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Initially elected as a labor leader, Jimmy Hoffa _________ mysteriously.
1. vanishing
2. who vanished
3. vanished
4. vanishes
Answer: C
Broccoli _________ best in gardens having loose, well-composted soil, and full sunlight.
1. had grown
2. grows
3. growing
4. which grows
Answer: B
With the passing of time and the encroachment of people, the habitat of gorillas __________ to decrease.
1. continuing
2. which continue
3. continues
4. that it has continued
Answer: C
Because copper is nonconductive, it __________ for housing electrical cords and circuitry.
1. values
2. is valued
3. is being valuable
4. has valued
Answer: B
Numerous performances of Mozart's operas __________ in Austria long before the beginning of the 19th century.
1. perform
2. had been performed
3. had performed
4. were performing
Answer: B
Sugar intake, particularly that of refined sugar, ________ curtailed by most overweight people wishing to lessen their corpulence.
1. must being
2. which must
3. must be
4. must
Answer: C
In recent months, the final mapping of the human genome ________ the range of medical treatments and cures available to those suffering from various diseases.
1. has extended
2. extends
3. will extend
4. will have extended
Answer: A
Intelligent life on other planets, while remaining an intriguing possibility, ________ yet to be discovered.
1. has
2. has been
3. has not
4. have
Answer: A
Despite being basically arboreal in nature, koalas ________ to inhabit a specific territory and range of some 30 square miles.
1. knowing
2. which know
3. are knowing
4. are known
Answer: D
Many of the novels of Kurt Vonnegut __________ a remarkable skepticism about the ultimate value of technological advances.
1. display
2. will have displayed
3. they display
4. had displayed
Answer: A

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