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The Native Americans of northern California were very good at basketry, using the reeds, grasses, barks, and roots they found around them to fashion articles of all sorts and sizes - not only trays, containers, and cooking pots, but hats, boats, fish traps, baby carriers, and ceremonial objects.

Of all these experts, none excelled the Porno - a group who lived on or near the coast during the 1800's, and whose descendants continue to live in parts of the same region to this day. They made baskets three feet in diameter and others no bigger than a thimble. The Pomo people were masters of decoration. Some of their baskets were completely covered with shell pendants; others with feathers that made the baskets' surfaces as soft as the breasts of birds. Moreover, the Pomo people made use of more weaving techniques than did their neighbors. Most groups made all their basketwork by twining - the twisting of a flexible horizontal material, called a weft, around stiffer vertical strands of material, the warp, others depended primarily on coiling - a process in which a continuous coil of stiff material is held in the desired shape with tight wrapping of flexible strands. Only the Pomo people used both processes with equal ease and frequency. In addition, they made use of four distinct variations on the basic twining process, often employing more than one of them in a single article.

Although a wide variety of materials was available, the Pomo people used only a few. The warp was always made of willow, and the most commonly used weft was sedge root, a woody fiber that could easily be separated into strands no thicker than a thread. For color, the Pomo people used the bark of redbud for their twined work and dyed bulrush root for black in coiled work. Though other materials were sometimes used, these four were the staples in their finest basketry.

If the basketry materials used by the Pomo people were limited, the designs were amazingly varied. Every Pomo basketmaker knew how to produce from fifteen to twenty distinct patterns that could be combined in a number of different ways.

What is the author's main point in the second paragraph?

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Minh: "Can I bring a friend to your birthday party?" - Hoa:" ____________."

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(A) Before the invention of (B) the printing press, books (C) have been all printed (D) by hand.

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The film was so_____________that many viewers cried.

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_____________at the party, we saw Jenifer standing alone.

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An important part of building independence is allowing your teenagers to do things for themselves, (26) ____________their own decisions, and make mistakes. These are natural processes in life and people are wired to desire autonomy early in life. This need for early independence is designed to prepare individuals for adulthood. Allowing your children to become independent earlier in life can (27) ____________rebellion during the later stages of the teenage years. All teenagers have a need to express their individuality. Teenagers (28) ____________are not allowed to express their individuality are more likely to revolt.

(29) ____________, practicing self-reliance via independence will help eliminate public shyness and teach your kids to stand up for themselves when needed, including peer (30) ____________Early choice will also add confidence and prepare them for decision-making in adulthood.

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I'll give you another hour to_____________up your mind.

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He objected to_____________.

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If the business was bad, we would have to_____________some of our staff.

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Hoa and Nam are talking about their next exams.

Hoa: "Our final exams will start next Friday. Are you ready?" - Nam:" ____________"

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Let's go swimming, _____________?

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Sarah's predominant features, what you first noticed about her, were her stunning black hair and big, dark eyes.

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Her talent and experience_____________her to the respect of her colleagues.

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The Mississippi, the (A) longest river in the USA, begins (B) as small (C) clear stream in (D) northwestern Minnesota.

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It was so hot on the bus Lucy thought she was going to faint.

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He was able to finish his book. It was because his wife helped him.