Module I: Reading and Writing

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The House on Mango Street is an English-language novella by Sandra Cisneros that often includes Spanish words and phrases. In So Far from God, Ana Castillo frequently _____ Spanish text as well. But readers who are unfamiliar with Spanish can easily read both works since the meaning of the Spanish text can be inferred from the surrounding English text.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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suspects
relaxes
loses
uses
The following text is adapted from Jhumpa Lahiri's 2003 novel The Namesake. Gogol is an elementary school student in Massachusetts.
In art class, his favorite hour of the week, he carves his name with paper clips into the bottoms of clay cups and bowls. He pastes uncooked pasta to cardboard, and leaves his signature in fat brush strokes below paintings.
©2003 by Jhumpa Lahiri
As used in the text, what does the word "carves" most nearly mean?
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Signs
Passes
Chases
Changes
Fossils of ancient arthropods preserved in volcanic ash in Morocco have _____ 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
repaired
questioned
protected
Smartphones and fitness trackers tend to rely on batteries that can't be easily taken out and swapped for new ones. Environmental policy researcher Jean-Pierre Schweitzer warns that because these gadgets can't _____ without working batteries, once the batteries stop working, the devices are typically disposed of as trash.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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expand
decide
function
separate
One challenge faced by researchers studying global urbanization is that different countries have different definitions of what constitutes an urban settlement. Many countries define urban settlements based on the number of people living in them. However, countries do not all use the same number to define an urban settlement; for example, Greenland uses a minimum population of 200, while Mali uses 30,000. Other countries use a combination of population and other factors, like the availability of planned public spaces. This variation makes it difficult for researchers to compare aspects of urbanization in different countries.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
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To compare the urban populations of two different countries
To object to a method that some countries use to classify different types of settlements
To illustrate a problem faced by researchers studying global urbanization
To explain why researchers are interested in studying global urbanization
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