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Practice Test 4 Barron's
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1 Based on the premise that light was composed of color, the Impressionists came to the conclusion…………. not really black.
- Awhich was that shadows
- Bwas shadows which
- Cwere shadows
- Dthat shadows were
2 ……… a parliamentary system, the prime minister must be appointed on the basis of the distribution of power in the parliament.
- AThe considered
- BTo be considered
- CConsidering
- DConsiders
3Interest in automatic data processing has grown rapid since the first large calculators were introduced in 1950
- Ain
- Bgrown
- Crapid
- Dsince
4Vaslav Nijinsky achieved world recognition as both a dancer as well as a choreographer.
- Aachieved
- Bas
- Ca dancer
- Das well as
5………… of the play Mourning Becomes Electra introduces the cast of characters and hints at the plot.
- AThe act first
- BAct one
- CAct first
- DFirst act
6The plants that they belong to the family of ferns are quite varied in their size and structure.
- Athey
- Bbelong to
- Care
- Dtheir
7As soon as …….. with an acid, salt, and sometimes water, is formed.
- Aa base will react
- Ba base reacts
- Ca base is reacting
- Dthe reaction of a base
8Columbus Day is celebrated on the twelve of October because on that day in 1492, Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas.
- Ais celebrated
- Bon
- Ctwelve
- Dbecause
9One of the most influence newspapers in the U.S. is The New York Times, which is widely distributed throughout the world.
- Athe most
- Binfluence
- Cis
- Dwidely distributed
10Weathering………. the action whereby surface rock is disintegrated or decomposed.
- Ait is
- Bis that
- Cis
- Dbeing
11Coastal and inland waters are inhabited not only by fish but also by such sea creature as shrimps and clams.
- Aare inhabited
- Bnot only
- Csuch
- Dsea creature
12Economists have tried to discourage the use of the phrase “underdeveloped nation” and encouraging the more accurate phrase “developing nation in order to suggest an ongoing process.
- Ato discourage
- Bthe use
- Cencouraging
- Dthe more
13A gas like propane will combination with water molecules in a saline solution to form a solid called a hydrate.
- Alike
- Bcombination
- Cto form
- Dcalled
14The people of Western Canada have been considering…….. themselves from the rest of the provinces.
- Ato separate
- Bseparated
- Cseparate
- Dseparating
15Although it cannot be proven, presumable the expansion of the universe will slow down as it approaches a critical radius.
- Ait
- Bbe proven
- Cpresumable
- Dapproaches
16A City University professor reported that he discovers a vaccine that has been 80 percent effective in reducing the instances of tooth decay among small children.
- Adiscovers
- Bthat
- Cin reducing
- Damong
17When they have been frightened, as, for example, by an electrical storm, dairy cows may refuse giving milk.
- Ahave been
- Bfrightened
- Cby
- Dgiving
18Although Margaret Mead had several assistants during her long investigations of Samoa, the bulk of the research was done by ……….. alone
- Aherself
- Bshe
- Cher
- Dhers
19Miami, Florida, is among the few cities in the United States that has been awarded official status as bilingual municipalities.
- Aamong
- Bthat
- Chas been awarded
- Das
20Fertilizers are used primarily to enrich soil and increasing yield.
- Aare used
- Bprimarily
- Csoil
- Dincreasing
21…………. war correspondent, Hemingway used his experiences for some of his most powerful novels.
- ABut as
- BIt is a
- CWhile
- DA
22If the ozone gases of the atmosphere did not filter out the ultraviolet rays of the sun, life as we know it would not have evolved on Earth.
- Adid not filter out
- Bas
- Cit
- Don Earth
23Thirty-eight national sites are known as parks, another eighty-two as monuments, and ………
- Athe another one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites
- Bthe other one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites
- Cseventy-eight plus one hundred more as historical sites
- Das historical sites one hundred seventy-eight
24When he was a little boy, Mark Twain would walk along the piers, watch the river boats, swimming and fish in the Mississippi much like his famous character, Tom Sawyer.
- Awas
- Bwould walk
- Cwatch
- Dswimming
25Almost all books have a few errors in them in spite of the care taken to check its proof pages before the final printing.
- AAlmost all
- Bin spite off
- Ctaken
- Dits
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