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| 1) A coconut palm's blossom is the main ingredient in several
soft and alcoholic drinks.
(A) root (B) flower
(C) fruit (D) flesh |
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| 2) European cave dwellers depicted herds of
mammoths with humps on their backs.
(A) inhabitants (B) immigrants
(C) foes (D) skins |
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| 3)
Young
nettle shoots have been used as food for a long time.
(A) seeds (B) roots
(C) leaves (D) kernels |
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| 4) A corn kernel should have at least 14 percent water
so that it can pop under heat.
(A) husk (B) seed
(C) rind (D) bloom |
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| 5) By 1830, the lure of land had drawn increasing numbers of
pioneers westward.
(A) dwellers (B)
competitors
(C) settlers (D) allies |
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| 6) There was an old superstition that a sage plant will
droop if its owner is unwell.
(A) peel off (B) shoot up
(C) hang down (D) dry up |
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| 7) The breadfruit is a round fruit with a rough rind,
and a soft pulpy inside.
(A) skin (B) husk
(C) shell (D) bloom |
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| 8) Frederick W. Taylor was the pioneer of scientific
management.
(A) immigrant (B) inventor
(C) foe (D) ally |
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| 9) After the first year at Plymouth in 1620-21, half the
colonists died.
(A) companions (B) enemies
(C) settlers (D) foes |
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| 10) The almond, native to the Mediterranean,
grows abundantly in California.
(A) relative (B) pioneer
(C) original (D)
immigrant |
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| 11) When picking tea leaves, the bud. and the two or
three leaves below it are removed.
(A) old seedling (B) husk
(C) rind (D) new
leaf |
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| 12) The cocoa trees bear football-shaped fruits with a
husks.
(A) skin (B) kernel
(C) seed (D) shoot |
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