多选题Despite pressure from reporters to discuss the scandal in which Senator Scottsdale was currently ______, the press secretary would not ______ the details of the senator"s upcoming public address.

多选题Because lsaac found the language of advertising both ______ and insulting, he ______ watching commercials on television.

多选题In countries plagued by cholera and other waterborne diseases, attempts at ______ water cannot keep pace with its ______.

多选题Much of this author"s work, unfortunately, is ______ with chapter often immediately following a sublime one.

多选题Some people believe a parrot can comprehend the words it utters, but most biologists believe parrots lack such ______ ability.

多选题Many linguists believe that the human ability to learn language is ______, an essential part of our nature.

多选题The author used a rhetorical question as a terminal flourish to ______ the section of text.

多选题Directions: Each of the following sentences or groups of sentences contains one, two, or three blanks. These blanks signify that a word or set of words has been left out. Below each sentence are columns of words or sets of words. For each blank, pick the one word or set of words from the corresponding column that best completes the text. Questions 10-14

多选题Unlike the ______ presentations of the other students in class, Mary Catherine"s presentation demonstrated a thorough and mature grasp of the material.

多选题Sometime during the 1950's, rock music permanently ousted jazz from the music scene. This is evident from the behavior of youths of that time. In crowded nightclubs they would applaud rock acts enthusiastically. But when a jazz act began, they went outside and got refreshments. They came back in only when the jazz set was finished. Which of the following statements, if true, is a valid objection to the conclusion drawn above? A. Jazz is the most important musical contribution of the United States to world culture. B. Although some young people who attended nightclubs in the 1950's did try to listen to jazz, they eventually became bored with it. C. Since the 1960's, rock music has not only provided youths with recreation but has, as well, become a rallying point for making social statements. D. Although by 1960 jazz performances were less popular, there has since been a revival of interest in jazz among middle-class professionals. E. Jazz steadily increased in popularity between the 1930's and the 1950's.

多选题Lewis Latimer"s inexpensive method of producing carbon filaments ______ the nascent electric industry by making electric lamps commercially ______.

多选题Paradoxically, during the French Revolution，the very leaders who proclaimed ______ philosophies sometimes also engaged in ______ practices.

多选题Historians, particularly those investigating the history of women, now seriously question this assumption of transforming power. They conclude that such dramatic technological innovations {{U}}as the spinning jenny, the sewing machine, the typewriter, and the vacuum cleaner have not{{/U}} resulted in equally dramatic social changes in women's economic position or in the prevailing evaluation of women's work. The employment of young women in textile mills during the Industrial Revolution was largely an extension of an older pattern of employment of young, single women as domestics. It was not the change in office technology, but rather the separation of secretarial work, previously seen as an apprenticeship for beginning managers, from administrative work that in the 1880's created a new class of "dead-end" jobs, thenceforth considered "women's work". The increase in the numbers of married women employed outside the home in the twentieth century had less to do with the mechanization of housework and an increase in leisure time for these women than it did with their own economic necessity and with high marriage rates that shrank the available pool of single women workers, previously, in many cases, the only women employers would hire. The author mentions all of the following inventions as examples of dramatic technological innovations EXCEPT the ______. A. sewing machine. B. vacuum cleaner. C. typewriter. D. telephone. E. spinning jenny.

多选题Victor gained a reputation for being a ______ because he constantly bullied other children.

多选题Magician Harry Houdini performed spectacular feats of escape so astounding that he became ______; even now, his name has a ______ aura for generations who never saw him perform.

多选题Psychology has slowly evolved into an ______ scientific discipline that now functions autonomously with the same privileges and responsibilities as other sciences. A. independent B. unusual C. outmoded D. uncontrolled E. inactive

多选题The speaker announced that her primary focus would be on broad global concerns rather than on ______ issues.

多选题Naturally, ______ facilitates friendships: the people we live near or interact with frequently are more likely to become our friends.

多选题No ______ the case exists: in reaching a decision, the court is bound to break new legal ground.

多选题Designed as a gathering place, the new student Lounge was appropriately ______ with tables, chairs, and even sofas where groups could assemble comfortably.