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 chosen 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
The following text is from Kenneth Grahame’s 1908 novel The Wind in the Willows. The Mole is returning home after a visit to Mr. Badger’s house.
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, linked to the ploughed furrow, the frequented pasture, the lane of evening lingerings, 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
Jessica Watson, who was the youngest person to sail nonstop and unassisted around the world, undoubtedly accomplished much, but to gain a lasting place in our historical memory, there is little that can _____ being the first to do something. For example, people will always remember that Jeanne Baré was the first woman to circumnavigate the world.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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overreach by
prevail over
fluctuate with
constrain within
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 was influential in shaping the genre. 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 provides an example to illustrate the musical characteristics of hyperpop.
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