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Dorothy Height was a pioneering voice of the civil rights movement. Her activism spanned from the 1930s to 2010. Height was born in 1912 in Richmond, Virginia, but was raised mostly in Pennsylvania. At that time, African Americans had few rights, and women were not allowed to vote until 1920. Few African-American women went to college, but Height was an outstanding student and was determined to further her education. She was accepted to Barnard College in New York but was turned away because the school already had reached its limit of two black women. She moved on and earned two degrees from New York University instead.
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Height was _________.
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A hostile
B ambitious
C considerate
D imaginative
B ambitious
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Scientists studied the 3,300-year-old mummy of King Tut, conducting DNA testing and CT scans. DNA tests were also performed on 15 other mummies, some of which belonged to relatives of the young king. Results confirmed that he was not a healthy man. Scientists found that the ruler suffered from a painful illness called Kohler disease. As a result, a severe lack of blood flow slowly damaged the bones of his left foot. These findings explain the 130 walking sticks and canes that were discovered in Tut's tomb.
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King Tut was _________.
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A subdued
B disabled
C combative
D slain
B disabled
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For over 150 years, a carving of the face of Pharaoh Ramses VI sat in the British Museum. That carving, however, was originally part of Ramses's sarcophagus—a stone coffin with a carving of his image. Ramses VI ruled Egypt over 3,000 years ago. He was one of the last pharaohs of the Egyptian Empire. His time was marked by the empire's decline because of drought, civil unrest, and the corruption of officials. Ramses' tomb was robbed within 100 years of his death. During the theft, his sarcophagus was broken into pieces. In 1823, the face of that coffin arrived at the British Museum, where it remained for many decades. Egypt began rebuilding the coffin, and it wanted the museum to return that important piece.
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The carving has _________ significance.
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A cultural
B scientific
C economic
D artistic
A cultural
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Coatis are raccoon-like mammals native to South and Central America. Many people find them cute, and tourists have made a habit of offering the coatis food. Coatis realize that it is easier to seek out tourists than to search the forest for bugs. Like humans, they prefer junk food to what they should be eating. For their part, tourists do little to discourage the animals. After all, a coati drinking soda makes for a great vacation photo. Scientists, however, say that coatis and humans do best when they stay away from each other.
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Coatis and tourists _________.
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A negotiate
B interact
C persist
D respond
B interact
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Activists say that the Brazilian government is not doing enough to stop the destruction of the Amazon rain forest. In 2004, the government reported the second-highest rate of destruction ever. Brazil's government estimates that farmers cut down 10,590 square miles (27,430 square kilometers) of rain forest. That is an area larger than Vermont, and it shows an increase from the deforestation of the previous year. In fact, the 2004 figure is nearly that of 1995, in which the Amazon lost a record 11,229 square miles (29,080 square kilometers) of trees. The activists are demanding that officials take the problem more seriously.
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The rain forest destruction seems to be _________.
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A tiresome
B relentless
C limited
D favorable
B relentless
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Scientists want to study Jupiter because the planet may hold clues about the formation of the solar system. According to Scott Bolton, an astrophysicist at the Southwest Research Institute in Texas, Jupiter is like a time capsule. Many astronomers theorize that Jupiter was the first planet in the solar system to form. They believe that Jupiter got most of the mass that remained after the sun's creation, and its enormous gravity field has enabled it to hold on to that original material. Astronomers also believe that this is why the planet is so immense. Jupiter is so big that it could contain everything in the solar system, minus the sun.
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Scientists believe Jupiter could be _________.
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A informative
B reactive
C polluted
D lusterless