20 Mohamed Fawzy -SAT&ACT English In an effort to facilitate a compromise regarding the expansion of slavery in newly admitted Western states and garner electoral support in slaveholding border states in his 1860 presidential campaign,Abraham Lincoln __ _any suggestion that he would interfere with slavery where it already existed, but he also made it clear that he would not allow it to spread into new territories. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A)advocated B)reconciled C)alienated D)repudiated 21 Mohamed Fawzy SAT &ACT English Marie Tharp was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer who __ Alfred Wegener's long -dismissed theory of continental drift with her discovery of the 10.000 -mile-long Mid -Atlantic Ridge-a finding that showed that the sea floor was actively spreading and proved that continental plates are indeed moving. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A) usurped B)vindicated C)obliterated D)accommodated Mohamed Fawzy -SAT &ACT English As early as the 5th century BCE , palm-leaf manuscripts were used in South Asia . The use of dehydrated leaves from palm trees as stationery allowed individuals to make inscriptions on the leaves and then apply colored substances to them . Once this was done , the creators would wipe away the excess,and the color would be left in the indentations , making the lettering visible..While this was a widely used technique, it had its drawbacks. Preservation of the organic material was difficult,as the leaves were prone to decompose due to exposure to humidity and moisture To avoid the threat of __ _inscriptions on decaying leaves would need to be copied onto new.dried leaves in order to preserve and keep records of the texts carved into them. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A)emancipation B)desiccation C)putrefaction D)promulgation