IV. Incomplete sentence
1. ..............., the outermost layer of skin, is about as thick as a sheet of paper over most of the skin. |
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2. During the Precambrian period, the Earth′s crust formed, and life ............... in the seas. |
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3. Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Rick Blaine in Casablanca ............... of Humphrey Bogart′s more famous roles. |
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4. Before the Statue of Liberty arrived in the United States, newspapers invited the public to help determine where ............... placed after its arrival. |
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it should be the statue |
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5. ..............., the outermost layer of skin, is about as thick as a sheet of paper over most of the skin. |
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6. Conditions required for seed germination include abundant water, an adequate supply of oxygen, and ................ |
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appropriately temperate |
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the temperatures must be appropriate |
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appropriate temperatures |
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having appropriate temperatures |
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7. When fluid accumulates against the eardrum, a second more insidious type of ................ |
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developing otitis media |
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to develop otitis media |
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otitis media may develop |
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the development of otitis media |
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8. The leaves of the white mulberry provide food for silkworms, ............... silk fabrics are woven. |
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whose cocoons are from |
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9. The hard palate forms a partition ............... and nasal passages. |
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it is between the mouth |
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10. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, ............... of the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War, were both born in Kentucky. |
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were opposing presidents |
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they were opposing presidents |
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11. The compound microscope has not one ............... two lenses. |
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12. During the Precambrian period, the Earth′s crust formed, and life ............... in the seas. |
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13. A stock ............... at an inflated price is called a watered stock. |
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14. The hard palate forms a partition ............... and nasal passages. |
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it is between the mouth |
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15. D.W. Griffith pioneered many of the stylistic features and filmmaking techniques ............... as the Hollywood standard. |
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that became established |
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what became established |
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V. Error recognition
16. The number of wild horses on Assateague are increasing lately, resulting in overgrazed marsh and dune grasses. |
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Explain: is |
17. After George Washington married widow Martha Custis, the couple came to resides at Mount Vernon. |
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Explain: reside |
18. The ankle joint occur where the lower ends of the tibia and fibula slot neatly around the talus. |
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Explain: occurs |
19. The Betataken House Ruins at Navajo National Monument is among the largest and most elaborate cliff dwellings in the country. |
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Explain: are |
20. Mosquitoes will accepts the malaria parasite at only one stage of the parasite′s complex life cycle. |
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Explain: accept |
21. Fort Jefferson, in the Dry Tortugas off the southern tip of Florida, can be reach only by boat or plane. |
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Explain: reached |
22. Born in Massachusetts in 1852, Albert Farbanks has begun making banjos in Boston in the late 1870s. |
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Explain: began |
23. Supersonic flight is flight that is faster the speed of sound. |
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Explain: faster than |
24. The newsreels of Hearst Metronome News, which formed part of every moviegoers experience in the era before television, offer an unique record of the events of the 1930s. |
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Explain: a |
25. It is a common observation that liquids will soak through some materials but not through other. |
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Explain: others |
26. Edward MacDowell remembers as the composer of such perennial favorites as "To a Wild Rose” and "To a Water Lily.” |
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Explain: is remembered |
27. The counterpart of a negative electrons is the positive proton. |
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Explain: electron |
28. A zoom lens produces an inverted real image, either on the film in a camera and on the light-sensitive tube of a television camera. |
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Explain: or |
29. In the United States and Canada, motor vehicle laws affect the operate of motorcycles as well as automobiles. |
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Explain: operation |
30. Alois Alzheimer made the first observers of the telltale signs of the disease that today bears his name. |
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Explain: observer |
31. Unlikely gas sport balloons, hot air balloons do not have nets. |
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Explain: Unlike |
32. Rhesus monkeys exhibit patterns of shy similar to those in humans. |
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Explain: ... |
33. At this stage in their development, rubberized asphalt can hardly be classified as cutting edge. |
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Explain: its |
34. Methane in wetlands comes from soil bacteria that consumes organic plant matter. |
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Explain: consume |
35. In space, with no gravity for muscles to work against, the body becomes weakly. |
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Explain: weak |
36. Newtonian physics accounts for the observing orbits of the planets and the moons. |
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Explain: observation |
37. The neocortex is, in evolutionary terms, most recent layer of the brain. |
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Explain: the most |
38. In the United States and Canada, motor vehicle laws affect the operate of motorcycles as well as automobiles. |
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Explain: operation |
39. There are more than eighty-four million specimens in the National Museum of Natural History′s collection of biological, geological, archeological, and anthropology treasures. |
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Explain: anthropological |
40. Animism is the belief that objects and natural phenomena such as rivers, rocks, and wind are live and have feelings. |
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Explain: living/alive |
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