The hard palate _____ between the mouth and nasal passages.

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(A) forming a partition

(B) a partition forms

(C) forms a partition

(D) a form and a partition between the mouth

2. Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Rick Blaine in Casablanca ______ of Humphrey Bogart's more famous roles.

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(A) they are two

(B) two of them are

(C) two of them

(D) are two

3. _____ , the outermost layer of skin, is about as thick as a sheet of paper over most of the skin.

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(A) It is the epidermis

(B) The epidermis

(C) In the epidermis

(D) The epidermis is

4. During the Precambrian period, the Earth's crust formed, and life _____ in the seas.

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(A) first appeared

(B) the first to appear

(C) the first appearance

(D) appearing first

5. When fluid accumulates against the eardrum, a second more insidious type of _____.

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(A) otitis media may develop

(B) developing otitis media

(C) the development of otitis media

(D) to develop otitis media

6. 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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(A) should the statue be

(B) the statue being

(C) it should be the statue

(D) the statue should be

7. A stock ______ at an inflated price is called a watered stock.

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(A) is issued

(B) issued

(C) it is issued

(D) which issued

8. Acidic lava flows readily and tends to cover much larger areas, while basic lava ______.

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(A) viscous

(B) more viscous

(C) is more viscous

(D) it is more viscous

9. Seismic reflection profiling has _____ the ocean floor is underlain by a thin layer of nearly transparent sediments.

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(A) reveal that

(B) revealed that

(C) the revelation of

(D) revealed about

10. _____ and terrifying, coral snakes can grow to 4 feet (1.2 meters) in length.

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(A) They are extremely poisonous

(B) The poison is extreme

(C) Extremely poisonous

(D) An extreme amount of poison

11. The leaves of the white mulberry provide food for silkworms _____ silk fabrics are woven.

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(A) whose cocoons

(B) from cocoons

(C) whose cocoons are from

(D) from whose cocoons

12. As _____ in Greek and Roman mythology, harpies were frightful monsters that were half woman and half bird.

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(A) described

(B) to describe

(C) description

(D) describing

13. Not only ______ generate energy, but it also produces fuel for other fission reactors.

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(A) a nuclear breeder reactor

(B) it is a nuclear breeder reactor

(C) does a nuclear breeder reactor

(D) is a nuclear breeder reactor

14. D.W. Griffith pioneered many of the stylistic features and filmmaking techniques _____ as the Hollywood standard.

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(A) that established

(B) that became established

(C) what established

(D) what became established

15. _____ be needed, the water basin would need to be dammed.

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(A) Hydroelectric power should

(B) When hydroelectric power

(C) Hydroelectric power

(D) Should hydroelectric power