Module I: Reading and Writing

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 In skilled trades like electrical work, experienced professionals generally instruct newcomers to the field, not just showing them how to complete tasks but also explaining the reasoning behind standard practices. _____ such as this ensures that valuable knowledge continues to be passed down.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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Indoctrination
Mentorship
Apprenticeship
Pedagogy
 In the 1970s, British consumers initially _____ major fast-food chains from the United States. However, promotional tactics like free milkshakes and low prices gradually attracted patrons seeking quick meals. By the late 1980s, public sentiment had shifted as fast food transformed from a controversial novelty into a fixture of Great Britain's dining landscape.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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reflected
prepared
resisted
discovered
 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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excessive for
indispensable to
dependent on
controversial among
 The following text is adapted from John Matheus's 1925 short story "Fog."
The fog extended its tentacles over city and river, gradually obliterating traces of familiar landscapes. At five-thirty the old Panhandle bridge, supported by massive sandstone pillars, stalwart, as when erected fifty years before to serve a generation now passed behind the portals of life, had become a spectral outline against the sky.
As used in the text, what does the word "traces" most nearly mean?
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Rubble
Copies
Indications
Mementos
 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 lists the names of some stars and then states how far away they are from Earth.
It explains what constellations are and then gives examples of how some were named.
It describes how stars are born and then explains how they eventually die.
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