Module I: Reading and Writing

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The National Heritage Fellowship was created to honor exceptional folk and traditional artists in the United States. One artist who received the fellowship is Navajo (Diné) basket weaver Mary Holiday Black. Black was closest for her lifetime ____ the arts.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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Contributions to
doubts about
Imitations of
Misunderstandings of
As he hurried along, eagerly anticipating the moment when he would be at home again among the things he knew and liked, the Mole saw clearly that he was an animal of tilled field and hedge-row. Indeed to the ploughed furrow, the frequented pasture, the lane of evening lingering, the cultivated garden plot. As used in the text, what does the word “anticipating” most nearly mean?
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Describing
Getting ahead of
Looking forward to
Instructing
The following text is from Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Jane is reflecting on her departure from a place she has long called home.
My pulse stopped: my heart stood still; my stretched arm was paralyzed. The cry died, and was not renewed. It came not from a mortal being; nor, of that, was I ever more certain than when the whole world was still and I stood listening, straining to catch a sound I both hoped for and ______.
As used in the text, what does the word “dreaded” most nearly mean?
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Feared
Created
Ignored
Announced
The Fly River delta is a remarkably ______ landscape it is a constantly evolving network of channels and strips of land that change in size and shape as the river deposits new sedimentary particles where the river meets the waters of the Gulf of Papua. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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mutable
habitable
secluded
homogeneous
A microgenre is a specialized genre consisting of a comparatively small number of stylistically similar artists. The microgenre of electronic music known as hyperpop emerged in the 2010s, with American singer Dorian Electra as an early exponent. Their combination of lush synthesizer arrangements and propulsive beats with vocals electronically shifted in pitch below their natural range exemplifies the hyperpop sound. More recently, Japanese-British recording artist Rina Sawayama has contributed to the microgenre by incorporating pop melodies into hyperpop songs. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
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It anticipates an objection to the text’s endorsement of hyperpop.
It notes an exception to the text’s description of hyperpop.
It defines a term used in the text’s discussion of hyperpop.
It states that the text’s intended audience mainly consists of hyperpop fans.
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