多选题Marketing firms rely heavily on ______ information: statistical data about the size, growth, and distribution of human populations.

多选题In 1575 Venetians instituted an annual celebration to ______ the end of the ______ that had struck the city.

多选题Created to serve as perfectly as possible their workaday ______, the wooden storage boxes made in America's Shaker communities are now ______ for their beauty. A. environment B. owners C. function D. employed E. valued F. transformed

多选题Initially the Vinaver theory that Malory's eight {{U}}romances, once thought to be fundamentally unified,{{/U}} were in fact eight independent works produced both a sense of relief and an unpleasant shock. Vinaver's theory comfortably explained away the apparent contradictions of chronology and made each romance independently satisfying. It was, however, disagreeable to find that what had been thought of as one book was now eight books. Part of this response was the natural reaction to the disturbance of set ideas. Nevertheless, even now, after lengthy consideration of the theory's refined but legitimate observations, {{U}}one cannot avoid the conclusion that the eight romances are only one work. It is not quite a matter of disagreeing with the theory of independence, but of rejecting its implications: that the romances may be taken in any or no particular order, that they have no cumulative effect, and that they are as separate as the works of a modem novelist.{{/U}} For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply. It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes which of the following about Malory's works? A. There are meaningful links between and among the romances. B. The subtleties of the romances are obscured when they are taken as one work. C. Any contradictions in chronology among the romances are less important than their overall unity.

多选题Eager to maintain the party"s lighthearted atmosphere, the host skillfully averted ______ between two of his guests with ______ change of subject.

多选题The legislator is known on Capitol Hill for his oratorical spontaneity, his ability to deliver ______ speech.

多选题Geologists Harris and Gass hypothesized that the Red Sea rift developed along the line of a suture (a splice in the Earth's crust) formed during the late Proterozoic era, and that significant observable differences in the composition of the upper layers of rocks deposited on either side of the suture give clues to the different natures of the underlying igneous rocks. Other geologists argued that neither the upper rock layer nor the underlying igneous rocks on the one side of the rift differ fundamentally from the corresponding layers on the other side. These geologists believe, therefore, that there is inadequate evidence to conclude that a suture underlies the rift. In response, Harris and Gass asserted that the {{U}}upper rock layers{{/U}} on the two sides of the rift had not been shown to be of {{U}}similar age, structure, or geochemical content.{{/U}} Furthermore, they cited new evidence that the underlying igneous rocks on either side of the rift contain significantly different kinds of rare metals. According to the passage, Harris and Gass have mentioned all of the following properties of rocks along the Red Sea rift EXCEPT A. age of the upper layers of rock. B. structure of the upper layers of rocks. C. geochemical content of the upper layers of rocks. D. metallic content of the underlying igneous rocks. E. age of the underlying igneous rocks.

多选题After her long, arduous hike, Hillary was ______: she wanted to eat until she could eat no more.

多选题The visually striking movie was diminished by its ______ content: its characters were inane, and its story was unintelligent.

多选题Communal nests have advantages and disadvantages for animals like voles and mice: they enable the animals to ______ body heat, but leave them more ______ to discovery by predators.

多选题The ______ of Maria Irene Fornes" play Mud—a realistic room perched on a dirt pile —challenges conventional interpretations of stage scenery.

多选题You"re more likely to see a tavern or restaurant named the Whistle Post than to notice the little signs along the tracks marked with a W or an X. The whistle-post signs tell train engineers where to begin blowing a warning prior to crossing an intersection. They are especially useful where the railroad crossing has no automatic barrier—on rarely traveled crossings or when approaching rail yards, for example. Train whistles have largely been replaced by air horns, but the rules of rail travel still call for two short, one long, and one short blast of the horn to be repeated until the train reaches the crossing. The noise may be a nuisance, but studies have shown that accidents double when the horn is not used. Based on the information in the passage, which of these can be inferred about whistle posts?

多选题Brachiopods, clamlike bivalves of prehistoric times, were one of the most ______ forms of life on the Earth: more than 30,000 species have been ______ from fossil records.

多选题Native American potters often ______ the shortcuts offered by modern technology (such as the use of commercial clay, pigments, or kiln firing), instead ______ the traditional methods of their ancestors.

多选题Artificial light ______ the respiratory activity of some microorganisms in the winter but not in the summer, in part because in the summer their respiration is already at its peak and thus cannot be ______. A. inhibits B. reflects C. enhances D. lessened E. measured F. increased

多选题In stark contrast to the vague and often rambling comments of other students, Jessica"s remarks were refreshingly ______.

多选题The ______ experiences of Madonna Swan, the 1983 North American Indian Woman of the Year, cannot be fully appreciated if they are ______ in a tidy summary.

多选题The treasurer was intimidated by the ______ demeanor of the auditors who neither spoke nor smiled when they arrived.

多选题 Directions: For each of the following sentences, select the two answers of the six choices given that, when substituted m the sentence, both logically complete the sentence as a Whole and create sentences that are equivalent to one another in meaning. Questions 1-6

多选题I like the cow joke because it provides an allegory for thinking simply about the world, and it allows me to jump right in to an idea that doesn't get written about too much, but that is essential for the everyday workings of science: "Before doing anything else, abstract out all irrelevant details!" The author suggests that "thinking simply" works because A. abstract models are more prone to error than are empirical observations. B. some problems can be solved if details are ignored. C. scientists should adhere closely to the concerns of the public. D. empirical facts can never be successfully modeled. E. events are often self-explanatory.