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Alfred Nobel intended for the Nobel Prize to 1 Mark for Review abc

be an award honoring those who have

contributed "the greatest benefit to Which choice completes the text with
mankind:' Indeed, the work of Richard the most logical and precise word or
phrase?
Laurence Millington Synge represented a
significant ____ the field of chemistry,. and in
1952 he was among those awarded the Ⓐ controversy in
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "their invention
of partition chromatography:'
Ⓑ exposure to

Ⓒ dependence on

Ⓓ advancement in

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The arrival of humans to the Americas is 2 Mark for Review abc

thought to have _____ a sudden decrease in

biodiversity throughout the continents. Which choice completes the text with
Although the extinction of species like the the most logical and precise word or
phrase?
toxodon wats likely the result of a
combination of factors, from decreasing
food sources to habitat destruction, most of Ⓐ followed
these factors can be directly tied to the
presence of humans.
Ⓑ prolonged

Ⓒ counteracted

Ⓓ triggered

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Some robots such as Surena (developed in 3 Mark for Review abc

21008) and COMAN (developed in 2012) are

designed to resemble humans so that people Which choice completes the text with
will find it easier to interact with them. To the most logical and precise word or
phrase?
this end, certain features such as the ability
to respond to voice commands can help to
create the comforting semblance of Ⓐ soothed
humanity, but a robot that appears too
similar to humans can make people feel
Ⓑ indifferent
more unsettled than

Ⓒ revolted

Ⓓ vindicated

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The following text is Rainer Maria Rilke's 1897 4 Mark for Review abc

poem "Evening" (translated by Jessie Lamont in

1918). Which choice best states the function of the
underlined portion in the text as a whole?

The bleak fields are asleep, Ⓐ It conveys the speaker's sense that he
My heart alone wakes; is alone while experiencing the evening.
The evening in the harbour
Down his red sails takes.
Ⓑ It shows that the speaker would rather
look at the fields than at the water.
Night, guardian of dreams,
Now wanders through the land;
The moon, a lily white, Ⓒ It indicates the speaker's
disappointment that other people dislike
Blossoms within her hand.
rural settings.

Ⓓ It explains why the speaker has woken

up from sleeping

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When people think of dinosaurs with feathers, 5 Mark for Review abc

they typically think of winged dinosaurs, such as

the bat-like Ambopteryx. However, many Which choice best states the main purpose of
dinosaurs that didn't have wings also had feathers the text?
on their bodies. For instance, research indicates
that the wingless, large Yutyrannus likely had Ⓐ To discuss the presence of feathers on
feathers. certain types of dinosaurs

Ⓑ To point out the differences between

dinosaur feathers and bird feathers

Ⓒ To explain why feathered dinosaurs

went extinct

Ⓓ To argue that only one species of

dinosaur had feathers

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In 2017 Buenaventura, Colombia, was named a City of

Gastronomy by UNESO in recognition of the city's unique Based on the texts, what would the author of Text 2 most
food culture. The honor is well known among residents of the likely say in response to the underlined claim in Text 1?
city as well as tourists who visit. It's obvious that the selection
of Buenaventura by UNESCO has brought awareness to local Ⓐ A city that UNESCO officially names as a City of
recipes, cooking practices, and chefs and has provided a Gastronomy should still make deliberate efforts to
attract visitors [ in order to boost] tourism.
boosJ to the city's tourism industry.

Text 2: Ⓑ Many people worked together to help

Buenaventura be recognized by UNESCO, but chefs
Many people in Buenaventura's restaurant industry hoped
deserve the most credit for Buenaventura's selection as
that food tourism would increase after the city was chosen as a City of Gastronomy.
City of Gastronomy in 2017. However, as researcher Eerang
Park and colleagues argue, cities must still create effective
marketing strategies to benefit fully from being named a City Ⓒ There are other benefits to being named a
of Gastronomy. Without an intentional effort to promote the UNESCO City of Gastronomy besides increased tourism.
city's food scene, many current and potential visitors to
Buenaventura may not even be aware that it's home to
Ⓓ The naming of Buenaventura as a City of
uniquely delicious food.
Gastronomy was long overdue, given the city's delicious
food.

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In a study by Mika R. Moran, Daniel A. Rodriguez, and 7 Mark for Review abc

colleagues, residents of Panama City, Panama, and

Fortaleza, Brazil, were surveyed about parks in their The text makes which point about the difference
cities. Of the 3, 18 respondents from Panama City, 53.5% between the proportions of Panama City residents
and Fortaleza residents using parks?
indicated that they use the city's parks, and of 938
respondents from Fortaleza 35.7% indicated using city
parks. Given that the percentage of Panama City Ⓐ It was much larger than the researchers
conducting the study expected.
respondents who reported living within a IO-minute walk
of a park was much lower than that reported by Fortaleza
respondents, greater proximity alone can't explain the
Ⓑ It could be due to inaccuracies in the survey
difference in park use. results.

Ⓒ It was calculated using sources that predate

the survey.

Ⓓ It is caused by something other than the

parks' proximity to the residents.

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The following text is adapted from Daniel Defoe's 8 Mark for Review abc

1704 nonfiction book The Storm.

The sermon is a sound of words spoken to the ear, Which choice best states the main ides of the
and prepared only for present meditation and text?
extends no farther than the strength of memory can
convey it; a book printed is a record, remaining in Ⓐ People are less likely to forget a message
every man's possession, always ready to renew its when they hear it spoken aloud than they are
when they read it in print.
acquaintance with his memory, and always ready to
be produced a:s an authority or voucher to any
reports he makes out of it, and conveys its contents
Ⓑ Unless a spoken message is delivered by
for ages to come, to the eternity- of mortal time, [a confident orator, it may be) ignored.
when the author is forgotten in his grave.

Ⓒ Most authors have little hope of being

remembered well past their lifetimes.

Ⓓ Words committed to print have a greater

permeance than messages that are merely
spoken aloud.

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The Far Side of the World, first published in 1984, is a 9 Mark for Review abc

novel in Patrick O'Brain's Aubrey/Maturin series, which

includes twenty books plus an unfinished fragment of a Which choice best states the main ides of the text?
twenty-first. Like tlhe rest of the books in the series, The
Far Side of the World has a rather abrupt ending, but the Ⓐ It is unfair that the Aubrey/Maturin series
following book, The Reverse of the Medal, picks up does not have the critical reputation of The Forsyte
neatly where The Far Side of the World leaves off. Thus, Saga, which has a similar structure.
the sudden ending is only an issue if one considers the
books as independent textsthe Aubrey/Maturin series is
Ⓑ The Far Side of the World and The Reverse of
best thought of as a single incredibly long work, similar
the Medal are [two) of the most complex of Patrick
to other multivolume stories, such as John Galsworthy's O'Brian's [novels of the Aubrey/Maturin series] with
The Forsyte Saga. unconventional structures.

Ⓒ The structure of each of the novels of the

Aubrey/ Maturin series suggests that the series
should be considered a single continuous story.

Ⓓ Many readers find the Aubrey/Maturin

novels to be remarkably entertaining despite flaws
novels' structures.

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Which choice most effectively uses data

One student is writing an essay about four from the table to complete the text?
pyramids for a history class and wants to
indicate how long ago each pyramid was Ⓐ 1,9 00 to 2,300 years ago.
built. Consulting the table, the student finds
that the Tikal Temple IV was built ____
Ⓑ 1,300 years ago.

Ⓒ 4,500 to 4,600 years ago.

Ⓓ 3,800 to 4,000 years ago.

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Life Among the Paiutes is an 1882 autobiographical 11 Mark for Review abc

narrative by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins. In the work,

Winnemucca directly addresses the reader to Which quotation from Life Among the Paiutes
establish her uthority an credibility, writing _____ most effectively illustrates the claim?

Ⓐ "My dear reader, I have not lived in this

world for over thirty or forty years for nothing,
and I know what I am talking about:'

Ⓑ "I was born somewhere near 1844, but

am not sure of the precise time:•

Ⓒ "Oh, dear readers, these soldiers had

gone only sixty miles away to Muddy Lake,
where my people were then living and fishing:'

Ⓓ "But how can I describe the scene that

followed? Some of you, dear readers, can
imagine:'

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Hypothesizing that lullabies, characterized by their slow 12 Mark for Review abc

tempos, are universally calming to infants, Constance M.

Bainbridge and colleagues played a lullaby sung in the Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken
Scottish Gaelic language and a non-lullaby sung in the critic's claim?
Seri language to a group of infants. The team found that
the infants' heart rates decreased more during the lullaby Ⓐ Blinking, which indicates attention, was
than during the non-lullalby. Since a decrease in heart equally frequent whether infants were listening to
the song in Scottish Gaelic or song in Seri.
rate is associated with relaxation, the team concluded
that the lullaby relaxed the infants. Noting that reduced
heart rate can also be associated with increased
Ⓑ Neither the Scottish Gaelic language nor the
attention, one critic argues that instead, the lullaby melody of the traditional Scots lullaby was familiar
simply attracted the infants' attention. Bainbridge and to infants in the study.
colleagues also measured pupil size, as pupils typically
become larger when a stimulus captures a person's
attention. Ⓒ The infants' pupils were smaller when the
infants were listening to lullabies than when they
Were listening to nonlullabies.

Ⓓ Parents of infants in the study chose the

lullaby over the non-lullaby when asked which song
by they would use to calm their child.

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In the early 19th, ships in the British Royal Navy 13 Mark for Review abc

were ranked based on military strength. The

system considered the number of a ship's cannons Which choice most logically competes the
and decks. "First rate" was the highest ranking, text?
and "sixth-rate" was the lowest ranking, followed
by unranked ships. This ranking de:ter mined the Ⓐ the Dreadnought had between 850
size of a ship's crew: first-rate ships had between and 875 crewmen.
850 and 875 crewmen, while lo,werranked ships
had fewer. Two of the ships in 1the British Royal
Ⓑ all ships with at least 98 cannons were
Navy from this period were the Dreadnought (98
ranked as first-rate ships.
cannons and three decks) and the Royal George
(120 cannons and three decks). Of these two, only
the Royal George was ranked a first-rate ship. It Ⓒ the Royal George needed a crew
can therefore be concluded that _____ larger than 875 people in order to operate
efficiently.

Ⓓ not all ships with three decks were

ranked as first-rate ships.

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Some features, such as the mihrab (or niche), are 14 Mark for Review abc

present in nearly every mosque. But mosques

often reflect multiple architectural styles, Which choice completes the text with the
resulting in a unique ____ of those influence, as in most logical and precise word or phrase?
the case of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque, which
combines elements from the Persian, Mughal, and Ⓐ fusion
Moorish styles.

Ⓑ dismissal

Ⓒ critique

Ⓓ simplification

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The following text is from E. Pauline 15 Mark for Review abc

Johnson's 2002 poem "Shadow Lake:'

The little fern-leaf, bending As used in the text, what does the word
Upon the brink, its green reflection greets, "define" most nearly mean?
And kisses soft the shadow that it meets
With touch so fine, Ⓐ explain
The border line
The keenest vision can't define;
Ⓑ state
So perfect is the blending.

Ⓒ detect

Ⓓ reduce

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The Underdogs is a 1915 novel by Mariano Azuela, originally 16 Mark for Review abc

written in Spanish. In the novel, the town of Juchipila is

depicted as a striking sight for a group of soldiers as they Which quotation from a translation of The Underdogs
view it from afar: ___ most effectively illustrates the claim?

Ⓐ ''All day long [the soldiers] rode through the

canyon, up and down the steep, round hills, dirty and
bald as a man's head, hill after hill in endless
succession:'

Ⓑ "[The soldiers] entered the streets of Juchipila as

the church bells rang, loud and joyfully, with that
peculiar tone that thrills every mountaineer:'

Ⓒ "Juchipila ose in the distance, white, bathed in

sunlight, shining in the midst of a thick forest at the foot
of a proud, lofty mountain:'

Ⓓ "The sierra is clad in gala colors. Over its

inaccessible peaks the opalescent fog settles like ai
snowy veil on the forehead of a bride:'

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In analyzing the designs, career, and legacy of English 17 Mark for Review abc

fashion designer Charles Frederick Worth, ________ have

declared him to be the first modern fashion designer. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms
to the conventions of Standard English?

Ⓐ the praise from many historians has been for

Worth’s pioneering work in high-end dressmaking;
they

Ⓑ many historians have praised Worth as a

pioneer of high-end dressmaking and

Ⓒ Worth’s pioneering work in high-end

dressmaking has been praised by many historians,
who

Ⓓ there are many historians who have praised

Worth as a pioneer of high-end dressmaking, and
they

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The Cheruku rasamu mango variety is from 18 Mark for Review abc

the
South Asian country of India. ____ in Which choice completes the text with
2018, 18.8 million metric tons of mangoes the most logical transition?
were
produced. Ⓐ Hence,

Ⓑ There,

Ⓒ In fact,

Ⓓ Specifically,

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Fans of the film The Princess and the Frog 19 Mark for Review abc

(2009) likely ____ the commanding bass

voice behind the character Dr. Facilier. It Which choice completes the text so that
belongs to actor Keith David. The veteran it conforms to the conventions of
Standard English?
actor
has performed in everything from
commercials Ⓐ recognizes
to Broadway musicals, but he is most known
for
Ⓑ has recognized
his voice acting.

Ⓒ recognize

Ⓓ is recognizing

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At 1,006 meters, the Forth Road Bridge in 20 Mark for Review abc

the United Kingdom is one of the longest

suspension bridges in the _ _ _ _ _ the Yavuz Which choice completes the text so that
Sultan Selim Bridge in Turkey, at 14,08 it conforms to the conventions of
Standard English?
meters, is even longer.
22
Ⓐ world, but,

Ⓑ world,

Ⓒ world, but

Ⓓ world but

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Both Heinrich Boll and Camilo Jose Cel.a 21 Mark for Review abc

have been commended for _________

contributions to literature, perhaps most Which choice completes the text so that
notably when the Swedish Academy it conforms to the conventions of
Standard English?
awarded Ball the Nobel Prize in Literature in
1972 and Cela in 1989.
Ⓐ it's

Ⓑ their

Ⓒ its

Ⓓ they're

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On the other hand, Newark Liberty 22 Mark for Review abc

International Airport, which __________

located in Newark, New Jersey, saw an Which choice completes the text so that
overall increase in departing passengers it conforms to the conventions of
Standard English?
over the same time period, from 16,704,844
total passengers to 23,171,827.
Ⓐ is

Ⓑ are

Ⓒ were

Ⓓ have been

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Rising 11,371 feet above sea level, Mount 23 Mark for Review abc

Leuser _ _ _ _ _ among the world's tallest

mountains. Which choice completes the text so that
it conforms to the conventions of
Standard English?

Ⓐ is ranked

Ⓑ to rank

Ⓒ ranking

Ⓓ having ranked

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As an object-oriented computer 24 Mark for Review abc

programmiing language Kotlin is used by

coders like Black Girls Code founder Which choice completes the text so that
Kimberly Bryant to create programs by it conforms to the conventions of
Standard English?
manipulating "objects" (that is, specifically
defined variables or combinations of
variables) into interacting with each other. Ⓐ to use
Conversely Pascal, _ _ _ _ _ in software
development and educational instruction, is
Ⓑ used
not an object-oriented language.

Ⓒ the use

Ⓓ using

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the 25 Mark for Review abc

following notes:
The student wants to specify the reason that some
coral reefs have changed. Which choice most
effectively uses relevant information from the notes
Coral reefs are ocean ecosystems that are held to accomplish this goal?
together by a process called net calcification.
Ⓐ When the ocean’s pH levels decrease, there
Some coral reefs have exhibited decreased net is decreased net calcification.
calcification.

Ⓑ Coral reefs are held together by net

Carbon dioxide emissions cause the ocean’s pH levels calcification, which has decreased in some places.
to decrease.

Ⓒ Net calcification holds coral reefs together,

A decrease in the ocean’s pH levels results in
and carbon dioxide emissions have reduced the
decreased net calcification.
ocean’s pH levels.

Ⓓ Net calcification has decreased in some coral

reefs as a result of a decrease in the ocean's pH
levels.

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the 26 Mark for Review abc

following notes:
• Blackberries are fruits that contain ascorbic acid, an The student wants to specify how much vitamin C is
essential nutrient for humans. in blackberries. Which choice most effectively uses
relevant information from the notes to accomplish
• Every 100 grams (g) of blackberries contains 21
this goal?
milligrams (mg) of ascorbic acid.
• Many animals can make ascorbic acid in their bodies,
Ⓐ Many animals can make ascorbic acid, which
but humans cannot.
is also known as vitamin C, in their bodies, but
• Human must get ascorbic acid from foods, including
humans cannot.
fruits and vegetables.
• Ascorbic acid is also known as Vitamin C.
Ⓑ There is 21 mg ofvitamin C in every 100 g of
blackberries.

Ⓒ Since humans cannot make vitamin C in their

bodies, they must get this essential nutrient from
foods like blackberries.

Ⓓ Blackberries contain vitamin C, which humans

must get from food.

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While researching a topic, a student has taken 27 Mark for Review abc

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Which choice most effectively uses information from the
given sentences to set up a discussion of Walker's career
• The Music by Black Composers (MBC) for an audience already familiar with the MBC Project?
project aims to inspire aspiring music
students by archiving and sharing Ⓐ While George Theophilus Walker is considered a
information about the music of Black great composer included in MBC's Historic Composers
classical composers. Directory.
• George Theophilus Walker is a Black
classical music composer included in
Ⓑ Born in 1922, George Theophilus Walker passed
MBC's Historic Composers Directory.
away in 2018 according to the MBC project.
• He was born in 1922 and died in 2018.

Ⓒ Among the many talented figures included in the

MBC project is classical music composer George
Theophilus Walker.

Ⓓ The MBC project's Historic Composers Directory

highlights Black classical composers of the past, such as
George Theophilus Walker (1922-2018), in order to
inspire music students to become the classical
composers of the future.

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