Module I: Reading and Writing

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George Meade’s image was printed on $1,000 US banknotes in 1890, making the former major general of the US Army one of many nonpresidents _____ blank on US currency.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
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to appear
had appeared
appears
did appear
Modernista architects championed nature in their designs. _____ blank the dramatic archways and stone turtle statues of Sagrada Família, a Modernista basilica designed by Antoni Gaudí, couldn’t exactly grow in a forest. Still, one sees natural influences in Gaudí’s penchant for curves (rather than right angles) and plant- and animal-inspired flourishes.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
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Granted,
Similarly,
Furthermore,
Thus,
From polar bears to short-tailed crickets, many animals practice some form of brood care (caring for offspring). Chenyang Cai and team claim to have found the earliest evidence of this behavior in insects in 163.5-million-year-old remains from the Haifanggou Formation in China, a location that has yielded many fossils, including those of feathered dinosaurs. Cai and team examined 157 specimens of the extinct water boatman species Karataviella popovi and noted thirty individuals that appear to carry eggs on one of their legs. This finding establishes brood care in insects approximately 38 million years earlier than previously known.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
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Research shows that feathered dinosaurs inhabited the location that is now the Haifanggou Formation long before K. popovi did.
Cai and team’s study of K. popovi fossils suggests that brood care in insects began earlier than formerly established.
Cai and team concluded that K. popovi likely carried their offspring on one of their legs.
The Haifanggou Formation is an abundant source of fossilized dinosaurs and K. popovi.
Examples of Hoards Found in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Hoard nameDate of contentsYear of discoveryDescription
Ballinesker Hoard8th century BCE1990gold jewelry
Armagh City Hoard14th century CE1998silver coins
Ardagh Hoard10th century CE1868silver and bronze pieces
An anthropologist is recording the metal contents of various historical deposits of valuables, called hoards, found in Ireland and Northern Ireland. She notes that the hoards differed in their contents; for example, _____ blank.
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
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the Ballinesker Hoard contained no gold or silver.
the Ardagh Hoard was the only hoard that contained silver.
the Armagh City Hoard and the Ardagh Hoard each contained bronze.
the Ballinesker Hoard was the only hoard that contained just gold.
Fossils of ancient arthropods preserved in volcanic ash in Morocco have _____ blank similarities between ancient arthropods and modern ones, such as spiders. Detailed 3D images of the fossils allowed scientists to see features that look like features found in arthropod species living today.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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revealed
questioned
repaired
protected
One example of public art (art that’s readily accessible to the general public) _____ blank the work Mustangs of Las Colinas. This sculpture is installed in a public square in Irving, Texas.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
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are
were
being
is

Films based on famous books tend to do well in theaters: when Terry McMillan’s acclaimed novel How Stella Got Her Groove Back was adapted into a movie in 1998, it was a commercial success. To investigate whether book-to-movie adaptations also have an impact on the books’ popularity, two researchers examined online activity related to The Monuments Men and two other books that have been turned into movies. They found that the films’ releases in theaters coincided with increased intent to read the original books but not with higher average ratings for those books.
Information in the text best supports which statement about book-to-movie adaptations?

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They often achieve great commercial success but are generally perceived as lacking in artistic value.
They may lead to increased interest in the original books but not necessarily to greater liking of those books.
They are generally the least well received by people who have read the original books.
They may damage the reputation of the original books, but any such negative effect is of short duration.
Quantitative analysis of vast historical data sets and other tools of abstraction allow historians to examine broad phenomena, but such methods _____ blank the particularity of individual actors. By focusing on singular individuals and incidents in exhaustive detail, Paul Seaver’s Wallington’s World and other microhistories aim to show how broader phenomena were experienced at a human level.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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misconstrue
efface
preempt
accentuate
In Puerto Rico, it’s not unusual for a city or town to be known by a nickname that corresponds to one of its notable features, like landscape, ____ blank or chief exports. For example, the Puerto Rican municipality of Hatillo has also been called “the Blue Coast of Puerto Rico,” a nickname that alludes to what the area is well known for: the pristine blue ocean that surrounds it.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
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climate; famous residents;
climate, famous residents,
climate famous residents,
climate famous residents
Many places in the United States share a name with a foreign city or country. When founding the village of Prague, Nebraska, residents decided to name ____ blank after the Czech city of Prague.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
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it
that
them
us
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