Review Skill 10 Exercise 1 (WE)

As the only major American river that flowed in a west direction, the Ohio was the preferred route for settlers.

• the only

• flowed

• west

• preferred

During the annually salmon migration from the sea to fresh water, Alaska’s McNeil River becomes a gathering place for brown bears waiting eagerly to catch their fill.

• annually

• fresh

• gathering

• eagerly

Edelman stresses the mounting evidence showing that greatly variation on a microscopic scale is likely.

• mounting

• showing

• greatly

• likely

Perhaps the most welcoming and friendly of the park’s wild places is the live oak forest that surrounds the district’s alone visitors’ center in Gulf Breeze.

• welcoming

• friendly

• live

• alone

Halley’s comet, viewing through a telescope, was quite impressive.

• viewing

• through

• quite

• impressive

The state of deep asleep is characterized by rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep.

• deep

• asleep

• characterized

• by

Among the disputing sections of the Monteverdi opera are the sinfonia, the prologue, and the role of Ottone.

• among

• disputing

• sections

• are

Most probably because of the likable rapport between anchors, the night newscast on the local ABC affiliate has recently moved well beyond its competitors in the ratings battle.

• probably

• likable

• night

• recently

Signing at the outset of a business deal, a contract offers the participants a certain degree of legal protection from costly mistakes.

• signing

• outset

• certain

• costly

The story presented by Fischer is a headlong tale told so effectively that its momentum carries the reader right through the live endnotes.

• headlong

• effectively

• its momentum

• live