Critics have asserted that fine art and fashion rarely____in a world where artists create timeless works for exhibitions and designers periodically produce new styles for the public to buy. James/ Bannock beadwork artist and designer Okuma challenges this view: Her work can be seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and purchased through her online boutique.

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

A) intersect

B) diverge

C) succumb

D) prevail

Researchers have struggled to pinpoint specific causes gastro, which happens when a person’s diaphragm contracts____. However, neuroscientist Kimchin has found that these uncontrollable contractions may play an important role in helping infants regulate their breathing.

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

A) involuntarily B) smoothly

C) strenuously

D) beneficially

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• African American women played prominent rolesin the Civil Rights Movement, including at the famous 1963 March on Washington.
• Civil rights activist Anna Hedgeman, one of the March’s organizer was a political adviser who had worked for President Truman.
• Civil rights activist Daisy Bates was a well-known journalist and advocate for school desegregation.
• Hedgeman worked behind the scenes to make sure, a woman was included in the lineup of speakers at the march.
• Bates was the sole woman to speak, delivering abrief but memorable address to the cheering crowd.

The student wants to compare the two women’s contributions to the March on Washington. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A) Hedgeman and Bates contributed to the march in different ways; Bates, for example, delivered a brief but memorable address.

B) Hedgeman worked in politics and helped organize the march, while Bates was a journalist and school desegregation advocate.

C) Many African American women, including Bates and Hedgeman, fought for civil rights, but only one spoke at the march.

D) Although Hedgeman worked behind the scenes to make sure a woman speaker was included, Bates was the sole woman to speak at the march.

For the painter, Bister, being____was an important part of the artistic process. Because he paid close attention to all the details of his Harsh neighborhood, Biater’s artwork captured nuances in the beauty and vitality of the Black experience during the Harsh and the Great Migration.

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

A) confident

B) critical

C) observant

D) skeptical

Mouni-Ferreira and others at Brazil’s Butantan Institute are studying the freshwater stingray species Potamotrygon rex to determine whether biological characteristics such as the rays’ age and sex have____effect on the toxicity of their venom-that is, to see if differences in these traits are associated with considerable variations in venom potency.

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

A) an acceptable

B) a substantial

C) an imperceptible

D) a disconcerting