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1) Seventy-five percent of what we perceive (A) as taste, (B) especially the perception of flavor, is really attributable (C) to one's sense (D) of smell. (E) No error
2) Development of new drugs (A) often require years (B) of testing and waiting (C) for labeling approval (D) from federal regulators. (E) No error
3) Although research in the earth and environmental sciences has pieced together narratives of ancient and historical environmental changes, (A) but there is still (B) much left (C) to learn about the nature and causes of (D) changing climatic conditions through time. (E) No error
4) (A) During the reign of Elizabeth I, dozens of commissions were sent out by the central government (B) to investigate the wood shortage around the (C) nation, each one confirmed the (D) serious decline of the forests. (E) No error
5) (A) While sperm whales (B) are usually seen in offshore waters, they can also be found near the shore, (C) where the continental or island shelf is narrow (D) and with the water is deep. (E) No error
6) A farmer's field can have more than 50,000 weed seeds (A) per square meter buried beneath the (B) soil surface seeds buried more than about one centimeter (C) below the soil surface do not receive (D) enough light to germinate. (E) No error
7) In 1952, when the Federal Communications Commission lifted its ban on new television stations, (A) there were 105 stations and 15 million households with television sets, (B) but by 1956 the number of stations (C) had grown to almost 500 and the number of households with sets (D) at nearly 35 million. (E) No error
8) Halley's comet is a potato-shaped lump (A) about ten miles long (B) with a mass (C) estimated at 10 billion tons, (D) most of which is water ice. (E) No error
9) The Neuse River in North Carolina is (A) thought to be about two million years old, and there (B) has likely been human settlements in the basin (C) for (D) at least 14,000 years. (E) No error
10) (A) Shortly after Queen Eleanor arrived in Nottingham in 1257 (B) for a visit , she fled the town (C) because she could not stand the smell of coal (D) smoke and was afraid and feared for her health. (E) No error
11) The great white shark is the (A) more infamous (B) of all sharks, the (C) star of Peter Benchley's bestselling novel Jaws, four Hollywood movies, and (D) many television specials. (E) No error
12) The San Andreas Fault in California is (A) just one section (B) to an active circle of earthquake zones and volcanoes (C) known as the "Ring of Fire" that (D) surrounds the Pacific Ocean. (E) No error
13) Relying on dams for large-scale water storage and (A) for delivering water to places (B) where it does not naturally occur (C) have long-term effects on the balance (D) between groundwater and surface water and on the quality of the surrounding soil. (E) No error
14) (A) Despite a protest (B) by 300 angry drivers, the five members of the bridge authority (C) voted unanimously (D) to raise the passenger-car toll on the bridge from $1.00 to $2.00. (E) No error
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