13.08.2020 00002 1. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
It is a principle of Newton's physical discoveries that ... goes up must come down.
A) why B) where C) what D) who
2. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. Many educated persons have been known to carry a rabbit's foot as a talisman, ... it obviously did not bring much luck to the rabbit.
A) despite the fact that
B) in spite of
C) in order to
D) since
3. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. The story of the Trojan War ... Greek tradition for hundreds of years before Homer wrote it down in The Iliad.
A) has been B) were C) have been D) had been
4. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. The more traditional image of a gladiator is of a man in shorts and leather armor, carrying a shield in one hand and a broad sword in . . ..
A) another B) the other C) other D) the others
5. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. As light radiates outward from its source, ... intensity diminishes.
A) itself B) it C) their D) its
6. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. The phenomenon of a total eclipse of the sun is readily ... with a little knowledge of astronomy.
A) explainable
B) explanation
C) explain
D) explanatory
7. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. Finding a general cure ... cancer continues to perplex researchers.
A) of B) for C) to D) at
8. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence. Looking out the rear window of a car, you can watch landmarks ... into the distance.
A) receded B) recedes C) recede D) to recede
9. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
It is a scientific fact that gravity ... everything toward the center of the earth.
A) pulled B) pull C) pulling D) pulls
