TEST 24
1. The artistic medium of clay is ________ that images have been found near the remains of fires from the last Ice Age.

(A) so old
(B) such an old
(C) oldest
(D) old 2. So far there is no vaccine ________ in sight for the common cold.

(A) or curing
(B) has cured
(C) or cure
(D) having cured 3. Children just love computer games, ________ many adults.

(A) as do
(B) so
(C) do
(D) not 4. She wanted to served some coffee to her guests; however, ________.

(A) she hadn`t many sugar
(B) there was not a great amount of the sugar
(C) she did not have much sugar
(D) she was lacking in amount of the sugar 5. When friends insist on ________ expensive gifts, it makes most Americans uncomfortable.

(A) them to accept
(B) their accepting
(C) they accepting
(D) they accept 6. Most foreign students don`t like American coffee, and ________.

(A) I don`t too
(B) either don`t I
(C) neither don`t I
(D) neither do I 7. Burrowing animals provide paths for water in soil, and so do the roots of plants ________.

(A) decaying and they dying
(B) when they die and decay
(C) they die and decay
(D) when they will die and decay 8. Bees ________ display distinct preferences for different colors, but are also sensitive to ultra-violet light.

(A) only
(B) not only
(C) only do
(D) can only 9. In the west the birth of a girl is welcomed with an enthusiasm ________ to that of a boy.

(A) equally
(B) equal
(C) they are equal
(D) and equal 10. Although most adopted persons want to know who their natural parents are, some who have found them wish that they ________ the experience of meeting.

(A) hadn`t
(B) didn`t have had
(C) hadn`t had
(D) hadn`t have 11. ________ through a telescope, Venus appears to go through changes in size and shape.

(A) It is seen
(B) Seeing
(C) When seen
(D) It has seen 12. Sports medicine experts agree that ice should be applied immediately when an athlete suffers an injury to ________ leg.

(A) its
(B) an
(C) the
(D) his 13. Unless protected areas are established, the Bengal tiger, the blue whale, and the California condor face ________ of extinction.

(A) possible
(B) the possibility
(C) to be possible
(D) possibly 14. A communications satellite orbits the earth at the same rate that the earth revolves ________ over a fixed point on the surface.

(A) so it can remain
(B) so that it can remain
(C) it can remain
(D) so can remain 15. ________ is not a new idea.

(A) The planning of cities
(B) Cities to plan them
(C) Plan cities
(D) To planning cities 16. Many modern architects insist on ________ materials native to the region that will blend into the surrounding landscape.

(A) use
(B) to use
(C) the use
(D) using 17. ________ were first viewed through a telescope by Galileo.

(A) Jupiter has four moons
(B) Jupiter`s four moons
(C) Jupiter surrounded by four moons
(D) Surrounded by four moons, Jupiter 18. In 1885 photography changed dramatically ________ introduced paper-based film.

(A) Eastman
(B) when was
(C) when it was
(D) when Eastman 19. Before ________ Stephen A. Douglas took part in a series of debates with Lincoln on the slavery issue.

(A) the Civil War
(B) the Civil War was
(C) the Civil War with
(D) it happened that the Civil War 20. The rabbit scurried away in fright ________

(A) when it heard the movement in the bushes
(B) the movement among the bushes having been heard
(C) after it was hearing moving inside of the bushes
(D) when he was heard that something moved in the bushes

TEST 24
1. The artistic medium of clay is ________ that images have been found near the remains of fires from the last Ice Age.

(