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1. Over the course of the passage, the narrator's attitude shifts from...
C) Uncertainty of his motives to recognition of them
6. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
A. Lines 20-21
11. Which choice best summarizes the first paragraph of the passage (lines 1-35)?
C. Population growth and demographic inversion are distinct phenomena...
16. The passage implies that American cities in 1974...
C. had a traditional four-zone structure
21. Chart 2 suggests which of the following about population change in the 1990s?
D. The US population as a whole grew more in the 1990s than in the 1980s.
2. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
D) Lines 56-57
7. Which choice best describes the narrator's view of his expedition to the North Pole?
B. Absurd but necessary
12. According to the passage, members of which group moved away from central-city areas in large numbers in the early 2000s?
D. African Americans
17. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
C. Lines 66-71
22. The primary purpose of the passage is to...
A. present the background of a medical breakthrough
3. As used in lines 1-2, "not readily verifiable" most nearly means...
D. Not completely understood
8. The question the narrator asks in lines 30-31 most nearly implies that...
D. Reaching the North Pole has no foreseeable benefit to humanity
13. In line 34, "flat" is closest in meaning to...
A. Static
18. As used in line 68, "conducted" is closest in meaning to...
A. Carried out
23. The author's attitude toward pharming is best described as one of...
C. appreciation
C) show that the narrator feels himself to be influenced by powerful and independent forces
9. As used in line 49, "take the slightest interest in" most nearly means...
D. have curiosity about
14. According to the passage, which choice best describes the current financial situation in many major American cities?
B. Economic hardship due to promises made in past years
19. The author of the passage would most likely consider the information in chart 1 to be...
B. Possibly accurate but too crude to be truly informative
24. As used in line 20, "expert" most nearly means...
C. capable
5. The narrator indicates that many previous explorers seeking the North Pole have...
A) perished in the attempt
10. As used in line 50, "bearing" most nearly means...
A) carrying
15. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
A. Lines 36-39 ("America's... decadeds")
20. According to Chart 2, the years 2000-2010 were characterized by...
A. less growth in metropolitan areas of all sizes than had taken place in the 1990s
25. What does the author suggest about the transgenic studies done in the 1980s and 1990s?
B. They were not expected to yield products ready for human use.