1. An underlying assumption of most market research is that people are continually ____ financial decisions based on their desire for goods that give them the most satisfaction.
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(B) and make0 E) x9 e9 f' p) Y
(C) being made
0 f& s2 I& T& e: {% u* P(D) having made 2. ____ tempera paint, the artist mixes dry pigments with water until the mixture resembles a stiff paste.1 q7 P* n6 u0 P- I0 u7 J! n
(A) In preparation
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3. When two straight lines meet, ____ an angle.
6 U& R8 N* F4 P6 I4 `3 Q. c& k7 P(A) it is formed
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' U8 A& x; a& r$ |, H: k! _4. Madge Macklin promoted the expansion of medical training include genetics ____ supported the founding of genetics departments in North American medical schools.
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(B) and
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(D) if
* ^; z6 B$ x/ Z4 z* O5. ____ mammals have hair at some time in their lives, though in certain whales it is present only before birth.
/ S* `1 M- ?# b3 x) R' \(A) Most
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# R# w- n, j/ T' z3 z6. The digestive enzyme pepsin breaks down proteins into components ____ readily absorbed by the human body.
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(B) and are
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" \$ o6 a3 N w$ E0 W& i: W7. ____ the precise qualities of the hero in literary works may vary over time, the basic exemplary function of the hero seems to remain constant.
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(B) Even though
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: r: N- m2 |" v q( F8. Not until the dedication of Yellowstone Park in the late nineteenth century ____ a national park.
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(C) when the United States had
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4 p: O9 {6 ?( b( O4 A9. Daniel Ken Inouye, Hawaiis first Cong ressman, was elected to the United States Senate in 1963, where ____ known for his unbiased views on civil issues.
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(B) it is he
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(D) having become3 T8 p% z. G/ o: o' I0 o- p) k
10. Because caricature tends to emphasize the peculiarities of a subject, ____ an effective vehicle for pictorial satire.( q2 j( |! m7 A- _
(A) which is often
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(D) many of which are
( v3 T0 I& ?7 q- v# m8 a$ j! ~11. In the nineteenth century, Samuel Gridley Howe founded the Perkins School for the Blind, ____ for children in Boston, Massachusetts.8 R% g1 ^9 u9 A
(A) that institutes
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(D) an institute
6 O! ~1 L7 \* U+ h4 t0 v12. Early forms of life on Earth, ____ in the absence of oxygen, required elements such as sulfur instead.3 f. }0 d, y( g8 {5 O
(A) which lived9 c J; X2 b- H" k9 Z. ^* v; A7 N
(B) whose life
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(D) were living7 R4 Q- w4 R, D, L0 D1 t' [- j1 j& ~
13. People in prehistoric times created paints by grinding materials such as plants and clay into powder ____ .8 l; G( n7 _# E/ x: w/ G4 A
(A) water to be added
6 X5 f7 S* p7 A(B) for adding water then
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: j- K$ E, S$ v6 I5 j6 I1 c' m4 Y(D) and then adding water0 [/ n$ E# \* o. J+ ?% e% ]
14.Often very annoying weeds, ____ and act as hosts to many insect pests.
' y; h: r: o9 y! |(A) that crowd out less hardy plants than goldenrods
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(C) the goldenrods crowding out of less hardy plants5 W1 } R; G1 @/ n
(D) goldenrods crowd out less hardy plants
9 S: v- L3 M$ y15. Starting around 7000 B.C., and for the next four thousand years, much of the Northern Hemisphere ____ temperatures warmer than at present.
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(B) experienced
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