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Source question 2. A¢T-AOg GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. These exceptional shrubs lack the most essential plant characteristic: the ability to produce chlorophyll, which absorbs light most strongly in the blue portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. [] Without chlorophyll. photosynthesis cannot occur, leaving albino coastal

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The writer is considering deleting the following clause from the preceding sentence (adjusting the punctuation as needed): which absorbs light most strongly in the blue portion of the electromagnetic spectrum Given that the informaiion is accurate, should the writer make this deletion? mation in the previous paragraph. scope and focus of the paragraph. coastal redwoods can survive withoui producing chlorophyll. redwood trees can grow to such astounding heights. redwoods without a means of producing its own food.

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Source question 4. it's its. Contrastingly, in order to survive, these plants become

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Source question 5. parasites. Latching onto the roots of nearby redwoods to tap into their nutrients, During periods of drought,

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Source question 6. albino redwoods often wither and enter a dormant

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Source question 7. introduce invade access state. Later, during periods of heavy rainfall, they resurrect back to life and latch onto their hosts.

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Source question 8. revive to life again, latching revive and latch back ACT.A09 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Although these plants may seem like little more than botanical leeches. they are actually a testament

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Given that all the choices are accurate. whtch one most effectively leads the reader from the preceding para- graph to the new paragraph? forests of Northern California, protect these plants, coastal redwoods, from th¢ tree's remarkable genetics and adaptability. .10 Coastal redwoods have six pairs of chromosomes. This allows them an extraordinary degr¢e of genetic diversity.

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Source question 10. since in Every time a new coastal redwood sprouts, an abundance of'possible genetic mutations can occur. Most of these mutations benefit the tree, such as making it more resistant to fungi or viruses. But on occasion an albino mutation of the forest can occur. creating this rare phenomenon. li

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The best placement for the underlined portion would where it is now. after the word occasion. after the word creaiing. after the word phenoinenon (and before the period). Botanists appraise there are only about sixty albino 12 coastal redwoods in the world. Geneticists are now

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Source question 12. interpret estimate thinking more or less about the chromosomal makeup 13 of these rare specimens. While scientists are still baffled by what function albino coastal redwoods

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The writer wants to emphasize that gcn¢ticists are now researching the genetic makeup of albino coastal red- woods more thoroughly. Which choice best accom- plishes that goal? intermittently exploring serve in forests. Conservationists continue to advocate 14 for their pr¢servatioll. At the very l¢ast, albino coastal redwoods are not only a rare phenomenon but also a stunning illumination in the diversity found in the 15 natural world.

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Source question 14.

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Source question 15. of the diversity found in in the diversity found of AGf.A09 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. PASSAGE 11 Diving the Bonne Terre Mine In 1962, one of the main producers of lead in the United States for almost a century, the Bonne Terre Mine in Bonne Terre, Missouri, was shut down due to falling profits. With equipment and tools still deep within the mine, the entrance was 16 boarded up, the pumps that had kept the mÉne dry for

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Source question 16. tools, still deep within the mine

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Which of the following true statements, if added here, would provide the best transition between the account of the mine's history and the description of its current use? Mine site were purchased in 1864 by the St. Joseph Lead Company. most of the mine and forming one of the world's largest underground lakes. to take walking tours or boat tours of the upper levels of the mine. taking the mine is both a natural and a human- made wonder. decades turned off. l] Now, the site is visited by 17 thousands of scuba divers every year, those who looked

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Source question 18. who were to look are to look for an unusual dive in what sometimes is considered as like 19

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Source question 19. is labeled as it may as might be called seems as an underwater mining museum. The abandoned mine is shaped like a giant cone, with each of its five levels becoming successively narrower. A series of chutes, passageways, and ore dumps connects the levels. Sprawling beneath the four-square-mile town of Bonne Terre, however, the mine contains 20

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Source question 20. over eighty squar¢ mÉles of larger-than-lkfe 21 rooms and at least seventeen miles of tunnels.

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Which chotce emphasizes the large size of the rooms of the mine with the clearest and most specific refer- ence to scale? stadium-SAzed unbelievable expansive ACT-A09 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. The cool water that fills the mine that is below the 22 city of Bonne Terre is remarkably clean and clear. [1] Divers enter the rnine through a srnall outbuildirjg

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Source question 22. the mine in Bonne Terre. [.2J At the very bottom of the mine still stand,s the timekeeper's shack, where workers clock¢d 23 in at the beginning of a shift. [3] Inside, 500,000-watt

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Source question 23. shaLk, there shack; where shack, floodlighis gleam the dry top level of the mine, where walking tours are held. [4] The main diving docks are about a quarter mile within the mine. on the second level. [5] On guided tours, divers explore tunnels filled with ore carts, rock drills, dynamite boxes, and other artifacts from the mine's possession. [6] Srnooth walls and ceilings 2S

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Source question 24. illuminate radiate enlighten

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Source question 25. wh¢n it worked. sEreich for miles. and shimmer with deposits of cobalt, 26

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Source question 26. miles and shimmer mile.8, at]d shimmer. miles and shimmer, copper, Lalciuin, and iron; pillars of unexL'avated rock 27 support the ceilings. [7] Near the shack. a rusting

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Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable. iron. throughout the mine, pillars iron, while pillars iron, pillars iron. Pillars locomotive lies on its ilide.

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For the sake of the logRc and coherence of this para- graph, Sentence 2 should be placed: where it is now, after Sentence 3. after Sentence 4. after Sentence 6. The 4ite was explored by inlernationally renowned French diver 29 JaLques Cousteau and has been featured in

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Given that all the choices are acLurate. which one pro- vides the cleare.st and most relevant information at this point in the essay. many travel and adventure publications. Divers someone many people have heard of named winner of awards in several areas from around the world visit the Bonne Terre Mine sile keep swimming into a fascinating past.

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Source question 30. as it swims to swim A¢T.A09 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. PASSAGE 111 Plteh Perfect Even at age seven, Mozart presented 31 audiences with his musical talents. including the ability to identify accurately any note he heard.

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Which choice most clearly indicates the audiences, reaction to young Mozart's musical talents? aimed to entertain appeared before This aptitude. recognizing notes without aid-is called

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Source question 32. aptitude-recognizing notes without aid aptitude-recognizing notss without aid, aptitude, recognizing notes without aid absolute pitch. People with absolute pitch usually 33 possess related musical skills. such as being able to sing any r¢quested note perfectly. For decades, the fraction sited in scientific literature has been that only one person per ten thousand has absolute pitch. Such rarity renders absolute pitch so wicked sweet to scientists. many of whom have long suspected that the ability has a genetic basis. Absolute pitch appears to run in families. after all. And in 2009 a team led by geneticist Jane Gitschier found positive correlation between specific chromosomes and absolute pitch.

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Source question 33.

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Source question 34. numeral sited

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Source question 35. a problematic phenomenon that presents a capti- vating conundrum all the more fascinating On the other hand, psychologist Diana Deutsch, in ar8uin8 that language is key to a person's chances of having absolute pitch. Deutsch found that people fluent in "tone languages"

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Source question 36. such as Mandarin, where a word conveys different meanings d¢pcnding on thc pitch in which it is spoken-were much more likely to have absolute pitch than speakers of English and other nontone languages. One of Deutsch's studies paraded that more than 90 percent of music 37 student& fluent in a tone language had absolute pitch.

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Source question 37. ACT-A09 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Clearly, that's dramatically higher than the

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Source question 38. previously mentioned statistic of one person per ten thousand.

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Given that all the choices are accurate. which one most clearly suggests that the ideas about the prevalence of absolute pitch are changing. often referred to once-accepted infinitesimal Deutsch suggests that children learning tone languages develop the ability to associate pitch with meaning, which is analogous to someone with absolute pitch associating a pitch with the name of the not¢. In early childhood, as the brain goes through a phase of development during wbich it is primed to learn language. which can likewise be able to learn

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Source question 40. suggests, that children learning tone languages, suggests that children. learning tone languagcs, suggests, that children learning tone languages

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Source question 41. 41 absolute pitch. 0] If a child is studying music 42

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At this point, the writer is considering dividing the paragraph into two. Should th¢ wrtter bcsin or not begin a new paragraph here. and why. this point from focusing on children and absolute pitch to focusing on adults and absolute pitch. the ideas about language development and absolute pitch from the essay's conclusion. would establish a link between early childhood music education and absolute pitch. would intemipt the discussion of childhood influ- ences on absolute pitch. during this particular period, that further increases his or her chances of developing absolute piich. As for the dismal chances of learning absoluie pitch

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Source question 43. have acquired a grown-up learning absolute pitch as an adult, the odds aren't good: there has never

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Source question 44. been a proven case of success. ACT-A09 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Question 45 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

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Suppose the writer's primary purpose had been to equally consider Gitschier's and Deutsch's theories regarding the reasons some people develop absolute pitch. Would this essay accomplish that purpose? equivalent depth and breadth. Giischier's theory is the correct one. thoroughly than it does Gitschier's. theory, preventing a balanced comparison. PASSAGE IV George Masa and the Smoky Mountalns Masa Knob, a densely forested peek in Great Smoky 46

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Source question 46. Mountains National Park, isn't as majestic a park attraction 47 as Clingmans Dome or Laurel Falls. It's a humble

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Source question 47. so much a majestic as majestic the majestically a landmark named for a man who tirelessly explored,

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Source question 48. documented. and fought to protect and would become 49 the most visited national park in the United States.

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Source question 49. protect it, which Japanese immigrant. lizuka Masahara, adopted the name George Masa in 1915, when he took a job as a

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Source question 50. immigrant. lizuka Masahara immigrant Iizuka Masahara. immigrant Iizuka Masahara bellman at an upscale hotel in Asheville, North Carolina. He often took pictures of hotel guests. Masa's photos depict prosperous vacations. some enjoying hikes si organized by Masa himself. Three years after

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Source question 51. vacationers. vacation scenes. vacationing, settling in Asheville, which was when Masa 52 opened a photography studio.

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Source question 52. it was then that at which point ACT.A09 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. The fog-shrouded mountains surrounding Asheville frequently lured Masa, with heavy, unwieldy camera equipment in tow. out of the studio he'd opened in Asheville. Morning hikes ￿¢arne wecks-long expeditions. To get the perfect shot. Masa would scale the highest mountains, lugging his equipment on his back. He 54 sometimes waited hours for the clouds to arrange themselves to his liking before he took a picture.

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Source question 53.

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Which choice most effectively emphasizes that Masa's equipment was unwieldy . transporting carrying taking

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Given that all the statements are true, which one pro- vides the most effective transition from the preceding paragraph to this paragraph? 8raphing the mountains, however. only detailed, but also artistic. Masa's measuring instriiments were innovative. ss Using an odometer mounted on the detached front end of a bicycle, Masa measured his routes. He pushed the contraption across the steep te￿a]n. hiking and rneasuring, measuring and hiking, year after year. From these measurements, he produced detailed maps. Masa made it his mission to ensure that the land he treasured would be preserved a8 a national park. He gave his photos and maps to prominent Asheville visitors. recruiting First Lady Grace Coolidge and wealthy philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr., among others, to 36

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Source question 56. et cetera, join the park carnpaign. In reality. to build support from 57 the wider public, Masa distributed thousands of postcards of his photos.

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Source question 57. ACT-A09 10 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established in 1934, a year after Masa's death. Although not many park visitors climb Masa Knob or know about it's namesake and advocate, 58

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Source question 58. I think they should.

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Which choice most effectively concludes the sentence and the essay . archivists still search for Masa's photographs today. they all owe their visit in part to George Masa. it can be found just off the Appalachlan Trail. Question 60 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

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Suppose the writer's primary purpose had been to describe how an artl8t discovered and developed his or her talent. Would this essay accomplish that purpose. Asheville inspired Masa to try out photography. created to refine his photography techniques. his talents to help explore and preserve a specific area. tors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park know about Masa. PASSAGE V Cozy Grafflti In 2005, Houston shop owner Magda Sayeg knit a blue-and-pink cozy, or fitted cover, for the street-side door handle of her store. It was a slow day; Sayeg was bored. To her surprise, the seemingly out-of-place little cozy drew a lot of attention and often made people smile. Inspired by the effects, Sayeg knit a leg warmer for the 61 stop sign on the corner. This time, drlvers actually pulled

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Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? oiyer for a closer look. Some people even took pictures of ACT-AO& 11 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. the sign. As Sayeg expanded her territory around Houston, her then-anonymous projects gained notoriety online and in newspapers, sparking similar endeavors by knitters and. crocheters around the globe. Adopting the utterances of graffiti. these yarn artists commonly refer to the act of covering something with

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Source question 62. verbalizations talk knitted or crocheted yarn such as "tagging." They take rneasurements of an object they wish to cover, stitch at home, and then quietly wrap the object during the night. Rather, in the morning, a park full of trees wrapped in striped leg warmers welcomes joggers. Giant metal chain

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Source question 63.

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Source question 64. links on a wharf appear covered in violet, green, white,

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The writer wants to emphasize the idea that wrapping an object in yarn has the effect of softening the object's appearance. Which choice best accomplishes that goal? new with freshly knitted yarn in swaddled in fuzzy hues of blue. Sidewalk cracks being filled with skinny. knitted ropes of magenta.

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Source question 66. cracks. which are cracks are cracks Some yarn. graffiti artists mainly want to 67 surprise p¢ople, offering a bit of homey comfort

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Source question 67. artists, mainly wanting where we're least expected. Others, however,

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Source question 68. one's it's aim for a more political message, they drape cannons and tanks in colorful crocheted afghans.

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Source question 69. such yarn artists have draped ACT.A09 12 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. In 2011, knitter Jessie Hemmons decided she'd 70 had enough of people snapping pictures of the bronze statue of Rocky (a fictional boxer) in front of the

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Source question 70. Philadelphia Museum of Art without ever going inside the museum. She crafted a bright pink hoodie for the 71

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Source question 71. museum that they are standing in front of.

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Given that all the choices are accurate, which one best supports the idea the writer is putting forth at this point in the essay. two steps leading up to the museum entrance. could reach the statue. SEE THE ART." muscular figure, who was played by Sylvester Stallone 72 IR the Rocky movies. 72 Although yarn tagging is a form of graffiti, it's tolerated more often than other fornis because. 73 the yarn can be simply snipped off. This may be the

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Source question 73. its, tolerated more often then it's tolerated more often then its tolerated more often than aspect that allows people to smile as they drop coins into a cozy. purple parking meter and to consider the artist's sweet--or edgy point. 14

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Source question 74. sweet--or edgy- sweet. or edgy sweet or edgy, Question 75 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

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Suppose the writer's primary purpose had been to offer an overview of a cultural phenomenon. Would this essay accomplish that purpose? graffiti projects from the door handlc cozy to larger projects throughout Houston. yarn graffiti, offers examples, and discusscs the variety of artists, intentions. suggests that few people are involved in it. of Say¢g as the first yarn graffiti artist. END OF TEST 1 STOPI DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO. ACT.A09 13