EXERCISE TWENTYFIVE

1. Snow aids farmers by keeping heat in the lower ground levels, thereby _____ from freezing.
(A) to save the seeds
(B) saving the seeds
(C) which saves the seeds
(D) the seeds saved

2. _____ mineral content in the bones of very young children is low compared to that of adults.
(A) If the
(B) That is
(C) The
(D) It is the

3. _____, the silvery-checked hornbill chooses a hollow tree for a nest and seals herself in until her chicks are
grown.
(A) Protection for predators against
(B) Against protection predators for
(C) For protection against predators
(D) Predators against protection for

4. A floodplain is an extension of a river channel, _____ not inundated except during a flood.
(A) where is it
(B) but it is
(C) or is
(D) in case it

5. Even though John F. Kennedy failed to receive the Democratic Party's vice presidential nomination in 1956,
_____ won their nomination for President in 1960.
(A) he
(B) who
(C) and
(D) but

6. Since Tampa has a mild winter climate, _____ as a tourist resort.

(A) popular it
(B) that as popular
(C) popular
(D) it is popular

7. Cosmetics, rarely noted today for any dangerous properties, have been _____ for serious health problems in
the past.
(A) responsibility
(B) responsible
(C) its responsibility
(D) the responsible

8. The United States Congress made Washington, D.C., _____ in 1800.

(A) after the government center
(B) of the government center
(C) the center of government
(D) then the center of government

9. Astronomer Maria Mitchell was the first woman _____ to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
(A) to be elected
(B) was elected
(C) which she was elected
(D) for her to be elected

10. _____ of staging a play that help the audience understand its structure and meaning.
(A) Specific aspects
(B) When specific aspects
(C) Specific aspects are
(D) There are specific aspects
11. Illustrator Norman Rockwell specialized in finely drawn, richly anecdotal scenes _____.
(A) of everyday small-town lift
(B) of which everyday life in a small town
(C) were in a small town every day
(D) small-town life every day

12. _____ depends on the density of both the object and the water.
(A) An object floats whether or not
(B) Whether or not an object floats
(C) Floating an object whether or not
(D) Whether or not a floating object

13. Sturgeons are prized for their blackish roe, _____ when salted and served as an appetizer is called caviar.
(A) which
(B) such
(C) therefore
(D) while

14. In Navajo society, not only _____ for food and for woo, but also as a means of payment or exchange.
(A) sheep were valuable
(B) to value the sheep
(C) the sheep's value
(D) were sheep valued

15. The repertory of a concert band _____ traditionally included flourishes, marches, and music transcribed from
other media.
(A) is
(B) which
(C) of
(D) has

16. Educated at home and requiring to work to support her family, Louisa May Alcott recorded
A B C
many of her life's events in her autobiographical novels.
D
17. It was not until the latter part of the nineteenth century that the Adirondack region of New
A B C
York State was proper mapped.
D
18. Such special adaptations as lightweight bodies, widely wings, and unusually soft feathers
A B
allow owls to fly silently.
C D
19. Research shows that employees whose obtain satisfaction from their jobs are more
A B C D
productive.

20. As glaciers reach the sea, huge chunks of ice break away of them.
A B C D
21. With environmental regulations tightening, many of California's top wine makers are starting
A B C
grow grapes organically, using no herbicides or pesticides.
D
22. The panda becoming an endangered species because humans have encroached on the
A B
wilderness that is essential to the animal's survival.
C D
23. Advocates of the art form Abstract Expressionism emphasize free, spontaneous, and
A B
personality emotional expression.
C D
24. Pollen grains contains half as many chromosomes as the parent plant.
A B C D
25. In August 1774 John Adams left Boston and went to Philadelphia in a representative to the
 A B C D
First Continental Congress.

26. Mary McLeod Bethune was begun to teach in 1895 and by 1923 had become president of
A B C D
Bethune-Cookman College in Florida.

27. The artist Frederic Remington created a large numbers of paintings of the western United
A B C D
States.

28. Worldwide there are approximately 270 species of carnivorous birds that make up the order
A B
Falconiformes, the scientifically name for hawks.
C D
29. From is innermost core to its corona, the Sun has a structure typical of most star of its kind.
A B C D
30. Although frequent melodramatic, Lillian Hellman's plays are marked by insight and finesse.
A B C D
31. Rubbing a glass rod with silk will cause small pieces of dries paper to jump to the rod and
A B C
cling to it.
D
32. Tattooing is one of the oldest forms of creative expression, dating it back to at least 8000 B.
A B C D
C.

33. Besides providing clues to the nature of atoms, mineral analysis allows to speculate
A B C
geologists about the ancient Earth.
D
34. The first antibiotics were made from alive matter such as molds.
A B C D
35. Even the richest diamond deposits, tons of rock must be mined and crushed to produce one
A B C D
small diamond.

36. Several ancient cultures presented math in sentences form with little or no abbreviation or
A B C D
symbolism.

37. Secretion by the pancreas into the bloodstream, insulin affects metabolism by allowing cells
A B C
throughout the body to use glucose as fuel.
D
38. Most Algonquin Indian tribes except those of the north were sedentary and carried on
A B
agriculture with varying degrees of intense.
C D
39. Although cultivated in the new world for hundreds of years, only within the last century the
A B
tomato has become recognized as a valuable food.
C D
40. Though the different between any two languages in the world may appear to be great, they
A B
seem to function equally well as means of communication.
C D