Module I: Reading and Writing

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The Iguazu Falls, which lie on the border between Argentina and Brazil, are a popular and _____ tourist destination. The waterfalls have been visited by people from all over the world for over a century, and they are often cited as one of the most impressive natural wonders on Earth.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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fleeting
revered
obscure
precarious
The following text is from Minds Make Societies: How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create by Pascal Boyer.
It is not that people wrongly think of an arbitrary grouping as a real social group. Rather, as the psychologist Toshio Yamagishi pointed out, the mistake is for participants to assume that they are engaging in a social exchange interaction, in which people can reciprocate favors.
As used in the text, what does the word "assume" most nearly mean?
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believe.
pretend.
undertake.
guess.
The following text is adapted from Agatha Christie's 1923 novel The Big Four. The narrator is speaking with Hercule Poirot, a notoriously stubborn detective.
"Don't go," I urged. "Cancel your passage and come out on the same boat with me."
Poirot drew himself up and glanced at me reproachfully
"Ah, it is that you do not understand! I have passed my word, you comprehend—the word of Hercule Poirot. Nothing but a matter of life or death could detain me now."
"And that's not likely to occur," I murmured ruefully.
As used in the text, what does the word "reproachfully" most nearly mean?
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Disapprovingly
Indifferently
DulIy
Compassionately
Given that the conditions in binary star systems should make planetary formation nearly impossible, it's not surprising that the existence of planets in such systems has lacked _____ explanation. Roman Rafikov and Kedron Silsbee shed light on the subject when they used modeling to determine a complex set of factors that could support planets' development.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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discernible
a straightforward
an inconclusive
an unbiased
In Nature Poem (2017), Kumeyaay poet Tommy Pico portrays his _____ the natural world by honoring the centrality of nature within his tribe's traditional beliefs while simultaneously expressing his distaste for being in wilderness settings himself.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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responsiveness to
ambivalence toward
renunciation of
mastery over
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