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Although various eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American poets had professed an interest in Native American poetry and had pretended to imitate Native American forms in their own works, until almost 1900, scholars and critics did not begin seriously to study traditional Native American poetry in native languages. What does this sentence mean? The sentence states a [...]

Geologists believe that the warning signs for a major earthquake may include sudden fluctuations in local seismic activity, tilting and other deformations of the Earth’s crust, changing the measured strain across a fault zone, and varying the electrical properties of underground rocks. What does the sentence mean? This sentence provides 4 warning signs for a [...]

Such orb-weaving spiders like the argiope build webs in an essentially wheel-like structure, with an outer rim and a number of spokes emanating from the hub. A. Such orb weaving spiders like the argiope build webs in an essentially wheel-like structure B. Such orb weaving spiders as the argiope builds webs with what is essentially [...]

Deserts are inhabited with several distinct animal species, with each their own method of adapting to long periods of moisture shortage. A. with several distinct animal species, with each their B. with distinctly several animal species, each with its C. by several distinct animal species, each with its D. by several distinct animal species, having [...]

Rejecting the apprenticeship model of training social workers in philanthropic agencies, twentieth-century reformer Edith Abbott was convinced of social work education belonging inthe university so that students could be offered a broad range of courses dealing with social issues. (A) of social work education belonging in the university so that (B) that social work education [...]

According to some economists, the July decrease in unemployment so that it was the lowest in two years suggests that the gradual improvement in the job market is continuing. (A) so that it was the lowest in two years (B) so that it was the lowest two-year rate (C) to what would be the lowest [...]

In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice the numbers of trucks alone came off the assembly lines. A) the numbers of trucks alone b) that number of trucks alone c) the number of trucks by themselves d) as many trucks themselves e) [...]

Caribou are wary animals with excellent hearing, so stalking them over the treeless landscape, getting close enough to kill it with nothing but a handheld lance, as Dorset people did, required exceptional hunting skill. (A) so stalking them over the treeless landscape, getting close enough to kill it (B) so to stalk them over the [...]

A one million-year-old skull bearing traits associated both with Homo erectus and, in addition, Homo sapiens has been found in the Afar region of Eritrea, and indicates that modern humans developed much earlier than previously thought. A) both with Homo erectus and, in addition, Homo sapiens has been found in the Afar region of Eritrea, [...]

Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as mobile phones are increasingly common, many people now using their mobile phones to make calls across a wide region at night and on weekends, when numerous wireless companies provide unlimited airtime for a relatively small monthly fee. A. Because of wireless service costs [...]