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Standard English Conventions

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$In the early twentieth century, Joseph Kekuku and other Hawaiian ________ in the mainland United States to the bright and lifting sound of the _kik\(\bar{a}\) kila_, or Hawaiian steel guitar. The instrument soon became a fixture in American blues and country music.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$
$In 2017, the couple converted a vacant lot in the city into an ________ in the years that followed they acquired nine additional lots and established more than 35 hives.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$
$Unfortunately, as ________ attest, archaeological excavations have disrupted ash deposits at the site, causing valuable information about the eruption to be lost.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$
$Ten of William Shakespeare's plays are classified as histories. Although each one of these plays, which include _Henry V_ and _Richard III_, ________ on a single historical figure (specifically, an English king), some, such as _Henry VI Part One_ and _Henry VI Part Two_, feature different episodes from the same monarch's life.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$
$Using satellite remote sensing, Dr. Catherine Nakalembe, director of NASA's Harvest Africa initiative, gathers important data on crop health. Nakalembe doesn't just compile the ________ she also shares her findings with African farmers, enabling them to make data-driven decisions about managing critical food crops.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$
$From afar, African American fiber artist Bisa Butler's portraits look like paintings, their depictions of human faces, bodies, and clothing so intricate that it seems only a fine brush could have rendered them. When viewed up close, however, the portraits reveal themselves to be ________ stitching barely visible among the thousands of pieces of printed, microcut fabric.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$
$In paleontology, the term "Elvis taxon" gets applied to a newly identified living species that was once presumed to be extinct. Like an Elvis impersonator who might bear a striking resemblance to the late musical icon Elvis Presley himself, an Elvis taxon is not the real thing; however, it is a misidentified look-alike.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$
$Smaller than poppy seeds, tardigrades are tiny, but ________ are tough. These minuscule animals can survive for thirty years without food or water, and ________ can withstand extreme temperatures as low as minus 328 degrees and as high as 304 degrees Fahrenheit.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$
$After the printing press was introduced in 1440, handwritten manuscripts ________ Europe's medieval period were often destroyed and the paper used for other purposes. In one instance, pages ________ a collection of Norse tales dating to 1270 were discovered lining a bishop's miter (hat).<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$
$statement: Santa Clara Pueblo artist Roxanne Swentzell's sculpture _Mud Woman Rolls On_ consists of five human figures made of clay and plant fiber and arranged in descending size; each figure holds the smaller one in front of it. The arrangement of the figures, according to the artist, represents the generational passing on of knowledge and wisdom.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$
$Nine months before Rosa Parks made history by refusing to comply with the segregated seating policy on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, a fifteen-year-old Montgomery girl named Claudette Colvin was arrested for the same ________ to some historians, Colvin's arrest led to Parks's action and eventually to the desegregation of Montgomery's bus system.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$
$The first computerized spreadsheet, Dan Bricklin's _VisiCalc_, improved financial recordkeeping not only by providing users with an easy means of adjusting data in spreadsheets but also by automatically updating all calculations that were dependent on these ________ to VisiCalc's release, changing a paper spreadsheet often required redoing the entire sheet by hand, a process that could take days.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$
$It is generally true that technological change is a linear process, in which once-useful technologies are replaced by new and better ________ the reawakening of interest in the steam engine (from advocates of carbon-neutral rail travel) reminds us that ostensibly obsolete technologies may be brought back into service to address society's changing needs.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$
$In 2017, artists Isabel and Ruben Toledo redesigned the costumes and sets for The Miami City Ballet's production of the ________ to reviewers, the Toledos' designs helped infuse the production with elements of Miami's Latin American culture.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?$

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In the early twentieth century, Joseph Kekuku and other Hawaiian ________ in the mainland United States to the bright and lifting sound of the kika kila, or Hawaiian steel guitar. The instrument soon became a fixture in American blues and country music. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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In the early twentieth century, Joseph Kekuku and other Hawaiian ________ in the mainland United States to the bright and lifting sound of the _kik\(\bar{a}\) kila_, or Hawaiian steel guitar. The instrument soon became a fixture in American blues and country music.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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