Craft and Structure
A few years before, Anne Elliot had been a very pretty girl, but her bloom had vanished early; and as even in its height, her father had found little to admire in her, (so totally different were her delicate features and mild dark eyes from his own), there could be nothing in them, now that she was faded and thin, to excite his esteem
5. As used in the text, what does the word "faded" most nearly mean?
C) Pale
... there could be nothing in them, now that she was pale and thin, to excite his esteem. She could be pale and thin and those could be seen as negatives by her father.
The following text is from William Shakespeare's 1609 poem "Sonnet 8"
Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?
Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy:
Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly, Or else receiv'st with pleasure thine annoy?
If the true concord of well-tuned sounds, By unions married, do offend thine ear, They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds In singleness the parts that thou shouldst bear.
Mark how one string, sweet husband to another, Strikes each in each by mutual ordering;
Resembling sire and child and happy mother, Who, all in one, one pleasing note do sing:
Whose speechless song being many, seeming one, Sings this to thee: "Thou single wilt prove none'
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
B) The speaker analyzes the effect of music, then uses it to create a comparison.
The speaker discusses how music works (its harmony and emotional effect), then uses that idea of musical harmony as a comparison to human relationships.
One of only two venomous lizards found in North America, the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) may have an ominous name, but it's rarely a threat to people. In fact, Gila monster venom contains a hormone called extendin-4, which is similar to a human hormone, glucagon-like peptide-1 analog (GLP1), found in the human digestive tract. GLP-1 assists in the production of insulin to combat peaks in a human's blood sugar level. Extendin-4 has shown to work better than GLP-1, as its effects last longer.
Scientists have been able to recreate extendin-4, calling the synthetic hormone "exenatide."
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
B) It presents a scientific discovery from an unexpected source.
The passage explains that a medically useful hormone (exenatide) was developed based on a compound found in Gila monster venom, an unexpected biological source.
Solve for x
5/15x = 3/5 + 3/20
x = 9/4
In isosceles triangle ABC, AB = BC and <ABC has a measure of 44 degrees. What is the measure of <BAC?
A) 22 degrees
B) 44 degrees
C) 68 degrees
D) 92 degrees
C) 68 degrees
Although found in a variety of foods including fruits, nuts, and tea, tannins are considered an antinutrient. Tannins bind with proteins in a way that renders them_, and therefore nutritionally inert.
4. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) Indigestible
Tannins bind with proteins in a way that renders them indigestible, and therefore nutritionally inert. Making something indigestible sounds like it could make some nutritionally inert.
It might seem counterintuitive to learn that the Sun is surrounded by an atmosphere. The heliosphere surrounds the entire solar system with a "bubble" of hot plasma radiating outward from the sun. Although solar plasma is not very similar to the composition of the Earth's atmosphere, astrophysicists borrow terms commonly used by terrestrial meteorologists-including wind, weather, and climate to describe what happens in the heliosphere. On the other hand, the Sun's atmosphere is similar to the Earth's in that it impedes high-energy radiation.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
C) It describes an environment, then further explains that environment by making a comparison.
It first describes the Sun’s atmosphere (heliosphere) and then explains it further by comparing it to Earth’s atmosphere.
Being invisible to the naked eye, microbes managed to escape scientific scrutiny until the mid-17th century, when Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope. These cryptic organisms continued to thwart scientists' efforts to probe, describe, and classify them until about 40 years ago, owing largely to similar body structures that are hard to visually differentiate and obscure body functions that make them notoriously difficult to grow in a lab.
Which choice states the main idea of the text?
A) Scientific understanding of microbial life was a slow progression.
The text explains that microbes were difficult to study for a long time and scientific understanding of them developed slowly over centuries.
Solve for a
a/4 + 12b = c
a = 4c - 48b
Triangles ABC and PQR are similar where A corresponds to P and B corresponds to Q. If the measure of angle A is 32 degrees and the measure of angle Q is 45 degrees, what is the measure of angle c?
A) 23 degrees
B) 45 degrees
C) 58 degrees
D) 103 degrees
D) 103 degrees
In 1972, Cornell University hosted an exhibition titled "The Civilization of LIhuros," which featured 150 objects from an
"ancient" Iron Age civilization. The entire exhibit turned out to _: Cornell professor of art Norman Daly had crafted the
objects and invented the story of LIhuros.
2. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
C) Fabricated
The entire exhibit turned out to be fabricated: Fabricated is a strong match with "invented."
The following text is from W. E. B. Du Bois'
1911 novel The Quest of the Silver Fleece.
The boy wearily dropped his heavy bundle and stood still, listening as the voice of crickets split the shadows and made the silence audible. A tear wandered down his brown cheek. They were at supper now, he whisperedthe father and old mother, away back yonder beyond the night. They were far away; they would never be as near as once they had been, for he had stepped into the world.
And the cat and Old Billy-ah, but the world was a lonely thing, so wide and tall and empty! And so bare, so bitter bare! Somehow he had never dreamed of the world as lonely before; he had fared forth to beckoning hands and luring, and to the eager hum of human voices, as of some great, swelling music.
Which choice best states the function of the underlined phrase in the text as a whole?
C)It establishes context for why the boy feels as he does at that moment.
It gives background about how the boy once viewed the world, helping explain why he currently feels lonely.
Plastics are extremely durable synthetic polymers, yet more than 30% are made into disposable items such as packaging, which are typically discarded within a year of manufacture. The associated throwaway culture has led to an escalating plastic waste management problem, and widespread accumulation of plastic debris in the natural environment. Debris is now present on shorelines and at the sea surface from ole to pole. It has major environmental impacts and is recognized as one of the key challenges of our century.
According to the text, what is true about plastic debris?
B) It has become a global pollution problem thanks to disposable items.
The text explains that disposable plastic items contribute to a “widespread accumulation of plastic debris” found across the natural environment, making it a global pollution problem.
Solve for x
3(x + 4) = 2(10 - x) + 17
X = 5
Trapezoid ABCD is similar to trapezoid PQRS where A corresponds to P, B corresponds to Q, and C corresponds to R. If AB = 8, BC = 12, and PQ = 6, what is the length of QR?
A) 8
B) 9
C) 10
D) 12
B) 9
While studying the movement of sand dunes, Karol Bacik and Nathalie Vriend realized that they needed to further _ how two sand dunes interact: by creating a model that tracked the motion of a large and small sand dune, they discovered that over time their size and their velocity would eventually reach an equilibrium.
1. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
D) Investigate
... realized that they needed to further investigate how two sand dunes interact. This looks good. They investigate and then make a discovery. This relationship seems logical.
Although she was widely recognized as artist Pablo Picasso's
muse, as she would often model for the famous Spanish modern artist, Dora Maar was an accomplished artist in her own right.
Maar excelled at Surrealist photography, where real-world things are transformed into something ethereal and unknown.
Maar's most famous photograph, 1936's Père Ubu, exemplifies this approach: a close-up of a baby armadillo becomes nearly unrecognizable due to the image's high contrast lighting and upright angle.
2. Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
D It introduces a lesser known aspect of Dora Maar's output and provides a noteworthy example of her photography.
It talks about her and mentions a famous photograph she created.
A recent example of nanotech innovation is graphene: a material made from a single layer of carbon atoms assembled hexagonally. At one atom wide, it's so thin it's essentially two-dimensional. Graphene is flexible, transparent, and light, but thanks to the unbreakable bonds between carbon atoms, it's also very strong-207 times stronger than steel. A "magic" material like this can revolutionize technological devices from cellphones to solar cells. And it's already under development in next-generation water filtration systems, which will turn salty ocean water into potable fresh water, or remove toxins to make contaminated water safe to drink.
According to the text, what is true about graphene?
B) It derives its strength from carbon atom bonds.
The text explicitly states that graphene’s extreme strength comes from the “unbreakable bonds between carbon atoms.”
Solve for a, k= 2
5k + a= 26
a = 6
In right triangle ABC, the measure of <ACB is less than 30 degrees. If <ABC is a right angle and the measure of <BAC is x degrees, which of the following must be true?
X > 60
Hurricanes are one of the most destructive forces in nature, yet for all their damage, they may also provide benefits for coastal ecosystems. Lee Smee and Joseph Reustle studied how hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico affected bays popular for fishing.
Their conclusion was that the hiatus of fishing, caused by the hurricanes, the local ecology.
3. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) Rebuilt
Their conclusion was that the hiatus of fishing, caused by the hurricanes, rebuilt the local ecology.
Thirty-five years ago I was out prospecting on the Stanislaus, tramping all day long with pick and pan and horn, and washing a hatful of dirt here and there, always expecting to make a rich strike, and never doing it. It was a lovely region, woodsy, balmy, delicious, and had once been populous, long years before, but now the people had vanished and the charming paradise was a solitude. They went away when the surface diggings gave out. In one place, where a busy little city with banks and newspapers and fire companies and a mayor and aldermen had been, was nothing but a wide expanse of emerald turf, with not even the faintest sign that human life had ever been present there.
1. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined phrase in the text as a whole?
B) It indicates that the speaker may prefer the area's lack of people.
This seems to match the positive description of the place
When it comes to four-legged animals such as cats, horses and deer, or even humans, the concept of a gait is familiar, but what about unicellular green algae with multiple limb-like flagella? Long before there were fish swimming in the oceans, tiny microorganisms were using long slender appendages called cilia and flagella to navigate their watery habitats. Now, new research reveals that species of single-celled algae coordinate their flagella to achieve a remarkable diversity of swimming gaits. The latest discovery, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that despite their simplicity, microalgae can coordinate their flagella into leaping, trotting or galloping gaits just as well.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
B) Gaits similar to those found in larger animals have been observed in microorganisms.
The passage explains that microalgae can coordinate their flagella to create movement patterns (gaits) similar to those seen in larger animals like walking or galloping.
Solve for m
(m - 7) 4m + 2/ m - 7 = 9 (m - 7)
13 = m
A tree and a flag pole are both perpendicular to the ground, which is flat. The flag pole is 20 feet tall and has a shadow that is 15 feet long. At the same time, the tree has a shadow that is 12 feet long. How tall, in feet, is the tree?
16 feet tall