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Chapter 108

2023.10

MODULE2 · 25 questions

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Chapter 108 · 2023.10 · MODULE2

British painter Peter Edwards has a__painting portraits of notable figures from a variety of different fields. These characteristic works include his esteemed portraits of poet Seamus Heaney and casting director Ruth Lambert.
Which choice completes the text with most logical and preciseword or phrase?

Areputation for

Brequirement for

Ccomplaint about

Dquestion about

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Ji-li Jiang's book Red Kite, Blue Kite has earned a lot of praise. In fact, the book __the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature.

Which choice completes the text with most logical and preciseword or phrase?

Aguessed
Bblamed
Creceivedy

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The equipment from the Apollo Moon landings (1969-1972), such as solar wind sensors and seismic sensors, remains there to this day, but the data from these missions were mostly inaccessible until a recent data-transfer project made them _. This project has allowed researcher Renee Weber to make use of the information in investigating tectonic activity on the Moon.

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

Acomplicated

Brepresentative

Cavailable

Dpredictable

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One way to the importance of a scholar's research is to track how often other scholars refer to that research. For example, University of California-Berkeley economist Ulrike Malmendier, who studies behavioral economics, is among the world's most frequently cited researchers in her field, indicating that her work has been quite significant.

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

assessy

Butilize

Cinfluence

Dundermine

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Horizontal gene transfer involves the exchange of genetic material between organisms not in a parent-offspring relationship. It is common among prokaryotes (single-celled organisms, such as the bacteria Carnobacterium viridans and Lactococcus lactis). The process can have the effect of increasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics; as such, an understanding of how to prevent horizontal gene transfer might result in the mitigation of dangerous pathogens (organisms that cause disease).

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

It provides a history of research into a biological process and suggests a direction for further investigation.

It explains why an organism poses a threat and then suggests how that threat might be avoided.

It depicts two organisms and presents their similarities and differences.

It describes a biological process and explains why researching it is important.

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Text 1
In 2019 Bergamo, Italy, was named a City of Gastronomy by UNESCO in recognition of the city's unique food culture. The honor is well known among both residents of the city and tourists who visit. It's obvious that the selection of Bergamo by UNESCO has brought awareness to local recipes, cooking practices, and chefs and has provided a boost to the city's tourism industry.
Text 2
Many residents of Bergamo hoped that food tourism would increase after the city was chosen as a City of Gastronomy in 2019. However, as researcher Eerang Park and colleagues argue, cities must still create effective marketing strategies to benefit fully from being named a City of Gastronomy. Without an intentional effort to promote the city's food scene, many current and potential visitors to Bergamo may not even be aware that it's home to uniquely delicious food.
Based on the texts,how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the underlined claim in Text 1?

By arguing that UNESCO's recognition of Bergamo was well deserved because of the city's delicious food

By suggesting that Bergamo's status as a City of Gastronomy may not be well known outside of Italy

By noting that there are other benefits to being named a City of Gastronomy besides increased tourism

By claiming that Bergamo's chefs were mainly responsible for the city's recognition by UNESCO

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Known for the albums Quiet Nights and Milestones, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis collaborated several times with pianist Gil Evans. Their 1958 adaptation of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess bears little resemblance to the 1935 original. Davis and Evans felt no desire to please listeners expecting an exact duplication of the opera. They omitted parts, such as the aria "I Got Plenty of Nuthin'," and sometimes made only brief gestures toward Gershwin's melodies. But Davis and Evans's willingness to recompose Gershwin's work led to one of the most enduring albums in Davis's catalog.
According to the text,what is true about the aria "I Got Plenty ofNuthin'"?

It appears in the Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess but not in the adaptation by Davis and Evans.

A brief quotation from it appears in Davis and Evans's adaptation of Porgy and Bess.

Listeners familiar with Gershwin's body of work generally disliked it.

It was adapted by Davis in a recording that appears on his album Milestones.

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The following text is adapted from Daniel Defoe's 1704 nonfiction book The Storm. The sermon is a sound of words spoken to the ear, and prepared only for present meditation, and extends no farther than the strength of memory can convey it; a book printed is a record, remaining in every man's possession, always ready to renew its acquaintance with his memory, and always ready to be produced as an authority or voucher to any reports he makes out of it, and conveys its contents for ages to come, to the eternity of mortal time, when the author is forgotten in his grave.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

Words committed to print have a greater permanence than messages that are merely spoken aloud.

People are less likely to forget a message when they hear it spoken aloud than they are when they read it in print.

Unless a spoken message is delivered by an expert,it can be safely ignored.

Most authors have little hope of being remembered well past their lifetimes.

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Scientists collected information about brown bears In Katmal National Park in Alaska. This information Included each bear's sex, age, and approximate weight. The bear with the lowest approximate weight shown in the table was a__

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table tocomplete the statement?

Afemale that was 13 years old.
Bfemale that was 6 years old.
Cmale that was 10 years old.
Dmale that was 3 years old.

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Lin-Tai Ho and colleagues tracked fish populations in three tide pool-monitoring stations in Taiwan from 1999 to 2018. The streaky rock skipper was especially common at station 3: there, the researchers counted__
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the assertion?

A90 streaky rockskippers.

B610 streaky rockskippers.

C125 streaky rockskippers.

D249 streaky rockskippers.

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Cane is a 1923 novel by Jean Toomer. In one portion of the novel, Toomer uses figurative language to connect the narrator's urban environment of Washington, DC, and the rural South of the narrator's past, writing,__
Which quotation from Cane most effectively illustrates the claim?

"And when the wind is from the South,soil of my homeland falls like a fertile shower upon the lean streets of [Washington,DC].”

"The young trees had not outgrown their [planter]boxesthen.V Street [in Washington,DC]was lined with them.”

"The Capitol dome looked like a gray ghost ship drifting in from sea.”

"The [train]engines of this valley have a whistle, the echoes of which sound like iterated gasps and sobs.Ialways think of them as crude music.”

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A student is writing a research paper on the history of irrigation in the southwestern United States, situating the development of Lake Sabrina (a man-made body of water created in Inyo County, California, in 1908) in a larger historical context. In order to emphasize irrigation's importance, the student claims that irrigation is humanity's principal use of water.
Which quotation from a study of irrigation best supports the student's claim?

"The first known irrigation system was built in the 7th century CE by the Hohokam people,a Native population in the American Southwest that inhabited central Arizona.”

"Roughly 70%of the world's water withdrawals,from sources such as rivers,lakes,and aquifers,is for irrigation water used to meet various agricultural demands.”

"Today,many areas of the southwestern United States utilize sprinkler irrigation systems,which require machinery that can spray water in all directions.”

"The irrigation system developed by the Hohokam people in the 7th century CE in what is now known as central Arizona was simple but applied hydraulic engineering design features that are still used today.”

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The Arapaho language of the Plains region in the United States has 16 vowel and consonant sounds. In contrast, the Hadza language of eastern Africa has 70. Why would languages differ in this way? One researcher has hypothesized that when modern humans arose in Africa, they spoke a single language, but as humans gradually spread throughout Africa and then around the globe, that language developed into new languages. Those developed into still more languages as small bands of humans spread even farther, with each new language retaining fewer sounds from humanity's original language.
Which finding,if true,would best support the researcher's hypothesis?

Languages that emerged in northwestern North Americatend to have more sounds than languages that emerged in East Asia do,even though northwestern North America is farther away from Africa than East Asia is.

Languages that emerged in Eastern Europe tend to have more sounds than languages that emerged in East Asiado,and Eastern Europe is closer to Africa than East Asia is.

Languages that emerged in Western Europe tend to have fewer sounds than languages that emerged in East Asiado,and Western Europe is closer to Africa than East Asiais.

Languages that emerged in Southeast Asia tend to have more sounds than languages that emerged in East Asia do,even though the two regions are roughly the same distance from Africa.

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In 2014, actor Keith David voiced the character Old Buzzard in the film Birds of Paradise. David has acted in everything from commercials to Broadway musicals, but his voice acting work is why__
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Ahas he become such a celebrated talent?

Bhas he become such a celebrated talent.

Che has become such a celebrated talent?

Dhe has become such a celebrated talent.

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Ann Greely of Maine__ a fierce advocate of women's voting rights in the late 1800s. The dedication of Greely and her fellow activists was rewarded in 1920, when the Nineteenth Amendment of the US Constitution guaranteed American women the right to vote.

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

Awas
Bhave been

Care

Dwere

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The city of Quito in Ecuador__one of the rare places in the world located almost directly on the equator.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to theconventions of Standard English?

Ais

Bhave been

Care

Dare being

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On February 1, 2018, Florida-based researchers Martha A. Scholl, Maoya Bassiouni, and Angel J. Torres-Sánchez compiled climate data from several sites in Puerto Rico's Luquillo Mountains. At CC1, the site with the highest elevation, the air temperature fluctuated slightly throughout the day,__11:00 a.m. to 16.2°C at 7:00 p.m.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to theconventions of Standard English?

Afrom,18.4℃ at
Bfrom,18.4℃ at,
Cfrom 18.4℃ at
Dfrom:18.4°℃ at,

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To study the ultrafast movements of atoms, chemist Ahmed Zewail had to devise a novel spectroscopy technique capable of measuring chemical reactions__ within molecules at a quadrillionth of a second. Ultimately, Zewail succeeded and was eventually honored with the Robert A. Welch Award and the Albert Einstein World Award of Science for this groundbreaking achievement.

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

Aoccurred
Boccurring
Coccur
Dwill occur

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Many experts, like lawyer and cycling advocate Ernesto Hernandez-Lopez, have proposed bike travel as one possible way to alleviate congestion on the busy roadways of Los Angeles County, California. Indeed, local bicycle paths like the Harbor Park bicycle__have become an increasingly popular means of travel 'for commuter and recreational trips alike.

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

Apath,which is about 0.38 miles long
Bpath which is about 0.38 miles long
Cpath:which is about 0.38 miles long,
Dpath,which is about 0.38 miles long,

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When using hairy coneflower for dyeing cloth, textile artists first soak it in water to release its color. Next, they add the cloth to the dye bath and simmer it for hours, perhaps even days._ they remove the cloth from the dyebath, revealing that the cloth has turned a vibrant blue color.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

AFinally,

BHowever,

CTherefore,

DActually,

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Though Middle English was widely spoken in fourteenth-century England, the English language was rarely employed in literature until poet Geoffrey Chaucer pioneered its literary use.__his manuscripts contain the first documented uses of over 2,000 English words like the word "conspiracy" in his 1386 poem "The Monk's Tale"-which led a contemporary to dub him "the first finder of our fair language."
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

ABesides,
BHowever,

COn the contrary,
DIn fact,

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• Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) made about 1,000 violins in his lifetime.
• Musicians prize his Stradivarius violins for their famed sound quality.
• Many of the 500 or so that exist today are named for a previous owner.
• The Leonora lacks on Stradivarius is named for Leonora Jackson, an American violinist.
Which choice most effectively uses information from the given sentences to emphasize why Stradivarius violins are prized by musicians?

Many Stradivarius violins,like the Leonora Jackson,get their name from a former owner.

Among musicians,violins made by Antonio Stradivari are renowned for their sound quality.

Antonio Stradivari,a famous violin maker,lived from 1644 to 1737.

Leonora Jackson was an American violinist who once owned a Stradivarius violin.

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• Gianpaolo Bellini is an Italian particle physicist.

• Particle physicists study subatomic particles.

• Neutrinos are some of the least understood subatomic particles.

• Neutrinos were first discovered in the mid- twentieth century.

• Bellini is known for his research on solar and geoneutrinos.
Which choice most effectively uses information from the givensentences to specify Bellini's role in neutrino research?

Particle physicist Gianpaolo Bellini has worked to advance the scientific understanding of neutrinos through his research on solar and geoneutrinos.

Neutrinos are a type of subatomic particle that particle physicists are still trying to understand.

First discovered in the mid-twentieth century,neutrinos are a type of subatomic particle.

Gianpaolo Bellini is recognized for his particle physics research.

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
• Hina Hanta is an online archive curated by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
• It features images of cultural artifacts relevant to the history of the Choctaw people.
• It features a spoon (ivpish ishtimpa in Choctaw) made of buffalo horn.
• The spoon was made in 1800.
• Hina Hanta features a purse (shukcha in Choctaw) made of beaded leather.
• The purse was made in 1949.
The student wants to emphasize a similarity between the twoartifacts.Which choice most effectively uses relevant informationfrom the notes to accomplish this goal?

AThe buffalo horn spoon (ivpish ishtimpa in Choctaw)isfeatured in the Hina Hanta archive.

BFeatured in the Hina Hanta archive,the buffalo hornspoon and the beaded leather purse are both cultural artifacts relevant to the history of the Choctaw people.

CNot all artifacts in the Hina Hanta archive are from the1800s;indeed,the beaded leather purse is from 1949.

DThere are more recent artifacts in the Hina Hanta archivethan the buffalo horn spoon from 1800.

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• At London and New York Fashion Weeks, fashion designers debut new clothing collections.

• Color consultants create trend reports on the popular colors at a given Fashion Week.

•A report on 2018 London Fashion Week noted the popularity of an imaginative purple shade that was cool in tone and bright in intensity.

• A report on 2019 New York Fashion Week noted the popularity of a deep red shade that was warm in tone and rich in intensity.
Which choice most effectively uses information from the given sentences to explain the role of color consultants at Fashion Week?

A shade of imaginative purple was an on-trend addition to one color consultant's report on 2018 London Fashion Week.

A color consultant report on 2019 New York Fashion Week high lighted the popularity of a deep red shade.

At Fashion Weeks in 2018 and 2019, shades favored by designers included an imaginative purple and a deep red.

Each Fashion Week,color consultants compile reports on the shades that have proved popular with fashion designers.

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