A comet is a mostly Agaseous body of small mass and Bvolume enormous that can be seen Cfrom Earth for periods ranging from a few days Dto several months.

Cold Awinds carrying ice and Bsand will kill or Ccutting new growth on Dtrees.

Presenting Ayourself well in a job Binterview is as important as Clearn about the Dorganization.

The classes Aof steroids differ Bby one another Conly in the additional atoms attached Dto their central structure.

Store layout and merchandise presentation, as well as______, help shoppers find items more quickly. to have appropriate signs appropriate signs are necessary with appropriate signs appropriate signs

Not only______the fall of the czar, but it also destroyed the provisional government. did World War I cause World War I caused was World War I caused World War I to cause

Silicon, a nonmetallic element, is______ abundant element in Earth’s crust. second more than more second the second most of the second most

A lever______a rigid bar that can turn around a fixed point called the fulcrum. it consists consists of is consisting can consist

The booby’s brown feathers are______its blue feet are bright. very dull duller as dull as dull as well

Among Italo Calvino’s works______about World War II, The Path to the Nest of Spiders. a realistic novel it is a realistic novel a realistic novel is is a realistic novel

TOEFL iBT Writing. In this integrated writing task, you will write a response to a question about a reading passage and a lecture. Your response will be scored on the quality of your writing and on how well you connect the points in the lecture with points in the reading. Typically, an effective response will have 150 to 225 words. Reading Time - 3 minutes Many anthropologists and linguists have studied storytelling, the accounts of personal experiences that people tell in conversation, because stories reveal a great deal about a person’s worldview. In one study, the researcher analyzed twenty-one stories told in conversation by fourteen young men. In all of the stories, the men talked about themselves, mostly in a way that made them look good. For example, two men told about times when their extraordinary performance had won a game for their team. The men’s stories tended to be about competition or contest. Most of the stories had a protagonist, a main character or hero, as well as an antagonist, a character or force opposing the main character. When the storyteller was not the protagonist in his own story, the protagonist was always another man. None of the stories had a woman as the protagonist, although women occasionally appeared as minor characters. Many of the stories were about contests with other men. There were physical contests, such as fights and sports. There were also social contests, in which the protagonist used verbal or intellectual skill to defend his honor. Some of the stories told of contests with nature, such as hunting, fishing, and mountain climbing. The men talked mostly about events in which they had acted alone. In only four of the stories did the protagonist receive help or advice from another person. The vast majority of men who acted alone achieved a positive outcome. The researcher concluded that these young men view life as a contest, a struggle against nature and other men. In their world, power comes from an individual acting alone against others in a test of skill and performance. Now listen to the lecture. You may take notes, and you may use your notes to help you write your response. After you hear the question, you have 20 minutes to plan and write your response. You may look at the reading passage during the writing time. Summarize the points made in the lecture, explaining how they contrast with points made in the reading. Stop Time - 20 minutesNow listen to part of a lecture on this topic in a linguistics class. The study about the storytelling of young men reveals themes of individuality and competition. These themes reflect the men’s view of themselves and their position in society. When linguists analyzed the stories told by young women, they noticed certain themes common in their stories as well. The first thing they noticed was that the women’s stories focused on community rather than contest. For the women, community was the source of power. In the twenty-six stories that were analyzed, almost all of them centered on the norms of the community and on joint action by groups of people. The women told stories about themselves, about other women, and about men. Half of the stories were about incidents in which they were involved, and half were about things that happened to other people. Some stories were about meeting their boyfriends or about acquiring their pets. The women told of times when they had departed from social norms and were frightened or embarrassed as a result. They told stories about strange people—people whose behavior violated social norms. In many of the stories, the women made themselves look foolish. For example, one woman told about not realizing she had broken her nose until a doctor told her about it many years later. A majority of the stories were about people helping other people out of bad situations. In eleven out of the twenty-six stories, the main character received help or advice from others. In fact, when the women told stories about acting alone, the results tended to be negative. Most of the women who acted alone portrayed themselves as suffering a consequence. Summarize the points made in the lecture, explaining how they contrast with points made in the reading.

Every organization that produces Agoods or services needs a wide Bvariety of people Cmanaging the operation and to handle the clerical Dwork.

Garlic has Abeen hailed for its Bability to lower cholesterol, reduce the Crisk of cancer, and Dcontrols high blood pressure.

Neither______nor the middle layer of the atmosphere contains cumulus clouds. in the upper layer it’s the upper layer the upper layer does the upper layer

Nuclear fusion not only powers the sun______ in thermonuclear weapons. but also occurs also does it occur but also it occurs it also has occurred

In the 1980s there was an expansion of the Western economies and the emergence______. of a global economy the global economy an economy that was global there was a global economy

The chipmunk builds its nest in either an underground burrow______. in a hollow limb or a hollow limb builds in a hollow limb by a hollow limb

Of every one hundred new U. S. residents in 2000,______sixty-two were born in the United States. of only only if not only only

ABlind and deaf since Bbirth. Helen Keller eventually Clearned to read, write, and Dspoke.

Manta rays are Aable to swim at Bgreat speeds and Cleaping out of the Dwater and into the air.

The nerve endings in the skin Arespond to various Bstimuli, including pressure, Cpainful, heat, and Dcold.