Boundaries 1

While one requires oxygen and one does ______ and anaerobic respiration are both forms of cellular respiration— that is, they are processes by which cells break down glucose to use as energy. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• not aerobic
• not. Aerobic
• not, aerobic
• not; aerobic

Human-made (synthetic) fibers used in clothes and many other consumer products are more durable than most natural plant ______ the manufacture of synthetic fibers requires toxic chemical solvents that can pollute air and water. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• fibers,
• fibers but
• fibers
• fibers, but

Emperor Ashoka ruled the Maurya Empire in South Asia from roughly 270 to 232 BCE. He is known for enforcing a moral code called the Law of Piety, which established the sanctity of animal ______ the just treatment of the elderly, and the abolition of the slave trade. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• life
• life;
• life:
• life,

A subseasonal weather forecast attempts to predict weather conditions three to four weeks in ______ its predictions are therefore more short-term than those of the seasonal forecast, which attempts to predict the weather more than a month in advance. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• advance,
• advance
• advance;
• advance and

In her book The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, author Maxine Hong Kingston examines themes ______ childhood, womanhood, and Chinese American identity by intertwining autobiography and mythology. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• of:
• of
• of—
• of,