Module I: Reading and Writing

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According to education reform advocate William Lee, incorporating hands-on learning in school curricula can ______ student engagement and understanding: he contends that experiential learning encourages active participation and deeper comprehension.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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diminish

expand

neglect

restrict

The 2020 film Nomadland captures the journey of a woman through the American West after losing everything in the Great Recession. The film ______ the resilience and spirit of individuals in the face of life-altering circumstances.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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negates

obscures

commemorates

trivializes

Disputing the assertion that the scientific journals should propagate a consolidated stance on quantum theory, editor Hiro Tanaka facilitated the development and dissemination of an array of scholars' theories by endorsing their intellectual autonomy. Tanaka's humility was in stark contrast to the editorial approaches of Sophia Bell and Marco Giovanni, whose selections for their publications were more ______.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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empirical

prescriptive

sporadic

informal

The interpretation of the ritualistic significance of the Venus figurines in Upper Paleolithic Europe has been ______ by recent isotopic analyses of trace elements found on these artifacts, suggesting that their use extended beyond fertility symbols to include roles in trade and social hierarchy. This revelation invites scholars to reframe their conceptual models concerning prehistoric symbolic systems.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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evidenced

elucidated

subverted

augmented

The following text is from Robert Frost’s 1916 poem The Road Not Taken.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

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The speaker shares a physical description of a place, then details the emotions it elicits.

The speaker explains a complex situation, then offers an unconventional solution.

The speaker regrets a past choice, then relives the moment of indecision.

The speaker presents a metaphorical choice, then describes his careful consideration.

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