Farmhouse Interior, painted in the realist style by Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, depicts a peasant woman knitting at a table while a cat sits underneath. The realists' emphasis on accurately portraying the experiences of average working people was largely a rejection of the romantic style evident in many paintings by Pierre-Auguste Cot, which instead ________ blank their subjects' positive traits, altering subjects to appear more beautiful or heroic than they actually were.Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Cacao was domesticated in South America. Its physical structure is no longer identical to the structure of the wild plant it is descended from. Maize (corn) also________ blank its wild ancestor. That ancestor plant had a few small kernels. Indigenous people in Mexico carefully bred the crop until it had numerous fleshy kernels.Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

The collectibles market is one of the most difficult segments of the consumer economy to ________ blank. Few economists would have predicted, for example, that the prices of vintage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures would soar in the 2010s, but soar they did.Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Chengdu, China, was named a City of Gastronomy by UNESCO in 2010, a title that ________ blank that Chengdu has a unique and vibrant food culture worthy of celebration.Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

The following text is from Louise Erdrich’s 1986 novelThe Beet Queen.Celestine takes her infant daughter with her to the butcher shop where she makes sausages.Sometimes Celestine turned around and met the direct gaze of her daughter, a look so penetrating that Celestine’s breath caught. She dropped the spice, the string, the knife she was using, and took the girl up in her arms, ready for her to speak as if a spell had suddenly lifted.When the baby flexed her entire body and struggled to free herself, Celestine put her down. No matter how thorough Celestine’s exhaustion, no matter how little sleep she’d had, there was a nerve of excitement running through each hour.Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?