Module I: Reading and Writing

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Portable video game consoles and wireless speakers tend to contain batteries that can’t be easily _____. Environmental policy researcher Jean-Pierre Schweitzer warns that because new batteries can’t be put in once the old ones no longer work, the gadgets stop functioning and are usually disposed of as trash.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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invented
prevented
rated
replaced
The following text is adapted from Kenneth Grahame's 1908 novel The Wind in the Willows. The Mole is dazed after briefly meeting a stranger while traveling with a friend.
[The] Mole stood still a moment, held in thought. As one wakened suddenly from a beautiful dream, who struggles to recall it, and can re-capture nothing but a dim sense of the beauty of it, the beauty! Till that, too, fades away in its turn.
As used in the text, what does the word “recall” most nearly mean?

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Overlook
Remember
Deny
Begin
There is no doubt that Irving Langmuir must have proved himself to be extraordinarily ____ understanding some of the most advanced concepts in the field of chemistry—in 1932 his remarkable talent and hard work was recognized when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “his discoveries and investigations in surface chemistry.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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modest about
dispassionate in
adept at
lighthearted about
Economists have long observed that firms in related industries tend to cluster in the same area, as is the case in Leeds, UK, where many thread and yarn spinning firms as well as textile weaving firms are located. The factors causing such clustering are _____, what offers firms to certain industries to cluster may not be especially relevant among other industries.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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unknown
impressive
focused
variable
The following text is adapted from Adib Khorram’s 2018 novel Darius the Great Is Not Okay. Darius, a teenager from the United States, is visiting his grandparents, Babou and Mamou, in Iran. They are preparing for a holiday celebration.
I felt like a tourist.
But Babou fussed with my cap a little more, even though Mamou had already gotten it settled. He looked me in the eye from time to time, like he was looking for something, and thought maybe—just maybe—I had it in me after all.
Babou hummed to himself as he smoothed out my shoulder seams and rested his hands on them.
“I am glad you are here to see this, Darloubi-jan.”
Maybe I wasn’t such a tourist.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

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To demonstrate that Babou and Darius aren’t very interested in going to new places
To emphasize that Darius has been looking forward to an event
To suggest that Babou is planning to visit Darius in the United States soon
To show that Babou affects the way Darius thinks of himself
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