In World War II, while America was at war with Japan, more than 100,000 Japanese people living (1) _____ the Pacific coast were (2) _____ and put into special camps. During this same period many Japanese were forced to give up their jobs because fellow employees (3) _____ that anyone who was Japanese must be on the side of the Axis powers. Families were forced out of their homes because constant threats (4) _____ life unbearable. For some Japanese men and women, it (5) _____ even safe to be seen on the street because the colour of their was liable to arouse hostile feelings.
1. A) in B) over C) on D) at E) next to
2. A) taken B) rounded C) called D) thought E) given
3. A) have been convinced
B) will be convinced
C) was convinced
D) had been convinced
E) were convinced
4. A) had made
B) would have made
C) make
D) made
E) would make
5. A) were not
B) has not been
C) is not
D) was not
E) had not been
The fossils that have led to this new view of dinosours as migratory creatures (6)_____ in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and the Soviet Union, as well as in Antartica and southern Australia. (7) _____ the time dinosours (8) _____ near the poles, conditions there (9) _____ radically different from those today. The planet (10) _____ warmer, especially in these regions.
6. A) were founded
B) are founded
C) had been founded
D) have been founded
E) will be founded
7. A) by B) at C) from D) since E) on
8. A) left B) arrived C) thrived D) died E) migrated
9. A) will be B) had been C) would be D) have been E) were
10. A) had been
B) has been
C) was
D) have been
E) would have been
People and industry need energy to do work. People cannot live without some kind of energy. Petroleum, which (11) _____ a fossil fuel, is an important source. Oil and other fossil fuels come _____ (12) _____ deep in the earth. Millions of years ago, plants and animals lived on the earth. They (13) _____ and _____ their form. Oil comes from these plants and animals. The world (14) _____ its limited supply of fossil fuel quickly. Therefore, people must develop and use (15) _____ sources in industry and at home.
11. A) will be B) is C) are D) has been E) is going to be
12. A) by B) to C) from D) in E) under
13. A) has died / has changed
B) dies / changes
C) will die / will change
D) had died / had changed
E) died / changed
14. A) had been using
B) has been using
C) will be using
D) is using
E) was using
15. A) alternate B) important C) effective D) suitable E) natural
Mark Twain was one of the most popular authors in America. His real name (16) _____ Samuel Langhorne Clemens, and was born in 1935 in the state of Missouri. He grew up and spent most of his life near the great Mississippi River. In 1964, he travelled to California. He (17) _____ famous the following year when he (18) _____ a short story called “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” In the next few years, he travelled (19) _____ the world and continued his writing (20) _____.
16. A) has been B) were C) had been D) was E) have been
17. A) has become
B) had become
C) became
D) would become
E) will become
18. A) had written
B) has written
C) will write
D) would write
E) wrote
19. A) over B) in C) along D) around E) on
20. A) success B) ability C) career D) hobby E) course
An invention is the result of a new idea that someone (21) _____ and ______ into a new, useful thing. Sometimes a new invention is the result of a (22) _____ amount of work, and sometimes it (23) _____ the result of luck. Some inventions (24) ______ the thermometer by Galilei of Italy in 1593, the adding machine by Blaise Pascal of France in 1642, the elevator by Elisha Otis (25) _____ the United States in 1876, and the airplane by Orville and Wilbur Wright also of the United States in 1903.
21. A) has / is able to develop
B) had been / was able to develop
C) had / was able to develop
D) will have / will be able to develop
E) would have/ had been able to develop
22. A) little B) thremendous C) sufficient D) inefficient E) acceptable
23. A) was B) has been C) had been D) will be E) is
24. A) will include B) include C) has included D) is including E) have include
25. A) with B) over C) in D) of E) by
