Module I: Reading and Writing

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The number of people in the US with myopia, or nearsightedness, has increased by over 16 percent since 1971. However, the problem is much more ______ in Southeast Asia, where an estimated 80 to 90 percent of students with twelve years of schooling have the condition. In a review published in 2005, researchers determined that genetics are not the only factor contributing to myopia, but environmental and social factors may play a part as well.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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pronounced
advocated
prescribed
articulated
The following text is from Agatha Christie’s 1922 novel The Secret Adversary. Tommy is one of the founders of a detective agency, Young Adventurers Ltd, and is following a suspect.
It was at this juncture that Tommy lost his head. What he ought to have done, what any sane man would have done, was to remain patiently where he was and wait for his man to come out again. What he did do was entirely foreign to the sober common sense which was, as a rule, his leading characteristic.
As used in the text, what does the word “foreign” most nearly mean?

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Contrary
Exiled
Exotic
Remote
Breaking from a tendency of Irish authors to be immensely critical of life in Ireland itself, poet Seamus Heaney instead depicted his home culture with _____, as shown in poems such as “Digging” and “Alphabets.” These compositions suggest an appreciation for Irish rural life while also registering Heaney’s sense of unease when returning to his roots.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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ambivalence
recrimination
exasperation
flattery
In his 1981 work From Bauhaus to Our House, Tom Wolfe argued that a spirit of ____ had overwhelmed architecture in the United States: where the 1800s and the early 1900s accommodated an array of styles, the mid-1900s were increasingly dominated by predictable “glass boxes,” in Wolfe’s view.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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transcendence
pragmatism
miscellany
homogeneity
The Jiroft culture is a hypothetical society that lived in modern-day Iran in the third millennium BCE. The first indication of the culture was found in 2001 when scientists evaluated confiscated artifacts, but many were skeptical of the find because it did not have an archaeological context and may have contained forgeries. However, the site of Konar Sandal in Iran is now being excavated, and archaeologists have discovered two mounds, a citadel, and tablets with an unknown script that may prove to be a vital link to understanding whether the Jiroft culture actually existed.
What is the main purpose of the text?

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It casts doubt on the existence of an ancient culture.
It reveals flaws in the theory that an ancient culture existed
It outlines the current understanding of an ancient culture.
It presents incompatible findings regarding an ancient culture.
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