101. The range of the New York canal system was still further extended when the states of Ohio and Indiana, inspired by the success of the Erie Canal, provided water connections between Lake Erie and the Ohio River.
' I9 ?# K, e8 @1 F+ jThe word "extended" is closest in meaning to which of following?2 |" y3 T. I C( t% e3 @
(A) increased
- A6 T1 E' Q9 W) J(B) constructed
1 k7 q& K3 S f% ](C) deepened
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0 s: r- Q0 V+ [& |! X102. The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans had trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the "Great American Desert" to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant.; R0 D+ s3 z# L6 A2 ~
The word "barren" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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(D) infertile
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9 Q K- _( ^) ?) ?9 e, I103. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed.+ P( G' g8 c0 A: ?% U
The word "preferred" is closest in meaning to which of following?# L! a; o# x4 S V; }
(A) ordinary
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(C) required2 {4 S: Y) D: {2 q) K3 ~
(D) favored
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104. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems.
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(A) firm
2 J6 R4 |, P1 L' r' K& @1 N1 y(B) severe
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! j4 y5 k/ }" Z& G" _3 W) b" g$ j105. Nevertheless, most domestic architecture of the first three-quarters of the eighteenth century displays a wide divergence of taste and freedom of application of the rules laid down in these books.
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(B) development0 S5 A N. g: S0 U% H
(C) difference
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