A collectible coin ______ in mint condition when it looks as it did when it was made.

• to be is said

• said is to be

• is to be said

• is said to be

Dust storms most often occur in ar- eas where the ground has little vegetation to protect _____ of the wind.

• the effects from it

• from the effects

• it the effects

• it from the effects

______ of their size and weight, grizzly bears are remarkably nimble animals.

• Animals

• For animals

• As animals

• To be animals

______ most fruits, cher­ries must ripen on the vine.

• Unlikely

• Different

• Dislike

• Unlike

______ who made Thanksgiving an official holiday in the United States.

• Abraham Lincoln

• He was Abraham Lincoln

• Abraham Lincoln was

• lt was Abraham Lincoln

The higher ______ octane number of gasoline, the less knock­ing occurs in the engine as the fuel is burned.

• some

• the

• is

• than

Historian Barbara Tuchrnan was the first woman ______ president of the Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• whose election as

• to elect

• was elected

• to be elected