- Land-hunting people had lived throughout much of the northern interior for at least 12,000 years.. - The overall circumpolar environment in the 1500’s was not very different from the environment of the present. - Summer temperatures ranged from near freezing to the mid-20's Celsius, while winter temperatures were often as low as 40 degrees below zero Celsius.. - They refer to the landforms of these areas as tundra and taiga, respectively.. - Temperatures in the northern lands were below freezing for eight or nine months of the year. - Subsurface soil in the Arctic's tundra remained permanently frozen. - Summer travel in the boggy lands, or muskeg country, of the Subarctic's taiga was also slow and arduous. - In both tundra and taiga, hordes of mosquitoes and biting flies bred in the standing pools of water. - Northern people looked forward to the turn of the season to bring the easier traveling conditions associated with cold weather. - In the Arctic, they could haul food and. - supplies by dogsled while in the Subarctic, people could travel quickly and efficiently by snowshoes and toboggan.. - The word "domain". - in line 6 is closest in meaning to. - Which of the following terms is used to describe the landforms of the Arctic region?. - For how many months of the year were temperatures below freezing in the circumpolar region?. - The word "saturated". - in line 19 is closest in meaning to. - The word "arduous". - in line 22 is closest in meaning to. - The word "standing". - in line 25 is closest in meaning to. - All of the following are mentioned as having made travel in the summer difficult EXCEPT. - The subsurface soil in the Arctic's tundra is most comparable to which of the following?. - Where in the passage does the author mention a means by which people traveled in the northern lands?. - Consider, for example, the unusual behavior of ants belonging to the genus Polyergus. - The captured brood is then reared by the resident Formica workers until the developing pupae emerge to add to the Formica population, which maintains the mixed-species nest The Formica workers forage for food and give it to colony members of both species. - The true extent of the Polyergus ants' dependence on the Formica becomes apparent when the worker population grows too large for the existing nest. - Formica scouts locate a new nesting site, return to the mixed-species colony, and recruit additional Formica nest mates. - During a period that may last seven days, the Formica workers carry to the new nest all the Polyergus eggs, larvae, and pupae, every Polyergus adult, and even the Polyergus queen.. - Of the approximately 8,000 species of ants in the world, all 5 species of Polyergus and some 200 species in other genera have evolved some degree of parasitic. - Which of the following statements best represents the main idea of the passage?. - (A) Ants belonging to the genus Formica are incapable of performing certain tasks.. - (B) The genus Polyergus is quite similar to the genus Formica.. - (C) Ants belonging to the genus Polyergus have an unusual relationship with ants belonging to the genus Formica.. - The word "raise". - in line 1 is closest in meaning to. - The word "it". - in line 3 refers to (A) species. - What does the author mean by stating that “The dulotic species of lifts. - Which of the following is a task that an ant of the genus Polyergus might do?. - The word "excavate". - in line 17 is closest in meaning to. - The word "recruit". - in line 20 is closest in meaning. - According to the information in the passage, all of the following terms refer to ants belonging to the genus Formica EXCEPT the. - There are many museums devoted to the decorative arts and many house museums, but rarely in the United States is a great collection displayed in a great country house. - This fact is of importance to the atmosphere and effect of the museum. - The impression of a lived-in house is apparent to the visitor. - the rooms look as if they were vacated only a short while ago whether by the original owners of the furniture or the most recent residents of the house can be a matter of personal interpretation. - the house, as well as the collection and manner of displaying it to the visitor, has changed over the years. - The changes have coincided with developing concepts of the American arts, increased knowledge on the part of collectors and students, and a progression toward the achievement of a historical effect in period-room displays. - Comparable to the habitat group in a natural history museum, the period room represents the decorative arts in a lively and interesting manner and provides an opportunity to assemble objects related by style, date, or place of manufacture.. - in line 2 is closest in meaning to. - What does the author mean by stating "The impression of a lived-in house is apparent to the visitor". - The word "assembled". - in line 11 Is closest in meaning to. - The word "developing". - in line 14 is closest in meaning to. - What is die relationship between the two paragraphs in the passage?. - (A) The second paragraph explains a term that was mentioned in the first paragraph.. - (B) Each paragraph describes a different approach to the display of objects in a museum.. - Where in the passage does the author explain why displays at Winterthur have changed?. - The modem comic strip started out as ammunition in a newspaper war between giants of the American press in the late nineteenth century. - The first full-color comic strip appeared in January 1894 in the New York World, owned by Joseph Pulitzer. - the first continuous comic character in the United States, whose creator, Richard Outcault, had been lured away from the World by the ambitious Hearst. - based on Wilhelm Busch's Max and Moritz, a European satire of the nineteenth century. - They first appeared in the Chicago American in 1904. - (D) Features of early comic strips in the United States. - The passage suggests that comic strips were popular for which of the following reasons?. - To say that Richard Outcault had been "lured away from” the World by Hearst (line 10) means which of the following?. - The word “it” in line 12 refer to (A) The “Yellow Kid”. - According to the passage, the. - “Yellow Kid” was the first comic strip to do all of the following EXCEPT. - The word "incorporate". - The word "prototype". - The word "staple". - in line 24 is closest in meaning to. - In what order does the author discuss various comic strips in the passage?. - (A) In alphabetical order by title (B) In the order in which they were. - (C) According to the newspaper in which they appeared. - Every drop of water in the ocean, even in the deepest parts, responds to the forces that create the tides. - The tides are a response of the waters of the ocean to the pull of the Moon and the more distant Sun. - In theory, there is a gravitational attraction between the water and even the outermost star of the universe. - In reality, however, the pull of remote stars is so slight as to be obliterated by the control of the Moon and, to a lesser extent, the Sun.. - And as the Moon waxes and wanes in its monthly cycle, so the height of the tide varies. - The tidal movements are strongest when the Moon is a sliver in the sky, and when it is full. - These are the highest flood tides and the lowest ebb tides of the lunar month and are called the spring tides. - At these times the Sun, Moon, and Earth are nearly in line and the pull of the two heavenly bodies is added together to bring the water high on the beaches, to send its surf upward against the sea cliffs, and to draw a high tide into the harbors. - Twice each month, at the quarters of the Moon, when the Sun, Moon and Earth lie at the apexes of a triangular configuration and the pull of the Sun and Moon are opposed, the moderate tidal movements called neap tides occur. - What is the main point of the first paragraph?. - (B) Despite the strength of the wind, it only moves surface water.. - in line 3 is closest in meaning to. - in line 8 are closest in meaning to. - in line 11 is closest in meaning to. - (A) Seasonal changes in the weather. - (B) The gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon when nearly in line with the Earth. - (D) The triangular arrangement of the Earth, Sun, and Moon. - Which of the following pictures best represents the position of the Sun, Moon, and Earth during spring tides?. - According to the passage, all of the following statements about tides are true EXCEPT:. - (C) The strongest tides occur at the quarters of the Moon.. - Where in the passage does the author mention movements of ocean water other than those caused by tides?
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