Module I: Reading and Writing

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The Apollo Moon landings (1969-1972) brought atmospheric sensors and soil to the Moon and produced large amounts of data. Researcher Noah Petro, who is investigating the geology of the Moon, continues to investigate Apollo's data, demonstrating that the missions’ value to science is ______.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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controversial
ongoing
original
displaced
The following text is from Amy Tan's 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club. The narrator describes practicing the piano when she was a child.
"For the talent show, I was to play a piece called 'Pleading Child' from Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood. It was a simple, moody piece that sounded more difficult than it was. I was supposed to memorize the whole thing, playing the repeat parts twice to make the piece sound longer. But I dawdled over it, playing a 1few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed. I never really listened to what I was playing. I daydreamed about being somewhere else, about being someone else."
Based on the text, when the narrator describes herself as "cheating," what does she most likely mean?
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She was gaining an unfair advantage over other contestants in the talent show.
She was deceiving her piano teacher.
She was violating an expectation about how to perform the piece.
She was lying to herself about her musical ability.
The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction is a crowdsourced project started in 2001 by lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower to record terms that originated in science fiction. Volunteers share digitized excerpts from personal collections of sci-fi magazines not typically preserved in libraries ______that allow the earliest uses of phrases such as “warp speed” (1932) to be identified and added to the dictionary.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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negotiations
resolutions
justifications
contributions
Today's theater stages are frequently filled with props and scenery to immerse the audience in a play's world. Because theatergoers have grown used to carefully designed sets, plays with few visual elements can surprise audiences. But simple, unadorned stages were likely ______ audiences in the very distant past: highly decorated and detailed sets were not common until the 1500s.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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avoided by
expected by
conforming to
disliked by
Having trouble getting rid of weeds? One surprising solution may be to start eating them. Sheep sorrel and wood sorrel are two edible plants that are usually considered weeds in North America. These and other plants like them are sometimes more flavorful than are some plants that people grow as food.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
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To suggest an unexpected solution to a problem.
To discuss the best way to garden.
To describe how good some plants taste.
To identify a new cooking trend.
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