1. _____ Jane has an excellent resume, she hasn't found a job yet.
(A) However
(B) Yet
(C) That
(D) Although



2. _____ several universities that have excellent engineering schools.
(A) There are
(B) The
(C) There is a lot of
(D) Some of



3. Many Middle Eastern diplomats still feel that the United States is intent _____ the ultimate police in the region.
(A) to being
(B) being
(C) be
(D) on being



4. Woodrow Wilson believed the United States' entry into World War I would put a _____ to the war in months.
(A) to stop
(B) stop
(C) stopping
(D) will had stopped



5. _____ of New York's Erie Canal greatly enhanced trade in the upstate region.
(A) The complete
(B) Completing
(C) A completing
(D) The completion



6. A leech, after _____ the skin, is best removed by the application of either salt or heat.
(A) it attaches itself to
(B) attaching it
(C) its attaching to
(D) where it attaches to



7. _____ east of the Mississippi River.
(A) Indigo was grown usually
(B) Usually grown was Indigo
(C) Indigo usually grown
(D) Indigo was usually grown



8. _____ wrote the operetta Babes in Toyland, drawn from the childhood characters of Mother Goose.
(A) That was Victor Herbert who
(B) Victor Herbert who
(C) Since it was Victor Herbert
(D) It was Victor Herbert who



9. Some of the oldest and most widespread creation myths are _____ involving the all-giving "Earth Mother."
(A) those
(B) them
(C) they
(D) their



10. In _____, disk technology has made record albums almost obsolete.
(A) the decade from
(B) the decade since
(C) the past decade
(D) decade ago the



11. In the first few months of life, an infant learns how to lift its head, smile, and _____.
(A) parents to recognize
(B) recognize its parents
(C) recognizing its parents
(D) the recognizing of its parents



12. Juana Inez de la Cruz _____ Mexico's greatest female poet.
(A) considered
(B) considered to be
(C) is considered to be
(D) is consideration



13. Because the metal mercury _____ in direct proportion to temperature, it was once used as the indicator in common thermometers.
(A) is expanding
(B) expands
(C) is expanded
(D) expanded



14. _____ what is now San Salvador, Christopher Columbus believed that he had found Japan.
(A) He reached
(B) When did he reach
(C) Having reached
(D) Whether he reached



15. The principal purpose of aviation medicine is _____ by people aboard an aircraft in flight.
(A) to study the stress experienced
(B) study the experienced stress
(C) to study stress experiencing
(D) study the stress experience



16. The dwarf lemon tree, grownin many areas of the world, bears fruit when it is fewer than six inches in high.



17. Thebrain is composed of a mass of softly gray matter in the skull that controls our intelligence.



18. Polluteris a topic of such importance today that even elementary school children are well informed about its dangers.



19. Bestrepresented in a famous oil painting by da Vinci, The Last Supper it is an important part of the history of Christianity.



20. Together withhis friend Little John, Robin Hood are fondly remembered today by millions of people.



21. In Vermont, the sap themaple tree is the primary ingredient in producing maple syrup.



22. After to havewon the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for A Bell for Adano, John Hersey wrote a nonfiction book about the bombing of Japan.



23. The smallest hummingbirds beattheir wings 70 times a second and are about two inched long.



24. Quality, price, and locatedare often considered to be the primary concerns in buying a house.



25. The name"America" comes of Amerigo Vespucci, who was a 16th-century Italian explorer.



26. Marie Curie wontwo Nobel Prizes for their discoveries of radioactivity and radioactive elements.



27. The developingof the submarine was hindered by the lack of a power source that could propel an underwater vessel.



28. Although humans have highly developedbrains, most animals have more acute senses than them.



29. The movement of the starswas first noticed by early travelers, who used the stars to guide its way across the sea.



30. Those whohave seen what is believed to be Noah's Ark say it is the largest than a modern battleship.



31. It is implicitin the Constitution of the United States that everyone has a right to their privacy.



32. Although scientists have beensuccessful about finding treatments for cancer, they haven't yet discovered a cure.



33. In the 18th century, standard college curricula includeda heavy emphasis on classical, mathematics, and religion.



34. As the numbered of nonnative speakers rises, the demand for teachers of English as a second language increases.



35. There is muchbird migration above the equator, where the Pole Star can be seen, than below the equator, where it cannot be seen.



36. Although mostpeople believe that diamonds are the costliest gems, emeralds are actually the valuablest.



37. In the summer, An Arbor, along with Ypsilanti, Saline, and Pontiac, areflooded with runaways fleeing the boredom of their lives in Cincinnati and its suburbs.



38. A recent article in The New York Timesreported that the typical business graduate of 1990 is less likely to be willing to work long hours for the sake of advancement than their 1970 counterparts.



39. The dietary habits of a givenchild often has little to do with that child's eating habits as an adult.



40. One of the claims made against science is that dataare often manipulated to prove a scientist's thesis, rather than studying it for possible contradictions.