Reading: Information & Ideas
["The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World", #13]
As used in line 45, “post” most nearly means
(A) publish.
(B) transfer.
(C) assign.
(D) denounce.
(A) publish.
["The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World," #11]
The references to the shoemaker, the programmer, and the apple farmer in lines 37-40 (“We can easily . . . community”) primarily serve to
(A) illustrate the quality of products and services in countries around the world.
(B) emphasize the broad reach of technologies used to connect people.
(C) demonstrate that recommendations made online are trustworthy.
(D) call attention to the limits of the expansion of the global economy.
(B) emphasize the broad reach of technologies used to connect people.
["Lessons from the Torpid", #27]
What information discussed in paragraph 10 (lines 58-69) is represented by the graph?
A) The information in lines 58-62 (“Recent . . . reported”)
B) The information in lines 62-64 (“These . . . hibernation”)
C) The information in lines 64-66 (“Lolling . . . circulation”)
D) The information in lines 67-69 (“It’s . . . strokes”)
A) The information in lines 58-62 (“Recent . . . reported”)
["A Nod to Nodding Off", #9]
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) among
(C) between
(D) into
(B) among
["Vanishing Honeybees: A Threat to Global Agriculture", #19]
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) is a pretty big deal.
(C) can’t be put on the back burner.
(D) cannot be ignored.
(D) cannot be ignored.
["Emma", #2]
Which choice best summarizes the first two paragraphs of the passage (lines 1-14)?
(A) Even though a character loses a parent at an early age, she is happily raised in a loving home.
(B) An affectionate governess helps a character to overcome the loss of her mother, despite the indifference of her father.
(C) Largely as a result of her father’s wealth and affection, a character leads a contented life.
(D) A character has a generally comfortable and fulfilling life, but then she must recover from losing her mother.
(A) Even though a character loses a parent at an early age, she is happily raised in a loving home.
["Lessons from the Torpid", #23]
What main effect do the quotations by Andrews in lines 10-18 have on the tone of the passage?
A) They create a bleak tone, focusing on the difficulties hibernators face during the winter.
B) They create a conversational tone, relating scientific information in everyday language.
C) They create an ominous tone, foreshadowing the dire results of Andrews’s research.
D) They create an absurd tone, using images of animals acting as if they were human.
B) They create a conversational tone, relating scientific information in everyday language.
["Lessons from the Torpid", #28]
Which statement about the effect of hibernation on the seven bears is best supported by the graph?
A) Only one of the bears did not experience an appreciable change in its total plasma cholesterol level.
B) Only one of the bears experienced a significant increase in its total plasma cholesterol level.
C) All of the bears achieved the desirable plasma cholesterol level for humans.
D) The bear with the lowest total plasma cholesterol level in its active state had the highest total plasma cholesterol level during hibernation.
A) Only one of the bears did not experience an appreciable change in its total plasma cholesterol level.
["A Nod to Nodding Off", #3]
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) have spent
(C) spends
(D) are spent
(C) spends
["A Nod to Nodding Off", #1]
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) see an annual loss of $63.2 billion each year
(C) lose $63.2 billion annually
(D) have a yearly loss of $63.2 billion annually
(C) lose $63.2 billion annually
["Emma", #6]
As used in line 54, “want” most nearly means
(A) desire.
(B) lack.
(C) requirement.
(D) request.
(B) lack.
["Why Efforts to Bring Extinct Species Back from the Dead Miss the Point", #44]
The reference to the “black-footed ferret and the northern white rhino” (line 64) serves mainly to
(A) emphasize a key distinction between extinct and living species.
(B) account for types of animals whose numbers are dwindling.
(C) provide examples of species whose gene pools are compromised.
(D) highlight instances of animals that have failed to adapt to new habitats.
(C) provide examples of species whose gene pools are compromised.
["The Case for Reviving Extinct Species" & "Why Efforts to Bring Extinct Species Back from the Dead Miss the Point", #47]
Which choice would best support the claim that the authors of Passage 2 recognize that the “imagination soars” (line 24, Passage 1) in response to de-extinction technology?
(A) Lines 28-30 (“The . . . news”)
(B) Lines 30-33 (“Yet . . . crisis”)
(C) Lines 58-59 (“That . . . altogether”)
(D) Lines 61-63 (“For . . . diversity”)
(A) Lines 28-30 (“The . . . news”)
["A Nod to Nodding Off", #8]
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) gently wake
(C) gently to wake
(D) gentle waking of
(B) gently wake
["A Nod to Nodding Off", #6]
At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.
“Even fifteen-minute power naps improve alertness, creativity, and concentration.”
Should the writer make this addition here?
(A) Yes, because it demonstrates that the benefits of napping can be gained without sacrificing large amounts of work time.
(B) Yes, because it explains the methodology of the studies mentioned in the previous sentence.
(C) No, because a discussion of the type of nap workers take is not important to the writer’s main point in the paragraph.
(D) No, because it contradicts the writer’s discussion of napping in the previous sentences.
(A) Yes, because it demonstrates that the benefits of napping can be gained without sacrificing large amounts of work time.
["The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World", #14 & #15]
The author indicates that, in comparison to individuals, traditional organizations have tended to be
(A) more innovative and less influential.
(B) larger in size and less subject to regulations.
(C) less reliable and less interconnected.
(D) less efficient and more expensive.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous
question?
(A) Lines 22-26 (“Empowered . . . connectedness”)
(B) Lines 40-42 (“We no longer . . . ideas”)
(C) Lines 47-50 (“We are moving . . . socialstructing”)
(D) Lines 66-72 (“amplified . . . ease”)
(D) less efficient and more expensive.
(D) Lines 66-72 (“amplified . . . ease”)
["The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World", #16 & #17]
The author recognizes counterarguments to the position she takes in the passage by
(A) acknowledging the risks and drawbacks associated with new technologies and social networks.
(B) admitting that some people spend too much time unproductively on the Internet.
(C) drawing an analogy between conditions today and conditions in the Soviet Union of the 1960s and 1970s.
(D) conceding that the drawbacks of socialstructing may prove over time to outweigh the benefits.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
(A) Lines 35-37 (“We can look . . . videos”)
(B) Lines 74-76 (“a world . . . hackers”)
(C) Lines 79-84 (“They . . . science”)
(D) Lines 85-87(“Much . . . time”)
(A) acknowledging the risks and drawbacks associated with new technologies and social networks.
(D) Lines 85-87(“Much . . . time”)
["The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World", #19]
According to the graph, which statement is true about the amount of digital information projected to be created and shared globally in 2012?
(A) Growth in digital information creation and sharing was projected to be wildly out of proportion to growth in 2011 and 2013E.
(B) The amount of digital information created and shared was projected to begin a new upward trend.
(C) The amount of digital information created and shared was projected to peak.
(D) The amount of digital information created and shared was projected to pass 2 zettabytes for the first time.
(D) The amount of digital information created and shared was projected to pass 2 zettabytes for the first time.
["Vanishing Honeybees: A Threat to Global Agriculture", #20]
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) crops, this is an expensive proposition when there is a shortage of bees.
(C) crops, an expensive proposition when there is a shortage of bees.
(D) crops; an expensive proposition when there is a shortage of bees.
(C) crops, an expensive proposition when there is a shortage of bees.
["A Nod to Nodding Off", #5] To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 3 should be placed
(A) where it is now.
(B) before sentence 1.
(C) after sentence 1.
(D) after sentence 4.
(C) after sentence 1.
["The Case for Reviving Extinct Species", #40]
As used in line 27, “deepest” most nearly means
(A) most engrossing.
(B) most challenging.
(C) most extensive.
(D) most fundamental.
(D) most fundamental.
["Lessons from the Torpid", #20]
The passage is written from the perspective of someone who is
A) actively involved in conducting hibernator research.
B) a participant in a recent debate in the field of cardiology.
C) knowledgeable about advances in hibernator research.
D) an advocate for wildlife preservation.
C) knowledgeable about advances in hibernator research.
["The Case for Reviving Extinct Species" & "Why Efforts to zbring Extinct Species Back from the Dead Miss the Point", #46]
How would the authors of Passage 2 most likely respond to the “prospect” referred to in line 21, Passage 1?
(A) With approval, because it illustrates how useful de-extinction could be in addressing widespread environmental concerns.
(B) With resignation, because the gradual extinction of many living species is inevitable.
(C) With concern, because it implies an easy solution to a difficult problem.
(D) With disdain, because it shows that people have little understanding of the importance of genetic diversity.
(C) With concern, because it implies an easy solution to a difficult problem.
["Recipes for History: The Szathmary Cookbook Collection", #42]
A) NO CHANGE
B) work
C) worked
D) could have worked
B) work
["Vanishing Honeybees: A Threat to Global Agriculture", #22]
The writer wants a conclusion that addresses the future of efforts to combat CCD. Which choice results in the passage having the most appropriate concluding sentence?
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) Still, bee colonies have experienced such devastating losses that the consequences of the issue have been felt worldwide.
(C) Although CCD is a relatively new phenomenon, scientists have been studying other aspects of honeybees for over a century.
(D) Genetic variation in bee colonies generally improves bees’ productivity, disease resistance, and ability to regulate body temperature.
(A) NO CHANGE