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Question 1

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The consistency of protoplasm and that of glue __________.

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they are alike
are similar to
are similar
the same

Question 2

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The lights and appliances in most homes use alternating current __________.

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instead direct current
instead of direct current
that instead direct current
for direct current instead

Question 3

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When Franklin Roosevelt decided to run for a fourth term, the opposition said that he was __________.

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so old
too old
oldest
very older

Question 4

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The decomposition of microscopic animals at the bottom of the sea results in an accumulation of __________ in porous rocks.

Answer

the oil
oil
an oil
oils

Question 5

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The U.S. postal service policy for check approval includes a requirement that two pieces of identification __________.

Answer

must present
presented
be presented
for presentation

Question 6

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Nerve impulses __________ to the brain at a speed of about one hundred yards per second.

Answer

sending sensations
to send sensations
send sensations
sensations

Question 7

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Although exact statistics vary because of political changes, __________ separate nation states are included in the official lists at any one time.

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more than two hundred
as much as two hundred
many as two hundred
most that two hundred

Question 8

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________ owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of migration.

Answer

That birds
A bird
The bird
Birds

Question 9

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Research in the work place reveals that people work for many reasons __________.

Answer

money beside
money besides
beside money
besides money

Question 10

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Seals can __________ because they have a thick layer of blubber under their fur.

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keep them warm
keep themselves warm
they keep warm
keep their warm

Question 11

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Both liquids and gases flow freely from a container because they have __________.

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not definite shape
none definite shape
nothing definite shape
no definite shape

Question 12

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One of Shaw's __________, Pygmalion, was the story that formed the basis for the musical play My Fair Lady.

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greatest work
greatest works
the greatest work
the greatest works

Question 13

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Although the scientific community had hoped that the field of transplantation __________, the shortage of organ donors has curtailed research.

Answer

progress
had progressed
would progress
progressing

Question 14

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The seed heads of teasel plants raise the nap on coarse tweed cloth __________ than do the machine tools invented to replace them.

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more efficiently
efficiently
more efficient
most efficient

Question 15

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__________ unknown quantities is the task of algebra.

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To found
Find
The find
Finding

Question 16

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The yearly path of the sun around heavens __________.

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is known as the ecliptic
know as the ecliptic
it is known to be ecliptic
knowing as the ecliptic

Question 17

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A dolphin __________ a porpoise in that it has a longer nose.

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different
differs
different than
differs from

Question 18

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__________ like MacDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken have used franchising to extend their sales internationally.

Answer

Chain's restaurants
Chains restaurants
Chain restaurant
Chain restaurants

Question 19

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Uranus is just __________ to be seen on a clear night with the naked eye.

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bright enough
enough brightly
as enough bright
bright as enough

Question 20

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Before Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, many people died __________.

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infected with simple bacteria
from simple bacterial infections
infections were simple bacteria
infecting of simple bacteria

Question 21

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That most natural time units are not simple multiples of each other __________ in constructing a calendar

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it is a primary problem
is a primary problem
a primary problem is
a primary problem

Question 22

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An abstract painter and a pioneer of Surrealism, __________ and symbolic images.

Answer

Miró's works are characterized by bright colors
the works of Miró are characterized by bright colors
Miró is famous for works characterized by bright colors
bright colors characterize the works of Miró

Question 23

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__________ the plow is being displaced by new techniques that protect the land and promise more abundant crops.

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As a whole
Wholly
On a whole
The whole

Question 24

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In excess of 80 percent of the UN's budget is used __________ the economic development of member nations.

Answer

support
supporting
the support
to support

Question 25

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The bacteria in milk is destroyed when __________ to at least 62°C.

Answer

it be heated
it heated
it is heated
it will be heated

Question 26

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In order for people who spoke different languages to engage in trade __________, they often developed a simplified language called pidgin.

Answer

with each the other
with each to the other
with each another
with each other

Question 27

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The two main __________ are permanent magnets and electromagnets.

Answer

kinds of magnets
kind of magnets
kind magnets
kinds magnets

Question 28

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The Supreme Court does not hear a case unless __________, except those involving foreign ambassadors.

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a trial
already tried
it already trying
it has already been tried

Question 29

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According to a recent survey, __________ doctors do not have a personal physician.

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a large amount of
large amount of
a large number of
large number of

Question 30

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There are many beautifully preserved historic buildings __________.

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in Beacon Street in Boston
in Beacon Street at Boston
on Beacon Street in Boston
at Beacon Street on Boston

Question 31

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: The prime rate is the rate of interest that a bank will charge when it borrows money to its best clients.

Answer

charge
it
borrows
its

Question 32

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar When a pregnant woman smokes, the blood supply to the uterus is affected, reduction oxygen to the fetus

Answer

smokes
blood supply
affected
reduction

Question 33

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar The area where a microchip is manufactured must be the most cleanest environment possible.

Answer

where
a microchip
be
the most cleanest

Question 34

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Before his death in 1943, in an effort to encourage less dependence on one crop by the South, George Washington Carver is responsible for developing hundreds of industrial uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes.

Answer

in 1943
less dependence
is responsible
uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes

Question 35

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Sodium, usually a metal, and chlorine, usually a gas, they react to form the solid sodium chloride, or table salt.

Answer

Sodium
they
to form
table salt

Question 36

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Mathematics is such important field and serves so many of the sciences that it is a prerequisite for studying every scientific discipline.

Answer

is
such important
that it is
for studying

Question 37

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Studies of job satisfaction are ureliable because there is so many variables and because the admission of dissatisfaction may be viewed as a personal failure.

Answer

there is
so many
because
may be viewed

Question 38

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Champlain founded a base at Port Royal in 1605, and builds a fort at Quebec three years later

Answer

founded
in 1605
builds
at Quebec

Question 39

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: A calorie is the quantity of heat required to rise one gallon of water one degree centigrade at one atmospheric pressure.

Answer

A calorie
is
required
to rise

Question 40

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Natural gas often occurs both together with petroleum in the minute pores of rocks such as sandstone and limestone.

Answer

occurs
both together
in
such as

Question 41

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: There is no limit to the diversity to be finding in the cultures of people throughout the world

Answer

no limit
be finding
cultures
people

Question 42

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Sloths spend most of its time hanging upside down from trees and feeding on leaves and fruit.

Answer

most
its time
feeding
fruit

Question 43

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Although blood lets a residue in urine and stool samples, it cannot always be detected without the aid of a microscope.

Answer

blood
lets
it cannot
be detected

Question 44

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: The native people in the Americas were referred to as Indians because, according to the believe at the time, Christopher Columbus had reached the East Indies.

Answer

referred
according to
believe at
had reached

Question 45

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: A barometer is a device with a sealed metal chamber designed to reading the changes in the pressure of air in the atmosphere.

Answer

A barometer
sealed
reading
of air in

Question 46

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Cotton fiber, like other vegetable fibers, are composed mostly of cellulose.

Answer

like
other
are composed
mostly

Question 47

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Almost all life depends to chemical reactions with oxygen to produce energy.

Answer

Almost all
depends to
to produce
energy

Question 48

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: It may be argued that modern presidents have far great responsabilities than their predecessors did.

Answer

argued
great
their
did

Question 49

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: The audible range of frequencies for human beings usually lays between 20 and 20,000 Hz.

Answer

for human
usually
lays
between

Question 50

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Many grasshoppers can produce sounds by rub their hind legs against their wings.

Answer

Many
produce
sounds
rub

Question 51

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was not only a poet and an author but also presided the modern language department at Harvard University for more than eighteen years.

Answer

also
presided
for
more

Question 52

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Some importan characteristics of the Baroque style was a renewed interest in ornamentation and a powerful use of both light and shade.

Answer

was
a renewed interest
use
and

Question 53

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: The understanding electricity depends on a knowledge of atoms and the subatomic particles of which they are composed.

Answer

The understanding
depends on
they
are composed

Question 54

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: If England had not imposed a tax on tea two hundred and twenty years ago, will the United States have remained part of the British Commonwealth?

Answer

If
imposed
ago
will

Question 55

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Scientific fish farming, known as aquaculture, has existed for more than 4000 years, but scientists who make research in this field are only recently providing the kind of information that growers need to increase production.

Answer

known as
more than
make
increase

Question 56

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: The concept of lift in aerodynamics refers to the relationship among the increased speed of air over the top of a wing and the higher pressure of the slower air underneath.

Answer

refers to
among
increased
the slower air

Question 57

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: The Greek historian Herodotus reported that one hundred thousand men are employed for twenty years to build the Great Pyramid at Gizeh.

Answer

are
for
to build
at Gizeh

Question 58

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: New synthetic materials have improved the construction of artificial body parts by provide both the power and the range of action for a natural limb.

Answer

have
the construction
body parts
provide

Question 59

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: The Cabinet consists of secretaries of departments, who report to the president, give him advice, and helping him make decisions.

Answer

consists of
who
helping
make

Question 60

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Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Each of the Intelsat satellites remain in a fixed position from which they relay radio signals to more than seventy earth stations.

Answer

remain
fixed
more than
earth stations

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