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Manufactured in the tranquil New England town of Concord, New Hampshire, the famous Concord Coach carne to symbolize the Old West. Its rugged body and a suspension system made of leather straps could handle the hard jolts from rough roads. A journalist describing a railroad shipment of thirty coaches bound for Wells, Fargo and Company wrote, "They are superbly decorated ... the bodies red and the running parts yellow. Each door is painted, mostly with landscapes, and no two coaches are exactly alike." The word tranquil in the passage is closest in meaning to:   Peaceful
Manufactured in the tranquil New England town of Concord, New Hampshire, the famous Concord Coach carne to symbolize the Old West. Its rugged body and a suspension system made of leather straps could handle the hard jolts from rough roads. A journalist describing a railroad shipment of thirty coaches bound for Wells, Fargo and Company wrote, "They are superbly decorated ... the bodies red and the running parts yellow. Each door is painted, mostly with landscapes, and no two coaches are exactly alike." The word symbolize in the passage is closest in meaning to:   Represent
Manufactured in the tranquil New England town of Concord, New Hampshire, the famous Concord Coach carne to symbolize the Old West. Its rugged body and a suspension system made of leather straps could handle the hard jolts from rough roads. A journalist describing a railroad shipment of thirty coaches bound for Wells, Fargo and Company wrote, "They are superbly decorated ... the bodies red and the running parts yellow. Each door is painted, mostly with landscapes, and no two coaches are exactly alike." Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word rugged in the passage?   Sturdy
Manufactured in the tranquil New England town of Concord, New Hampshire, the famous Concord Coach carne to symbolize the Old West. Its rugged body and a suspension system made of leather straps could handle the hard jolts from rough roads. A journalist describing a railroad shipment of thirty coaches bound for Wells, Fargo and Company wrote, "They are superbly decorated ... the bodies red and the running parts yellow. Each door is painted, mostly with landscapes, and no two coaches are exactly alike." In the passage, the word jolts to is closest in meaning to:   Shocks
Manufactured in the tranquil New England town of Concord, New Hampshire, the famous Concord Coach carne to symbolize the Old West. Its rugged body and a suspension system made of leather straps could handle the hard jolts from rough roads. A journalist describing a railroad shipment of thirty coaches bound for Wells, Fargo and Company wrote, "They are superbly decorated ... the bodies red and the running parts yellow. Each door is painted, mostly with landscapes, and no two coaches are exactly alike." The phrase bound for in the passage is closest in meaning to:   Headed for
Manufactured in the tranquil New England town of Concord, New Hampshire, the famous Concord Coach carne to symbolize the Old West. Its rugged body and a suspension system made of leather straps could handle the hard jolts from rough roads. A journalist describing a railroad shipment of thirty coaches bound for Wells, Fargo and Company wrote, "They are superbly decorated ... the bodies red and the running parts yellow. Each door is painted, mostly with landscapes, and no two coaches are exactly alike." In the passage, the word superbly is closest in meaning to:   Wonderfully
Many adaptations are found in both feathers and wings. Feathers form the soft down of goose and ducks, the showy plumes of ostriches and egrets, and the strong flight feathers of eagles and condors. Wings vary from the short, broad ones of chickens, which seldom fly, to the long, slim ones of albatrosses, which spend almost all their lives soaring on air currents. In penguins, wings have been modified into flippers and feathers into a waterproof covering. In kiwis, the wings are almost impossible to detect. The word showy in the passage is closest in meaning to:   Ornamental
Many adaptations are found in both feathers and wings. Feathers form the soft down of goose and ducks, the showy plumes of ostriches and egrets, and the strong flight feathers of eagles and condors. Wings vary from the short, broad ones of chickens, which seldom fly, to the long, slim ones of albatrosses, which spend almost all their lives soaring on air currents. In penguins, wings have been modified into flippers and feathers into a waterproof covering. In kiwis, the wings are almost impossible to detect. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word detect in the passage?   Observe
May I ___ your phone?   use
Milo is in his room. He __ his homework.   is doing
My brother is a student. He's ___ physics.   studying
My friends were ___ for me when I arrived.   waiting
My mother hates ___ football on TV.   watching
My printer is ___ my desk.   under
My sister ___ on Friday nights.   usually goes out
Mysteries about the Moai of Easter lsland certainly remain, but current archaeological research has made one lesson clear: overpopulation and overuse of resources such as occurred on Easter Island can lead to the downfall of thriving societies. The main point of this passage is to:   point out certain dangers that can destroy societies
Mysteries about the Moai of Easter lsland certainly remain, but current archaeological research has made one lesson clear: overpopulation and overuse of resources such as occurred on Easter Island can lead to the downfall of thriving societies. The word thriving in this passage is closest in meaning to   successful