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Chic English - Structure 5

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

[ERROR RECOGNITION]

It is more difficult to write simply, directly, and effective than to employ flowery but vague expressions that only obscure one‘s meaning.

a)

more difficult

b)

effective

c)

to employ

d)

vague

2.

According to some theories derived from psychoanalysis, life is supposedly easier and more pleasant when inhibitions overcoming.

a)

According

b)

derived

c)

easier

d)

overcoming

3.

The begins of the modern chemistry laboratory go back to the workrooms of medieval lchemists.

a)

begins

b)

chemistry

c)

go back

d)

workrooms

4.

In many pieces of music there is a dominant theme on which the restful of the composition is centered.

a)

there

b)

dominant

c)

restful

d)

centered

5.

In a representative democracy, the people election delegates to an assembly.

a)

representative

b)

democracy

c)

election

d)

assembly

6.

A citadel, a fortress designed for the defense of a city, usually standed on top of a hill.

a)

designed

b)

defense

c)

city

d)

standed

7.

Since 1971 the regional corporations set up in Alaska by Congress managing everything from fishing to banking.

a)

Since

b)

regional

c)

managing

d)

banking

8.

A rocket burns propellant rapidly and most rockets carry a supply that last just a few seconds.

a)

burns

b)

carry

c)

supply

d)

last

9.

Textile art is known for both its tactile and vision qualities.

a)

Textile

b)

for

c)

vision

d)

qualities

10.

The boiled point of any liquid is determined by the pressure of the surrounding gases.

a)

boiled

b)

liquid

c)

determined

d)

pressure

11.

Copper sulfate, spread in judicious amounts, kills algae __________ harming fish or aquatic invertebrates.

a)

does not

b)

but does no

c)

except

d)

without

12.

Acids are chemical compounds that, in water solution, have __________, a corrosive action on metals, and the ability to turn certain blue vegetable dyes red.

a)

tastes sharp

b)

sharp-tasting

c)

a sharp taste

d)

tasting sharp

13.

__________1895 did Cornell University begin to offer a degree in ornithology

a)

Not until

b)

Not since

c)

Until

d)

In

14.

The worldwide race to develop an affordable synthetic fuel has so far consumed billions of dollars and __________ few results

a)

yielded

b)

yielding

c)

yield

d)

has a yield of

15.

Mary Cassatt specialized __________ mothers with their children.

a)

painted

b)

who painted

c)

paintings

d)

in painting

16.

Although pecans are most plentiful in the southeastern part of the United States, they are found __________ Ohio and Illinois.

a)

far north

b)

north as far

c)

farthest north

d)

as far north as

17.

The significance of mythology within a culture is reflected in ---, the amount of time devoted to this activity, and the relevance of mythology to ceremonials.

a)

Storytellers have prestige

b)

The prestige of storytellers

c)

Telling stories is prestigious

d)

Prestige comes with storytelling

18.

Although --- some textile products, it imports many as well.

a)

the exports of the United States

b)

exporting of the United States

c)

exporter of the United States

d)

the United States exports

19.

Ragtime is a kind of music --- a strongly syncopated melody and a regularly accented accompaniment.

a)

has

b)

that it has

c)

that has

d)

it has

20.

Historically, --- chief material for making furniture has been wood, but metal and stone have also been used

a)

It was the

b)

That the

c)

There was a

d)

The