Exam English Structure Test #1

The problems of squaring a pan-European agenda with the national interests of 25 separate countries ___ the process of integration a slow, complex and at times divisive one.

• causes

• have made

• often affect

• resulting in

Crushed ice is use to cool drinks, and is often applied to injuries where there is swelling, to remove excess heat generated in the tissues.

• use

• is often

• where there is

• generated

Across the country, recreational and commercial fishers have been pointing fingers for decades over which group is responsible for ___ stocks of sports fish.

• increasing

• dwindling

• growing

• reduce

The Eiffel Tower was built the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889 commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution.

• was built

• of

• commemorating

• the

Nearly all the brown bears in the United States ___ in Alaska, which has an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 brown bears, also called grizzlies.

• live

• are resident

• reside

• inhabit

A no-smoking program has help overweight people reduce their risk of heart attacks or their need for surgery by 63 percent.

• A

• help

• reduce

• need

The 2000 Census showed that married couples ___ half of the 2 million households in the state, and 46 percent of those couples had children under roof.

• and made up

• made up

• to make up

• which they made up

Japan's latitudinal spread, ranging from subtropical in the south to sub-arctic in the north, makes that a wide diversity of flora and fauna.

• latitudinal spread

• subtropical

• makes that

• wide diversity

Astronomers on ___ announced the discovery of a new -- and possibly abundant -- class of planets that has more in common with Earth than the uninhabitable gas giants previously discovered.

• Tuesday

• university research labs

• NASA

• observatories

International trade in the world's 20-odd varieties of sturgeon ___ by the United Nations since 1998, after a drastic rise in poaching.

• is controlled

• has been regulated

• is supported

• has been promoted