1. While staying in Florence, Italy, in 1894, ________ that she had a talent for sculpture and began taking lessons.

(A) philanthropist Winfred Holt discovered
(B) that the philanthropist Winfred Holt discovered
(C) discovered by philanthropist Winfred Holt
(D) there philanthropist Winfred Holt discovered

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1. Our flight from Amsterdam tlo London was delyed ________ the heavy fog.

(A) because of
(B) because
(C) on account
(D) as result

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1. In the Great Smoky Mountains, one can see ________ 150 different kinds of trees.

(A) more than
(B) as much as
(C) up as
(D) as many to

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1. Farmers look forward to ________ every summer.

(A) participating in the county fairs
(B) participate in the county fairs
(C) be participating in the county fairs
(D) have participated in the county fairs

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1. The geographic position of North America, ________ in the early days of the European settlement.

(A) laying between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans, isolating it
(B) isolating it as it laid between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans
(C) lying between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans, isolated it
(D) isolating it between [...]

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1. Those students do not like to read novels________test books.

(A) in any case
(B) forgetting about
(C) leaving out of the question
(D) much less

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1. Although we often use “speed” and “velocity” interchangeably, in a technical sense, “speed” is not always ________ “velocity.”

(A) alike
(B) the same as
(C) similar
(D) as

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