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  ______ built in 1931, the Empire State Building has actually shrunk six inches.

a)  It was

b) Because it 

c) Until it was

d) Since it was 

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  ____ farmers extra hours of light by which to harvest crops before frost and winter come

• 3. 

  Caffeine is primarily consumed in coffee and tea, _____ also found in cocoa, cola, and other soft drinks.

• 4. 

  Change, both good and bad, can create stress, ______, if sufficiently severe, can lead to illness.

• 5. 

  _______ walking properly and has enough area to walk in, it should wear down the hoof as it regrows

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• The reservoir created by the Three Gorges Dam will flood almost 1400 villages, ______ to relocate the villages’ nearly two million inhabitants

• 7. 

  ______ can consume 30000 plant species, 90percent of the human diet consists of only 20 of the available species

• 8. 

  Further changes in the celestial constellations ______ the International Astronomical Union has been formed

• 9. 

  Gustave Eiffel is famous for building the Eiffel Tower, ______ for designing the framework of the Statue of Liberty.

• 10. 

  A little fat is essential for humans______ retain body heat, gives muscles energy, and keeps skin soft.

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• 11. 

  Elephant poaching ______ the international ban on ivory was established.

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• 12. 

  ______ perceives the color black provided there is a complete lack of stimulation of the retina.

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• 13. 

  Like a mountain, the Empire State Building creates its own updrafts, ______ have been observed  to fall up.

• 14. 

  ______ dugout canoes where the floodplains have dried into long stretches of dry land.

• 15. 

  When San Diego’s summer heat has withered most flowers, ______ bloom.

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• 16. 

  Although Congress passed an income tax law in1894, in 1895 ______ the law unconstitutional.

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• 17. 

  Parent flamingos lose their intense pink coloring until ______.

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• 18. 

  Champagnecan be purchased by Balthazar, ______ cannot be purchased in this amount.

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• 19. 

  _____ has a beautiful red coat, the red panda is called “hun-ho” or “fire fox” in China.

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• 20. 

  ______ long enough, every Down’s syndrome individual gets Alzheimer’s disease.

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