276. The railroad simultaneously stripped the landscape of the natural resources, made velocity of transport and economy of scale necessary parts of industrial production, and carried consumer goods to households;it dispatched immigrants to unsettled places, drew emigrants away from farms and villages to cities, and sent men and guns to battle.4 X; j0 q* g& p2 i; b8 E* b
The word "drew" is closest in meaning to which of following?" O) b# n+ T f! K
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(B) designed
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277. It standardized time and travel, seeking to annihilate distance and space by allowing movement at any time and in any season or type of weather.7 z, I `* w/ G( w* T+ J' E: T% K
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(D) mechanize
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278. Moreover, in addition to its being a transportation pathway equipped with a mammoth physical plant of tracks signals, crossings, bridges, and junctions, plus telegraph and telephone lines the railroad nurtured factory complexes, coat piles, warehouses, and generating stations, forming along its right-of-way what has aptly been called "the metropolitan corridor" of the American landscape.% X( U' |- _, w2 G
The word "Moreover" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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(B) furthermore
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The word "aptly" is closest in meaning to which of following?1 t8 w, U8 h/ M& K3 d9 ?* r
(A) appropriately
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$ S& \7 a$ [5 F(D) incessantly
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. w% Y/ O; z) E8 R* a! E279. The Native Americans of northern California were highly skilled at basketry, using the reeds, grasses, barks, and roots they found around them to fashion articles of all sorts and sizes-not only trays, containers, and cooking pots, but hats, boats, fish traps, baby carriers, and ceremonial objects.9 n1 Z% ?- F2 y0 q" O0 }7 P* c
The word "fashion" is closest in meaning to which of following?" Z5 L. i, U+ ?5 x: m+ o1 E
(A) maintain
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280. In addition, they made used of four distinct variations on the basic twining process, often employing more than one of them in a single article.
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(B) shape
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