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1. Insects provide many beneficial services, such as _______________, breaking down deadwood, and pollinating plants.

(A) they condition soil (B) to condition soil (C) conditioning the soil (D) soil conditioned

2. Frozen orange juice must be packed, _________________, and stored when the fruit is ripe.

(A) be frozen (B) must be frozen (C) frozen (D) it must be frozen

3. Sioux is a North American Indian language that is spoken not only_____________ Sioux but also by the Crow and Osage tribes.

(A) by the (B) the (C) do the (D) and the

4. In 1900 electrically powered cars were more popular than gasoline powered cars because they were quiet, operated smoothly, and ______________.

(A) handled easily (B) ease of handling (C) handling easily (D) easy to handle

5. Roger Williams was a clergyman, _______________ the colony of Rhode Island, and an outspoken advocate of religious and political freedom.

(A) founded (B) the founder of (C) was the founder of (D) he founded

6. Paint can be applied to a surface with rollers, _______________, or spray guns.

(A) brushes (B) brushes can be used (C) with brushes (D) by brush

7. The use of labor-saving devices in homes, ___________, and factories added to the amount of leisure time people had.

(A) at an office (B) used in offices (C) offices (D) in offices

8. A dulcimer can be played by either striking its strings with a hammer or_________________.

(A) to pluck them with the fingers (C) they are plucked with the fingers

(B) fingers are used to pluck them (D) plucking them with the fingers

9. Throughout history, trade routes have increased contact between people, ________________, and greatly affected the growth of civilization.

(A) have resulted in an exchange of ideas (C) resulted in an exchange of ideas

(B) an exchange of ideas has resulted (D) resulting in an exchange of ideas

10. Walt Disney made many technical advances in the use of sound, color, and _________ in animated films.

(A) photographing (B) using photography (C) photography (D) use of photographs

11. Artist Paul Kane traveled throughout Northwest Canada on foot, by canoe, and___________________ to sketch Native Canadians going about their ordinary lives.

(A) on horseback (B) riding a horse (C) horseback (D) by a horse

12. Barbara Jordan was the first woman in the South to win an election to the House of Representatives, ___________ as Congresswoman from Texas from 1973 to 1979.

(A) to serve (B) served (C) serving (D) has served

13. Photographers' choice of a camera depends on what kind of pictures they want to take, how much control they want over exposure, and ________________ they want to spend.

(A) the amount of money (B) what money (C) how much money (D) so much money that

14. Atlanta is the commercial, financial, and _____________________ of Georgia.

(A) center of administration (C) center for administering

(B) administrative center (D) administering center

15. Even after the Revolutionary War, American importers obtained merchandise from Britain because British merchants understood American tastes, offered attractive prices, and ________.

(A) easy credit was provided (B) because of easy credit (C) easy credit (D) provided easy credit

 

 


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