Chapter 2

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Reading and Writing Test

27 QUESTIONS I 32 MINUTES

The questions in this section address a number of important reading and writing skills. Each
question includes one or more passages, which may include a table or graph. Read each
passage and question carefully, and then choose the best answer to the question based on
the passage(s). All questions in this section are multiple-choice with four answer choices.
Each question has a single best answer.

- Allowing goats to graze an area is one potential

solution for removing unwanted weeds in terrain
that is too rocky and remote to allow for cutting
- Anyone interested in a career in business needs
superior communications skills. Not only are they
essential to convey ideas to colleagues and explain
or herbicide spraying. Goats significantly reduce plans dearly to ensure that work is completed
the incidence of the unwanted plants, but must effectively in a timely manner. but also they are
be quickly removed to prevent them from eating needed to make proposals _ _ to clients and
everything else as well: goats lack _ _. potential investors.

\•Vhich choice completes the text with the most Which choice completes the text with the most
logical and precise word or phrase? logical and precise word or phrase?

A) bias A) charismatic

BJ prejudice B) irresistible

C) discrimination C) attractive

D) bigotry D) fascinating

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- Explaining the coexistence of various plant and

butterfly species is _ _ to truly understand
the region's biodiversity and the forces that
- By analyzing more than one million surface
ocean observations from the Drake Passage, the
researchers detected subtle differences between
sustain or reduce it. Such an understanding the CO? trends in the surface ocean and the
will help ecologists devise an appropriate plan atmosphere that suggest a strengthening of the
that maximizes the limited funding available carbon sink that is most pronounced during
for conservation and that still allows for future winter. Although the researchers aren't sure of
development of the area. the exact mechanism driving these changes, it's
likely related to winter mixing with deep waters
Which choice completes the text with the most that have not had contact with the atmosphere for
logical and precise word or phrase? several hundred years. These results contrast with
previous findings that showed that the Southern
A) critical Ocean's CO1 sink had been stagnant or weakening
from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. "Given
B) perilous
the importance of the Southern Ocean to the
C) condemning global oceans' role in absorbing atmospheric
D) analytic• CO 1, these studies suggest that we must continue
to expand our measurements in this part of the

..
world despite the challenging environment," says
Colm Sweeney, lead investigator on the Drake
Passage study.

Which choke best states the main purpose of the

text?
The Hagia Sophia, built between 532 and 537 in
Istanbul under the orders of the Roman Emperor
A) To emphasize the difficulty of collecting
Justinian I, has been alternately used for different
accurate data from the Southern Ocean
religious purposes since that time. The cultural
and historical value of the building and its B) To illustrate the problems with amassing an
contents are_, as a wealth of splendid and adequate database on the Southern Ocean
unique details has been added over the centuries C) To place the results of the Drake Passage study
since its construction. in the wider context of other studies

Which choice completes the text with the most D) To highlight the need to correct the problem
logical and precise word or phrase? of CO 2 absorption before it is too late

A) congenial

B) incalculable
C) cumbersome
D) voluminous

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- The following text is from Oscar Wilde's 1888

short story "The Selfish Giant."
-
An antibody- based drug is one candidate for a
more effective, longer lasting overdose treatment.
To explore this possibility, a team at Scripps
Every afternoon, as they were coming from Research Institute led by Kim D. Janda first
school, the children used to go and play in the
treated mke with a vaccine that stimulated the
Giant's garden. It was a larse lovely garden,
animals to produce a sle1v of different antibodies
with soft green ern,ss Here and there over against fentanyl, some of which helped protect
the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars,
the mice from overdoses. In the new work.
and there were twelve peach- trees that in the the team recovered antibodies from the mice,
spring- time broke out into delicate blossoms purified them, and screened them for their
of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore ability to bind fentanyl. The team evaluated six
rich fruit. The birds sat on the trees and sang
of these antibodies against nine fentanyl analogs
so sweetly that the children used to stop their
commonly confiscated by law enforcement. One
games in order to listen to them. antibody, 6A4, demonstrated the best fentanyl-
binding affinity and had a six- day half- life in
Which choice best states the function of the
mice.
underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
Which choice best explains why the author
A) It sets up the description of location presented most likely included the information that the
in the sentences that follow. drugs were "commonly confiscated by law
B) It establishes a sense of contrast with the enforcement"?
description in the previous sentence.
A) To explain how the researchers obtained
C) It elaborates on the previous sentence's
drugs for experimentation
description of the characters.
B) To indicate that the research would apply to
D) It introduces an ominous undercurrent to the
overdoses in authentic cases
sentences that follow.
C) To eliminate the argument that the trials were
improperly conducted
D) To establish why special permits were needed
to experiment ·with the drugs

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Text 1
The views of most individuals are limited to their own happiness;
and the workmen whom I beheld so busy in the arsenal of Venice
saw nothing but what was good in the labor for which they
received... We must have the telescope of philosophy to make us
perceive distant ills; further, we know that there are individuals of
our species to whom the immediate misery of others is nothing in
comparison with their own advantage- for we know that in every
age there have been found men very willing to perform the office
of executioner.

Text2
. .. it is by no means a utopian undertaking to unite the whole
world of nations in such a federation ... Let men but understand
themselves, and the mechanism of their emotions by which they
are brought into this 9erennial catastrophe, and they will be re.ady
enough to take gigantic measures to prevent it.

Which statement made by the author of passage I would support

the underlined concluding argument made by the author of
passage 2?

A) "We must have the telescope of philosophy to perceive distant

ills:·

B) "The views of most individuals are limited to their own

happiness•

C) "there are individuals of our species to whom the immediate

misery of others is nothing in comparison with their own
advantage•

D) "in every age there have been found men very willing to
perform the office of executioner"

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- The following text is adapted from Herman

Melville's 1851 novel, Moby Dick; or Tl,e Whale.
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The common solution of building more roads
may not have the desired effect of reducing
rush- hour traffic. For example, the Katy Freeway
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never
project in Houston cost millions of dollars and
mind how long precisely- having little or no the upshot was that congestion got worse, with
money in my purse) and nothing particular travel times increased by 55% during the evening
to interest me on shore, I thought I would
rush hour and by a third in the mornings. The
sail about a little and see the watery part of reason for that is something called "induced
the world. It is a way I have of driving off demand," a term introduced in the I 960s by
the spleen and regulating the circulation.
economists. It relates to the phenomenon that if
Whenever I find myself growing grim about
more of a good is produced) more is consumed
the mouth; whenever it is a damp. drizzly In the same way) if more roads are provided, more
November in my soul; whenever I find myself
people are encouraged to drive.
involuntarily bringing up the rear of every
funeral I meet- then, I account it high time According to the text. what is induced demand?
to get to sea as soon as I can. If they but knew
it. almost all men in their degree. some time A) An idea that contradicts a widespread belief
or other. cherish very nearly the same feelings that congestion is the result of road building
towards the ocean with me.
B) A phenomenon that is rarely taken into
\•Vhich choice best summarizes the text? account when road systems are being planned
C) A theory that is understood by city planners
A) A ship captain describes the reasons for and has affected their traditional solutions to
embarking on his career. traffic congestion
B) A sailor reminisces about the impetus for D) A concept that can be mitigated by educating
setting out on a voyage. consumers about the potential effects
C) A merchant sailor develops an argument
about his poor salary.
D) An impoverished man explains how he
degenerated to his current condition.

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Ill 1B
Published in 1794 by Wtlliam Blake, "The Tyger" The following text is adapted from Mother Joness
is a classic poem from a larger colJection titled speech to coal miners picketing in Charlestown,
Songs of Experience. The poem uses the imagery West Virginia, on August 15, 1912.
of fire to delve into the question of who might
have created such a dangerous creature: _ _ They wouldn't keep their dog where they keep
you fellows. You know that. They have a good
Which quotation from "The Tyger" most place for their dogs and a slave to take care
effectively illustrates the claim? of them. The mine owners' ·wives will take
the dogs up, and say, "I love you, dea- h." My
A) "In what distant deeps or skies, I Burnt the friends, the day for petting dogs is gone; the
fire of thine eyes?" day for raising children to a nobler manhood
and better womanhood is here! You have
B) "In what furnace was thy brain' /What the suffered; I know you have suffered. I was with
anvil' what dread grasp / Dare its deadly you nearly three years in this State. I went to
terrors clasp?" jail I went to the federal courts, but I never
C) "When the stars threw down their spears, / took any back water!
And water'd heaven with their tears, / Did he
smile his work to see? In the text, Mother Jones anticipates and
addresses which counterargument about her
D) "Did he who made the Lamb make thee'" c redibility?

A) She is not qualified to speak for the miners

because she is not a miner herself.
B) Her involvement could harm the miners'
cause because she had been in jail.
C) She does not have adequate contacts in the
government to enforce her demands.
D) She has been more caring of pets in the past
than she has of human workers.

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NaCl
Chili Peppers Exposed to Salt Stress

Average Average Average

-A study led by Sarah Mann aimed to provide a
fuller picture of the vegan diet in which no animal
products are eaten, encompassing the health of
concen• days to days to number the vegan diet as well as related ethical beliefs
tration first flower first fruit of fruits by studying scientific and popular literature in
(mM) tandem. Furthermore, the study aimed to provide
0 23.66 48 6 an insider's perspective of the vegan diet as a
means of combating stereotypes and making the
30 23.66 52 3
diet more relatable/ understandable to those who
60 31.66 66 2 are not vegan. The research was conducted in two
90 39.66 0 0 parts - literature review and interview study. The
120 40.33 0 0 interviews included questions targeting personal
history, related health beliefs, factors influencing
This study about salt in the soil of growing the decision to become vegan) and diet.
chili plants indicated that increasing NaCl
concentrations significantly delayed flowering and Based on the text, why did Mann include personal
fruit ripening and significantly reduced the fruits' interviews in her study?
number, size, fresh mass and vitamins B6, B12
and C concentrations, but increased capsaicinoid A) She assumed she would find a conflict
concentration and consequently the fruit's tangy between interviews and scientific studies.
flavor. For example, plants _ _. Thus, salt B) She expected to resolve an outstanding debate
stress reduced the fruit yields and deteriorated about the health benefits of veganism.
fruit nutritional quality by reducing vitamin
C) She decided that most of the current literature
concentrations. Further study is necessary to
check the implication of capsaicinoid synthetase was biased against the subject of veganism.
activity in the increase of the c.apsaicinoid D) She hoped to better understand the viewpoint
concentration under salt stress in our local chili of people who opted to become vegan.
cultivar fruits.

Which choice most effectively uses data from the

table to complete the example'

A) subjected to high NaCl concentrations were

highest in capsaicinoid.
B) subjected to high NaCl concentrations had
lower nutritional value.
C) with a NaCl concentration of90 mM took 16
extra days to flower beyond ones with no salt
D) with a NaCl concentration of 30 mM averaged
52 chili fruits on the plant.

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