Module I: Reading and Writing

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In the search for new impact craters on Mars, the roles of seismic monitoring and orbital imaging as data sources are ______ when vibrations detected with seismic monitoring indicate roughly where an impact has occurred, researchers can use orbital images of that relatively limited area of the rocky surface to precisely locate a new crater.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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interchangeable
exhaustive
redundant
complementary
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
Bert terHart is a Canadian sailor.
Seaburban is a sailboat.
terHart sailed Seaburban on a nonstop, 266-day journey around the world.
Jesse Martin is an Australian sailor.
Lionheart is a sailboat.
Martin sailed Lionheart on a nonstop, 328-day journey around the world.
The student wants to compare the durations of the two sailors' journeys. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

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Both Martin and terHart embarked on sailing journeys around the world.
Martin's journey took place aboard Lionheart, while terHart sailed on Seaburban.
Canadian sailor Bert terHart sailed Seaburban around the world in 266 days.
Martin's 328-day journey around the world took longer than terHart's 266-day journey.
Recordings of electrical activity in the brain, ______ increased activity in brain areas associated with suppressing motor functions.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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the most highly skilled soccer players responding to hypothetical match scenarios have electrograms that show
responses to hypothetical match scenarios show that the most highly skilled soccer players have electrograms with
electrograms show that while responding to hypothetical match scenarios, the most highly skilled soccer players have
hypothetical match scenario responses show that the most highly skilled soccer players captured in electrograms have
The following text is from Robert Lowell’s 1964 poem “For the Union Dead.” The South Boston Aquarium closed permanently in 1954.
The old South Boston Aquarium stands
in a Sahara of snow now. Its broken windows are boarded.
The bronze weathervane cod has lost half its scales.
The airy tanks are dry.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

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To contrast the effects of different kinds of weather on a building
To argue that a building should be rehabilitated
To describe details of the deteriorated state of a building
To explain why a once-popular building was abandoned
Bertie Marshall, a key figure in the history of steel band music in Trinidad and Tobago, made several innovations to the steel ______ wheels so the instrument could be easily transported during Carnival, a cover to protect the pans from the sun, and amplification so the sound of the pans could be better heard over large crowds and other instrumentation.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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drum;
drum;
drum;
drum:
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