Exercise: Pronoun/Noun Agreement and Apostrophes (answers p. 228) 1. New types of digital technology have allowed ‘acoustic engineers to create sophisticated noise-filtering devices. As a result, II he or she can now eliminate e unwanted noise witha precision never before possible ©) >) 2. Hidden between a bookstore and a café, San = Francisco's Jack Kerouac Alleys sy to overiock. Once) gy place to throw garbage, MII they've been transformed into B) an inviting odestian-onlythowougharecompletewith decorative lampposts and poetry in English and Chinese lining the walkway 3. Desens are found on every continent including Antarctica. MIB soften the site of unusual rock a chacologica A formations and, in some cases, amazing archaeological a Finds. Many ofthe largest ons, including the Gobi Des. ° dD) the Great Bas id the Patagonian Desert, are located in the shadows of immense mountain ranges that block moisture from nearby oceans or bodies of water. 4. ‘The most common movements we make while asleep. are rapid eye movements. When we dream, our eyes move NO CHANGE one we they. NO CHANG they'd i's he's NO CHANGE, They're Their Ws A) NO CHANGE in accordance with what we are dreaming about. If, for i) oureyes example, we dream about watching a game of tennis, each Hl one's eyes will move from left to right valli These movemens, geneedin he eam WOH, pay escape from normal sleep paralysis and leak into the real | ©) their eye's | D) they re eyes A) NO CHANGE World. Secing a sleeping person’s eyes move is the B) they'e strongest sign that IB he or she i dreaming os 1475. You're up to your knees in mud and weeds, getting rroundings seem to grow more hostile by the minute. Meanwhile, you bitten by things you can’t identity. IE 0» search for a creature that probably ran away hours ago and couldn't care less about communing with you. And as you open your notebook, the sky opens and drenches I them. Welcome to the world of nature writing, 6, Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 28, 1991) was an American jazz musi ptember an, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Known for creating a unique sound and style through the use of non-traditional instruments such asthe French hom, Davis joined Ela Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington asthe most renowned jd-twentieth performers in the United States during U century 7. According to author Nadine Gordimer, the proces jon is unconscious, emerging from what people writing fi learn and how MI they ive. Gordimer, who was born in South Africa in 1923, was an authority on that subject They received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, having attained international recognition for her work, At the time she won fi that, she had published 10 novels, dozens of short stories, essay collections, and a play 148 B) °) Dd) A) ©) D) ay B) ° D) A) B) ° DP) NO CHANGE You're surroundings Your surroundings Their surrounding’s NO CHANGE the pages, that this, NO CHANG! the most renowned performers, ‘one of the most renowned performers ‘one of the more renowned performers ~ NO CHANGE, one lives. you live. we live. NO CHANGE This One She NO CHANG! the award, them, that thing,8. Webs allows spiders to catch prey without having to, expend energy chasing it around. However, Ji a tiring dilemma because of the large amount of protein required, in the form of silk. In addition, silk quickly loses its, stickiness and become inefficient at capturing prey. As a result, spiders often eat it's own webs daily to regain some of the energy used in spinning. The silk proteins are thus recycled but the Komodo dragon, a reptile with ancestors that date hack more than 100 million years, wins the prize for being the largest living lizard inthe world. IN| They're name came from rumors ofa large dragon-ike lizard inhabiting the warm, hilly islands of Indonesia. Indeed, the yellow color of its long. forked tongue reminds people of a mythical fire- spitting dragon. Despite its ancient roots the Komolo dragon was unknown tof them until 1910, when it was ‘observed in Komoxio National Park 10. There are around 300 octopus species, all of which can change colors, squirt poison, and exert a force greater In fact, I they're part of an clite group of marine creatures with remarkably large than their own body we brains. Scientists have found that octopuses can not only navigate their way through mazes, but they can also solve problems quickly and remember that. 149. = A) ‘BD © D) A) B) ° D) A) B) ©) A) © D) A) B) ° NO CHANGE, spinning a web its a tiring process they're process is tiring tiring process NO CHANGE its own web's there own webs? ‘ir own webs NO CHANGE Their lis Is NO CHANGE, researchers those people it NO CHANGE their A) By © D) NO CHANGE, the solutions. those. this,Combined Exercise: Subject-Verb Agreement and Tense (answers p. 229) 1. Fach July, one of the world’s largest folk-art the globe fora vast and colorful international bazaar. For ry corner of together artists from e several weeks, more than 200 artists from 60 counties eather to offer handmade masterworks. The festival is located in Santa Fe, destination rich in culture and history. The work of master artists Ef ines the walls as nd one-of-a- market-goers are given the oppor kind treasures and meet their creators, 2. _Kite-lying has along history in Japan: according t0 legend, the frst kites [IM] were flying nearly 1.400 years flying [EJ had remained a delightful tradition. Kites are made from a bamboo ‘ago. Since that time, ki framework and layers of washi paper paper made by hand in the traditional style, Colorful narrative ¢ folklore illustrations and legendary heroes from Japane Eb ccontes th has its own distinet kite design, with more than 130 surfaces. Every region of the country varieties in all. For this reason, there is no si design that [EM are typical of Japanese kites. 174 a A) B) ° D) 2 | A) B) ° Db) A) B) © Dd) A) B) °C) D) A) B) © Dd) A) °. D) NO CHANGE bringing brought brings NO CHANGE, have lined lining. line NO CHANGE, flown were flown had flew NO CHANGE, would have remained will remain hhas remained NO CHANGE, decorate decorating hhas decorated NO CHANGE will be hhad beenrainforest, the skilled | [I Ina village at the edge of and nimble fingers ofa old woman Il bends fabric and A) NO CHANGE srw ino grctl ses. The fst te he pet 8) wil tend size to hold papayas, but BMJ they also held centuries of | D) has bent craft and tribal identity. Basket weaving is one of the | most widespread crafts in history: it originated inthe >] Mid Fast arund 7.000 years agoand spread wwevey | A) NOCHANGE comix Anat, The psenaton ances = HR ous baskets IEMs tical, however, hecause most tems are D) they are also holding made of natural materials like wood, grass,and vines, which decay rapidly, Asa result, much ofthe history of basket making [JJ would be lost. On the other hand, A) NO CHANGE weaving ehh, which te fen psalm fom 2 ae _goncration to generation, EJ has been preserved D) being throughout the centuries and are stil being expanded upon today NO CHANGE hasbeen ©) will have been D) would have been A) NO CHANGE B) have been preserved C) is preserved D) preservedgorjetthe ri] 4, As the world’s first supersonic passeny Concorde was regarded as a marvel of engineering. Most A) NO CHANGE jets ly at maximum speeds of about 50 mies perhour, |B) BOE but the Concorde IN| could have gone more than wo |) went times as fast ~ double the speed of sound. During its 27 xyears of service, the world’s fastest commercial aircraft transported passengers across the Atlantic ocean in only two hours. NO CHANGE Although the Concorde was retired in 2003, a pane B) were : : worl © is that is capable of flying halfway around the world in a Pare D) are ‘mere four hours might soon exist. For engineers, eliinating sonic booms [have been one fhe iggest as So ee aia lee aaa i) NO CHANGE Gt a oad poet al een, must be flying primarily over water. Engineers claim, ©) making. jays ein owt eg oe, © mi ae ee tact ad Sy ee ee es a a = involves thinner wings and hidden engines, Moreover, TINO CEANGE lightweight materials and innovative engine technology B) has allowed El atlow the plane t fly wice as fast as the Concorde. 7 ae 1765. In North America, cranberries were cultivated by = | Native Americans long before the First European settlers A) NO CHANGE arrived, but not until the mid-nineteenth century If was 7 ba the frst berries marketed and sold. Sometime around D) has 1800, Sir Joseph Banks, a British scientist, used seeds from the United States to harvest cranberries in England, but Banks [EJ did not market his crop. Then, in 1816, Henry Hall, a veteran of the Revolutionary war, planted NO CHANGE haa not murted | C) does not market rcialeranbery bogin Dennis, | ——D) will mot market the first-recorded com Massachusetts A) NO CHANGE industry was in full swing, and competition among, B) was growers I were | © have been D)_ would be small scale at first: families and individuals harvested By the mid-nineteenth century, the modern cranberry sce. The business operated on a wild cranberries, selling them locally. As the market such as Boston and EB rons inde ager — New York, however, farmers competed to unload their B) has grew and what was once a local gee Lysand wht We elocal D) had grown haxtome a ihly pia busines surplus cranberries q venture A) NO CHANGE B) had became ©) becomes D) became 176. Ever since scientists discovered thatthe fingerprints | EI of each person on carth [MJ was unique, fingerprinting A) NO CHANGE taped an imporan ein encenent Mn |) Tngervining hs ome ong fom ime wen |B) ig police officers [EM it prints from a crime scene and check them manually. Fingerprints are now used in many ways: to prevent forged signatures, confirm job A) NO CHANGE ee per od avec: B) have lifted applicants” identities, and provide personalized access to ©) would lit everything from ATMs to computer networks. Today, D) will lite Fingerprinting techniques can not only check millions of criminal records ina few seconds, but they IJ have also NO CHANGE ecifleng each perperruor, B) canalso match sperific to each perpotat ©) had also matched D) having also matched matched faces and other identifiable characteristics, 71. When I recently traveled to Colombia to sce my = extended family, | had the opportunity to visita variety of A) NO CHANGE fascinating sites. One of my favorite attractions II were gcc the National Coffee Theme Park, an amusement park D) being Jocated just south of the town of Montenegro. The park, which can be reached from cable cars, IM features a NO CHANGE B) feaure ture. ©) having featured entrance [Eis the ) have featured buildings housing the museum and exhibitions, and in the global coffee garden, a roller coaster, coffee-hased food stalls, and many examples of Colombian folk archit areas: by th Ieconsists of two mai valley beyond is an amusement park with rides and = shows. The muscum includes exhibits on coffee farming A) NO CHANGE id wigan is nose pick es noes | YS fides and attractions. The two areas are linked by a cable D) are car, but is also possible to walk between the two areas via an ecological tail that IE passthrough a plantation of coffee bushes. NO CHANG! ©) will pass D) passing 1788. ‘The construction of prefabricated houses is based on the assembly-tine production model of car prxluction developed by Henry Ford. Inthe 1920s, Ford's production method forthe Model T I transforms the automobile from a luxury item ino a purchase that was affordable for the average consumer. Today, assembly-line production and bulk buying IE has driven down the cost and construction time for prefabricated homes. The production process [MJ has evolved significantly since the 1 prefabricated homes were build atthe turn ofthe twentieth century, and houses can now be constructed in only a matter of weeks. Furthermore, a number of ditions now [if allows buyers to customize their homes Just as satelite radios and heated seats can be auided to cas, Jacuzzis and crown molding canbe aed to prefabricated houses. 179 A) NO CHANGE B) transformed ©) has transformed D) will transform 2 | A) NO CHANGE B) have driven down ©) had driven down D) driving down A) NOCHANGE, B) had evolved ©) will evolve D) evolved A) NO CHANGI B) has allowed C) allow D) allowingExercise: Word Pairs and Comparisons (answers p. 229) 1, Exploration and discovery have been a part of American history since the Fiteenth century. andno | expedition was as influential in shaping the United States Mills Mesivether Lewis and William Clark. In 1803, they set out to find an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean. The purchase of the Louisiana ‘Territory that year had opened vast lands for setlement. Under orders from President Thomas Jelferson, Lewis, Clark and their group of wwoodsmen, hunters, and translators not only blazed atl int the wilderness BM and they spent three years making their way across the continent. 2. Meteoroids are the smallest members of the soar system, ranging from large chunks of rock und metal to miniscule fragments no larger IBM then a grain of sand. Whenever a metcoroi plows inte the Eurth's atmosphere, creates a meteor, avery brief flash of ight inthe sky. Millions of meteors occur inthe Earth's atmosphere daly Just as mai meteoroids appear in the atmosphere during daylight JE 2s pear at night; however, meteors are usually observed after dark, when faint objects can more ccasily be identified, The light produced by a meteor may | ‘come in a variety of shades, depending on the chemical ‘composition of the meteoroid and the speed of its movement through the atmosphere, 183 a A) B) oO Dd) A) oO D) NO CHANGE than Meriwether Lewis and William Clark than the expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as the expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, NO CHANGE, and spending. and they spent but they also spent NO CHANGE, than from NO CHANG as appearing than appear than would appear3. Julia Cl Id might have been one ofthe more prominent American chefs ofthe wenteth century, but BI her reliance on recipes was greater than almost any other cook of her caliber. Child was famous forth exceptional amount of detail she put into her versions of her recipes as she perfected them for publication. For exampl her recipe for white sandwich bread was one of her lest recipes, but she revised it repeatedly Lhroughout her Lng cuter neler her friends [Bor her fellow cooks could persuade hero be susie. The recipe was fist published in Mastering the | ‘Art of French Cooking, but that was ust the beginning. Not | only did Child re-publish « slightly different version less than a decade later [Ef and in 2000 it also appeared in one of her last books, Julia's Kitchen Wisdom. 4. When ste! magnate Andrew Carnegie purchased the Tand for his New York City house in 1898, he purposely bought property as far north I as possible. The relatively spacious grounds were large enough fora terace as well as a private garden ~one ofthe few in Manhatian, Completed in 1901, the house had features more modern [than any ‘other house in New York City. It was also the First private residence in the United States to be built on a steel frame and one of the first in New York to have a passenger levator. Furthermore, the house contained not only a central heating system [EM plus an erly form of air conditio 1g. In the basement, a miniature railroad car transported coal to an immense pair of boilers, 184 A) B) ©) Dd) A) B) D) A) B) ° A) B) °. D) a) B) ° D) NO CHANGI her reliance on recipes was more than she relied on recipes more than did she relied on recipes more then NO CHANGE nor and but NO CHANGE, and in 2000 it also appeared also appearing in 2000 but it also appeared in 2000 NO CHANGE than then DELETE the underlined word. NO CHANGE, then any other house in New York City as that of any other house in New York City than those of any other house in New York City NO CHANGE as butalso in addition to5. During World War II, a gasoline shortage forced many drivers to install power generators that converted wood into 05, process known as gasification. The generators were clunky, but there was no alternative: motorists could either use them [fl and give up driving altogether. The generators were quickly forgoten once fossil fuels hecame ready available, but over 50 years later, gasification was rediscovered 6,000 miles away as a potential source of alternative power, All Power Labs, a California-based company, bas slowly begun resurecting this If more then century-old technology. In five years, the company has sold hundreds of generators known as the “Power Pallet.” Fach Pallets approximately a large Mf the sizeof « refrigerator and can produce clean fuel for about fifteen percent of the usual cost. For countries with less resourees, ities. the pallets open up a whole new world of possi 185 wa ay B) ° D) A) B) ©) Dd) NO CHANGE or with also NO CHANGE more than more NO CHANGE, than the size ofa refrigerator than a refrigerator as a refrigeratorExercise: Parallel Structure (answers p. 230) terse anesthe ny eqns f wolves, A) NO CHANGE ; ; B)rthey at ke sharks Hosting ie shar. iden 8) teva strategies to capture prey, cin sticky D) oras sharks. iders are predators. Inthe insect world, the a wide range of cluding trapping webs, lassoing it with sticky bolas, and [fo mimic other inseets in order to avoid detection. Trap door spiders dig holes, El covering them up with doors made of spider stk A) NO CHANGE : eae B) they mimic and lying in wait for passing prey Serene D) mimic A) NO CHANGE B) covering them up with doors made of spider silk, and to lie ©) cover them up with doors made of spider silk, and then they lie D) to cover them up with doors made of spider silk, and lying 2. Copy editors review documents for mors in grammar, | amy punctuation, and If how words ute spelled. They suggest SURBGuNEE revisions, such as changing words and [Jo rearrange | B) spelling. I C)_ the ways words are spelled, sentences and paragraphs to improve clarity or accuracy By be ea eanl ora They also may carry out esearch, EWconfirming sources for writers, and verify facts, dates, and statistics. Finally, =m they may arrange page layouts of articles, photographs, and ANNO CHANG B) rearranging ©) rearrange D) will rearrange advertisements, A) NO CHANGE, B) toconfirm ©) they confirm D) confirm 1903. Whether it’s with a sympathetic tlt ofthe head or [Ell an excited sweep of the tail, dogs often seem to be ‘entists saying they can sense exactly what we're feeling. have long been uncertain whether dogs can read human emotions, but evidence is growing that canines ean accurately “read” what people feel. Infact a recent study ound that dogs are able wo distinguish between expressions that indicate happiness and those in which anger is indies there was the fostquake. Then thee was the firenado, [EM Thundersnow is what there is now “Thundersnow is essentially the same a «thunderstorms the | ‘only difference is that snow falls instead of rain IE falling Ieoccurs when the layer of air closest tothe ground is cold enough to create snow IB but being warmer than the air above it. When thundersnow occurs at night, lightni appears brighter because itis reflected against the snowflakes. 191 a A) By ° D) a A) B) ° D) NO CHANGI sweeping their tails excitedly their tails sweeping excitedly they sweep their tals excitedly NO CHANGE and those in which anger is indicated for. and ones that indicate anger. ‘with ones where anger is indicated Which of the following best preserves the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph? A) NO CHANGE B) AC the present time, thundersnow exists ©) Thundersnow is here now. Dd) A) B) © D) A) B) ©. D) ‘Now there’s thundersnow. NO CHANGE, that falls it falls DELETE the underlined word (ending the sentence with a period) NO CHANGE and also warmer but itis warmer but warmer5. Architects design buildings. Civil engineers build bridses. twist and shake apart, Their know-how is vital to mastering thout structural engineers, everything could ‘green construction’s novel materials and innovative practices, whether used (0 harness the force of the wind or [capturing the power that the waves have, Green structures excite us by emphasizing particular goals ~ such as eliminating carbon emissions — and accomplishing them via potentially beautiful forms. Green structural engineers formulate new architectural questions and determine new criteria for evaluating the answers. 6. First popularized in Japan, Haiku is a form of poetry that has become appreciated around the world, Haiku poets are challenged to convey a vivid message in only 17 syllables, In Japan these poems ae valued for ther simpli nness, and IE ing ligt, Haiku poems can describe anything, but they are seldom complicated or [EM people have difiulty understanding them, Bach Haiku must contain a kigo, a season word that indicates what season of the year the Haiku i set, For example, blossoms woul indicate spring, snow would give the idea of winter, and summertime would be suggested by mosquitoes. The seasonal word isn always obvious, though, Sometimes itis necessary to consider the theme of the poem to find it. 192 Which of the following best preserves the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph’? A) NO CHANGE B). Structural engineers keep everything from twisting and shaking apart ©) Twisting and shaking apart is what structural engineers keep from happening. D)_ Everything is kept from twisting and shaking apart by structural engineers, A) NO CHANGE B) capture the waves” power. CC) capturing the power of the waves. D) capture the power that the waves possess. A) NO CHANGE B) sense of lightness ©) having lightness. D) they are light. A) NO CHANG! B) cause difficulties in understanding. ©) to understand them is difficult D) difficult o understand A) NO CHANGE B) a suggestion of summertime is given by mosquitoes. C)_ mosquitoes would suggest summertime, 1D) summertime is suggested by mosquitoes.7. Crop circles. Alien abductions. IMJ A person travels through time. These are just some of the paranormal later phenomena that people have believed in but that we found to be hoaxes. Some of the largest hoaxes in history started out as one small lie, but they continued to grow because people believed them. Great hoaxes require great numbers of gullible people willing to suspend disbelief and ‘eof the Elk cccept outlandish explanations inthe f inexplicable. For centuries, there have been reports of strange bright lights in the sky just before, during, or IM carthquake. When an earthquake hit New Zealand in 1888, for example, spectators claimed to see “luminous appearances” and Ef eeling “an extraordinary slow” Over the years, however, descriptions have varied widely the lights have boen desribedas faring white steaks, floating orbs, Eland flames that flicker, Sometimes the lights appeared for just a few seconds, but other times they hovered in the sky for minutes or oven hour ata time 193 Which of the following best preserves the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph? A) NO CHANG B) Traveling through time C) Time travel, D) To travel through time. A) NOCHAN B) accepting C) they accept D) willl accept A) NO CHANGE B) occurring after ©) they occur after D)_ DELETE the underlined word A) NO CHANGE B) feel ©) would feel D) have felt A) NO CHANGE B) and flames flicker. ©) and flames that flicker. D) and flickering flames. NO CHANGE, B) evenin hours ©) even with h D) even on hours9. ‘Throughout World War Il, the United States government rationed foods such sugar, milk, coffee, meat and [EM consuming canned goods, Labor and transportation ss made it hard to harvest and [J moving fruits and vidual citi encouraged to grow their own fruits and vegetables in “victory gardens.” Milli sof gardens in ll shapes and sizes produced abundant food wo support the war effort Gardens were planed not only in backyards and emply tts EEliss weil as in window bores. Neighbors pooled their resources, planting diferent kinds of foods and forming While the gardens themselves are now gone, ‘cooperativ posters, seed packets, photos, and I reading newspaper articles still remain to tell us the story of vietory gardens. 194 A) B) ° D) A) B) ° D) B) ° Dd) NO CHANGE to consume canned goods, «with the consumption of canned goods. ‘canned goods, NO CHANGE move they moved having moved NO CHANGE and for but also in but also 10 NO CHANGE toread read newspapers, DELETE the underlined word10, Maria Montessori (1870 ~ 1952) was an Ialian physician an I she for both the philosophy of education that bears her name ator. She is known worked and for her writings on scien pedagogy. Today, ber educational methods are used in schools throughout the world, Montessori dd ao set out to hea teacher, however, | only BBfshehocame a scientist. At he age of sixteen she enrolled at the Leonardo da Vine Technical Institute, where she did well inthe sciences and especially mathematies She inital intended to study enginering but eventually Bos ‘on medicine. 195 A) B) oO D) NO CHANGE as an educator. {o be an educator, educator. NO CHANGE as well as from and also through and to NO CHANGE becoming. lo become she would become NO CHANGE, will settle on seitled on settling forExercis 1. The tale of Hansel and Gretel the story of two young children If whom stumble across a cottage made of singerbread, played an important roe inthe history of sweets, vas published in 1812, time where many bakers alteady knew how to ercate elaborate structures from other types of eandy. Inspired by the tale, they began to form ther gingerinead into houses, Soon, gingerbread construction was elevated to an artform Ii whose popularity quickly spread through Europe and the Ui States. 2. Shorly after | moved from Chicago to Lincoln, Nebraska, attended the ei ghty-fifth birthday party of woman [EF whom was among the city’s original setters The [EJ room, that was decorated with banners and balloons, also held family photographs ~ erisp new snapshots of grandchildren and great-grandehildren, wedding photos from the 1950s, and worn black-and-white portraits of ancestors whose stoic expressions and sturdy, upright Figures seemed to embody the harshness of life in aan unforgiving new environment These people were immortalized in the works of Willa Cater, [EJ whom depicted them in novels such as My Antonia and O Pioneers! Cather, an [EM author which | lived in Nebraska during the late nineteenth century, chronicled the lives and hardships ofthe seule, ving their struggles for generations to come. 206 A) B) ° D) a A) B) ° Db) A) B) ° Dd) A) ° D) A) B) °. D) A) ©) Dd) Relative Pronouns (answers p. 230) NO CHANG: which stumble who stumble and stumble NO CHANGE who’s popularity its popularity and popularity NO CHAN who was which was she was NO CHANGE room that, room, which room, it NO CHANGE who which she NO CHANGE author, which author who author, that3. More than 85% of mammals sleep for short periods throughout the day. Humans, in contrast, divide their days into two distinet periods: one [J where they sleep and one for wakefulne: . Although ths division is considered normal in the United States, itis not clear that his is humans” natural sleep pattern. Young children and elderly people are wo EM groups. that often nap, and napping is aan important aspect of many cultures, | While naps do not necessarily make up for inadequate ‘or poor quality nightime sleep, short nap I where a person simply closes his or her eyes fora few minutes can help to improve mood, aerness and concentration Although people fwho sleep in the middle ofthe day are often percived as lazy, they're actually avery accomplished group, Famous nappers include Winston CChurehillJohn F. Kennedy, Napoleon, Albert Einstein, and Thomas Edison, all Ei of whom are known wo have valued their aflemoon naps. 4, Since the early 2000s, thousands of honey bees have disappeared without a trace, and no one knows just why. ‘The phenomenon, known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), has occurred many times, but this time it has become a global epidemic. David Hackenberg, a Pennsylvania beekeeper, was one ofthe first people HE stom led attention to the problem. 207 A) B) ° D) oo A B) ° Dd) 3 A) B) ° Dd) a A) B) ° D) A) B) oO Dd) A) B) ©) D) NO CHANG in which they sleep for which they sleep for sleep NO CHANGE ‘groups, which often nap groups that, often nap ‘groups tha often nap, NO CHANGE whereby from whieh that NO CHANGE, whom sleep which sleep that sleep, NO CHANGE, of them of which of these NO CHANGE which call ‘who will call tocallIt was in 2006 that Hackenberg real was amiss. For years, he had lent his bees to farmers, Hho used them to poltinate their erops. In 2006, he Aelivered 400 bee colonics toa Florida farm, but when he went to collect them, the bees were nowhere to be found. In the end, he lost about Wvo-thed of his hives. Although Hackenberg was distraught at fist he now considers himsell lucky: some beekeepers If whom were less fortunate lost 90% oftheir bees. Now, scientists are curious to figure out just what is making so many bees disappear in places IMfwhere they were once found in and the reasons for its abundance. The causes of C increasing occurrence remain unelear, but many possibilities have been proposed: pesticides, infections, ' loss of habitat, radiation from electronic devices ora combination of all these factors, 8. Having played a central role in helping the United States win i from Great Britain, George independen Washington quickly became a celebrity. Not surprisingly, he acquired many admirers, one II of thm was Patience Wright. Wright,a sculptor, was known for her remarkably realistic IB ports, hat were made out of tinted wa. She had always amused herself and her children by molding faces out of putty, dough, and wa, but thanks 10a neighbor who encouraged her, she turned her hobby ito a full-time occupation. ‘Wright loved her work, and those J whom watched her sculpt often commented on the energy that she brought to the process. In an era where photographs did not exist, skilled portraitists were held in high regard. Despite her 208 A) B) ° D) 13 | A‘) B) ° Dd) ga A‘) B) © b) A) B) ©) Dd) A) B) co D) A) B) °) Dd) NO CHANGE, which used who used these farmers used. NO CHANGE who were which were ng NO CHANGE, that when DELETE the underlined word. NO CHANGE of which of whom of these NO CHANGE portraits, whieh portraits in which portraits, they NO CHANGE who watched. which watched watchedlack of formal training, Wright was widely recognized for her lens By 170, ste hal become suze eneughto.| A) NOCHANGE opera waswerts house in New Yor iy. When 2 whoa ravaged he New York tain 177 onee, Wilh D) andshe aimed decided to relocate to London. By that time, she had | sculpted many famous figures and had even eamed the rs] support of the Queen of England, EM which admired her A) NOCHANGE work dep Sil. hough she wsr'atsie.Tosai | MO, George Washington. fader Soho 0 aye > wim Americans owed their deep gratitude, would be the crowning achievement of Wright's career. | 209