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To explore how blinking affects social interactions, Dutch researchers observed interactions between human speakers and "listeners" (animated human faces on a screen). The researchers found that when the listeners blinked slowly, the speakers tended to talk for less time. ________ quicker blinks were associated with longer talking times. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Difficulty: Easy

For example,

Specifically,

Firstly,

By contrast,

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * The Pueblo of Zuni is located about 150 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. * It is the traditional home of the A:shiwi (Zuni) people. * The A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center was established by tribal members in 1992. * Its mission is stated on its website: "As a tribal museum and heritage center for the Zuni people and by the Zuni people we work to provide learning experiences that emphasize A:shiwi ways of knowing, as well as exploring modern concepts of knowledge and the transfer of knowledge." The student wants to emphasize how long the museum has existed. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Difficulty: Medium

The Pueblo of Zuni is home to the A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center, which was founded by tribal members.

The A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center has served the Pueblo of Zuni since 1992.

According to its website, the A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center (founded in the 1990s) works to "emphasize A:shiwi ways of knowing."

Knowledge has been one of the central themes of the A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center from its founding.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * Jon Ching is a Los Angeles-based painter. * He uses the term "flauna" to describe the plant-animal hybrids that he depicts in his surreal paintings. * "Flauna" is a combination of the words "flora" and "fauna." * His painting Nectar depicts a parrot with leaves for feathers. * His painting Primaveral depicts a snow leopard whose fur sprouts flowers. The student wants to provide an explanation and example of "flauna." Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Difficulty: Easy

The term "flauna," used by Los Angeles-based painter Jon Ching, is a combination of the words "flora" and "fauna."

Jon Ching uses the term "flauna," a combination of the words "flora" and "fauna," to describe the subjects of his surreal paintings: plant-animal hybrids such as a parrot with leaves for feathers.

Jon Ching, who created Nectar, refers to the subjects of his paintings as "flauna."

The subjects of Nectar and Primaveral are types of "flauna," a term that the paintings' creator, Jon Ching, uses when describing his surreal artworks.

In November 1934, Amrita Sher-Gil was living in what must have seemed like the ideal city for a young artist: Paris. She was studying firsthand the color-saturated style of France's modernist masters and beginning to make a name for herself as a painter. _______ Sher-Gil longed to return to her childhood home of India; only there, she believed, could her art truly flourish. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Difficulty: Medium

Still,

Therefore,

Indeed,

Furthermore,

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * Ancient Native American and Australian Aboriginal cultures described the Pleiades star cluster as having seven stars. * It was referred to as the Seven Sisters in the mythology of ancient Greece. * Today, the cluster appears to have only six stars. * Two of the stars have moved so close together that they now appear as one. The student wants to specify the reason the Pleiades' appearance changed. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Difficulty: Medium

Ancient Native American and Australian Aboriginal cultures described the Pleiades, which was referred to in Greek mythology as the Seven Sisters, as having seven stars.

Although once referred to as the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades appears to have only six stars today.

In the time since ancient cultures described the Pleiades as having seven stars, two of the cluster's stars have moved so close together that they now appear as one.

The Pleiades has seven stars, but two are so close together that they appear to be a single star.

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