013. The DSDP's drill ship, the Glomar Challenger, was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean's surface and drill in very deep waters, extracting samples of sediments and rock from the ocean floor.
, [, q) S T: p/ d% TThe word "extracting" is closest in meaning to which of following?9 J3 [" f* ~- }. }# q ]) j
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(C) removing
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014. Today, largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger's voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift that explain many of the geological processes that shape the Earth.& i3 o1 a2 j2 D* q9 G* w( F2 H
The word "strength" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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(C) discovery
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, j' V/ I! _# p6 ]/ g4 ~015. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1966. In September 1966 Canada's population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase.
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016. When the prairies were being settled, undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950's supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families.
2 K2 }: C- f( i5 y+ q) J( CThe word "trend" is closest in meaning to which of following?$ g. h" d: G3 I" h
(A) tendency
3 `2 H7 k! r+ S8 f, m8 a% W(B) aim
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(D) directive
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