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Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

Fort Union was the site of what ... principal fur-trading post on the upper Missouri River.

a)

the

b)

being the

c)

was the

d)

it was the

2.

Since ... commercial risk, it has to appeal to a large audience to justify its cost.

a)

the face of the movie

b)

moving faces

c)

a movie faces

d)

to face a movie

3.

A current of water known as the Gulf Stream comes up from the Gulf of Mexico, and then ... the North Atlantic toward Europe.

a)

it crosses

b)

crossing

c)

with its crosses

d)

crosses it

4.

Systems ... the two symbols 0 and 1 are called binary number systems.

a)

use

b)

they use

c)

uses

d)

using

5.

Genes, ... the blueprints for cell construction, exist in tightly organized packages called chromosomes.

a)

are

b)

they are

c)

which

d)

which are

6.

The Earth's atmosphere consists of gases ... in place around the Earth by the gravitational pull of the planet.

a)

held

b)

hold

c)

it holds

d)

the hold

7.

Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated with a number of composers including Jerome Kern, whom ... in writing the musical Show Boat.

a)

joined

b)

was joined

c)

he joined

d)

joining

8.

Modern humans, who first appeared about 600,000 years ago, ... Homo sapiens.

a)

calling

b)

were called

c)

they called

d)

they were called

9.

The first writing ... evidence of is on Mesopotamian clay tables.

a)

we

b)

that we

c)

has

d)

that we have

10.

Air near the equator ... a faster west-to-east motion than air farther from the equator.

a)

to have

b)

it has

c)

has

d)

having

11.

The Moon's gravity pulls water on the near side of the Earth toward the Moon, and this is what ... tides to occur.

a)

the cause

b)

causes

c)

causing

d)

the cause of

12.

... quickly after an animal dies.

a)

In the degradation of DNA

b)

Degrading DNA

c)

DNA degrades

d)

For DNA to degrade

13.

..., they pick up fragments of rocks which become frozen into the base of the ice.

a)

Glaciers move

b)

Glaciers moving

c)

They were glaciers

d)

As glaciers move

14.

... aerodynamic design has contributed greatly to reducing resistance to motion.

a)

Improved

b)

It improves

c)

Improvement

d)

They improve

15.

Among geese ____ a highly elaborate form of communication.

a)

occur

b)

occurs

c)

it occurs

d)

they occur

16.

_____ heated by solar energy have special collectors on the roof to trap sunlight.

a)

A home is

b)

A home

c)

Homes are

d)

Homes

17.

What is wrong? Scientists at the medical center is trying to determine if there is a relationship between saccharine and cancer.

a)

is trying

b)

to determine

c)

is

d)

saccharine and cancer

18.

One of the most powerful optical telescopes, the "Big Eye" at Mt. Palomar, ..... a two hundred - inch mirror.

a)

has

b)

that has

c)

with

d)

which

19.

Most of the mirrors .... for scientific and technical purposes are now made by a method of vacuum evaporation.

a)

used

b)

use

c)

that use

d)

using

20.

Roots of plants tend to grow downward into soil unless ... more readily available at the surface.

a)

have water

b)

water has

c)

is water

d)

water is

21.

Beginning in the Middle Ages, composers of western music used a system of notating their compositions, ... be performed by musicians.

a)

will

b)

that

c)

and when do

d)

so they could

22.

Most folk songs are ballads ... have simple words and tell simple stories.

a)

what

b)

although

c)

when

d)

that

23.

William Samuel Jackson, .... helped write the constitution, became the first president of Columbia College in 1787

a)

whom he had

b)

ad he had

c)

who had

d)

had

24.

Migraine headaches are more frequent among women .... among men

a)

than

b)

however

c)

except for

d)

as are