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The following text is adapted from Aphra Behn's 1689 novel The Lucky Mistake. Atlante and Rinaldo are neighbors who have been secretly exchanging letters through Charlot, Atlante's sister.<br/><br/>[Atlantic] gave this letter to Charlot; who immediately ran into the balcony with it, where she still found Rinaldo in a melancholy posture, leaning his head on his hand: She showed him the letter, but was afraid to toss it to him, for fear it might fall to the ground; so he ran and fetched a long cane, which he cleft at one end, and held it while she put the letter into the cleft, and stayed not to hear what he said to it. But never was man so transported with joy, as he was at the reading of this letter; it gives him new wounds; for to the generous, nothing obliges love so much as love.<br/><br/>Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

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In a 2019 study, Jeremy Gunawardena and colleagues found that the single-celled protozoan Stentor roeseli not only uses strategies to escape irritating stimuli but also switches strategies when one fails. This evidence of protozoans sophisticatedy "changing their minds" demonstrates that single-celled organisms may not be limited to behaviors.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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The following text is from Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables. Anne, an eleven-year-old girl, has come to live on a farm with a woman named Marilla in Nova Scotia, Canada.<br/><br/>Anne reveled in the world of color about her.<br/><br/>"Oh, Marilla," she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it? Look at these map branches. Don't they give you a thrill--several thrills? I'm going to decorate my room with them."<br/><br/>"Messy things," said Marilla, whose aesthetic sense was not noticeably developed. "You clutter up your room entirely too much with out-of-doors stuff, Anne. Bedrooms were made to sleep in."<br/><br/>Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

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industrial activity is often assumed to be a threat to wildlife, but that isn't always so. Consider the silver-studded blue butterfly(Plebejus argus): as forest growth has reduced grasslands in northern Germany, many of these butterflies have left meadow habitats and are now thriving in active limestone quarries. In a survey of multiple active quarries and patches of maintained grassland, an ecologist found silver-studded blue butterflies in 100% of the quarries but only 57% of the grassland patches. Moreover, butterfly populations in the quarries were four times larger than those in the meadows.<br/><br/>Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?

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Works of moral philosophy, such as Plato's Republic or Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, are partly concerned with how to live a morally good life. But philosopher Jonathan Barnes argues that works that present a method of living such a life without also supplying a motive are inherently useful only to those already wishing to be morally good--those with no desire for moral goodness will not choose to follow their rules. However, some works of moral philosophy attempt to describe what constitutes a morally good life while also proposing reasons for living one.<br/><br/>Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

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In many agricultural environments, the banks of streams are kept forested to protect water quality, but it's been unclear what effects these forests may have on stream biodiversity. To investigate the issue, biologist Xingli Giam and colleagues studied an Indonesian oil palm plantation, comparing the species richness of forested streams with that of nonforested streams. Giam and colleagues found that species richness was significantly higher in forested streams, a finding the researchers attribute to the role leaf litter plays in sheltering fish from predators and providing food resources.<br/><br/>Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

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Logically, a damaged fossil should provide less information than an intact one, but for paleontologist Brigitte Schoenemann, a broken area on a fossilized trilobite (a crustacean-like creature) fresh insight, allowing her to view the inner structure of the organism's eye.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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In addition to being an accomplished psychologist himself, Francis Cecil Sumner was a increasing the opportunity for Black students to study psychology, helping to found the psychology department at Howard University, a historically Black university, in 1930.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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In 1801, a Blackfoot chief named Ac Ko Mok Ki drew a finely detailed map of the Upper Missouri region. This work demonstrates a vast amount of topographic knowledge, as the map features specific names of mountains and rivers, as well as the first-known sketch of the drainage network of the Missouri River. The map is especially notable because Ac Ko Mok Ki also included details about the numerous tribes that lived in the area.<br/><br/>Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?

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Interruptions in the supply chain for microrchips used in personal electronics have challenged an economist's assertion that retailers can expect robust growth in sales of those devices in the coming months. The delays are unlikely to her projection entirely but will almost certainly extend its time frame.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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The Mule Bone, a 1930 play written by Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, is perhaps the best-known of the few examples of \(\underline{\phantom{\rule{0.0pt}{14.226378pt}}\phantom{\rule{0.0pt}{14.226378pt}} \phantom{\rule{0.

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Some scientists have suggested that mammals in the Mesozoic era were not a very group, but paleontologist. Zhe-Xi Luo's research suggests that early mammals living in the shadow of dinosaurs weren't all ground-dwelling insectivores. Fossils of various plant-eating mammals have been found in China, including species like Vilevolodon diplomylos, which Luo says could glide like a flying squirrel.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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Mineralogical differences are detectable in samples collected from two locations on the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, but such differences may not indicate substantial compositional variations in the asteroid. Cosmochemist Kazuhide Nagashima and colleagues note that at the small scale of the samples, the distribution of minerals is unlikely to be .<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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Set in a world where science fiction tropes exist as everyday realities, Charles Yu's 2010 novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe traces a time traveler's quest to find his father. Because the journey at the novel's center is so , with the protagonist ricocheting chaotically across time, the reader often wonders whether the pair will ever be reunited.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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The Cambrian explosion gets its name from the sudden appearance and rapid diversification of animal remains in the fossil record about 541 million years ago, during the Cambrian period. Some scientists argue that this change in the fossil record might be because of a shift in many organisms to body types that were more likely to be preserved.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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Hiroshi Senju is known worldwide for his paintings of waterfalls. These paintings are large and tend not to show the entire waterfall. Instead, Senju focuses on just the point where the falling water reaches the pool below, keeping the top of the waterfall out of view. While Senju's paintings are rooted in art movements originating in the United States, the artist uses traditional Japanese techniques and materials that make his work instantly recognizable.<br/><br/>Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

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Ofelia Zepeda's contributions to the field of linguistics are : her many accomplishments include working as a linguistics professor and bilingual poet, authoring the first Tohono O'odham grammar book, and co-founding the American Indian Language Development Institute.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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The fashion resale market, in which consumers purchase secondhand clothing from stores and online sellers, generated nearly $30 billion globally in 2019. Expecting to see continued growth, some analysts that revenues will more than double by 2028.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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The following text is from Walt Whitman's 1860 poem "Calamus 24."<br/><br/>I HEAR it is charged against me that I seek to destroy institutions;<br/><br/>But really I am neither for nor against institutions<br/><br/>(What indeed have I in common with them?--Or what with the destruction of them?),<br/><br/>Only I will establish in the Mannahatta [Manhattan] and in every city of These States, inland and seaboard,<br/><br/>And in the fields and woods, and above every keel [ship] little or large, that dents the water,<br/><br/>Without edifices, or rules, or trustees, or any argument,<br/><br/>The institution of the dear love of comrades.<br/><br/>Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

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Many films from the early 1900s have been lost. These losses include several films by the first wave of Black women, filmmakers. We know about these lost movies only from small pieces of evidence. For example, an advertisement for Jennie Louise Touissant Welcome's documentary Doing Their Bit still exists. There's a reference in a magazine to Tressie Souders's film A Woman's Error. And Maria P. Williams's The Flames of Wrath is mentioned in a letter and a newspaper article, and one image from the movie was discovered in the 1990s.<br/><br/>Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

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Text 1<br/><br/>A tiny, unusual fossil in a piece of 99-million-year-old amber is of the extinct species Oculudentavis khaungraae. The O. khaungraae fossil consists of a rounded skull with a thin snout and a large eye socket. Because these features look like they are avian, or related to birds, researchers initially thought that the fossil might be the smallest avian dinosaur ever found.<br/><br/>Text 2<br/><br/>Paleontologists were excited to discover a second small fossil that is similar to the strange O. khaungraae fossil but has part of the lower body along with a birdlike skull. Detailed studies of both fossils revealed several traits that are found in lizards but not in dinosaurs or birds. Therefore, paleontologists think the two creatures were probably unusual lizards, even though the skulls looked avian at first.<br/><br/>Based on the texts, what would the paleontologists in Text 2 most likely say about the researchers' initial thought in Text 17

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As Mexico's first president from an Indigenous community, Benito Juarez became one of the most figures in his country's history: among the many significant accomplishments of his long tenure in office (1858-1872), Juarez consolidated the authority of the national government and advanced the rights of Indigenous peoples.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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Text 1<br/><br/>Digital art, the use of digital technology to create or display images, isn't really art at all. It doesn't require as much skill as creating physical art. "Painting" with a tablet and stylus is much easier than using paint and a brush: the technology is doing most of the work.<br/><br/>Text 2<br/><br/>The painting programs used to create digital art involve more than just pressing a few buttons. In addition to knowing the fundamentals of art, digital artists need to be familiar with sophisticated software. Many artists will start by drawing an image on paper before transforming the piece to a digital format, where they can apply a variety of colors and techniques that would otherwise require many different traditional tools.<br/><br/>Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the claims of the author of Text 1?

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The following text is from Sarah Orne Jewett's 1899 short story "Martha's Lady." Martha is employed by Miss Pyne as a maid.<br/><br/> Miss Pyne sat by the window watching, in her best dress, looking stately and calm; she seldom went out now, and it was almost time for the carriage. Martha was just coming in from the garden with the strawberries, and with more flowers in her apron. It was a bright cool evening in June, the golden robins Sang in the elms, and the sun was going down behind the apple-trees at the foot of the garden. The beautiful old house stood wide open to the long-expected guest.<br/><br/>Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

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Business researcher Melanie Brucks and colleagues found that remote video conference meetings may be less conducive to brainstorming than in-person meetings are. The researchers suspect that video meeting participants are focused on staring at the speaker on the screen and don't allow their eyes or mind to wander as much, which may ultimately creativity.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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