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Why did Zaroff believe this animal was so formidable?

• because of its ability to reason
• because of its great speed
• because of its greater strength
• because of its ability to speak

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What is Walton attempting to locate?

• Northern passage through the Artic
• South Pole
• Alaska
• An escaped fugitive

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Who does juror number 8 accuse of wanting to pull the switch?

• Juror 3
• Juror 7
• Juror 10
• Juror 11

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Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Maycomb?

• Maycomb is a progressive town.
• Maycomb is affected by Great Depression.
• People in Maycomb have a lot of things to do.
• It is easy to move in and out of Maycomb. 

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What was the voice on the tele screen babbling about?

• Production of pig-iron 
• Eastasia's attack on Oceania
• BIG BROTHER's daily speech to the Party
• Goldstein's threat to Oceania

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What school did Mary Jackson fight to attend?

• University of Virginia
• Howard University
• Hampton High School
• Virginia Technical School

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What organization did Katherine, Mary, and Dorothy work for?

• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• The Planetary Society (TPS)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals.

Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex. Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside. Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.

What does the passage say happened at the Lascaux caves in 1963?

• Visitors were prohibited from entering.

• A new lighting system was installed.

• Another part was discovered.

• A new entrance was created.

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Stonehenge is an ancient monument situated about ten miles north of Salisbury in England. It was built about 4500 years ago, but by whom and for what purpose remains a mystery. The builders must have known of geometry. They may have been influenced by the Mycenaeans, whose architecture was similar. Some of the stones must have been brought from West Wales, over 135 miles away. These stones weigh more than fifty tons. They may have been brought on rafts and rollers. Experts say that it must have taken 1500 men more than five years to transport them. Stonehenge was probably built in three stages. First, settlers from continental Europe built a temple for sun worship. Later the "Beaker" people added the stone circles. Finally, people of the Wessex Culture transformed Stonehenge into an observatory. They could calculate the exact time of Midsummer and Midwinter and of equinoxes

It is pointed out in the reading that the Stonehenge ----.

• was built by the Mycenaeans, who were very advanced in geometry

• probably has religious origins, possibly for worship of the sun

• had no astrological purposes

• was erected thousands of years ago in West Wales

• is still used to calculate the changes of the seasons

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Homer was a Greek epic poet. Both the date and the place of his birth and death are not known precisely, but recent research suggests a date between 1050 and 800 BC. It has even been claimed that no such man as Homer existed and that The Iliad and The Odyssey are collections of traditional ballads and not the work of one man. In any event they were known all over the Greek-speaking world before the sixth century BC. The Iliad is an epic poem dealing with the siege of Troy by the Greeks. The Odyssey describes the wandering of Odysseus, a Greek seafarer, on his way back to Ithaca after the fall of Troy.

We can infer from the passage that ----.

• it's not definite when and where Homer was born

• Homer only deals with poetry

• recent research shows the impossibility of finding Homer's birth date

• some suggest that he was born in 800 BC

• Homer's birth place is known but his date of birth is still unknown

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