391. In 1903 the members of the governing board of the University of Washington, in Seattle, engaged a firm of landscape architects, specialists in the design of outdoor environments --- Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts --- to advise them on an appropriate layout for the university grounds.0 x* A# A6 v. I, t( F7 e Q
The word "engaged" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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392. John Olmsted did the investigation and subsequent report on Seattle's parks.5 T8 z2 D- A2 m! ^& _6 t- s/ g
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(A) complicated
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393. With such unparalleled sums at their disposal, with the Olmsted guidelines to follow, and with the added incentive of wanting to have the city at its best for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909, the Parks Board bought aggressively.
* n1 ^# j9 J# B$ |9 ?$ L" HThe word "sums" is closest in meaning to which of following?5 T8 N' B. O9 k3 R4 r$ D' c$ H" k+ o
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(C) services
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0 @: [/ E& j% u: x/ g+ _394. Many prehistoric people subsisted as hunters and gatherers. Undoubtedly, game animals, including some very large species, provided major components of human diets.
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(B) unexpectedly9 v ^! U6 U! T6 ^! X) M
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The word "components" is closest in meaning to which of following?% x% l, I' p4 h! c
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(B) problems
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( z! B! r ^" x$ ^395. Hunter-gatherers may have contributed to Pleistocene extinctions in more indirect ways. Besides overhunting, at least three other kinds of effects have been suggested: direct competition, imbalances between competing species of game animals, and early agricultural practices.
+ y: W. i6 c3 uThe word "Besides" is closest in meaning to which of following?
6 a+ s# ]1 t' F; T$ R(A) caused by
9 }- |: H/ ]/ J) \, D(B) whereas
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