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Across the Chesapeake Bay from the rest of the state _____________________ whose farms produce beans, tomatoes, and other garden vegetables.

• there lies Maryland's Eastern Shore

• lies Maryland's Eastern Shore

• Maryland's Eastern Shore lies there

• Maryland's Eastern Shore lies

Alfalfa is _________________________ for livestock.

• a primarily grown crop

• grown primarily a crop

• a crop grown primarily

• a grown crop primarily

Geometry is useful _______________ carpentry and navigation.

• as in such diverse occupations

• such as in diverse occupations

• in such diverse occupations as

• diverse occupations such as in

Acidophilus bacteria are _______________ in an acid medium.

• those that grow best

• those grow best that

• that those grow best

• grow best those that

Reinforced concrete is concrete that is strengthened by mental bars ____________________.

• in it that are embedded

• embedded that are in it

• are that it embedded in

• that are embedded in it

Most southern states had set up primary school systems by the late eighteenth century, but only in New England _______________ and open to all students.

• primary schools were free

• were primary schools free

• free were primary schools

• were free primary schools

Today ____________ major new products without conducting elaborate market research.

• corporations hardly introduce ever

• hardly ever corporations introduce

• hardly ever introduce corporations

• corporations hardly ever introduce

Rarely _______________ more than 50 miles from the coast.

• redwood trees grow

• redwood trees do grow

• grow redwood trees

• do redwood trees grow

Nerve cells, or neurons, ________________ in the human body.

• the most complex cells are

• are the most complex cells

• most complex the cells are

• most are the complex cells

Nashville, Tennessee, has ____________ the capital of country music.

• as long been known

• been known long as

• long been known as

• long as been known