ENGLISH BUSINESS 2

APRIL 12, 2009

QUIZZES
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I. Directions: Question 1-10 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four
words or phrases are marked (A), (B), ( C ), (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best
completes in the sentence
1. Dairy farming is......leading agricultural activity in the United States
(A) a
(B) at
(C) then
(D) none
2. Although thunder and lightning are produced at the same time, light waves travel faster ......, so
we see the lightning before we hear the thunder.
(A) than sound waves do
(B) than sound waves are
(C) do sound waves
(D) sound waves
3. Beef cattle .... of all livestock for economic growth in certain geographic regions.
(A) the most are important
(B) are the most important
(C) the most important are
(D) that are the most important
4. The dawn redwood appears ..... some 100 million years ago in northern forests around the world.
(A) was flourished
(B) having to flourish
(C) to have flourished
(D) have flourished
5. ...........of large mammals once dominated the North American prairies:the Americen bison and
the pronghorn antelope.
(A) There are two species
(B) With two species
(C) Two species are
(D) Two species
6. During the late fifteenth century, ..... of the native societies of America had professions in the
fields of arts and crafts.
(A) only a few
(B) a few but
(C) few,but only
(D) a few only
7. Regarded as the world's foremost linguistic theorist, Noam Chomsky continues........new
theories,about language and languange learning.
learning.
 (A) for creating
(B) by creation
(C) to create
(D) create

8. Deserts are arid land areas where.........through evaporation than is gained through precipitation,
(A) the lost of more water
(B) loses more water
(C) is more water lost
(D) more water is lost

9. Fish are the most ancient form of vertebrate life,and.......all other vertebrates.
(A) from them evolved
(B) evolved them
(C) to evolve
(D) they are evolved

10. .............350 species of sharks,and although they are all carnivorous,only a few species will atack
people
(A) About
(B) Where about
(C) There are about
(D) About the
II. Directions:In questions 11-30 each sentence has the four underlined words or phrases. The four
underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), ( C ), (D). Identify the one underlined word
or phrase which is incorrect and must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.
11. The public ceremonies of the Plains Indians are lesser elaborate than those of the Navajo in the
A B C D

Southwest.
12. When she retires in September 1989, tennis champion Chritine Evert was the most famous
A B C

woman athlete in the United States.

D
13. Although pure diamond is colorless and transparent,when contaminated with other material, it
A B C
may appear in various a color ranging from pastels to opaque black.
D
14. Zoos in New Orleans, San Diego, Detroit and the Bronx have become biological parks where
A B
animals roams free and people watch from across a moat.
C D
15. In human beings, as in other mammal, hairs around the eyes and ears and in the nose, prevent
A B C
dust, insects, and other matter from entering these organs.
D
16. The dandelion plant has a straight, smoothly, and hollow stem that contains a white ,milky juice.
A B C D

17 Electric lamps came into widespread se during the early 1900's and have replaced other type of
A B
fat, gas, or oil lamps for almost every purpose.
C D
18. A seismograph records oscillation of the ground caused by seismic waves, vibrations that travel
A B
from its point of origin through the earth or along its surface.
C D
19 Located in Canada, the Columbia Icefield covers a area of 120 square miles and is 3,300 feet
A B
thick in some places.
C D

20. The firstly naval battle of the Revolutionary War was fought off the coast of Machias, Maine, in
A B C D

June 1775.
21. Emily Dickinson, among the greatest women poets in the English language, died with all of hers
A B C
poems unpublished, except for seven that appeared in publications of limited circulation.
D

22. Protecting Florida's coral reefs is difficult because some of the corals are very fragile: even the
A B
touch of a diver's hand can kill it.
C D

23. The Canadian province of Alberta it is believed to have some of the richest oil deposits in the
A B C D

world.

24 California has more land under irrigation than any another state.
A B C D
25. Martin Luther King, Jr, is well known for organize the huge human rights march that took place
A B C D
in Washington in 1963.
26. The dachshund is a hardy, alert dog with a well sense of smell.
A B C D
27. Recenty scientists have apply new tools of biochemistry and molecular biology to investigate the
A B C
structure of human hair.
D
28. Beside the ages of nine and fifteen, almost all young people undergo a rapid series of
A B C D
physiological changes.
29. In the 1920's cinema became an important art form and one of the ten largest industry in the
A B C D
United States.

30.. One of the earliest plants domesticated in the Western Hemisphere, manioc was introducing to
A B
Europe by Spaniards returning from the New World.
C D