47. (A)Their literary value.
(B)The debate over who wrote them.
(C)The time period in which they were written.
(D)Why they are still popular today.
48. (A)The Iliad was written after the Odyssey.
(B)The first European poems weren’t written in Greek.
(C)The poet called Homer wrote the Iliad but not the Odyssey.
(D)The poet called Homer never existed.
49. (A)The portrayal of the characters in the poems.
(B)Archaeological findings in Greece.
(C)Research conducted by Milman Parry.
(D)Claims made by ancient Greed authors about the poems.
50. (A) Other poems written by Homer.
(B) A comparison of modern versus ancient Creekpoetry.
(C) A twentieth-century scholar’s conclusions about Homer.
(D)Poetry by Milman Parry.
Section Two Structure and Written Expression
Time: 25 minutes
1. The gray scale, a progressive series of shades ranging from black to white, is used in
computer graphics ---- detail to graphical images.
(A) added
(B) to add
(C) are added
(D) and add
2. By ---- excluding competition from an industry, governments have often created public service monopolies.
(A) they adopt laws
(B) laws are adopted
(C) adopting laws
(D) having laws adopt
3. ---- skeleton of an insect is on the outside of its body.
(A) Its
(B) That the
(C) There is a
(D) The
4. Lenses, ---- are used to correct imperfections in eyesight.
(A) are the forms of glasses and contact lenses
(B) in the form of glasses and contact lenses
(C) glasses and contact lenses which form
(D) glasses and contact lenses may be formed
5. In eighteenth-century North America, printed engravings provided ---- of rococo style.
(A) the most manifestation widespread
(B) manifestation widespread the most
(C) the widespread manifestation most
(D) the most widespread manifestation
6. In the Arctic tundra, ice fog may form under clear skies in winter, ---- coastal fogs or low status clouds are common in summer.
(A) because of
(B) whereas
(C) despite
(D) that