Module I: Reading and Writing

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Folk and traditional art can take a wide variety of forms, including arts as ______ one another as storytelling and quilting. The National Heritage Fellowship was created to honor people for their accomplishments in these diverse arts and includes among its winners the gospel singer Willie Mae Ford Smith.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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useful to
humble about
different from
confused with
The following text is adapted from John Mathew's 1926 short story, "Mr. Bradford Teaches Sunday School." Mr. Bradford is driving through the countryside in Florida.
The moss in the towering water oaks had become enlivened with a verdant sheen of silver and hung like festoons of carnival or like funeral decorations for the mourning of the dead. The pine green was resplendent. The bald cypresses spread themselves along the water courses while the willows wept as they always did.
Mr. Bradford was conscious of this gorgeous display of nature.
As used in the text, what does the word "display" most nearly mean?
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Exhibition
Concealment
Similarity
Preposterousness
Possessing an outstanding collection of public art, Chicago has everything from monumental sculptures like Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate across Millennium Park to innovative street art like Annie 126's mural High Tide located on South State Street. The ______ public art on display in the city can thus satisfy any art lover.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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controversy over
breadth of
apathy toward
comfusion about
As with other river deltas, the Danube River delta is ______: 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 Black Sea.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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immutable
uncultivated
sustainable
dynamic
A survey found that in April 2022, 7.8 percent of subscribers to fashion and apparel services canceled their subscriptions. Reducing this kind of subscriber turnover is especially challenging for subscription sellers: customers' initial enthusiasm for a subscription is often quick to ______ and sellers must thus devise other incentives to bolster retention.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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subside
rejuvenate
converge
resolve
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