Module I: Reading and Writing

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A rising author of children's books spoke at a recent publishing conference about what motivated her to pursue a career in children's literature. The presenter credited much of her inspiration to ______ Eilease Southerland's work in Let the Lion Eat Straw, which was among the presenter's favorite books as a child.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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an affinity for
a stipulation about
an ambivalence toward
a complacency about
The Art Institute of Chicago houses nearly 300,000 works from around the world. Museum visitors looking to ______ their art-viewing experience should turn to Chicago's streets, where they can find works ranging from Magdalena Abakanowicz's sculpture Agora at Grant Park to Justus Roe's mural, Standing Wave on South State Street.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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mitigate
satisfy
provoke
supplement
The people inhabiting the Ice Age sites now known as Shuidonggou 2 and Potočka Cave likely began wearing clothing as a defense against the cold, but Ian Gilligan et al. argue that as clothing became ______ its purpose shifted from the purely practical. Once wearing clothing turned into a widespread, familiar practice, differences in clothes could take on social and cultural significance.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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divisive
provisional
ubiquitous
feasible
Some researchers posit that the species inhabiting the South Pacific island of Grande Terre belong to clades that predate the island's split from remnants of the former supercontinent Gondwana around 80 million years ago. A study conducted by Michael A. Sundue et al. found, however, that the crown age (the age of the most recent common ancestor of all living and extinct species in the clade) of the clade of Grammitis ferns on Grande Terre is 8.5 million years; Sundue et al. further found that the crown age of the clade of Grammitis ferns in the South Pacific generally is approximately 10.0 million years.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
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It presents a possibility that some researchers have raised, then describes a study that clarifies their reasons for doing so.
It explains a view some researchers have advanced, then discusses study results that led them to reconsider that view.
It identifies a discrepancy between a hypothesis some researchers have proposed and related research findings, then explains that discrepancy.
It describes an idea that some researchers have put forward, then presents study results that are incompatible with that idea.
The following text is from Anne Spencer's 1922 poem "Translation."
We trekked into a far country,
My friend and I.
Our deeper content was never spoken,
But each knew all the other said.
He told me how calm his soul was laid By the lack of anvil and strife.
"The wooing kestrel," I said, "mutes his mating-note
To please the harmony of this sweet silence."
Which choice best describes the function of the reference to "anvil and strife" in the text as a whole?
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It symbolizes the speaker's friend's view that meaningful work and social engagement are core components of a fulfilling life.
It illustrates how the speaker and her friend can feel a close connection even though they do not talk about their feelings.
It emphasizes an opposition between nature and the relationship of the speaker and her friend.
It represents a strong contrast to the speaker's friend's current experience of tranquility.
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