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Title: Words in context |
Grade: 1400-a Lesson: S1-L2 |
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Problem Id | Problem | Options |
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1 |
For a 2020 exhibition, photographer and neurobiologist Okunola Jeyifous____a series of new images based on a series of alphabet posters from the 1970s known as the “Black ABCs,” which featured Black children from Chicago. Jeyifous photographed the now-adult models and layered the photos over magnified images of the models’ cells, resulting in what he called “micro and macro portraiture.” Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? |
A) validated B) created C) challenged D) restored |
2 |
The following text is adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1844 short story “Drowne’s Wooden Image.” Drowne, a young man, is carving a wooden figure to decorate the front of a ship. Day by day, the work assumed greater precision, and settled its irregular and misty outline into distincter grace and beauty. The general design was now obvious to the common eye. As used in the text, what does the word “assumed” most nearly mean? |
A)Acknowledged B) Imitated C) Speculated D) Acquired |
3 |
Given that the conditions in binary star systems should make planetary formation nearly impossible, it’s not surprising that the existence of planets in such systems has lacked____explanation. Roman Rafikov and Kedron Silsbee shed light on the subject when they used modeling to determine a complex set of factors that could support planets’ development. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? |
A) a straightforward B) enhance a discernible C) an inconclusive D) an unbiased |
4 |
Interruptions in the supply chain for microchips used in personal electronics have challenged an economist’s assertion that retailers can expect robust growth in sales of those devices in the coming months. The delays are unlikely to____her projection entirely but will almost certainly extend its time frame. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? |
A)dispute B) withdraw C) invalidate D) underscore |
5 |
The güiro, a musical instrument traditionally made from a dried and hollowed gourd, is thought to have originated with the Taíno people of Puerto Rico. Players use a wooden stick to scrape along ridges cut into the side of the gourd, creating sounds that are highly____: the sounds produced by güiros can differ based on the distance between the ridges, the types of strokes the player uses, and the thickness of the gourd. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? |
A) overlooked B) variable C) powerful D) routine |
6 |
The following text is from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby. [Jay Gatsby] was balancing himself on the dashboard of his car with that resourcefulness of movement that is so peculiarly American—that comes, I suppose, with the absence of lifting work in youth and, even more, with the formless grace of our nervous, sporadic games. This quality was continually breaking through his punctilious manner in the shape of restlessness. As used in the text, what does the word “quality” most nearly mean? |
A) Standard B) Prestige C) Characteristic D) Accomplishment |
7 |
Handedness, 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 paw. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? |
A)intriguing B) significant C) useful D) recognizable |
8 |
Rydra Wong, the protagonist of Samuel R. Delany’s 1966 novel Babel-17, is a poet, an occupation which, in Delany’s work, is not____: nearly a dozen of the characters that populate his novels are poets or writers. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? |
A)infallible B) lucrative C) atypical D) tedious |
9 |
Like the 1945 play it reimagines—Federico García Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba—Marcus Gardley’s 2014 play The House That Will Not Stand prominently features women. In both plays, the all-female cast____an array of female characters, including a strong mother and several daughters dealing with individual struggles. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?" Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? |
A)engulfs B) encourages C) comprises D) provokes |
10 |
To develop a method for measuring snow depth with laser beams, NASA physicist Yongxiang Hu relied on____; identifying broad similarities between two seemingly different phenomena, Hu used information about how ants move inside colonies to calculate how the particles of light that make up laser beams travel through snow. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? |
A) an analogy B) Consulting with C) a contradiction D) Clinging to |
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