SWET 1 Completion

Most doctors of the Colonial period believed _______ was caused by an imbalance of humors in the body.

• in disease
• that disease
• of disease
• about disease

In 1976 Sarah Caldwell became _________ at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

• she was the first woman to conduct
• the first woman conductor
• the woman was first conducting
• the woman conducts first

On January 7, 1955, Marian Anderson became _________ to sing a major role at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House.

• the first African American
• the first African American was
• she was the first African American
• when the first African American

Perhaps the most significant postwar trend was the decentralization of cities throughout the United States, _________ when massive highway-building programs permitted greater suburban growth.

• and accelerated a phenomenon
• a phenomenon that accelerated
• accelerating a phenomenon which,
• the acceleration of which phenomenon

Ronald Reagan had served two terms as governor of California before _________ President.

• he became
• when becoming
• became
• did he become

_________, domesticated grapes grow in clusters, range in color from pale green to black, and contain sugar in varying quantities.

• Their botanical classification as berries
• Although their botanical classification as berries
• Because berries being their botanical classification
• Classified botanically as berries

The cymbal is ________ in the military band and is also frequently used in modern orchestral music.

• a basic instrument
• basic instrument
• how basic an instrument it is
• as an instrument is basic

In instrumentalist philosophy, ideas and knowledge are exclusively functional processes: they are of significance only _________ instrumental in the development of experience.

• as they are
• are they
• there are
• are

_________ either by cooling or by depriving the fire of oxygen, and most do both.

• Working fire extinguishers
• Fire extinguishers that work
• Fire extinguishers work
• The work of fire extinguishers

The introduction of mass-production methods enabled many people _________ and gave them an unprecedented amount of mobility.

• to purchase their own automobiles
• their own to purchase automobiles
• to their own purchase automobiles
• own their automobiles to purchase