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Woven from recycled yarn and hand^- tufted using a carpet weaving technique passed down by the artist’s Turkish grandmother, _______ so lush and tactilely inviting that you are tempted to reach out and touch them. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Physical materials can be classified by how much light passes through them. Clear glass, which is classified as transparent, allows all (or almost all) light to pass _______ wax paper, which is classified as translucent, allows only some light to pass through. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Using natural debris, such as dried _______ such as plastic bags; and more traditional art supplies, such as tree glue, Ghanaian artist Ed Franklin Gavua creates his striking Yiiiiikakaii African masks, which he hopes can help viewers rethink how waste is used in their communities. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Latin America is known to have dozens, if not hundreds, of popular dance forms. Only five of these dances are included in international ballroom dance _______ rumba, samba, cha-cha-cha, paso doble, and jive—the last of which is grouped with the other Latin dances despite not having Latin roots. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

For thousands of years, humans have used domesticated goats (Capra hircus) to clear land of unwanted vegetation. When it comes to their diets, goats are notoriously _______ they will devour all kinds of shrubs and weeds, leaving virtually no part of any plant unconsumed. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A species of Byropsis algae produces toxins to avoid being eaten by predators. However, in some cases, the toxins the organism uses to protect itself from predation actually _______ its attractiveness to predators. The Hawaiian sea slug, for example, not only tolerates Byropsis toxins but actually uses them for protection in the same way the algae does. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

After appropriate permissions are granted, a typical archaeological dig begins with a surveyor making a detailed grid of the excavation site. Then, the site is carefully dug, and any artifacts found are recorded and mapped onto the site grid. _______ the artifacts are removed, cataloged, and analyzed in a laboratory. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

The liquid metals in Earth’s core circulate constantly, and this circulation generates electrical currents that flow between Earth’s North and South magnetic poles. These electrical currents, _______ create a barrier around Earth that protects us from radiation and charged particles coming from space. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Biographer Michael Gorra notes that the novelist Henry James “lived in a world of second thoughts,” frequently tinkering with his novels and stories after their initial publication. However, the differences between the 1881 first edition and the 1908 edition of his novel A Portrait of a Lady are extreme, even by James’s standards; _______ some critics regard the two editions as two different novels altogether. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Animal researcher Amalia P.M. Bastos led a 2021 study about a wild kea parrot that used small stones as tools to preen its feathers. Skeptical colleagues had initially suggested to Bastos that the kea’s interactions with the stones might simply be _______, but Bastos and her team showed that the kea was using the stones deliberately. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • In World War I, US soldiers who were members of the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma participated in the Choctaw Code Talkers program. • The Choctaw Code Talkers were trained to relay coded military information in their native language. • In World War II, the US Army recruited Navajo (Diné) soldiers to transmit coded messages in their native language. • These soldiers were known as the Navajo Code Talkers. The student wants to emphasize a similarity between the Choctaw Code Talkers and the Navajo Code Talkers. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • Meteorites found on Earth are divided into two categories. • A meteorite that was observed falling to Earth before being recovered is known as a meteorite fall. • All other meteorites found on Earth are known as meteorite finds. • There have been about 1,200 recorded meteorite falls. • There have been over 60,000 recorded meteorite finds. The student wants to contrast the number of meteorite falls with the number of meteorite finds. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • Doña María do Carmo Bandeira was a Brazilian botanist. • Between 1924 and 1941, she collected approximately 800 botanical samples. • She collected a sample of Polytrichum juniperinum from Serra de Itatiaia in Mauá in February of 1925. • She collected a sample of Sphagnum gracilescen from Ponte do Inferno in Corcovado in March of 1925. • Polytrichum juniperinum and Sphagnum gracilescen are both species of moss. The student wants to emphasize the sample collected from Serra de Itatiaia. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • The US government classifies sensitive information according to the degree to which disclosure could affect the nation’s security. • Information that could cause “damage” to national security is classified as Confidential. • Information that could cause “serious damage” to national security is classified as Secret. • Most routine diplomatic correspondence, if disclosed, could cause damage but not serious damage to national security. • Diplomatic correspondence includes communication with both allies and adversaries. The student wants to indicate which category most routine diplomatic correspondence belongs in, based on how sensitive information is classified. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

In 1891, design artist William Morris cofounded the Kelmscott Press, which printed editions of books using preindustrial methods. Historians argue that Morris’s repudiation of industrialization is _______ the Kelmscott editions’ use of handmade materials and intricate ornamentation reminiscent of medieval manuscripts: these meticulously handcrafted elements exemplify the artistry involved. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

- - -_who_helped - Mary Engle Pennington, a chemist advance home refrigeration, undoubtedly made a substantial impact on society, but her place in our historical memory is perhaps more _______ than that of Stephanie Kwolek, who invented the incredibly strong material known as Kevlar, an accomplishment for which she will long be remembered. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

The following text is from Betty Smith’s 1943 novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Francie, a young girl, visits the library often. Francie thought that all the books in the world were in that library and she had a plan about reading all the books in the world. She was reading a book a day in alphabetical order and not skipping the dry ones. She remembered that the first author had been Abbott. She had been reading a book a day for a long time now and she was still in the B’s. Already she had read about bees and buffaloes, Bermuda vacations and Byzantine architecture. For all her enthusiasm, she had to admit that some of the B’s had been hard going. But Francie was a reader. ©1947 by Betty Smith Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

Researchers have long hypothesized that woolly mammoths were hunted to extinction in North America by humans using spears with grooved tips known as Clovis points. One anthropologist set out to test this hypothesis. Using a mechanical spear-thrower, he launched spears with Clovis points into mounds of clay—substitutes for the animals’ large bodies. The projectiles generally penetrated only a few inches into the clay, an amount insufficient to have harmed most woolly mammoths. This led the anthropologist to conclude that hunters using spears with Clovis points likely weren’t the principal drivers of the extinction. Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

The people of medieval Europe have traditionally been seen as uninterested in cleanliness and hygiene, but modern research has shown that this is largely a myth. According to historian Eleanor Janega, most medieval towns in Europe had at least one public bathhouse, which often offered both full-immersion While amenities were available mainly to town (baths and—more affordably—steam baths.)/(dwellers, regular bathing in rivers and streams) or such/daily sponge baths at home were common practices throughout medieval Europe. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion?

Scholarly accounts of the Chicano movement—a movement that advocated for the social, political, and cultural empowerment of Mexican Americans and reached its zenith in the 1960s and 1970s—tend most militant, outspoken figures in the movement, making it seem uniformly radical. (to focus on the)/(Geographer Juan) Herrera has shown, however, that if we shift our focus toward the way the movement manifested in comparatively low-profile neighborhood institutions and projects, we see participants espousing an array of political orientations and approaches to community activism. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?

p+3 +8 = 10 What value of p is the solution to the given equation?

A manager is responsible for ordering supplies for a shaved ice shop. The shop’s inventory starts with 4,500 paper cups, and the manager estimates that 70 of these paper cups are used each day. Based on this estimate, in how many days will the supply of paper cups reach 1,700?

y > 4x+8 For which of the following tables are all the values of x and their corresponding values of y solutions to the given inequality?

Which expression is equivalent to +11^2 + x−5 x+5 x^2? +23x^2 −14

h(x) = The function h is defined by 8/(5x+6). What is h(2) the value of? -