Choose the word or phrase that best completes the blank in each sentence.
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________ thirteen states in the original United States.
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As there were
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There were
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Were
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So were
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Tuna, ________, may weigh up to 1,000 pounds.
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is the sea giant
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can be giants of the sea
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one of the sea giants
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the sea of the giant
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________ there is a close correlation between stress and illness.
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Some psychologists believe
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Believed some psychologists
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Some psychologists to believe
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Some psychologists believing
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________ is often used in soups and sauces.
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Parsley, an inexpensive herb,
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Parsley is an inexpensive herb
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Inexpensive parsley, herb
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An herb is inexpensive parsley,
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________, common weedy plants with many-rayed yellow flowers, are more popular among children than among adults.
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Known as dandelions
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Dandelions
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In summer
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Which are danlelions
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One of the professor's greatest attributes is ________.
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when he gives lectures
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how in the manner that he lectures
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the way to give lectures
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his ability to lecture
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________ four major championships on the professional golf tour.
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They are
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The
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In all
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There are
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8-
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Progressive farmers use several methods to prevent top soil ________.
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from running off
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to run off
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from to run off
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to running off
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America's first globe maker was James Wilson, who ________ and blacksmith in his earlier life.
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a farmer had been
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had been a farmer
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farming
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being a farmer
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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi ________ the 1937 Nobel Prize for medicine for his synthesis of ascorbic acid.
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was awarded
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B -
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to award
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C -
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awarded
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D -
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awarding
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