Standard English Conventions Welcome to your Standard English Conventions 1. In a 2016 study, Eastern Washington University psychologist Amani El-Alayli found that, among the study participants who experienced frisson (a physiological response akin to goosebumps or getting the chills) while listening to music, there was one personality trait that they scored particularly ______blank openness to experience.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? high on high on; high. On high on: None 2. African American Percy Julian was a scientist and entrepreneur whose work helped people around the world to see. Named in 1999 as one of the greatest achievements by a US chemist in the past hundred years, ______blank led to the first mass-produced treatment for glaucoma.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? in 1935 Julian synthesized the alkaloid physostigmine, which Julian’s 1935 synthesis of the alkaloid physostigmine Julian synthesized the alkaloid physostigmine in 1935; it the alkaloid physostigmine was synthesized by Julian in 1935 and None 3. In 1903, environmentalist John Muir guided President Theodore Roosevelt on a scenic, sprawling trip through California’s Yosemite Valley. Upon returning from the three-day excursion, Roosevelt ______blank to conserve the nation’s wilderness areas, a vow he upheld for his remaining six years in office.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? will vow vowed is vowing vows None 4. Farouk El-Baz, a geologist and space scientist, ______blank part of the team that selected the lunar landing sites for the Apollo program during the 1960s and 1970s. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? was were are have been None 5. To serve local families during the Great Depression, innovative New York City librarian Pura Belpré offered storytelling in both English and Spanish, an uncommon ______blank celebrated el Día de los Tres Reyes Magos, an important community holiday; and put on puppet shows dramatizing Puerto Rican folktales.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? practice at the time, practice at the time; practice, at the time practice, at the time, None 6. The Mission 66 initiative, which was approved by Congress in 1956, represented a major investment in the infrastructure of overburdened national ______blank it prioritized physical improvements to the parks’ roads, utilities, employee housing, and visitor facilities while also establishing educational programming for the public.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? parks, parks parks; parks and None 7. Far from being modern inventions, ______blank more than 5,000 years ago.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? ancient Mesopotamia was home to Sumerians who used drinking straws drinking straws were used by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia used drinking straws the use of drinking straws by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia happened None 8. In recent years, economists around the world have created new tools that quantify the overall well-being of a country’s citizens. Economists in India, for example, use an Ease of Living Index. This tool ______blank economic potential, sustainability, and citizens’ quality of life.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? will have been measuring had measured would have measured measures None 9. Human-made (synthetic) fibers used in clothes and many other consumer products are more durable than most natural plant ______blank the manufacture of synthetic fibers requires toxic chemical solvents that can pollute air and water.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? fibers but fibers, but fibers fibers, None 10. After a spate of illnesses as a child, Wilma Rudolph was told she might never walk again. Defying all odds, Rudolph didn’t just walk, she ______blank the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, she won both the 100- and 200-meter dashes and clinched first place for her team in the 4x100-meter relay, becoming the first US woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? ran—fast. During ran—fast—during ran—fast, during ran—fast during None 11. Archaeologists have estimated that the pre-Columbian Native American city of Cahokia, located across the Mississippi River from modern-day St. Louis, Missouri, had as many as 20,000 inhabitants in the year 1150 ______blank it one of the largest cities in North America at the time.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? CE; making CE, making CE making CE. Making None 12. On April 5, 1977, Kitty Cone and 150 other disability rights activists entered a San Francisco federal building. After pleading for years—to no effect—for the passage of key antidiscrimination legislation, ______blank until their demands were addressed. Finally, on April 28, the legislation was signed.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? pressure on lawmakers increased when the activists staged a sit-in protest a sit-in protest staged by the activists increased pressure on lawmakers the activists increased pressure on lawmakers by staging a sit-in protest lawmakers came under increased pressure when the activists staged a sit-in protest None 13. Generations of mystery and horror ______blank have been influenced by the dark, gothic stories of celebrated American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849).Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? writers; writers— writers, writers None 14. In 2008, two years after the death of science fiction writer Octavia Butler, the Huntington Library in ______blank received a collection of more than 8,000 items, including Butler’s private notes, research materials, manuscripts, photos, and drawings. Today, the Octavia E. Butler Collection is one of the most researched archives at the library.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? California, California— California: California None 15. Working from an earlier discovery of Charpentier’s, chemists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna—winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry—re-created and then reprogrammed the so-called “genetic scissors” of a species of DNA-cleaving bacteria ______blank a tool that is revolutionizing the field of gene technology.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? forging and forging forged to forge None Time's up Please Share This Share this content Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Leave a Reply Cancel replyCommentEnter your name or username to commentEnter your email address to commentEnter your website URL (optional) Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.