45. The new product was not popular for two reasons: _____.
1. one was its quality, the other the price
2. the quality was one, another was its price
3. its quality was one of them, the price was other
4. the first one its quality, the price was another one
2. Paragraph Level
Directions: Choose the best item to complete the missing part.
Passage 1
Police Chief Tom Boggs informed the Sutherlin City Council this week that a
pest-removal company has trapped and removed 788 rats __46__. An exterminator
will be brought in to poison any __47__.
The council declared the property a nuisance in early March and __48__ from
Douglas County to proceed with the extermination efforts.
Jerry Wilson, owner of The Relocator pest-removal company, will inspect the
house in a few months to make sure the rats __49__.
Neighbors at __50__ say the smell has improved since March, __51__ flies are a
problem.
__52__, Mary Pirkey, told the council the house needs __53__. But the chief told
her the owner of the house has rights, too.
46. 1. in a house infested 2. from an infested house
3. out of a house being infested 4. away from an infesting house
47. 1. remaining rodents 2. rodents remained
3. remained rodents 4. rodents remain
48. 1. subsequent permission received
2. received subsequently permission
3. received permission subsequent
4. subsequently received permission
49. 1. have not returned 2. had not returned
3. would not return 4. might not return
50. 1. this week’s council meeting
2. the council’s meeting in this week
3. a council’s meeting for the week
4. a meeting of this week’s council
51. 1. so 2. or
3. but 4. for
52. 1. Neighbors 2. Any neighbor
3. One neighbor 4. Some neighbors
53. 1. burn down 2. to burn down
3. being burned down 4. to be burned down
Passage 2
Fossils are a faithful recording of __54__, an accurate imprint of the past. __55__,
imagine a prehistoric fish swimming around in the sea a few million years ago. One
day, the fish dies __56__ its body sinks down to the water bottom, where it becomes
buried in soft mud.
__57__ time passes, the flesh decays and __58__. An imprint of the skeleton stays
in the mud, even after the skeleton itself disintegrates. Many years pass. The mud with
__59__ gradually hardens and turns to stone under the pressure of the rock layers that
have subsequently built up on __60__.
54. 1. animals and dead plants 2. dead animals and plants
3. animals and plants dead 4. animals’ death and plants
55. 1. First 2. Next
3. In conclusion 4. For example
56. 1. if 2. unless
3. and 4. because
57. 1. As 2. Until
3. Once 4. Before
58. 1. the skeleton only is left 2. only the skeleton is left
3. the skeleton is only left 4. the skeleton is left only
59. 1. an imprint is fish 2. fishy imprints
3. the fish’s imprint 4. the imprint fish
60. 1. its top 2. top of it
3. top of its 4. a top of it