多选题Even in her fiction writing, Denise Chavez functions as a link of historian in that she ______ the real experiences of Hispanic women through her characters.

多选题Extensive travel afforded Langston Hughes a ______ perspective, but it was Harlem that served as the creative ______ for his writing.

多选题Deliberately designed to be devoid elaborate carving or other ______, Biedermeier furniture was known for its ______.

多选题Many writers associated with the Harlem Renaissance were not originally from Harlem; drawn by the artistic community it provided, they ______ the place as home.

多选题Although the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall had ______ that his papers be available only to scholars, the Library of Congress ______ his wishes and exhibited them to the general public.

多选题The discovery of the fossil was ______ and ______, surprising scientists and undermining accepted theories about plant distribution.

多选题Both television commercials and programs present ______ view of the material world, one which promotes a standard of living that most of us can probably not attain. A. an unrealistic B. an imprudent C. a standardized D. a rash E. a banal F. an visionary

多选题Cells in the parvo system can distinguish between two colors at any relative brightness of the two. Cells in the color-blind magno system, {{U}}on the other hand{{/U}}, are {{U}}analogous{{/U}} to a black-and-white photograph in the way they function: they signal information about the brightness of surfaces but not about their colors. For any pair of colors there is a particular brightness ratio at which two colors, for example red and green, will appear as the same shade of gray in a black-and-white photograph, hence any border between them will vanish. Similarly at some relative red-to-green brightness level, the red and green will appear identical to the magno system. The red and green are then called equiluminant. A border between two equiluminant colors has color contrast but no luminance contrast. The author uses all of the following in the discussion in the third paragraph EXCEPT: A. an example. B. definition of terms. C. contrast. D. a rhetorical question. E. analogy.

多选题The new composite material exhibits an extraordinary degree of ______, which enables it to be molded into almost any shape.

多选题Former astronaut Mae Jemison works to recruit more high school students to science and engineering by tirelessly ______ them to ______ careers in those fields.

多选题Industrialists seized economic power only after industry had ______ agriculture as the preeminent form of production; previously such power had ______ land ownership. A. sabotaged B. joined C. supplanted D. resided in E. culminated in F. threatened

多选题Dr. Allan was told informally of several intriguing cases that accorded with her theory, but this ______ evidence could not provide the confirmation that a more ______ series of experiments would.

多选题Paradoxically, Robinson's excessive denials of the worth of early works of science fiction suggest that he has become quite ______ them. A. enchanted by B. enamored of C. skeptical of D. encouraged by E. offended by F. reflective about

多选题Nightjars possess a camouflage perhaps unparalleled in the bird world: by day they roost hidden in shady woods, so ______ with their surroundings that they are nearly impossible to ______.

多选题Carson presents her case so strongly and logically that only the prejudiced or the ______ will attempt to ______ her.

多选题The normally ______ Mr. Bell was uncharacteristically ______ in discussing the film in an interview last week.

多选题Although the commentator claimed to be politically neutral, she was quite obviously ______: her broadcasts always revealed an unmistakable, unreasoning ______ toward her pet political causes.

多选题As head of the National Education Association in 1965-66, Elizabeth Duncan Koontz advocated higher salaries for teachers because she believed that the more ______ teaching is, the greater its attraction for highly qualified people.

多选题The crafty child tricked his innocent brother, a particularly ______ and trusting boy, into committing a mischievous prank.

多选题During the voyage Dan relied on the stars" positions for guidance, demonstrating his skill at navigating by means of ______ cues.