KUMPULAN QOTD (Questions of the Day)

QOTD #1

1. The Eiffel Tower ___________ Paris, France.

a. landmarks

b. is landmarked in

c. is a landmark in

d. is in a landmark

2. Young deer _________.

a. are called fawns

b. be fawns

c. is fawns

d. are fawns called

3. Not until a dog is several months old does it begin to exhibit signs of

independence ___________.

a. its mother from

b. from mother

c. to mother

d. from its mother

4. To score a goal in soccer you ________.

a. must kick the ball

b. must kicks the ball

c. may kick them ball

d. must kick them balls

QOTD #2

5. The observation deck at the Sears Tower _________ in Chicago.

a. is highest than any other one

b. is highest that any other one

c. is higher than any other one

d. is higher that any other one

6. If it _________ so cloudy, we would plan on having the fair outside.

a. was

b. was not

c. weren’t

d. had not

7. At the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, Geraldine Ferraro

became the first woman _________ for the vice presidency.

a. to being nominated

b. to has been nominated

c. to have been nominated

d. to will be nominated

8. _______ chocolate will give you a tummy ache.

a. Eat too much

b. Eating to much

c. Eating too much

d. Eating too many

9. If she ____________ to advance her clock one hour, she wouldn’t have been late

for work.

a. should have remembered

b. could remembered

c. remembered

d. had remembered

QOTD #3

1. The Arctic Circle ____________ through northern North America, Europe, and Asia.

(A) the pass (B) passing (C) it passes (D) passes

2. Earth’s gravity pulls everything toward _____________ the Earth.

(A) it centers (B) the center of (C) centered it (D) the center

3. The forces _______________ earthquakes are the same ones that build mountains.

(A) unleash (B) unleashes (C) that unleash (D) that unleashing

4. Since the eighteenth century, _________ the major genre of literature in most literate

societies.

(A) becoming the novel (B) has the novel become (C) a becoming novel (D) the novel

has become

5. Under a microscope, ______________ of a computer chip looks like a network of

aluminum tracks.

(A) the circuitry (B) with the circuitry (C) after the circuitry (D) it circulates

6. Dinosaurs became extinct 64 million years ______ first people ever appeared on

Earth.

(A) prior to the (B) the preceding time (C) before the (D) the

QOTD #4

1. In the early 1 900s, Eastman _____inexpensive Brownie box cameras.

(A) it developed (B) it was developed (C) developed (D) developing

2. _____ the discovery of the fossilized remnants of tides in one-billion-year-old rocks.

(A) Geological reports (B) Geologists report (C) The reports of geologists (D)

Geologists’ reports

3. The Brooklyn Bridge _____ took thirteen years to complete.

(A) in New York (B) is in New York (C) it is in New York (D) which New York

4. Genes control all of the physical _____we inherit.

(A) that traits (B) that are traits (C) traits that (D) traits are that

5. Indigo can be extracted from a plant, and then _____ to dye cloth blue.

(A) it (B) using (C) using it (D) it can be used

6. _____ in the United States spends 900 hours per year in class and 1,170 hours in front

of the television.

(A) The average third-grader (B) The third grade is average (C) There are three

grades (D) Three average grades

QOTD #5

7. Researchers have begun studying what _____ is on human circadian rhythms.

(A) it is the effect of light (B) the light affects (C) is affecting the light (D) the effect of

light

8. If calcium oxide remains exposed to air,_____ to calcium carbonate.

(A) turning (B) turns (C) it turns (D) the turn

9. Some early batteries used concentrated nitric acid, ____gave off poisonous fumes.

(A) they (B) then they (C) but they (D) but they had

10. The sound produced by an object______in a periodic way involves more than the

simple sine wave.

(A) it vibrates (B) vibrating (C) is vibrating (D) vibrates

11. Prior to the discovery of anesthetics in 1846, surgery was done _____ was still

conscious.

(A) while the patient (B) the patient felt (C) during the patient’s (D) while patiently

12. The drastic decline of the beaver helps to illustrate what _____ to the ecosystems of

the North American continent.

(A) happening (B) the happening (C) has happened (D) about happening

QOTD #6

1. The use of shorthand died out in the Middle Ages because of _____ with witchcraft.

(A) the association was imagined (B) associate the imagination

(C) imagine the association (D) the imagined association

2. A yacht is steered with a rudder, _____the flow of water that passes the hull.

(A) which deflecting (B) deflects (C) it deflects (D) which deflects

3. For top speed and sudden acceleration, the accelerator pump feeds additional

gasoline from the float chamber into _____ above the venturi tube.

(A) the air flows (B) the air flow (C) the air is flowing (D) flows the air

4. Venus is almost the same size as the Earth, _____________ mountain ranges are much

higher.

(A) they (B) but they (C) its (D) but its

5. In concrete poetry the primary consideration is the way that _______ in the poem.

(A) words are arranged (B) the arrangement of words (C) arranging the words (D)

words in an arrangement

6. Scientists are now only beginning to understand the factors ________ cigarette

addiction.

(A) cause (B) causing (C) they cause (D) causes

QOTD #7

1. Amber comes—from the resins of pine trees that grew in Northern Europe millions

of years ago.

(A) chiefly (B) and chiefly (C) it is chiefly (D) since it is chiefly

2. An adult human must take eight steps to go—as a giraffe does in one stride.

(A) as far (B) the farther (C) how far (D) farther

3. When the focus of a pair of binoculars is adjusted, —into view.

(A) bringing distant objects (B) distant objects can be brought

(C) and bring distant objects (D) to bring distant objects

4. From the Iroquois tradition of behind-the-scenes political participation by women,

Alice Jemison acquired a self-confidence that-—in her later crusades.

(A) her served well (B) served well her

(C) served her well (D) her well served

5. Because of its importance in modern living, —in all parts of the world.

(A) algebra is studies in schools and colleges (B) studying algebra in schools and

colleges

(C) and the study of algebra in schools and colleges (D) in schools and colleges are

algebra studies

6. —in the diet is especially important for vegetarians.

(A) Enough protein is obtained (B) Obtaining enough protein

(C) They obtain enough protein (D) By obtaining enough protein

QOTD #8

7. The early work of Edith Wharton—the relationship between the individual and

the community.

(A) focuses attention on

(B) focusing the attention on

(C) the attention is focused on

(D) is the attention and focus

8. Archaeologists know—35,000 years ago, but it is still unclear for precisely what

purpose.

(A) drawing being practiced

(B) when the practice of drawing

(C) that drawing was practiced

(D) practicing of drawing

9. Coral reefs owe their brilliant colors to algae—in symbiosis with coral polyps.

(A) that live

(B) do they live

(C) why they live

(D) live

10. The specialized nature of anthropological research makes—that various groups of

people be studied to determine their similarities and differences.

(A) imperative is

(B) it imperative

(C) it is imperative

(D) it is an imperative

11. Watercolor provides a brilliant transparency and freshness, —it allows

extraordinarily free brushwork.

(A) that

(B) during

(C) which

(D) and

12. The common cold, normally—illness, can seriously threaten the health of

postoperative patients.

(A) can be minor

(B) as minor

(C) minor an

(D) a minor

QOTD #9

13. Commercial expansion from city to suburb has affected the way people in the United

States—.

(A) living and working

(B) they live and work

(C) live and work

(D) to live and to work

14. Only recently—possible to separate the components of fragrant substances and to

determine their chemical composition.

(A) it becomes

(B) having become

(C) has it become

(D) which becomes

15. Charles Lindbergh told reporters—never been from attempting to cross the Atlantic

alone even though others had failed.

(A) that he had

(B) that he had it

(C) had it

(D) his having

1. Wind motion can be observed in the mesosphere by _____ the trails of meteors

passing through it.

(A) to watch

(B) watching

(C) watched

(D) watch

2. Thomas Edison's first patented invention was a device_____ in Congress.

(A) votes counted for

(B) had been counting votes

(C) for counting vote

(D) be a counted vote

3. Clara Bow, a popular actress in the 1920's, retired _____ she was unable to make the

transition from silent films to sound films.

(A) nevertheless

(B) in spite of

(C) because

(D) and for

QOTD #10

4. Built in 1882, the Kinzua Viaduct in Mckean County, Pennsylvania, is open only to

those visitors _____ are able to walk its 2,058 - foot length.

(A) who

(B) to whom

(C) which they

(D) that which

5. A bridge must be strong enough to support its own weight _____ the weight of the

people and vehicles that use it.

(A) as well

(B) so well

(C) as well as

(D) so well as

6. The swallows of Capistrano are famous _____ to the same nests in California each

spring.

(A) to return

(B) who returned

(C) they returned

(D) for returning

7. In the fourteenth century, _____ that glass coated with silver nitrate would turn

yellow when fired in an oven.

(A) the discovery

(B) it was discovered

(C) with the discovery

(D) if it was discovered

8. _____ recurring fear is out of proportion to any real danger, it is called a phobia.

(A) When

(B) Whereas

(C) Which

(D) Whether

9. Many modern photographers attempt to manipulate elements of photography other

_____ in their photographs.

(A) than light is

(B) than light

(C) being light

(D) light

QOTD #11

10. For any adhesive to make a really strong bond, _____ to be glued must be absolutely

clean and free from moisture or grease.

(A) and surfaces

(B) when surfaces

(C) the surfaces

(D) surfaces that

11. Although still underwater, Loihi Seamount, the newest Hawaiian island, _____ closer

to the surface by frequent volcanic eruptions that add layers of lava to the island.

(A) brought

(B) to be brought

(C) being brought

(D) is being brought

12. _____ unstable and explodes as a supernova is not known.

(A) For a star to become

(B) How a star becomes

(C) A star becomes

(D) That a star is becoming

13. Not until linoleum was invented in 1860 _____ hard - wearing, easy - to - clean

flooring.

(A) any house did have

(B) did any house have

(C) house had any

(D) any house had

14. Hiram Revels, the first Black member of the United States Senate, served as senator

from Mississippi, an office _____ he was elected in 1870.

(A) which

(B) to which

(C) and which

(D) being which

15. Oceans continually lose by evaporation much of the river water _____.

(A) to constantly flow into them

(B) is constantly flowing into them

(C) constantly flows into them

(D) constantly flowing into them