A
The brilliantly colored rhinoceros viper has two or three horns above each nostrils.
Nostrils- nostril.
Established in 1789 and operated by the Jesuits, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. is the older Roman Catholic institution of higher learning in the United States.
Older-oldest
Most radioactive elements occur in igneous and metamorphic ________ fossils occur in sedementary rocks.
A) rocks, nearly all
B) rocks, but nearly all
C) rocks, nearly all are
D) rock, which nearly all are
B
Joseph Heller’s novel Catch 22 satirizes both the horrors of war as well as the power of modern bureaucratic institutions.
As well as- and
______, one of the oldest forms of written communication, was used as early as 3000 B.C.
A) Cuneiform writing
B) In cuneifom writing
C) Cuneiform writing was D) When cuneiform writing
A
Most of the outer planets has large swarms of satellites surrounding them.
Has-have
Different hormones ________ at the same time an particular target issue.
A) usually act
B) usually act
C) they usual act
D) the usual action
A
The surface of the planet Venus is almost completely hid by the thick clouds that shroud it.
Hid - hidden
On every continent except Antarctica ________ more than 30,000 species of spiders.
A) some are
B) some of the
C) are some of the
D) is some
C
The more directly overhead the Moon is, the great is the effect that it exhibits on the Earth.
Great- greater
Historical records show that Halley’s Comet has return about every seventy-six years for the past 2,000 years.
Return-returned
Present in rocks of all types, hematite is particular abundant in the sedimentary rocks known as red beds.
Particular- particularly
Measles is a highly contagious viral disease _____ by a characteristic skin rash.
A) accompany
B) is accompanied
C)accompanied
D) it s accompanied
C
In 1964, GATT established the International Trade Center in order to assist developing countries in the promotion of its exports.
its- their
Approximately 500 varieties of insectivorous plants,
which trap animals for their sustenance,_______ in the world.
A) and their existence
B) exist
C) they exist
D)that exist
B
Each number on the Richter scale represent a tenfold increase in the amplitud of waves of ground motion recorded during an earthquake.
Represent-represents
The tidal forces on the Earth due to _______ only 0.46 of those due to the Moon.
A) the Sun is
B) the Sun they are
C) the Sun it is
D) the Sun are
D
Tropical cyclones, alike extra tropical cyclones, which derive much of their energy from the jet stream, originate far from the polar front.
Alike-like
B) are disturbed
C) they disturbed
D) are they disturbed
A
The incubation period of tetanus is usually five to ten days, and the most frequently occurred symptom is jaw stiffness.
Occurred-occurring
Lake Tahoe, located on the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada range, is feed by more than thirty mountain streams.
Feed-fed
Elizabeth Cady organizaed the first U.S women’s right convention in 1848 and was instrumentally in the struggle to win voting and property rights for women.
Instrumentally- instrumental
Hail forms within large,dense cumulonimbus______ develop on hot, humid summer days.
A) clouds
B) clouds that
C) clouds that are
D) clouds that they
B
More than 600 million individual bacteria lives on the skin of humans.
Lives-live
Jaguardians are sleek, long-tailed creatures colored either an uniform reddish brown or dark grey.
An-a