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In Death Valley National Park's Racetrack Playa, a flat, dry lakebed, are 162 rocks--some weighing less than a pound but others almost 700 pounds--that move periodically from place to place, seemingly of their own volition. Racetrack-like trails in the ________ mysterious migration. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Difficulty: Medium

plays sediment mark the rock's

playa's sediment mark the rocks

playa's sediment mark the rocks'

playas' sediment mark the rocks'

The human brain is primed to recognize faces--so much so that, due to a perceptual tendency called pareidolia, ________ will even find faces in clouds, wooden doors, pieces of fruit, and other faceless inanimate objects. Researcher Susan Magsamen has focused her work on better understanding this everyday phenomenon. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Difficulty: Medium

she

they

it

those

The poem Beowulf begins with the word "hwæt," which is an Old English ________ as "hark!" or "listen!" in some versions, the word was playfully rendered as "bro!" by Maria Dahvana Headley in her 2020 translation of the poem. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Difficulty: Hard

exclamation, translated

exclamation and translated

exclamation translated

exclamation, Translated

In 2016, engineer Vanessa Galvez oversaw the installation of 164 bioswales, vegetated channels designed to absorb and divert stormwater, along the streets of Queens, New York. By reducing the runoff flowing into city sewers, ________Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Difficulty: Hard

the mitigation of both street flooding and the resulting pollution of nearby waterways has been achieved by bioswales.

the bioswales have mitigated both street flooding and the resulting pollution of nearby waterways.

the bioswales' mitigation of both street flooding and the resulting pollution of nearby waterways has been achieved.

both street flooding and the resulting pollution of nearby waterways have been mitigated by bioswales.

Official measurements of the Mississippi River's length vary: according to the US Geologic Survey, the river is 2,300 miles long, whereas the Environmental Protection Agency records its length as 2,320 miles. This disparity can be explained in part by the fact that rivers such as the Mississippi expand and contract as ________ sediment. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Difficulty: Medium

they accumulate

one accumulates

it accumulates

we accumulate

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