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$For her 2021 art installation Anthem, Wu Tsang joined forces with singer and composer Beverly Glenn-Copeland to produce a piece that critics found truly : they praised Tsang for creatively transforming a museum rotunda into a dynamic exhibit by projecting filmed images of Glenn-Copeland onto a massive 84-foot curtain and filling the space with the sounds of his and other voices singing.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?$
$Text 1<br/><br/>Most animals can regenerate some parts of their bodies, such as skin. But when a three-banded panther worm is cut into three pieces, each piece grows into a new worm. Researchers are investigating this feat partly to learn more about humans' comparatively limited abilities to regenerate, and they're making exciting progress. An especially promising discovery is that both humans and panther worms have a gene for early growth response (EGR) linked to regeneration.<br/><br/>Text 2<br/><br/>When Mansi Srivastava and her team reported that panther worms, like humans, possess a gene for EGR, it caused excitement. However, as the team pointed out, the gene likely functions very differently in humans than it does in panther worms. Srivastava has likened EGR to a switch that activates other genes involved in regeneration in panther worms, but how this switch operates in humans remains unclear.<br/><br/>Based on the texts, what would the author of Text 2 most likely say about Text 1's characterization of the discovery involving EGR?$
$### Text 1<br/><br/>Because literacy in Nahuatl script, the writing system of the Aztec Empire, was lost after Spain invaded central Mexico in the 1500s, it is unclear exactly how meaning was encoded in the script's symbols. Although many scholars had assumed that the symbols signified entire words, linguist Alfonso Lacadena theorized in 2008 that they signified units of language smaller than words: individual syllables.<br/><br/>### Text 2<br/><br/>The growing consensus among scholars of Nahuatl script is that many of its symbols could signify either words or syllables, depending on syntax and content at any given site within a text. For example, the symbol signifying the word huipil (louse) in some contexts could signify the syllable "pil" in others, as in the place name "Chiplitepec." Thus, for the Aztecs, reading required a determination of how such symbols functioned each time they appeared in a text.<br/><br/>Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely characterize Lacadena's theory, as described in Text 1?$
$While most animals are incapable of passing somatic mutations--genetic alterations that arise in an organism's nonreproductive cells--on to their offspring, elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) presents an intriguing : in a 2022 study, researchers found that elkhorn coral produced offspring that inherited somatic mutations from a parent.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?$
$Scientists previously thought that all electric eels belong to a single species, but a team of researchers led by zoologists. C. David de Santana proved this idea wrong by that there are in fact three distinct species of electric eels.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?$
$Studying how workload affects productivity, Maryam Kouchaki and colleagues found that people who chose to do relatively easy tasks first were less compared to those who did hard tasks first. Finishing easy tasks gave participants a sense of accomplishment, but those who tackled hard tasks first actually became more skilled and productive workers over time.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?$
$Some researchers believe that the genes that enable groundhogs and certain other mammals to hibernate through the winter by slowing their breathing and heart rates and lowering their body temperature may be in humans: present yet having essentially no effect on our bodily processes.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?$
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$Text 1<br/><br/>When companies in the same industry propose merging with one another, they often claim that the merger will benefit consumers by increasing efficiency and therefore lowering prices. Economist Ying Fan investigated this notion in the context of the United States newspaper market. She modeled a hypothetical merger of Minneapolis-area newspapers and found that subscription prices would rise following a merger.<br/><br/>Text 2<br/><br/>Economists Dario Focarelli and Fabio Panetta have argued that research on the effect of mergers on prices has focused excessively on short-term effects, which tend to be adverse for consumers. Using the case of consumer banking in Italy, they show that over the long term (several years, in their study), the efficiency gains realized by merged companies do result in economic benefits for consumers.<br/><br/>Based on the texts, how would Focarelli and Panetta (Text 2) most likely respond to Fan's findings (Text 1)?$
$When ancient oak planks were unearthed during subway construction in Rome, Mauro Bernabei and his team examined the growth rings in the wood to determine where these planks came from. By comparing the growth rings on the planks to records of similar rings in oaks from Europe, the team could trace the wood to the Jura region of France, hundreds of kilometers from Rome. Because timber could only have been transported from distant Jura to Rome by boat, the team's findings suggest the complexity of Roman trade routes.<br/><br/>Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?$
$Text 1<br/><br/>Literary scholars have struggled with the vastness of Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka's collective works of drama (spanning over 20 plays in total). It is best, however, to understand Soyinka's body of work as a dramatist chronologically. Soyinka's progression as a playwright can be considered to fall into three periods, with each one representing a particular thematic and stylistic cohesion: the 1960s, the two decades between 1970 and 1990, and lastly, from roughly 1990 onwards.<br/><br/>Text 2<br/><br/>It is tempting to impose a linear sense of order on the expanse of Wole Soyinka's body of work as a dramatist. However, critics who have considered Soyinka's plays to fit neatly into three phases overlook potential commonalities in Soyinka's work that span across these phases. Additionally, this view may discount significant differences in the styles and content of plays written around the same time.<br/><br/>Which choice best describes a difference in how the author of Text 1 and the author of Text 2 view the study of Soyinka's works of drama?$
$Jackie Ormes's Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem (1937-38) was the first comic strip by a Black woman to appear in a widely read newspaper. The strip tells the story of Torchy, a young woman who leaves Mississippi to become a performer in New York City. Torchy's story reflects the experience of the Great Migration (1910-1970), when millions of Black Americans left the South in search of opportunities in other parts of the United States. Torchy Brown thus shows how Ormes used comics to comment humorously on issues affecting Black Americans, which she continued to do throughout her career.<br/><br/>Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?$
$Researcher Haesung Jung led a 2020 study showing that individual acts of kindness can prosocial behavior across a larger group. Jung and her team found that bystanders who witness a helpful act become more likely to offer help to someone else, and in doing so, can inspire still others to act.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?$
$The following text is adapted from Jane Austen's 1814 novel Mansfield Park. The speaker, Tom, is considering staging a play at home with a group of his friends and family.<br/><br/>We mean nothing but a little amusement among ourselves, just to vary the scene, and exercise our powers in something new. We want no audience, no publicity. We may be trusted, I think, in choosing some play most perfectly unexceptionable; and I can conceive no greater harm or danger to any of us in conversing in the elegant written language of some respectable author than in chattering in words of our own.<br/><br/>Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?$
$Handedness, a preferential use of either the right or left hand, typically is easy to observe in humans. Because this trait is present but less in many other animals, animal-behavior researchers often employ tasks specially designed to reveal individual animals' preferences for a certain hand or paw.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?$
$For painter Jacob Lawrence, being -- was an important part of the artistic process. Because he paid close attention to all the details of his Harlem neighborhood, Lawrence's artwork captured nuances in the beauty and vitality of the Black experience during the Harlem Renaissance and the Great Migration.<br/><br/>Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?$

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