Module I: Reading and Writing

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Although the literary works of David Malo and Lee Cataluna have universal appeal, they are also ___ the Hawaiian literary tradition in which both authors work and that stretches back to the traditional stories of the Kanaka Maoli, the Native Hawaiian people.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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inextricable from
subverted by
presaged by
incongruous with
The following text is from Anne Spencer’s 1922 poem “Translation.”
We trekked into a far country,
My friend and I.
Our deeper content was never spoken,
But each knew all the other said.
He told me how calm his soul was laid
By the lack of anvil and strife
“The wooing kestrel,” I said, “mutes his mating-note
To please the harmony of this sweet silence.”
Which choice best describes the function of the reference to “anvil and strife” in the text as a whole?
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It emphasizes an opposition between nature and the relationship of the speaker and her friend.
It illustrates how the speaker and her friend can feel a close connection even though they do not talk about their feelings.
It represents a strong contrast to the speaker’s friend’s current experience of tranquility.
It symbolizes the speaker’s friend’s view that meaningful work and social engagement are core components of a fulfilling life.
Like all species of baleen whales, the common minke whale feeds on tiny creatures known as krill by filtering water through bristlelike keratin structures called baleen plates. In this way, baleen whales can eat up to 30 percent of their total mass per day. And while no one would call the common minke whale small—it can have a mass as high as 4,000 kg—it is one of the smaller baleen whales and is much smaller than the blue whale, which can weigh a whopping 150,000 kg and consume as much as 45,000 kg of krill per day.
Based on the text, what can most reasonably be concluded about krill consumption among common minke and blue whales?
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Most baleen whales include krill in their diets, but the common minke whale is less likely than the blue whale to do so.
The quantities of krill consumed by blue whales has made it difficult for common minke whales to find sufficient food.
The blue whale is able to eat more krill per day than the common minke whale is.
Both the common minke whale and the blue whale can eat as much as 45,000 kg of krill per day.
Callie W. Babbitt, Hema Madaka, and colleagues assembled a database of materials used in consumer electronics by studying products in the lab and by gathering data from similar product studies. The team gave each of these studies a rating for level of detail (with a higher rating for reported data with more detail) and for level of traceability (with a higher rating for clearer descriptions of procedures). Based on these ratings, a second research team concluded that the methodology was better explained in a study by Oguchi Masahiro and colleagues than it was in a study by Timothy G. Townsend and colleagues.
Which finding, if true, would most directly challenge the second research team’s conclusion?
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The study by Oguchi and colleagues had a low detail rating and a low traceability rating.
The study by Oguchi and colleagues had a lower detail rating than the study by Townsend and colleagues did.
The study by Townsend and colleagues had a low detail rating and a low traceability rating.
The study by Oguchi and colleagues had a lower traceability rating than the study by Townsend and colleagues did.
Days per Winter That Lakes Have Surface Ice
LakeLatitude (degrees)1980–811985–861990–911995–962000–012005–06
Oulujärvi64.3194184190192139155
Lake Neusiedl47.8277868712850104
Mirror Lake43.94122129125136141119
It is common for freshwater lakes near or above a latitude of 45° north of the equator, like Opeongo Lake in Canada, to accumulate surface ice in winter. The amount and duration of ice depends on many factors, including local weather conditions as well as the lake’s depth, volume, and surface area, but a climate researcher claims that the higher a lake’s latitude, the more days per winter it will typically have measurable amounts of surface ice.
Which choice best describes data in the table that support the researcher’s claim?
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Oulujärvi is at a higher latitude than Mirror Lake and typically had fewer days of ice per winter than Mirror Lake did.
Oulujärvi had 194 days of ice in the winter of 1980–81 and 155 days of ice in the winter of 2005–06.
Oulujärvi is at a higher latitude than Mirror Lake and typically had more days of ice per winter than Mirror Lake did.
Lake Neusiedl had 77 days of ice in the winter of 1980–81 and 104 days of ice in the winter of 2005–06.
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