d. on people’s
> a
156. Montaigne, the illustrious French philosophy, was elected mayor of
Bordeaux, which was his home town.
a. the
b. philosophy
c. was elected
d. which was
> b
157. Certain pollens are more likely to cause an allergic reaction than another.
a. Certain
b. likely
c. an allergic
d. another
> d
158. Computers have made access to information instantly available just by push
a few buttons.
a. have
b. access
c. instantly available
d. by push
> d
159. Mined over 2,000 years ago, copper is one of the earliest know metals.
a. Mined
b. ago
c. the
d. know
> d
160. Many of the early word of T.S Eliot expresses the anguish and barrenness
of modern life and the isolation of the individual.
a. Many
b. expresses
c. barrenness
d. isolation
> a
161. The novel reveal the horror, drudgery, and joy of black life in rural Georgia.
a. The novel
b. reveal
c. joy of black life
d. rural Georgia
> b
162. During wedding ceremonies in the United States, guests are usually silence.
a. During
b. ceremonies
c. guests
d. silence
> d
163. How the Earth is in the shadow of the moon, we see an eclipse of the sun.
a. How
b. in the shadow
c. the
d. an
> a
164. The children’s television program called Sesame Street was seeing in 84
countries in 1989.
a. The children’s
b. called
c. seeing
d. in
> c
165. Some research suggests what there is a link between the body’s calcium
balance and tooth decay.
a. research
b. what
c. link between
d. and
> b
166. Louisa May Alcott infused her own life into the character of Jo in a book
Little Women.
a. her
b. into
c. of
d. in a book
> d
167. Rock music was original a mixture of country music and rhythm and blues.
a. Rock music
b. original
c. country music
d. and
> b
168. An increasing number of office works use computer programs as daily
routine.
a. increasing
b. of
c. works
d. daily
> c
169. Traveling ballet companies were uncommon before her Augusta Maywood
formed the first traveling troupe.
a. Traveling
b. were
c. her
d. traveling
> c
170. The virtues of ordinary life is the focus of many poems.
a. The
b. ordinary
c. is
d. many
> c
171. Economic goods often consist to material items, but they can also be
services to people.
a. goods
b. to
c. but
d. be
> b
172. Moby-Dick is a novel that telling the story of a ship captain’s single-minded
hatred of a huge while whale.
a. novel
b. telling
c. single-minded
d. of
> b
173. Earwax lubricates and protects the ear from foreign matter such water and
insects.
a. Earwax lubricates
b. foreign
c. such
d. insects
> c
174. Before creating the telegraph, Samuel Morse made their living as a painter.
a. creating
b. made
c. their
d. as
> c
175. Some jellyfish make daily journeys from deep water to the surface and back,
while others migrate horizontal.
a. make
b. from deep
c. while
d. horizontal
> d
176. To putting a large amount of information on a map, a variety of symbols
must be used.
a. To putting
b. on
c. variety
d. must be used
> a
177. Before the nineteenth century it was rarely to find organized systems of
adult education.
a. Before
b. it
c. rarely
d. systems
> c
178. Smoking is the number one prevent cause of death in the United States.
a. Smoking
b. the
c. prevent
d. of death
> c
179. Not single alphabet has ever perfectly represented the sounds of any of
Earth’s natural languages.
a. Not
b. perfectly
c. sounds
d. any of
> a
180. The ozone layer must be protected because it shields the Earth from
excessive ultraviolet radiate.
a. must be protected
b. it
c. from
d. radiate
> d
181. Carbohydrates and fats are two essential sources of energy for animal
grow.
a. and fats
b. sources
c. for
d. grow
> d
182. By passing sunlight through a prism, the light is separate into a spectrum of
colors.
a. By passing
b. through
c. is separate
d. spectrum of
> c
183. In spite modern medical technology, many diseases caused by viruses are
still not curable.
a. In spite
b. many
c. by viruses
d. not
> a
184. Though Pablo Picasso was primarily a painting, he also became a fine
sculptor, engraver, and ceramist.
a. Though
b. primarily
c. painting
d. fine
> c
185. People who live in small towns often seem more warm and friendly than
people who live in populated densely areas.
a. small towns
b. seem
c. who
d. populated densely
> d
186. It took eight years to complete the Erie Canal, the 365-mile waterway which
it connects Albany and Buffalo in New York State.
a. It
b. to complete
c. the 365-mile
d. which it connects
> d
187. Every candidate under considering for a federal job must undergo a
thorough medical examination.
a. under
b. considering
c. undergo
d. medical
> b
188. The masterpiece A Christmas Carol wrote by Charles Dickens in 1843.
a. The
b. wrote
c. by
d. in
> b
189. Species like snakes, lizards, coyotes, squirrels, and jack rabbits seems to
exist quite happily in the desert.
a. like
b. seems to
c. quite happily
d. the
> b
190. The disposable camera, a single-use camera preloaded with print film, has
appeared in the late 1980s, and has become very popular.
a. a
b. preloaded with
c. has appeared
d. has become
> c
191. Until recently, photocopy machines were regarded strict as business and
professional office equipment that required a lot of expensive servicing.
a. Until
b. were regarded
c. strict as
d. that required
> c
192. Before bridges were built, all transport across major rivers in the United
States were by ferryboat.
a. bridges
b. were built
c. were
d. by
> c
193. Telling a story through letters was a narratively structure commonly used by
eighteenth-century novelists.
a. Telling a story
b. narratively structure
c. commonly used
d. eighteenth-century novelists
> b
194. People in the world differ in his beliefs about the cause of sickness and
health.
a. differ
b. his
c. about
d. and
> b
195. In the 1840s, hundreds of families pioneer moved west in their covered
wagons.
a. In the
b. hundreds
c. families pioneer
d. their
> c
196. When children get their first pair of glasses, they are often surprise to see
that trees and flowers have sharp clear outlines.
a. When
b. pair