【正文】 ch the crested peacock (B) which the crested peacock (C) the crested peacock that (D) the crested peacock Theories approximate the truth is the daytoday business of science. (A) Determining how closely (B) How closely to determine (C) How one determines close (D) One is close to determining earthworm is a worm_____ in moist, warm soil in many geographical areas. (A) where is it found (B) is found (C) and found it (D) found 7 Advance and retreat in their eternal rhythms, but the surface of the sea itself is never at rest. (A) Not only when the tides do (B) As the tides not only do (C) Not only do the tides (D) Do the tides not only monarch butterfly’s migration of 1,800 miles or more makes______ among insects. (A) uniquely (B) is uniquely (C) it unique (D) it is unique reagent is any chemical that reacts in a predictable way______ with other chemicals. (A) when mixed (B) when is mixed (C) it mixed (D) mixed is the 1950’s, Mahalia Jackson’s powerful, joyous gospel music style had gained her_____ . (A) and she had an international reputation (B) with an international reputation (C) which was her international reputation (D) an international reputation , or aircushion vehicles, are unusual_____ travel over land water on a layer of air. (A) they (B) in they (C) that they (D) in that they the United States, a primary election is a method_____ voters select the nominees for public office (A) that (B) is that (C) by which (D) by those 16. Allan Pinkerton, founder of the famous detective agency that bears him name, A B C directed a Civil War espionage system behind Confederate lines. D 17. Until the 1910 formation of the National Hockey Association in eastern Canada, A professional and amateur teams were allowed to playfully together. B C D 18. Contralto Marian Anderson became a member permanent of the Metropolitan Opera A B C Company in 1955. D 19. Widely acknowledged as a great and important playwright, Eugene O’Neill brought A to the United States stage it was probably its first really serious drama. 8 B C D 20. Because some critics considered it decadent, subversive, and inprehensibly, A B abstract art encountered much opposition in its early years. C D 21. To survive, most birds must eat at least half their own weigh in food every day. A B C D 22. The glass tube in a fluorescent lamp contains mercury vapor under small pressure. A B C D 23. In 1977, Marilyn Yadlowski, a undergraduate at Cornell University, found that pigeons A had excellent lowfrequency hearing, far surpassing that of humans. B C D 24. The General Accounting Office reviews the accounting systems used by federal A agencies to determination whether expenditures conform to laws, and it also settles claims. B C D 25. Australian koalas are furry, gray animal that live in trees and feed on leaves. A B C D 26. Won its war for independence in 1783, the United States then struggled to establish A B its own economic and financial system. C D 27. The first known radio program among the United States was broadcast on Christmas A B C Eve, 1906, by Reginald Fessenden from his experimental station at Brant Rock, Massachusetts. D 28. A typical featurelength film costs millions of dollars to make and requires A B C the skillful of hundreds of workers. D 29. After his trips to the West between 1869 and 1872, Ralph Albert Blakelock would A B often painted American Indian encampments on brownandyellowtoned canvases. C D 30. Artist Helen Frankenthaler returned home from college in 1949 to her native New York, A B the city producing the most art revolutionary of the day. C D 31. The giraffe’s long neck and legs are the most obvious features that make different A B C from all other animals. D 32. Tilling means preparation the soil to plant the seeds and keeping the soil in the best A B C condition to help crop grow until it is ready for harvesting. D 33. The city of Boston was settled in 1630 on a hilly, wooded peninsula where the Charles A B C River flows into a natural harbors. D 34. Critical thinkers are able to identify main issues, recognize underlying assumptions, 9 A B C and evaluating evidence. D 35. Because of its maneuverability and ability to land and take off in small areas the A B C helicopter is used in wide range of services. D 36. Melting glaciers may account the rise in sea level that has taken place during A B C D this century. 37. Farce is a dramatic form that derives much of its humorous from improbable characters A B C D and situations. 38. Anthropologist Jane Goodall has contributed a wealth information concerning primate A B behavior through her studies of chimpanzees. C D 39. The discovery of gold in 1848 transformed San Francisco suddenly from a quiet port A B C into one of the world’s richest and most famous city. D