Module I: Reading and Writing

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Nike's iconic Air Jordans were created through a collaboration between athletic footwear and apparel company Nike and former professional basketball player Michael Jordan. The success of this product could not have been possible without the ______ of Jordan.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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sponsorship
endorsement
funding
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Modern English writer Virginia Woolf was a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device, composing______writing. Her prose was intricate and multi-layered, often blurring the lines between thoughts and reality.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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concise
ambiguous
succinct
ambivalent
The following text is from The Metamorphosis, a 1915 novella by Franz Kafka. Gregor is a salesman who had suddenly turned into a huge insect.
Now, the father was a healthy man, to be sure, but old; he hadn't done any work for five years and in any case couldn't be expected to overexert himself; in those five years, which represented his first free time in a laborious though unsuccessful life, he had put on a lot of ate and had thus become pretty slow-moving. And was Gregor's old mother perhaps supposed to earn money now, a victim of asthma, for whom an excursion across the apartment was already cause for strain, and who spent every other day on the sofa by the open window gasping for breath?
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
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It shows Gregor's disappointment in his father for easing off on work.
It contributes to the sense of helplessness and shame that Gregor feels.
It depicts the faulty habits that Gregor's father has developed.
It describes Gregor's father's wish to become the breadwinner for the family again.
Produced by a gland in the slug's foot, slug slime serves as the crucial medium for the creature. Slug slime exhibits hygroscopic properties and contains proteins, sugar, salt, and primary amine. The unique chemistry of slime creates an attractive force when the slime encounters negatively charged surfaces and enables slugs to both move across and adhere to surfaces simultaneously. Furthermore, the slime can immobilize adversaries by adhering them to the ground, impeding their retreat as the slug moves at its leisurely pace.
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
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It offers details about the composition of a feature described in the text.
It introduces advantages of a feature of the slug that will be proven detrimental later in the text.
It describes the physical appearance of the slugs mentioned in the text.
It explains how the slug slime described in the text is used in various situations.
The following text is from W.S. Merwin's 1951 poem "To My Daughter." The poem is addressed from a parent to a daughter.
When I go away from you
The world beats dead
Like a slackened drum
I call out for you against the juttled stars
And shout into the ridges of the wind
Streets coming fast one after the other
Wedge you away from me
And the lamps of the city prick my eyes
So that I can no longer see your face
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
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To emphasize the speaker's indifference to the daughter's absence
To imply that the daughter is responsible for the dullness of the world and the speaker's melancholy
To celebrate the joy and freedom that comes with physical separation
To convey the speaker's intense longing when separated from the daughter
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