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d. unhealthy
17. The author states that one characteristic of animals living in the desert is that they
...
a. are smaller and fleeter than forest animals
b. are less healthy than animals living in different places
c. can hunt in temperature of 150 degrees
d. live in an accommodating environment
18. Which of the following generalizations is supported by the passage?
a. Water is the basis of life.
b. All living things adjust to their environments.
c. Desert life is colorful.
d. Healthy animals live longer lives.
19. The word 'burrows' is closest in meaning to ...
a. underground nests
b. underground houses
c. underground caves
d. underground holes
20. How is the temperature 18 inches underground compared to that on the surface in
the desert?
a. the same
b. much higher
c. less than half
d. half
Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the blank or
answer the question.
Even before the turn of the century, movies began to develop in two major directions:
the realistic and the formalistic. Realism and formalism are merely general, rather than
absolute, terms. When used to suggest a tendency toward either polarity, such labels
can be helpful, but in the end they are just labels. Few films are exclusively formalist in
style, and fewer yet are completely realist. There is also an important difference
realism and reality, although this distinction is often forgotten. Realism is a particular
type, whereas physical reality is the source of all the raw materials of film, both
realistic and formalistic. Virtually, all movie directors go to the photographable world
for their subject matter, but what they do with this material- how they shape and
manipulate it- determines their stylistic emphasis.
Generally speaking, realistic films attempt to reproduce the surface of concrete reality
with a minimum of distortion. In photographing objects and events, the filmmaker