Module I: Reading and Writing

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In passenger vehicle maintenance guides, brake pad replacement appears to be _____, but as professional technicians will attest, apparent simplicity can mask considerable complexity. Properly done, the procedure requires a detailed inspection of rotors, calipers, and brake lines, as well as detailed checks for fluid leaks and full mechanical operation.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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complimentary
straightforward
infrequent
hazardous
The following text is adapted from the 1941 nonfiction book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, with text by James Agee and photographs by Walker Evans. Agee recounts driving a car through an area of rural Alabama that he is unfamiliar with.
On which road the woods might give way to any extension of farm country there was no deducing: for we were somewhere toward the middle of one of the wider gaps on the road map, and had seen nothing but woods, and infrequent woods farms, for a good while now.
©1941 by James Agee and Walker Evans
In the text, what does the word “infrequent” most likely indicate?

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That long stretches of time presumably intervened between the founding of different farms in the area
That the farms give the appearance of neglect, with work having been done on them only intermittently
That the farms that Agee passes by in this area aren’t numerous or located close to one another
That Agee is frustrated with the progress he is making through the large, wooded area
Despite the appearance of many more sophisticated tools in recent years,
the ordinary pipe wrench remains _____ plumbers. Its combination of
simplicity, durability, and easy adjustability has been impossible for
toolmakers to match.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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indispensable to
excessive for
controversial among
dependent on
Astronomers analyzing the Sun have discovered an important _____ between magnetically active and quiet regions. In active regions, bursts of ultraviolet light typically precede significant decreases in magnetic energy, whereas in quiet regions, there is a continuous correlation between ultraviolet light intensity and magnetic energy without significant energy drops.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or
phrase?
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disparity
trade-off
interaction
analogy
From Earth, some stars in the night sky appear to form shapes with other stars. These shapes are called constellations. They are often named after the shapes people think the stars form. Some people have thought that one set of stars looks like a hunter. This constellation is named Orion, after a mythical Greek hunter. People have thought that another set of stars looks like a bear. This constellation is named Ursa Major, which means “larger bear” in Latin.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
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It identifies some scientific instruments and then explains how they are used.
It describes how stars are born and then explains how they eventually die.
It explains what constellations are and then gives examples of how some were named.
It lists the names of some stars and then states how far away they are from Earth.
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