1. Nylon was ___the human-made fibers.

2. The foundation of all other branches of mathematics is arithmetic, _ science of calculating with numbers.

3. Newspaper publishers in the united states have estimated ______reads a newspaper every day.

4. ____ freshwater species of fish build nests of sticks, stones, or scooped-out sand..

5. A situation in which an economic market is dominated by a _____ is known as a monopoly.

6. _____ lived on the North Saskatchewan River long before the Hudson’s Bay Company built a fur trading post there.

7. Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the ability to predict these events _____ to minimize damage and avoid loss of life.

8. In reorganizing the curriculum of Mt. Holyoke College in the late 1800’s Elizabeth Mead laid the foundation _____ the modern college rests.

9. _____ John Aaron Lewis pioneered in the development of “third stream music,”a blend of jazz and classical music

10. The worldwide race to develop an affordable synthetic fuel has so far consumed billions of dollars and _____ few results

11. The seating of musicians in an orchestra is arranged _____to produce the desired blend of sounds from the various musical sections .

12. Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, _____communicate through facial expressions and by making noises.

13. Martha Graham, _____, has run her own dance company for half a century.

14. Sometimes_____to place physics and chemistry into separate categories.

15. The Cubists were concerned with how_____a given subject from different points of view simultaneously.