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1. cobalt resembles iron and nickel in tensile strength, appearance, ______.
(a) is hard
(b) although hard
(c) has hardness
(d) and hardness
2. _____ who was the first black woman to run for the office of president of the united
states in 1972.
(a) shirley s. chisholm
(b) it was shirley s. chisholm
(c) shirley s. chisholm was
(d) when shirley s.chisholm
3._______ versatile performer, soprano kathleen battle has often concluded a program of
art songs and arias with selections from ragtime or popular music .
(a) a
(b) which
(c) so
(d) because
4. before starting on a sea voyage, prudent navigators learn the sea charts, ______and
memorize lighthouse locations to prepare themselves for any conditions they might
encounter.
(a) sailing directions are studied
(b) study the sailing directions
(c) to direct sailing studies
(d) studies direct sailing
5. ______ social nesting birds that built their nests in trees and on cliffs.
(a) the most storks
(b) most are storks
(c) most storks are
(d) storks most
6. plankton, ______, is the basic foodstuff for everything that lives in the ocean.
(a) comprise both minute marine animals and plants
(b) is the name given to minute marine animals and plants
(c) the collective name for minute marine animals and plants
(d) minute marine animals and plants collectively that
7. the best-known diffuse nebula is the great orion nebula, _______ can be seen by the
naked eye.
(a) one
(b) it
(c) which
(d) who
8. of all the economically important plants, palms have been ______.
(a) the least studied
(b) study the least
(c) study less and less
(d) to study the less
9. most amphibians hatch from eggs laid in water or moist ground, and begin
life _____ water-dwelling larvae.
(a) such
(b) as
(c) to be
(d) are
10. at the seventh international ballet competitions, fernando bujones won the first
gold medal ever ____ to a united states male dancer.
(a) to be awarded
(b) to award
(c) that awards
(d) should be awarding
11. founded around 1075, the acoma pueblo is considered _____ settlement in the
united states.
(a) the oldest continuously occupied
(b) occupied continuously the oldest
(c) the oldest occupied continuously
(d) continuously the oldest occupied
12. on march 1, 1867, _____ to the union when president andrew johnson's veto was
overridden.
(a) since the state of nebraska had been admitted
(b) admitted that the state of nebraska
(c) the admission of the state of nebraska
(d) the state of nebraska was admitted
13. the best known of all the arctic birds, _____.
(a) birdwatchers favor ptarmigans
(b) being ptarmigans' and birdwatchers' favorites
(c) favored by both ptarmigans and birdwatchers
(d) ptarmigans are a favorite of birdwatchers
14. nearly all trees contain a mix of polymers that can bum like petroleum _____ properly
extracted.
(a) after
(b) if
(c) when it
(d) is
15. acute hearing helps most animals sense the approach of thunderstorms long before people _____.
(a) do
(b) hear
(c) do them
(d) hearing it
16. emily dickinson ,one of the greatest poets of the united states, was entirely almost
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18. abstract expressionism was a movement in american painting that flourished from
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the mid-1940's and the mid-1950's.
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19.the national cowboy hall of fame in oklahoma city pay tribute to everyone
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associated with what americans call the "old west".
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20. scientists can detect when someone is dreaming by using an electroencephalograph,
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a machine that registers difference brain waves in a sleeping individual.
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21. the obie awards have been given annually for 1956 to outstanding artists in
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23. because geophysics embraces the concepts, data, and methods of variety other
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sciences, it is very broad in scope, and its boundaries are hard to define.
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24. a white oak at rutgers university is said to had been the inspiration for joyce
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kilmer's poem "trees".
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25. starfish move, feed, and breathes with their tube feet.
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26. the whitney museum continues to reflect the diversity of the art of the united states
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in all of it acquisitions.
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27. photovoltaics, commonly called "solar cells", convert sunlight direct into electricity.
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28. despite the broad acclaim of him novels, james baldwin is most highly respected as
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an essayist and social critic.
29. along the east coast, american indian women's councils could veto a declaration
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of war at refusing to supply moccasins and field rations.
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30. in proportion to its size, the hungriest animal is the shrew, which must consume several
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31 . the novels of pearl s. buck show a keen understanding of china and the chinese
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people, knowledge which learned by living there for many years.
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32. north america has eight time zone, ranging from newfoundland on the east coast
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33. historians believe that some forms of an advertising must be as old as barter and
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trade.
34. although fluorine tests and x-ray analyses, archaeologists can prove the validity of
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35. dams are used to control flooding, provide water for irrigation, and generating
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36. the development of photographic techniques and equipment provided an important
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37. united states tennis championship pancho gonzales gained international acclaim for
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38. many television newscasters make the public an eyewitness to the news by means of
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39. certain zoologists regard crows and ravens are the most intelligent of birds.
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40. while the twentieth century, the field of dentistry as developed branches that specialize
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in the treatment of individual dental problems.
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