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Generations of mystery and horror ______ have been influenced by the dark, gothic stories of celebrated American author The radiation that ______ during the decay of radioactive atomic nuclei is known as gamma radiation.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849).
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Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. occurs
A. writers
B. have occurred
B. writers,
C. occur
C. writers—
D. are occurring
D. writers;
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The Mission 66 initiative, which was approved by Congress in 1956, represented a major investment in the infrastructure A recent study tracked the number of bee species present in twenty-seven New York apple orchards over a ten-year
of overburdened national ______ it prioritized physical improvements to the parks’ roads, utilities, employee housing, and period. ______ found that when wild growth near an orchard was cleared, the number of different bee species visiting the
visitor facilities while also establishing educational programming for the public. orchard decreased.

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A. parks and A. Entomologist Heather Grab:

B. parks B. Entomologist, Heather Grab,

C. parks; C. Entomologist Heather Grab

D. parks, D. Entomologist Heather Grab,

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Despite being cheap, versatile, and easy to produce, ______ they are made from nonrenewable petroleum, and most do The algaita is a double reed wind instrument from West Africa. The reed of a wind instrument is the mouthpiece ______ A
not biodegrade in landfills. double reed contains two pieces of cane that vibrate and produce sound as air passes between them.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. there are two problems associated with commercial plastics: A. where sound is made?

B. two problems are associated with commercial plastics: B. where is sound made.

C. commercial plastics’ two associated problems are that C. where sound is made.

D. commercial plastics have two associated problems: D. where is sound made?

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On April 5, 1977, Kitty Cone and 150 other disability rights activists entered a San Francisco federal building. After In recent years, economists around the world have created new tools that quantify the overall well-being of a country’s
pleading for years—to no effect—for the passage of key antidiscrimination legislation, ______ until their demands were citizens. Economists in India, for example, use an Ease of Living Index. This tool ______ economic potential, sustainability,
addressed. Finally, on April 28, the legislation was signed. and citizens’ quality of life.

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A. pressure on lawmakers increased when the activists staged a sit-in protest A. measures

B. a sit-in protest staged by the activists increased pressure on lawmakers B. had measured

C. lawmakers came under increased pressure when the activists staged a sit-in protest C. would have measured

D. the activists increased pressure on lawmakers by staging a sit-in protest D. will have been measuring
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French philosopher René Descartes doubted whether he could prove his own existence. Eventually, he found proof in his What is the correct pronunciation of Kiribati? In the Gilbertese language spoken by residents of the island nation, the
famous phrase “I think, therefore I am.” The ______ complexity: only those who exist would be able to ponder their letter combination -ti makes the -s sound; as a result, the country’s name ______ pronounced “Kiribas.”
existence.
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A. are
A. phrases’ simplicity masks its
B. have been
B. phrases simplicity masks their
C. are being
C. phrase’s simplicity masks their
D. is
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In a 2023 study, researchers documented a fascinating behavior in the aquatic plant Elodea densa. When exposed to low A study led by scientist Rebecca Kirby at the University of Wisconsin–Madison found that black bears that eat human
levels of light, the plant’s ______ the cellular organs that generate energy from light—reshuffled to form a tightly packed, food before hibernation have increased levels of a rare carbon isotope, ______ due to the higher 13C levels in corn and
glass-like surface ideal for collecting more light. cane sugar. Bears with these elevated levels were also found to have much shorter hibernation periods on average.

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A. chloroplasts A. carbon-13, (13C)

B. chloroplasts; B. carbon-13 (13C)

C. chloroplasts, C. carbon-13, (13C),

D. chloroplasts— D. carbon-13 (13C),

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American abstract artist Richard ______ his installations to make passersby keenly aware of how one’s movements are Researchers Amit Kumar and Nicholas Epley investigated how ______ In a series of experiments conducted in 2022, they
affected by the physical features of one’s environment, assembles large-scale steel plates into sculptures that dominate found that people performing small acts of kindness underestimated the positive effect their actions had on others.
the outdoor spaces they occupy.
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A. do people perceive acts of kindness.
A. Serra is intending
B. do people perceive acts of kindness?
B. Serra, intends
C. people perceive acts of kindness?
C. Serra, intending
D. people perceive acts of kindness.
D. Serra intends
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The Limón technique, developed by Mexican-born dancer and choreographer Jose Limón, is known for its emphasis on The haiku-like poems of Tomas Tranströmer, which present nature- and dream-influenced images in crisp, spare
breath control and its interplay of weight and ______ dancers may explore, for example, the moment of mid-air language, have earned the Swedish poet praise from leading contemporary ______ them Nigerian American essayist and
suspension at the top of a jump. novelist Teju Cole, who has written that Tranströmer’s works “contain a luminous simplicity.”

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A. weightlessness A. writers. Among

B. weightlessness which B. writers among

C. weightlessness, C. writers; among

D. weightlessness; D. writers, among

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Mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz used the metaphor of the “butterfly effect” to explain how seemingly Bonnie Buratti of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ______ data about Saturn’s rings collected by the Cassini spacecraft
minor events can have major impacts on future weather. According to Lorenz’s metaphor, the wind from a butterfly when she made an interesting discovery: the tiny moons embedded between and within Saturn’s rings are shaped by the
flapping ______ in Brazil might eventually grow into a storm elsewhere across the globe. buildup of ring material on the moons’ surfaces.

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A. its wings A. studies

B. its wings’ B. has been studying

C. it’s wing’s C. will study

D. it’s wings’ D. was studying

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Roughly 300 nights a year, when the cold air descending from the Andes Mountains meets the warm air rising from Jamaican British artist Willard Wigan is known for his remarkable ______ so small that they are best viewed through a
Venezuela’s coastal Lake Maracaibo, the result is a spectacular lightning storm, its strikes so bright, so localized, and so microscope, Wigan’s sculptures are made from tiny natural materials, such as spiderweb strands.
______ that it has become known as “Maracaibo’s Lighthouse.”
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Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. microsculptures creations
A. dependable:
B. microsculptures, creations
B. dependable;
C. microsculptures. Creations
C. dependable
D. microsculptures and creations
D. dependable,