391. In 1903 the members of the governing board of the University of Washington, in Seattle, engaged a firm of landscape architects, specialists in the design of outdoor environments --- Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts --- to advise them on an appropriate layout for the university grounds.* c# I8 Y: `- u/ P% `( h/ J f
The word "engaged" is closest in meaning to which of following?
% g! J0 n/ e) V, b(A) trained
. ?9 ~: O" Y, J, x* v2 G, s/ w* }& k; f(B) hired
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- W% t' k1 Z; u392. John Olmsted did the investigation and subsequent report on Seattle's parks.
W0 `) m4 }2 y% oThe word "subsequent" is closest in meaning to which of following?
( o/ h3 k/ g; I" A! C; {$ L' _(A) complicated
* e- S# V E1 ^# T* @(B) alternate
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7 a& ?* T4 q1 ^) ?(D) detailed
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393. With such unparalleled sums at their disposal, with the Olmsted guidelines to follow, and with the added incentive of wanting to have the city at its best for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909, the Parks Board bought aggressively.
( A F% {7 Q: X1 \6 PThe word "sums" is closest in meaning to which of following?
/ A/ C! L* ]2 N# @/ ]+ n(A) problems
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(C) services
9 D' q/ C& `, u4 ^ ?8 X6 a8 j) r, s(D) debts
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394. Many prehistoric people subsisted as hunters and gatherers. Undoubtedly, game animals, including some very large species, provided major components of human diets.
) _- u& B4 F9 C- J/ m, Y( CThe word "Undoubtedly" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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(B) unexpectedly6 n" B& H7 O+ `0 e2 O4 O+ B* J5 [
(C) previously, C! A$ F5 i% W& l- G
(D) certainly
; K, Z0 j8 B8 z3 ?$ U; n5 ~The word "components" is closest in meaning to which of following?
; T& }7 D( @0 n7 O(A) parts
! l# q. V3 ~9 k+ g! F/ S0 J/ {8 _(B) problems
4 F$ `6 p* a$ d- {& R: n' x(C) changes
S* X3 w3 y+ s& P) L2 P2 H; x7 M(D) varieties
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395. Hunter-gatherers may have contributed to Pleistocene extinctions in more indirect ways. Besides overhunting, at least three other kinds of effects have been suggested: direct competition, imbalances between competing species of game animals, and early agricultural practices.6 X4 I1 H% x/ v/ d7 Q
The word "Besides" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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(B) whereas
, j+ S9 Z9 {8 T% F" ^' B" j6 D(C) in addition to0 V" Q, @& D5 x0 P
(D) in favor of; \* L9 Q9 e9 M- G+ C8 }( {2 V
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391 B% g7 n- b! g8 I/ v* m
392 C
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