336. A rock durable enough to have withstood natural conditions for a very long time in other areas could probably be shattered into small pieces by salt weathering within a few generations.
/ r& P' F! }( D( ~% F2 H, ~' {The word "durable" is closest in meaning to which of following?6 _4 Z$ r/ z- k0 s5 M* F
(A) large
0 @8 j* g& P( s0 ]) c(B) strong
) j; l2 ~% r" y2 b& z$ ]( b7 h: x8 x(C) flexible
+ ^" x6 `6 L- m k, V(D) pressured5 S* O3 | C3 o& i- k1 d+ Q" U
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The word "shattered" is closest in meaning to which of following?# N# }$ h8 G6 D2 n$ [
(A) arranged
$ U& f) d, R, G8 B% Y/ h" Z. x) n; C* J(B) dissolved' v: p+ y' o" {1 Y8 M4 D
(C) broken apart
' x, ?2 ~" m" z2 ?(D) gathered together
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7 ]" I+ G- z7 L7 j337. The dominant salt in Death Valley is halite, or sodium chloride, but other salts, mostly carbonates and sulfates, also cause prying and wedging, as does ordinary ice. @# J m7 A# j& J8 q; V I
The word "dominant" is closest in meaning to which of following?
& ~) I. [7 Z- i, P% z* u(A) most recent* _' r( ~# j4 Q G5 i
(B) most common) c" A2 b$ ]# M5 Q" K6 T4 Y$ E" L/ w
(C) least available
# W4 m `; }, a% E9 q" O* F0 K(D) least damaging( | o% F6 {4 `9 O0 ^2 @
4 Q+ L; u/ ]' W7 C3 t! y: p% h% J338. Overland transport in the United States was still extremely primitive in 1790. Roads were few and short, usually extending from inland communities to the nearest river town or seaport.
* g) n9 G) H7 U& {$ q2 AThe word "primitive" is closest in meaning to which of following?2 w' M4 m. j0 T+ ~
(A) unsafe$ F- ~- z) M0 Y
(B) unknown: H! }9 i& a! b
(C) inexpensive' L, ?2 ^ n3 i/ u
(D) undeveloped7 X" g! T+ ]7 Q
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339. Nearly all interstate commerce was carried out by sailing ships that served the bays and harbors of the seaboard. Yet, in 1790 the nation was on the threshold of a new era of road development.
7 T: Y! a$ C( G, x8 n# Y$ \The phrase "on the threshold of" in line 4 and 5 is closest in meaning to which of following?9 ?$ ]- i! T" z* _
(A) in need of
8 n# b6 _/ j5 S) A: Q& y(B) in place of$ r, g" D, a M2 O$ \, M5 ~% j0 `
(C) at the start of
4 X- k7 W- W- G: H3 z( i(D) with the purpose of6 a& ~; Q; S- I' _) Z
+ X3 T' E. m L340. The company built a gravel road within two years, and the success of the Lancaster Pike encouraged imitation. Northern states generally relied on private companies to build their toll roads, but Virginia constructed a network at public expense.
0 f, j/ q& z: k+ q" lThe word "imitation" is closest in meaning to which of following?# D: v, S4 F8 j9 `/ b7 K2 G
(A) investment; D& R7 f1 n& R- |- A
(B) suggestion* B6 L8 `- r3 G( k9 e
(C) increasing/ \. |1 W* U$ b/ i" \
(D) copying
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338 C
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340 D |
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