1. (2022.03 Asia-40) For each of those years, from 2014-2114, a noted author is to be asked to contribute an original piece of writing; each work is to be held securely, unread, in storage in the new Oslo Public Library in the city’s harbor district.
A. NO CHANGE
B. are being
C. were
D. have been
2. (2016.11 Asia-34) Less well-known were Nightingale’s promotion of statistical analysis in the field of medicine, even though this work may have been more important to the development of modern health policy.
A. NO CHANGE
B. are
C. is
D. had been
3. (2020.09 Asia-20) The sustained popularity of literary mash-ups with today’s readers suggest that this genre is more than a passing fad.
A. NO CHANGE
B. suggests
C. are suggesting
D. have suggested
4. (2019.03 US-28) Although the ban against professionals competing in the athletics has long since been rescinded, the International Olympic Committee ’s attempts to restore the arts competition has been tepid at best.
A. NO CHANGE
B. have been
C. is being
D. was
5. (2019.03 US-10) The recent increase in the popularity of immersive theatrical events such as Hotel Savoy and The Gathering is sometimes attributed to the fact that audiences have become used to other forms of interactive and immersive entertainment.
A. NO CHANGE
B. are sometimes
C. were sometimes
D. have sometimes been
6. (2020.10 US-13) Digital technology has expanded opportunities for creative expression, especially in music: the spread of software that can be used to cut parts from different songs and paste them together have spurred the creation of a music genre known as remix, or mash-up.
A. NO CHANGE
B. has spurred
C. are spurring
D. were spurring
7. (2020.10 US-13) Structures such as the 163-floor skyscraper Burj Khalifa, completed in 2010 by the engineering firm with which Khan worked, continues to pay homage to the person who heralded the modern age of the skyscraper.
A. NO CHANGE
B. has continued
C. is continuing
D. continue
8. (2021.03 US-1) Interestingly, a 2017 ecological study led by Dr. Eva Knop suggests that artificial lighting, the modern convenience that illuminates many streets, storefronts, and athletic fields, may be contributing to the decline of these organisms.
A. NO CHANGE
B. illuminate
C. are illuminating
D. have illuminated
9. (2018.11 US-1) According to a report by the US Forest Service, the number of trees in American cities have been in sharp decline, with an estimated loss of about 4 million trees each year.
A. NO CHANGE
B. are
C. is
D. were
10. (2022.04 Schoolday-18) Together, alkalinization and salinization poses a double threat to the health of freshwater ecosystems and the animals that rely on them.
A. NO CHANGE
B. has posed
C. pose
D. is posing
11. (2017.05 US-25) Bird in Space is a work of abstract art: it is not a readily recognizable representation of the bird in its title but rather a polished arc of bronze that calls to mind the animal’s graceful airborne motion. With its ends tapering into points, much of the slender 53-inch curve appear suspended in the air above its marble base.
A. NO CHANGE
B. is appearing
C. has appeared
D. appears
12. (2022.05 Asia-33) However, the experiment with the two types of traps show that camera trapping can be an efficient tool for researchers to learn about an area’s animal populations.
A. NO CHANGE
B. have shown
C. shows
D. were showing
13. (2021.12 US-42) Recognizing that farmers constantly experimented to find the best crop varieties places mechanical innovation in an appropriate historical context.
A. NO CHANGE
B. place
C. have placed
D. are placing
14. (2021.03 Asia-14) Some works, such as Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens’ Henry IV at the Battle of Ivry , was left unfinished due to circumstances outside of the artist’s control.
A. NO CHANGE
B. is
C. were
D. has been
15. (2021.03 Asia-4) One of the early masters of the movable book were German artist and illustrator Lothar Meggendorfer (1847-1925). Meggendorfer invented a way of connecting individual pieces of an illustration with tiny hidden rivets and springs so they could all be moved together.
A. NO CHANGE
B. was
C. are
D. has been