1. 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

2. Poodles were once used as retrievers in duck hunting , but the American Kennel Club does not consider them ---- because they are now primarily kept as pets.

(A) where sporting dogs

(B) sporting dogs

(C) when sporting dogs

(D) they are sporting dogs

3. A microphone enables a soft tone (to be) (amplified) ,thus (making it possible) the gentle

(A) (B)(C)

renditions of (romantic) love songs in a large hall.

(D)

4. (It is) the interaction between people , (rather than) the events that occur in their lives ,

(A) (B)

that (are) the main focus of (social psychology).

(C)(D)

5. ----who was the first Black woman to run for the office of President of the United States in

1972.

(A) Shirley S. Chisholm

(B) It was Shirley S. Chisholm

(C) Shirley S. Chisholm was

(D) When Shirley S. Chisholm

6. ----an increasing international exchange of educational films.

(A) It is

(C) Though there is

(B) There is

(D) Although it is

7. The spiral threads of spider’s web have a sticky substance on them ----- insects.

(A) traps

(C) which traps

(B) trap its

(D) which it traps

8. In blank verse----of ten syllables, five of which are accented.

(A) line consists of each

(B) consists of each line

(C) each line consists

(D) it consists of each line

9. After the First World War, the author Anais Nin became interested in the art movement known as

Surrealism and in psychoanalysis, both ----her novels and short stories.

(A) in which the influence

(C) to have influence

(B) of which influenced

(D) its influence in

10. ----1895 did Cornell University begin to offer a degree in ornithology.

(A) Not until

(B) Not since

(C) Until

(D) In

11. Only in recent years----begun to realize that wild dogs, kept within bounds, often do more good

than harm.

(A) people have

(B) since people have

(C) have people

(D) people who have

12. Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent----, or pronghorn.

(A) it is the American antelope

(B) the American antelope is

(C) is the American antelope

(D) the American antelope

13. ----at conveying her underlying message through topical plots and contemporary characters that by

1940 her book had sold some three million copies

(A) So successful, Grace L. Hill

(B) So successful was Grace L. Hill

(C) Grace L. Hill, so successful

(D) Because Grace L. Hill was so successful

14. In the eastern part of New Jersey----, a major shipping and manufacturing center.

(A) lies the city of Elizabeth

(B) the city of Elizabeth lies there

(C) around the city of Elizabeth lies

(D) there lies the city of Elizabeth around

15. At the far end of a kaleidoscope----, one made of clear glass and the other of ground glass.

(A) two plates are

(B) two plates are there

(C) are two plates there

(D) are two plates

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