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Reading
The Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque in the New 1
Administrative Capital, Egypt, is a massive
Which choice completes the text with the
mosque that can accommodate approximately
most logical and precise word or phrase?
17,000 people at once, making it an
___________ sight to behold. A) idealized lí tng hóa
B) intricate
C) illusory not real = imaginary
D) imposing grand, impressive

The Lascaux Cave paintings—detailed paintings 2

of animals found in what is now France and
Which choice completes the text with the
dating from around 17,000 years ago—are
most logical and precise word or phrase?
sometimes said to be emotionally powerful
despite their age, but in fact the paintings are A) ingenious
_____________ precisely because of their age. B) meticulous
It is the link of shared humanity with the artists C) pristine
across so many centuries that gives the Lascaux D) affecting = touching
Cave paintings such resonance.

Some robots such as Surena (developed in 3

2008) and COMAN (developed in 2012) feature
Which choice completes the text with the
humanoid characteristics like bipedal
most logical and precise word or phrase?
locomotion so that people will find it easier to
interact with them. While these features can A) engender
help to __________ feelings of comfort in B) constrict = limit
people, a robot that looks too like human can C) counterbalance
fall into the “uncanny valley,” meaning that its D) repudiate
appearance unintentionally unsettles those who
encounter it.

Text corpora such as the International Corpus 4

of English are enormous collections of
Which choice completes the text with the
electronically stored texts that can be used for
most logical and precise word or phrase?
empirical testing of hypotheses regarding how
_________a word is in spoken and written A) pervasive
English. For instance, one might have a guess B) credible
about the incidence of the word “first,” but only C) assertive
an analysis of a corpus can prove that “first” is D) profound
the third most commonly used adjective.

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The following text is adapted from Matthew 5
Arnold’s 1869 nonfiction book Culture and
Which choice best describes the function of
Anarchy.
the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
The Times [a British newspaper], replying to A) It suggests that opinions regarding culture
some foreign strictures on the dress, looks, and change over time.This is the function of the
behavior of the English abroad, urges that the next sentence.
B) It asserts that the English are not as well
English ideal is that everyone should be free to
known for their sense of taste as they
do and to look just as he likes. But culture
ought to be.NG
indefatigably tries, not to make what each raw
C) It details an example that supports the
person may like the rule by which he fashions
authors primary claim.
himself, but to draw ever nearer to a sense of
what is indeed beautiful, graceful, and D) It presents an opinion with which the
becoming, and to get the raw person to like author disagrees.
that.

The bird species Myiobius barbatus (the bearded 6

flycatcher), which forages in relatively dense
Which finding, if true, would most directly
vegetation, and Platyrinchus saturatus (the
support Martinez and colleagues’ hypothesis?
cinnamon-crested spadebill), which forages in
A) When Martinez and colleagues played T
open areas or low-density vegetation, share
caesius alarm calls, M. barbatus and P.
territory in French Guiana with Thainnomanes
saturatus displayed no reaction, whereas
caesius (the cinereous antshrike), which emits a
T. caesius displayed predator-avoidance
loud alarm call when it detects predators.
behavior.
Biologist Ari Martinez and colleagues, who
studied the ecological community the species B) Many local bird species with similar
share, hypothesized that there is an inverse foraging habits to those of M barbatus
relationship between birds’ field of vision while displayed no reaction when Martinez and
foraging and their sensitivity to alarm calls colleagues played T. caesius alarm calls,
from neighboring species. whereas M. barbatus displayed predator-
avoidance behavior.
C) Some individuals of P. saturatus displayed
predator-avoidance behavior when
Martinez and colleagues played T. caesius
alarm calls, whereas nearly all did when
M. barbatus alarm calls were played.
D) P. saturatus displayed no reaction when
Martinez land colleagues played T. caesius
alarm calls, whereas M. barbatus
displayed predator avoidance behavior in
response to the calls.

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 Women Judges and Magistrates on High Courts, 2009-2013

A report from an international organization 7

that monitors the numbers of women serving as
Which choice most effectively uses data from
judges or magistrates on various nations’
the graph to complete the example?
highest courts, such as the Supreme court in
Finland and the Supreme Court in the A) Slovenia was greater in 2013 than in 2009,
Dominican republic. From 2009 to 2013, the whereas the number in the Dominican
number of women serving as justices or Republic was lower in 2013 than in 2009.
magistrates on highest courts in most countries B) Slovenia was greater in 2013 than in 2009,
increased. However, there are also countries whereas the number in Finland was the
where the number decreased or remained same in 2013 as in 2009.
unchanged; for example, ________ C) Finland was the same in 2013 as in 2009,
but it had more women on its high courts
than either Slovenia or the Dominican
republic did in 2013.
D) the Dominican Republic was lower in
2013 than in 2009, whereas the number in
Finland was the same in 2013 as in 2009.

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 Studies of the Effects of Tilling vs. No Tilling on Crop Yields

Danijel Jug and colleagues found that tilling— 8

the practice of turning soil with hoes, plows, or
Which choice most effectively uses data from
other machines before planting crops—was
the table to complete the assertion?
associated with an increased yield of winter
wheat. But some studies of other crops have A) Min Huang and colleagues reported an
found the opposite effect, for example even larger positive effect of no tilling on
____________ the yield of rice.
B) Bharat Sharma Acharya and colleagues
found a similar association in a study
=> no tilling ------> increased yield. using soybeans.
C) crop yields with tilling have ranged from
2,420 kilograms per hectare for maize to
4,860 kilograms per hectare for winter
wheat.
D) a study using winter wheat yielded 4,860
kilograms per hectare with tilling and
only 3,910 kilograms per hectare without
tilling.

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 Population and Area Data for Four Cities in 2018

Population figures for a city can vary 9

significantly depending on what areas are
Which choice best describes data in the table
included in the count. Often, governments will
that support the journalist's claim?
report a value for the city proper (including
only residents within the city limits) and A) The UN estimated Bogota’s population to
be 10,574,000, which is significantly
another for the larger metropolitan area
(including residents from nearby places beyond larger than the reported population for
the city limits). Citing the data in the table, a the city proper.
journalist claims the population estimates from B) The metropolitan area of Bangkok is
the United Nations (UN) most likely included significantly larger than 1,569 square
people outside the cities proper. kilometers.
C) The reported city proper population of
Bogota be significant larger than the
reported city proper population of
Houston.
D) All the city proper areas are below 3,000
square kilometers.

The Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 10

(SAGE) seeks to discover long-term trends
Which choice most logically completes the
related to aging by compiling and analyzing
text?
evidence from approximately 66,000
participants in multiple countries. As with most A) such studies are likely to be a lower
longitudinal studies, extensive funding support priority for funding than SAGE.
is needed for SAGE to collect the relevant data B) the sociology study is unlikely to be able
over timescales and at intervals that will to recruit 66,000 participants.
support robust conclusions. But the quality of a C) expanding the scope of such studies is
more constrained investigation, such as a unlikely to be feasible.
sociology study seeking only to yield the D) such studies are not trying to identify
average age at which people in a given city first trends over time.
become parents, is much less dependent on
high levels of funding because ____________

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 Anne Bronte’s 1847 novel Agnes Grey contains 11
elements drawn from Bronte's own life: there
Which choice most logically completes the
are many parallels between the experiences of
text?
the novel’s tide character and those of Bronte,
and as a result Agnes Grey is regularly described A) Agnes Grey is less of an imaginative
as an autobiographical novel. This achievement than it actually is.
characterization can be useful, but it also B) the real-world counterparts of other
presents drawbacks in terms of how the work is characters in Agnes Grey are hard to
perceived, as it may lead readers to believe that identify.
Bronte merely fictionalized true events, which, C) Bronte should not have claimed that
in an artistic field where creativity and Agnes Grey is based on real events.
inventiveness are prized, can suggest that D) critics disagree about whether Agnes Grey
___________ shows greater originality than works
without autobiographical elements.

Previous research has shown that plant species 12

with a narrow geographical range tend to be
Which choice most logically completes the
more genetically homogeneous than plant
text?
species with extensive ranges are. Based on
these findings, researchers recently ran A) several other Mammillaria species could
simulations to predict how the genetic variation survive in Tamaulipas in the future.
of several species of Mammillaria, a genus of B) the genetic homogeneity of M.
cactus found throughout the Americas, might klissingiana decreased over time.
change in different distribution conditions. One C) there was a gradual increase in the genetic
of these species, M. klissingiana, is found only homogeneity of Maminillaria species in
in the state of Tamaulipas. The researchers states neighboring Tamaulipas.
simulated what would happen if M. klissingiana D) Marnmillaria species other than M.
spread to new habitats outside Tamaulipas, and, Klissingiana would become more
consistent with previous findings, the results common in Tamaulipas.
showed that _______________

genetic
homogeneous: narrow range > extensive range
=> spread to new habitats ------> decreased homogeneity

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Arthurian legends (tales related to the character of 13
King Arthur) derive from many sources, such as
Which choice most logically completes the
Annaies Cambriae, composed around 970, and the
text?
Mabinogion from the 12th and 13th centuries. One
of the most significant sources, Geoffrey of A) Malory did not use Annales Cambriae as a
Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain, was source for information [when] he
written in Latin in the 1130s; some material from presented about the Round Table.
it was later adapted by the Norman poet Wace into B) Geoffrey of Monmouth’s accounts of
the Roman de Brut in 1155. But while no source Arthurian legends in his History are more
before 1155 includes references to the famous similar overall in content to the accounts
Round Table at which Arthur’s knights assembled, in the Mabinogion than they are to the
both the Roman de Brut and Sir Thomas Malory’s accounts in Roman de Brut.
15th-century compilation of Arthurian legends, Le C) Geoffrey of Monmouth was unaware of
Morte d’Arthur, do. It can therefore be inferred that stories of the Round Table when
___________________ composing his History, though historians
know that works containing such stories
were available to him.
D) Le More d’Arthur is more historically
accurate than History, because the
Mabinogion had not been written when
Geoffrey of Monmouth was writing his
work.

Few new parents ________ that their baby will 14

someday become an astronaut. Yet if Jerry L.
Which choice completes the text with the
Ross’s parents had made this prediction when he
most logical and precise word or phrase?
was born in 1948, they would have been correct,
for NASA selected him for the job in 1980. A) disagree
B) ignore
C) require
D) anticipate

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The following text is from Kenneth Grahame’s 15
1908 novel The Wind in the Willow. The Rat is
As used in the text, what does the word
looking for the Mole, his friend, in the woods.
“guiding” most nearly mean?
[The Rat] had patiently hunted through the wood A) Withdrawing
for an hour or more, when at last to his joy he B) Presenting
heard a little answering cry. Guiding himself by C) Instructing -----> hng dn làm gì
the sound, he made his way through the gathering
D) Steering
darkness to the foot of an old beech tree.

dn ng

Alfred Nobel intended for the Nobel Prize to be an 16

award honoring those who have contributed “the
Which choice completes the text with the
greatest benefit to mankind.” Indeed, the work of
most logical and precise word or phrase?
Richard Laurence Millington Synge represented a
significant _________ the field of chemistry, and A) controversy in
in 1952 he was among those awarded the Nobel B) exposure to
Prize in Chemistry for “their invention of C) dependence on
partition chromatography.” D) advancement in

The arrival of humans to the Americas is thought 17

to have ____________ a sudden decrease in
Which choice completes the text with the
biodiversity throughout the continents. Although
most logical and precise word or phrase?
the extinction of species like the toxodon was
likely the result of a combination of factors, from A) followed
decreasing food sources to habitat destruction, B) prolonged
most of these factors can be directly tied to the C) counteracted
presence of humans. D) triggered

Some robots such as Surena (developed in 2008) 18

and COMAN (developed in 2012) are designed to
Which choice completes the text with the
resemble humans so that people will find it easier
most logical and precise word or phrase?
to interact with them. To this end, certain features
such as the ability to respond to voice commands A) soothed
can help to create the comforting semblance of B) indifferent
humanity, but a robot that appears too similar to C) revolted
humans can make people feel more unsettled than D) vindicated
_________

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The following text is Rainer Maria Rilke’s 1897 19
poem “Evening” (translated by Jessie Lamont in
Which choice best states the function of the
1918).
undeclined portion in the text as a whole?
The bleak fields are asleep, A) It conveys the speaker’s sense that he is
My heart alone wakes; alone while experiencing the evening.
The evening in the harbour B) It shows that the speaker would rather
Down his red sails takes. look at the fields than at the water.
Night, guardian of dreams, C) It indicates the speaker's disappointment
Now wanders through the land; that other people dislike rural settings.
The moon, a lily white, D) It explains why the speaker has woken up
Blossoms within her hand. from sleeping

When people think of dinosaurs with feathers, 20

they typically think of winged dinosaurs, such as
Which choice best states the main purpose of
the bat-like Ambopteryx. However, many
the text?
dinosaurs that didn't have wings also had feathers
on their bodies. For instance, research indicates A) To discuss the presence of feathers on
that the wingless, large Yutyrannus likely had certain types of dinosaurs
feathers. B) To point out the differences between
dinosaur feathers and bird feathers
C) To explain why feathered dinosaurs went
extinct
D) To argue that only one species of dinosaur
had feathers

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Text 1: 21
In 2017 Buenaventura, Colombia, was named a
Based on the texts, what would the author of
City of Gastronomy by UNESO in recognition
Text 2 most likely say in response to the
of the city's unique food culture. The honor is
underlined claim in Text 1?
well known among residents of the city as well
as tourists who visit. It’s obvious that the A) A city that UNESCO officially names as a
selection of Buenaventura by UNESCO has City of Gastronomy should still make
brought awareness to local recipes, cooking deliberate efforts to attract visitors [ in
practices, and chefs and has provided a boost order to boost] tourism.
to the city's tourism industry. B) Many people worked together to help
Buenaventura be recognized by
Text 2: UNESCO, but chefs deserve the most
Many people in Buenaventura’s restaurant credit for Buenaventura’s selection as a
industry hoped that food tourism would City of Gastronomy.
increase after the city was chosen as City of C) There are other benefits to being named a
Gastronomy in 2017. However, as researcher UNESCO City of Gastronomy besides
Eerang Park and colleagues argue, cities must increased tourism.Text 2 doesn't say this.
still create effective marketing strategies to D) The naming of Buenaventura as a City of
benefit fully from being named a City of Gastronomy was long overdue, given the
Gastronomy. Without an intentional effort to city’s delicious food.
promote the city’s food scene, many current
and potential visitors to Buenaventura may not
even be aware that it's home to uniquely
delicious food.

In a study by Mika R. Moran, Daniel A. 22

Rodriguez, and colleagues, residents of Panama
The text makes which point about the
City, Panama, and Fortaleza, Brazil, were
difference between the proportions of Panama
surveyed about parks in their cities. Of the 318
City residents and Fortaleza residents using
respondents from Panama City, 53.5%
parks?
indicated that they use the city’s parks, and of
938 respondents from Fortaleza 35.7% A) It was much larger than the researchers
indicated using city parks. Given that the conducting the study expected.
percentage of Panama City respondents who B) It could be due to inaccuracies in the
reported living within a 10-minute walk of a survey results.
park was much lower than that reported by C) It was calculated using sources that
Fortaleza respondents, greater proximity alone predate the survey.
can’t explain the difference in park use. D) It is caused by something other than the
parks’ proximity to the residents.

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The following text is adapted from Daniel 23
Defoe’s 1704 nonfiction book The Storm.
Which choice best states the main ides of the
The sermon is a sound of words spoken to the text?
ear, and prepared only for present meditation A) People are less likely to forget a message
and extends no farther than the strength of when they hear it spoken aloud than they
memory can convey it; a book printed is a are when they read it in print.
record, remaining in every man’s possession, B) Unless a spoken message is delivered by
always ready to renew its acquaintance with his [a confident orator, it may be] ignored.
memory, and always ready to be produced as an C) Most authors have little hope of being
authority or voucher to any reports he makes remembered well past their lifetimes.
out of it, and conveys its contents for ages to
D) Words committed to print have a greater
come, to the eternity- of mortal time, when the
permeance than messages that are merely
author is forgotten in his grave.
spoken aloud.

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The Far Side of the World, first published in 1984, 24
is a novel in Patrick O’Brain’s Aubrey/Maturin
Which choice best states the main ides of the
series, which includes twenty books plus an
text?
unfinished fragment of a twenty-first. Like the
rest of the books in the series, The Far Side of the A) It is unfair that the Aubrey/Maturin series
World has a rather abrupt ending, but the does not have the critical reputation of
following book, The Reverse of the Medal, picks The Forsyte Saga, which has a similar
up neatly where The Far Side of the World leaves structure.
off. Thus, the sudden ending is only an issue if B) The Far Side of the World and The Reverse
one considers the books as independent texts— of the Medal are [two] of the most
the Aubrey/Maturin series is best thought of as a complex of Patrick O’Brian’s [novels of
single incredibly long work, similar to other the Aubrey/Maturin series] with
multivolume stories, such as John Galsworthy’s unconventional structures.
The Forsyte Saga. C) The structure of each of the novels of the
Aubrey/ Maturin series suggests that the
series should be considered a single
continuous story.
D) Many readers find the Aubrey/Maturin
novels to be remarkably entertaining
despite flaws novels’ structures.

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 Pyramids in Egypt and the Americas

One student is writing an essay about four 25

pyramids for a history class and wants to indicate
Which choice most effectively uses data from
how long ago each pyramid was built. Consulting
the table to complete the text?
the table, the student finds that the Tikal Temple
IV was built ____________ A) 1,9 00 to 2,300 years ago.
B) 1,300 years ago.
C) 4,500 to 4,600 years ago.
D) 3,800 to 4,000 years ago.

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Life Among the Paiutes is an 1882 26
autobiographical narrative by Sarah
Which quotation from Life Among the Paiutes
Winnemucca Hopkins. In the work,
most effectively illustrates the claim?
Winnemucca directly addresses the reader to
establish her uthority an credibility, writing A) “My dear reader, I have not lived in this
____________ world for over thirty or forty years for
nothing, and I know what I am talking
about.”
B) “I was born somewhere near 1844, but am
not sure of the precise time.”
C) “Oh, dear readers, these soldiers had gone
only sixty miles away to Muddy Lake,
where my people were then living and
fishing.”
D) “But how can I describe the scene that
followed? Some of you, dear readers, can
imagine.”

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Hypothesizing that lullabies, characterized by 27
their slow tempos, are universally calming to
Which finding, if true, would most directly
infants, Constance M. Bainbridge and colleagues
weaken critic's claim?
played a lullaby sung in the Scottish Gaelic
language and a non-lullaby sung in the Seri A) Blinking, which indicates attention, was
language to a group of infants. The team found equally frequent whether infants were
that the infants’ heart rates decreased more listening to the song in Scottish Gaelic or
during the lullaby than during the non-lullaby. song in Seri.
Since a decrease in heart rate is associated with B) Neither the Scottish Gaelic language nor
relaxation, the team concluded that the lullaby the melody of the traditional Scots lullaby
relaxed the infants. Noting that reduced heart was familiar to infants in the study.
rate can also be associated with increased C) The infants’ pupils were smaller when the
attention, one critic argues that instead, the infants were listening to lullabies than
lullaby simply attracted the infants’ attention. when they Were listening to non-
Bainbridge and colleagues also measured pupil lullabies.
size, as pupils typically become larger when a D) Parents of infants in the study chose the
stimulus captures a person’s attention. lullaby over the non-lullaby when asked
which song by they would use to calm
their child.

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In the early 19th, ships in the British Royal Navy 28
were ranked based on military strength. The
Which choice most logically completes the
system considered the number of a ship's
text?
cannons and decks. “First rate” was the highest
ranking, and “sixth-rate” was the lowest ranking, A) the Dreadnought had between 850 and
followed by unranked ships. This ranking deter 875 crewmen.
mined the size of a ship’s crew: first-rate ships B) all ships with at least 98 cannons were
had between 850 and 875 crewmen, while lower- ranked as first-rate ships.
ranked ships had fewer. Two of the ships in the C) the Royal George needed a crew larger
British Royal Navy from this period were the than 875 people in order to operate
Dreadnought (98 cannons and three decks) and efficiently.
the Royal George (120 cannons and three decks). D) not all ships with three decks were ranked
Of these two, only the Royal George was ranked a as first-rate ships.
first-rate ship. It can therefore be concluded that
__________________
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Some features, such as the mihrab (or niche), are 29
present in nearly every mosque. But mosques
Which choice completes the text with the
often reflect multiple architectural styles,
most logical and precise word or phrase?
resulting in a unique __________ of those
influence, as in the case of the Sheikh Zayed A) fusion
Mosque, which combines elements from the B) dismissal
Persian, Mughal, and Moorish styles. C) critique
D) simplification

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The following text is from E. Pauline Johnson’s 30

2002 poem “Shadow Lake.”
As used in the text, what does the word
The little fern-leaf, bending “define” most nearly mean?
Upon the brink, its green reflection greets, A) explain
And kisses soft the shadow that it meets B) state
With touch so fine, C) detect
The border line
D) reduce
The keenest vision can’t define;
So perfect is the blending.

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The Underdogs is a 1915 novel by Mariano 31
Azuela, originally written in Spanish. In the
Which quotation from a translation of The
novel, the town of Juchipila is depicted as a
Underdogs most effectively illustrates the
striking sight for a group of soldiers as they view
claim?
it from afar: ______________
A) “All day long [the soldiers] rode through
the canyon, up and down the steep, round
hills, dirty and bald as a man’s head, hill
after hill in endless succession.”
B) “[The soldiers] entered the streets of
Juchipila as the church bells rang, loud
and joyfully, with that peculiar tone that
thrills every mountaineer.”
C) “Juchipila ose in the distance, white,
bathed in sunlight, shining in the midst of
a thick forest at the foot of a proud, lofty
mountain.”
D) “The sierra is clad in gala colors. Over its
inaccessible peaks the opalescent fog
settles like ai snowy veil on the forehead
of a bride.”
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Writing
The writer Maya Angelou, along with others 1
such as Lorenzo Thomas and Gwendolyn
Which choice completes the text so that it
Brooks, _____________ commonly associated
conforms to the conventions of Standard
with the Black Arts movement, a loose-knit
English?
group of writers and artists active in the 1960s
and the 1970s who were interested in exploring A) have been
the Black American experience through their B) is
work. C) are
D) were

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Today, the Michelin Guide is widely known as 2
the arbiter of fine dining, but when it was
Which choice completes the text so that it
created in 1889, it was little more than a
conforms to the conventions of Standard
marketing gimmick; brothers Andre and
English?
Edouard Michelin sought to increase profits for
their tire company by encouraging their A) influence
customers to drive across France, visiting the B) influence,
guide's recommended hotels and restaurants C) influence, and
along the way. Nevertheless, the guide soon D) influence and
grew in scope and ___________ its modest
French eateries were replaced with some of the
most esteemed restaurants from around the
world, including Ishikawa in Tokyo and Jade
Dragon in Macau.

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Writer Silvia Moreno-Garcia‘s love of short 3
fiction began when she read a collection of
Which choice completes the text so that it
Edgar Allan Poe’s stories as a child, and she
conforms to the conventions of Standard
would develop into a prolific short story writer
English?
herself, publishing pieces like “Ahuizotl” (2015)
and “Water” (2007). Yet she’s best known as A) novel (Mexican
novelist, in part due to her __________ Gothic B) novel Mexican
(2020), earning a spot on the New York Times C) novel: Mexican
Best Sellers list. D) novel, Mexican

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Within Earth’s biomes, there are four main 4
types of deserts: arid, semiarid, coastal, and
Which choice completes the text so that it
cold. The Great Salt Desert in western Asia is an
conforms to the conventions of Standard
arid ________________ it is one of the largest
English?
deserts in the world, with a total area of about
A) desert, for example;
77,000 km2.
B) desert, for example,
C) desert; for example,
D) desert, for example

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Sociologist Alton Okinaka sits on the review 5
board tasked with adding new sites to the
Which choice completes the text so that it
Hawaii Register of Historic Places, which
conforms to the conventions of Standard
includes the Pufu’opae Bridge, built in 1915,
English?
and the Ma’alaea General Store, built in 1910.
Okinaka doesn’t make such decisions single- A) however, all
handedly, ___________ historical designations B) however and all
must be approved by a group of nine other C) however all
experts. D) however. All

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After finding information about Harold Eugene 6
Ford, who represented Tennessee in the United
Which choice completes the text so that it
States House of Representatives, the student
conforms to the conventions of Standard
discovered biographical sketches of two other
English?
Black Americans who served in __________
A) Congress.
Harold Washington of Illinois and Augustus
(Gus) Freeman Hawkins of California. B) Congress;
C) Congress
D) congress:

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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation 7
and Development (OECD) tracks comparative
Which choice completes the text so that it
price list data for its thirty-eight member
conforms to the conventions of Standard
countries. According to this data, in July 2021, a
English?
“basket” of goods and services priced at 100 US
A) nation Chile.
dollars (USD) in the United States would have
cost 62 USD in fellow OECD member B) nation: Chile.
___________ C) nation, Chile.
D) nation—Chile.

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“Of Names,” an essay by French philosopher 8
Michel de Montaigne, explores a relatively light
Which choice completes the text with the
subject, while his essay “Of the Punishment of
most logical transition?
Cowardice” takes on heavier fare. No matter the
A) For example,
essay topic, Montaigne challenges his own
ideas, beliefs, and values. __________ he B) At that time,
questions his own perspective, regardless of C) Indeed,
subject matter. D) However,

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Though Middle English was widely spoken in 9

fourteenth-century England, the language was
Which choice completes the text with the
rarely employed in literature until poet
most logical transition?
Geoffrey Chaucer helped pioneer its literary
A) However,
use. __________ his manuscripts contain the
first documented uses of over 2,000 English B) That being said,
words—like the word "exaltation" in his 1386 C) Besides,
poem “The Squire’s Tale”—which led a D) Indeed,
contemporary to dub him “the first finder of
our fair language.”

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Baku, Azerbaijan, is one of many replicas of the
Which choice completes the text with the
famous Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. ________
most logical transition?
towers like the Metallic Tower of Fourviere in
A) On the contrary,
Lyon, France, though not exact replicas, pay
homage to the Eiffel’s iconic spire-like design. B) Consequently,
C) Invariably,
D) Moreover,

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South Asian country of India. _________ in
Which choice completes the text with the
2018, 18.8 million metric tons of mangoes were
most logical transition?
produced.
A) Hence,
B) There,
C) In fact,
D) Specifically,

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While researching a topic, a student has taken 12
the following notes:
The student wants to begin a narrative about
• Merle Oberon (1911-1979) was an actress Merle Oberon’s life. Which choice most
born in Mumbai (then known as Bombay), effectively uses relevant information from the
India. notes to accomplish this goal?
• She was of Indian, Maori, and Irish A) Merle Oberon’s story begins in Mumbai
heritage. (then known as Bombay), India, in 1911.
• She was the first Indian-born actress to be B) Merle Oberon appeared in many films,
nominated for an Academy Award. including Aren’t We All? (1932) and
Affectionately Yours (1941), and was the
• Early in her career, she played many
first Indian-born actress to be nominated
nameless, uncredited roles, such as her
for an Academy ward.
role in Aren’t We All? (1932).
C) In 1941, Merle Obero played the role of
• Later, she played many named, credited Sue Mayberry in the film Affectionately
roles, such as Sue Mayberry in Yours.
Affectionately Yours (1941).
D) Though she would go on to receive many
films, Merle Oberon also played
nameless, uncredited roles in many films
such as the movie Aren’t we all? (1932).

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While researching a topic, a student has taken 13
the following notes:
Which choice most effectively uses
• The Music by Black Composers (MBC) information from the given sentences to set
project aims to inspire aspiring music up a discussion of Walker’s career for an
students by archiving and sharing audience already familiar with the MBC
information about the music of Black Project?
classical composers. A) While George Theophilus Walker is
• George Theophilus Walker is a Black considered a great composer included in
classical music composer included in MBC’s Historic Composers Directory.
MBC’s Historic Composers Directory. B) Born in 1922, George Theophilus Walker
• He was born in 1922 and died in 2018. passed away in 2018 according to the
MBC project.
C) Among the many talented figures
included in the MBC project is classical
music composer George Theophilus
Walker.
D) The MBC project’s Historic Composers
Directory highlights Black classical
composers of the past, such as George
Theophilus Walker (1922-2018), in order
to inspire music students to become the
classical composers of the future.

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While researching a topic, a student has taken 14
the following notes:
The student wants to emphasize the duration
• Sister cities are pairs of cities that form of Rhinebeck and Larreynaga’s sister city
social or legal partnerships to promote relationship. Which choice most effectively
each other’s cultures. uses relevant information from the notes to
• Previously known as “town twinning,” the accomplish this goal?
concept of sister cities evolved in Europe A) Since the end of world war II, sister cities
after World War II as a way to repair such as Rhinebeck, New York, and
bonds between cities. Larreynaga, Nicaragua, have continued to
• Many cities in New York State maintain form social partnership to promote each
such partnerships with cities around the other's cultures.
world. B) As sister cities, Rhinebeck, New York, and
Larreynago, Nicaragua, have engaged in
• Rhinebeck, New York, and Larreynaga,
cultural exchange and partnership since
Nicaragua, became sister cities in 1989.
1989.
C) Larreyna, which in 1089 became a sister
city—or “twin town”—to Rhinebeck, New
York, is located in Nicaragua.
D) Despite their distance from each other,
the sister cities of Rhinebeck, New York,
and Larreyna Nicaragua have enjoyed the
same partnership as many other sister
cities.

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United Kingdom is one of the longest
Which choice completes the text so that it
suspension bridges in the ___________ the
conforms to the conventions of Standard
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in Turkey, at 14,08
English?
meters, is even longer.
A) world, but,
B) world,
C) world, but
D) world but

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Both Heinrich Boll and Camilo Jose Cel.a have 16
been commended for ____________
Which choice completes the text so that it
contributions to literature, perhaps most
conforms to the conventions of Standard
notably when the Swedish Academy awarded
English?
Ball the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1972 and
Cela in 1989. A) it’s
B) their
C) its
D) they’re

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International Airport, which _______ located
Which choice completes the text so that it
in Newark, New Jersey, saw an overall increase
conforms to the conventions of Standard
in departing passengers over the same time
English?
period, from 16,704,844 total passengers to
23,171,827. A) is
B) are
C) were
D) have been

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Leuser ____________ among the world’s tallest
Which choice completes the text so that it
mountains.
conforms to the conventions of Standard
English?
A) is ranked
B) to rank
C) ranking
D) having ranked

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language Kotlin is used by coders like Black
Which choice completes the text so that it
Girls Code founder Kimberly Bryant to create
conforms to the conventions of Standard
programs by manipulating “objects” (that is,
English?
specifically defined variables or combinations of
variables) into interacting with each other. A) to use
Conversely, Pascal, ___________ in software B) used
development and educational instruction, is not C) the use
an object-oriented language. D) using

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Fans of the film The Princess and the Frog 20
(2009) likely _________ the commanding bass
Which choice completes the text so that it
voice behind the character Dr. Facilier. It
conforms to the conventions of Standard
belongs to actor Keith David. The veteran actor
English?
has performed in everything from commercials
to Broadway musicals, but he is most known for A) recognizes
his voice acting. B) has recognized
C) recognize
D) is recognizing

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the following notes:
The student wants to specify how much
• Blackberries are fruits that contain vitamin C is in blackberries. Which choice
ascorbic acid, an essential nutrient for most effectively uses relevant information
humans. from the notes to accomplish this goal?
• Every 100 grams (g) of blackberries A) Many animals can make ascorbic acid,
contains 21 milligrams (mg) of ascorbic which is also known as vitamin C, in their
acid. bodies, but humans cannot.
• Many animals can make ascorbic acid in B) There is 21 mg of vitamin C in every 100
their bodies, but humans cannot. g of blackberries.
C) Since humans cannot make vitamin C in
• Human must get ascorbic acid from foods,
their bodies, they must get this essential
including fruits and vegetables.
nutrient from foods like blackberries.
• Ascorbic acid is also known as Vitamin C.
D) Blackberries contain vitamin C, which
humans must get from food.

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