226. Farm dwellers in their isolation not only found it harder to locate companions in play but also, thanks to the unending demands and pressures of their work, felt it necessary to combine fun with purpose.
8 \* s V8 S- L A3 A) `# j5 _The phrase "thanks to " is closest in meaning to which of following?
0 z7 k- G1 \3 p5 F! h; g5 w. u(A) grateful for
) N0 I- D! F) L! T(B) help with% V5 Q/ i! N9 v+ W0 K5 g7 ^/ K# P* U
(C) because of" C, s5 J+ ]# Y( y+ ~4 e. }
(D) machines for
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227. The most eagerly anticipated social events were the rural fairs. Hundreds of men, women, and children attended from far and near.
b5 S' h" S6 l9 {The phrase "eagerly anticipated" is closest in meaning to which of following?
( m' y6 i* w. i+ c( Y$ @7 q(A) well organized
8 W8 x, c8 ]! D# E, R& n(B) old-fashioned% f5 C ?6 o7 r$ S
(C) strongly opposed% o2 m- V6 B' n5 k) Z1 l2 G
(D) looked forward to" F2 l1 h+ `5 d1 @% |$ V! X2 T
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228. Although the phlogiston theory was self-consistent, it was awkward because it required that imaginative, even mysterious, properties be ascribed to phlogiston.
5 A! L3 W' t2 hThe word "properties" is closest in meaning to which of following?0 e5 U) z( ^3 v' H& b' _" q: ]- w
(A) interpretations
$ O. a0 f1 Y f. w ?9 u(B) locations
- ?. U& O3 W8 P( Q5 ~7 P6 K(C) characteristics/ c4 e; }2 v; h+ J }7 s
(D) virtues
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) a- o; t9 K T( F* |* z1 [$ ]! M229. Although the phlogiston theory was self-consistent, it was awkward because it required that imaginative, even mysterious, properties be ascribed to phlogiston.9 x8 E% r( q' z( w
The phrase "ascribed to" is closest in meaning to which of following?8 T$ ~: a% m* p( B3 O" j C3 _0 }
(A) analyzed and isolated in2 ^% _' y7 A$ [
(B) returned to their original condition in7 g+ z- F: Y% z: u
(C) assumed to be true of
! C+ F7 C- U( u4 V5 i2 V' T(E) diagrammed with
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# V; o; g6 o2 t m- ^7 T* z$ L2 {) q230. In the eighteenth century, Antoine Lavoisier, on the basis of careful experimentation was led to propose a different theory of burning, one that required a constituent of air-later shown to be oxygen-for combustion.6 B1 s. T$ L. |0 o( |6 A9 _
The word "constituent" is closest in meaning to which of following?
2 [* k" ^# r: H$ O& x2 C3 h& ^(A) component4 F5 ]9 x' [# j/ Q" s
(B) opposite6 b6 Q: _1 M, o/ ?+ |
(C) principle
5 ]9 ]5 T* E/ P+ v(D) temperature
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1 i9 H7 L! l( R: Z0 l* J$ A) _226 C) V# S: L) T# [* [1 w, p3 ^
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228 C
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