English
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
The professor lectured on the history of astronomy while students scribbled notes furiously.
A. No Change
B. astronomy. While
C. astronomy; while
D. astronomy
A. No Change
The main purpose of the passage is to:
A. highlight changes in the flower industry from the seventeenth century through today.
B. examine the way certain plants have been represented in art over the centuries.
C. provide an overview of plant viruses and the way they affect the flower market.
D. explain a particular flower variation and how it has been perceived historically.
D. explain a particular flower variation and how it has been perceived historically.
While training for a triathlon, Stella swam x miles each minute for 30 minutes, biked y miles each minute for 90 minutes, and ran z miles each minute for 45 minutes. Which of the following represents the total number of miles completed by Stella during her training?
A. 165xyz
B. 165+xyz
C. 165+x+y+z
D. 165(x+y+z)
E. 30x+90y+45z
E. 30x+90y+45z
Refer to Science Passage:
Which of the following statements about the relationship between the number of A. percula per tank and the average SGR is consistent with the results of Experiment 2? On average, as the number of A. percula per tank increased, the average SGR:
A. increased only.
B. decreased only.
C. remained the same.
D. varied with no general trend.
B. decreased only.
You should try in finding a new pair of shoes that don't squeak when you walk.
A. NO CHANGE (in finding)
B. to find
C. with finding
D. for finding
B. to find
I had no idea that he did this. Before he planned our entire trip.
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
F. No Change
G. this. He planned
H. this. Although he planned
J. this. Planning
G. this. He planned
Question 2 refers to the {YELLOW highlighted passage text}.
The main point of the highlighted paragraph is that:
A. modern Rembrandt tulips have been painted by many of today’s most famous artists.
B. compared to seventeenth-century broken tulips, today’s multicolored tulips are less visually appealing.
C. the tulip break known as Semper Augustus was a striking example of the seventeenth-century broken tulip.
D. Rembrandt was responsible for painting the most famous tulip breaks of his time.
B. compared to seventeenth-century broken tulips, today’s multicolored tulips are less visually appealing.
A rectangle with an area of 54 square inches has a length of 9 inches. What is the perimeter of the rectangle, in inches?
A. 6
B. 12
C. 15
D. 25
E. 30
E. 30
Refer to Science Passage:
Based on the results of Experiment 1, if Experiment 2 were repeated except that all the A. percula were fed Diet R, would the average SGRs more likely have been lower or higher for each group?
A. Lower; on average, A. percula fed Diet R had an SGR 0.05 percent/day less than those fed Diet T.
B. Lower; on average, A. percula fed Diet R had an SGR 0.10 percent/day less than those fed Diet T.
C. Higher; on average, A. percula fed Diet R had an SGR 0.05 percent/day greater than those fed Diet T.
D. Higher; on average, A. percula fed Diet R had an SGR 0.10 percent/day greater than those fed Diet T.
C. Higher; on average, A. percula fed Diet R had an SGR 0.05 percent/day greater than those fed Diet T.
I would of arrived on time if traffic hadn't been so terrible this morning.
F. NO CHANGE (would of arrived on)
G. would have arrived at
H. would have arrived on
J. would of arrived at
H. would have arrived on
Marching through the snow-covered battlefield, the harsh winter nearly defeated the general's army.
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
A. No Change
B. the general’s army was nearly defeated by the harsh winter.
C. the winter was harsh and nearly defeated the general’s army.
D. defeat threatened the general’s army because of the harsh winter.
B. the general’s army was nearly defeated by the harsh winter.
It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that some seventeenth-century tulip growers believed tulip breaks were mainly caused by:
A. suppliers’ storage conditions.
B. diseased tulip bulbs.
C. certain growing techniques.
D. certain weather patterns.
C. certain growing techniques.
In a rubber band factory, 50 rubber bands are randomly selected from a day's production batch to test for quality assurance. Of the 50 rubber bands, 3 are defective. Based on this information, how many of the 10,000 rubber bands produced by the factory daily would be expected to have defects?
A. 3
B. 150
C. 300
D. 600
E. 3,000
D. 600
Refer to Science Passage:
Suppose that, in the experiments, 1 g of food were added to each tank at each feeding. A total of how many grams of food would have been placed into an individual tank each day?
A. 1 g
B. 3 g
C. 12 g
D. 36 g
B. 3 g
Although over twenty people were suspected with being witches in colonial Salem, no hard evidence was ever brought to trials.
A. NO CHANGE (with)
B. of
C. about
D. into
B. of
Viruses contain genetic material, they cannot reproduce without a host cell.
Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
A. No Change
B. Although viruses contain
C. Viruses containing
D. Viruses that contain
B. Although viruses contain
Question 4 refers to the {PINK highlighted passage text}.
The information in the highlighted text primarily functions to:
A. describe the range of potential tulip colors.
B. explain how the color variation in a broken tulip occurs.
C. argue that yellow and white are the only natural tulip colors.
D. indicate why broken tulips contain no anthocyanin.
B. explain how the color variation in a broken tulip occurs.
A positive integer has a reminder of 2 when divided by 3, and a remainder of 3 when divided by 5. Which of the following could be the integer?
A. 204
B. 218
C. 224
D. 249
B. 218
Refer to Science Passage:
How many A. percula were placed in each of the tanks in Experiment 1?
A. 1
B. 4
C. 10
D. 16
C. 10
Refer to the reading passage:
According to the passage, in the seventeenth century, the fact that broken tulip bulbs tended to produce fewer and smaller offsets compared to typical tulip bulbs resulted in:
A. a decrease in the demand for broken tulips.
B. a fear among growers that broken tulips were diseased.
C. an increase in prices for broken tulips.
D. a desire among growers to plant a wider variety of crops.
C. an increase in prices for broken tulips.
Although the phone conversation was brief in duration, Angel felt she had learned all of the information she needed.
Which choice is least redundant in context?
A. No Change
B. brief
C. brief and short in duration
D. brief in time
B. brief
Question 5 refers to the {GREEN highlighted passage text}.
The highlighted paragraph differs from the rest of the passage in that it:
A. questions whether the virus that caused broken tulips was harmful to bulbs.
B. argues that growers should have dealt with broken tulips differently.
C. challenges the idea that broken tulips were beautiful.
D. presents a personal meditation on broken tulips.
D. presents a personal meditation on broken tulips.
6 is the 1st number in a sequence of numbers. Each term after the 1st term is 4 less than 2 times the preceding number. What is the 5th number in the sequence?
A. 68
B. 36
C. 20
D. -24
E. -56
B. 36
Refer to Science Passage:
Which of the following was a dependent variable in Experiment 1?
A. Volume of seawater in each tank
B. Specific growth rate
C. Diet fed to the A. percula
D. Stocking density of the A. percula
B. Specific growth rate
Refer to the reading passage:
In the passage, the author compares broken tulips as they are represented in Rembrandt’s paintings to:
A. peach-tree blossoms.
B. paint powders sprinkled on the ground.
C. a painting hastily done with a thick brush.
D. intricately marbleized papers.
D. intricately marbleized papers.