Why were the telephone, radio, and television invented?




A.Because people were unable to understand signs, signals, and symbols.
B.Because people wanted to communicate across long distances.
C.Because people believed that signs, signals, and symbols were obsolete.
D.Because people wanted new forms of communication.

According to the passage, all of the following were true of railroads in the United States in the nineteenth century EXCEPT that




A.they connected important industrial cities
B.they were necessary to the industrialization process
C.they were expanded in a short time
D.they used relatively small quantities of natural resources

She phoned him early in the morning. She didn’t want him to forget to bring along the document.




A.She phoned him early in the morning when she didn’t want him to bring along the document.
B.She phoned him early in the morning so that she wanted him to bring along the document.
C.She phoned him early in the morning lest he would forget to bring along the document.
D.She phoned him early in the morning though she didn’t want him to forget to bring along the document.

Yesterday my mother bought ______.




A.beautiful Italian some cotton hats
B.Italian some beautiful cotton hats
C.some beautiful Italian cotton hats
D.some hats beautiful Italian cotton

- A: “Are you interested in scuba diving?” - B: “A lot. Undersea life is _____.”




A.fascinating
B.fascinate
C.fascinates
D.fascinated

II:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.




A.naked
B.sacred
C.learned
D.studied

Why does the author mention primeval heat in paragraph 3?




A.To provide evidence that Jupiter is older than the Sun
B.To provide evidence that Jupiter is older than the other planets
C.To suggest a possible explanation for the number of satellites that Jupiter has
D.To suggest a possible source of the quantity of heat that Jupiter gives off

The author uses the word puzzling in paragraph 2 to suggest that the Great Red Spot is _____.




A.the only spot of its kind
B.not well understood
C.among the largest of such spots
D.a problem for the planet’s continued existence

The word they in paragraph 1 refers to _____.




A.nuclear reactions
B.giant planets
C.terrestrial
D.substances

We didn’t go to the zoo yesterday ______ the heavy rain.




A.because of
B.in spite of
C.so
D.because