Module I: Reading and Writing

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With the arrival of the era of knowledge economy, the management ____ of traditional government faces a great challenge; there is a need for a reevaluation of governance strategies and an increase in strategies to integrate technological advancements and information with government operations.
Which choice completes the text with the most logically?

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power
mode
belief
capacity

Harvard and the University of California at San Diego report in the British Medical Journal online that happiness spreads among people like a ____ disease. Individuals surrounded by and connected to other happy people are more likely to be happy themselves.

Which choice completes the text with the most logically?

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salubrious
sedentary
insidious
ambulatory
The following text is from Anton Chekhov’s 1888 short story “Sleepy.” Varka is a nanny who is taking care of a crying baby.
On the ceiling above the lamp shines a great green spot, and the baby clothes and trousers cast long shadows on the stove, on the cradle, on Varka. When the lamp flickers, the spot and shadows move as if from a draught. It is stifling. There is a smell of soup and boots. The child cries. It has long been hoarse and weak from crying, but still it cries, and who can say when it will be comforted? And Varka wants to sleep. Her eyelids droop, her head hangs, her neck pains her.
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?
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It illustrates the uniqueness of Varka’s imagination.
It explains the reason why the baby is crying nonstop.
It suggests that Varka is incredibly tired from long hours of work.
It provides an extended description of the location where the scene takes place.
Honeybees are able to communicate with a unique and remarkable method: the waggle dance. The waggle dance refers to a distinctive figure-eight dance performed by honeybees, allowing experienced foraging honeybees to communicate with each other. The information they communicate include the direction and distance to flower patches rich in nectar and pollen, water sources, or potential new nest sites to members of the colony.
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
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It explains how the behavior discussed in the text changes.
It offers an example of the behavior discussed in the text.
It introduces an alternative explanation for a concept described in the text.
It provides further details about a feature mentioned earlier in the text.
The following text is from Wallace Stevens’s 1921 poem “The Snow Man.”
One must have a mind of winter
To regard the frost and the boughs
Of the pine-trees crusted with snow;
And have been cold a long time
To behold the junipers shagged with ice,
The spruces rough in the distant glitter
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
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It describes the mental discipline required to appreciate the beauty of winter.
It compares the beauty of winter with the ugliness of winter.
It makes an extended metaphor comparing the winter landscape to a lost love.
It sketches an image of winter, then an image of snowy trees.
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