English Language Quiz

Parrots’ ability to copy human speech makes ______ endearing pets.

• they

• he

• we

• them

Situated by the sea, _______ city of Wurzburg is an inland port and a trade center for a farming region.

• an

• a

• the

• some

_______—butterflies—are admired for their beauty.

• There are Lepidopterans

• Lepidopterans are

• Of all lepidopterans

• Lepidopterans

_______ about 11,000 species of fireflies throughout the world’s tropical regions.

• It is

• What is

• They are

• There are

Roentgen, ______discovered X-rays, earned a mechanical engineering degree at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

• which

• what

• who

• where

The Sahara was a friendly landscape ______ Neolithic communities progressed from hunting and gathering to the herding of cattle.

• where in

• which in

• in which

• in where

The revolt of An Lushan dealt the Tang dynasty a blow from ______ it never fully recovered.

• which

• those

• whom

• whose

The stick of Ascelpius, ______ is entwined by a single snake, has became a widely accepted symbol for the medical profession.

• who

• which

• in where

• what

Calcutta, ______ a city and port in eastern India, is the capital of the West Bengal State.

• where is

• that is

• it is

• which is

The Song dynasty marked the beginning of China’s early modern age, replacing the old aristocrats with the scholar-gentry class, ______ power came from landholdings and long years of educational training.

• which

• who

• whom

• whose