1) Many of the world's most famous stained-glass windows were made during the 12th and 13th centuries. The brilliant colors of these windows came from metallic oxides added while the glass was in a liquid state. Adding copper made the glass red, cobalt made it blue, and iron made it green. Glass-makers had trouble keeping colors consistent, since impurities in the ingredients would produce unexpected hues. Cobalt, for example, might yield purplish-blue, grayish blue, or even greenish-blue. The _____ could vary considerable.
A) price
B) weight
C) age
D) shade
E) position
2) Controlling the thickness and purity of the glass was so difficult. Glass pieces were thinner in some places than in others, and contained bubbles and other faults. View few pieces were _____. However, the irregularities resulted in rich textures as light hit the glass.
A) sharp
B) round
C) perfect
D) loose
E) yellow
3) Glass panels have also survived in good condition. When World War II threatened to destroy some windows, authorities dismantled glass panels to protect them . The glass pieces were _____. They were stored safely, and reinstalled after the war.
A) removed
B) baked
C) matched
D) traced
E) dried
4) The first films were only brief depictions of the passing scene, of unstaged events such as waves breaking on shores. There were no real _____ as such. Nonetheless, even without actors, scripts, or plots, the novelty of these films made them an immediate success.
A) stories
B) benefits
C) prizes
D) contracts
E) businesses
5) Diatoms' pillbox-like shells are intricately patterned and performated. The complexity of the casing is not matter of decoration or ornament. Rather, this type of ______ is functional. The myriad shell openings permit the exchange of nutrients and gases with surrounding waters.
A) swimming
B) sound
C) covering
D) pain
E) color
A) price
B) weight
C) age
D) shade
E) position
2) Controlling the thickness and purity of the glass was so difficult. Glass pieces were thinner in some places than in others, and contained bubbles and other faults. View few pieces were _____. However, the irregularities resulted in rich textures as light hit the glass.
A) sharp
B) round
C) perfect
D) loose
E) yellow
3) Glass panels have also survived in good condition. When World War II threatened to destroy some windows, authorities dismantled glass panels to protect them . The glass pieces were _____. They were stored safely, and reinstalled after the war.
A) removed
B) baked
C) matched
D) traced
E) dried
4) The first films were only brief depictions of the passing scene, of unstaged events such as waves breaking on shores. There were no real _____ as such. Nonetheless, even without actors, scripts, or plots, the novelty of these films made them an immediate success.
A) stories
B) benefits
C) prizes
D) contracts
E) businesses
5) Diatoms' pillbox-like shells are intricately patterned and performated. The complexity of the casing is not matter of decoration or ornament. Rather, this type of ______ is functional. The myriad shell openings permit the exchange of nutrients and gases with surrounding waters.
A) swimming
B) sound
C) covering
D) pain
E) color