1. Duke Ellington was a composer, conductor, and pianist — ranked as one of the greatest of all jazz figures.

2. — became a state in 1876.

3. The fragrances of many natural substances come from oils, — these oils may be used in manufacturing perfumes.

4. Because the saxophone is an excellent solo instrument, — in some important orchestral works.

5. Before Geraldine Ferraro was selected as the Democratic Party’s vice presidential candidate in 1984, no woman — run for national office in the United States on a major party ticket.

6. — reaches the cells of the body, it is oxidized, or slowly burned.

7. The position of the larynx, or voice box, in the neck determines —, swallows, and vocalizes.

8. The slide rule uses sliding scales with marks — numbers and their logarithms.

9. — executive and administrative authority in the United States government rests with a President who is elected for a four-year term.

10.— stereophonic phonograph records, two recordings are made of the same musical performance.

11.Genes determine — the shape of a leaf and the sex, height, and hair color of a child.

12.California’s agricultural supremacy dates from 1947, when its farm output first — any other state.

13.The use of well-chosen nonsense words makes — the testing of many basic hypotheses in the field of language learning.

14. Not until 1931 — the official anthem of the United States.

15.In general, the simpler plants appeared on the Earth before those —.

16. Rebecca Latimer, a political commentator and the author of several book, was the first woman to become a United States senator.

17. Surrealist artists painted in such a manner that their pictures seem if as they came from the realm of dreams.

18. Manure can be converted into methane gas by means the activated-sludge process of sewage disposal.

19. Navajo National Monument in northern Arizona incorporates three of the most large of all known cliff dwellings.

20. By studying geometry, students can learn what to develop logical arguments through dedective reasoning.

21. The word “saga” is often application to any narration of events of the past, whether mythical or historical in character.

22. The success of a naval ship is determined by its seaworthiness, speedy, and maneuverability.

23. Administrative assistants are often expected to make decisions, supervision staff, delegate responsibility, and work harmoniously with managers and fellow employees.

24. Few theories are originality enough to be called unique.

25. Many critics believe that Amy Lowell’s most important work is not her poetry, but his biography, John Keats, published the year of her death.

26. Research on pain has been neglected, although the mainly reason people take medicine is to relieve pain.

27. Sidney Poitier, he is famous for his character portrayals, won an Oscar for his 1963 performance in Lilies of the Field.

28. The Carlsbad caverns, located in New Mexico, rank between the largest underground labyrinths in the world.

29. Commercial rock wool is made by blowing steam through molten rock such as limestone to create fine, flexibility, glasslike fibers.

30. William Taft begins his many years of service for the United States when President Benjamin Harrison appointed him solicitor general in 1890.

31. A time zone is a slightly irregular north-south belts that extends from pole to pole.

32. Harriet Monroe’s verse survive today as evidence of her undiscouraged zeal for the advancement of modern poetry.

33. “How does the human brain work?” remains one of the most profound questions confront modern science.

34. Cadence may be considered the rise and fall in intensified of sounds.

35. One out of every ten persons in the 1978 United States labor force was a teenager, compared by one out of fifteen in 1960.

36. Gypsum is too soft that it is easy to scratch it with a fingernail.

37. A goose’s neck is a tiny longer than that of a duck and not so gracefully curved as a swan’s.

38. Like squirrels, tree shrews are bearing well-developed claws on their digits and are generally active during daylight hours.

39. Even many early leaders of the United States have provided names for towns, only George Washington is remembered in the name of a state.

40. Numerous insects, special the butterfly, have weak powers of flight.