Structure Skill 6 to 8

1. The president of the United States appoints the cabinet members, ______ appointments are subject to Senate approval.

• A. their

• B. with their

• C. because their

• D. but their

2. The prisoners were prevented from speaking to reporters because ________

• A. not wanting the story in the papers

• B. the story in the papers the superintendent did not want

• C. the public to hear the story

• D. the superintendent did not want the story in the papers

3. Like Thomas Berger's fictional character Little Big Man, Lauderdale managed to find himself where ________ of important events took place.

• A. it was an extraordinary number

• B. there was an extraordinary number

• C. an extraordinary number

• D. an extraordinary number existed

4. ______ sucked groundwater from below, some parts of the city have begun to sink as much as ten inches annually.

• A. Pumps have

• B. As pumps have

• C. So pumps have

• D. With pumps

5. Case studies are the target of much skepticism in the scientific community, _____ used extensively by numerous researchers.

• A. they are

• B. are

• C. yet they

• D. yet they are

6. According to the hypothesis in the study, the monarchs pick up the magnetic field of the _________ migrate by following magnetic fields.

• A. target monarchs

• B. target since monarchs

• C. target since monarchs are

• D. target

7. _______ show the relations among neurons, they do not preclude the possibility that other aspects are important.

• A. Neural theories

• B. A neural theory

• C. Although neural theories

• D. However neural theories

8. _______ or refinanced, the lender will generally require setting up an escrow account to ensure the payment of property taxes and homeowner's insurance.

• A. A home is

• B. A home is bought

• C. When a home

• D. When a home is bought

9. If ultraviolet radiation enters the Earth's atmosphere, _____ generally blocked by the ozone concentrated in the atmosphere.

• A. it

• B. it is

• C. so it is

• D. then it

10. Among human chromosomes, the Y chromosome is unusual _____ most of the chromosome does not participate in meiotic recombination.

• A. in

• B. so

• C. and

• D. in that