Meeting 12_Exercise 11

1. Many of Louise Nevelson's sculptures consisted of a number of large wooden structures______ in complex patterns.

• (A) which she arranged

• (B) she arranged them

• (C) which arranged

• (D) arranged them

2. In addition to being a naturalist, Stewart E. White was a writer ______ the struggle for survival on the American frontier.

• (A) whose novels describe

• (B) he describes in his novels

• (C) his novels describe

• (D) who, describing in his novels

3. Diamonds are often found in rock formations called pipes, ______ the throats of extinct volcanoes.

• (A) in which they resemble

• (B) which resemble

• C) there is a resemblance to

• (D) they resemble

4. William Samuel Johnson, ………….. helped write the Constitution, became the president of Columbia College in 1787.

• (A) whom he had

• (B) and he had

• (C) who had

• (D) had

5. A keystone species is a species of plants or animals _ _ _ _ _ _ absence has a major effect on an ecological system.

• (A) that its

• (B) its

• (C) whose

• (D) with its

6. The size and shape of a nail depend primarily on the function _ _ _ _ _ _ intended.

• (A) which it is

• (B) for which it is

• (C) which it is for

• (D) for which is

7. It was the ragtime pianist Scott Joplin______ the "Maple Leaf Rag," perhaps the best known of all ragtime tunes.

• (A) wrote

• (B) the writer of

• (C) who wrote

• (D) writing

8. There are oyer 2.000 varieties of snakes, _ _ _ _ _ _ are harmless to humans.

• (A) mostly they

• (B) most of them

• (C) most of which

• (D) which most

9. Smoke jumpers are _ _ _ _ _ _ descend into remote areas by parachute to fight forest fires.

• (A) firefighters

• (B) when firefighters

• (C) who, as firefighters

• (D) firefighters who

10. Charlotte Gilman's best known book _ _ _ _ _ _ she urges women to become financially independent.

• (A) is Women and Economics, in which

• (B) Women and Economics, in which

• (C) is Women and Economics, which

• (D) Women and Economics, which