Question 1- 15
1. Some snakes lay eggs, but others _____ birth to live offspring.
- (A) give
- (B) giving
- (C) they give
- (D) to have given
Correct Answer: A
2. Because it was so closely related to communication, _____ art form to develop.
- (A) drawing was probably the earliest
- (B) to draw early was probably
- (C) early drawing probably
- (D) the earliest draw
Correct Answer: A
3. Halley's Comet had its first documented sighting in 240 B.C. in China and _____ it has been seen from the Earth 29 times.
- (A) after
- (B) because of
- (C) since then
- (D) that is
Correct Answer: C
4. _____ that managers commit in problem solving is jumping to a conclusion about the cause of a given problem.
- (A) Major errors
- (B) Since the major error
- (C) The major error
- (D) Of the major errors
Correct Answer: C
5. Algonkian-speaking Native Americans greeted the Pilgrims _____ settled on the eastern shores of what is now New England.
- (A) to whom
- (B) of which
- (C) who
- (D) which
Correct Answer: C
6. The best known books of Ross Macdonald, _____ writer of detective novels, feature the character Lew Archer, a private detective.
- (A) is the
- (B) is an
- (C) they are by
- (D) the
Correct Answer: D
7. The first building to employ steel skeleton construction, _____.
- (A) Chicago, Illinois, the home of the Home Insurance Company Building completed in 1885
- (B) the Home Insurance Company Building in Chicago, Illinois, was completed in 1885
- (C) because the Home Insurance Company Building in Chicago, Illinois, was completed in 1885
- (D) the Home Insurance Company Building in Chicago, Illinois, in 1885
Correct Answer: B
8. During the course of its growth, a frog undergoes a true metamorphosis _____ with a fishlike larval stage.
- (A) begin
- (B) began
- (C) beginning
- (D) is begun
Correct Answer: C
9. Mahalia Jackson, _____ combined powerful vitality with great dignity, was one of the best-known gospel singers in the United States.
- (A) it was her singing
- (B) which songs
- (C) who sang
- (D) whose singing
Correct Answer: D
10. Precious metals, gems, and ivory have been used to make buttons, but most buttons are made of _____ wood, glass, or plastic.
- (A) such materials that
- (B) materials as such
- (C) such materials as
- (D) such materials
Correct Answer: C
11. Outside the bright primary rainbow, _____ much fainter secondary rainbow may be visible.
- (A) so
- (B) a
- (C) since
- (D) still
Correct Answer: B
12. Any critic, teacher, librarian, or poet who hopes to broaden poetry's audience faces the difficult challenge of persuading skeptical readers _____.
- (A) that poetry is important today
- (B) for poetry to be important today
- (C) to be important poetry today
- (D) poetry that is important today
Correct Answer: A
13. Following the guidelines for speaking and voting established by the book Robert's Rules of Order, _____ during meetings.
- (A) and avoid large decision-making organizations' procedural confusion
- (B) large decision-making organizations avoid procedural confusion
- (C) is procedural confusion avoided by large decisionmaking organizations
- (D) are avoiding procedural contusion in large decisionmaking organizations
Correct Answer: B
14. Indigo is a vat color, -—— called because it does not dissolve in water.
- (A) which it
- (B) it is
- (C) but
- (D) so
Correct Answer: D
15. Associated with the Denishawn company from 1916 until 1923, Martha Graham developed a powerful, ------- that was integral to the foundations of modern dance.
- (A) expressively stylish
- (B) a style expressive
- (C) stylishly expressive
- (D) expressive style
Correct Answer: D
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16. According to most psychological studies, body language expresses a speaker's emotions and attitudes, and it also tends to affect the emotions and attitudes of the listen.
Answer - D
17. The dachshund is a hardy, alert dog with a well sense of smell.
Answer - C
18. Quasars, faint celestial objects resembling stars, are perhaps the most distant objects know.
Answer - D
19. The importance of environmental stimuli in the development of coordination between sensory input and motor response varies low species to species.
Answer - D
20. A smile can be observed, described, and reliably identify; it can also be elicited and manipulated under experimental conditions.
Answer - B
21. A musical genius, John Cage is noted for his highly unconventional ideas, and he respected for his unusual compositions and performances.
Answer - C
22. Chocolate is prepared by a complexity process of cleaning, blending, and roasting cocoa beans, which must be ground and mixed with sugar.
Answer - A
23. Several million points on the human body registers either cold, heat, pain, or touch.
Answer - C
24. In the 1800's store owners sold everything from a needle to a plow, trust everyone, and never took inventory.
Answer - C
25. Although they reflect a strong social conscience, Arthur Miller's stage works are typical more concerned with individuals than with systems.
Answer - B
26. While highly prized for symbolizing good luck, the four-leaf clover is rarity found in nature.
Answer - D
27. An involuntary reflex, an yawn is almost impossible to slop once the mouth muscles begin the stretching action.
Answer - A
28. Elected to serve in the United States House of Representatives in 1968, Shirley Chisholm was known for advocacy the interests of the urban poor.
Answer - C
29. A mirage is an atmospheric optical illusion in what an observer sees a nonexistent body of water or an image of some object.
Answer - B
30. Turquoise, which found in microscopic crystals, is opaque with a waxy luster, varying in color from greenish gray to sky blue.
Answer - A
31. Homo erectus is the name commonly given into the primate species from which humans are believed to have evolved.
Answer - B
32. Today modern textile mills can manufacture as much fabrics in a few seconds as it once took workers weeks to produce by hand.
Answer - A
33. The Hopi, the westernmost tribe of Pueblo Indians, have traditionally lived large multilevel structures clustered in towns.
Answer - C
34. Exploration of the Solar System is continuing, and at the present rate of progress all the planets will have been contacted within the near 50 years.
Answer - D
35. Since their appearance on farms in the United Stales between 1913 and 1920, trucks have changed patterns of production and market of farm products.
Answer - D
36. Antique collecting became a significant pastime in the 1800's when old object began to be appreciated for their beauty as well as for their historical importance.
Answer - C
37. American painter Georgia 0’Keeffe is well known as her large paintings of flowers in which single blossoms are presented as if in close-up.
Answer - A
38. Despite television is the dominant entertainment medium for United States households, Garrison Keillor’s Saturday night radio show of folk songs and stories is heard by millions of people.
Answer - A
39. The work which the poet Emma Lazarus is best known is “The New Colossus,” which is inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.
Answer - A
40. In the New England colonies, Chippendale designs were adapted to locally tastes, and beautiful furniture resulted.
Answer - B