Quiz 2

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Question 1

Faced with rapidly rising expenses, the city council voted to _____ spending on non-essential services, reducing the parks and recreation budget by nearly forty percent over two years.

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The coach's halftime speech, delivered with unusual intensity, seemed to _____ the team into action; the players emerged from the locker room with renewed energy and went on to win by twelve points.

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Prolonged exposure to acidic rainwater can slowly _____ limestone formations, hollowing out underground caverns that may take thousands of years to form.

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The company invested heavily in the _____ field of quantum computing, recognizing that although the technology was still in its earliest stages of development, it could one day transform how information is processed.

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Once digital spreadsheets became standard in every office, the mechanical adding machine was widely regarded as _____, a relic with no practical role in an environment where software could perform the same calculations instantly.

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A series of volcanic eruptions may have helped _____ the rapid spread of early agriculture by releasing nutrients into the soil that made previously barren land fertile enough to cultivate.

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Many analysts predicted that streaming music services would eventually _____ traditional radio stations, arguing that personalized playlists would prove more appealing than fixed broadcast schedules to most listeners.

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When the central bank unexpectedly raised interest rates by two full percentage points, the announcement appeared to _____ a rapid sell-off in bond markets, as investors scrambled to reposition their portfolios within hours.

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The research team found that planting windbreaks of tall trees around farmland could _____ the damage caused by strong seasonal winds, protecting topsoil that would otherwise blow away during storms.

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Once invasive zebra mussels entered the Great Lakes, they began to _____ at an astonishing rate, attaching to pipes, boat hulls, and natural surfaces until they disrupted the food chain and fouled water intake systems.

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