Practise Test 4

PRACTISE TEST 4

A. Structure 1. In simple animals, ........... reflex movement or involuntary response to stimuli. A) behavior mostly B) most is behaviorC) most behavior is D) the most behavior  2. Although the weather in Martha's Vineyard Vineyard isn't ......... to have a year-round tourist session, it has  become a favorite summer resort. A) goodly enough B) good enoughC) good as enough D) enough good 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. Canada does not require that U.S. citizens obtain passports to enter the country, country, and .............. . A) Mexico does neither B) Mexico doesn't either  C) neither Mexico does D) either does Mexico 7. 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 8. .......... the formation of the sun, the planets, and other staars begin with the condensation of an interstellar cloud. A) It accepted that B) Accepted thatC) It is accepted that D) That is accepted 9. As a general rule, the standard of living .......... by the average output of each p erson in society. society. A) is fixed B) fixed C) has fixed D) fixes 10. 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 11. The Ford Theater where Lincoln was shot ................ . A) must restore B) must be restoringC) must have been restored D) must restored 12. Fast-food restaurants have become popular because many working 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 13. 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 14. ............. , Carl Sandburg Sandburg is also well known for his multivolume 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 Despite an eminent American poet 15. The examiner made us ........... our identification in order to be amitted to the test center. A) showing B) show C) showed D) to show

B. Written Expression 16. A swarm of locusts (A. is responsible) the consumption of (B. enough plant material) (C. to feed) a million (D. and a half) people.

17. Oyster (A. farming) has been (B. practice) in (C. most) parts of the world (D. for) many years. 18. (A. Those) of us (B. who) smoke should have (C. their) lungs X-rayed (D. regularly). 19. After the team of geologists had drawn diagrams in (A. their) notebooks and (B. wrote) explanations of the formations (C. which) they had observed, they returned to their campsite (D. to compare) notes. 20. If Robert Kennedy (A. would have lived) (B. a little longer), he (C. p robably) would have (D. won) the election. 21. (A It) was Shirley Temple Black (B. which) (C. represented) her country in the United Nations and (D. later) became an ambassador. 22. The prices (A. at) chain stores (B. are) as reasonable, (C. if not more) reasonable, (D. than) those at discount stores. 23. (A. It is) (B. extremely) important (C. for) an engineer (D. to know) to use a computer. 24. (A. Historically) (B. there) (C. has been) (D. only) two major factions in the Republican Party the liberals and the conservatives. 25. Whitman wrote Leaves of Grass as a tribute to the Civil War soldiers who (A. had laid) on the  battlefields and (B. whom) he (C. had seen) (D. 26. One of the first and (A. ultimately) the most important (B. purposeful) of a reservoir was (C. to control) (D. flooding) 27. (A. The Chinese) were the first and (B. large) ethnic group (C. to work) on the construction (D. of) the transcontinental railroad system. 28. The range of plant life on a mountainside (A. is) a (B. results) of (C. differences) in temperature and precipitation at (D. varying) altitudes. 29. (A. Even) a professional psychologist may have difficulty talking (B. calm) and logically (C. about) (D. his own) problem. 30. The more the relative humidity reading (A. rises), (B. the worst) the heat (C. affects) (D. us) 31. Because correlations are not (A. causes), statistical data (B. which are) (C. extremely easy) (D. to misuse) 32. Lectures (A. for) the week of march 22-26 (B. will include) the (C. following) : The causes of  the Civil War, The Economy of the South, Battle Strategies, and The (D. assassinate) Lincoln. 33. (A. Despite of) (B. many) attempts (C. to introduce) a universal language, notably Esperanto and Idiom Neutral, the effort has met with very (D. little) success. 34. (A. As) every (B. other) nation, the United States (C. used to define) (D. its) unit of currency, the dollar, in terms of the gold standard. 35. It is necessary that one (A. met) with a judge (B. before signing) (C. the final papers) (D. for a divorce) 36. (A. Until recently), women (B. were) forbidden (C. by law) (D. from owning) property. 37. (A. According) to the graduate catalog, student housing (B. is) (C. more cheaper) (D. than) housing off campus. 38. John Dewey thought that children (A. will learn) (B. better) through participating in experiences (C. rather than) through (D. listening to) lectures. 39. (A. In England) (B. as early as) the (C. twelfth century), young boys enjoyed (D. to play) football. 40. (A. Some) methods (B. to prevent) soil erosion (C. are) plowing parallel with the slopes of hills, (D. to plant) trees on unproductive land, and rotating crops.

READING COMPREHENSION 1. Questions 1-7.

In the sixteenth century, an age of great marine and terrestrial exploration, Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail around the world. As a young Portuguese noble, he served the king of Portugal,  but he became involved in the quagmire of political intrigue at court and lost the king's favor. After he was dismissed from service to the king of Portugal, he offered to serve the future Emperor Charles V of  Spain. A papal decree of 1493 had assigned all land in the New World west of 50 degrees W longitude to Spain and all the land east of that line to Portugal. Magellan offered to prove that the East Indies fell under  Spanish authority. On September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships. More than a year later, one of these ships was exploring the topography of South America in search of a water route across the continent. This ship sank, but the remaining four ships searched along the southern peninsula of South America. Finally they found the passage they sought near a latitude of 50 degrees S. Magellan named this passage the Strait of All Saints, but today we know it as the Strait of Magellan. One ship deserted while in this passage and returned to Spain, so fewer sailors were privileged to gaze at that first panorama of the Pacific Ocean. Those who remained crossed the meridian we now call the International Date Line in the early spring of 1521 after ninety-eight days on the Pacific Ocean. During those long days at sea, many of Magellan's men died of starvation and disease. Later Magellan became involved in an insular conflict in the Philippines and was killed in a tribal battle. Only one ship and seventeen sailors under the command of the Basque navigator Elcano survived to complete the westward journey to Spain and thus prove once and for all that the world is round, with no  precipice at the edge. The sixteenth century was an age of great ___exploration. A. cosmic

B. land

C. mental

D. common man

E. none of the above

2. Magellan lost the favor of the king of Portugal when he became involved in a political ___. A. entanglement

B. discussion

C. negotiation D. problems

E. none of the above

3. The Pope divided New World lands between Spain and Portugal according to their location on one side or the other of an imaginary geographical line 50 degrees west of Greenwich that extends in a ___  direction. A. north and south

B. crosswise

C. easterly

D. south east

E. north and west

4. One of Magellan's ships explored the ___ of South America for a passage across the continent. A. coastline

B. mountain range

C. physical features

D. islands

E. none of the above

5. Four of the ships sought a passage along a southern ___. A. coast

B. inland

C. body of land with water on three sides D. border E. answer not available

6. The passage was found near 50 degrees S of ___. A. Greenwich

B. The equator

C. Spain

D. Portugal

E. Madrid

7. In the spring of 1521, the ships crossed the ___ now called the International Date Line. A. imaginary circle passing through the poles B. Imaginary line parallel to the equator  C. area D. land mass E. answer not found in article

8. Questions 8-14

Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished scientists in history. Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered radium, an element widely used for treating cancer, and studied uranium and other  radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie's amicable collaboration later helped to unlock the secrets of  the atom. Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a professor of physics. At the early age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a blithe personality. Her great exuberance for learning prompted her to continue with her studies after high school. She became disgruntled, however, when she learned that the university in Warsaw was closed to women. Determined to receive a higher education, she defiantly left Poland and in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a French university, where she earned her  master's degree and doctorate in physics. Marie was fortunate to have studied at the Sorbonne with some of the greatest scientists of her day, one of whom was Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre were married in 1895 and spent many productive years working together in the physics laboratory. A short time after they discovered radium, Pierre was killed  by a horse-drawn wagon in 1906. Marie was stunned by this horrible misfortune and endured heartbreaking anguish. Despondently she recalled their close relationship and the joy that they had shared in scientific research. The fact that she had two young daughters to raise by herself greatly increased her distress. Curie's feeling of desolation finally began to fade when she was asked to succeed her husband as a  physics professor at the Sorbonne. She was the first woman to be given a professorship at the worldfamous university. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for isolating radium. Although Marie Curie eventually suffered a fatal illness from her long exposure to radium, she never became disillusioned about her work. Regardless of the consequences, she had dedicated herself to science and to revealing the mysteries of the physical world. The Curies' ____ collaboration helped to unlock the secrets of the atom. A. friendly

B. competitive

C. courteous

D. industrious

E. chemistry

9. Marie had a bright mind and a __personality. A. strong

B. lighthearted

C. humorous D. strange

E. envious

10. When she learned that she could not attend the university in Warsaw, she felt___. A. hopeless

B. annoyed

C. depressed

D. worried

E. none of the above

11. Marie ___ by leaving Poland and traveling to France to enter the Sorbonne. A. challenged authority C. behaved

B. showed intelligence

D. was distressed

E. answer not available in article

12. _____she remembered their joy together. A. Dejectedly

B. Worried

C. Tearfully

D. Happily

E. Sorrowfully

13. Her ____ began to fade when she returned to the Sorbonne to succeed her husband. A. misfortune

B. anger

C. wretchedness

D. disappointment

E. ambition

14. Even though she became fatally ill from working with radium, Marie Curie was never ____.

A.troubled

B.worried

C.disappointed

D.sorrowful

E. disturbed