1. With affection and humor, poet Phyllis McGinley ---of ordinary life.
(A) the virtues were praised
(B) praised the virtues
(C) she praised the virtues
(D) her praise of the virtues
2. Scientists think ---helps some tree to conserve water in the winter.
(A) when losing leaves
(B) leaves are lost
(C) that losing leaves
(D) the leaves losing
3. The ancient Hopewell people of North America probably cultivated corn and ---crops, but hunting and gathering were still of critical importance in their economy.
(A) another
(B) the other's
(C) other
(D) other than
4. Lunar eclipses occur each time the Earth blocks the Sun's light from the Moon --- the Moon's full phase.
(A) during
(B) whether
(C) in which
(D) whenever
5. --- all data into electronic pulses.
(A) The computer input unit changes
(B) Changing input, the computer unit
(C) Which changes the computer input unit
(D) Changes in the computer input units
6. Robert S. Duncanson was considered a painter of the Hudson River school, ---on scenes of America's untamed wilderness.
(A) which concentrated
(B) which concentrated it
(C) which it concentrated
(D) and which concentrated
7. --- their senses, many-celled animals perceive what is happening in their environment.
(A) Means of
(B) By means of
(C) Of the means by
(D) By means
8. In central Georgia, archaeological evidence indicates that Native Americans first inhabited the area ---.
(A) since thirteen centuries
(B) thirteen centuries ago
(C) the previous thirteen centuries
(D) thirteen centuries were before