036. Each one was virtually a stone town, which is why the Spanish would later call them pueblos, the Spanish word for towns. These pueblos represent one of the Anasazis' supreme achievements. At least a dozen large stone houses took shape below the bluffs of Chiaco Canyon in northwest New Mexico.: g0 h% ?/ Y7 T5 h) A# {
The word "supreme" is closest in meaning to which of following?' q$ {+ j8 p2 I% |4 T M8 N
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037. They functioned as sanctuaries where the elders met to plan festivals, perform ritual dances, settle pueblo affairs, and impart tribal lore to the younger generation.+ a' T0 H' B! H8 o. u' j# [
The word "settle" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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(C) clarify
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4 V: I* _6 S4 \5 c038. Then, to connect the pueblos and to give access to the surrounding tableland, the architects laid out a system of public roads with stone staircases for ascending cliff faces.8 R& ?( Q+ Y. ^8 E
The word "ascending" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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(D) climbing
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3 n/ ], X' m7 z7 @% d039. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.- n, p8 F( j8 d, q
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(C) short
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4 n8 E p* A- Q! y O4 E: E040. Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special scores was that composed and arranged for D. W. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915.
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(B) combined
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(A) totals
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