Test 56

In 332 BC Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia,

(1) Egypt. In 305 BC Alexander's general Ptolemy

became king of Egypt, and for almost 300 years his (2)

, the Ptolemies, ruled Egypt. Although Ptolemy was

Macedonian by birth and the Ptolemies remained (3)_

to Greek culture, they were (4) for one of the great­ est periods of building and decorating temples in Egypt.

The Ptolemies did so to win (5) for their rule from

their Egyptian (6) . The Ptolemaic dynasty ended when

Cleopatn, queen of Egypt, (7) suicide after the Ro­ mans (8) her forces at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.

The Roman victory marked the end of ancient Egypt as an (9) power.

1. A conquered C conquering B conquer D conquest

2. A descend C descendible B descending D descendants

3. A ties C tier B tied D tiring

4. A responsible C responsibility B responsibly D responsive

1. A accept C acceptance B accepted D acceptability

2. A subjects C subjacent B subjective D subjectify

3. A commitment C committing B committed D committal

4. A defeatism C defeating B defeat D defeated

5. A depend C independent B independence D depending

Test 57

Although the Smithsonian Institution may seem an

American enterprise, its (1) He in the bequest of an

Englishman, Smithson, who never even visited the Unit­ ed States. In October 1826, James Smithson (2) his

will, (3) his vast (4) to his nephew with one

proviso: if the nephew died with no (5) , Smithson's

estate was to be given "to the United States of America,, (6) at Washington, under the name of the Smithso­ nian Institution, an Establishment for the increase and

(7) of knowledge among men". His nephew died,

heirless, (8) than seven years after his uncle.

1. A origins C originality B original D originally

2. A writing C wrote B written D writer

3. A left C leave B leaving D leaves

4. A fortunate C fortune

B fortunated D fortunately

5. A heirloom C heiress B heirs D heirless

6. A founding C founded B foundation D to found

7. A diffusion C diffuse B diffusible D diffusing

8. A little C a little B least D less

Test 58

A number of individual diamonds have become (1) ,

(2) because of their size. The largest of all (3)

diamonds is the Cullinan, which was discovered in South

Africa in 1905 and was (4) to Edward VII, king of

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire­land, by the government of the Transvaal. The Cullinan weighed 3,106 carats before cutting and was pronounced

by crystallographers to be a fragment of a (5) larger

stone. When the stone was cut, a total of 105 gems were

produced, (6) 1,063 carats in all. The largest of these

was a stone called the Star of Africa, the biggest cut dia­ mond in (7) , and now set in the British (8)

scepter.

1. A famed C famously B famous D fame

2. A primacy C prime

B primary D primarily

3. A knew C knowing B known D knowledge

4. A present C presented B presence D presenting

5. A considerably C considering B considerable D considered

6. A weight C weighed B weigh D weighing

7. A exist C existed

B existing D existence

8. A royally C royalty B royal D royals

Test 59

(1) to tradition, the first American Thanksgiving

was (2) in 1621 by the English Pilgrims who had

founded the Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrims marked the

(3) by (4) with their Native American guests

who brought gifts of food as a gesture of goodwill. Al­ though this event was an important part of American colo­ nial history, there is no (5) that any of the (6)

thought of the feast as a thanksgiving celebration. Two years later, during a period of drought, a day of fasting and prayer was changed to one of thanksgiving because

rains came during the prayers. (7) the custom (8)

among New Englanders to (9) celebrate Thanksgiving

after the harvest.

1. A Accordingly C According

B Accordance D Accordant

2. A celebrating C celebration B celebrated D celebrate

3. A occasion C occasionally B occasional D occasionalism

4. A feast C festivity B feasted D feasting

5. A evident C evidence B evidently D evidenced

6. A participate C participants B participating D participated

7. A Grade C Graded B Gradually D Gradual

8. A prevailed C prevailing B prevalence D prevalent

9. A annual C annualize B annum D annually

Test 60 |

During an (1) 700 years ago, the England's King

Edward I took the 181 kg Stone of Destiny from central Scotland. According to ancient prophecy, whoever had (2) the stone would have (3) over Scotland. Ac­ cording to legend, during coronations, the stone would

make a (4) noise if the person sitting on it was of

royal (5) , and it would remain (6) if the person

was not of royal family. (7) for a brief period of

time, the stone has remained under the coronation (8)

at Westminster Abbey in London, England, for the last

700 years. (9) English and British monarch has been

crowned on the Stone of Destiny since Edward brought it to Westminster Abbey in 1296.

1. A invade C invaded B invasive D invasion

2. A owning C ownership B owned D own

3. A powerfully C power B powerful D powered

4. A groaning C groaningly B groan D groaned

5. A blooded C bloody B bloodily D blood

6. A silently C silent

B silence D silencing

7. A Exception C Except

B Excepting D Excepted

8. A seat C seater B seated D seating

9. A Everyone C Everywhere B Each D Every

Test 61

The ancient games are athletic contests and other types

of public (1) that were a (2) of the religious and

social life of ancient Greece and Rome. The Roman games

(3) radically from the Greek games in several respects.

In Greece the people were often (4) , whereas in Rome

they were mere spectators, and only professional athletes,

slaves, and (5) usually took part. Also, the Greek

games (6) for their entertainment (7) chiefly on

(8) among athletes, whereas the Roman games were

often characterized by the staging of battles (9) to the

death and (10) large numbers of human beings and

also beasts.

1. A spectacularly C spectacled B spectacle D spectacular

2. A featured C feature

B featuring D featureless

3. A differed C differ

B different D difference

4. A participation C parts

B participants D participate

5. A prison C imprisonment B imprisoned D prisoners

6. A dependence C depended B depending D dependent

7. A value C values B valuable D valued

8. A competed C compete B competition D competing

9 A fighting C fightingly

B fighter D fought

10. A involvement C involved

B involving D involve