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A recent study tracked the number of bee species present in twenty-seven New York apple orchards over a ten-year period. ______ found that when wild growth near an orchard was cleared, the number of different bee species visiting the orchard decreased. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• Entomologist Heather Grab:

• Entomologist, Heather Grab,

• Entomologist Heather Grab

• Entomologist Heather Grab,

The Limón technique, developed by Mexican-born dancer and choreographer Jose Limón, is known for its emphasis on breath control and its interplay of weight and ______ dancers may explore, for example, the moment of mid-air suspension at the top of a jump. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• weightlessness

• weightlessness which

• weightlessness,

• weightlessness;

The haiku-like poems of Tomas Tranströmer, which present nature- and dream-influenced images in crisp, spare language, have earned the Swedish poet praise from leading contemporary ______ them Nigerian American essayist and novelist Teju Cole, who has written that Tranströmer’s works “contain a luminous simplicity.” Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• writers. Among

• writers among

• writers; among

• writers, among

Roughly 300 nights a year, when the cold air descending from the Andes Mountains meets the warm air rising from Venezuela’s coastal Lake Maracaibo, the result is a spectacular lightning storm, its strikes so bright, so localized, and so ______ that it has become known as “Maracaibo’s Lighthouse.” Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• dependable:

• dependable;

• dependable

• dependable,

Jamaican British artist Willard Wigan is known for his remarkable ______ so small that they are best viewed through a microscope, Wigan’s sculptures are made from tiny natural materials, such as spiderweb strands. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• microsculptures creations

• microsculptures, creations

• microsculptures. Creations

• microsculptures and creations

To serve local families during the Great Depression, innovative New York City librarian Pura Belpré offered storytelling in both English and Spanish, an uncommon ______ celebrated el Día de los Tres Reyes Magos, an important community holiday; and put on puppet shows dramatizing Puerto Rican folktales. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• practice, at the time

• practice at the time;

• practice, at the time,

• practice at the time,

Using natural debris, such as dried ______ such as plastic bags; and more traditional art supplies, such as tree glue, Ghanaian artist Ed Franklin Gavua creates his striking Yiiiiikakaii African masks, which he hopes can help viewers rethink how waste is used in their communities. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• leaves, man-made trash:

• leaves; man-made trash,

• leaves, man-made trash,

• leaves; man-made trash;

In the 1950s, novel audio technologies allowed the addition of another instrument to jazz and swing ______ relatively quiet instrument, its full range of sound was finally audible alongside the blaring brass instruments of the time, allowing flautists like Bennie Maupin and Bobbi Humphrey to perform with other jazz greats. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• music, the flute, a

• music. The flute, a

• music; the flute, a

• music: the flute. A

On March 23, 2021, a gust of wind wreaked havoc on global trade. Ever Given, an international shipping container vessel, became lodged in Egypt’s Suez Canal, a major shipping route between Europe and Asia. The vessel took six days to ______ it’s as heavy as two thousand blue whales when fully loaded. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• dislodge in part due to its sheer size,

• dislodge, in part due to its sheer size:

• dislodge, in part due to its sheer size,

• dislodge, in part, due to its sheer size

In addition to advocating for South America’s independence in two political treatises, the Cartagena Manifesto and the Letter from Jamaica, Simón Bolívar personally led armies against the Spanish, liberating three South American territories —New Granada (present-day Colombia and Panama), Venezuela, and Quito (present-day ______ from colonial rule. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• Ecuador,)

• Ecuador)

• Ecuador),

• Ecuador)—