Choose the word or phrase that best completes the blank in each sentence.
1-
Small microcomputers of today can process ________ their predecessors, which were twenty times their size.
A -
in the same amount of information
B -
and have the same amount of information
C -
the information is the same as
D -
the same amount of information as
2-
There were two small rooms in the beach house,________ served as a kitchen.
A -
the smaller of which
B -
the smallest of which
C -
the smaller of them
D -
smallest of that
3-
The bodies of living creatures are organized into many different systems, each of which has ________ function.
A -
certainly
B -
a certain
C -
it is certainly
D -
to be certain
4-
One's fingerprints are ________ .
A -
different from those of any other person
B -
different from any other person
C -
different any other person
D -
differs from another person
5-
________ of the United States from southern New Hampshire in the north to Virginia in the south, a vast urban region has been defined as a megalopolis, that is, a cluster of cities.
A -
On the northeastern seaboard
B -
It is in the northeastern seaboard
C -
That the northeastern seaboard
D -
At the northeastern seaboard
6-
Some plants are annuals; ________ are biennials; the rest are perennials.
A -
some another
B -
another
C -
others
D -
other
7-
The giraffe survives in part because it ________ the vegetation in the high branches of trees where other animals have not grazed.
A -
to reach
B -
can reach
C -
reaching
D -
reach
8-
By praying outside saloons, throwing rocks in saloon windows, and destroying saloons with her hatchet, ________.
A -
alcohol was prohibited by Carrie Nation
B -
Carrie Nation worked to prohibit alcohol
C -
prohibiting alcohol by Carrie Nation
D -
Carrie Nation's work for the prohibition of alcohol
9-
Anthropologist Guy Swenson ________ that witchcraft beliefs are prevalent in societies in which social groups interact without formal mechanisms for social control.
A -
he found
B -
found
C -
finding
D -
was found
10-
When a body enters the earth's atmosphere, it travels ________.