Module I: Reading and Writing

Threatened species are plants and animals that are _____ become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range. According to the former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, “We all have a responsibility to protect endangered species, both for their sake and for the sake of our own future generations.”
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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A definitely going to

B inevitably bound to

C probably able to

D likely to

It is important for clinical trials to have participants of _____ ages, sexes, races, and ethnicities. When research involves a group of people who are similar, the findings may not apply to or benefit everyone.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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A consistent

B different

C similar

D conflicting

Hurricanes Irma and Maria highlighted the challenges for Federal agencies that rely on residential addresses to supply services in Puerto Rico. Relief efforts during the 2017 hurricane season were _____ by the absence of an island-wide system of addressing and the lack of physical addresses for approximately one-third of the island.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?

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A hampered

B assisted

C enhanced

D enlightened

The following excerpt is adapted from A Short History of the World by H. G. Wells (1922).
The telescope reveals to us in various parts of the heavens luminous spiral clouds of matter, the spiral nebula, which appear to be in rotation about a center. It is _____ by many astronomers that the Sun and its planets were once such a spiral, and that their matter has undergone concentration into its present form.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?

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A ordered

B supposed

C undermined

D required

The rapidly rising river was another element of danger. It was a fearful sight to see the _____ flood plunging by, bearing great trees and logs of driftwood on its muddy surface many feet above the ground.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?

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A deceitful

B placid

C sluggish

D relentless

Module I: Reading and Writing

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