STRUCTURE 1
_____ of classical ballet in the United States began around 1830.
(A) To teach
(B) Is teaching
(C) It was taught
(D) The teaching
(D) The teaching
“In the later part of the nineteenth century, the direction of expansion in the United States shifted from the countryside to the city. During the crises of the 1870s and the 1890s, tens of thousands of families abandoned their farms and ranches and headed for urban areas. Even prosperity produced migration from the countryside to the city.”
Question: What aspect of the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Why young women chose to move from farms to cities
B. The number and types of manufacturing jobs created in cities
C. Changes in settlement patterns between farms and cities
D. The effects of mechanization on western migration
C. Changes in settlement patterns between farms and cities
Despite its fishlike form, the whale is _____ and will drown if submerged too long.
(A) an animal breathes air that
(B) an animal that breathes air
(C) an animal breathes air
(D) that an animal breathes air
(B) an animal that breathes air
“Rural areas in the central part of the country had begun to lose population by the 1880s, and over the next half century most of the rural West was overtaken by this trend. For every industrial worker who became a farmer, 20 young men from farms rushed to the city to compete for his job.”
Question: According to the first paragraph, which of the following is true about the population of the United States after the 1880s?
A. Fewer people lived on farms.
B. The central part of the United States lost much of its population to rural areas in the West.
C. Rural areas of the West became more populated than those in the central part of the country.
D. Work opportunities in urban areas began to decline.
A. Fewer people lived on farms.
When played in certain ways, the bassoon can produce comical sounds, _____ it is sometimes referred to as the clown of
the orchestra.
(A) or
(B) that
(C) so
(D) whether
(C) so
Mason bees are solitary bees, which means _____ in colonies like honeybees or bumblebees.
(A) do not live
(B) when they do not live
(C) that they do not live
(D) that do not live
(C) that they do not live
“In the later part of the nineteenth century, the direction of expansion in the United States shifted from the countryside to the city.”
Question: The word “expansion” in line 1 is closest in meaning to:
A. Change
B. Growth
C. Population
D. Labor
B. Growth
Clouds _____ in warm air rises, cools, and condenses.
(A) when form water vapor
(B) form when water vapor
(C) form vapor water when
(D) vapor form when water
(B) form when water vapor
“Less well-known is the fact that for every 20 young farm men, as many as 25 or 30 young farm women moved from the rural West to the cities. As a government report noted in 1920, young farm women were more likely to leave the farm and move to a western city than were young farm men.”
Question: According to the second paragraph, how did migration among young women in the rural West differ from that of young men?
A. Young women were more likely to leave rural areas to go to urban areas.
B. Young women were more likely to take jobs on farms.
C. Young women who migrated generally had more education.
D. Young women generally moved more frequently from one rural area to another.
A. Young women were more likely to leave rural areas to go to urban areas.
In modern societies, _____ authorized body such as a legislature or a court makes the law.
(A) some
(B) some of
(C) some the
(D) for some
(A) some
Long before the advent of written literature, _____ their myths and stories in oral poems told by successive generations.
(A) people recorded
(B) recording people
(C) people’s recordings
(D) people who recorded
(A) people recorded
“During the crises of the 1870s and the 1890s, tens of thousands of families abandoned their farms and ranches and headed for urban areas.”
Question: The word “abandoned” in line 3 is closest in meaning to:
A. Left behind
B. Sold
C. Gave away
D. Gradually reduced the size of
A. Left behind
Portland, _____ , is located primarily on two hilly peninsulas overlooking Casco Bay and its many islands.
(A) which Maine’s largest city
(B) Maine’s largest city where
(C) is Maine’s largest city
(D) Maine’s largest city
(D) Maine’s largest city
“What the analysis of seismic waves shows is a layered structure built around a solid inner core, which has a radius of about 1,600 kilometers. This inner core is surrounded by a liquid outer core, which has a thickness of just over 1,800 kilometers. The whole core is very dense, probably rich in iron, and has a temperature of nearly 5,000 degrees Celsius.”
Question: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The similarities between Earth’s inner core and outer core
B. The structure and temperature of Earth’s interior
C. When seismic waves were first used to study Earth’s interior
D. Why Earth’s solid inner core is surrounded by a molten outer core.
B. The structure and temperature of Earth’s interior
The sense of smell functions chemically, _____ the sense of taste, but it is 10,000 times more sensitive.
(A) as does
(B) so have
(C) which as
(D) by which
(A) as does
Comparative anatomy is _____ classification of both plants and animals.
(A) the basis for
(B) for basics
(C) the basis that
(D) the basically
(A) the basis for
“Even prosperity produced migration from the countryside to the city. As pioneers settled rural districts, eventually the number of farms or ranches approached the maximum number the land would support.”
Question: Why does the author discuss “prosperity” in line 4?
A. To indicate that more than one factor contributed to the movement from rural to urban settlement
B. To support the idea that many families were able to stop farming and migrate to the cities
C. To suggest that the migration would have happened despite the economic situation
D. To argue against economics as the primary factor in migration
A. To indicate that more than one factor contributed to the movement from rural to urban settlement
Mars, the so-called red planet, is actually colored
red by iron oxide and other impurities _____ the whole surface.
(A) that cover
(B) in which are covered
(C) that they cover
(D) and covered
(A) that cover
“Although the details of Earth’s gravitational and magnetic fields give some extra information about what is going on inside Earth, for the most part our understanding of Earth’s interior is still dependent on the detection of seismic waves, the vibrations caused by earthquakes.”
Question: According to the first paragraph, most knowledge of Earth’s interior has been gained by studying:
A. Earth’s gravitational field
B. Earth’s magnetic field
C. Vibrations caused by earthquakes
D. Material taken from holes drilled into Earth’s crust
C. Vibrations caused by earthquakes
_____ primarily from plant oils, perfumes were used in ancient times as incense in religious rites, inmedicines,
and later for adornment.
(A) Made them
(B) They made
(C) Made
(D) By making
(C) Made
Although legend has it that the Pilgrims first set foot in America on Plymouth Rock in 1620, _____ documentary evidence confirming this.
(A) no
(B) still is no
(C) there is no
(D) but no
(C) there is no
“Landowners sought to increase their productivity through mechanization, and those who were successful invested their returns in the purchase of additional land and equipment, expanding their holdings by buying the farms of less fortunate neighbors, who moved on.”
Question: According to the first paragraph, in the late 1800s, farmland was most likely to be purchased by:
A. City businessmen seeking new investments
B. Successful landowners who had mechanized farms
C. Young farm men starting to work
D. People who had few opportunities in cities
B. Successful landowners who had mechanized farms
The 1903 film The Great Train Robbery was the first
significant film in which the classic western story’s formula of crime and retribution _____ .
(A) was used
(B) to be used
(C) used
(D) had used
(A) was used
“What the analysis of seismic waves shows is a layered structure built around a solid inner core, which has a radius of about 1,600 kilometers. This inner core is surrounded by a liquid outer core, which has a thickness of just over 1,800 kilometers. The whole core is very dense, probably rich in iron, and has a temperature of nearly 5,000 degrees Celsius.”
Question: According to the second paragraph, which of the following statements regarding Earth’s inner core and outer core is true?
A. Neither the inner core nor the outer core can be studied using seismic waves.
B. The outer core is more solid than the inner core.
C. The inner core and the outer core have greatly different temperatures.
D. Both the inner core and the outer core probably contain iron.
D. Both the inner core and the outer core probably contain iron.
Boise became _____ of the state of Idaho in 1864.
(A) as the capital
(B) the capital
(C) to be the capital
(D) the capital was
(B) the capital