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Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 5mins
1. Gold (discover) (a) in California in 1848.
The Amazon valley is extremely important to the ecology of the earth. Forty percent of the world’s oxygen (produce) ____ there.
is produced
produced
is producing
Right now Roberto is in the hospital. He (treat) ___ for a bad burn on his arm.
is be treated
is being treated
is treating
being treat
In my country, certain prices, such as the price of medical supplies, (control) ____ by the government. Other prices (determine) ____ by how much consumers are willing to pay for a product.
control/determine
are controlled/are determined
is controlled/are determined
were controlled/were determined
Richard Anderson is a former astronaut. Several years ago, when he was 52, Anderson (inform) ____ by his superior at an aircraft corporation that he could no longer be a test pilot. He (tell) ____ that he was being relieved of his duties because of his age. Anderson took the corporation to court for age discrimination.
be informed/be told
was informed/is told
was informed/was told
was inform/was tell
Frostbite may occur when a person’s skin (expose) ____ to extreme cold. It most frequently (affect) ___ the skin of the cheeks, chin, ears, fingers, nose, and toes.
is exposed/affects
exposed/is affected
expose/affect
was exposed/affected
Since the beginning of the modern industrial age, many of the natural habitats of plants and animals (destroy) (a) by industrial development and pollution.
Carl Gauss (recognize) (a) as a mathematical genius when he was ten. One day a professor gave him an arithmetic problem.
Carl (ask) (a) to add up all the numbers from 1 to 100 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5, etc.).
It (take) ____ him only eight seconds to solve the problem. How could he do it so quickly? Can you do it quickly?
(a)
Carl could do it quickly because he (know)__ that each pair of numbers (1 + 100, 2 + 99, 3 + 98, and so on to 50 + 51) equaled 101. So he (multiply;) ____ 50 times 101 and (come) _____ up with the answer: 5,050.
knew/was multiplied/came
knew/multiplied/come
was known/multiply/come
knew/multiplied/came
