多选题The kiwi bird"s wings are ______: that is, they are rudiments of wings and serve no function.

多选题Newscasts are routinely filled with such sensational stories that the public is seldom ______ by even the most ______ revelations.

多选题Two decades after the Emerald River Dam was built, none of the eight fish species native to the Emerald River was still reproducing adequately in the river below the dam. Since the dam reduced the annual range of water temperature in the river below the dam from 50 degrees to 6 degrees, scientists have hypothesized that sharply rising water temperatures must be involved in signaling the native species to begin the reproductive cycle. Which of the following statements, if tree, would most strengthen the scientists' hypothesis? A. The native fish species were still able to reproduce only in side streams of the river below the dam where the annual temperature range remains approximately 50 degrees. B. Before the dam was built, the Emerald River annually overflowed its banks, creating backwaters that were critical breeding areas for the native species offish. C. The lowest recorded temperature of the Emerald River before the dam was built was 34 degrees, whereas the lowest recorded temperature of the fiver after the dam was built has been 43 degrees. D. Nonnative species of fish, introduced into the Emerald River after the dam was built, have begun competing with the declining native fish species for food and space. E. Five of the fish species native to the Emerald River are not native to any other fiver in North America.

多选题Greek comic playwrights often ______ rulers; in one play, a brutal despot is replaced in office by a sausage seller.

多选题The official"s record was both ______ and ______: he missed many important votes and never led any legislative initiatives.

多选题Although the archaeologist ______ the symbols on the cave wall, she was, unable to ______ them because they were too faint.

多选题Although the passage of years has softened the initially hostile reaction to his poetry, even now only a few independent observers ______ his works. A. praise B. revile C. scrutinize D. criticize E. neglect

多选题Since her personal pleas had failed to make her noisy neighbors change their ways, the homeowner felt that her only ______ was to notify the police.

多选题Actors in melodramas often emphasized tense moments by being ______, for example, raising their voices and pretending to swoon.

多选题Articles for the magazine are always subjected to painstaking ______ before publication: fact checkers and editors ______ them for potential errors before they are sent to the printer.

多选题The psychologist"s ostensibly objective experiments were in fact ______: they subtly yet invariably supported her personal predilections.

多选题Her actions did nothing but good, but since she performed them out of self-interest, they could not be called______.

多选题The legislation facing Congress was so ______ that it threatened to shatter the governing body"s fragile bipartisanship.

多选题Just as astrology was for centuries ______ faith, countering the strength of established churches, so today believing in astrology is an act of ______ the professional sciences. A. an accepted B. an underground C. an unknown D. anachronism to E. concern about F. defiance against

多选题 Directions: The passage below is followed by questions based on its content. Once you have read the passage, select the answer choice that best answers each question. Answer all questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage. For each of Questions 17-20, select one answer choice unless otherwise instructed. Questions 17-18 are based on the following passage. The stability that had marked the Iroquois Confederacy's generally pro-British position was shattered with the overthrow of James IILine in 1688, the colonial uprisings that followed (5) in Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland, and the commencement of King William's War against Louis XIV of France. The increasing French threat to English hege- mony in the interior of North America was (10) signalized by French-led or French-inspired attacks on the Iroquois and on outlying colonial settlements in New York and New England. The high point of the Iroquois response was the spectacular raid of August (15) 5, 1689, in which the Iroquois virtually wiped out the French village of Lachine, just outside Montreal. A counter-raid by the French on the English village of Schenectady in March 1690 instilled an appropriate (20) measure of fear among the English and their Iroquois allies. The Iroquois position at the end of the war, which was formalized by treaties made during the summer of 1701 with the British (25) and the French, and which was maintained throughout most of the eighteenth century, was one of "aggressive neutrality" between the two competing European powers. Under the new system the Iroquois initiated a peace (30) policy toward the "far Indians," tightened their control over the nearby tribes, and induced both English and French to support their neutrality toward the European powers by appropriate gifts and concessions.

多选题Alarmed that land-clearing practices are rapidly ______ crucial habitat, the government of Madagascar is working hard to ______ in its citizens a sense of pride in the nation"s diverse animal and plant species.

多选题Because they had expected the spacecraft Voyager 2 to be able to gather data only about the planets Jupiter and Saturn, scientists were ______ the wealth of information it sent back from Neptune years after leaving Earth. A. anxious for B. confident in C. thrilled about D. keen on E. elated by F. eager for

多选题Morels are related to cup fungi, but they are both more anatomically complex and more widely ______ for their flavor.

多选题The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were the era when Pueblo pottery was least likely to be ______ and from which consequently, the fewest authentic examples ______.

多选题When X-ray were discovered around the turn of the twentieth century, doctors quickly began to ______ their newfound ability to diagnose maladies by peering beneath the surface of the human body.