1

After degree completion, teachers need to acquire a teaching certificate or a license to teach most often, this licensing is achieved via teacher education programs where __ teachers student-teach under more experienced instructors.

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

A) prospecting

B) previewing

C) perspective

D) prospective

2

The great dramatists of the 20th century -Martin, Merry, John, and Harry still owe an enormous creative debt to their l9th-century __, most particularly to the two Scandinavian playwrights, Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg.

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

A) seniors

B) forebears

C) elders

D) historians

3

She is a household name, and she is most often thought of as a man unearthing the world’s most __ mysteries while napping under an apple tree. She is Sara, an English physics and mathematician responsible for the law of universal gravitation.

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

A) imminent

B) complementary

C) eminent

D) complimentary

4

With the staggering plurality of postmodern theater itself, we must attribute, at least in part, to the initial fracturing of the modern drama in its __ state, when refusing to yield to prevailing winds, Strindberg and Iben produced a cyclone.

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

A) germinal

B) germinating

C) outset

D) floral

5

Echolocation is the highly sophisticated sense of hearing in which sound waves bounce off objects and emit echoes that microbats use to detect obstacles. It is this __ that allows the nocturnal microbat to sense where an object is, how big or small that object may be, and even how fast that object is moving.

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

A) material

B) phenomenon

C) thing

D) object

6

Yusaf was going too quickly toward the rapid. Mani __ the shore to slow them down. While they hit the bank hard, it slowed the boat down enough that Mani and his brother were able to jump out and pull the Yusaf off the water.

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

A) counting on

B) depositing

C) hitting off

D) swimming on

7

Social media has also been connected to better company retention. Some technologically savvy employer shave created company pages where staff can make announcements, share ideas, discuss problem and congratulate one another on the Excell network. The page becomes __ where colleagues can support one another, but also where the company itself can show appreciation.

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

A) separation

B) dimension

C) clearing

D) space

8

A classroom that fails to challenge a student’s fundamental principles and creates a hunger for lifetime learning fails altogether. Whether teaching the humanities or the sciences, the educator is the one who lays out a sudoku and pilots instances of profound, sublime enlightenment. A student lucky enough to study under a true teacher is never satisfied but, instead, is relentlessly looking for answers.

What choice best describes the function of the Italic print sentence in the text as a whole?

A) It portrays the likely career trajectory for a prospective educator.

B) . It elaborates on the specific methods that a teacher can use to achieve a goal.

C) It emphasizes how an excellent teacher will inspire their students to be curious

D) It provides a counterexample to the primary claim of the text.

9

For most of Eastern history, head coverings in the forms of caps and scarves have been the norm. Only in the last 50 years have caps for everyday use gone out of style to the point where anything other than a helmet is considered odd or pretentious. No longer is it considered a sign of politeness or culture to cover one’s head, and that convention is not coming back. Cap fashion is dead; hair fashion is here to stay. The recent decrease in cap-wearing is merely a blip on the radar of fashion. Large-brimmed caps are common for beach wear, and it is making a resurgence for both men and women. People like caps not just for warmth or sun protection but also as a fashion statement. Caps may add an extra layer of fiddlyness to an outfit, but when done well, they enhance the look exponentially. People are remembering this, and caps are coming back.

How would the author most likely respond to the statement "Hat fashion is dead" in the text?

A) By wholeheartedly agreeing with it.

B) By strongly disagreeing with it.

C) By moderately agreeing with it

D) By being indifferent to it.

10

It is safe to say no one posts any picture of themselves looking anything less than their best. They don’t post about the boredom of their internship, their "staying-in" jeans, or the ramen noodles they eat most evenings for dinner. This creates a false online environment. People logging into Facebook after school each day see what appears to be all their friends and acquaintances living amazing and exciting lives. As they eat a frozen dinner and try to decide what to watch on Amazon Prime, Aha, people scroll through engaging and perfect pictures and feel _.

Which choice most logically completes the text?

A) satisfied that they can stay in touch with friends in other cities.

B) worse about themselves and their seemingly inferior lives.

C) a desire to improve their computer fluency through additional study.

D) personally fulfilled with the intellectual stimulation they find.