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The winds circling it would turn the smoldering forest of northeastern Wisconsin into ______ on earth.
 
hell
 
paradise
 
heaven
 
peace
The paper's editor, was ______ by the burning of the telegraph line.
 
cut off
 
burnt
 
dismissed
 
chased
At least the smoke had greatly reduced the mosquito population had been _______ to the respectable citizens.
 
obnoxious
 
ignorant
 
open
 
frequented
By October 4, the smoke was so thick on Green Bay that ships had to use their foghorns and ______ by compass.
 
navigate
 
guess
 
drive
 
steer
0n September 30 the Marinette reported hopefully that "the fires have nearly _______ now in this vicinity."
 
died out
 
diminished
 
flared
 
increased
The fires seemed to wax and wane, _______ on the wind and chance.
 
depending
 
from
 
waiting
 
independent
The settlements in the area were becoming increasingly _______ from both the outside world and one another.
 
isolated
 
inundated
 
lonely
 
frightened
0n September 30, flames came within three miles of the town of Green Bay, _________, 1,200 cords of wood stored at a charcoal kiln.
 
consuming
 
licking
 
avoiding
 
damaging
Smoke sometimes ______ the sun, which was often visible only at midday.
 
obscured
 
exposed
 
illuminated
 
burnt
Many separate fires ______ in the humus of the forest floor.
 
smouldered
 
extinguished
 
engulfed
 
sank
Only a few years before, he had rejected a proposal for a national bank by _______ that the Constitution didn't empower the US. government to create such an institution.
 
arguing
 
demanding
 
bickering
 
registering
The Louisiana Purchase opened a new ________ in American history and closed the old one.
 
chapter
 
paragraph
 
piece
 
book
Thomas Jefferson, the American President, purchased Louisiana and brought about the _______ of control that occurred on December 20.
 
transfer
 
ownership
 
transaction
 
hand-over
In what might _______ readers today as a particularly chilling reminder of the city's previous masters, two pillories stood on Chartres Street.
 
strike
 
instill
 
inspire
 
present
As a further _______ of the territory's past governments, the Louisiana State Legislature met in the former palace of the Spanish governors,
 
reminder
 
plunder
 
reference
 
examination
French immigrants came in from Francophone ________ like San Domingue.
 
colonies
 
pasts
 
industries
 
continents
New Orleans still _________ in some forms, its odd cultural mix to this day.
 
retains
 
replaces
 
relinquishes
 
refrains
Stoddard might have been ________ by the odd cultural mix that New Orleans represented.
 
perplexed
 
humoured
 
frightened
 
interested
Captain Amos Stoddard, a New Englander became one of the _______ of the new lands.
 
governers
 
many
 
numbers
 
slave traders
Slavery was not the only _______ of life in New Orleans that would have been unfamiliar to men like Captain Amos Stoddard.
 
aspect
 
look
 
view
 
position
The arched ceiling is tiled in gold, the tire curtain bears a painting of Venice, and the ceiling is ________ with 88 tiny lightbulbs to recreate a starlit night.
 
studded
 
holed
 
supported
 
magnified
With the ________ inner foyer, Hershey thumbed his nose even harder at the ravages of the Depression.
 
dazzling
 
dizzying
 
gaudy
 
bland
The floors in the _______ named Grand Lobby are polished Italian lava rock, surrounded by marble walls and capped with a has-relief ceiling showing sheaves of wheat, beehives, and swans.
 
aptly
 
inappropriately
 
seemingly
 
frightfully
The 1,904-seat Venetian-style Hershey Community Theater has played _________ since 1933 to touring Broadway shows and to music, dance, and opera performances.
 
host
 
hosting
 
housing
 
homogeneously
Most of the new buildings were strikingly ________.
 
opulent
 
impoverished
 
unattractive
 
poor
He seems to have _________ no expense.
 
spared
 
spent
 
allowed
 
justified
Hershey and delivered wages to more than 600 workers. He admitted that his ________, were partly selfish.
 
intentions
 
pretentions
 
objections
 
preoccupation
Instead he _________ a massive building boom that gave rise to the most visited buildings in today's Hershey.
 
funded
 
trusted
 
accounted
 
stocked
Hershey was perhaps the only town in the country actually to _______ during the 1930s.
 
prosper
 
decline
 
get on
 
flower
Despite the continued _______ of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression that modern Hershey started to take shape.
 
resilience
 
flexibility
 
rigidity
 
elasticity
The town has purchased a conservation restriction on 85 acres of Prouty Woods Community Forest, further increasing the conservation ________ of this property.
 
value
 
fee
 
prize
 
treasure
The town has protected significant acreage at Long Lake Park and along the _______ of Long Lake across from the Prouty property.
 
shore
 
coast
 
verge
 
hem
________ from Fay Park to Long Lake, the 107-acre Prouty property is a truly unique and significant tract of woodland within minutes of Route 495.
 
Stretching
 
Swelling
 
Pushing
 
Multiplying
NEFF now provides public _______ throughout the property and educational opportunities at the William A. King Education Center.
 
access
 
passage
 
acclaim
 
entrant
In October 2003, NEFF _______ financing at a highly competitive rate and purchased the property.
 
secured
 
attached
 
tightened
 
possessed
Valued in ________ of f3 million, the family's generous offer demonstrated their commitment to conserving the property.
 
excess
 
extra
 
over
 
profit
The Prouty family generously agreed to a bargain sale price in order to preserve the property and avoid a likely ________ war among developers.
 
bidding
 
proposing
 
letting
 
summoning
Landvest recognized the opportunity to protect a significant tract of forestland within the rapidly _______ U.S. Route 495 corridor,
 
developing
 
devising
 
deriving
 
deviating
ln 2002, Donald Prouty, former Littleton town Moderator and town counsel ________ .
 
passed away
 
gave away
 
passed off
 
gave over
The NEFF (New England Forestry Foundation) still needs to ________ £2.2 million to complete the capital campaign.
 
raise
 
lift
 
elevate
 
promote
Soon new buildings were ________ the burned, and the lifeblood of the ravaged city was beating.
 
replacing
 
refurbishing
 
designing
 
rebuilding
Signs that the city was beginning to heal became ________ everywhere.
 
evident
 
obscure
 
notorious
 
concealed
According to ______, however, responsibility was placed on one slovenly cow who kicked over a lantern in her barn somewhere in the southwest corner of Chicago.
 
legend
 
phenomenon
 
culture
 
tradition
Chicago´s 'fiery hurricane' struck the great city with such ________ that two days later, half of the city had been destroyed and 300 lives lost.
 
force
 
constraint
 
charisma
 
stimulus
Chicago's ´storm‘ of 1871, although _______ to the hurricanes of the southeastern coast, was described by poet John Greenleaf Whittier as a 'fiery hurricane.'
 
unrelated
 
discredited
 
unaccustomed
 
disconnected
It is ________ that over 8,000 people and most of the animals died that day, victims of one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history.
 
estimated
 
forecast
 
predicted
 
anticipated
Galveston, Texas with its over 30,000 citizens in the early 1900s were generally economically successful and comfortable with _______ conditions.
 
existing
 
staying
 
enduring
 
remaining
These disasters provide a(n) _______ of the havoc nature's storms have wrecked on humanity, and our reactions to them.
 
flavour
 
ingredient
 
recipe
 
scent
Historically, the weather has ________ as harsh a chord in people's lives as any we feel today.
 
struck
 
played
 
pinched
 
punched
On a yearly _______, the United States is afflicted by numerous natural disasters.
 
basis
 
institution
 
theory
 
foundation
Decrease the number of short trips you make. Short trips _________ reduce petrol mileage.
 
drastically
 
intensively
 
exclusively
 
extensively
Check the "fuel economy" labels ________ to the windows of new automobiles to find the lowest average estimated miles per gallon.
 
attached
 
selected
 
stretched
 
held
Consider _______ an automobile which gets the best petrol mileage.
 
purchasing
 
preferring
 
trading
 
inquiring
Drive at a ________ speed on the motorway.
 
conservative
 
mild
 
considerate
 
substantial
Every mile you drive your vehicle will cost you at least an _________ of 36 cents.
 
average
 
increase
 
amount
 
equivalent
Ask yourself every time you ________ to use your car, truck, SUV, or van, "ls this trip really necessary?"
 
plan
 
arrange
 
need
 
think
These suggestions will save you a ________ amount of money on petrol.
 
considerable
 
negligible
 
negotiable
 
measurable
_________ are some suggestions which could give you some ideas.
 
Below
 
Later
 
After
 
Coming
Many people are looking for ways to reduce the _________ of higher prices while still doing the driving necessary to their work and other activities.
 
burden
 
chance
 
occurrence
 
danger
As petrol prices continue to ________, many people are looking for ways to slow the inevitable.
 
escalate
 
fly
 
accelerate
 
crash
Though missionaries have lived among the Navajo since the early 1600s, few Navajo have been _______ to Christianity.
 
converted
 
modified
 
confessed
 
exchanged
Their superstitions, ceremonies and customs are diligently kept alive by an extraordinarily large number of medicine men who ______ a powerful influence among them.
 
wield
 
process
 
fetch
 
hang
They are _______ believers in their faith system.
 
firm
 
flimsy
 
drastic
 
obstinate
The Navajo believe in a hereafter ______ of a life of happiness with the people of the lower worlds.
 
consisting
 
blending
 
incorporating
 
containing
The elaborate system of pagan worship, expressed in chants, sacrifices, sand painting, and dances, make the Navajo ______ very religious.
 
appear
 
apply
 
arise
 
assume
Pueblo lndians were eventually adopted into the tribe, are responsible for a number of clans. As a ______ there is nothing like a pronounced or a prevailing Navajo type.
 
consequence
 
condition
 
sequel
 
connection
Their local chiefs are men of temporary and ill-defined authority, whose power ______ largely upon their personal influence.
 
depends
 
trusts
 
determines
 
reckons
Navajos have little of the sullen, reticent disposition ______ to Indians generally, and are cheerful, friendly, hospitable and industrious.
 
attributed
 
blamed
 
donated
 
contributed
The Navajo women weave the renown Navajo blankets, _______ for their durability, beauty and variety of design.
 
famous
 
obscure
 
conspicuous
 
notorious
The arid character of the Navajo Indian´s country forces them to _______ a nomadic life.
 
lead
 
escort
 
serve
 
hold
The net effect of these societies may be to _______ us because they keep open a permanent gap between what we want and what we can afford.
 
impoverish
 
augment
 
enrich
 
redeem
We must not allow ourselves to be _______ into a life of materialism.
 
brainwashed
 
investigated
 
quarantined
 
liberated
No matter what the media _______ at us, we must remain realistic in our goals and expectations.
 
throws
 
exploits
 
delivers
 
sends
The _____ we have paid for expecting to be so much more than our ancestors is the permanent feeling that we are far from being all we might be.
 
price
 
charge
 
fund
 
fee
If we have smaller companions next to us, our own size will not ________ us.
 
trouble
 
console
 
fret
 
brood
Rather than trying to become bigger fish, we should concentrate our energies on ______ around us smaller companions.
 
gathering
 
distributing
 
loading
 
heaping
The most effective way to feel wealthy may not be to try to make more money. It can be to ______ ourselves - practically and emotionally
 
distance
 
single
 
vary
 
dispute
There are two ways to make people richer: to give them more money or to _______ their desires.
 
restrain
 
recline
 
reassure
 
refer
Every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be _______ as rich, however little we may actually own.
 
counted
 
accounted
 
thought
 
added
A solution to ________ desires and expectations perhaps lies in the recognition that wealth does not involve having many things,
 
spiralling
 
revolving
 
curving
 
coiling
The ocean is capable of removing carbon, and quickly, but this natural process can be easily ______.
 
overwhelmed
 
overshadowed
 
overstated
 
overcharged
The ocean is capable of removing carbon, and quickly, but this natural _____ can be too much.
 
capacity
 
bulk
 
intelligence
 
competence
"This will be the same amount of carbon released into the atmosphere from cars and industrial emissions over the next 300 years if present ____ continue", Zachos said.
 
trends
 
crazes
 
fads
 
gadgets
Zachos´ research into the deep ocean _______ suggests at this time that about 4.5 billion tons o{ carbon entered the atmosphere over 10,000 years.
 
sediments
 
powder
 
dirt
 
dusts
Zachos is a leading ______ on the episode of global warming known as the palaeocene-eocene thermal maximum.
 
authority
 
proprietor
 
administrator
 
autocrat
It seems the Earth's climate passes a _______ beyond which climate change accelerates with the help of positive feedbacks - vicious circles of warming.
 
threshold
 
perimeter
 
verge
 
barricade
Zachos warned that studies of global warming events in the geological past _______ we are reaching dangerous new levels.
 
indicate
 
compliment
 
mark
 
comment
James Zachos, a professor in Santa Cruz California, said the speed of the present buildup of greenhouse gases is far greater than during the global warming after the ______ of the dinosaurs.
 
demise
 
detachment
 
demolition
 
dementia
A study comparing the rate at which carbon dioxide and methane are being _______ now, 55 has found dramatic differences in the speed of release.
 
emitted
 
digested
 
incorporated
 
exhaled
Greenhouse gases are being released into the atmosphere 30 times faster than the time when the Earth experienced a ______ episode of global warming.
 
previous
 
fundamental
 
premier
 
prearranged
Other transformations in the retail business are ______ to follow the trend of Amazon.
 
bound
 
fastened
 
secured
 
tied
During America's last Thanksgiving weekend, Amazon's sales of consumer electronics in the United States ________ its book sales for the first time in its history.
 
exceeded
 
repressed
 
excluded
 
receded
Amazon is swiftly becoming a ______ retailer by letting other companies sell products on its site.
 
mass
 
chunk
 
lump
 
block
Online traders must also adjust. Amazon, for one, is ______ turning from being primarily a bookseller to the go to shop for everything.
 
rapidly
 
secretly
 
unreasonably
 
mistakenly
The stores run by Sony and Apple, for instance, are there for people to try out _______ and to ask questions to knowledgeable staff.
 
devices
 
schemes
 
emblems
 
tools
If customers are disappointed, a few _____ of the mouse will take them to places where they can let the world know.
 
clicks
 
prods
 
clucks
 
taps
Online shoppers now read not only the sales _______ but also reviews from previous purchasers.
 
blurb
 
bubble
 
message
 
blare
Smarter consumers know which products have a good _______ and which do not.
 
reputation
 
opinion
 
resolution
 
distinction
Far from becoming ______ online shoppers are very demanding.
 
complacent
 
compassionate
 
competent
 
dissatisfied
There can be no ______ that online shopping is of huge benefit to the consumer.
 
question
 
proposal
 
examination
 
query