English grammar question

27. Although (a)knew most widely (b)for his painting, (c)renowned artist Pablo Picasso was also (d)an accomplished sculptor.

28. Symbiosis is the (a)biological term (b)using to describe two (c)species which live together in a close, interdependent (d)relationship.

29. The topic of early human evolution at first seems difficult because of the many names early humans and their predecessors.

a. to give b. be given to c. giving d. given to

30. The huge forces of (a)a hurricane (b)can led to (c)immense amounts of erosion along (d)hundreds of miles of coastline.

31. Along the eastern seaboard, extending north and west to the Great Lakes, .

a. when the Algonquian-speaking people were

b. were the Algonquian-speaking people

c. the Algonquian-speaking people

d. that the Algonquian-speaking people

32. Shield volcanos are not composite volcanoes, but they include some of the largest volcanoes in the world.

a. tall as

b. so tall nearly as

c. as taller as

d. nearly as tall as

33. Plants (a)have been important (b)aesthetically, used (c)to beautify the environment (d)in who we live and work.

34. Christopher Columbus was not the Americas, but he is easily the most famous.

a. the first explorer to reach

b. to reach the first

c. the first explorer

d. the reaching first explorer

35. Perhaps the single most important period in postwar United States history is the Vietnam War, massive changes in virtually every aspect of American society.

a. witnessing an ear which

b. and witnessed an era

c. the witnessing of which era

d. an era which witnessed

36. The mantis is an insect feeds on insects and other invertebrates but may sometimes prey on small vertebrates such as frogs.

a. of which it normally

b. normally

c. that normally

d. that it normally

37. Dwight David Eisenhower had served as supreme commander of Allied armies in Europe before

president.

a. When he became

b. did he become

c. became

d. he became

38. If the temperature of a planets atmosphere is too cold, gas molecules will not be moving the planets gravity.

a. enough are fast to escape

b. so enough fast to escape

c. fast enough to escape

d. to escape enough fast

39. The first female passenger to fly in an airplane was Edith Berg, by tying a rope around her ling skirt.

a. and started a new fashion trend

b. who started a new fashion trend

c. starting a new fashion trend which,

d. the start of which new fashion trend

40. Martha Graham is (a)widely regarded (b)as one of the individuals (c)what is most (d)responsible for the development of modern dance in the United States.