Homework
Module 1
1 · scan the text “once these internal batteries stop working, the devices
become ______ and are typically thrown away” · useless because when
batteries die and can't be changed, the device can't work and people throw it
away · A (answer)
2 · Read the text “modern Hawaiian literature as having ______ the traditional
stories” · look at choices: A brooded on = thought a lot about, B supplanted
= took the place of, C anticipated = guessed before, D derived from = came
from or used · text says writers used/drew from the stories → D (answer)
3 · Scan the text “a safe guess would have placed him somewhere in the
debatable ground between forty and fifty” · placed here means guessed or
estimated his age · A (answer)
4 · Scan the text “Knowing this can ____ potential investors' worries about
bureaucratic minutiae” · assuage means make worries smaller or calm them
down · knowing about rules helps reduce worry → D (answer)
5 · (usual next type: about a finding or main point) · scan the key part · it
shows an important result or example · D (answer)
6 · Read the first two sentences · first sentence: animals use things as tools ·
second sentence: to do things like get food or clean · B (answer) because it
gives examples of different ways
7 · Type of text: story or info about places · C (answer) because it talks about
being ready or specific places
8 · Scan the text about trying to make ideas clear · underlined parts show
how hard it is to explain art thoughts · B (answer)
9 · key word: conclusion or small sample · small sample can make results
look bigger than they are · C (answer)
10 · Scan the text about why different results · historians use old records that
don't exist for old Africa · A (answer)
11 · question about negative example · graph shows negative number for
some plant · D (answer)
12 · underlined claim: stories from personal life · scan for proof in text · A
child knows the stories are from her real life (answer)
13
· scan the text “Uncle Vanya... Professor Serebrakoff unable to adjust to living
at the country estate, as is evident when ______”
· look at choices: quotations from the play
· D Professor Serebrakoff says “I am used to my library and the lecture hall...
Now I suddenly find myself plunged into this wilderness [the estate],
condemned to see the same stupid people from morning till night and listen
to their futile conversations” because it shows he can't adjust to the country
life
· D (answer)
14
· Read the text “New Zealand has classified the rainbow lorikeet as an
invasive species... Climate changes may force animals from their current
ranges... These observations suggest that”
· look at choices: about classifications and climate
· C labels like the one that New Zealand has applied to the rainbow lorikeet
reflect environmental conditions that may not persist because climate
change can change where animals live
· C (answer)
15
· scan the text “Gottfried Schlaug et al. established that musical training is
associated with physical alterations in the brain... leading Dolan et al. to
conclude that ______”
· look at choices: about musicians' brains and volume preference
· B physical aspects of musicians’ brains may suppress the hedonic response
to music at volumes that provoke the hedonic response in nonmusicians
· B (answer)
16
· scan the text “A painting by 19th-century artist Katsushika Hokusai, ______”
· look at choices: about deeper thematic meaning
· C visual allegory allows The Great Wave off Kanagawa to convey its deeper
thematic meaning to viewers
· C (answer)
17
· scan the text “In 2022 NASA intentionally crashed a probe... successfully
altering its orbit. ______ these results are no guarantee...”
· look at choices: transitions
· B Granted because it admits the success but shows it's not guaranteed for
all cases
· B (answer)
18
· scan the text “Researchers Tammy Kernodle and Christina Zanfagna have
lent their expertise... to an important new ______ Timeline of African
American Music”
· look at choices: punctuation for "initiative"
· B initiative: the because colon introduces the name of the timeline
· B (answer)
19
· scan the text “Published in 1945, Gwendolyn Brooks's poem "Queen of the
Blues" demonstrates Brooks's penchant for crafting short, compressed lines
infused with bursts of vivid imagery and _______ the syncopated rhythms of
the blues into her work”
· look at choices: verb form
· B incorporating because it fits parallel with "crafting"
· B (answer)
20
· scan the text “As comet C/1911 N1 (Kiess) orbits the Sun... the 66-
kilometer-per-second collision between these meteoroids and atmospheric
gases ______ streaks of light in the sky”
· look at choices: verb for "collision"
· A produces because singular subject "collision" needs singular verb
· A (answer)
21
· scan the text “In 2022 NASA intentionally crashed a probe... successfully
altering its orbit. ______ these results are no guarantee...”
· look at choices: transition
· B Granted because it concedes the success but introduces a limitation
· B (answer)
22
· scan the text “Bill Belew's talent for intricately and expertly detailed
costume design was on full display with the Blue Rain jumpsuit... ______ the
suit's blue rhinestones showcased Belew's careful attention to detail”
· look at choices: transition
· B In particular because it highlights a specific example of his detailed work
· B (answer)
23
· student notes: merchant ships in Saudi Arabia 2021
· wants to specify the number of merchant ships
· D There were a total of 392 merchant ships—ships hired to carry cargo or
passengers—registered in Saudi Arabia in 2021 (answer)
24
· student notes: French Republican calendar quintidi and decadi
· wants to emphasize difference between quintidi and decadi
· B Each quintidi in the calendar honored an animal, whereas each decadi
honored an agricultural tool (answer)
25
· student notes: Kepler's first law, Umbriel moon orbit elliptical
· wants explanation and example of Kepler's first law
· A Umbriel’s orbit of Uranus is elliptical, demonstrating Kepler’s first law of
planetary motion, which describes the elliptical orbits of planets but applies
to moons as well (answer)
26
· student notes: black-footed ferret believed extinct until 1981, Lazarus
species
· wants to define Lazarus species and give example
· A The term “Lazarus species” describes a living species of organism, such
as the black-footed ferret, that was once believed to be extinct (answer)
27
· student notes: Louis Ballard blended Western classical and Native music in
Pan Indian Rhythms
· wants example of blending
· B Blending elements of various Native musical traditions and Western
classical music, Ballard composed Pan Indian Rhythms for percussion in 1970
(answer)
Module 2
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. D
10. C
11. B
12. A
13. D
14. C
15. B
16. D
17. A
18. C
19. D
20. B
21. C
22. A
23. D
24. B
25. C
26. A
27. D