Which of the following most logically completes the passage?
The figures in portraits by the Spanish painter El Greco (1541–1614) are systematically elongated. In El Greco’s time, the intentional distortion of human figures was unprecedented in European painting. Consequently, some critics have suggested that El Greco had an astigmatism, a type of visual impairment, that resulted in people appearing to him in the distorted way that is characteristic of his paintings. However, this suggestion cannot be the explanation, because______________.
Which of the following best completes the passage below?
Most design firms place heavy emphasis on previous experience when looking to hire a new employee. A recent survey shows that designers aged between 25 and 35 come up with new ideas about 30% more frequently than designers aged between 35 and 50. This data clearly suggests that __________.
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If you want to see flowers of Tragopogen pratensis in bloom, you will need to look for them before lunch because it lives up to one of its common names Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon. Whatever the weather, flowers of this common member of the dandelion family close by midday. It's one of a number of species whose floral movements can be used as a primitive clock. Scarlet pimpernel opens and closes depending on temperature and humidity change, but finally closes for the day at about 3 pm, rain or shine. The gardening writer JC Londou in 1872, planned floral clocks constructed from species with this kind of behaviour, claiming floral opening and closing times to an accuracy of minutes. Though they have fairly predictable opening and closing times, their time keeping ability would have been constantly disrupted by variable weather. And so it is not surprising _______.
Students appearing for competitive exams buy subscriptions to online tutorials and often share the access to these tutorials with their friends. According to the tutorial industry monetary losses due to this knowledge theft amount to thousands – not to mention the loss of potential paying students. However, most students with whom the paid subscribers share their accounts are not seriously interested in competitive exams. Therefore, the dent made to the profits of the industry is minor since_____________.
What would be the best option to complete the passage?
It is theoretically possible that bacteria developed on Mars early in its history and that some were carried to Earth by a meteorite. However, strains of bacteria from different planets would probably have substantial differences in protein structure that would persist over time, and no two bacterial strains on Earth are different enough to have arisen on different planets. So ________.
Which of the following most logically completes the argument?
Last year a higher percentage of workers received salary bonuses in the south of Breeland than in the north. Moreover, of those workers who did receive a bonus, a higher percentage in the south than in the north saved part of it. Clearly, therefore, a greater number of workers in the south of Breeland than in the north saved part of the bonuses they received last year, since __________.
“Hot spot” is a term that ecologists use to describe those habitats with the greatest concentrations of species found only in one place—so-called “endemic” species. Many of these hot spots are vulnerable to habitat loss due to commercial development. Furthermore, loss of endemic species accounts for most modern-day extinctions. Thus, given that only a limited number of environmental battles can be waged, it would be reasonable for organizations dedicated to preserving species to _______.
Which one of the following most logically completes the argument?
Sales campaigns aimed at the faltering personal computer market have strongly emphasized ease of use, called user-friendliness. This emphasis is oddly premature and irrelevant in the eyes of most potential buyers, who are trying to address the logically prior issue of whether______
Which of the following most logically completes the passage?
Because of the increasing number of injuries caused to children who start learning bicycles and in the process frequently fall down, bicycle manufacturers will soon be required to provide children’s bicycles with an additional fall-proof mechanism that can be engaged or disengaged as per the wish of the rider. However this regulation would most probably not retard the rise of the number of injuries from falling from a bicycle because the fall-proof mechanism slows down the learning process by providing extra stability that is not experienced while riding a standard bicycle without such a mechanism and ___________
Which of the following most logically completes the passage?
Pecan growers get a high price for their crop when pecans are comparatively scarce, but the price drops sharply when pecans are abundant. Thus, in high-yield years, growers often hold back part of their crop in refrigerated warehouses for one or two years, hoping for higher prices in the future. This year's pecan crop was the smallest in five years. It is nonetheless quite possible that a portion of this year's crop will be held back, since ________.
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