1. _____modern offices becoming more mechanized, designers are attempting to personalize them with warmer, less severe interiors.

2. It is widely believed that the pull of gravity on a falling raindrop changes_____round shape into a teardrop shape.

3. _____a child, sculptor Anne Whitney showed an eager intellect and artistic talent that her parents recognized and encouraged.

4. A historical novel may do more than mirror history; _____future events.

5. The greater the population there is in a location ,_____for water, transportation, and disposal of refuse.

6. _____, in the late 1800’s, some libraries had to keep as many as twenty to thirty copies of each of Mary Jane Holmes’s books on hand.

7. Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once _____ cacti and sagebrush could live.

8. The University of Georgia, _____ in 1785, was the first state supported university in the United States.

9. The values of a people, their customs, and their perceptions of the world _____their language.

10. Two years after she was chosen president of the Texas State Senate, _____successfully for a seat in the United States Congress.

11. _____ , snakes frequently subdue their prey without injecting poison.

12. Witch hazel extract, _____ distilled from the bark and twigs of the witch hazel shrub, has been utilized in medicine

13. Comparatively few clues in the United Slates have competing newspapers today, a major change from 1900 _____ more than two newspapers.

14. Unlike the owl, bats cannot see very well, but they do have_____.

15. _____ a major role in future planetary exploration