Dioses Mayas/Dioses Mayas.iso/TOEFL/ARCHIVOS/TEST2B.TXT

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A
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         @Highly~ prices @for~ food @result~ from middlemen @who~ make a profit

         from the farmers crops.










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B
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         Since little rain falls @in~ the desert, plants @need to be~ conserved

         @whatever~ water @they can~.










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D
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         @The~  Boy Scout organization @stresses~ outdoor knowledge @and~

         @training citizenship~.










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C
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         Broadway, @the famous~ thoroughfare of New York City, @is~ the

         @most long~ street @in the world~.










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A
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         The President @annual~ @submits~ @a~ budget @to~ Congress in January.












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B
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         Butter should @contain~ a least 80 @percents fat~ and @no more than~

         15 percent @water~.










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C
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         @Buttons~, originally @made of~ bronze or bone, are now @usual~ made of

         @plastic~.










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A
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         California's pleasant climate and @beauty natural~ @have~ attracted great

         @numbers~ of @retired~ persons.










09
C
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         @Financial contributions~ to politicians by @individuals~ and corporations

         @restricted~ @by law~.










10
C
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         In 1901, the Library of Congress @began~ the practice of printing their

         catalog entries @on~ small cards and @to sell~ @them~ to other libraries.










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D
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         Cattle were first @brought~ to the Western Hemisphere @by~ Colombus on

         @his~ @twice~ voyage.










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A
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         American @films which were~ first made @in~ New York City, @but~ by

         1913 Hollywood, California became @the movie~ capital.










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B
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         Although geologists @studying~ earthquakes have refined @his~ predicitions

         in @recent~ years, they still cannot @determine~ the exact date of a quake.










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C
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         The @establishment~ of large @national parks~ in the early 1900s @provide~

         an additional source of revenue @through~ the tourist trade.










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B
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         The @sudden~ melting of snow or ice @are~ @a primary~ cause of @flooding~.












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A
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         The @invented~ of the telegraph made @possible~ almost @instantaneous~

         @communication~.










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B
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         The computer that @developed~ from the calculating machine @it~ could

         @perform~ only one operation @at a time~.










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B
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         Grain @is~ easy @handle~ and, because of @its~ low water content, it can

         @be~ stored for long periods.










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D
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         Babies, @on the average~, double their @weight~ at six months of age,

         and @triple it~ by @her~ first birthday.










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D
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         Fossil records indicate @that many~ insects species @exist today~ in

         much the same form @as~ they @do~ two million years ago.










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C
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         Some @physicians practice~ medicine as a group @so that specialized~

         treatment will be @availibility~ at a @lower~ cost.










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D
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         For many @industrial~ @uses~, the @melting~ points of metal @is~ important

         when selecting alloys for a compound.










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D
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         Pottery, @the oldest~ and most widespread art form, @was~ one of the

         most @enduring~ materials @to know~ to man.










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C
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         @Private mail~ companies @have begun~ to replace the long @establishing~

         public @postal~ system.










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B
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         Most @color blind~ people @finds~ it @difficult~ to @identify~ red or green.












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B
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         Because of @the rising cost~ of living, more families today @they are~

         discovering that @both husband and~ wife @must work~.










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D
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         A team @of specialists~ @concluded that~ the @patient's blindness~ was

         @contemporary~.










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A
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         @After given~ the award, @the recipient of~ the Peace Prize made a short

         acceptance speech, @which was followed~ by a @standing ovation~.










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B
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         When @the Spanish~ constructed @its missions~ @in the New World~,

         they incorporated @Moorish architectural features~.










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D
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         Marcel Duchamp, who died @in~ 1969, @is known~ @as~ the artist who

         @has abandoned~ art for chess.










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C
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         @Although the country's~ military @budget~ is insufficient, the army @be expected~

         @to perform well~ in war.










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D
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         @After~ two weeks of intensive program training, the new recruits

         @were allowed~ to @write a program~ @theirselves~.










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B
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         @The archeaologist~ believed @which the tomb~ @dicovered in~ North Africa

         @belonged to~ one of Hannibal's generals.










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B
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         Meteorologists @have been using~ both computers @or~ satellites

         @to help make~ weather forecasts @for~ two decades.










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B
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         @There is~ a folk myth that @an horse hair~ @in~ a container of rainwater

         placed in the sunshine @will develop~ into a snake.










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B
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         @The Arctic~ ice pack is 40 @percent thin~ and 12 percent smaller

         @in area~ than it was @a half~ a century ago.










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D
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         Crime prevention @experts believe~ that if the @possession~ of

         @small firearms~ were limited, crime and @violence decreased~.










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C
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         @For nesting and shelter~, the sparrow @seeks out~ the seclusion

         @and being secure~ offered by tangled vines and @thick bushes~.










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B
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         @The advent~ of calculators @did fundamentally~ changed @the teaching methods~

         for @mathematics~.










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A
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         Aluminum, @which making~ up about 8 percent of @the Earth's~ crust,

         @is~ @the most abundant~ metal available.










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C
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         The screenwriter @who provides~ the words @for a film~ @is acclaimed seldom~,

         unlike the director and the @actors and actesses~.










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B
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         The cowboy epitomizes the belief @held by~ many Americans @for rugged~

         @individualism~ and @the frontier spirit~.










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B
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         @Most early~ immigrants @are coming~ from an @agricultural~ background

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