PASSAGE #1
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1. The passage mainly discusses
2. The passage mentions that radar beams were used to obtain the first maps of Venus because they
3. The word “equipped” in line 9 is closest in meaning to
4. The author discusses Maxwell Montes together with the Himalayas in the passage in order to
5. The word “appreciably” in line 13 is closest in meaning to
6. The word “vast” in line 14 is closest in meaning to
7. The word “isolated” in line 17 is closest in meaning to
8. Pioneer-Venus 1 discovered that Venus had all of the following features EXCEPT
9. The Magellan spacecraft discovered that most of the surface of Venus is covered with
10. It can be inferred from the passage that scientists use the density of impact craters on Venus to determine which of the following?
PASSAGE #2
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11. What does the passage mainly discuss?
12. According to the passage, which of the following led to the creation of the town of Pullman?
13. According to the passage, George Pullman expected that the city of Pullman would
14. The word “retain” in line 7 is closest in meaning to
15. According to the passage, Pullman inhabitants were taught to do all of the following EXCEPT
16. What does the author imply about George Pullman’s attitude toward his workers in line 11?
17. The word “grievances” in line 17 is closest in meaning to
18. According to the passage, what did George Pullman do to promote tourism in the town of Pullman?
19. The passage suggests that George Pullman worked to hide which of the following from tourists?
PASSAGE #3
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20. What does the passage mainly discuss?
21. The word “its” in line 4 refers to
22. The author mentions “a gold rush” in line 7 in order to
23. According to the passage, what year was the Chesapeake Bay oyster harvest the largest?
24. The word “clout” in line 18 is closest in meaning to
25. According to the second paragraph, which of the following was a beneficial effect of the oyster industry?
26. According to the second paragraph, which of the following has been revealed by bathymetric surveys of the Chesapeake Bay?
27. The word “speculative” in line 24 is closest in meaning to
28. It can be inferred from the author’s description of the beamy vessel in the third paragraph that this boat was
29. It can be inferred from the passage that the Chesapeake Bay oyster beds were similar to the oyster beds along the northeastern coast in that they
PASSAGE #4
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30. The wings of insects are compared to the wings of birds and bats in terms of
31. Which of the following is a characteristic of the earliest insects known to be capable of true flight?
32. The author mentions dragonflies in the second paragraph as an example of insects whose wings are
33. The word “link” in line 12 is closest in meaning to
34. According to the passage, how do the veins of insect wings differ among species?
35. Where can open cells be found?
36. The word “they” in line 21 refers to
37. How do the forward and trailing edges of insect wings differ?
38. The word “flexible” in line 24 is closest in meaning to
39. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the capabilities of an adult insect that has recently emerged from the pupa?
40. Which of the following aspects of insects that can fly is NOT discussed in the passage?
PASSAGE #5
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41. What is the passage mainly about?
42. According to the first paragraph, a formalist evaluates a work of art in terms of
43. The first paragraph mentions all of the following as examples of artistic form EXCEPT
44. The phrase “concentrate on” in line 6 is closest in meaning to
45. Which of the following would most likely be a topic of discussion in a formalist analysis of a painting?
46. The author makes a comparison between a “wide-angle camera shot” (line 15) and the way that contextualists
47. The word “it” in line 18 refers to
48. The word “era” in line 20 is closest in meaning to
49. The phrase “stems from” in line 24 is closest in meaning to
50. According to the second paragraph, formalists claim that the weakest aspect of contextualism is which of the following?
