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Carnegie Hall, the famous concert hall in New York City, has again undergone a restoration. While this is not the first, it is certainly the most extensive in the building’s history. As a result of this new restoration, Carnegie Hall once again has the quality of sound that it had when it was first built.

Carnegie Hall owes its existence to Andrew Carnegie, the wealthy owner of a steel company in the late 1800s. The hall was finished in 1891 and quickly gained a reputation as an excellent performing arts hall where accomplished musicians gained fame. Despite its reputation, however, the concert hall suffered from several detrimental renovations over the years. During the Great Depression, when fewer people could afford to attend performances, the directors sold part of the building to commercial businesses. As a result, a coffee shop was opened in one corner of the building, for which the builders replaced the brick and terra cotta walls with windowpanes. A renovation in 1946 seriously damaged the acoustical quality of the hall when the makers of the film Carnegie Hall cut a gaping hole in the dome of the ceiling to allow for lights and air vents. The hole was later covered with short curtains and a fake ceiling, but the hall never sounded the same  afterwards.

In 1960, the violinist Isaac Stern became involved in restoring the hall after a group of real estate developers unveiled plans to demolish Carnegie Hall and build a high-rise office building on the site. This threat spurred Stern to rally public support for Carnegie Hall and encourage the City of New York to buy the property. The movement was successful, and the concert hall is now owned by the city. In the current restoration, builders tested each new material for its sound qualities, and they replaced the hole in the ceiling with a dome. The builders also restored the outer walls to their original appearance and closed the coffee shop. Carnegie has never sounded better, and its prospects for the future have never looked more promising.

The word “it” in the first paragraph refers to_____

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The guards were ordered to get to the king's room on the double.

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John is fat because he eats so many chips.

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Prevented the soil from erosion, the trees planted by the farmer many years before were what stopped the flood from reaching his house.

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The director retired early _______ ill health.

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The visual nerves of the brain interprets wave-lengths of light as perceptions of color.

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People say he won a lot of money on the lottery.

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During a period of expansion, a firm often requires an increased number of ______ to perform the additional labor.

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Next year, we're going on a cheap _____ holiday to Portugal. The flight and the hotel are included in the price.

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The boy _____ having had anything to do with the break-in.

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There is no alternative. The president must approve the bill if the Congress passes it

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She could ______ in the garden when we came around, which would explain why she didn’t hear the bell.

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Mathematics is such important field and serves so many of the sciences that it is a prerequisite for studying every scientific discipline.

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You should praise yourself for having achieved such a high score in the graduation exam.

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The machine has been out of order since last month.