Module I: Reading and Writing

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In her 2017 poem "The Kiss," Sasha Pimentel contemplates Gustav Klimt's painting The Kiss, presenting a nuanced imaginative response to Klimt's piece that goes beyond mere description. _____ rather than simply presenting the painting's elements in a straightforward way, Pimentel uses the painting's depiction of a couple embracing as a vehicle for exploring themes of beauty and love.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
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Meanwhile,
That is,
Furthermore,
For example,
A number of recording artists Indigenous music with other musical styles. For example, Choctaw singer-songwriter Samantha Crain incorporated elements of Choctaw hymns into folk- pop on her single "When We Remain," and Wayuu singer- songwriter Lido Pimienta combined Afro- Indigenous music from Colombia with Latin pop on her album Miss Colombia.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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Castigate
Invalidate
Coalesce
Disparage
The Cave of Beasts paintings-stencils of hands and paintings of human and animal figures found in what is now Libya and dating from up to 7,000 years ago-are thought of as art today, but the question of whether the people of the time understood the paintings as something akin to art in our modern sense or in some other way entirely still _____ scientists, inspiring them to delve into more research to find the answer
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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Nonplus
Succumb
Repeal
Reciprocate
"Domesticated thousands of years ago in South America, the chili pepper diverges in structure from its wild progenitors. In the case of maize (corn), another crop domesticated in the Americas, its resemblance to any wild plant is not immediately apparent, but genetic research has recently _____ the hypothesis that its ancestor is the teosinte grass."
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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Unravel
Circumscribe
Embolden
Corroborate
Geneticist Elaine Ostrander led an international collaboration in which Jocelyn Plassais and other researchers investigated the evolutionary history of size variation in modern dogs. The researchers identified multiple versions of the gene regulating the production of IGF-1 (insulin- like growth factor 1) in dogs and found that dogs of the same breed consistently share the same version of the gene. In a discussion of the study, a student hypothesizes that small breeds of dogs (for example, toy poodles) must share a version that represses IGF-1 production that would otherwise confer larger body size.
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken the student's claim?
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The majority of the most prevalent dog breeds have limited activity in the gene that regulates IGF-1 production.
The gene that regulates IGF-1 production is not the only gene that influences body size in dogs but is the only such gene that shows within-breed version consistency.
The degree of size variation among dogs is greater than that of any other land-based mammal.
Certain large dog breeds, such as Great Danes, have been found to share the same version of the IGF-1 gene as toy poodles.
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