MBA Grammar

Test 23

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TEST 23
1. A vacuum will neither conduct heat nor ________. (A) transmit sound waves (B) transmitting sound waves (C) sound waves are transmitted (D) the transmission of sound waves

2. Ernest Hemingway is ________ of modern fiction. (A) one of the molders (B) the molders one (C) who is one of the molders (D) the molders who is the one

3. Your new car ________ as well as speedy. (A) looks comfortable (C) looks comfortably

(B) comfortably looks (D) looks is comfortable

4. A major problem in the construction of new buildings ________. (A) is that windows have been eliminated while air conditioning systems have not been perfected (B) is they have eliminates windows and still dont have good air conditioning (C) is because windows are eliminated but air conditioners dont work good (D) is dependent on the fact that while they have eliminated windows, they are not capable to produce efficient air conditioning system

5. ________ received law degrees as today. (A) Never so many women have (C) The women arent ever

(B) Never have so many women (D) Women who have never

6. Many embarrassing situations occur ________ a misunderstanding. (A) for (B) of (C) because of

(D) because

7. Put plants ________ a window so that they will get enough light. (A) near to (B) near of (C) next to

(D) nearly

8. A computer is usually chosen because of its simplicity of operation and ease of maintenance ________ its capacity to store information. (A) the same as (B) the same (C) as well as (D) as well 9. ________ is no way to tell the exact number of heroin addicts in the United States. (A) It (B) There (C) What (D) Each

10. Todays typewriter keyboard is ________ Sholes 1867 keyboard. (A) as same as (B) the same as (C) the same than

(D) a same one as

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11. Spectrographs ________ possible for phoneticians to analyze the human voice and its speech qualities. (A) make (B) make it (C) makes it (D) are made

12. The seed heads of teasel plants raise the nap on coarse tweed cloth ________ than do the machine tools invented to replace them. (A) more efficiently (B) efficiently (C) more efficient (D) most efficient

13. It is generally believed that an M.B.A. degree is good preparation for a career in ________. (A) a business (B) business (C) businesses (D) one business

14. Like humans, zoo animals must have a dentist ________ their teeth. (A) fill (B) filled (C) filling

(D) to be filled

15. Thor Heyerdahl, accompanied by the crew of the Kon Tiki, ________ in order to prove his theories of cultural diffusion. (A) have sailed specifically charted courses (B) sailing specifically charted courses (C) has sailed specifically charted courses (D) they sail specifically charted courses

16. Psychologists believe that incentives ________ to increase our productivity. (A) make us want (B) make us to want (C) making us want (D) makes us wanting

17. The blue whale is ________ known animal, reaching a length of more than one hundred feet. (A) the large (B) the larger (C) the largest (D) most largest

18. Strauss finished ________ two of his published compositions before his tenth birthday. (A) written (B) write (C) to write (D) writing

19. A dividend is ________ the only benefit a corporation can offer its shareholders. (A) no (B) nor (C) none (D) not

20. Deserts produce less than 0.5 grams of plant growth ________ from every square yard. (A) the day (B) some day (C) one day (D) a day