The printing of Virginia Woolf’s novels featured a creative____between Woolf and her sister Vanessa Bell: a talented painter, Bell worked closely with Woolf to create original cover art for most of the novels.

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

A) rebellion

B) partnership

C) disagreement

D) discovery

The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx briefly made contact with the asteroid 101955 Bennu in 2020. NASA scientist Daniella DellaGiustina reports that despite facing the unexpected obstacle of a surface mostly covered in boulders, OSIRIS-REx 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

The parasitic dodder plant increases its reproductive success by flowering at the same time as the host plant it has latched onto. In 2020, Jianqiang Wu and his colleagues determined that the tiny dodder achieves this____with its host by absorbing and utilizing a protein the host produces when it is about to flower.

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

A) synchronization

B) prediction

C) hibernation

D) moderation

Sumerian civilization (which lasted from around 3300 to 2000 BCE)____many concepts that persist into present-day civilizations: for example, the first description of the seven-day week appears in the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh.

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

A) transformed

B) inherited

C) introduced

D) overlooked

Physicist Joseph Weber performed____work in gravitational wave research in the 1960s and 1970s, conducting key experiments that scientists later used as the basis for their own investigations that led to the first verified detection of a gravitational wave in 2015.

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

A) ineffective

B) foundational

C) repetitive

D) supplementary

As an architect in Los Angeles in the 1950s, Helen Liu Fong became known for avoiding____designs in her buildings. Instead of using standard shapes and colors, she typically explored innovative forms and daring hues.

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

A) creative

B) bold

C) traditional

D) understandable

Sueño de Familia is an exhibition of drawings, paintings, and ceramics that explores the artistic heritage of US-based artist Yolanda González. The exhibition____five generations, featuring works by González’s great-grandfather, grandmother, mother, and niece as well as González herself.

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

A) borrows

B) neglects

C) judges

D) spans

US traffic signals didn’t always contain the familiar three lights (red, yellow, and green). Traffic lights only____red and green lights until the three-light traffic signal was developed in the 1920s.

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

A) appreciated

B) avoided

C) featured

D) disregarded

Scientists previously thought that all electric eels belong to a single species, but a team of researchers led by zoologist C. David de Santana proved this idea wrong by____that there are in fact three distinct species of electric eels.

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

A) pretending

B) complaining

C) demonstrating

D) requiring

Studying how workload affects productivity, Maryam Kouchaki and colleagues found that people who chose to do relatively easy tasks first were less____compared to those who did hard tasks first. Finishing easy tasks gave participants a sense of accomplishment, but those who tackled hard tasks first actually became more skilled and productive workers over time.

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

A) efficient

B) outgoing

C) unsympathetic

D) secretive