English MKU Week 8 Review Exercise

Most cells in multicelled organisms perform ___________ functions.

• specialize

• specialized

• they specialize

• specialization

The big island of Hawaii, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, ___________ by five volcanoes.

• creation

• it was created

• creating

• was created

The Sun uses up over four million tons of hydrogen per second, ________still has enough

hydrogen to last for the next five billion years.

• it does not

• it

• but it

• to it

For Katherine L. Bates, who _________ the top of Pikes Peak in 1893, the view provided the

inspiration for her hymn "America the Beautiful."

• reached

• she reached

• reaching

• she was reaching

Coal, petroleum, and natural gaseous are all fossil fuels.

• and

• gaseous

• all

• fuels

Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct:

The mass of neutron stars generally range from one-tenth to twice the mass of the Sun.

• neutron

• range

• twice

• mass

Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct:

Grasses grow in ways that help them to survive being nibbled, chilly, or dried.

• grow

• ways

• survive

• chilly

Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct:

Most of Hemingway's novels glorifies heroic exploits such as bullfighting or boxing.

• glorifies

• exploits

• bullfighting

• boxing

Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct:

Palaeographers study ancient and medieval handwriting in order to establish not only its age and also its background.

• study

• medieval

• establish

• and

Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct.

The sounds produced by bullfrogs and toads vary greatly because each species have its own particular call.

• produced

• vary

• have

• call