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1. Opening with tributes to jazz-age divas like Bessie Smith and closing with Koko Taylor's electrified gravel-and-thunder songs，the program will trace the blue'vigorous matriarchal line over more than 50 years.
(A) the program will trace
(B) the program shall trace
(C) there will be a program tracing
(D) it is a program that traces
(E) it will be a program tracing
2. Spanning more than fifty years， Friedrich Muller began his career in an unpromising apprenticeship as a Sanskrit scholar and culminated in virtually every honor that European governments and learned societies could bestow.
(A) Muller began his career in an unpromising apprenticeship as
(B) Mullers career began in an unpromising apprenticeship as
(C) Mullers career began with the unpromising apprenticeship of being
(D) Muller had begun his career with the unpromising apprenticeship of being
(E) the career of Muller has begun with an unpromising apprenticeship of
3. By installing special electric pumps， farmers' houses could be heated by the warmth from cows' milk， according to one agricultural engineer.
(A) farmers' houses could be heated by the warmth from cows' milk， according to one agricultural engineer.
(B) the warmth from cows' milk could be used by farmers to heat their houses， according to one agricultural engineer
(C) one agricultural engineer reports that farmers could use the warmth from cows' milk to heat their houses
(D) farmers， according to one agricultural engineer， could use the warmth from cows' milk to heat their houses
(E) one agricultural engineer reports that farmers' houses could be heated by the warmth from cows' milk
4. Eaten in the Mediterranean countries，northern Europeans viewed the tomato with suspicion，for they assumed it had poisonous properties because of its relationship to deadly nightshade.
(A) northern Europeans viewed the tomato with suspicion，for they
(B) northern Europeans were suspicious to northern Europeans，and they
(C) the tomato was viewed with suspicion by northern Europeans，who
(D) the tomato was suspicious to northern Europeans，and it was
(E) the tomato was viewed with suspicion by northern Europeans，it being
5. Believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads，elephants emit low-frequency sounds that may be used as a “secret language” to communicate with other members of the herd.
(A) Believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads，elephants emit low-frequency sounds that may be used
(B) Elephants emit low-frequency sounds that are believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads， and they may use this
(C) Elephants emit low-frequency sounds，believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads，that they may use
(D) Originating，it is believed ，from a small area on their foreheads;elephants emit low-frequency sounds they may use
(E) Originating，it is believed，from a small area on their foreheads，low-frequency sounds are emitted by elephants that may be used
6. Out of America's fascination with all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing back the chaise lounge， the overstuffed sofa， and the claw-footed bathtub.
(A) things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing
(B) things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing
(C) things that are antiques has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring
(D) antique things have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing
(E) antique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring
7. So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that many business executives fear this country will lose its economic preeminence.
(A) So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that
(B) As poorly educated and trained as many young recruits to the United States work force are
(C) Because of many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained.
(D) That many young recruits to the United States work force are so poorly educated and trained is why
(E) Many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained explains why
8. Having the right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War， Horace Pippin， a Black American painter， worked by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding it s movements with his left.
(A) Having the right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(B) In spite of his right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(C) Because there had been a sniper's bullet during the First World War that crippled his right hand and arm
(D) The right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(E) His right hand and arm crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War.
9. Visitors to the park have often looked up into the leafy canopy and saw monkeys sleeping on the branches， whose arms and legs hang like socks on a clothesline.
(A) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches， whose arms and legs hang
(B) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches， whose arms and legs were hanging
(C) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches， with arms and legs hanging
(D) seen monkeys sleeping on the branches， with arms and legs hanging
(E) seen monkeys sleeping on the branches， whose arms and legs have hung
10.Unlike the Shlites，who constitute the other major branch of islam，the Sunnites do not await the Mahdi as a messenger form God，nor do they endow him with divine qualities or immunity from failure in judgment.
(A) nor do they endow him
(B) but they do not endow him
(C) neither do they endow him
(D) and they neither endow him
(E) while endowing him neither
11.Originally published in 1950， Some Tame Gazelle was Barbara Pym's first novel， but it does not read like an apprentice work.
(A) does not read like an apprentice work
(B) seems not to read as an apprentice work
(C) does not seem to read as an apprentice work would
(D) does not read like an apprentice work does
(E) reads unlike an apprentice work
12.Although all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were not carried live， Soviet audiences have seen a great deal of coverage
(A) all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were not carried live
(B) all the Communist party conference's Moscow proceedings were not carried live
(C) all the Communist party conference Moscow proceedings have not been carried alive
(D) not all the Communist party conference Moscow proceedings have been carried alive
(E) not all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were carried live
13.In her recently published study ，Rubin asserts that most women do not suffer from the“empty nest syndrome ”;they are，in fact ，relieved when their children depart .
(A) they are，in fact，relieved when their children depart
(B) and they are，in fact，relieved when their children departed
(C) in fact，they are relieved when their children departed
(D) they are relieved at the departure of the children，in fact
14. During the recession of 1973，home mortgage foreclosures resulted in tens of thousands of Americans being evicted from homes that they can no longer afford monthly payments.
(A) that they can
(B) that they could
(C) no which they are
(D) because they can
(E) for which they could
15.State officials report that soaring rates of liability insurance have risen to force cutbacks in the operations of everything from local governments and school districts to day-care centers and recreational facilities.
(A) rates of liability insurance have risen to force
(B) rates of liability insurance are a force for
(C) rates for liability insurance are forcing
(D) rises in liability insurance rates are forcing
(E) liability insurance rates have risen to force
16.Tenor George Shirley sang more than 20 leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera since having his debut there as Fernando in Cosifan tulle on October 24，19661.
(A) sang more than 20 leading roles at the Metropolitan Opra since having
(B) sang more than 20 leading roles at the Metropolitan Opra since having had
(C) has sung more than 20 leading roles at the Metropolitan Opra since
(D) has sung more than 20 leading roles at the Metropolitan Opra after
(E) has sung more than 20 leading roles at the Metropolitan Opra subsequently to
17.Even though its per capita food supply hardly increased during two decades， stringent rationing and planned distribution have allowed the People's Republic of China to ensure nutritional levels of 2，000 calories per person per day for its population.
(A) Even though its per capita food supply hardly increased during
(B) Even though its per capita food supply has hardly increased in
(C) Despite its per capita food supply hardly increasing over
(D) Despite there being hardly any increase in its per capita food supply during
(E) Although there is hardly any increase in per capita food supply for
18.Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service， nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from“a fair cross section of the community.”
(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
(C) was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be
(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
19.A study commissioned by the Department of Agriculture showed that if calves exercise and associated with other calves， they will require less medication and gain weight quicker than do those raised in confinement.
(A) associated with other calves， they will require less medication and gain weight quicker than do
(B) associated with other calves， they require less medication and gain weight quicker than
(C) associate with other calves， they required less medication and will gain weight quicker than do
(D) associate with other calves， they have required less medication and will gain weight more quickly than do
(E) associate with other calves， they require less medication and gain weight more quickly than
20.Although early soap operas were first aired on evening radio in the 1920's， they had moved to the daytime hours of the 1930's when the evening schedule became crowded with comedians and variety shows.
(A) were first aired on evening radio in the 1920's， they had moved to the daytime hours of the 1930's
(B) were first aired on evening radio in the 1920's， they were moved to the daytime hours in the 1930's
(C) were aired first on evening radio in the 1920's， moving to the daytime hours in the 1930's
(D) were aired first in the evening on 1920's radio， they moved to the daytime hours of the 1930's
(E) aired on evening radio first in the 1920's， they were moved to the 1930's in the daytime hours
21.The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious states of the Greek world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival's month.
(A) world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival's month
(B) world， proclaiming a sacred truce during the festival's month
(C) world when they proclaimed a sacred truce for the festival month
(D) world， for a sacred truce was proclaimed during the month of the festival
(E) world by proclamation of a sacred truce that was for the month of the festival
22.The boom in agricultural exports in the early 1970's emptied United Stated grain bins and many were led to thinking that overproduction was now a problem of the past.
(A) many were led to thinking that overproduction was now.
(B) many had been led to thinking of overproduction as if it were.
(C) The thought this led to was that overproduction had were.
(D) Led many to the thought of overproduction as if it were.
(E) Led many to think that overproduction had become.
23.In astronomy the term “red shift” denotes the extent to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted toward the red， or long-wave， end of the light spectrum by the rapid motion of the galaxy away from the Earth.
(A) to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(B) to which light from a distant galaxy has shifted
(C) that light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(D) of light from a distant galaxy shifting
(E) of the shift of light from a distant galaxy
答案：1.A 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.E 9.D 10.A 11.A 12.E 13.A 14.E 15.C 16.C 17.B 18.A 19.E 20.B 21.C 22.E 23.A