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Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest support for the argument given?
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The author of the passage mentions "Earth" primarily in order to
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The passage mentions which of the following as effects of exotic pests on forest ecosystems?
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The passage is primarily concerned with
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
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It can be inferred that the author mentions Ellison`s apprenticeship with Richmond Barthe primarily in order to
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The apparent promise of clean alternatives to environmentally harmful fossil fuels might actually (i)_______ fossil-fuel industries by framing energy problems not as a matter of excessive consumption but rather as a remediable lack of clean energy production, thus enticing citizens to (ii)______ the current energy consumption patterns from which fossil-fuel industries profit.
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If aging is merely an avoidable by-product of life rather than a necessary progression, it is possible that we might eventually forestall ________.
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Ursula Le Guin claims that looking at schoolbooks from around 1900 can be________, given that the level of literacy and general cultural knowledge expected of a mere ten-year-old was, she notes, "rather awesome".
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French`s tone was reasonable, ________ almost, but the gaze she fixed on Backhouse over her reading spectacles had something of defiance in it.
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It ought to be surprising that the bank falsified the numbers on its accounts; it is truly shocking that such________ was documented, in black and white, and that regulators found it and did nothing about it.
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The author cites Longfellow`s remarks from 1838 in order to
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The author implies which of the following about natural resources in South China prior to 6,500 years ago?
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
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Leo Tolstoy wrote many works of nonfiction and professed (i)_____ these explorations of ethics and religion compared with his novels and short stories. The fiction writer in him, however, was hard to (ii)_____. Handi Murdd is a short novel with the breadth and power of an epic, with vivid characterization and intense storytelling that sweep the reader away. While the reader senses the moral concerns of the tale's creator, the novel is a far cry from the (iii)_____ of Tolstoy's nonfiction.
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Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the argument?
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The author uses the tem "seedling" most probably in order to
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For decades, Pluto seemed to be the mysteriously _____ planet: it was first thought to be about as large as Earth, but, subsequently, measurements had it smaller and smaller.
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Since the data we have analyzed are so _____, it would be hazardous to draw a definite conclusion.
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Reviews written by music critic and composer Stephenson were hardly (i)_____ : musicians who performed his music could count on sympathetic coverage, while those who ignored him were held to (ii)_____ standards.
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