24.While infancy,the period from birth until the age of two.A child grows to

A B

approximately half of his or her adult height.

C D

25.The Pulitzer Prizes ate annual awards for excellence in United States journalism,

A B C

literature,and musical.

D

26.Judgments made in a criminal cases can usually be appealed to a higher count

A B

which can either overturn or uphold a lower court ruling.

C D

27.Science fiction is any fiction dealing with the future or with so imaginative

A B

subjects as interstellar travel,life on other planets,or time travel.

C D

28.The wingspread of various species of bats range from over five feet to less than two inches.A B C D

29.The harmonica's tones are made by the vibrations of the feeds created by the

A B

blowing and suction to the player.

C D

30.The constitution of 1897,under which Delaware is now governed ,is fourth

A B C

constitution in the history of the state.

D

31.Because most photographic filters work by subtract portions of visible light from

A B C

the subject,they decrease the intensity of light that reaches the film.

D

32.In a vacuum discharge tube at ordinary voltages and currents,neon glows

A

reddish-orange and is the mostly intense of all the rare gases.

B C D

33.Although E.E.Cummings studied art in Paris,but his writings attracted much

A B C

more interest than his paintings.

D

34.Because material organic decays slowly in peat,the remains of prehistoric

A B

animals are often found in the depths of peat hogs.

C D

35.Usually an atom having one,two,or three electrons in its valence band readily

A B

contributes electrons to and receive electrons from neighboring atoms.

C D

36.A symbol of freedom,the Statue of Liberty represents a woman has just escaped

A B

from the chains of slavery,which lie at her feet.

C D

37.The southwestern portion of the United States is a land of little rain ,and parts of

A B

it are too dry that they are called deserts.

C D

38.Seneca chief Corn-planter helped arrange treaties between many United States

A

settler and Native American tribes in western Pennsylvania after the American

B C D

Revolutionary War.

39.Mercury is so much close to the Sun that it is usually invisible in the glare of the Sun's rays.A B C D

40.Pollen can be transferred by the wind or by birds that comes into contact with flowers.A B C D