Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Some cities estimate where sidewalks are located using road maps, which is not very accurate. Maryam Hosseini and her team trained a computer program to identify sidewalks in aerial images of Boston and used it on images of Philadelphia. The program’s performance was               blank  to that of the road-map method: it more accurately identified sidewalks, and it even distinguished between concrete and brick.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Often, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is given to a single person, such as George de Hevesy in 1943. But recognition isn’t restricted to                  blank individuals. Instead, success in fields like chemistry is usually achieved through collaboration with other experts, as was the case for Max Ferdinand Perutz, who was among those awarded for “their studies of the structures of globular proteins.”

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

The Apollo Moon landings (1969–1972) brought charged particle detectors and equipment too heavy for liftoff to the Moon and produced large amounts of data, much of which was stored on outdated technologies. A data-transfer project is making the data available again, thereby               blank the Apollo data’s usefulness, as the data are used to study the long-term effects of being on the Moon.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

Movies that are part of larger franchises are often criticized for being predictable. Take, for instance, Minions (2015), which is part of the Despicable Me franchise. It’s true that this movie resembles earlier Despicable Me movies. But just because a movie has familiar elements doesn’t mean it can’t also be worth watching. Critics generally agree that Minions isn’t the most exciting franchise movie, but franchise movies are rarely as stale as some people claim. And some franchise movies, like Creed (2015), are wonderfully original.

Based on the texts, what would the author of Text 2 most likely say in response to the

underlined claim in Text 1?

Text 1

In 2010 Chengdu, China, was named a City of Gastronomy by UNESCO in recognition of the city’s unique food culture. The honor is well known among residents of the city as well as tourists who visit. It’s obvious that the selection of Chengdu by UNESCO has boosted awareness in local recipes, cooking practices, and  chefs and has provided a boost to the city’s tourism industry.

Text 2

Many people in Chengdu’s restaurant industry hoped that food tourism would increase after the city was chosen as a City of Gastronomy in 2010. However, as researcher Eerang Park and colleagues argue, cities must still create effective marketing strategies to benefit fully from being named a City of Gastronomy.

Without an intentional effort to promote the city’s food scene, many current and potential visitors to

Chengdu may not even be aware that it’s home to uniquely delicious food.

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

The following text is adapted from Daniel Defoe’s 1704 nonfiction book The Storm.

If I judge right, ‘tis the duty of an historian to set everything in its own light, and to convey matter of fact upon its legitimate authority, and no other: I mean thus, (for I would be as explicit as I can) that where a story is vouched to him with sufficient authority, he ought to give the world the special testimonial of its proper voucher, or else he is not just to the story: and where it comes without such sufficient authority, he ought to say so; otherwise he is not just to himself.

The text makes which point about Nimiipuutímt?

In Nimiipuutímt, an Indigenous language from the interior Northwest region of what is now the United States, piit’in’ means “girl,” whereas pi-piit’in’ is used to refer to two or more girls. This phenomenon, in which an element of a root word is repeated, sometimes with modification, within another word that is related to the root word, is called reduplication. In this case, the element “pi” in piit’in’ gets repeated in pi- piit’in’. There are many examples of this type of reduplication in Nimiipuutímt.

Based on the text, what do the essays “The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union” and “The House of Representatives” have in common?

The Federalist Papers are a collection of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. Their publication (under a single pen name) was divided among the Independent Journal and other New York newspapers in 1787–88. The essays argue that New Yorkers should vote to ratify the proposed United States Constitution. Though the authorship of most of the individual essays is certain, that of a few is in question: for instance, while No. 15, “The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union,” was surely penned by Hamilton, No. 52, “The House of Representatives,” may have been written by either Hamilton or Madison.

Two lines show data for:

▪  Czech Republic

▪  Austria

The number of employees data for the Czech Republic line:

Begins at 179,000 in 1995

Falls gradually to 126,000 in 2000

Falls gradually to 116,000 in 2005

Falls gradually to 112,000 in 2007

Falls gradually to 111,000 in 2010 Then drops steeply to 90,000 in 2013

The number of employees data for the Austria line:

Begins at 119,000 in 1995

Remains level to 2003 at 119,000

Falls gradually to 109,000 in 2005

Remains level to 2007 at 109,000

Drops slightly to 98,000 in 2010

Falls gradually to 93,000 in 2013

A student is using the graph to include an illustration in their presentation on historic employment trends in the agriculture, hunting, and forestry sectors in two European countries. To support the statement “From 1995 to 2007,              ,” which choice most effectively completes the sentence?