1.
Although originally a German innovation, kindergarten got its real start in the United States
as a movement to provide an improved learning environmcnt for children.
A) an easy
B) a playful
C) an open
D) a better
2.
There is always exeitement at the Olympic Games when an athlete breaks a previous record
of performance.
A) beats
B) matches
C) maintains
D) announces
3.
The attack on Fort Sumter near Charleston provoked a sharp response from the North,
which led to the American Civil War.
A) demanded
B) elicited
C) extracted
D) defied
*4.
Illinois has produced writers such as Carl Sandburg, gangsters such as Al Capone, and
architects such as Louis Sullivan.
A) violent criminals
B) politicians
C) musicians
D) industrialists
5.
The towers of a suspension bridge serve as a rigid framework to which the cables are
attached.
A) boundary
B) skeleton
C) enclosure
D) material
*6.
The use of the chemical may present a certain hazard to the laboratory workers.
A) protection
B) indication
C) immunity
D) danger
*7.
Many economists have given in to the fatal lure of mathematics.
A) error
B) function
