QUESTION 209
Until 1992. microprocessor types were identified by number, and for a long time they were considered so
_________that manufacturers would share design specifications for them.

QUESTION 210
Even detractors who warn of its potential for abuse agree that genetic engineering, if used _______, can reduce the incidence of the sort of physical deformities that any society would want to eliminate.

QUESTION 211
INFLATE : BIGGER

QUESTION 212
The Galapagos Islands are in the Pacific Ocean, off the western coast of South America.
They are a rocky, lonely spot, but they are also one of the most unusual places in the world. One reason is that they are the home of some of the last giant tortoises left on earth. Weighing hundreds of pounds, these tortoises, or land turtles, wander slowly around the rocks and sand of the islands. Strangely, each of these islands has its own particular kinds of tortoises. There are seven different kinds of tortoises on the eight islands, each kind being slightly different from the other. Hundreds of years ago, thousands of tortoises wandered around these islands. However, all that changed when people started landing there.
When people first arrived in 1535, their ships had no refrigerators. This meant that fresh food was always a problem for the sailors on board.
The giant tortoises provided a solution to this problem. Ships would anchor off the islands, and crews would row ashore and seize as many tortoises as they could. Once the animals were aboard the ship, the sailors would roll the tortoises onto their backs. The tortoises were completely helpless once on their backs, so they could only lie there until used for soups and stews. Almost 100,000 tortoises were carried off in this way. The tortoises faced other problems, too. Soon after the first ships, settlers arrived bringing pigs, goats, donkeys, dogs and cats. All of these animals ruined life for the tortoises.
Donkey and goats ate all the plants that the tortoises usually fed on, while the pigs. Dogs and cats consumed thousands of baby tortoises each year. Within a few years, it was hard to find any tortoise eggs- or even any baby tortoises. By the early 1900s, people began to worry that the last of the tortoises would soon die out. No one, however, seemed to care enough to do anything about the problem. More and more tortoises disappeared, even though sailors no longer needed them for food. For another fifty years, this situation continued. Finally, in the 1950s, scientist decided that something must be done. The first part of their plan was to get rid of as many cats, dogs and other animals as they could.
Next, they tried to make sure that more baby tortoises would be born. To do this, they started looking for wild tortoise eggs. They gathered the eggs and put them in safe containers. When the eggs hatched, the scientists raised the tortoises in special pens. Both the eggs and tortoises were numbered so that the scientists knew exactly which kinds of tortoises they had-and which island they came from. Once the tortoises were old enough and big enough to take care of themselves, the scientists took them back to their islands and set them loose. This slow, hard work continues today, and, thanks to it, the number of tortoises is now increasing every year.
When did people start to do something to save the tortoises?

QUESTION 213
MACERATION : LIQUID

QUESTION 214
One aim of educational technology should be to _______ instruction more precisely to students’ individual needs, since vast differences in the ways students learn are _______ when they are taught the same thing.

QUESTION 215
The science of astronomy is widely viewed today as _______ at least as much as theoretical, in that sooner or later what astronomers detect finds its way into theory, or the theory is modified to _______ it.

QUESTION 216
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QUESTION 218
Scientists have recently confirmed that Mercury possesses a lot of ice._________discovery for a place that ranks among the hottest in the solar system.

QUESTION 219
In a geometric series, each term is a constant multiple of the preceding one. If x and y are the first two terms in a geometric series, which of the following represents the third term in the series?

QUESTION 220
The manufacturing cost of the item that takes the most time to manufacture is approximately what percent greater than the cost of the item that takes the least time to manufacture?

QUESTION 221
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QUESTION 222
UNION JACK : VEXILLOLOGY

QUESTION 223
SANDAL : FOOTPRINT ::

QUESTION 224
Hotels in major urban markets seem to offer the biggest potential________ seasoned investors looking to make an investment in the lodging sector: those hotels took the hardest hit during the recession, and analysts expect them to bounce back just as steeply.

QUESTION 225
The complex topic of whether bilingualism enhances cognitive functions beyond language, the so-called
“bilingual advantage.” is an intensely debated subject. Research results can be influenced by many variables, including the definition of bilingualisni itself. The previous focus on what was perceived to be a classical case of bilingualism (early, simultaneous acquisition of more than one language) has been largely replaced by a more inclusive definition. based on the ability to communicate rather than a perfect command. Indeed, improvement in cognitive functions has been reported after only one week of an intensive language course.
Conversely, inactive bilinguals. who were early balanced bilinguals in their childhood but moved to an exclusive use of one language in later life, perform differently from active bilinguals and more like monolinguals.
Iii the context of the passage as a whole, the reference to “improvement in cognitive functions” primarily serves to

QUESTION 226
DAM : DELUGE ::

QUESTION 227
The relevance of the literary personality-a writer’s distinctive attitudes, concerns, and artistic choices-to the analysis of a literary work is being scrutinized by various schools of contemporary criticism.
Deconstructionists view the literary personality, like the writer’s biographical personality, as irrelevant. The proper focus of literary analysis, they argue, is a work’s intertextuality (interrelationship with other texts), subtexts (unspoken, concealed. or repressed discourses), and metatexts (self-referential aspects), not a perception of a writer’s verbal and aesthetic “fingerprints.” New historicists also devalue the literary personality, since, in their emphasis on a work’s historical context, they credit a writer with only those insights and ideas that were generally available when the writer lived. However, to readers interested in literary detective work-say scholars of classical (Greek and Roman) literature who wish to reconstruct damaged texts or deduce a work’s authorship- the literary personality sometimes provides vital clues.
Which of the following does the author mention in the passage as a concern of (^constructionists?

QUESTION 228
The appropriateness of_________with those to whom one owes loyalty is evident in the Confucian view that rulers who are not living up to their roles should be urged to rectify their behavior.

QUESTION 229