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60. The tone of this passage can be described as ____.

    Indigenous plant and animals are few in Easter Island. At the time of European arrival, the toromiro tree was the only wild tree and the Carolina wolfberry the only wild shrub, the vegetation being (1) ____ herbaceous. The taromira tree was overexploited by the island wood carvers, and the last local specimen died in the 1950s (2) _____, the species was saved from extinction. The Norwegian Archaeological Expedition collected seeds and planted them in the Gothenburg Botanical Garden, and saplings from the garden were reintroduced to Easter Island in 1988. Today only 31 wild flowering plants, 14 ferns, and 14 mosses are reported. Grass and small ferns dominate the barren landscape, (3) ____ the boggy crater lakes are thickly covered by two imported American species, the totora reed and Polygonum acumination. A number of cultivated species of plant were also introduced partly from America and partly from Polynesia before the arrival of Europeans; of these the (4) ____ species was the sweet potato, which was the cultivated in extensive plantations and formed the staple diet. Bottle gourds, sugarcane, bananas, taro, yams, and two trees. (i.e., the Asiatic paper mulberry- and the American Triumfetta semitriloba) were of aboriginal importation, as also probably were the husk-tomato, small variety of pineapple, and the coconut.

(2) ____

    Hot boning is an energy saving technique for the meat processing industry. It has received considerable attention in recent years when increased pressure for energy conservation has accentuated the need for more efficient methods of processing the bovine carcass. Cooling of an entire carcass requires a considerable amount of refrigerated space, since bone and trimmable fat are cooled along with the muscle. It is also necessary to space the carcasses adequately in the refrigerated room for better air movement and prevention of microbial contamination, thus adding to the volume requirements for carcass chillers.

     Conventional handling of meat involves holding the beef sides in the cooler for 24 to 36 hours before boning. Chilling in the traditional fashion is also associated with a loss of carcass weight ranging from 2% to 4% due to evaporation of moisture from the meat tissue.

    Early excision, or hot boning, of muscle prerigor followed by vacuum packaging has several potential advantages. By removing only the edible muscle and fat prerigor, refrigeration space and costs are minimized, boning labor is decreased and storage yields increased. Because hot boning often results in toughening of meat, a more recent approach, hot boning following electrical stimulation, has been used to reduce the necessary time of rigor mortis. Some researchers have found this method beneficial in maintaining tender meat, while others have found that the meat also becomes tough after electrical stimulation.

Hot boning is becoming very popular because ....

What topic does the paragraph following the passage most likely discuss?

The author organizes the ideas in the passage by ____. 

The false idea that the author may hold about Dockside Green is that ____.

The text below has incomplete sentences. Choose the one word or phrase from each number that best completes the sentences.
 

    Bullying behavior, broadly described as intimidating or harassing another person through physical or verbal assaults and insults, can begin at any age, but it seems to be a particular problem among children and adolescents. (51) ____ it is usually a one-on-one behavior, bullying also has a broader social impact. Victims may feel humiliated, and thus (52) ____ in their peer group, while bullies may feel (53) ____ a position of superiority in the same group. Bullying behavior can continue into adulthood, although by that time it may be regarded as criminal behavior and result (54) ____ legal action (e.g. charges of "assault and battery").

    The social stratification (55) ____ bullying is often a precursor of adult behavior. Children who are bullies may continue to intimidate, or to try to intimidate, their peers (56) ____ they are adults. Other adults learn to cope with (57) ____ behavior, either by standing up to it and challenging the bully or by ignoring the behavior and avoiding the bully. Adult society (58) ____ bullies and victims in different social groups.

(59) ____ techniques for dealing with bullies is part of (60) ____ task of schools to create a safe environment for all children and to teach acceptable social behavior.

Adapted from http://connection.ebscohost.com/education/bullying-school/definition-bullying-schools Accessed March 16,2014

(57) ____

The paragraph following the passage will likely talk about ....

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