266. This immunity has been followed by a relaxation of the defenses, and kittiwakes do not react to predators nearly as fiercely as do ground-nesting gulls.
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(A) distance
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(C) protection
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) d: f; O# k$ q3 w+ ~2 E7 h267. Kittiwakes defecate over the edge of the nest, which keeps it clean, but this practice, as well as their tendency to leave the nest littered with eggshells, makes its location very conspicuous.
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(A) disordered
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268. On the other hand, nesting on a narrow ledge has its own peculiar problems, and kittiwake behavior has become adapted to overcome them.$ b/ h- ]. {9 R9 @+ c
The phrase "On the other hand " is closest in meaning to which of following?
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(D) by no means/ _8 O+ H# ~& S8 ^ I, F
( Y/ a$ } c3 g% a+ _# U1 T! f4 ~5 d269. Throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth, citizens of the United States maintained a bias against big cities.
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(A) diagonal
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(C) distortion
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270. These new urbanites, already convinced that cities were overwhelmed with great problems, eagerly embraced the progressive reforms that promised to bring order out of the chaos of the city.
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(A) suggested
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268 B
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