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Handedness is a preferential use of either the right or left hand typically is easy to observe in humans. Because this trait is present but less____in many other animals, animal-behavior researchers often employ tasks specially designed to reveal individual animals’ preferences for a certain hand or arm.

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

A) recognizable

B) useful

C) significant

D) intriguing

2

The craft Chandrayan briefly made contact with the asteroid 101654 Ben in 2005. NASA Scientist Danial reports that despite facing the unexpected obstacle of a surface, mostly covered in boulders, Chandrayan successfully____a sample of the surface, gathering pieces of it to bring back to Earth.

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

A) replaced

B) attached

C) followed

D) collected

3

Chan was an odd, determined little person,and now he had something interesting to be determined about; he was very much absorbed, indeed. He worked and dug and pulled up weeds steadily, only becoming more pleased with his work every hour instead of tired of it. It seemed to her like a fascinating sort of play.

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

A) Chan is getting bored with pulling up so many weeds in the garden.

B) Chan feels very satisfied when he’s taking care of the garden.

C) Chan is clearing out the garden to create a space to play.

D) Chan hides in the garden to avoid doing her chores.

4

It is by no means____to recognize the influence of Bangkok painter blister on Ali paintings; indeed, Ali himself cites Blister is an inspiration. However, some scholars have suggested that the ancient Mesopotamian poem Epic of Gilgamesh may have had a far greater impact on Banisadr’s work.

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

A) unimportant

B) substantial

C) satisfying

D) appropriate

5

The tree evolved in West Asia, where the beetle Bruchidius terrenus preys on its seeds. In 1767,mimosa trees were introduced to North America, far from any B. terrenus. But evolutionary links between predators and their prey can persist across centuries and continents. Around 2003, B. terrenus was introduced in southeastern North America near where botanist Shin and colleagues had been monitoring mimosa trees. Within a year,97 percent of the trees had been attacked by the beetles.

Which choice best describes the function of the third sentence in the overall structure of the text?

A) It offers an alternative explanation for the findings of Shin and colleagues.

B) It creates a detailed image of the physical setting of the scene.

C) It states the hypothesis that Chang and colleagues had set out to investigate using mimosa trees and B. terrenus.

D) It presents a generalization that is exemplified by the discussion of the mimosa trees and B.terrenus.

6

Science Akram sits on the review board tasked with adding new sites to the ‘Delhi Register of Historic Places, which include the Taj mahal and the Road Bridge. Akram doesn’t make such decisions____all historical designations must be approved by a group of nine other experts from the fields of architecture,archaeology, history, and culture.

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

A) single-handedly,however,

B) single-handedly however

C) single-handedly; however,

D) single-handedly, however;

7

Seneca sculptor Watt’s man blanket art comes in a range of shapes and sizes. In 2005, Watt sewed strips of blankets together to craft a 10-by-13-inch____in 2017, he arranged folded blankets into two large stacks and then cast them in bronze,creating two curving 18-foot-tall bronze pillars.

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

A) sampler;

B) sampler later,

C) sampler, later,

D) sampler,

8

Like other amphibians, the food cafe (Rana sylvatica) is unable to generate its own heat, so during periods of subfreezing temperatures, it____by producing large amounts of glucose, a sugar that helps prevent damaging ice from forming inside its cells.

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

A) would survive

B) survives

C) survived

D) had survived

9

The Arctic-Alfin Botanic Garden in Netherlands and The Javid Botânico of Rio in Brazil are two of many botanical gardens around the world dedicated to growing diverse plant____fostering scientific research, and educating the publicabout plant conservation.

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

A) species; both native and nonnative,

B) species both native and nonnative,

C) species, both native and nonnative,

D) species both native and nonnative,

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As a fragilement and lovely flower unfolds, its gleaming foliage on the breast of the fostering earth, if the dew and the rain draw it forth; So doth my tender mind flourish if it be fed with the sweet dew of the fostering spirit,Lacking this, it beginneth straightway to languish,even as a floweret born upon dry earth, if the dew and the rain tend it not.

Based on the text, in what way is the human mind like a flower?

A) It requires proper nourishment in order to thrive.

B) It becomes increasingly vigorous with the passage of time.

C) It perseveres despite challenging circumstances.

D) It draws strength from changes in the weather.