Module I: Reading and Writing

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The famous Pyramids at Giza were built around 2550 to 2490 B.C. So, in 430 B.C, when Herodotus, Greek historian and geographer, _____ in awe over the magnificent monuments in Egypt, many of them were already 2000 years old.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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proclaimed
exclaimed
reclaimed
announced
Lehman Brothers, a global finance firm, announced bankruptcy in 2008 with 618 billion dollars in liabilities, the _____ of which was clear worldwide. Its bankruptcy struck shockwaves globally, essentially leading to the Great Recession.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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amount
aggregate
summation
enormity
Though small, ants are known for their sophisticated colony organization. Home to tens and thousands of ants, an ant colony demonstrates a complex social structure, providing each ant with a role based on their age. The younger ants usually stay inside the nest, safeguarding the queen and the offspring, while the older ants venture outwards to concentrate on both fortifying and enlarging the ant colony, as well as foraging for food. Furthermore, the colony hierarchy is composed of four types of ants: the queen, worker ants, drones, and flying ants. Each of these types of ants play a diverse and crucial role within the colony.
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
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It provides further details about a feature mentioned earlier in the text.
It introduces a feature that will be described later in the text.
It offers an alternative explanation for a concept described earlier in the text.
It explains how the behavior discussed in the text changes.
A study by Young-Suk Grace Kim and a team of researchers studied the developmental trajectories between reading and writing, analyzing aspects such as word reading, reading comprehension, spelling, and written composition. To do so, they used longitudinal data from students in grades 3 to 6 in the US. The findings indicated that the progression of word reading and spelling was mainly linear, while reading comprehension and written composition exhibited non-linear growth trajectories, following a quadratic function over the observed developmental period.
Which choice best states the function of the underlined sentence in the overall structure of the text?
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To call out an anomaly in the findings
To explain part of the methodology used to analyze the findings
To summarize the findings of the study
To present a specific example that illustrates the study's findings
In the early twentieth century, German meteorologist Alfred Wegener proposed that continents were once part of a larger supercontinent and had drifted to their current positions. This theory remained a conjecture, however, until geophysicists, including Fred Vine and Drummond Matthews, discovered alternating magnetic stripes parallel to mid-ocean ridges. This indicated a pattern of magnetic reversals in Earth's history and confirmed seafloor spreading, thereby explaining the movement of continents.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
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Geophysicists obtained definitive evidence of the movement of continents.
Seafloor spreading is a concept that needs further empirical evidence.
It's difficult to acquire evidence because of the location of magnetic stripes at the bottom of the ocean.
Geophysics developed a new method to study magnetic stripes on the ocean floor.
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