(C) By reducing beach width.
(D) By stabilizing beachfront construction.
50. (A) Protect roads along the shore.
(B) Build on beaches with seawalls.
(C) Add sand to beaches with seawalls.
(D) Stop building seawalls.
Section Two: Structure and Written Expression
1. The giant ragweed, or buffalo weed, grows ---.
(A) 18 feet up to high
(B) to high 18 feet up
(C) up to 18 feet high
(D) 18 feet high up to
2. Neptune is --- any planet except Pluto.
(A) to be far from the Sun
(B) far from the Sun being
(C) farther than the Sun is
(D) farther from the Sun than
3. Since prehistoric times, artists have arranged paint on surfaces in ways --- their ideas about
people and the world.
(A) express
(B) that their expression of
(C) which, expressing
(D) that express
4. Except for certain microorganisms, --- need oxygen to survive.
(A) of all living things
(B) all living things
(C) all are living things
(D) are all living things
5. Dubbing is used in filmmaking --- a new sound track to a motion picture.
(A) which to add
(B) to add
(C) is adding that
(D) to add while
6. --- of green lumber may come from moisture in the wood.
(A) More weight than half
(B) Of the weight, more than half
(C) The weight is more than half
(D) More than half of the weight
7. Archaeologists study ---- to trace ancient trade routes because such tools are relatively rare, and
each occurrence has a slightly different chemical composition.
(A) which obsidian tools
(B) obsidian tools
(C) how obsidian tools
(D) obsidian tools are
8. ---- the hamster’s basic diet is vegetarian, some hamsters also eat insects.
(A) Despite
(B) Although
(C) Regardless of
(D) Consequently
9. The Navajo Indians of the southwestern United States --- for their sand painting, also called dry
painting.
(A) noted
(B) are noted
(C) to be noted
(D) have noted
10. In 1784, the leaders of what would later become the state of Virginia gave up --- to the territory that later became five different Midwestern states.
(A) any claim
(B) when the claim
(C) to claim
(D) would claim
11. ---- one after another, parallel computers perform groups of operations at the same time.
(A) Conventional computers, by handling tasks
(B) Since tasks being handled by conventional computers
(C) Whereas conventional computers handle tasks
(D) While tasks handled by conventional computers
12. The Liberty Bell, formerly housed in Independence Hall, --- in Philadelphia, was moved to a separate glass pavilion in 1976.
(A) which a historic building
(B) a historic building which
(C) was a historic building
(D) a historic building
13. Fossils, traces of dead organisms found in the rocks of Earth’s crust, reveal --- at the time the rocks were formed.
(A) what was like
(B) was like life
(C) what life was like
(D) life was like
14. Although the huge ice masses ---- glaciers move slowly, they are a powerful erosive force in nature.
(A) call them
(B) are called
(C) to call
(D) called
15. The soybean contains vitamins, essential minerals, --- high percentage of protein. |
