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Compared to that of alumina glass, ________ silica glass atoms are so far apart that they are unable to re-form bonds after being separated.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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In 1727, dramatist Lewis Theobald presented a new play, _Double Falsehood_, at a London theater. Theobald claimed that his drama was based on a little-known play by William Shakespeare, _Cardenio_. Many, including poet Alexander Pope, were ________ historians have determined that Shakespeare's company did perform a play called _Cardenio_ in 1613.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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Planetary scientist Briony Horgan and her colleagues have determined that as much as 25 percent of the sand on Mars is composed of impact spherules. These spherical bits of glass form when asteroids collide with the planet, ejecting bits of molten rock into the atmosphere that ________, after cooling and solidifying into glass, back onto Mars's surface.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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According to Naomi Nakayama of the University of Edinburgh, the reason seeds from a dying dandelion appear to float in the air while ________ is that their porous plumes enhance drag, allowing the seeds to stay airborne long enough for the wind to disperse them throughout the surrounding area.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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In 2010, archaeologist Norel Hidalgo Tan was visiting the twelfth-century temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia when he noticed markings of red paint on the walls of the temple. With the help of digital imaging techniques, he discovered the markings to be part of an elaborate mural containing over 200 paintings.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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Although the monkeys prefer to eat vegetation and land-dwelling invertebrates, those food sources may become unavailable because of extensive snow and ice cover, ________ the monkeys to hunt for marine animals in any streams that have not frozen over.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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In 1959, the film industry debuted Smell-O-Vision, a technology in which theaters were fitted with specialized vents that emitted odors at specific points in a ________ as the scent of roses when roses appeared in a scene. Smell-O-Vision failed to impress, however, with one reviewer declaring it "briefly weird and not very interesting."<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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The forty-seven geothermal springs of Arkansas' Hot Springs National Park are sourced via a process known as natural groundwater recharge, in which rainwater percolates downward through the earth--in this case, the porous rocks of the hills around Hot ________<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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When writing _The Other Black Girl_ (2021), novelist Zakiya Dallia Harris drew on her own experiences working at a publishing office. The award-winning book is Harris's first novel, but her writing ________ honored before. At the age of twelve, she entered a contest to have a story published in _American Girl_ magazine--and won.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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In the canon of North African literature, Moroccan author Driss Chraibi's 1954 novel _The Simple Past (Le Passe simple)_, ________ looms large. A coming-of-age story, a social meditation, and a sober gaze into the dark maw of French colonialism, it interrogates systemic power with memorable intensity.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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Materials scientist Marie-Agathe Charpagne and her colleagues believed they could improve on the multicomponent alloy NiCoCr, an equal-proportions mixture of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and chromium (Cr), by replacing chromium with ruthenium - the alloy that resulted, NiCoRu ________ turned out to be an unsuitable replacement for NiCoCr.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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In his groundbreaking book _Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America_, Vivek Bald uses newspaper articles, census records, ships' logs, and memoirs to tell the ________ who made New York City their home in the early twentieth century.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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When particles are suspended in liquid (like pollen in a water glass), they will zigzag randomly through the liquid and collide with one another in perpetuity. This type of random, continuous ________ is known as Brownian motion, can be observed throughout the natural world.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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The intense pressure found in the deep ocean can affect the structure of proteins in fish's cells, distorting the proteins' shape. The chemical trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) counters this effect, ensuring that proteins retain their original ________ is found in high concentrations in the cells of the deepest-dwelling fish.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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Cheng Dang and her colleagues at the University of Washington recently ran simulations to determine the extent to which individual snow ________ affect the amount of light reflecting off a snowy surface.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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Humans were long thought to have begun occupying the Peruvian settlement of Machu Picchu between 1440 and 1450 CE. However, a team led by anthropologist Dr. Richard Burger used accelerator mass spectrometry to uncover evidence that it was occupied ________ 1420 CE, according to Burger, humans were likely inhabiting the area.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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A study published by Rice University geoscientist Ming Tang in 2019 offers a new explanation for the origin of Earth's structures called arcs, towering ridges that form when a dense oceanic plate subducts under a less dense continental plate, melts in the mantle below, and then rises and bursts through the continental crust above. According to the study, these arcs are significant features of ________ formations that have puzzled scientists for years.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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Far from being modern inventions, ________ more than 5,000 years ago.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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In 1955, Indian Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray released his first movie, _Pather Panchali_, a quiet black-and-white drama about a family in rural India. Ray's film was quite different from the loud, colorful action-romance movies that were popular at the time.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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The US Geological Survey wants to map every human-made structure in the United States, and it is asking volunteers to help. Cassie Tammy Wang and Ashish D'Souza are just two of the many volunteer map editors who ________ to the project since it began in 2012.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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The Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden in Norway and the Jardim Botanico of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil are two of many botanical gardens around the world dedicated to growing diverse plant ________ fostering scientific research; and educating the public about plant conservation.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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The life spans of rockfish vary greatly by species. For instance, the colorful calico rockfish (_Sebastes dall_) can survive for a little over a ________ the rougheye rockfish (_Sebastes aleutianus_) boasts a maximum life span of about two centuries.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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Seneca sculptor Marie Watt's blanket art comes in a range of shapes and sizes. In 2004, Watt sewed strips of blankets together to craft a 10-by-13-inch sampler -- in 2014, she arranged folded blankets into two large stacks and then cast them in bronze, creating two curving 18-foot-tall blue-bronze pillars.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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African American Percy Julian was a scientist and entrepreneur whose work helped people around the world to see. Named in 1999 as one of the greatest achievements by a US chemist in the past hundred years, ________ led to the first mass-produced treatment for glaucoma.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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In 2017, artists Isabel and Ruben Toledo redesigned the costumes and sets for The Miami City Ballet's production of the ________ to reviewers, the Toledos' designs helped infuse the production with elements of Miami's Latin American culture.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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