Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage.
For each numbered blank, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the
best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the
center. Artificial flowers are used for
scientific as well as for decorative purposes. They are made from 1 of materials, such as wax and glass, so
skillfully that they can scarcely be 2 from natural flowers. In making such models, painstaking skill and artistry
are called for, 3 thorough knowledge of
plant structure. The 4 of glass flowers
in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University is the most famous in North
America and is widely known 5 the
scientific world. 6 , there are several
thousand models in colored glass, the work of two artist-naturalists, Leopold
Blalschka and his son Rudolph. The intention was to have the
collection 7 at least one member of
each flower family native to the United States. 8
it was never completed, it contains more than seven hundred
species representing 164 families of flowering plants.
9 detail of these is accurately reproduced in color and
structure. The models are 10 in locked
cases as they are too valuable and fragile for classroom use.
A. concentration
B. gathering
C. collection
D. assembly