Module I: Reading and Writing

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The following text is adapted from Mary Seacole’s 1857 autobiography Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands.
That journey across the Isthmus [of Panama], insignificant in distance as it was, was by no means an easy one. It seemed as if nature had determined to throw every conceivable obstacle in the way of those who should seek to join the two great oceans of the world.
As used in the text, what does the word “conceivable” most nearly mean?
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Persuasive
Permanent
Obvious
Imaginable
Whether the reign of a French monarch such as Louis XII or Louis IV was historically consequential or relatively uneventful, its trajectory was shaped by questions of legitimacy and therefore cannot be understood without a corollary understanding of the factors that allowed the monarch to ______ his right to hold the throne successfully.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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assert
annotate
reciprocate
disengage
Any effort to raise the toll that drivers must pay to use the Ogdensburg-Prescott Bridge, which spans the Saint Lawrence River to connect New York State and Ontario, Canada, should explain why a higher toll is necessary; no amount of justification, however, is likely to persuade some drivers who believe the current toll is ____.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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contentious
equivocal
exorbitant
warranted
Often, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is given to a single person, such as Frederick Sanger in 1958. But sometimes the Nobel Committee wants to reward work attributed to two or three individuals, in which case, the award is given _____. For instance, in 2008, Roger Y. Tsien was among those awarded for “the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP.”
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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ceremoniously
reluctantly
jointly
retroactively
The lion can run very fast—up to 81 kilometers per hour (km/hr)—but it is significantly slower than the white-throated needletail swift, which can fly at speeds up to 169 km/hr. The difference between these speeds is largely ____ of the fact that the features that make flight possible do less to limit top speeds than the features suitable for running on land.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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a repudiation
an explanation
an objective
a consequence
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