1. Commercial expansion from city to suburb has affected the way people in the United states ---.

(A) living and working

(B) they live and work

(C) live and work

(D) to live and to work

2. Most crocodiles will eat anything----capture and overpower.

(A) can

(B) they can

(C) which can

(D) and

3. A majority of people in the United States can get all the calcium their bodies----from the food they eat.

(A) require

(B) requires

(C) requiring

(D)to require

4. (Although) afflicted by serious (eyesight problems) ,Alicia Alonso was (one the principle) stars of the American Ballet

(A) (B) (C)

Theater and later formed (her own) dance company.

(D)

5. ------relatively costly , the diesel engine is highly efficient and needs servicing infrequently .

(A) Even

(B) It is

(C) Even though

(D) There is

6. All marble is composed of crystals of the minerals calcite or dolomite, ----, are perfectly white.

(A) when, pure which

(B) when, which pure

(C) which, pure when

(D) which, when pure

7. Although----rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to withstand considerable impact.

(A) apparently

(B) are apparently

(C) apparently their

(D) are they apparently

8. ----by transferring the blame to others is often called scapegoating.

(A) Eliminate problems

(B) The eliminated problems

(C) Eliminating problems

(D) Problems are eliminated

9. ----wooden buildings helps to protect them from damage due to weather.

(A) Painting

(B) Painted

(C) The paint

(D) By painting

10. X-rays are able to pass through objects and thus make----details that are otherwise impossible to observe .

(A) it visible

(B) visibly

(C) visible

(D) they are visible

11. Using many symbols makes----to put a large amount of information on a single map.

(A) possible

(B) it possible

(C) it is possible

(D) that possible

12. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner, ----to the body.

(A) the stress it is greater

(B) greater is the stress

(C) greater stress is

(D) the greater the stress

13.The lower ------ in a room , the more slowly our eyes focus .

(A) the level of lighting

(B) light level

(C) leveling of light

(D)lighting is level

14. The stronger----magnet, the greater the number of lines of magnetic force.

(A) of

(B) the

(C) is the

(D) is of the

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