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91) Like snakes, many insects grow by throwing away their skin several times.
(A) digesting
(B) stretching
(C) discarding
(D) mending

92) Volcanoes are formed where the plates in the earth's crust meet.
(A) crack
(B) intersect
(C) collapse
(D) float

93) In the fetus, cartilage forms a temporary skeleton that will gradually be changed into bone.
(A) transformed
(B) straightened
(C) hardened
(D) fused

94) Jet engines go to the opposite direction upon touch down.
(A) extinguish
(B) reverse
(C) explode
(D) hesitate

95) In the fetus, cartilage forms a temporary skeleton that will gradually be changed into bone.
(A) transformed
(B) straightened
(C) hardened
(D) fused

96) A nuclear power plant gives off less radiation than a granite structure of similar proposition.
(A) repels
(B) concentrates
(C) confines
(D) emits

97) Innovations in electronic equipment are usually less expensive the second or third year after they are introduced.
(A) parts
(B) changes
(C) problems
(D) details

98) Vegetables are necessary component of a well balanced diet.
(A) a scarce
(B) an essential
(C) a pleasant
(D) an abundant

99) The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Flaming was an incidental part of another experiments.
(A) of secondary importance
(B) very large
(C) very helpful
(D) time consuming

100) Plastic has replaced many metals parts in new cars because it is lighter.
(A) not as rare
(B) not as costly
(C) not as heavy
(D) not as rigid