1. The smoke from burning fuels causes pollution if ...... into the atmosphere. A. it releases B. it is released C. it will be released D. it released ANSWER: A 2. While preparing an issue, newspaper editor decide what ...... in the editorials. A. viewpoint to take B. viewpoint takes C. take a viewpoint D. takes to viewpoint ANSWER: A 3. Medical researchers claim that each reflex ...... some stimulus that causes a response. A. involving B. involvement C. involves D. involve ANSWER: A 4. A law of physics stipulates that energy in any system cannot be created or ...... A. destroy B. to destroy C. destroyed D. destruction ANSWER: A 5. Until the late 1800's, shopkeepers advertised ...... on pictorial signs because their customers were illiterate. A. they produced B. their products C. produced their D. they are produced ANSWER: A 6. Amnesia is the ...... or total loss of memory concerning past experiences. A. part B. partially C. partly D. partial ANSWER: A 7. A sharp sense of smell enables hunting dogs ...... wild animals. A. to tracking B. to track C. to be tracking D. track them to ANSWER: A 8. The popularity of early melodrama promoted the creation of realistic settings and ...... effects. A. elaborate special B. elaborated specially C. specially elaborating D. specially to elaborate ANSWER :A 9. The roots anchor a tree in the ground and absorb water ...... the soil. A. to B. from C. into D. due to ANSWER: A 10. Viruses are so tiny that ...... only by means of an electron microscope. A. they can see B. they can be seen C. can be seen D. can see them ANSWER: A 11. When Arturo Toscanini began his career, music was regarded as one ...... expressing emotions. A. means by B. meant by it C. means of D. the meaning of ANSWER: A 12. In driving competitions, women perform ...... men do. A. dive the same as B. the same dives as C. dive the same way as D. the diving is the same ANSWER: A 13. Syllables are the ...... of a word according to pronunciation. A. naturally divided B. divided by nature C. natural divisions D. dividing them naturally ANSWER: A 14. Mesopotamian civilizations did not ...... history until meaning-symbol correspondences had been devised. A. beginning to record B. record the beginning C. began recording D. begin to record ANSWER: A 15. Before the 1700s, when children worked together with adults, childhood ...... did not exist. A. as we have known B. as we know it C. it is known D. is known as ANSWER: A 16. . A. discovered B. particles C. identified D. studied ANSWER: A 17. . A. knows B. species C. animals D. lives ANSWER: A 18. . A. they feature B. other materials C. from those D. school tests ANSWER: A 19. . A. and lakes B. who derive C. from canoeing D. water-ski ANSWER: A 20. . A. have translated B. tablets that C. that the D. high skilled ANSWER: A 21. . A. nerves of B. interprets C. wavelengths D. light as ANSWER: A 22. . A. It is B. little C. having D. no wealth ANSWER: A 23. . A. trial B. election C. either D. a judge ANSWER: A 24. . A. used B. knowledges C. help D. himself ANSWER: A 25. . A. offices store B. such documents C. married D. death ANSWER: A 26. . A. After the B. signed C. the first D. ratiyfing ANSWER: A 27. . A. workers live B. substandard C. unsanitary D. are lacking ANSWER: A 28. . A. mining B. bring about C. the destruction D. wildlife ANSWER: A 29. . A. established B. theatrical C. written D. reflected ANSWER: A 30. . A. better known B. shoot a man C. death in a quarrel D. had to flee ANSWER: A 31. . A. closely knit B. while the C. young ones D. grow up ANSWER: A 32. . A. sale B. records album C. had reached D. million ANSWER: A 33. . A. made B. colored C. present D. impurities ANSWER: A 34. . A. called B. explain C. formation D. features ANSWER: A 35. . A. of high school B. participation C. involvement D. community projects ANSWER: A 36. . A. too many B. competitive C. of profits D. will fell ANSWER: A 37. . A. describes B. between C. the low D. social ANSWER: A 38. . A. types B. ores C. also contain D. the other ANSWER: A 39. . A. received B. honor C. his part D. the expedition ANSWER: A 40. . A. thousands B. circuits C. as smaller D. a fingernail ANSWER: A