Multiple Choice
Choose the item
(A, B, or C) which ending will best complete the given first part of the
sentence.
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The instinct for survival means that all mothers divide nourishment and
protection among their offspring in such a way as to ___.
A. | ensure equal shares for all | C. | leave as many descendants as
possible | B. | provide protection and nourishment for their young |
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Each embryo will try to maximize its own success, regardless of ___.
A. | the advantage it has | C. | the fate of its kin | B. | aid from the
parent |
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Beavers have evolved a variety of techniques for coping with the difficulties
and dangers of long winters. In particular ___.
A. | they enjoy frolicking with their young in a carefree manner | C. | there are other
techniques required to cope with danger in summer | B. | by constructing dams and storing food, they are
able to deal with hard winter conditions |
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The camel, in the past, in the present, and almost certainly in the future, will
be the only means by which humans can exploit the desert. Indeed, ___.
A. | camels are now virtually extinct | C. | humans find that camels are the
only means by which they can exploit the desert | B. | without camels the scarce desert resources are
almost completely beyond human utilization |
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This book is expertly written and concentrates on developing the central issues
involved rather than on ___.
A. | focusing on other issues | C. | dealing with irrelevant peripheral
topics | B. | being written by an amateur |
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In fact, it is simple changes that can make the nomad’s life a little
easier and richer; for example, improvements to existing wells would ensure a better supply of clean
water, whereas ___.
A. | complex resource projects that alter the fabric of the nomad’s life are
actually destructive | C. | the sinking of ambitious new wells would be much better | B. | there are many other
equally good proposals |
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While dozens of popular authors claimed to be experts on the subject of
terrorism, ___.
A. | they were not experts on other subjects | C. | some of the authors were not very
popular | B. | none had studied it in a systematic and objective way |
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Despite extensive searches for these most distant objects, ___.
A. | fewer than 2,000 quasars have been found | C. | quasars are not the only objects
these searchers have identified | B. | there may be others even farther away than
quasars |
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What is remarkable is not so much the young baseball star’s records
themselves ___.
A. | as the fact that he is paid so little | C. | but rather the equanimity with
which he has reacted to them | B. | and the records are quite astonishing in the
circumstances |
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Even crude techniques used 25 years ago ___.
A. | failed to reveal DNA arrangements in malignant cells | C. | revealed that malignant cells have
special DNA rearrangements on some of their chromosomes | B. | were less
sophisticated than those subsequently developed |
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