Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Click on the letter (A), (B), (C), or D in the answer space provided.

 

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Sharks swim by sinuous movement of the whole body and, ------- swim bladder, they must swim constantly to avoid sinking.
 

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------- of classical ballet in the United States began around 1830.


 
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The function of the Supreme Court, according to the United States Constitution, is ------- legal cases and disputes.

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In ancient times ------- used for mixing and serving wine and water or for containing water, wine, or oil.

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Eva Gatling directed ------- in Huntington, New York, from 1962 until 1978.

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Large quantities of nitrogen are used together with hydrogen ------- ammonia, a colorless gas.

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Although humans can make a vast variety of sounds, ------- languages use fewer than 40.

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In most music based on the European tradition, musical pitch is grouped into eight notes -------.
 

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Distantly related to pigs, ------- the great Indian rhinoceros as the second largest living land animal.

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Ellis Island in Upper New York Bay was the principal reception center ------- the United States from 1892 to 1943.
 

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Some of the procedures that archaeologists use to analyze samples ------- procedures used in medical laboratories.

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The Rio Grande is too shallow for commercial navigation ------- is used to irrigating land in both the United States and Mexico

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------- no two people think exactly alike, there will always be disagreement, but disagreement should not always be avoided: it can be healthy if handled creatively

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The invention of the diesel engine in the 1890's made ------- great increases in railroad operating efficiency

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