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100
I remember seeing him appear in front of me like I was coming up from underwater and trying to swerve but I was barely standing and I walked right into him and he caught me as I fell, his one good arm around my back, saying over and over, “All right, easy now, easy, you’re done, keep walking, walk it off,” like he was gentling a horse. I threw up on the infield grass.
“What we have here,” he was saying, “is a failure to communicate. Stay within yourself, I said. Don't drain the well, I said.”
Based on the passage, when Falvo says, “Don’t drain the well”, he most probably means
A) don’t use up all of your energy.
B) don’t get sick.
C) don’t try to outdo one another.
D) don’t quit before you’re finished.
A) don’t use up all of your energy.
100
He turned to me. “I don’t want you doing anything stupid, Mosher. Some of these boys have been at it for a while. Don’t think about them, think about yourself.”
I shrugged.
“Pace yourself. Let them do what they do. They’ll be about thirty yards ahead after the first lap. Don’t bring it home as best you can. OK?”
“Sure,” I said.
“Remember, it’s a time trial. Not a race.”
In the context of the passage, “I shrugged” and “‘Sure,’ I said” mainly serve to show the narrator’s
A) shyness.
B) dismissiveness.
C) dishonesty.
D) hostility.
B) dismissiveness.
100
According to the graph, the number of autocracies in 1975 was less than the number of
A) democracies in 1950.
B) democracies in 1995.
C) autocracies in 2011.
D) democracies in 2011.
D) democracies in 2011.
100
Ever since introducing coffee to Italy several centuries ago, it has been a ubiquitous part of Italian culture.
A) NO CHANGE
B) they introduced coffee
C) their introduction of coffee
D) coffee was introduced
D) coffee was introduced
100
The shorebirds risk their own survival by flying farther. Their offspring have a better chance of survival because fewer predators invade the nests.
Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?
A) Although the shorebirds risk their own survival by flying farther, their offspring have a better chance of survival because fewer predators invade the nests.
B) The shorebirds risk their own survival because they fly farther; in addition, their offspring have a better chance of survival because fewer predators invade the nests.
C) Flying farther and risking their own survival is what the shorebirds do, and this gives their offspring a better chance of survival because fewer predators invade the nests.
D) The shorebirds’ offspring have a better chance of survival, fewer predators invade their nests, and they risk their own survival by flying farther.
A) Although the shorebirds risk their own survival by flying farther, their offspring have a better chance of survival because fewer predators invade the nests.
200
When wolves were reintroduced to the park in 1995 after a 70-year absence, they preyed on elk herds that browsed trees and shrubs.The elk population, which had exploded without the wolves, dropped.
As used in the passage, “browsed” most nearly means
A) inspected.
B) skimmed.
C) destroyed.
D) grazed.
D) grazed.
200
He raised his voice over the wind. “All right, I want you all to stay contained, stay smooth. I don’t want to see anybody draining the well today—that means you, Mr. McCann.” A tall, tough-looking kid with red hair and a tight face smiled like a gunslinger.
He turned to me. “I don’t want you doing anything stupid, Mosher. Some of these boys have been at it for a while. Don’t think about them, think about yourself.”
I shrugged.
“Pace yourself. Let them do what they do. They’ll be about thirty yards ahead after the first lap. Don’t worry about them. Go out slow, feel your way, then bring it home as best you can. OK?"
“Sure,” I said.
“Remember, it’s a time trial. Not a race.”
In the context of Falvo’s instructions to the runners, the main purpose of lines “Pace... OK” is to
A) provide useful general information to the group.
B) emphasize and elaborate on advice given earlier.
C) introduce a philosophy applicable to sports and life.
D) reveal Falvo’s underlying motivation.
B) emphasize and elaborate on advice given earlier.
200
Which claim from the passage is most directly supported by the data given in the table?
A) Elk numbers in Yellowstone National Park showed an overall decline as a result of the introduction of wolves.
B) Elk numbers in Yellowstone National Park declined every year following the introduction of wolves.
C) Elk numbers in Yellowstone National Park in any given year decreased as the ratio of wolves to elk that year increased.
D) Elk numbers in Yellowstone National Park stabilized after an initial decline as wolf population numbers stabilized.
A) Elk numbers in Yellowstone National Park showed an overall decline as a result of the introduction of wolves.
200
An espresso mixed with frothed and steamed milk is a cappuccino: for example, while an espresso with just a dollop of steamed milk on top is a caffe macchiato.
A) NO CHANGE
B) is a cappuccino, for example:
C) is, a cappuccino for example--
D) is a cappuccino, for example,
D) is a cappuccino, for example,
200
Indeed, many Italian coffee enthusiasts agree that there is only one correct way to make coffee: this involves filtering water through freshly ground coffee beans at specific temperatures and pressures, which produces the concentrated form of coffee known as espresso. This type of coffee is drunk in Italy in several forms, either unadulterated or with varying amounts of milk, and each form has a different name. An espresso mixed with frothed and steamed milk is a cappuccino: for example, while an espresso with just a dollop of steamed milk on top is a caffè macchiato. There are also respected traditions about when these different coffee drinks should be consumed: while cappuccino is a popular morning drink, espresso, either plain or diluted with water, is usually the drink of choice for coffee drinkers in Italy in the afternoon and evening.
Which choice best introduces the paragraph?
A) Coffee consumption does not necessarily have to take place in a caffetteria; espresso-based drinks can also be made in the home.
B) In Italy, the fervor for the coffee-drinking experience extends beyond the drinking of coffee to the making of it and the timing of its consumption.
C) There are as many different ways to make coffee in Italy as there are coffee drinkers, and there is little agreement about which way is best.
D) Not all Italians share in this enthusiasm for coffee, of course.
B) In Italy, the fervor for the coffee-drinking experience extends beyond the drinking of coffee to the making of it and the timing of its consumption.
300
Which choice best supports the claim that increased political openness is a widespread, global trend?
A) Line 23 (“What ... transformation”)
What caused this global transformation?
B) Lines 26-27 (“Poor ... standing”)
Poor economic management by many authoritarian governments eroded their popular standing.
C) Lines 41-42 (“In today’s ... exploded”)
In today’s digital culture, the force of that factor has exploded.
D) Lines 56-59 (“According... all”)
According to one study of the world’s democratic electoral systems, Brunei may be the only country where “electoral politics has failed to put down any meaningful roots at all.”
D) Lines 56-59 (“According... all”)
According to one study of the world’s democratic electoral systems, Brunei may be the only country where “electoral politics has failed to put down any meaningful roots at all.”
300
Here is a lesson that we’re going to be taught again and again in the coming years: Most animals are not just animals. They’re also collections of Line microbes. If you really want to understand animals, you’ll also have to understand the world of microbes inside them. In other words, zoology is ecology.
Consider the western corn rootworm—a beetle that’s a serious pest of corn in the United States. The adults have strong preferences for laying eggs in corn fields, so that their underground larvae hatch into a feast of corn roots. This life cycle depends on continuous year-on-year supply of corn. Farmers can use this dependency against the rootworm, by planting soybean and corn in alternate years. These rotations mean that rootworms lay eggs into corn fields but their larvae hatch among soybean, and die.
The statement “zoology is ecology” mainly serves to
A) propose that two areas of scientific knowledge be merged.
B) point out that knowledge obtained in one field of research will lead to expertise in another.
C) assert a point about biological science that is supported by the example in the passage.
D) suggest that one field of scientific research has completely supplanted another.
C) assert a point about biological science that is supported by the example in the passage.
300
According to the table, the wolf/elk ratio experienced 
a decrease between which of the following years?
A) 1998 and 1999
B) 1999 and 2000
C) 2000 and 2001
D) 2003 and 2004
B) 1999 and 2000
300
Such coffeehouses have existed since 1640, when the first was established in Venice, and it has since become a part of Italy’s national identity. It is not uncommon in Italy for people to make two to three trips a day to their favorite caffetteria, and often people are so selective about their coffee that they will frequent only one establishment. But it is not simply the coffee that creates such enthusiasm for coffeehouses among those which love them; the social aspect of the caffetteria may play nearly as great a role as the coffee itself.
A) NO CHANGE
B) it will
C) they have
D) they had
C) they have
300
In 1924, when jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong rehearsed with fletcher Henderson's band for the first time, he shockecd Henderson by refusing to bond with the score as written and playing notes at whatever volume he wanted.
A) NO CHANGE
B) emulate
C) adhere to
D) cohere with
C) adhere to