Skills 6-8

The president of the U. S. appoints the

cabinet members,_____ appointments are

subject to Senate approval.

• their

• with their

• because their

• but their

The prisoners were prevented from

speaking to reporters because_____

• not wanting the story in the papers,

• the story in the papers the

  superintendent did not want

• the public to hear the story

• the superintendent did not want the

  story in the papers

Like Thomas Bergers fictional character

Little Big Man, Lauderdale managed to find

himself where_____of important events

took place.

• it was an extraordinary number

• there was an extraordinary number

• an extraordinary number

• an extraordinary number existed

_______ sucked groundwater from below,some parts of the city have begun to sink

as much as ten inches annually.

• Pumps have

• As pumps have

• So pumps have

• With pumps

Case studies are the target of much

skepticism in the scientific community,

_____used extensively by numerous

researchers.

• they are

• are

• yet they

• yet they are

According to the hypothesis in the study,

the monarchs pick up the magnetic field of

the_____migrate by following magnetic

fields.

• target monarchs

• target since monarchs

• target since monarchs are

• target

_____show the relations among neurons,

they do not preclude the possibility that

other aspects are important.

• Neural theories

• A neural theory

• Although neural theories

• However neural theories

_____or refinanced, the lender will

generally require setting up an escrow

account to ensure the payment of property

taxes and homeowner’s insurance.

• A home is

• A home is bought

• When a home

• When a home is bought

If ultraviolet radiation enters the Earth's

atmosphere,_____ generally blocked by the

ozone concentrated in the atmosphere.

• it

• it is

• so it is

• then it

Among human chromosomes, the Y

chromosome is unusual_____ most of the

chromosome does not participate in meiotic

recombination.

• in

• so

• and

• in that