December

12/1: Do Now: Due to consumer unease, Pepsi will soon remove an artificial sweetener, aspartame, from their diet beverages.

A. NO CHANGE

B. discard and eliminate

C. eliminate forever

D. delete and remove

12/2: Do Now: According to a Stanford University study, the energy that the Internet consumes on a yearly basis is equivalent to the energy produced by thirty-four large, coal-fueled power plants.

A. No change

B. Annually

C. On an annual basis

D. Yearly

12/3: Do Now:

Road workers in southern China dug up more than dirt or earth this weekend; they also found a cache of 43 dinosaur eggs buried in red sandstone.

A. No change.

B. earth when they were digging this weekend;

C. dirt or earth this weekend when they were digging;

D. dirt this weekend

12/4: Do Now:Numerous research projects, including the benchmark Framingham Heart Study, demonstrate that taking a vacation can have well-connected health benefits.

A. NO CHANGE

B. important

C. Prestigious

D. weighty 12/7: Paul and Simon both asked Bernadette to the 1960's throwback music concert at Central Park, but she had already accepted an invitation because she had been invited by Garfunkel.

A. NO CHANGE

B. accepted an invitation from c. been invited, having accepted an invitation from

D. accepted an invitation previously from

12/8: Do Now:

After working for twenty years on a vaccine for malaria, scientists are finally seeing successful clinical trials, with effective immunization in about 46% of vaccinated participants that they study.

A. NO CHANGE

B. vaccinated people who participate in the trial.

C. vaccinated participants.

D. vaccinated participants who receive the vaccine.

12/9: Do Now: Roberto's physical acuteness was undeniable: he set six new athletic records during his sophomore year.

A. NO CHANGE

B. Knack

C. Prowess

D.astuteness

12/14: Do Now: Even though its crocodilian jaws are fragile and incapable of eating a large animal, the Gharial still evokes a powerful emotion, terror.

A. NO CHANGE

B. Emotion

C. emotion–

D. emotion; 12/15: Joanna possessed the star qualities of a tennis champion; resilience, strength, and humility.

A. NO CHANGE

B. champion:

C. champion,

D. champion