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.# e# O3 x$ H; ?4 A# v
The word "drew" is closest in meaning to which of following?# d4 n6 |3 G- O& _: M& v
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(B) designed
6 ^0 o% {2 l/ u V: i0 I {(C) helped: Y- l8 q: e( V/ o( f. H) v
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- E2 @- D1 N7 L. F3 p) m277. 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.% [- J8 i; o2 f2 M$ B
The word "annihilate" is closest in meaning to which of following?( D' ^% v; E* j% b+ C
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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.; @. V' T+ O" F# m3 i5 ~
The word "Moreover" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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(D) because
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The word "aptly" is closest in meaning to which of following?- o8 j3 E6 r* ~' q+ W; D* h) o
(A) appropriately
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279. 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.
# L7 I4 k) e9 Q8 C0 mThe word "fashion" is closest in meaning to which of following?- o# m- R* N4 ]
(A) maintain
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(C) trade
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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. ) Y5 l7 M5 m0 }; Z7 G+ h6 |
The word "article" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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(B) shape
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(D) object
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