Structure and Written Expression  

1. Simple photographic lenses cannot ______sharp, undistorted images over a wide field.  

(A) to form  

(B) are formed  

(C) forming  

(D) form  

2. Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one ______ the most.  

(A) it influence farmers  

(B) that influences farmers  

(C) farmers that it influences  

(D) why farmers influence it  

3. Beverly Sills, ______, assumed directorship of the New York City Opera in 1979.  

(A) be a star soprano  

(B) was a star soprano  

(C) a star soprano and  

(D) a star soprano  

4. ______ of tissues is known as histology.  

(A) Studying scientific  

(B) The scientific study  

(C) To study scientifically  

(D) That is scientific studying  

5. With the exception of mercury, ______ at standard temperature and pressure.  

(A) the metallic elements are solid  
(B) which is a solid metallic element  

(C) metallic elements being solid  

(D) since the metallic elements are solid  

6. Potential dehydration is_______ that a land animal faces.  

(A) the often greatest hazard  

(B) the greatest often hazard  

(C) often the greatest hazard  

(D) often the hazard greatest  

7. By tracking the eye of a hurricane, forecasters can determine the speed at which ____.  

(A) is a storm moving  

(B) a storm is moving  

(C) is moving a storm  

(D) a moving storm  

8. The Grapes of Wrath, a novel about the Depression years of the 1930 s, is one of John Steinbeck s ______ books .  

(A) most famous  

(B) the most famous  

(C) are most famous  

(D) and most famous  

9. Technology will play a key role in _______future life-styles.  

(A) to shape  

(B) shaping  

(C) shape of  

(D) shaped  
10. The computer has dramatically affected _____photographic lenses are constructed .  

(A) is the way  

(B) that the way  

(C) which way do  

(D) the way