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.