__________ large natural lakes are found in the state of South California-

a) There are no
b) Not the
c) It is not
d) No

Correct the mistake:(A)WHEN painting a fresco, an artist (B)IS APPLIED paint(C)DIRECTLY to the damp plaster (D)OF A WALL.

Platinum is harder than copper and is almost as pliable_____________.
a) Gold
b) As gold
c) Gold is
d) Than gold

Tiger moths __________ wings marked with stripes or sports.

a)Have
b)With
c)Their
d)Whose

Duke Ellington wrote _________ during his career.

a)Over a thousand songs were
b)Over a thousand songs
c)That over a thousand songs
d)There were over a thousand songs

________ a tomato plant from 75 to 85 days to develop into a mature plant with ripe fruit.

a)It takes
b)To take
c)That takes
d)By taking

In some cases, ______ to decide if an organism is a plant or an animal.

a)Difficult if
b)It is difficult
c)The difficulty
d)Is difficult

There are six types of flamingos, all ______ have long legs, long necks, and beaks that curve sharply downward.
a)Of them
b)That
c)Of which
d)They

The Flatiron Building, (A)THAT is in the New York City, (B)WAS the first building (C)TO HAVE a (D)METAL framework.

(A)DESPITE their light (B)WEIGH, aluminium alloys (C)CAN BE very (D)STRONG.

(A)SINCE its acute sense of (B)SMELL, (C)THE bloodhound is often (D)USED IN tracking.

Medical researchers are constantly looking for ways to control, _________, and cure diseases.

a) Prevention
b) Preventing
c) To prevent
d) Prevent

Storks (A) CONSTANTLY rearrange their nests to keep (B) THEIR eggs (C) SAFETY, dry, and (D) WARM.

Bunsen burners (A) ARE USED to (B) HOT materials (C) IN a (D) CHEMISTRY lab.

Some games rely (A) MAINLY on (B) SKILL and practice while others (C) PRIMARILY involve (D) LUCKY.

Small town (A) NEWSPAPERS often (B) URGE readers to (C) MAKE BUSINESS with (D) LOCAL merchants.

(A) AN understudy is an actor (B) WHO CAN substitute for (C) OTHER actor (D) IN CASE OF an emergency.

Even (A) DURING (B) ECONOMIC booms, there is a small (C) NUMBER of (D) UNEMPLOYMENT.

At eight weeks of (AGE/OLD), red foxes begin to get their adult markings.

Correct: The first cotton mill in Massachusetts HAS BUILT in the town of Beverly in 1787.

a) Is building
b) Is built
c) Was built
d) Was building

There (IS/ARE) two types of calculus, differential and integral.

The Masters, one of the most important of all golf tournaments, __________ every year in Augusta, George since 1934.

a) Held
b) Is held
c) Has held
d) Has been held

A bill of lading is a (WRITING/WRITTEN) receipt for goods that are sent by public transportation.

Throughout (A) THE long career, Pete Seeger (B) HAS BEEN a (C) LEADING figure in (D) REVIVING folk.

Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia is the oldest residential street in the United States, with ________ from 1725.

a) Houses are dated
b) The dates of the houses
c) The dating of houses
d) Houses dating

Sports parachutes are relatively easy (CONTROLLING / TO CONTROL)

One of (A) THE LATEST methods (B) OF QUARRYING stone (C) IS TO CUTTING the stone (D) WITH A jet torch.

The purpose of cost accounting is ________ involved in producing and selling a good or a service.

a) As a determination of its costs
b) To determine the costs
c) The costs determined
d) That determines the costs

The narrow blades of speed skates allow _______ speeds up to 30 moles per hour.

a) For skater maintaining
b) Skaters to maintain
c) Skater maintain
d) Maintenance by skaters

Diaries (A) AND journals (B) WRITING during Colonial times provide (C) THE BEST records of (D) THAT ERA.

Trademarks (A)ALLOW a company to distinguish (B) ITS products from (C) THESE of (D) ANOTHER company.

Brakes and clutches (A) SERVE very different (B) FUNCTIONS in an automobile, (C) AND their principles of operation are (D) NEARLY the same.

Basketball (A)IS PLAYED at (B) A MUCH (C) FAST pace than (D) BASEBALL.

The (A) MOST SMALL vessels in (B)THE circulatory (C) SYSTEM (D) ARE capillaries.

_____________ San Diego and San Fransisco, Los Angeles has no natural harbor

a) Dissimilar
b) Unlike
c) Dislike
d) Different

Wild strawberries are ____ cultivated strawberries.

a) Not sweeter
b) Not as sweet as
c) Less sweeter than
d) Not sweet as

The Colorado beetle is a beautiful insect, ______ it causes a great deal of damage.

a) But
b) What
c) Of
d) Which

Asters, (A) AS (B) ALL perennial plants, (C) BLOOM once (D)A YEAR

Frogs and certain kinds of birds use their tongues (TO CATCH / CATCH) flies.

In 1957 Ralph Abernathy founded an organization devoted to (ACHIEVE / ACHIEVING) racial equality for black Americans.