1

With her room-sized installation The Interstitium, Iranian American artist Laleh Mehran succeeded in creating a space that felt, as intended, both “familiar and distant.” ____with a video screen placed at the far end of the coal slag-encrusted room, her installation was reminiscent of a typical movie theater-albeit one found in a subterranean coal mine.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

A) Next,

B) Nevertheless,

C) Instead,

D) Indeed,

2

The chemical trimethylamine N-oxide not only gives fish their fishy smell but also protects them from crushing hydrostatic pressure in deep waters. Trimethylamine N-oxide strengthens the bonds between water molecules in a fish’s body. ____these water molecules maintain their linked structure at extreme depths, thus preventing pressure-related damage.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

A) Nevertheless,

B) As a result,

C) However,

D) For instance,

3

Earth’s auroras-colorful displays of light seen above the northern and southern poles-result, broadly speaking, from the Sun’s activity. ____the Sun releases charged particles that are captured by Earth’s magnetic field and channeled toward the poles. These particles then collide with atoms in the atmosphere, causing the atoms to emit auroral light.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

A) Nevertheless,

B) Similarly,

C) Specifically,

D) Hence,

4

The more diverse and wide ranging an animal’s behaviors, the larger and more energy demanding the animal’s brain tends to be. ____from an evolutionary perspective, animals that perform only basic actions should allocate fewer resources to growing and maintaining brain tissue. The specialized subtypes of ants within colonies provide an opportunity to explore this hypothesis.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

A) Thus,

B) Besides,

C) Nevertheless,

D) Subsequently,

5

Laetitia Ky’s hair is her art. Inspired by hairstyles from various African tribes, the Ivorian artist uses wire and thread to sculpt her hair into all kinds of shapes. ____she once made her hair into the shape of the continent of Africa-including the island of Madagascar!

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

A) Soon,

B) For example,

C) Elsewhere,

D) However,

6

In 1873, Spanish scientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal observed that brain fibers have distinct boundaries with clear end points, a finding that went against earlier assumptions about the brain. ____scientists had assumed that the brain was a continuous web of fused fibers, not a vast network of distinct, individual cells.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

A) Previously,

B) However,

C) As a result,

D) Likewise,

7

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2013 novel Americanah chronicles the divergent experiences of Ifemelu and Obinze, a young Nigerian couple, after high school. Ifemelu moves to the United States to attend a prestigious university. ____Obinze travels to London, hoping to start a career there. However, frustrated with the lack of opportunities, he soon returns to Nigeria.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

A) In fact,

B) Nevertheless,

C) Secondly,

D) Meanwhile,

8

“Wishcycling”-putting nonrecyclable items into recycling bins under the mistaken belief that those items can be recycled-ultimately does more harm than good. Nonrecyclable items, such as greasy pizza boxes, can contaminate recyclable materials, rendering entire batches unusable. ____nonrecyclable products can damage recycling plants’ machinery.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

A) Fittingly,

B) On the contrary,

C) Moreover,

D) Nevertheless

9

Small, flat structures called spatulae are found at the tips of the hairs on a spider’s leg. These spatulae temporarily bond with the atoms of whatever they touch. ____spiders are able to cling to and climb almost any surface.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

A) For instance,

B) As a result,

C) Similarly,

D) However,

10

Etched into Peru’s Nazca Desert are line drawings so large that they can only be fully seen from high above. Archaeologists have known of the lines since the 1920s, when a researcher spotted some from a nearby foothill, and they have been studying the markings ever since. ____archaeologists’ efforts are aided by drones that capture high-resolution aerial photographs of the lines.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

A) However,

B) In comparison,

C) Still,

D) Currently,