Vocab
Beginning in the 1950s, Navajo Nation legislator Annie Dodge Wauneka continuously worked to promote public health; this _______ effort involved traveling throughout the vast Navajo homeland and writing a medical dictionary for speakers of Diné bizaad, the Navajo language. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) impartial B) offhand C) persistent D) mandatory
C) persistent
The function g is defined by g(x)= x^2 + 9 . For which value of x is g(x) = 25 ?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 9
D) 13
A) 4
British scientists James Watson and Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize in part for their 1953 paper announcing the double helix structure of DNA, but it is misleading to say that Watson and Crick discovered the double helix. _______ findings were based on a famous X-ray image of DNA fibers, “Photo 51,” developed by X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin and her graduate student Raymond Gosling. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) They’re B) It’s C) Their D) Its
C) Their
g(x)= x2 +55
What is the minimum value of the given function?
A) 0 B) 55 C) 110 D) 3,025
B) 55
Critics have asserted that fine art and fashion rarely _______ in a world where artists create timeless works for exhibition and designers periodically produce new styles for the public to buy. Luiseño/ Shoshone-Bannock beadwork artist and designer Jamie 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) prevail B) succumb C) diverge D) intersect
D) intersect
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 discernible B) a straightforward C) an inconclusive D) an unbiased
B) a straightforward
s = 40 + 3t The equation gives the speed s, in miles per hour, of a certain car t seconds after it began to accelerate. What is the speed, in miles per hour, of the car 5 seconds after it began to accelerate?
A) 40 B) 43 C) 45 D) 55
D) 55
In ancient Greece, an Epicurean was a follower of Epicurus, a philosopher whose beliefs revolved around the pursuit of pleasure. Epicurus defined pleasure as “the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the _______ that all life’s virtues derived from this absence. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) soul,” positing B) soul”: positing C) soul”; positing D) soul.” Positing
A) soul,” positing
The population of Greenville increased by 7% from 2015 to 2016. If the 2016 population is k times the 2015 population, what is the value of k ?
A) 0.07 B) 0.7 C) 1.07 D) 1.7
C) 1.07
Lily had no real intimacy with nature, but she had a passion for the appropriate and could be keenly sensitive to a scene which was the fitting background of her own sensations. The landscape outspread below her seemed an enlargement of her present mood, and she found something of herself in its calmness, its breadth, its long free reaches. On the nearer slopes the sugar-maples wavered like pyres of light; lower down was a massing of grey orchards, and here and there the lingering green of an oak-grove. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
A) It creates a detailed image of the physical setting of the scene. B) It establishes that a character is experiencing an internal conflict. C) It makes an assertion that the next sentence then expands on. D) It illustrates an idea that is introduced in the previous sentence.
D) It illustrates an idea that is introduced in the previous sentence.
Former astronaut Ellen Ochoa says that although she doesn’t have a definite idea of when it might happen, she _______ that humans will someday need to be able to live in other environments than those found on Earth. This conjecture informs her interest in future research missions to the moon. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) demands B) speculates C) doubts D) establishes
B) speculates
A list of 10 data values is shown. 6, 8, 16, 4, 17, 26, 8, 5, 5, 5 What is the mean of these data?
10
Researchers studying magnetosensation have determined why some soil-dwelling roundworms in the Southern Hemisphere move in the opposite direction of Earth’s magnetic field when searching for _______ in the Northern Hemisphere, the magnetic field points down, into the ground, but in the Southern Hemisphere, it points up, toward the surface and away from worms’ food sources. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) food: B) food, C) food while D) food
A) food:
The equation E(t) = 5(1.8)t gives the estimated number of employees at a restaurant, where t is the number of years since the restaurant opened. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the number 5 in this context?
A) The estimated number of employees when the restaurant opened B) The increase in the estimated number of employees each year C) The number of years the restaurant has been open D) The percent increase in the estimated number of employees each year
A) The estimated number of employees when the restaurant opened
A study by a team including finance professor Madhu Veeraraghavan suggests that exposure to sunshine during the workday can lead to overly optimistic behavior. Using data spanning from 1994 to 2010 for a set of US companies, the team compared over 29,000 annual earnings forecasts to the actual earnings later reported by those companies. The team found that the greater the exposure to sunshine at work in the two weeks before a manager submitted an earnings forecast, the more the manager’s forecast exceeded what the company actually earned that year. Which choice best states the function of the underlined sentence in the overall structure of the text?
A) To summarize the results of the team’s analysis B) To present a specific example that illustrates the study’s findings C) To explain part of the methodology used in the team’s study D) To call out a challenge the team faced in conducting its analysis
C) To explain part of the methodology used in the team’s study
Following the principles of community-based participatory research, tribal nations and research institutions are equal partners in health studies conducted on reservations. A collaboration between the Crow Tribe and Montana State University _______ this model: tribal citizens worked alongside scientists to design the methodology and continue to assist in data collection. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) circumvents B) eclipses C) fabricates D) exemplifies
D) exemplifies
Bacteria are growing in a liquid growth medium. There were 300,000 cells per milliliter during an initial observation. The number of cells per milliliter doubles every 3 hours. How many cells per milliliter will there be 15 hours after the initial observation?
A) 1,500,000 B) 2,400,000 C) 4,500,000 D) 9,600,000
D) 9,600,000
In 1637, the price of tulips skyrocketed in Amsterdam, with single bulbs of rare varieties selling for up to the equivalent of $200,000 in today’s US dollars. Some historians _______ that this “tulip mania” was the first historical instance of an asset bubble, which occurs when investors drive prices to highs not supported by actual demand. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) claiming B) claim C) having claimed D) to claim
B) claim
What is the diameter of the circle in the xy-plane with equation (x− 5)2 + ( y− 3)2 = 16 ?
A) 4 B) 8 C) 16 D) 32
B) 8
The following text is from Maggie Pogue Johnson’s 1910 poem “Poet of Our Race.” In this poem, the speaker is addressing Paul Laurence Dunbar, a Black author. Thou, with stroke of mighty pen, Hast told of joy and mirth, And read the hearts and souls of men As cradled from their birth. The language of the flowers, Thou hast read them all, And e’en the little brook Responded to thy call. Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
A) To praise a certain writer for being especially perceptive regarding people and nature B) To establish that a certain writer has read extensively about a variety of topics C) To call attention to a certain writer’s careful and elaborately detailed writing process D) To recount fond memories of an afternoon spent in nature with a certain writer
A) To praise a certain writer for being especially perceptive regarding people and nature
The parasitic dodder plant increases its reproductive success by flowering at the same time as the host plant it has latched onto. In 2020, Jianqiang Wu and his colleagues determined that the tiny dodder achieves this _______ with its host by absorbing and utilizing a protein the host produces when it is about to flower. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) synchronization B) hibernation C) prediction D) moderation
A) synchronization
A certain town has an area of 4.36 square miles. What is the area, in square yards, of this town? (1 mile = 1,760 yards)
A) 404 B) 7,674 C) 710,459 D) 13,505,536
D) 13,505,536
At two weeks old, the time their critical socialization period begins, wolves can smell but cannot yet see or hear. Domesticated dogs, _______ can see, hear, and smell by the end of two weeks. This relative lack of sensory input may help explain why wolves behave so differently around humans than dogs do: from a very young age, wolves are more wary and less exploratory. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A) in other words, B) for instance, C) by contrast, D) accordingly,
C) by contrast,
cube: V= s3 sphere:4/3(3.14)r3
A cube has an edge length of 68 inches. A solid sphere with a radius of 34 inches is inside the cube, such that the sphere touches the center of each face of the cube. To the nearest cubic inch, what is the volume of the space in the cube not taken up by the sphere?
A) 149,796 B) 164,500 C) 190,955 D) 310,800
A) 149,796
I went on with my day’s business tranquilly; but ever and anon vague suggestions kept wandering across my brain of reasons why I should quit Thornfield; and I kept involuntarily framing advertisements and pondering conjectures about new situations: these thoughts I did not think to check; they might germinate and bear fruit if they could. Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
A) To convey a contrast between Jane’s outward calmness and internal restlessness B) To emphasize Jane’s loyalty to the people she works for at Thornfield Hall C) To demonstrate that Jane finds her situation both challenging and deeply fulfilling D) To describe Jane’s determination to secure employment outside of Thornfield Hall
A) To convey a contrast between Jane’s outward calmness and internal restlessness