Module I: Reading and Writing

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Portable video game consoles and other small electronic devices tend to __________ batteries that can't be easily taken out and swapped for new ones. Environmental policy researcher Carl Dalhamnar warns that when these internal batteries stop working, the devices are usually thrown away, becoming harmful waste.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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contain
prepare
imagine
discover
A team of archaeologists examined 150 spherically shaped limestone rocks called spheroids that date back about 1.4 million years, concluding that early hominins intentionally chipped away at rocks to form these spheroids over time. The fact that their attempt to make the stones as round as possible was __________ suggests that early hominins may have been more cognitively sophisticated than previously thought.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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concerning
comparable
sympathetic
deliberate
The following text is adapted from George Bernard Shaw's 1905 play Major Barbara.
LADY BRITOMART: You must learn to face life seriously, Stephen. I really cannot bear the whole burden of our family affairs any longer. You must advise me: you must assume the responsibility.
STEPHEN: I?
LADY BRITOMART: Yes, you, of course. You were 24 last June.
As used in the text, what does the word "assume" most nearly mean?
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Infer
Mimic
Undertake
Presuppose
The following text is from Jerome K. Jerome's 1889 novel Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog). The narrator and two friends are taking a boat down the River Thames in England.
In a boat, I have always noticed that it is the fixed idea of each member of the crew that he is doing everything. Harris's notion was, that it was he alone who had been working, and that both George and I had been imposing upon him. George, on the other hand, ridiculed the idea of Harris's having done anything more than eat and sleep, and had a cast-iron opinion that it was he—George himself—who had done all the labour worth speaking of.
Which choice best describes the main purpose of the text?
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To give an overview of a particular situation that the narrator finds startling.
To examine how the narrator and his friends each contributed to navigating a challenge.
To present the narrator's generalization along with supporting examples from a specific situation.
To convey the narrator's confidence that he understands the role expected of him in a group.
Saturn is the first planet in our solar system to be discovered to have more than 100 moons orbiting around it. A team of astronomers using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) in Hawaii detected 62 undiscovered moons that were previously too small or too dim to see. Saturn now outranks Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most observed moons.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
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To note a new finding about the number of Saturn's moons.
To explain how the CFHT works.
To describe the atmospheric conditions of Jupiter.
To discuss the history of Hawaii.
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