Reading & writing

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Basketball players often seem more likely to score after consecutive shots due to the 'hot hand' phenomenon, but stats show players ____ to become overconfident; their shooting percentage drops after a basket.

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tend

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In an experiment, bees flew across the Atlantic and US, suffering from jet ____ leading to the conclusion that they can perceive time.

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lag, leading

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Following the WHO's approval of the first malaria vaccine in 2021, researchers progressed, ____ a second malaria vaccine more effective than the first. This breakthrough may save millions in low-income African countries.

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developing

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The Inca preserved info in knotted textiles called khipu. Harvard student Manny Medrano tried to decipher khipu by comparing them with Spanish documents, discovering they contained Incan stories and histories. ____

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Nevertheless,

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Spanish colonists were thought to have introduced horses to Native Americans. However, horse remains indicate that some Native American groups in Kansas, New Mexico, and Wyoming ____ horses before encountering Europeans.

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had domesticated

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Tibetans dispose of the dead through sky burials, believing vultures carry the soul to the heavens where it ____ until reincarnation.

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resides

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Spanish painter Remedios Varo was trained by her engineer father, who insisted she duplicate his technical drawings. She later joined the Surrealist movement, moving away from her initial realism.

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duplicate

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The Taíno people lived in the Caribbean before Columbus in 1492. Their culture is evident in art, such as ____ on Mona Island's cave walls.

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an etching

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A 2023 study found a variation in the ABCC9 gene linked to differences in human voice. This gene affects collagen and elastin, which help tissues stretch. The correct completion is:

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vibrate. Changes