If such hunters first competed with the larger predators and then replaced them, they may have allowed more young to survive each year, gradually increasing the populations of favored species.
1 e5 `) F/ m+ [2 J+ y% B$ ]: _The word "favored" is closest in meaning to which of following?
8 d) i' Y# x/ O+ v(A) large
" ^. F3 D1 D# O9 w. D+ M(B) escaping
/ D( P( t. Y& o9 F5 v$ R(C) preferred
0 p4 o2 p6 \3 Z) p/ t" h+ z* t: b+ Z(D) local
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8 d. G! H. U- M3 \0 q7 ~4 j They became an integral part of the gardens of the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth century onward, and, soon after, part of European life as well.
( s' u- i* f. v$ H# I fThe word "integral" is closest in meaning to which of following?
. x- V1 ^; e5 H7 x(A) interesting( q" _) N4 A O' o
(B) fundamental
1 f, [- K* x/ s+ {( T+ I9 {(C) ornamental
! E5 r4 f6 L' X; p P0 c(D) overlooked& l- v* L% }5 F1 n: O
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They flourished in Pennsyvania too, where in 1698 William Penn received a report of John Tateham's "Great and Stately Palace," its garden full of tulips.& k! K1 i% b2 L, l* ~# u
The word "flourished" is closest in meaning to which of following?
7 X/ c' \% j; m(A) were discovered
" O9 ?2 W: L7 D7 j- g- v+ j(B) were marketed
! N J9 P$ ^# o(C) combined
/ V3 q: n" Q8 B! X(D) thrived3 v! Z0 {! ]- c* f% ]
% N3 k# t; Z) N* b. T Thomas Hancock, an English settler, wrote thanking his plant supplier for a gift of some tulip bulbs from England, but his letter of the following year grumbled that they were all dead.2 C5 @; Z1 U* }9 W6 ]$ C5 E
The word "grumbled" is closest in meaning to which of following?- h) K( g* F! d; X
(A) denied
% l7 w, l+ K9 B/ P7 D9 H(B) warned
; K0 ~4 o/ G$ d# o$ P7 }* P(C) complained* F' h/ B8 P0 D( O! P# F1 B
(D) explained
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& v+ K( v! ^4 b. } No two comets ever look identical, but they have basic features in common, one of the most obvious of which is a coma.: ]* D+ t4 o$ q2 K5 D) j+ k
The word "identical" is closest in meaning to which of following?& d, C' T, D! q& t
(A) equally fast/ ?. \5 [" c! C- @1 }" i* g
(B) exactly alike. K% a- ]9 ^: t3 a) T8 h& c6 g. o
(C) near each other7 U* D1 b5 A2 n8 m" Y
(D) invisible
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