was bound for
Virginia, but a hurricane _____ off
course.
(A) blew it
(B) to blow it
(C) it blew
(D) blowing it
4. The greenhouse effect occurs _____
heat radiating from the Sun.
(A) when does the Earth’s
atmosphere trap
(B) does the Earths atmosphere trap
(C)when the Earth’s atmosphere
traps
(D)the Earth's atmosphere traps
5. The Rose Bowl, ______ place on
New Year’s Day, is the oldest
postseason collegiate football game
in the United States.
(A) takes
(B) which takes
(C) it takes
(D) took
6. Experiments _______ represent a
giant step into the medicine of the
future.
(A) using gene therapy
(B) use gene therapy
(C) they use
(D) gene therapy uses
7. _____ off the Hawaiian coastline are
living, others are dead.
(A) Coral reefs
(B) Some types of coral reefs
(C) There are many types of coral
reefs
(D) While some types of coral reefs
8. People who reverse the letters of
words ____ to read suffer from
dyslexia.
(A) if they tried
(B) when trying
(C) when tried
(D) if he tries
9. Featured at the Henry Ford Museum
_____ of antique cars dating from
1865.

(A) an exhibit is
(B) an exhibit
(C) is an exhibit
(D) which is an exhibit
10. Rubber _____ from vulcanized
silicones with a high molecular
weight is difficult to distinguish from
natural rubber.
(A) is produced
(B) producing
(C) that produces
(D) produced
11. _____ in scope, romanticism was a
reaction against neoclassical
principles.
(A) Mainly literary
(B) It was mainly literary
(C) The main literature was
(D) The literature was mainly
12. The Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) _____came about as a result
of the National Security Act of 1947.
(A) what
(B) it was
(C) was what
(D) it was what
13. Oil shale is a soft, fine-grained
sedimentary rock _____ oil and
natural gas are obtained.
(A) from (C) is which
(B) is from (D) from which
14. _____ appears considerably larger
at the horizon than it does overhead
is merely an optical illusion.
(A) The Moon
(B) That the Moon
(C) When the Moon
(D) The Moon which
15. According to the World Health
Organization, _____ there to be an
outbreak of any of the six most
dangerous diseases, this could be
cause for quarantine.
(A) were (C) there were
(B) they were (D) were they
16. The North Platte River ____ from
Wyoming into Nebraska.
(A) it flowed
(B) flows
(C) flowing
(D) with flowing water
17. _____ Biloxi received its name from
a Sioux word meaning "first people.”
(A) The city of
(B) Located in
(C) It is in
(D) The tour included
18. A pride of lions ____ up to forty lions.
including one to three males, several
females, and cubs.
(A) can contain (C) contain
(B) it contains (D) containing
19. ____ tea plant are small and white.
(A) The
(B) On the
(C) Having flowers the
(D) The flowers of the
20. The tetracyclines, _____ antibiotics,
are used to treat infections.
(A) are a family of
(B) being a family
(C) a family of
(D) their family is
21. Any possible academic assistance
from taking stimulants _____
marginal at best.

(A) it is (C) is
(B) there is (D) as
22. Henry Adams, bom in Boston, ____
famous as a historian and novelist.
(A) became
(B) and became
(C) he was
(D) and he became
23. The major cause _____ the pull of
the Moon on the Earth.
(A) the ocean tides are
(B) of ocean tides is
(C) of the tides in the ocean
(D) the oceans’ tides
24. Still a novelty in the late nineteenth
century,_____ limited to the rich.
(A) was
(B) was photography
(C) it was photography
(D) photography was
25. A computerized map of the freeways
using information gathered by
sensors embedded in the pavement
_____ on a local cable channel
during rush hours.
(A) airs (C) air
(B) airing (D) to air
26. The president of the U. S. appoints
the cabinet members, _____
appointments are subject to Senate
approval.
(A) their
(B) with their
(C) because their
(D) but their
27. The prisoners were prevented from
speaking to reporters because ___
(A) not wanting the story in the
papers
(B) the story in the papers the
superintendent did not want
(C) the public to hear the story
(D) the superintendent did not want
the story in the papers
28. Like Thomas Bergers fictional
character Little Big Man, Lauderdale
managed to find himself
where_____of important events took
place.
(A) it was an extraordinary number
(B) there was an extraordinary
number
(C) an extraordinary number
(D) an extraordinary number existed
29. ____ sucked groundwater from
below, some parts of the city have
begun to sink as much as ten inches
annually.
(A) Pumps have
(B) As pumps have
(C) So pumps have
(D) With pumps
30. Case studies are the target of much
skepticism in the scientific
community, _____ used extensively
by numerous researchers.
(A) they are
(B) are
(C) yet they
(D) yet they are
31. According to the hypothesis in the
study, the monarchs pick up the
magnetic field of the _____ migrate
by following magnetic fields.
(A) target monarchs
(B) target since monarchs
(C) target since monarchs are

(D) target
32. _____ show the relations among
neurons, they do not preclude the
possibility that other aspects are
important.
(A) Neural theories
(B) A neural theory
(C) Although neural theories
(D) However neural theories
33. _____or refinanced, the lender will
generally require setting up an
escrow account to ensure the
payment of property taxes and
homeowner’s insurance.
(A) A home is
(B) A home is bought
(C) When a home
(D) When a home is bought
34. If ultraviolet radiation enters the
Earth's atmosphere, _____ generally
blocked by the ozone concentrated
in the atmosphere.
(A) it
(B) it is
(C) so it is
(D) then it
35. Among human chromosomes, the Y
chromosome is unusual _____ most
of the chromosome does not
participate in meiotic recombination.
(A) in
(B) so
(C) and
(D) in that
36. The three basic chords in _____ the
tonic, the dominant, and the
subdominant.
(A) functional harmony
(B) functional harmony is
(C) functional harmony are
(D) functional harmony they are
37. _____ Hale Telescope, at the
Palomar Observatory in southern
California, scientists can photograph
objects several billion light years
away.
(A) The
(B) With the
(C) They use the
(D) It is the
38. Without the proper card installed
inside the computer, _____
impossible to run a graphical
program.
(A) is definitely
(B) because of
(C) it is
(D) is
39. The charter for the Louisiana lottery
was coming up for renewal, _____
spared no expense in the fight to win
renewal.
(A) the lottery committee
(B) so the lottery committee and
(C) so the lottery committee
(D) the lottery committee made
40. While in reality Alpha Centauri is a
triple star, ____ to the naked eye to
be a single star.
(A) it appears
(B) but it appears
(C) appears
(D) despite it
41. The Sun’s gravity severely distorted
the path of the comet _____ entered
its wildly erratic orbit around Jupiter.
(A) it
(B) when

(C) after the comet came into it
(D) once the comet
42. Each object ____ Jupiter's magnetic
field is deluged with electrical
charges.
(A) Enters (C) entering
(B) it enters (D) enter
43. As its name suggests, the Prairie
Wetlands Resource Center _____
the protection of wetlands on the
prairies of the Dakotas, Montana,
Minnesota, and Nebraska.
(A) it focuses
(B) focuses on
(C) focusing
(D) to focus on
44. One of the largest and most powerful
birds of prey in the world, _____ a
six-foot wingspan and legs and
talons roughly the size of a man’s
arms and legs.
(A) so the harpy has
(B) the harpy having
(C) with the harpy having
(D) the harpy has
45. ____ creation of such a community
was a desirable step, the requisite
political upheaval had to be
accepted.
(A) Since the
(B) The
(C) Later, the
(D) It was the
46. Dolphins form extremely
complicated allegiances and ____
continually change.
(A) enmities that
(B) that are enmities
(C) enmities that are
(D) that enmities
47. Scientists are now beginning to
conduct experiments on _____
trigger different sorts of health risks
(A) noise pollution can
(B) that noise pollution
(C) how noise pollution
(D) how noise pollution can
48. The Apollo II astronauts _____ of the
Earth’s inhabitants witnessed on the
famous first moonwalk on July 20,
1969, were Neil Armstrong and Buzz
Aldnn.
(A) whom
(B) whom millions
(C) were some
(D) whom some were
49. At the end of the nineteenth century,
Alfred Binet developed a test for
measuring intelligence ____ served
as the basis of modem IQ tests
(A) has
(B) it has
(C) and
(D) which has
50. _____ have at least four hours of
hazardous materials response
training is mandated by federal law.
(A) All police officers
(B) All police officers must
(C) That all police officers
(D) For all police officers
51. A clouds reservoir of negative
charge extends upward from the
altitude at ____ the freezing point.
(A) temperatures hit
(B) hit temperatures
(C) which temperatures hit
(D) which hit temperatures

52. In a 1988 advanced officers' training
program, Sampson developed a plan
to incorporate police in enforcing
environmental protection laws
whenever ______ feasible.
(A) it is
(B) is
(C) has
(D) it has
53. _____ will be carried in the next
space shuttle payload has not yet
been announced to the public.
(A) It
(B) What
(C) When
(D) That
54. During free fall, _____ up to a full
minute, a skydiver will fall at a
constant speed of 120 m.p.h.
(A) it is
(B) which is
(C) being
(D) is
55. The fact _____ the most important
ratings period is about to begin has
caused all three networks to shore
up their schedules.
(A) is that (C) that
(B) of (D) what
56. _____ loom high above the north
and northeastern boundaries of the
expanding city of Tucson.
(A) The Santa Catalina mountains
(B) Because the Santa Catalina
mountains
(C) The Santa Catalina mountains
are
(D) That the Santa Catalina
mountains
57. Radioactive _____ provides a
powerful way to measure geologic
time.
(A) it
(B) dates
(C) dating
(D) can
58. _____ contained in the
chromosomes, and they are thought
of as the units of heredity.
(A) Genes which are
(B) Genes are
(C) When genes
(D) Because of genes
59. The benefit _____ the study is that it
provides necessary information to
anyone who needs it.
(A) of
(B) which
(C) that
(D) because
60. The same symptoms that occur ____
occur with cocaine.
(A) amphetamines can
(B) with amphetamines can
(C) so amphetamines
(D) with amphetamines they
61. Many companies across the country
have molded the concepts_____
describes into an integrated strategy
for preventing stress.
(A) and Wolf
(B) that Wolf
(C) what Wolf
(D) so Wolf
62. ____ In the first draft of the budget
will not necessarily be in the final
draft.

(A) Although it appears
(B) It appears
(C) What appears
(D) Despite its appearance
63. If a food label indicates that a food is
mostly carbohydrate, it does not
mean ____ is a good food to eat.
(A) and it
(B) and
(C) that it
(D) when
64. A need for space law to include
commercial concerns has been
recognized in as much _____ been
expanding drastically in recent
years.
(A) the commercial launch industry
(B) the commercial launch industry
has
(C) as has the commercial launch
(D) as the commercial launch
industry has
65. The report on the nuclear power
plant indicated that when the plant
had gone on line, ____ unsafe.
(A) and it had been
(B) it had been
(C) had been
(D) that it had been
66. When _____ nests during spring
nesting season, Canadian geese are
fiercely
(A) building
(B) are building
(C) built
(D) are built
67. In 1870, Calvin, along with
Adirondack hunter Alvah Dunning,
made the first known ascent of
Seward Mountain, _____ far from
roads or trails.
(A) a remote peak
(B) it is a remote peak
(C) a remote peak is
(D) which a remote peak
68. Kokanee salmon begin to deteriorate
and die soon _____ at the age of
four..
(A) they spawn
(B) after spawning
(C) spawn
(D) spawned the salmon
69. _____ benind government secrecy
for nearly half a century, The Hanford
plant in teritorial central Washington
produced plutonium for the nuclear
weapons of the Cold War.
(A) It is hidden
(B) Hidden
(C) Which is hidden
(D) The plant is hiding
70. Until _____ incorrect, astronomers
had assumed that the insides of
white dwarfs were uniform.
(A) they
(B) their proof
(C) the astronomers recently proven
(D) recently proven
71. _____ artifacts from the early
Chinese dynasties, numerous
archeologists have explored the
southern Silk Road
(A) They were searching for
(B) It was a search for
(C) Searched for
(D) Searching for
72. In Hailey, the best-known lecturer
was women’s rights activist Abigail

Scott Duniway of Portland, Oregon,
who could usually be persuaded to
speak _____ town visiting her son.
(A) she was in
(B) while in
(C) why le she was
(D) was in
73. The National Restaurant _____
Washington, says that federal efforts
to regulate workplace smoking would
limit restaurants’ ability to respond to
the desires of their patrons.
(A) Association in
(B) Association is in
(C) Association which is in
(D) Association, based in
74. _____ in North American waterways
less than a decade ago, zebra
mussels have already earned a
nasty reputation for their expensive
habit of clogging water pipes in the
Great Lakes area.
(A) The first sighting
(B) Although first sighted
(C) Zebra mussels were first sighted
(D) First sighting
75. Small companies may take their
goods abroad for trade shows
without paying foreign value-added
taxes by acquiring ____ an ATA
carnet.
(A) a document calls
(B) a document called
(C) calls a document
(D) called a document
76. In the United States _____
approximately four million miles of
roads/streets, and highways.
(A) there
(B) is
(C) they
(D) there are
77. _____ twelve million immigrants
entered the United States via Ellis
Island.
(A) More than
(B) There were more than
(C) Of more than
(D) The report of
78. The television, _____ so long been a
part of our culture, has an enormous
influence.
(A) has
(B) it has
(C) which
(D) which has
79. Psychologists have traditionally
maintained that infants cannot
formulate long-term memories until
_____ the age of eight or nine
months.
(A) they
(B) they reach
(C) to reach
(D) reach
80. ____ a cheese shop has since grown
into a small conglomerate consisting
of a catering business and two retail
stores.
(A) In the beginning of
(B) It began as
(C) Its beginning which was
(D) What began as
81. Primarily a government contractor,
_____ preferential treatment from
government agencies as both a
minority-group member and a
woman.
(A) receives Weber

(B) Weber receives
(C) the reception of Weber
(D) according to Weber's reception
82. Because the project depends on
_____ at the federal level, the city
and county may have to wait until the
budget cutting ends.
(A) it happens
(B) which happening
(C) what happens
(D) that it happen
83. ____ definitive study of a western
hardrock mining community
cemetery appears to have been
done is in Silver City, Nevada.
(A) Most
(B) The most
(C) Where most
(D) Where the most
84. One of the areas of multimedia that
is growing quickly ____ is sound.
(A) yet is easily overlooked
(B) is easily overlooked
(C) it is easily overlooked
(D) that is easily overlooked
85. ____ , early approaches for coping
with workplace stress dealt with the
problem only after its symptoms had
appeared.
(A) Although well intending
(B) Although it is a good intention
(C) Although a good intention
(D) Although well intended
86. Rarely ___ located near city lights or
at lower elevations.
(A) observatories are
(B) are
(C) in the observatories
(D) are observatories
87. There are geographic, economic,
and cultural reasons why _____
around the world
(A) diets differ Engineers
(B) do diets differ
(C) are diets different
(D) to differ a diet auto industry.
88. Were _____ millions of dollars each
year replenishing eroding beaches,
the coastline would be changing
even more rapidly.
(A) the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers not spending
(B) the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers not
(C) the U.S Army Corps of
Engineers
(D) not spending the U.S. Army
Corps of
89. Nowhere ____ more skewed than in
the auto industry
(A) that retail trade figures
(B) retail trade figures
(C) are retail trade figures
(D) retail trade figures
90. New York City’s Central Park is
nearly twice as large _____ second
smallest country, Monaco.
(A) as (C) as is
(B) is the (D) as is the
91. Potassium has a valence of positive
one because it usually loses one
electron when ____ with other
elements.
(A) does it combine
(B) it combines
(C) in combining
(D) combination

92. The economic background of labor
legislation will not be mentioned in
this course, _____ be treated.
(A) trade unionism will not
(B) nor trade unionism will
(C) nor will trade unionism
(D) neither trade unionism will
93. _____ test positive for antibiotics
when tanker trucks arrive at a milk
processing plant, according to
federal law, the entire truckload must
be discarded.
(A) Should milk
(B) If milk
(C) If milk is
(D) Milk should
94. Located behind _____ the two
lacrimal glands.
(A) each eyelid
(B) is each eyelid
(C) each eyelid are
(D) each eyelid which is
95. Only for a short period of time _____
run at top speed.
(A) cheetahs
(B) do cheetahs
(C) that a cheetah can
(D) can
96. ____ variety of flowers in the show,
from simple carnations to the most
exquisite roses.
(A) A wide
(B) There was a wide
(C) Was there
(D) Many
97. The wedges ____ dartboard are
worth from one to twenty points
each.
(A) they are on a
(B) are on a
(C) are they on a
(D) on a
98. ____ producing many new movies
for release after the new season
begins.
(A) His company is
(B) His companies
(C) The company
(D) Why the company is
99. _____ that Er lily Dickinson wrote, 24
were given titles and 7 were
published during her lifetiire.
(A) Of the 1,800 poems
(B) There were 1,800 poems
(C) Because the 1,800 poems
(D) The 1,800 poems
100. Since an immediate change was
needed on an emergency basis,
_____ by the governor to curtail
railway expenditure.
(A) so it was proposed
(B) was proposed
(C) because of the proposal
(D) it was proposed
101. In the Morgan Library in New
York City _____ of medieval and
renaissance manuscripts.
(A) a collection is
(B) in a collection
(C) is a collection
(D) which is a collection
102. Some fishing fleets might not
have been so inefficient in limiting
their catch to target species _____
more strict in enforcing penalties.
(A) the government had been
(B) if the government had
(C) had the government been

(D) if the government
103. The Dewey decimal system,
currently used in libraries throughout
the world, ____ all written works into
ten classes according to subject.
(A) dividing
(B) divides
(C) it would divide
(D) was divided
104. Individual differences in brain-
wave activity may shed light on why
some people are more prone to
emotional stress disorders -------
(A) that others are
(B) and others are
(C) others are
(D) than are others
105. _____ squeezed, the orange
juice in a onecup serving provides
twice the minimum daily requirement
for vitamin C.
(A) It is freshly
(B) If freshly
(C) You freshly
(D) If it freshly
106. ____ several unsuccessful
attempts, Robert Peary reached the
North Pole on April 6, 1909.
(A) After (C) When
(B) He made (D) His
107. The musical instrument _____ is
six feet long.
(A) is called the bass
(B) it is called the bass
(C) called the bass
(D) calls the bass
108. One problem with all languages
____ they are full of irregularities.
(A) when (C) is that
(B) so (D) in case
109. _____ of economic cycles been
helpful in predicting turning points in
cycles, they would have been used
more consistently.
(A) Psychological theories
(B) Psychological theories have
(C) Had psychological theories
(D) Psychologists have theories
110. Hospital committees _____
spent weeks agonizing over which
artificial kidney candidate would
receive the treatments now find that
the decision is out of their hands.
(A) once
(B) that once
(C) have
(D) once had
111. Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood
is neither journalistically accurate
___
(A) a piece of fiction
(B) nor a fictitious work
(C) or written in a fictitious way
(D) nor completely fictitious
112. Vitamin C is necessary for the
prevention and _____ of scurvy.
(A) it cures
(B) cures
(C) cure
(D) for curing
113. A baby’s development is
influenced by both heredity and ____
(A) by environmental factors
(B) environmentally
(C) the influence of the environment
(D) environment

114. Because bone loss occurs
earlier in women than _____ , the
effects of osteoporosis are more
apparent in women
(A) men do
(B) in men
(C) as men
(D) similar to men
115. The growth of hair _____ cyclical
process, with phases of activity and
inactivity.
(A) it is
(B) is a
(C) which is
(D) a regular
116. The fire ____ to have started in
the furnace under the house.
(A) is believed
(B) that is believed
(C) they believe
(D) that they believe
117. In Roman numerals, ____
symbols for
numeric values.
(A) are letters of the alphabet
(B) letters of the alphabet are
(C) which uses letters of the
alphabet
(D) in which letters of the alphabet
118. The legal systems of most
countries can Ipe classified _____
common law or civil law.
(A) as either
(B) either as
(C) either to
(D) to either
119. One difference between
mathematics and language is that
mathematics is precise _____
(A) language is not
(B) while language is not
(C) but language not
(D) while is language
120. Your criticism of the three short
stories should not be less than
2,000*words, nor ____ more than
3,000.
(A) should it be
(B) it should be
(C) it is
(D) should be it
121. The speed of light is _____ the
speed of sound.
(A) faster
(B) much faster than
(C) the fastest
(D) as fast
122. The use of detail is _____
method of developing a controlling
idea, and almost all students employ
this method.
(A) more common
(B) common
(C) most common
(D) the most common
123. _____ in Stevenson’s
landscapes, the more vitality and
character the paintings seem to
possess.
(A) The brushwork is loose
(B) The looser brushwork
(C) The loose brushwork is
(D) The looser the brushwork is
124. ____ , a liberal arts college
specifically for deaf people, is
located in Washington, D.C
(A) Gallaudet College
(B) Gallaudet College is

(C) About Gallaudet College
(D) Because of Gallaudet College
125. ____ varieties of dogs at the
show, including spaniels, poodles,
and collies.
(A) The several
(B) Those
(C) Several
(D) There were several
126. While the discovery that many
migratory songbirds can thrive in
deforested wintering spots ____ , the
fact remains that these birds are
dying at unusual rates.
(A) it is heartening
(B) hearten
(C) heartening
(D) is heartening
127. ____ separates Manhattan’s
Upper East Side from the Upper
West Side
(A) Central Park
(B) Where Central Park
(C) Where is Central Park
(D) Central Park which
128. Bioluminescent animals _____
the water or on land.
(A) live
(B) are living either
(C) they are found in
(D) can be found in
129. The purpose of a labor union is
to improve the working conditions,
_____ , and pay of its members.
(A) jobs are secure
(B) to be secure
(C) job security
(D) the job's security
130. When _____ on July 4, 1789, the
federal tariff, intended by the
Founding Fathers to be the
government’s primary source of
revenue, was remarkably
evenhanded
(A) was first enacted
(B) first enacted
(C) was enacted first
(D) it first
131. _____ inclined to push for such
a reduction, it would probably not be
successful.
(A) The Office of Management
(B) The Office of Management was
(C) In the Office of Management
(D) Were the Office of Management
132. _____ in the United States
declined from twenty million in 1910
to nine million in the 1970s.
(A) For a number of horses
(B) The number of horses
(C) When the number of horses
(D) That the number of horses
133. Because of his reservations
about the issue, _____ refused to
vote for it.
(A) who
(B) and
(C) which the senator
(D) the senator
134. Bats avoid running into objects
by ____ high-frequency sounds and
listening for echoes.
(A) the emission
(B) emitted
(C) emitting
(D) they emit

135. It has been estimated that if we
intend to stay above the starvation
level, ____ the food supply.
(A) so we will have to double
(B) and it must double
(C) which it must be doubled
(D) we must double
136. _____ discussed by the board of
directors when it was proposed
again by supervisors.
(A) The problem had already
(B) The problem is already
(C) The problem had already been
(D) The problem has already
137. Much of the carnage of
elephants, giraffes, and big cats
_____ uncaring hunters.
(A) must commit by
(B) must be committed
(C) must have committed
(D) must have been committed by
138. The X-ray treatments ___ up to
the time the that he was dismissed
from the hospital.
(A) gave daiIy
(B) were given daily
(C) basically have given
(D) daily had been given
139. ____ Big Dipper, a seven-star
constellation in the shape of a cup, is
part of Ursa Major.
(A) The
(B) It is the
(C) With the
(D) That the
140. The Military Academy at West
Point ____ on the west bank of the
Hudson River, north of New York
City.
(A) located
(B) is located
(C) which is located
(D) whose location is
141. ____ impressive chapter in the
book was the chapter on Stuart’s
scientific theories.
(A) It was the most
(B) The most
(C) Most
(D) Most of the
142. Presidential ____ held every
four years on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November.
(A) electing
(B) elections are
(C) is elected
(D) elected and
143. Studies of carcinogenesis in
animals can provide data on ____ in
human susceptibility.
(A) differences are
(B) that differences are
(C) differences have
(D) differences
144. Those who favor the new law
say that the present law does not set
spending limits on lobbyists' gifts to
politicians, nor ____ statewide funds.
(A) it limits
(B) limits it
(C) does it limit
(D) does it
145. The population of the earth is
increasing at a tremendous rate and
____ out of control.
(A) they have become
(B) are soon going to be
(C) soon will be

(D) why it will be
146. Starting in 1811, traders and
manufacturers were more easily able
to send goods upriver in _____
provided the necessary power to
counteract the flow of the waters.
(A) steamboats
(B) which
(C) that
(D) that steamboats
147. ____ worst phase of the
Depression, more than thirteen
million Americans had no jobs.
(A) It was in the
(B) During the
(C) While the
(D) The
148. When reading a book, you must
keep your point of view separate
from the point of view in ____ you are
studying.
(A) that
(B) the material and
(C) the materials that
(D) the materials that are
149. Speech consists not merely of
sounds but ____ that follow various
structural patterns.
(A) of organized sound patterns
(B) organized sound patterns
(C) that sound patterns are
organized
(D) in organizing sound patterns
150. Patty Berg, the top tournament
winner in women's golf, ___ eighty-
three golf tournaments from 1935
through 1964.
(A) she won
(B) winning
(C) won
(D) who won
151. ____ with about fifteen times its
weight in air does gasoline allow the
carburetor to run smoothly.
(A) It is mixed
(B) To mix it
(C) When mixed
(D) Only when mixed
152. During the early nineteenth
century, the Spanish missions in
Alta, ____ California to be an integral
part of the economy and productive
capacity of the region.
(A) proved
(B) they proved
(C) they proved it
(D) proved it
153. _____ still other hurdles remain
before suitable for private cars.
(A) fuel cells
(B) become
(C) fuel cells become
(D) that fuel cells become
154. The daughters of Joseph
LaFlesche were bom into the
generation of Omaha forced to
abandon tribal traditions, ____ on
thereservation, and to adapt to the
white
man's ways.
(A) they matured
(B) to mature
(C) maturing
(D) to maturity
155. Among the most revealing
aspects of
mining towns ____ their paucity of
public open space.

(A) Was (C) it was
(B) were (D) so
156. In economics, "diminishing
returns" describes _____ resource
inputs and production.
(A) among
(B) when it is
(C) among them
(D) the relationship between
157. When lava reaches the surface,
its temperature can be ten times
_____ boiling water.
(A) the temperature
(B) that of
(C) it is
(D) more
158. Rarely ___ remove the entire
root of a dandelion because of its
length and sturdiness.
(A) can the casual gardener
(B) the casual gardener
(C) the casual gardener will
(D) does the casual gardener’s
159. In any matter, heat tends to flow
_____ to the cooler parts.
(A) hotter parts
(B) there are hotter parts
(C) from the hotter parts
(D) toward the hotter parts
160. Certain authorities claim that the
costumes that people wear to
parties___ into their personalities.
(A) give subtle insights
(B) they give subtle insights
(C) which give subtle insights
(D) subtle insights
161. _____Army camps near
Washington, D.C., in 1861, Julia
Ward Howe wrote “The Battle Hymn
of the Republic.”
(A) She visited
(B) After visiting
(C) When visited
(D) When was she visiting
162. Wild Bill Hickok _____ for the
Union Army during the Civil War by
posing as a Confederate officer.
(A) spied
(B) spying
(C) a spy
(D) was spied
163. ____ was unusable as farmland
and difficult to traverse, the Badlands
is an area in South Dakota.
(A) So named because it
(B) Because of
(C) It
(D) Naming it
164. The planet Mercury ___
rotations during every two trips
around the Sun.
(A) three complete
(B) completes three
(C) the completion of three
(D) completing three of the
165. In prehistoric ____ of western
Utah was covered by Lake
Bonneville.
(A) times, a large part
(B) times, there was a large part
(C) part of the time
(D) for large parts of time
166. The helicopter is able to hover in
___ powered rotors produce lift even
at zero forward speed.
(A) flight because of the
(B) flying the

(C) the flying of the
(D) flight because the
167. The upper levels of the Sun's
atmosphere are of very low _____
heats the gases there to very high
temperatures.
(A) dense and solar
(B) density, solar activity
(C) density, but solar activity
(D) density and activity of the Sun is
168. Lapis lazuli, ____ stone, has
been valued for ornamental
purposes for more than 6,000 years.
(A) an opaque deep blue
(B) is an opaque deep blue
(C) it is an opaque deep blue
(D) that is an opaque deep blue
169. Mountaineers ____ climb Mount
Everest must make reservations to
do so, often up to seven years in
advance.
(A) want to
(B) they want to
(C) who want
(D) wanting to
170. Created by the dissolution of
limestone, the underground cave
system _____ Mammoth Cave is
noted for its stalactites and
stalagmites.
(A) is known as
(B) it is known to be
(C) known as
(D) to be known
171. Most slang terms are simply old
words ____ additional new
meanings.
(A) give
(B) given
(C) are given
(D) they are given
172. North Carolina's Outer Banks
are a chain of low, narrow islands
_____ the mainland from the
frequent Atlantic storms in the area.
(A) they buffer
(B) that buffer
(C) to buffer them
(D) that they buffer
173. It is at the age of approximately
eighteen months _____ children
begin to make combinations of two or
three words.
(A) when many
(B) when are many
(C) when do many
(D) when have many of the
174. Story of a bad boy, a semi
autobiographical novel by Thomas
Bailey Aldrich, ranks high among
books _____ have incorporated their
boyhood experiences.
(A) the American authors
(B) which are American authors
(C) in which American authors
(D) are those which American
authors
175. In the La Brea tar pits of Los
Angeles ____ which have been
preserved from the Pleistocene
period.
(A) thousands of animals are
(B) thousands are animals
(C) the thousands of animals
(D) are thousands of animals
176. _____provided
alivingfornearly90 percent of the
population of the American colonies.

(A) Farming was what
(B) What farming
(C) Farming was
(D) What was farming
177. Not only_____more brittle than
hard maples, but they are also less
able to withstand high winds.
(A) soft maples are
(B) are soft maples
(C) they are soft maples
(D) soft maples
178. _____ become blocked so that
heat and moisture could not escape,
death would result.
(A) Were the skin’s pores to
(B) The pores of the skin were to
(C) The skin’s pores
(D) If the pores of the skin
179. At the beginning of this book, the
author discusses the effects _____
on the envirorunent.
(A) of pollution
(B) they are of the polluted
(C) of the polluted
(D) they pollute
180. Psychologists have observed
that a large part of the ____ activity
is beyond one's awareness.
(A) brain that
(B) brainless
(C) brain's
(D) brain whose
181. Tax laws are passed by ____
who usually want to be re-elected.
(A) political it is
(B) politicians
(C) politics for
(D) politician
182. Paul Samuelson was the first
American to· win the Nobel Prize in
____
(A) economy
(B) economic
(C) economical
(D) economics
183. Various societies define ____ in
many rather complex ways.
(A) that is successful
(B) what success is
(C) that success is
(D) what is success
184. ____ warfare duties primarily to
males ·was imperative when combat
was hand-ro-hand.
(A) Assigning
(B) Assigned
(C) They who assigned
(D) That they were assigning
185. One approach to the study of
stress is to identify events that cause
psychological ____.
(A) disrupting
(B) disrupts
(C) disrupt
(D) disruption
186. ____ budget depends on the
state of its economy and the stability
of its currency.
(A) The country
(B) The countries
(C) Countries
(D) The country's
187. When items appear to vanish
gradually from short-term ____ , the
process of displacement is noted.
(A) memory
(B) memorial for

(C) in the memory
(D) memorize
188. Wendell WIlkie gained
prominence for ___ to President
Roosevelt's social refonns.
(A) he opposed
(B) his opposition
(C) opposing him
(D) he was opposite
189. Before the 1900s, children ____
the yards of their homes and in the
streets.
(A) playing alone in
(B) played in
(C) had played in
(D) they are playing
190. Many critics of plea bargaining
____ allows large numbers of
crimlnals to escape appropriate
punishment.
(A) believed it
(B) believe it to
(C) believing that it
(D) believe it
191. To get an idea of a soil's
porosity, ____ a small amount of top
soil in your hand.
(A) to rub
(B) rubbing
(C) rubbed
(D) rub
192. The risks of developing cancer
can ____ by not smoking and by
drinking in moderation.
(A) be significantly reduced
(B) to be significantly reduced
(C) significantly reduce
(D) to reduce significantly
193. Even though many couples ____
smaller families, the number of births
could rise.
(A) now having
(B) now has
(C) are now having
(D) is now having
194. To make up for losses in
revenue, bus companies ____
service and maintenance.
(A) cutting
(B) tends to cut
(C) tending to cut
(D) tend to cut
195. City planners in St. Paul ____
models for building compact towns
and' cities.
(A) proposing
(B) have proposed
(C) proposition
(D) proposal
196. Refrigeration ____ food spoilage
by keeping temperallres near or
below freezing.
(A) and the prevention of
(B) prevents
(C) preventing that
(D) is prevented from
197. Every year both large and small
businesses ____ financial
difficulties.
(A) that develop
(B) are developed
(C) they are developing
(D) develop
198. Why ____ to sell products
consumers want in order to earn
profit?
(A) companies have

(B) do companies have
(C) companies do have
(D) companies did have
199. Caffeine is ___ , slightly bitter
subscance, added to many
carbonated soft drinks.
(A) Odor
(B) odorless
(C) an odorless
(D) more odorous
200. Spain has little good farmland
and lacks many ____ raw materials.
(A) important industty
(B) industrious and imponant
(C) important industrial
(D) important industries
201. Nuclear engines operate wilhout
air and consume ____ fuel than do
other engines.
(A) much less
(B) most
(C) much
(D) most of the
202. Raising and selling cue flowers
and ____ potted plants is a large
industry.
(A) Decoration
(B) Decorates
(C) Decorate
(D) Decorative
203. Calcite is one of ____ minerals
in !he eanh, and is prevale(lt in
mountainous regions.
(A) the more commonly
(B) the most common
(C) as common a
(D) common
204. The mass of the sun is about 750
times ____ that of all the planets
combined.
(A) the greatest
(B) as great as
(C)greatly
(D)greater
205. Charles Dickens was one of
____ writers of all time.
(A) the popularity
(B) the most popularly
(C) the most popular
(D) mostly popular
206. The divorce rate is ____ in The
United States than in almost any
country.
(A) very high (C) the highest
(B) higher (D) highly
207. Martha Thomas was an
American educator who stood for
equal ____ rights for women.
(A) well-educated
(B) educational
(C) educating of
(D) educationally
208. The fewer the number of threads
per inch, the ____ texture.
(A) loose fabric is
(B) looser the fabric
(C) fabric has loose
(D) loose fabric
209. During the American
Revolutionary War, about 14,000
British loyalists returned to Britain,
____ in 1783.
(A) most of whom
(B) most of them
(C) mostly, they
(D) much

210. The sense of touch is essential
in locating external objects if ____
close to our bodies.
(A) their are
(B) they are
(C) their
(D) they
211. We thank the many editors ____
assisted us in the preparation of this
book.
(A) They
(B) Whose
(C)Whom
(D)who
212. A language laboratory has audio
equipment placed in booths ____
students listen to language tapes.
(A) How
(B) in that
(C) where
(D) who
213. Mothers ____ to their children
during the day and before bedtime
give their children a great advantage
in school.
(A) their having
(B) who have gotten
(C) whose
(D) who
214. Mary Cassan was an inventive
printmaker, and ____ were always at
the service of the public.
(A) her talents
(B) she was talented
(C) talent of hers
(D) hers, talents
215. Linguistics studies the structure
of language and regularities ____ .
(A) it's used in
(B) in its usage
(C) people use it
(D) using its
216. The judges at the fair are
delighted to inform you that ____ are
one of the selected finalists.
(A) Your
(B) Yours
(C) You
(D) Yourself
217. An organism cannot grow
without food, ____ materials to build
its cells.
(A) who delivers
(B) whose delivery
(C) which delivers
(D) it delivers
218. A sizable proportion of ltigh
school students claim _____ hope is
to be admined to college.
(A) that is their
(B) that their
(C) it is that their
(D) is that their
219. By the end of the 1950s, portions
of the Atlantic around New York had
become ____
(A) extremely dirty
(B) extreme dirtiness
(C) more dirty
(D) extremely dirtly
220. Because so much of the Sudan
is dry land, irrigation ____ for
farming.
(A) essentially
(B) is essential
(C) has essentially
(D) has essential

221. Pilots who prepare for military
careers train on the ground ____ in
the air.
(A) as good as
(B) as well as
(C) well as
(D) good as
222. None of the exercises provides
srudents with practice in
understanding ____ questions.
(A) really difficult
(B) real difficulty
(C) reality, difficulty
(D) really, difficulty
223. Saul Bellow has ____ life in
Chicago where he spent his
childhood.
(A) vivid portrayal
(B) vividly portrayed
(C) vividly portrays
(D) vivid portrait
224. Knight Dunlap conducted his
famous photography experiment
____ ,sixty years ago.
(A) Nearing
(B) Nears
(C) Ear
(D) Nearly
225. The elderly person whose family
moves to a new city may find it ____
to make friends of similar age.
(A) particularly hard
(B) particular, hard
(C) hardly panicular
(D) hard, particularly
226. Beethoven's nephew became
his pupil, but this relationship turned
out ____ .
(A) Bad
(B) Badly
(C) Worst
(D) More badly
227. Edgar Degas was ____ visual
information about faces, movement,
and light.
(A) constant accumulation
(B) consuntly accumulate
(C) constantly accumulating
(D) constant, accumulated
228. People who are ____ cannot tell
light from dark.
(A) blind totally
(B) a total blind
(C) totally blind
(D) totally blindly
229. Professional gardeners
appreciate flowers for their ____ ,
sorgeous colors, and pleasant
fragrance.
(A) attractively shaped
(B) shape and attract
(C) shaped attractively
(D) attractive shapes
230. Customs influence ____ and
how they prepare, serve, and eat
foods.
(A) people eat that
(B) people eat it
(C) what people eat
(D) what do people eat
231. Students of economics take
courses in such related fields as
history, political science, and ____ .
(A) Statistical
(B) Statistics
(C) Statistic
(D) Statistician

232. To bake fish, ____ buner and
place it in a generously greased
rectangular pan.
(A) it brushes with
(B) with its brushes
(C) brushing it with
(D) brush it with
233. Free electrons are not tightly
bound to their atoms and ____ from
one to another.
(A) can move easy
(B) can easily move
(C) can move more easily
(D) easy move
234. If you are seated when a
newcomer enters the room, stand up
to be greeted or ____ .
(A) Introduces himself
(B) Introduce
(C) Introduction
(D) Introduced
235. Good manners should always
govern the way people ____ .
(A) driving and parking
(B) drive and park
(C) to drive and to park
(D) driven and parked
236. Classical ballet dancers perform
their movements with an ____
bearing.
(A) openly and directly
(B) openness and direction
(C) open and direct
(D) opening and directly
237. The brain centers of ____ and
hearing enable a person to
understand written and spoken
language.
(A) Vision
(B) Visual
(C) The vision
(D) A visual
238. The D'Aulaires were them ____
team who wrote and illustrated
children's books.
(A) husband and wife
(B) husband and a wife
(C) husband and the wife's
(D) husbands and wifes
239. Dolphins and whales are
mammals that ____ lives in water.
(A) spend their entire
(B) their entire
(C) spend there entirely
(D) spending their entire
240. ____ a wrong number, it is
important to apologize before
hanging up.
(A) You dial
(B) If dials
(C) If dialing, you
(D) If you dial
241. The study of etymology rests
upon basic principles _____ to all
languages.
(A) that applying
(B) that they apply
(C) that apply
(D) applied that
242. Juries determine facts from what
is said and from the manner ____ .
(A) which is said in
(B) which said it in
(C) in which it is said
(D) which said it

243. No one knows when or why
Monet abandoned his largest
canvas, of which ____ .
(A) only the survival of fragments
(B) only fragmented survivors
(C) only fragmenis survive
(D) survived only as fragments
244. Evening programs have been
opened for people ____ during the
day.
(A) whom work
(B) who work
(C) who works
(D) which work
245. Congress, acting on the
rccommendation of spedal
subcommittees, decides how much
money ____ on education.
(A) the government which is
spending
(B) the government will spend
(C) will the government spend
(D) the spending of the government
246. Colonists who came to America
created schools similar to those
____ in Europe.
(A) they had known
(B) had they known
(C) which had known
(D) that had known
247. The thirteen colonies stretched
from ____ Maine to Georgia.
(A) that is now
(B) what is now
(C) now that is what
(D) is that what
248. That ____ by gases was
established only recently.
(A) surrounding the earth
(B) surrounded the earth
(C) the earth is surrounded
(D) the earth surrounded
249. Nondurable goods ____ for
immediate use and are often less
expensive than durable goods.
(A) is intended
(B) are intended
(C) intent
(D) intends
250. There ____ photogtaphs and
graphs in this book that meet the
needs of instructors in introductory
courses.
(A) is many
(B) are many
(C) many are
(D) many more
251. Flower experts ____ three main
classes of cultivated roses.
(A) recognition
(B) they recognize
(C) recognize
(D) recognizes
252. Each of the displayed antique
garments ____ of praise and
admiration.
(A) worthy
(B) worth
(C) are worthy
(D) is worthy
253. Almost all vegetarian diets
contain fewer calories than diets that
____ meat.
(A) it includes
(B) they include
(C) include
(D) including

254. When the Winter Palace caught
on fire, all of its library _____ .
(A) were destroyed
(B) destroyed
(C) was destroyed
(D) it destroyed
255. Syndicated news ____ than
news from independent agents.
(A) are cheaper and faster
(B) is cheaper and faster
(C) are cheap and fast
(D) is cheap and fast
256. None of the deparunents in the
university _____ advance the
students' reading skills.
(A) it set out to
(B) setting out
(C) sets out to
(D) they set out to
257. Cold pressing _____ less oil
from a plant than do other processes.
(A) Removes
(B) Removing
(C) it removes
(D) they remove
258. While reporters listen to a
communication, _____ the points the
speaker is making.
(A) evaluate
(B) the evaluation
(C) he evaluares
(D) they evaluate
259. The raw materials present in the
sugar beet ____ make sugar.
(A) need
(B) are needed to
(C) while needing
(D) needs it
260. Hair, fingernails. and toenails
____ from the skin.
(A) forming
(B) formed
(C) are formed
(D) form
261. The Icelandic language ____
very little over the past 800 years.
(A) is changed
(B) has changed
(C) changes are
(D) changing so
262. The climate of India is greatly
influenced by strong winds ____
monsoons.
(A) calling them
(B) called for
(C) are calling to
(D) are called
263. Many cultures, religions, and
languages ____ among the peoples
of South America.
(A) found
(B) finding for them
(C) are found
(D) founded them
264. The cost of medical insurance
____ steadily over the current
decade.
(A) has risen
(B) being risen
(C) being raised
(D) rose
265. The first American immigrants
____ political practices that have
influenced the history of the United
States.
(A) were institutional
(B) were instituted by

(C) instituted
(D) instituting for
266. William Penn, a Quaker, ____
the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681.
(A) was founded
(B) was found
(C) founded
(D) has found
267. Education in Chile ____ since
the government reform in the 1960s.
(A) has many improvements
(B) been improved
(C) has an improvement
(D) has improved
268. The oldest extant American
valentine card has a _____ verse in
German.
(A) Handwriting
(B) Handwritten
(C) wrote by hand
(D) writing by hand
269. In automotive companies,
employees are rewarded for ____
with the furn for lengthy time periods.
(A) to stay
(B) staying
(C) to staying
(D) stay
270. Graduate students often spend
their weekends ____ data for their
research.
(A) together
(B) to gather
(C) gathering
(D) to gathering
271. Early craftsmen did not have the
technology that would have allowed
them ____ their wares.
(A) to storing and transporting
(B) to store and transport
(C) storing and transponing
(D) store and transport
272. Language permits us ____ our
heritage through literature and
narratives.
(A) preserve
(B) preserving
(C) to preserve
(D) preservation
273. Fingerprints have been
employed ____ criminals, amnesia
viairns, and unknown dead.
(A) to identifying
(B) identifies
(C) identifying
(D) to identify
274. The blood near the skin allows
excess body heat ____ from the skin.
(A) to be lost
(B) being lost
(C) to be losing
(D) losing
275. Amateur sportsmen believe that
there are too many government
restrictions on , ____ deer.
(A) to hunting
(B) hunts
(C) hunting
(D) to hunt
276. Botanists hope ____ new
methods of intensive cultivation of
crops in Africa.
(A) formulate
(B) formula
(C) to formulate
(D) formulating

277. In June 1990, lawmakers were
on the verge of ____ a new dean air
bill.
(A) pass
(B) passing
(C) passage
(D) pass to
278. China has made impressive
efforts ____ population growth under
control.
(A) to bring its
(B) bringing to its
(C) to bringing their
(D) bring there
279. The final step in the research
process is to draw conclusions
based ____ of results
(A) of the analysis
(B) on the analysis
(C) the analysis
(D) in the analysis
280. A correlation refers to a regular
relationship ____ two variables.
(A) In
(B) About
(C) Between
(D) On
281. Language dialects in the inner
city are different ____ those in the
suburbs or the countryside.
(A) Than
(B) of
(C) from
(D) in accordance to
282. The microwave oven is one of
the safest appliances ____ .
(A) Home
(B) about the home
(C) in the home
(D) a home
283. Internal migration can affect
society as deeply as movement
_____ a country.
(A) up and over
(B) between and among
(C) in and out of
(D) up to
284. Never ____ concerned about
money even though he was not well-
to-do.
(A) the doctor was
(B) was the doctor
(C) the doctor were
(D) the doctor is
285. Marilyn Monroe ____ to
playwright Anhur Miller from 1956 to
1961.
(A) has been married
(B) had been married
(C) was married
(D) married
286. When the two alpine glaciers
____ , they will comprise a
compound glacier.
(A) will unite
(B) had united
(C) unite
(D) united
287. Not only ____ closed but also
the adjoining roadways are
completely blocked.
(A) the airport is
(B) the airport did
(C) is the airport
(D) did the airport
288. Since the new campus ____ , it
has grown to twice its original size.

(A) opened a year ago
(B) a year ago it opened
(C) opening for a year
(D) opens for a year
289. Mnemonic systems ____
information so that it can be
remembered.
(A) Organic
(B) Organized
(C) Organization
(D) Organize
290. As they grow older, many
children ____ attachments to living
creatures, such as cats, dogs, and
birds.
(A) forming
(B) a form
(C) form
(D) forms
291. Always ____ diskettes to their
envelopes as soon as you remove
them from the disk drive.
(A) they return
(B) it Is returned
(C) a return
(D) return
292. According to a survey, test
scores ____ prominently in
university admission decisions.
(A) may be a figure
(B) may figure
(C) have a figure
(D) may have figures
293. ____ are periodic vibrations in
the loudness of a souod.
(A) There are beats
(B) That beats
(C) Beats
(D) It beats
294. Almost everyone fails ____ the
driver's test on the first try.
(A) Passing
(B) to have passed
(C) to pass
(D) in passing
295. If endangered species ____
saved, rain forests must be
protected.
(A) are to be
(B) be
(C) can be
(D) will be
296. The average spoken sentence in
conversational English takes 2.5
seconds _____.
(A) for to complete
(B) completing
(C) to complete
(D) by completing
297. Only twenty years ago, most
doctors agreed______truthful with
their terminally ill patients, a trend
that has reversed itself in modem
medical practice.
(A) don't to be
(B) not to be
(C) we shouldn't been
(D) not to been
298. William Torrey Harris was one of
the first educators interested ______
a logical progression of topics in the
school curriculum.
(A) in establishing
(B) for establishing
(C) establishing
(D) to establish

299. North American Indian tribes
used sign language _____with tribes
that spoke a different language or
dialect.
(A) to communicating
(B) for communicate
(C) to communicate
(D) for communicated
300. Art tends to be ____ more after
the death of the artist, but most
literary works tend to decrease in
value when the writer dies.
(A) Price
(B) Worthy
(C) Worth
(D) Value
301. Adult eagles let their offspring __
nests near their original nesting area.
(A) Build
(B) Builds
(C) Building
(D) to build
302. If a person does not have an
attorney, the court _____ one.
(A) will appoint
(B) appointed
(C) would appoint
(D) appointing
303. _____ the eight Ivy League
schools are among the most
prestigious colleges in the United
States.
(A) It is generally accepted that
(B) That it is accepted
(C) Accepting that it is
(D) That is accepted
304. To relieve pain caused by severe
bums, prevent infection, and treat for
shock, _____ immediate steps.
(A) taking
(B) to take
(C) taken
(D) take
305. If gasoline vapor _____ with air,
combustion will occur.
(A) mixed
(B) had mixed
(C) mixes
(D) mixture
306. Vermont, commonly known as
the Green Mountain State, refused
_____ until 1791.
(A) to join the Union
(B) joining the Union
(C) the joining of the Union
(D) join the Union
307. Air constricted between the
vocal chords makes them ______ ,
producing sounds.
(A) to vibrate
(B) vibrating
(C) vibrate
(D) the vibration
308. On the average, a healthy heart
______ to pump five tablespoons of
blood with every beat.
(A) Must
(B) Ought
(C) Can
(D) Should
309. In general, by the second year of
production, the price of a new piece
of technology ______ significantly.
(A) will decreased
(B) has decreased
(C) will have decreased
(D) will has decreased

310. A cure for juvenile diabetes
_____ until more funds are allocated
to basic research.
(A) won't develop
(B) aren't developing
(C) don't develop
(D) won't be developed
311. Civil engineers had better _____
steel supports in concrete structures
built on unstable geophysical sites.
(A) Include
(B) Including
(C) Inclusion
(D) Included
312. The cones of pine trees ____
two or three years to reach maturity.
(A) to take
(B) taking
(C) may take
(D) takes
313. Although the scientific
community had hoped that the field
of transplantation _____ , the
shortage of organ donors has
curtailed research.
(A) Progress
(B) had progressed
(C) would progress
(D) progressing
314. Even without strong wings, the
ostrich has survived because it
_____ at high speeds to escape
predators.
(A) to run (C) running
(B) can run (D) run
315. The two main ______ are
permanent magnets and
electromagnets.
(A) kinds of magnets
(B) kind of magnets
(C) kind magnets
(D) kinds magnets
316. When water is frozen, it
becomes _____.
(A) Ice
(B) Ices
(C) the ice
(D) an ice
317. ______ can live to be more than
fifteen years old.
(A) That it is dogs
(B) That dogs
(C) Dogs that
(D) Dogs
318. ln the fall, most trees lose _____
which have, by then, turned from
green to gold and orange.
(A) their leaf
(B) their leaves
(C) the leaf
(D) the leafs
319. Doctors have concluded that in
addition to regular exercise, a diet
rich in _____ is good for the heart.
(A) fruits and vegetable
(B) a fruit and vegetable
(C) the fruits and vegetables
(D) fruit and vegetables
320. Canada stretches from the
Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean,
and covers _____ of almost four
million square miles.
(A) a area
(B) an area
(C) the area
(D) area

321. During the early nineteenth
century, ____ were hunted for their
pelts.
(A) a beaver
(B) beavers
(C) the beaver
(D) that beavers
322. _____ designs on a wall, also
called graffiti, has become
associated with gang activity in many
neighborhoods.
(A) Spraying of
(B) The spraying of
(C) Spray the
(D) Sprays
323. ____ by the author John
Grisham are frequently on the best
selJer list.
(A) The novel
(B) Novels
(C) A novel
(D) Some novel
324. ____ have made communication
faster and easier through the use of
e-mail and the Internet is widely
recognized.
(A) It is that computers
(B) That it is computers
(C) Computers that
(D) That computers
325. Termites can do _____ to the
wood in homes before they are
detected.
(A) an extensive damage
(B) extensive damages
(C) the extensive damage
(D) extensive damage
326. The crime rate has begun to
decline in New York City due to
efforts on the part of both
government and private citizens to
curb ____ .
(A) Them
(B) Him
(C) Its
(D) It
327. Seals can _____ because they
have a thick layer of blubber under
their fur.
(A) keep them warm
(B) keep themselves warm
(C) they keep warm
(D) keep their warm
328. In order for people who speak
different languages to engage in
trade _____ they often develop a
simplified language called pidgin.
(A) with each the other
(B) with each to the other
(C) with each another
(D) with each other
329. Domestic cats often show loyalty
to their owners by leaving freshly
killed prey such as birds for ____ to
find.
(A) They
(B) He
(C) Them
(D) Their
330. The United States and Canada
have many trade agreements that
benefit _____.
(A) one the other
(B) other
(C) other one
(D) each other

331. The constellation Orion is easily
recognized by ____ three vertical
stars.
(A) Your
(B) Its
(C) Their
(D) Her
332. Wolves, which are known to
travel in packs, both provide for and
defend _____ through group
cooperation.
(A) Himself
(B) Themselves
(C) Itself
(D) Theirselves
333. Although orchids give the
appearance of being very fragile,
they are actually very hardy plants
_____ indoors during the winter
months.
(A) which may be grown
(B) what may grow
(C) who may be grow
(D) where may be growing
334. Hyperactivity in children may
result from ____ some food
additives.
(A) their eating
(B) they eat
(C) to eat
(D) them eating
335. Hawkeye was a character _____
James Fenimore Cooper created for
The Last of the Mahicans.
(A) who
(B) whom
(C) which
(D) whose
336. The data on the winter migration
patterns of the monarch butterfly is
very _____ .
(A) Interested
(B) Interest
(C) Interesting
(D) of interest
337. The New England states have
had ____ serious earthquakes since
the Ice Age.
(A) None
(B) not any
(C) not
(D) no
338. _____ orangutans live alone.
(A) Near all
(B) Almost all
(C) The all
(D) The most alI
339. Some hybrid flowers retain the
fragrant scent of the nonhybrid, and
____ are bred without fragrance.
(A) Anothers
(B) the other
(C) some other
(D) others
340. According to a recent survey,
____ doctors do not have a personal
physician.
(A) a large amount of
(B) large amount of
(C) a large number of
(D) large number of
341. John F. Kennedy was the
youngest president of the United
States, and _____ to be
assassinated.
(A) the fourth
(B) fourth

(C) four
(D) the four
342. _____ in the world export
diamonds.
(A) Only little nations
(B) Only few nations
(C) Only a little nations
(D) Only a few nations
343. Uranus is just _____ to be seen
on a clear night with the naked eye.
(A) bright enough
(B) enough brightly
(C) as enough bright
(D) bright as enough
344. _____ like McDonald's and
Kentucky Fried Chicken have used
franchising to extend their sales
internationally.
(A) Chain's restaurants
(B) Chains restaurants
(C) Chain restaurant
(D) Chain restaurants
345. Thirty-six years after his first
flight, at the age of 77, John Glenn
proved that he was not ____ to return
to his role as an astronaut.
(A) so old
(B) too old
(C) oldest
(D) very older
346. _____ that is known as Art Deco
culminated in the exhibits and
expositions at the World's Fair in
1939.
(A) The art
(B) Arts
(C) An art
(D) Artist
347. The brightest body in the
constellation Hydra, Alphard is only
____
(A) a second-magnitude star
(B) a magnitude second star
(C) a star of the magnitude second
(D) a second magnitudes star
348. Tuition at an American university
runs ____ twenty thousand dollars a
semester.
(A) so high as
(B) as high to
(C) as high as
(D) as high than
349. The cost of a thirty-second
commercial on a network television
station is ____ for most businesses.
(A) so much
(B) much
(C) very much
(D) much too much
350. The seed heads of teasel plants
raise the nap on coarse tweed cloth
_____ than do the machine tools
invented to replace them.
(A) more efficiently
(B) efficiently
(C) more efficient
(D) most efficient
351. The North American robin is only
____ the European and African
robins.
(A) half big
(B) as big half
(C) half as big as
(D) big by half
352. In U.S. law, a misdemeanor is a
crime that is ____ a felony, and
usuaJly carries a term of

imprisonment of less than one year
most offenses.
(A) lesser than
(B) less severe than
(C) less than severe
(D) severely lesser
353. Although both are mammals, the
early stages of development on the
part of placentals differ from _____.
(A) Marsupials
(B) that of marsupials
(C) those of marsupials
(D) those marsupials
354. The North's abundance of
industry and commercial wealth
proved to be a greater advantage
____ in determining the outcome of
the Civil War.
(A) than originally thought
(B) that originally thought
(C) as originally thought
(D) originally thought
355. The Woodstock Music and Art
Fair of 1969 captured the essence of
the counterculture movement of the
1960s ____ .
(A) most than any of other events
(B) best that any other event
(C) than any other events
(D) better than any other event
356. Eli Whitney's cotton gin enabled
the cotton producers of the early
nineteenth century to increase their
production by _____ times the
amount produced prior to the
invention.
(A) more fifty
(B) more as fifty
(C) more than fifty different ways
(D) most than fifty
357. ____ 250,000 species of fo sils
have been discovered in both
organized, scientific searches and by
sheer accident.
(A) As much as
(B) As many as
(C) As many
(D) Many as
358. A dancer, while always graceful
and precise in her movements,
trains ____ any other athlete.
(A) as strenuously
(B) more strenuously as
(C) as strenuously as
(D) as strenuously that
359. It is not clear how much students
learn _____television classes
without supervision and monitoring.
(A) for watching
(B) from watching
(C) by watch
(D) to watch
360. In spite of the fact that 85
percent of all societies allow the men
to take more than one wife, most
prefer monogamy _____ polygamy.
(A) Than
(B) To
(C) For
(D) that
361. Stained glass becomes even
more beautiful when it ____ because
the corrosion diffuses light.
(A) will age
(B) ages
(C) are aging
(D) aged

362. All of the senses ____ smell must
pass through intermediate gateways
to be processed before they are
registered in the brain.
(A) Until
(B) But
(C) To
(D) For
363. The lights and appliances in
most homes use alternating current
_____ .
(A) instead direct current
(B) instead of direct current
(C) that instead direct current
(D) for direct current instead
364. More murders are reported ____
December in the United States than
during any other month..
(A) On
(B) In
(C) At
(D) For
365. The tendency to develop cancer,
even in high-risk individuals, can be
decreased ____ the amount of fruit
and vegetables in the diet.
(A) to increase
(B) for increase
(C) for increasing
(D) by increasing
366. If one of the participants in a
conversation wonders ____ , no real
communication has taken place.
(A) what said the other person
(B) what the other person said
(C) what did the other person say
(D) what was the other person
saying
367. Neptune is an extremely cold
planet, and ____ .
(A) so does Uranus
(B) so has Uranus
(C) so is Uranus
(D) so Uranus
368. Deserts are often formed ____
they are cut off from rain-bearing
winds by the surrounding mountain
ranges.
(A) Because
(B) in spite of
(C) so
(D) due to
369. There are many beautifully
preserved historic buildings ____
(A) in Beacon Street in Boston
(B) in Beacon Street at Boston
(C) on Beacon Street in Boston
(D) at Beacon Street at Boston
370. ____ the original document, the
U.S. Constitution contains ten
amendments called the Bill of Rights.
(A) Beside
(B) Besides
(C) In addition
(D) Also
371. Cooking oil made from com does
not become saturated when heated,
and ____
(A) neither oil made from soy
(B) oil made from soy does either
(C) neither does oil made from soy
(D) oil made from soy either
372. Some ancient units such as the
day, the foot, and the pound, ____
today.
(A) are still in use
(B) that are still in use

(C) which are in use still
(D) still in use
373. Paper money ____ by the
Continental Congress in order to
finance the American Revolution.
(A) which was issued
(B) was issuing
(C) issued
(D) was issued
374. The Scholastic Aptitude Test
(SAT) ____ by high school students
as a requirement for admission to
many colleges.
(A) which is taken
(B) is taken
(C) taken
(D) is taking
375. Camp David ____ the official
country home of the U.S. presidents.
(A) that is
(B) that it is
(C) it is
(D) is
376. ____ considered strong and
reliable, and is favored by investors
who are interested in security.
(A) That blue chip stock
(B) Blue chip stock is
(C) It is blue chip stock
(D) Which is blue chip stock
377. Most botanists have observed
____ a period of dormancy, even
when conditions may be favorable
for growth.
(A) that seeds exhibiting
(B) that seeds exhibit
(C) seeds that exhibiting
(D) seeds that they exhibit
378. La Guardia Airport in New York
City ____ for Fiorello La Guardia,
one of New York's most popular
mayors.
(A) which is named
(B) named
(C) which named
(D) is named
379. ln a meritocracy, intelligence and
ability ___ more than social position
or wealth.
(A) which value
(B) that are valued
(C) valuing
(D) are valued
380. Of all the lawsuits in the world,
_____ in U.S. courts.
(A) filed 95 percent of them
(B) 95 percent of them are filed
(C) that filed are 95 percent of them
(D) which of them 95 percent are
filed
381. "Chicago" is a poem ____ in
praise of one of the busiest industrial
centers in the U.S.
(A) which by Carl Sandburg
(B) which was written by Carl
Sandburg
(C) was written by Carl Sandburg
(D) Carl Sandburg who wrote it
382. ____ are kept as pets in almost
every country in the world.
(A) Cats and dogs which
(B) Which cats and dogs
(C) Cats and dogs
(D) That cats and dogs
383. The PTA ____ parents and
teachers who support the school by
fund-raising and other activities.

(A) it is a group of
(B) that is a group of
(C) which group of
(D) is a group of
384. The jet stream ____ usually
occurs at about thirty-five to sixty
degrees latitude.
(A) a narrow band of wind that
(B) is a narrow band of wind that
(C) a narrow band of wind
(D) it is a narrow band of wind that
385. Before the 1800s, when William
Young made different shoes for right
and left feet, shoes ____ on either
foot.
(A) can wear
(B) are wearing
(C) could be worn
(D) worn
386. In the Middle Ages, the word
"masterpiece" referred to a work that
____ by a journeyman in order to
qualify as a master artisan.
(A) Completed
(B) is completed
(C) was completed
(D) complete
387. Before his death in 1943, in an
effort to encourage less dependence
on one crop by the South, George
Washington Carver ____ for
developing hundreds of industrial
uses for peanuts and sweet
potatoes.
(A) has responsibility
(B) were responsibility
(C) is responsible
(D) was responsible
388. The Greek historian Herodotus
reported that one hundred thousand
men ____ for twenty years to build
the Great Pyramid at Gizeh.
(A) employ
(B) employed
(C) are employed
(D) were employed
389. Evolutionary changes in the
speech organs probably ____ the
development of language in
humanoids.
(A) to contribute
(B) contribute to
(C) contribution to
(D) contributed to
390. Before he died, Armand
Hammer ____ an extraordinarily
diverse business empire, including
interests in oil, livestock, cattle,
grain, and art.
(A) Established
(B) Establishing
(C) Establishes
(D) Establish
391. People under thirty years old
cannot remember when ____
without a computer terminal.
(A) they have to work
(B) they had to work
(C) their working
(D) working
392. How many musical notes of the
11,000 tones that the human ear can
distinguish ____ in the musical
scale?
(A) it is
(B) is it
(C) there are
(D) are there

393. Nine of every ten people in the
world ____ in the country in which
they were born.
(A) Living
(B) they are living
(C) lives
(D) live
394. In the ocean, ____ more salt in
the deeper water.
(A) is there (C) there is
(B) it may be (D) it is
395. The average temperature of
rocks on the surface of the earth
____ 55 degrees F.
(A) Be (C) Is
(B) Are (D) Been
396. A mature grove of Aspen trees
often ____ that supports numerous
trunks.
(A) have a single system of roots
(B) has a single root system
(C) make a single system from roots
(D) making a single roots system
397. The smallest flying dinosaurs
____ of a robin.
(A) about the size
(B) was about the size
(C) were about the size
(D) have been about the size
398. An abstract painter and pioneer
of Surrealism, ____ and symbolic
images.
(A) Miro's works are characterized
by bright colors
(B) the works of Miro are
characterized by bright colors
(C) Miro is famous for works
characterized by bright colors
(D) bright colors characterize the
works of Miro
399. The largest hotel on Earth, ____
(A) the MGM Grand has 91
elevators and 5005 rooms
(B) there are 91 elevators and 5005
rooms in the MGM Grand
(C) 91 elevators and 5005 rooms are
in the MGM Grand
(D) it is the MGM Grand that has 91
elevators and 5005 rooms
400. One of the world's greatest
rivers, ____ .
(A) one third of North America is
linked by the water of the
Mississippi
(B) the Mississippi links one third of
North America by water
(C) North America is linked by the
Mississippi in one third of the
water
(D) the water is linked in North
America by one third of the
Mississippi
401. While trying to build a tunnel
through the Blue Ridge Mountains,
____
(A) coal was discovered by
workmen at the construction site
(B) workmen discovered coal at the
construction site
(C) the construction site was where
coal was discovered by
workmen
(D) it was the construction site
where workmen discovered coal
402. Published by Penguin Press
almost eighty years ago, ____
offered to the public.

(A) Ernest Hemingway wrote A
Farewell to Arms as the first
paperback book.
(B) A Farewell to Arms was the first
paperback book by Ernest
Hemingway that it was
(C) Ernest Hemingway's book A
Farewell to Arms was the first
paperback book
(D) it was A Farewell to Arms that
was the first paperback by
Ernest Hemingway
403. Born in 1892, ____ while he
wrote the poems and plays that
made him famous.
(A) the Library of Congress is where
Archibald MacLeish worked as a
librarian
(B) Archibald MacLeish worked as a
librarian at the Library of
Congress
(C) a librarian at the Library of
Congress, Archibald MacLeish
worked
(D) at the Library of Congress,
Archibald MacLeish worked as a
librarian
404. Most of the Cajun French who
Jive in Louisiana can neither read
____ the French variety that they
speak fluently.
(A) nor they write
(B) nor write
(C) or writing
(D) neither write
405. Microwaves are used for
cooking, telecommunications, and
____
(A) to diagnose medically
(B) medical diagnosing
(C) diagnosed medically
(D) medical diagnosis
406. A vacuum will neither conduct
heat nor ____.
(A) transmit sound waves
(B) transmitting sound waves
(C) sound waves are transmitted
(D) the transmission of sound waves
407. The color of a star depends on
the heat and _____.
(A) how much energy produced
(B) the energy it produces
(C) production of the energy
(D) producing energy
408. The Cabinet consists of
secretaries of departments who
report to the president, give him
advice, and ____ decisions.
(A) helping him making
(B) helping him make
(C) help him making
(D) help him make
409. Whereas a gas expands ____ in
all directions, a vapor remains
somewhat more concentrated.
(A) in a uniform manner
(B) uniformly
(C) uniformly in manner
(D) uniform
410. That witches cause disaster and
misfortunes ____ among the
colonists in Salem, Massachusetts.
(A) it was widely believed
(B) was widely believed
(C) was believed in a wide way
(D) they widely believed
411. Found in and near the Mohave
Desert, ____ has a limited habitat.
(A) is the Joshua tree that it

(B) it is the Joshua tree
(C) the Joshua tree
(D) the Joshua tree it
412. Traditionally, the South has
been mostly Democrat ____ , while
the North has been divided between
Democrats and Republicans.
(A) in the politics
(B) politically
(C) politics-wise
(D) in a political way
413. Digital clocks, however precise,
____ because the earth's rotation
changes slightly over the year.
(A) they cannot be perfectly
accurate
(B) cannot be perfectly accurate
(C) not perfectly accurate
(D) not be perfectly accurate
414. Natural gas often occurs _____
petroleum in the minute pores of
rocks such as sandstone and
limestone.
(A) both together with
(B) both together
(C) with
(D) both with
415. The Pilgrims ____ seven
thousand dollars at 43 percent
interest to make their journey in
1620.
(A) Lent
(B) Borrowing
(C) to lend
(D) borrowed
416. Although blood ____ in urine and
stool samples, it cannot always be
detected without the aid of a
microscope.
(A) lets residue
(B) leaves residue
(C) residues
(D) making re idue
417. The audible range of
frequencies for human beings ____
between 20 and 20,000Hz.
(A) Lies
(B) Lays
(C) Lying
(D) Laying
418. _____ mammals, once weaned,
do not routinely drink milk.
(A) As a whole,
(B) As whole,
(C) Wholly,
(D) On a whole,
419. People with exceptionally high
intelligence quotients may not be the
best employees since they _____
unless the job is constantly
changing.
(A) become bored of work
(B) are becoming boring in work
(C) become bored with their work
(D) work becoming bored
420. In cold weather, growers place
wind machines ____ the groves to
keep the air circulating and to warm
up the citrus crops.
(A) near to
(B) near of
(C) next to
(D) nearly
421. In simple animals, ____ reflex
movement or involuntary response
to stimuli.
(A) behavior mostly
(B) most is behavior

(C) most behavior is
(D) the most behavior
422. Although the weather in Martha's
Vineyard isn't _____ to have a year-
round tourist season, it has become
a favorite summer resort.
(A) goodly enough
(B) good enough
(C) good as enough
(D) enough good
423. According to the wave theory,
____ population of the Americas
may have been the result of a
number of separate migrations.
(A) The
(B) Their
(C) That
(D) Whose
424. It is presumed that rules
governing the sharing of food
influenced _____ that the earliest
cultures evolved.
(A) that the way
(B) is the way
(C) the way
(D) which way
425. Calculus, ____ elegant and
economical symbolic system, can
reduce complex problems to simple
terms.
(A) it is an
(B) that an
(C) an
(D) is an
426. Canada does not require that
U.S. citizens obtain passports to
enter the country, and _____.
(A) Mexico does neither
(B) Mexico doesn't either
(C) neither Mexico does
(D) either does Mexico
427. The poet, ____ just beginning to
be recognized as an important
influence at the time of his death.
(A) being Walt Whitman
(B) who was Walt Whitman
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) Walt Whitman was
428. _____ ,the formation of the Sun,
the planets, and other stars began
with the condensation of an
interstellar cloud.
(A) It accepted that
(B) Accepted that
(C) It is accepted that
(D) That is accepted
429. As a general rule, the standard
of living ____ by the average output
of each person in society.
(A) is fixed
(B) fixed
(C) has fixed
(D) fixes
430. The Consumer Price Index lists
____
(A) how much costs every car
(B) how much does every car cost
(C) how much every car costs
(D) how much are every car cost
431. The Ford Theater where Lincoln
was shot ____ .
(A) must restore
(B) must be restoring
(C) must have been restored
(D) must restored

432. Fast-food restaurants have
become popular because many
working people want _____.
(A) to eat quickly and cheaply
(B) eating quickly and cheaply
(C) eat quickly and cheaply
(D) the eat quickly and cheaply
433. After seeing the movie
Centennial, ____
(A) the book was read by many
people
(B) the book made many people
want to read it
(C) many people wanted to read the
book
(D) the reading of the book
interested many people
434. _______, Carl Sandburg is also
well-known for his multivolume
biography of Lincoln.
(A) An eminent American poet
(B) He is an eminent American poet
(C) An eminent American poet who
is
(D) Despite an eminent American
poet
435. The examiner made us ____ our
identification in order to be admitted
to the test center.
(A) Showing
(B) Show
(C) Showed
(D) to show
436. ____ range in color from pale
yellow to bright orange.
(A) Canaries which
(B) Canaries
(C) That canaries
(D) Canaries that are
437. ____ of precious gems is
determined by their hardness, color,
and brilliance.
(A) The valuable
(B) It is the value
(C) It is valuable
(D) The value
438. ____ a tornado spins in a
counterclockwise direction in the
northern hemisphere, it spins in the
opposite direction in the southern
hemisphere.
(A) However
(B) Because of
(C) Although
(D) That
439. The Caldecott Medal, __ for the
best children's picture book, is
awarded each January.
(A) a prize
(B) which prize
(C) is a prize which
(D) is a prize
440. The horn of the rhinoceros
consists of a cone of tight bundles of
keratin __ from from the tip of the
middle finger to the the epidermis.
(A) Grow
(B) Grows
(C) growing
(D) they grow
441. Most species of heliotropes are
weeds, ____ of them are cultivated.
(A) some
(B) but some
(C) for some species
(D) some species

442. Thunder occurs as __ through
air, causing the heated air to expand
and collide with layers of cooler air.
(A) an electrical charge
(B) passes an electrical charge
(C) the passing of an electrical
charge
(D) an electrical charge passes
443. Researchers have long debated
__ Saturn's moon TItan contains
hydrocarbon oceans and lakes.
(A) over it
(B) whether it
(C) whether
(D) whether over
444. Nimbostratus clouds are thick,
dark grey clouds __ forebode rain.
(A) What
(B) Which
(C) What they
(D) Which they
445. ____ in several early
civilizations, a cubit was based on
the length of the forearm from the tip
of the middle finger to the elbow.
(A) It was used as a measurement
(B) A measurement was used
(C) The use of a measurement
(D) Used as a measurement
446. Only when air and water seep
through its outer coat ____ .
(A) does a seed germinate
(B) to the germination of a seed
(C) a seed germinates
(D) for a seed to germinate
447. ____ seasonal rainfall,
especially in regions near the tropics,
is winds that blow in an opposite
direction in winter than in summer.
(A) Causing (C) To cause
(B) That cause (D) What causes
448. The extinct Martian volcano
Olympus Mons is approximately
three times as ____ Mount Everest.
(A) High
(B) high as
(C) higher than
(D) the highest of
449. The flight instructor, ____ at the
air base, said that orders not to fight
had been given.
(A) when interviewed
(B) when he interviewed
(C) when his interview
(D) when interviewing
450. In the northern and central parts
of the state of Idaho ____ and
churning rivers.
(A) majestic mountains are found
(B) found majestic mountains
(C) are found majestic mountains
(D) finding majestic mountains
451. The hard palate __ between the
mouth and nasal passages.
(A) forming a partition
(B) a partipartion form
(C) forms a partition
(D) a form and a partition
452. Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcoll
and Rick Blaine in Casablallca __ of
Humphrey Bogart's more famous
roles.
(A) they are two
(B) two of them are
(C) two of them
(D) are two

453. ____ , the outermost layer of
skin, is about as thick as a sheet of
paper over most of the skin.
(A) It is the epidermis
(B) The epidermis
(C) In the epidermis
(D) The epidermis is
454. During the Precambrian period,
the Earth's crust formed, and life __
in the seas.
(A) first appeared
(B) the first to appear
(C) the first appearance
(D) appearing first
455. When fluid accumulates against
the eardrum. a second more
insidious type of ____.
(A) otitis media may develop
(B) developing otitis media
(C) the development of otitis media
(D) to develop otitis media
456. Before the Statue of Liberty
arrived in the United States,
newspapers invited the public to help
determine where ____ placed after
its arrival.
(A) should the statue be
(B) the statue being
(C) it should be the statue
(D) the statue should be
457. A stock __ at an inflated price is
called a watered stock.
(A) is issued
(B) issued
(C) it is issued
(D) which issued
458. Acidic lava nows readily and
tends to cover much larger areas,
while basic lava ____.
(A) Viscous
(B) more viscous
(C) is more viscous
(D) it is more viscous
459. Seismic reflection profiling has
__ the ocean floor is underlain by a
thin layer of nearly transparent
sediments.
(A) reveal that
(B) revealed that
(C) the revelation of
(D) revealed about
460. ____ and terrifying coral snakes
can grow to 4 feet (1.2 meters) in
length.
(A) They are extremely poisonous
(B) The poison is extreme
(C) Extremely poisonous
(D) An extreme amount of poison
461. The leaves of the white mulberry
provide food for silkworms, ____ silk
fabrics are woven.
(A) whose cocoons
(B) from cocoons
(C) whose cocoons are from
(D) from whose cocoons
462. As ____ in Greek and Roman
mythology, harpies were frightful
monsters that were half woman and
half bird.
(A) Described
(B) to describe
(C) description
(D) describing
463. Not only ____ generate energy.
but it also produces fuel for other
fission reactors.
(A) a nuclear breeder reactor
(B) it is a nuclear breeder reactor

(C) does a nuclear breeder reactor
(D) is a nuclear breeder reactor
464. D.W. Griffith pioneered many of
the stylistic features and filmmaking
techniques ____ as the Hollywood
standard.
(A) that established
(B) that became established
(C) what established
(D) what became established
465. ____ be needed, the water basin
would need to be dammed.
(A) Hydroelectric power should
(B) When hydroelectric power
(C) Hydroelectric power
(D) Should hydroelectric power
466. In the late 1880s, Hull House
____ United States' first welfare
state.
(A) to become the
(B) became the
(C) becoming one of the
(D) it became the
467. ____ with the largest alphabet is
Cambodian, with 74 letters.
(A) In the language
(B) The language is
(C) The language
(D) About the language
468. ___ given to the various types of
microscopic plants and animals
found in water.
(A) Named plankton
(B) The name of plankton
(C) Plankton's name
(D) Plankton is the name
469. Charles Babbage (1792- 1871)
drew up the first plans for a
programmable digital computer in
1834, but ____ was never
completed.
(A) his invention
(B) he invented
(C) to invent him
(D) for him to invent
470. ____ , one of the oldest forms of
written communication, was used as
early as 3000 B.C.
(A) Cuneiform writing
(B) In cuneiform writing
(C) Cuneiform writing was
(D) When cuneiform writing
471. As a protection device, an
octopus ejects black or purple ink to
cloud the water when ____ .
(A) does it escape
(B) its escape
(C) it escapes
(D) escapes it
472. ___ manipulate with their feet as
well as with their hands, it is difficult
for them to stand upright.
(A) Apes can, however,
(B) Apes are able to
(C) Despite the ability of apes
(D) Although apes can
473. Approximately 500 varieties of
insectivorous plants, which trap
animals for their sustenance, ___ in
the world
(A) and their existence
(B) exist
(C) they exist
(D) that exist
474. Ozone is formed when ultraviolet
radiation completed, from the Sun

____ molecules into highly reactive
oxygen atoms.
(A) oxygen breaks up
(B) oxygen is broken up
(C) breaks up oxygen
(D) to break up oxygen
475. The surrealistic movement in art
in the I920s and 1930s placed ____
is pictured in the unconscious and
often incorporated dreamlike
images.
(A) to emphasize it
(B) an emphasis on it
(C) emphasize what
(D) an emphasis on what
476. Today used to measure the
weight of gemstones or the amount
of gold per 24 parts of pure gold ____
originally the weight of a seed of the
carob tree.
(A) was a carat
(B) a carat was
(C) which was a carat
(D) that a carat was
477. The film Lawrence of Arabian is
three hours and forty-one minutes
long, one minute ___ Gone with the
Wind.
(A) in length like
(B) long is
(C) is longer than
(D) longer than is
478. The genus Equus became
extinct in North America during the
glacial period. and it was not
reintroduced until ____ by the
Spaniards.
(A) brought there
(B) was brought there
(C) bringing it there
(D) it brought.!here
479. In ____ several vertically aligned
honeycombs with hexagonal wax
cells stacked close together.
(A) a honeybee hive is
(B) a honeybee hive are
(C) a honeybee hive of
(D) a honeybee hive composed of
480. The shapes of snow crystals
depend largely __ temperature and
humidity are.
(A) how high its
(B) on the height of the
(C) on how high the
(D) that the height of the
481. Indiana's Lost River ____
underground for a distance of 22
miles.
(A) Travels
(B) Traveling
(C) to travel
(D) it travels
482. The 1980 explosion of ____ the
first volcanic emption in the
continental United States in over 60
years.
(A) Mount SI. Helens
(B) was Mount SI. Helens
(C) it was Mount SI. Helens
(D) Mount SI. Helens was
483. Static electricity ____ one cloud
to another or between clouds and the
ground creates lightning.
(A) flows from
(B) the flow from
(C) flowing from
(D) is flowing from

484. The Model T car, introduced in
1908, ____ $850.
(A) the price was
(B) a price of
(C) to be priced at
(D) was priced at
485. ___ reacts with a chlorine atom,
an electron is transferred from the
outer shell of the sodium atom to the
outer shell of the chlorine atom.
(A) sodium atom
(B) When a sodium atom
(C) For a sodium atom
(D) It is a sodium atom
486. In 1858, the site ___ was to
become the city of Denver was
settled as a way station for outfitting
gold prospectors.
(A) It
(B) of it
(C) what
(D) of what
487. The light from an electrical lamp
includes many different
wavelengths, ___ in a laser is
concentrated on only one
wavelength.
(A) all the energy
(B) it is all the energy
(C) while all the energy
(D) while all the energy is
488. In the Antarctic Ocean ___
plankton and crustacean forms of
life.
(A) an abundance of
(B) is an abundance of
(C) it is abundant
(D) an abundance is
489. Flintlock muskets ___ sharp
bayonets were standard weapons
during the American Revolution.
(A) tip with
(B) tipped with
(C) the tips of
(D) were tipped with
490. Benjamin Franklin believed that
the turkey rather than the eagle ____
of the United States.
(A) should become the symbol
(B) the symbol becomes
(C) should symbolize becoming
(D) becoming the symbol
491. ____ to occur in the Earth's
crust, pushpull and shake waves
would be generated simultaneously.
(A) Were a break
(B) If a break
(C) Abreak was
(D) If broken
492. Fossil fuels like coal. oil, and gas
produce carbon dioxide when ____ '
(A) are burned
(B) they burned
(C) burned
(D) are they burned
493. Not until Nellie Tayloe Ross was
elected governor of Wyoming in
1924 ____ as governor of a U.S.
state.
(A) a woman served
(B) a woman serving
(C) to serve a woman
(D) did a woman serve
494. The temperatures ____ take
place vary widely for different
materials.
(A) which melting and freezing

(B) at which melting and freezing
(C) which they melt and freeze
(D) at which they melt and freeze
495. In general, the cells of large
animals and plants are only slightly
larger than ____ plants and animals.
(A) Smaller
(B) are smaller
(C) those smaller
(D) are those of smaller
496. Different hormones ____ at the
same time on a particular target
issue.
(A) usually act
(B) usually acting
(C) they usual act
(D) the usual action
497. The tidal forces on the Earth due
to ____ only 0.46 of those due to the
Moon.
(A) the Sun is
(B) the Sun they are
(C) the Sun it is
(D) the Sun are
498. Most radioactive elements occur
in they igneous and metamorphic
____ fossils occur in sedimentary
rocks.
(A) rocks, nearly all
(B) rocks, but nearly all
(C) rocks, nearly all are
(D) rocks, which nearly all are
499. ____ radioisotope is
encountered, the first step in its
identification is the determination of
its half-life.
(A) An unknown
(B) Afterwards, an unknown
(C) When an unknown
(D) During an unknown
500. The Missouri ____ longest river
in the United States, flows through
seven states from its source in
Montana to its confluence with the
Mississippi.
(A) River, the
(B) River is the
(C) River is one of the
(D) River, one of the
501. Coral islands such as the
Maldives are the tips of reefs built
during periods of warm climate,
when ____ higher.
(A) were sea levels
(B) sea had levels
(C) having sea levels
(D) sea levels were
502. Hail forms within large, dense
cumulonimbus ____ develop on
hot,humid summer days.
(A) clouds
(B) clouds that
(C) clouds that are
(D) clouds that
503. Measles is a highly contagious
viral disease ____ by a characteristic
skin rash.
(A) Accompany
(B) is accompanied
(C) accompanied
(D) it is accompanied
504. Charles Darwin's first scientific
book, published in 1842, ____ a
since substantiated theory on the
origin of coral reefs and atolls.
(A) to present
(B) presented
(C) presenting

(D) it presents
505. Phytoplanktons thrive where
____ phosphorus into the upper
layers of a body of water.
(A) upwelling currents circulate
(B) the circulation of upwelling
currents
(C) are upwelling currents
(D) circulates upwelling currents
506. By the end of 1609, Galileo had
a 20-power telescope that enabled
him to see ____ planets revolving
around Jupiter.
(A) the call (C) to call him
(B) he called (D) what he called
507. On every continent except
Antarctica ___ more than 30,000
species of spiders.
(A) some are
(B) some of the
(C) are some of the
(D) is some
508. Many bugs possess defensive
scent glands and emit disagreeable
odors when ____ .
(A) Disturbed
(B) are disturbed
(C) they disturbed
(D) are they disturbed
509. Hurricanes move with the large-
scale wind currents ____ are
imbedded.
(A) that they
(B) which they
(C) in that they
(D) in which they
510. ____ the Earth's ice to melt, the
Earth's oceans would rise by about
two hundred feet.
(A) If all
(B) Were all
(C) If all were
(D) All was
511.Many people with spinal cord
injuries can, with help of computer
implants, ____ some of their
mobility.
(A) Recover (C) Recovering
(B) to recover (D) Recovered
512.Your booking form, accompanied by
the deposit of 20% of the cost,
______ received and processed by
the secretary.
(A) Have
(B) Has
(C) Have been
(D) has been
513.Phosphorus ______ if we expose it
to air.
(A) Is burning
(B) Burning
(C) Burns
(D) burnt
514.Last spring, Mr. Yunus met ____ in
this port.
(A) A small thin Canadian lady
(B) A small Canadian thin lady
(C) A thin Canadian small lady
(D) A thin small Canadian lady
515.One problem is finding an
apartment, another problem is
furnishing it, and ___ is getting
utilities turned on.
(A) Another problem again
(B) The other problem

(C) The another problem
(D) Other problem
516.The neutron bomb provides the
________ of a limited nuclear war in
which buildings would be preserved,
but people would be destroyed.
(A) Capable (C) Capability
(B) Be capable (D) Capablely
517.The new model costs twice ___ last
year’s model.
(A) More than
(B) as many as
(C)Much than
(D)as much as
518.In order to receive full
reimbursement for jewelry that might
be stolen, the owner must get all
pieces__
(A) Appraise
(B) to appraise
(C) Appraises
(D) Appraising
519. Banda : ”Did you get the cheap
secondhand computer
advertised in the
newspaper??”
Rahma : ”No luck. It ___ when I
called them.”
(A) Had been sold
(B) were sold
(C) Has been sold
(D) is sold
520.I wonder why you ____ silly at this
moment.
(A) Are
(B) Be
(C) Being
(D) are being
521.They ____ the criminal by neck until
he was dead last month.
(A) Hang (C) Hung
(B) Hangs (D) hanged
522.My skin can’t tolerate ____ in the
sun all day long, I get sunburned
easily.
(A) To be (C) Been
(B) Be (D) Being
523.They won’t be here tomorrow _____
(A) And so will she
(B) But she will
(C) And she doesn’t either
(D) Neither won’t she
524.____ is an ancient source of energy.
(A) The wind
(B) Wind
(C) A wind
(D) Winds
525.Too much water makes plants
_____ brown on the edge of their
leaves.
(A) Turns
(B) to turn
(C) Turn
(D) Turning
526.I can’t _____ this dishwasher run.
(A) To seem make
(B) seem to makes
(C) Seems to make
(D) seem to make
527.The more hemoglobin one has, the
more oxygen is carried to ____ cells.
(A) One
(B) its
(C) their
(D) one’s

528.He didn’t pass his oral examination
because he was either nervous
_____
(A) Or not well prepared
(B) And he did not prepared himself
well
(C) Or he did not prepared himself
well
(D) Also the preparation was not
good
529.The states require that every citizen
______ before voting in an election.
(A) Register
(B) Registers
(C) Registered
(D) Registering
530.All new students at this university
are required ____ an English
proficiency test.
(A) Taking
(B) to take
(C) Take
(D) taken
531.The jaw structure of a snake permits
it to eat and digest animal much
larger than ___
(A) It
(B) itself
(C) its
(D) it has
532.Psychologists believe that
incentives _____ increase our
productivity.
(A) Make us want
(B) Making us want
(C) Make us to want
(D) Makes us wanting
533.The great apes, ______, would
rather live in groups.
(A) They are a generally peaceful
species
(B) Which a generally peaceful
species
(C) A generally peaceful species
(D) A generally which peaceful
species
534.In his inaugural, J.F Kennedy ___
that we should not ask what our
country could do for us but what we
could do for our country.
(A) said
(B) told
(C) did
(D) got
535.The work of Picasso are quite
_______ during various periods of
his artistic life.
(A) Different than
(B) Differ
(C) Different from
(D) Different
536.Look in____of the modern Medical
Dictionary.
(A) volume the second
(B) second volume
(C) volume second
(D) volume two
537. Some plants are annuals, ____ are
biennials, the rest are perennials.
(A) Some other
(B) Other
(C) Another
(D) Others
538.Would you please ______ late?
(A) Don’t to be
(B) not be
(C) Don’t be
(D) not to be

539.Heavy rain _______ the water level
of the reservoir every spring.
(A) Raise
(B) Raises
(C) Rose
(D) Raised
540.She _____ the shoe for five minutes
when one of the heels came off.
(A) Was only wearing
(B) Had only been wearing
(C) only wore
(D) Have only been wearing
541.The eyewitness ______ the
accused greatly depended to prove
his innocence in the murder case
suddenly died of a heart attack.
(A) Whom
(B) Whose
(C) On whom
(D) which
542.After ____ the medication, the
patient became drowsy and more
manageable.
(A) Giving
(B) having given
(C) Given
(D) having been given
543.Would you mind ___ please?
(A) To answer the telephone
(B) Answer the telephone
(C) Answering the telephone
(D) The telephone answer
544.You ___ your seats today if you
want to go to the game.
(A) Had better to reserve
(B) Had better reserve
(C) Had to better reserve
(D) Had to reserve better
545.If it ______ so late, we could have
coffee.
(A) Wasn’t (C) Weren’t
(B) isn’t (D) not be
546.Alex, I’d rather you ___ anything
about it for the time being.
(A) Do
(B) Didn’t do
(C) Don’t
(D) Didn’t
547. Before attending the seminar
last week, my father _____ the
speaker.
(A) Had never met
(B) Has never met
(C)Had never been meeting
(D)Was never meeting
548.My mother and I are looking forward
____ you.
(A) of seeing
(B) Seeing
(C) To seeing
(D) to see
549.This is the woman _______ posed
as a model for the painting.
(A) who
(B) whom
(C) which
(D) whose
550.Please go to ___ to pick up your ID
card.
(A) Third window
(B) Window third
(C) The window three
(D) The third window
551.I will need _____ about climate
before I make a final decision.
(A) A few information

(B) A little informations
(C) A few informations
(D) A little information
552.The one in the window was _______
expensive that I couldn’t afford it.
(A) so
(B) too
(C) too much
(D) very
553.You can give me a receipt if you
want, but your word is ______ for
me.
(A) Enough good
(B) Good enough
(C) Good as enough
(D) Good that enough
554.We finished the test _____ than
Hary.
(A) More rapid
(B) Rapider
(C) More rapidly
(D) As rapidly more
555.I will return your notes as soon as
___ copying them.
(A) I will finish
(B) I finish
(C) I do finish
(D) I be finished
556.The number of employees working
in the factory ___ every year.
(A) To increase
(B) Increase
(C) Increases
(D) Increased
557.One of _____ a sharp knife.
(A) The man has
(B) the man have
(C) The men has
(D) the men have
558.She will have graduated _____
June.
(A) For
(B) until
(C) by
(D) on
559.The shows held by one of the
magicians every night really ______
many people.
(A) Attractive
(B) Attract
(C) Attracts
(D) Attracting
560.If you see the man tomorrow,
_________ to my house.
(A) Will have him come
(B) has him come
(C) have him come
(D) have him to come
561.She’d like _____ her sister up at the
railway station.
(A) Picks (C) To pick
(B) Pick (D) Picking
562.We ______ pay our school fee
today.
(A) have not to
(B) didn’t had to
(C) don’t have to
(D) have to not
563.Either of the girls ______ given the
money to you.
(A) Have (C) is
(B) has (D) does
564.By the time the class over, I ___
reading this book.
(A) Will have finished

(B) have finished
(C) Will be finishing
(D) had finished
565.One of the _____ a very big house.
(A) Girls has
(B) Girl have
(C) Girls have
(D) Girl has
566.As European artists began flocking
to Bali in the 1930s, Western
influences ______ into Balinese art.
(A) Were gradually introduce
(B) gradually introduce
(C) was gradually introduce
(D) gradually introducing
567.I think he has _____ books than I
do.
(A) Less
(B) a few
(C) Fewer
(D) a little
568.My sister ______ a blue ribbon.
(A) has
(B) have
(C) is
(D) are
569.Most of the food _______ fresh
anymore.
(A) is not
(B) has not
(C) aren’t
(D) doesn’t
570.The poor woman __________ much
money.
(A) don’t have
(B) haven’t
(C) doesn’t have
(D) hasn’t
571.Don’t disturb ____ We are still
studying.
(A) we
(B) our
(C) us
(D) ours
572.By the time we arrive on the land,
the sea men ___ for months.
(A) Have been sailing
(B) Will have been sailing
(C) Had been sailing
(D) Will have sailed
573.The residents of the remote area
had as soon as the local government
_____ about the impact of erupted
mountain.
(A) Inform
(B) Informs
(C)Informed
(D)Informing
574.The Argentineans are protecting
their forest because the lumber is
very valuable to ___.
(A) They (C) them
(B) their (D) it
575.______to hire some new
employees, the manager decided to
call the outsourcing agency.
(A) being unable
(B) having unable
(C) be unable
(D) has been unable
576.When delivered in the campaign,
the speech of a candidate of
governor sounded _______ for his
endorsers.
(A) Hope (C) Hoped
(B) Hopeful (D) Hopefully

Buku 1000-soal-grammar3

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

What's hot

What's hot (20)

Similar to Buku 1000-soal-grammar3

Similar to Buku 1000-soal-grammar3 (20)

Recently uploaded

Recently uploaded (6)

Buku 1000-soal-grammar3