8. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?

C. To indicate why astrobiologists choose to conduct research in the Atacama Desert

A. To contrast the conditions in the Atacama Desert with those on Mars

B. To explain why many life-forms cannot survive in the Atacama Desert

D. To describe certain limitations to conducting scientific study in the Atacama Desert

9. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?

B. It explains why it is challenging to influence transit ridership solely by altering characteristics of a transit system.

A. It presents an objection to the argument of Guerra et al. about transportation mode choice in urban areas of Mexico.

C. It illustrates the claim that a characteristic associated with high transit ridership in Mexico City is not associated with high transit ridership elsewhere.

D. It substantiates the assertion that population density, the spatial distribution of jobs, and demographic characteristics are important factors in transportation mode choice.

10. Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

B. It introduces an unresolved scientific question, presents a research team’s hypothesis pertaining to that question, and then describes an observation made by the team that conflicts with that hypothesis.

A. It describes a phenomenon that scientists do not fully understand, explains a research team’s hypothesis about that phenomenon, and then describes a finding that led the team to refine the hypothesis.

C. It discusses a process that scientists are somewhat unclear about, introduces competing hypotheses about that process, and then explains how a research team concluded that one of those hypotheses is likely correct.

D. It explains a hypothesis that has been the subject of scientific debate, discusses how a research team tested that hypothesis, and then presents data the team collected that validate the hypothesis.

11. According to the text, what was surprising to scientists studying the seismic activity data from NASA's InSight lander?

D. All the marsquakes started from the same location on the planet.

A. The surface temperature of Mars has been rising.

B. There were different types of seismic waves causing marsquakes.

C. NASA's InSight lander collected less data than scientists had expected.

12. According to the text, what do some historians suggest about Maya civilization?

A. Maya civilization acquired the use of zero from the Olmec civilization.

B. Maya civilization respected its historians more than it respected its mathematicians.

C. Maya civilization was highly secretive about its intellectual achievements.

D. Maya civilization tried to introduce its writing system to other civilizations.

14. Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement: "The passage of time is among the many obstacles faced by scientists who are pursuing de-extinction efforts—that is, efforts to use breeding or a mixture of cloning and genetic engineering to bring back extinct species. Specifically, researchers are concerned that the longer a species has been extinct, the less likely it is that a suitable habitat still exists for that species. Among candidate species for de-extinction, this problem would be especially concerning for _________."

B. saber-toothed cat (Smilodon), which became extinct 11,000 years ago.

A. passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius), which became extinct only a few years after the huia (Heteralocha acutirostris).

C. woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), which became extinct several thousand years before the saber-toothed cat (Smilodon).

D. Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis), which became extinct in 1952.

15. "The Yellow Wallpaper" is an 1892 short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In the story, the narrator expresses mixed feelings about her surroundings. Which quotation from "The Yellow Wallpaper" most effectively illustrates the claim?

C. "I’m really getting quite fond of the big room, all but that horrid [wall]paper."

A. "This wallpaper has a kind of sub-pattern in a different shade, a particularly irritating one, for you can only see it in certain lights, and not clearly then."

B. "By moonlight—the moon shines in all night when there is a moon—I wouldn’t know it was the same paper."

D. "The color is repellant, almost revolting; a smouldering, unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight."

16 . Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the statement?

B. L. pertusa declined in the Alboran Sea during a period of substantial local decline in oxygenation, but L. pertusa declined near the Mauritanian coast during a period of little local change in oxygenation.

A. A substantial increase in oxygenation in the Alboran Sea corresponded with the local decline in L. pertusa, but the opposite relationship between oxygenation and L. pertusa was found near the Mauritanian coast.

C. Oxygenation in the Alboran Sea was higher before the decline in L. pertusa than after the decline, whereas oxygenation near the Mauritanian coast was relatively low both before and after the decline in L. pertusa.

D. Oxygenation in the Alboran Sea tended to be substantially higher than oxygenation near the Mauritanian coast during the period studied.

17 . Which choice most logically completes the text: "The Younger Dryas was a period of extreme cooling from 11,700 to 12,900 years ago in the Northern Hemisphere. Some scientists argue that a comet fragment hitting Earth brought about the cooling. Others disagree, partly because there is no known crater from such an impact that dates to the beginning of the period. In 2015, a team led by Kurt Kjær detected a 19-mile-wide crater beneath a glacier in Greenland. The scientists who believe an impact caused the Younger Dryas claim that this discovery supports their view. However, Kjær’s team hasn’t yet been able to determine the age of the crater. Therefore, the team suggests that ___"

A. It can’t be concluded that the impact that made the crater was connected to the beginning of the Younger Dryas.

B. it can’t be determined whether a comet fragment could make a crater as large as 19 miles wide.

C. scientists have ignored the possibility that something other than a comet fragment could have made the crater.

D. the scientists who believe an impact caused the Younger Dryas have made incorrect assumptions about when the period began.

18 . Which choice most logically completes the text: "In 2016 biological anthropologist Heather F. Smith and her team investigated the evolution of the appendix, an intestinal organ that is present in some mammals, including humans, but is generally thought to have no function. Studying 533 mammal species, the team found that the appendix has emerged independently across multiple lineages in separate instances and, significantly, hasn’t disappeared after emerging in specific lineages. Moreover, the team determined that species with the organ tend to have higher concentrations of lymphoid tissue, which supports immune responses, in the cecum, the organ the appendix is attached to. Therefore, the team hypothesized that the appendix likely ___"

B. has been preserved in certain mammal species because it benefits their immune systems.

A. was once present in many mammal species but has since disappeared from those lineages.

C. will emerge in a greater number of mammal species because it may serve a necessary function in the immune system.

D. produced higher concentrations of lymphoid tissue in mammals in the past than it does currently.

19 . Which choice most logically completes the text?

A. The Aztecs would have disputed the idea that the morality of an individual’s actions can be assessed by appealing to standards of behavior that are independent of the individual’s social circumstances.

B. The Aztecs would not have accepted the notion that the morality of an individual’s actions can be fairly evaluated by people who do not live in the same society as that individual.

C. Actions by members of Aztec society who contributed a great deal to their community could be judged as morally good even if those actions were inconsistent with behaviors the Aztecs regarded as good in all contexts.

D. Similar actions performed by people in different social roles in Aztec society would have been regarded as morally equivalent unless those actions led to different outcomes for the community.

23 . What makes the theremin a unique musical instrument? You play it without touching it. When you place your ______, the pitch will shift as your hands move through the air. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

B. hands between the two antennas,

A. hand’s between the two antenna’s,

C. hands’ between the two antennas’,

D. hands’ between the two antennas,

26 . In 1986, conceptual artist Sophie Calle asked twenty-three people, all of whom had been born without sight, to describe "their image of beauty" in rich detail. Calle paired excerpts of these conversations with photographs—both of interviewees and the items they ______ to powerful effect in her exhibition The Blind. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

B. described, from hair to grass to sculptures—

A. described, from hair to grass to sculptures

C. described—from hair to grass to sculptures,

D. described: from hair to grass to sculptures

31 . While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - In 1859, the novel Adam Bede was published in England. - According to the novel's title page, the author's name was George Eliot. - George Eliot was widely assumed to be a pseudonym. - A pseudonym is a fake name used to conceal an author's identity. - A woman named Mary Ann Evans later revealed herself as the novel's real author. The student wants to identify the real author of Adam Bede. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A. The real author of Adam Bede was Mary Ann Evans, who published the novel using the pseudonym George Eliot.

B. George Eliot, which Adam Bede's title page indicated was the name of the novel's author, was widely assumed to be a pseudonym.

C. The title page of the novel Adam Bede indicated that the author's name was George Eliot.

D. A woman who had used a pseudonym to conceal her identity later revealed herself as the real author of Adam Bede.

32 . The student wants to specify how the salt enables energy storage. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

C. When the molten salt in a freeze-thaw battery solidifies at room temperature, energy stops flowing and can be stored in the battery.

A. Scientists have developed a freeze-thaw battery that contains molten salt, which liquefies when heated and solidifies at room temperature.

B. The stored energy in a freeze-thaw battery, which contains molten salt, can be used by reheating the battery.

D. Molten salt allows a freeze-thaw battery to retain 92% of its charge after twelve weeks.

33 . The student wants to indicate the California red-legged frog’s FWS classification category. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

D. Likely to soon become endangered, the California red-legged frog is classified as threatened by the FWS.

A. Species on the FWS list, which includes the California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii), are classified as either endangered or threatened.

B. The California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) appears on the FWS list of at-risk species.

C. According to the FWS, the California red-legged frog is in the endangered category, in danger of extinction throughout most or all of its range.

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