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.8 k7 ]3 z& O/ q' j) D
The word "engaged" is closest in meaning to which of following?- _2 D% W/ ]% Y v; `4 v
(A) trained0 [1 F) ~% X$ P9 {+ I' o0 m
(B) hired9 }% C) p5 u0 t
(C) described
$ v7 Q Z1 E& C: ]2 D(D) evaluated
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4 ^$ Q. j3 V! l- z; f6 c9 d3 S392. John Olmsted did the investigation and subsequent report on Seattle's parks.
) o8 C$ T+ K9 A- W+ EThe word "subsequent" is closest in meaning to which of following?% N1 D6 I* q7 y S5 @+ N; \; E
(A) complicated2 i( m% v7 e$ p( a
(B) alternate
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(D) detailed% w, G& f$ s2 u, j& d2 L% C
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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.
, P3 k' [2 H* x, |* d+ @' L9 jThe word "sums" is closest in meaning to which of following?3 ?# `4 O, }$ E% u4 A8 ^
(A) problems |1 r% @6 n; a5 ^( ? m
(B) amounts
1 n" |$ a8 Q/ c- d" _0 z: p(C) services$ ?* V+ v& z/ `
(D) debts
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F4 e5 C; z" T8 ]( u: |5 [394. Many prehistoric people subsisted as hunters and gatherers. Undoubtedly, game animals, including some very large species, provided major components of human diets.
2 S6 T- O8 p3 m" ~6 C) o6 N z4 GThe word "Undoubtedly" is closest in meaning to which of following?5 n+ ]( s2 }3 W" E1 [& Q3 r, [
(A) occasionally9 Y" [) j) O9 q6 g& ?
(B) unexpectedly" s& R( Z8 Q4 w" D
(C) previously
/ l: E+ J' e7 H4 ~" e(D) certainly
0 }( U- x+ ^: g e' _( rThe word "components" is closest in meaning to which of following?
0 N4 U# C2 E2 g M( b% w+ Z" ?(A) parts/ N+ r' s. Y/ [2 r
(B) problems
4 L, q) j4 T4 a5 }3 z5 a* B(C) changes/ G/ q4 C8 L- K# n: B5 F. N/ j
(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.
( M1 G& f6 `# Q+ C1 u& E4 g' P( GThe word "Besides" is closest in meaning to which of following?
6 w3 L& P7 T7 D8 Y/ D' W& K(A) caused by
; d4 |0 b, G G) k6 Y4 f% t a4 Q(B) whereas H/ Z$ Q! o4 i* c$ r0 ]- p4 o
(C) in addition to
4 d' r+ u: l& g2 t* ~* N(D) in favor of
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391 B& E. m0 {) B+ }( _3 l; w$ y
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393 B
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395 C |
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