From afar, Bisa Butler’s paintings look like paintings, with human faces, bodies, and clothing so difficult that only a fine brush seems to render them. up close the paintings are____visible. in thousands of pieces of printed, microcut fabric.

Which choice completes the text accordingly?

A) quilts, the

B) quilts the

C) quilts

D) quilts. the

Most conifers are evergreen. That is, they keep their green leaves or needles year-round. However, not all conifer species are evergreen. Larch trees,__, lose their needles every fall. instance,

Which option completes the text with the related logical passage?

A) for instance,

B) for instance

C) for instance.

D) for instance.

Sam Maloof (1916–2009) was an American woodworker and furniture designer.
He was the son of Lebanese immigrants.
He received a “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 1985.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts owns a rocking chair that Maloof made from walnut wood.
The armrests and the seat of the chair are sleek and contoured, and the back consists of seven spindle-like slats.

Student Sam Maloof wants to explain the rocking chair to an audience unfamiliar with it. Which option most effectively uses relevant information to achieve the goal?

A) Sam Maloof was born in 1916 and died in 2009, and during his life.

B) He made a chair that you can see if you visit the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

C) With its sleek, contoured armrests and seat, the walnut rocking chair in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts is just one piece of furniture created by American woodworker Sam Maloof.

D) Sam Maloof was a recipient of one of the John D. and Catherine T.

In the late 1890s, over 14,000 unique varieties of apples were grown in the US.
The rise of industrial agriculture in the mid-1900s narrowed the range of commercially grown crops.
Thousands of apple varieties considered less suitable for commercial growth were lost.
Today, only 15 apple varieties dominate the market, making up 90% of apples purchased in the US.
The Lost Apple Project, based in Washington State, attempts to find and grow lost apple varieties.

States why the decline occurred in the US. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish these goals?

A) As industrial agriculture rose to prominence in the mid-1900s, the number of crops selected for cultivation decreased dramatically.

B) Since the rise of industrial agriculture, US farmers have mainly grown the same few unique apple varieties, resulting in the loss of thousands of varieties less suitable for commercial growth.

C) The Lost Apple Project is dedicated to finding some of the apple varieties were lost following a shift in agricultural practices in the mid-1900s.

D) 14,000 apple varieties were grown in the US in the late 1890s, only 15 unique varieties make up most of the apples sold today.

Cecilia Vicuña is a multidisciplinary artist.
In 1971, her first solo art exhibition, Pinturas, poemas y explicaciones, was shown at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Santiago, Chile.
Her poetry collection Precario/Precarious was published in 1983 by Tanam Press.
Her poetry collection Instan was published in 2002 by Kelsey St. Press.
She lives part-time in Chile, where she was born, and part-time in New York.

The student wants to introduce the 1983 poetry collection. Which Selection from the notes would be effective in achieving this goal?

A) In 1971, Cecilia Vicuña exhibited her first solo art exhibition, Pinturas, poemas y explicaciones, in Chile, her country of birth.

B) Cecilia Vicuña is a true multidisciplinary artist whose works include numerous poetry collections and visual art exhibitions.

C) (1983) and Instan (2002), Cecilia Vicuña exhibited visual art at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Santiago, Chile.

D) Published in 1983 by Tanam Press, Precario/Precarious is a collection of poetry by the multidisciplinary artist Cecilia Vicuña.