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Written Expression
Structure
Reading
- The planet Mercury _______ rotations during every two trips around the Sun.
- three complete
- completes three
- the completion of three
- completing three of the
2. In prehistoric _____ of western Utah was covered by Lake Bonneville.
- times, a large part
- times, there was a large part
- part of the time
- for large parts of time
3. The helicopter is able to hover in _______ powered rotors produce lift even at zero forward speed.
- flight because of the
- flying the
- the flying of the
- flight because the
4. The upper levels of the Sun’s atmosphere are of very low _______ heats the gases there to very high temperatures.
- dense and solar
- density, solar activity
- density, but solar activity
- density and activity of the Sun is
5. Lapis lazuli, ______ stone, has been valued for ornamental purposes for more than 6,000 years.
- an opaque deep blue
- is an opaque deep blue
- it is an opaque deep blue
- that is an opaque deep blue
6. Mountaineers _______ climb Mount Everest must take reservations to do so, often up to seven years in advance.
- want to
- they want to
- who want
- wanting to
7. Created by the dissolution of limestone, the underground cave system _____ Mammoth Cave is noted for its stalactites and stalagmites.
- is known as
- it is known to be
- known as
- to be known
8. Most slang terms are simply old words ______ additional new meanings.
- give
- given
- are given
- they are given
9. North Carolina’s Outer Banks are a chain of low, narrow islands _____ the mainland from the frequent Atlantic storms in the area.
- they buffer
- that buffer
- to buffer them
- that they buffer
10. It is at the age of approximately eighteen months _____ children begin to make combinations of two or three words.
- when many
- when are many
- when do many
- when have many of the
11. Story of a Bad Boy, a semi-autobiographical novel by Thomas Bail Aldrich, ranks high among books ____ have incorporated their boyhood experiences.
- the American authors
- which are American authors
- in which American authors
- are those which American authors
12. In the La Brea tar pits of Los Angeles ______ which have been preserved from the Pleistocene period.
- thousands of animals are
- thousands are animals
- the thousands of animals
- are thousands of animals
13. _______ provided a living for nearly 90 percent of the population of the American colonies.
- Farming was what
- what farming
- Farming was
- What was farming
14. Not only ______ more brittle than hard maples, but they are also less able to withstand high winds.
- soft maples are
- are soft maples
- they are soft maples
- fot maples
15. _______ become blocked so that heat and moisture could not escape, death would result.
- were the skin’s pores to
- The pores of the skin were to
- The skin’s pores
- if the pores of the skin