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 Reading and Writing (Test RT.10.24.V1)
27 QUESTIONS

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DIRECTIONS

The questions in this section address a number of important reading and writing skills. Each
question includes one or more passages, which may include a table or graph. Read each passage
and question carefully, and then choose the best answer to the question based on the passage(s).

All questions in this section are multiple-choice with four answer choices. Each question has a
single best answer.

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To assist with the development of new water-repellant The following text is adapted from John Matheus’s
materials for aviation and other applications, a team 1926 short story, “Mr. Bradford Teaches Sunday
including both engineers and entomologists conducted a School.” Mr. Bradford is driving through the
study of the water-repellant properties of cicada wings. countryside in Florida.
The team explained that the _______ experts in these two
disciplines resulted in a more comprehensive approach The moss in the towering water oaks had become
than independent efforts by experts in either discipline enlivened with a verdant sheen of silver and hung
could have achieved. like festoons of carnival or like funeral decorations
for the mourning of the dead. The pine green was
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and resplendent. The bald cypresses spread themselves
precise word or phrase? along the water courses while the willows wept as
they always did.
A) skepticism toward
B) exaggeration of Mr. Bradford was conscious of this gorgeous display
of nature.
C) distrust among
D) collaboration between As used in the text, what does the word “display” most
nearly mean?
A) Reproduction
B) Concealment
C) Pretentiousness
D) Exhibition

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Both sharks and crayfish can detect electrical fields New and interesting research conducted by Suleiman A.
around them, but the _____ of their sensitivities differs Al-Sweedan and Moath Alhaj is inspired by their
substantially. Whereas crayfish can detect fields emitted observation that though studies of the effect of high
by household electronics, those are many times stronger altitude on blood chemistry are ______, the effect on
than the fields created by water moving through Earth’s blood chemistry of living in locations below sea level,
magnetic field, which sharks are sensitive enough to such as the California towns of Niland and Heber, has
detect. received comparatively little notice.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and Which choice completes the text with the most logical
precise word or phrase? and precise word or phrase?
A) magnitude A) abundant
B) firmness B) equivocal
C) gathering C) sporadic
D) orientation D) preliminary

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The following text is adapted from Adib Khorram’s 2018 The following text is from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel
novel Darius the Great Is Not Okay. The narrator, Darius, is Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein, who is narrating
a teenager visiting family in Iran. He and his friend Sohrab this portion of text, describes the state of scientific
are at the entrance of the ruins of the ancient city of knowledge as he began his own study of the natural
Persepolis. world.

“The Gate of All Nations,” Sohrab said. He gestured to the The untaught peasant beheld the elements around
lamassus [sculptures] and pillars surrounding us. “That’s him and was acquainted with their practical uses.
the name in English.” It wasn’t much of a gate anymore, The most learned philosopher knew little more. He
since anyone of any nation could have easily stepped had partially unveiled the face of Nature, but her
around it instead of walking through. But it was still immortal lineaments were still a wonder and a
amazing. mystery. He might dissect, anatomise, and give
names; but, not to speak of a final cause, causes
Behind the lamassu, more columns sprouted from the in their secondary and tertiary grades were
ground like ancient trees in a petrified forest, forty feet utterly unknown to him. I had gazed upon the
tall, spindly but still miraculously upright. Giant stone fortifications and impediments that seemed to keep
slabs formed the remains of what must once have been a human beings from entering the citadel of nature,
breathtaking structure. and rashly and ignorantly I had repined.

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined Which choice best describes the function of the
portion of the text? underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
A) It presents an image to illustrate what one part of A) It explains what can be gained from a scientific
the ruins looks like. approach to understanding natural phenomena.
B) It emphasizes that the narrator already knows a lot B) It describes an intensely debated scientific
about the city. controversy that Victor dedicated his life to
C) It suggests that the narrator had expected to visit a resolving.
forest. C) It undermines the idea that a practical approach
D) It indicates the specific time in the past when the to understanding natural phenomena is inferior
buildings became ruins. to a scientific approach.
D) It suggests that Victor did not discover what he
wanted to know from the scientific research
available to him.

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Can field mustard plants grow on Mars? Can pea plants? The following text is adapted from Jerome K. Jerome’s
You might think the answer to these questions is 1889 novel Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the
obviously no, but researchers in the Netherlands recently Dog).
showed that the seeds of many common plant species can
germinate in soil designed to simulate Martian conditions, We [people] are creatures of the sun. We love light and
as long as water is supplied. In fact, some species actually life. That is why we crowd into the towns and cities, and
did better in Martian soil than in Earth soil: 30 percent of the country grows more and more deserted every year.
field mustard seeds sprouted when planted in simulated In the sunlight—in the daytime, when Nature is alive
Martian soil, compared with 4 percent that did when and busy all around us, we like the open hill-sides and
planted in soil from their home planet. the deep woods well enough: but in the night, when our
Mother Earth has gone to sleep, and left us waking, oh!
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text? the world seems so lonesome, and we get frightened,
like children in a silent house. Then we sit and sob, and
A) To answer long-standing questions about how
long for the gas-lit streets, and the sound of human
Martian soil conditions can be simulated on Earth
voices, and the answering throb of human life.
B) To present a surprising finding about plants grown
in soil intended to be similar to Martian soil Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
C) To discuss an unexpected result about the role of
water in plants grown in simulated Martian soil A) To address common traits that motivate many
D) To explain an important study of differences in the people to choose to live in urban environments
composition of Martian soil and the composition of B) To indicate that people sometimes experience
Earth soil feelings of isolation in crowded areas
C) To illustrate the idea that most people tend to
prefer hillsides in the country to certain aspects of
towns and cities
D) To caution people not to be so quick to dismiss
the natural beauty that can be found in rural areas

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In Hoocak, an Indigenous language from the Midwest Million of Metric Tons of Copper Mined
region of what is now the United States, paras means in 1995 and 2020
“flat,” whereas paraparac means “square.” This Country 1995 2020
phenomenon, in which an element of a root word is
repeated, sometimes with modification, within another Mexico 0.33 0.73
word that is related to the root word, is called
reduplication. In this case, the element “para” in paras United States 1.85 1.20
gets repeated in paraparac. There are many examples of
this type of reduplication in Hoocak. Peru 0.38 2.15

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined Poland 0.38 0.39
sentence in the text as a whole?
A) It emphasizes how frequently reduplication occurs in While doing research for a paper about metal exports, a
Hoocak. student finds information about copper mining in
B) It acknowledges that Hoocak has some important different countries in 1995 and 2020. The student
exceptions to the general pattern described earlier. notes that Peru produced 0.38 million metric tons of
C) It elaborates on the discussion of reduplication by copper in 1995 and _____
explaining how it works in the specific Hoocak words
introduced earlier. Which choice most effectively uses data from the table
D) It provides English translations of the Hoocak words to complete the statement?
mentioned earlier.
A) 1.20 million metric tons of copper in 2020.
B) 0.39 million metric tons of copper in 2020.
C) 2.15 million metric tons of copper in 2020.
D) 0.73 million metric tons of copper in 2020.

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Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean Sea. Indigenous Studies of the Effects of Tilling vs. No Tilling
people there started raising guinea pigs about 1,700 years on Crop Yields
ago. Guinea pigs had originally been domesticated much Authors Location Crops Crop yield Crop yield
with tilling with no
earlier in both Colombia and Peru. So were guinea pigs
(kilograms tilling
brought to Puerto Rico from Colombia or from Peru? per hectare) (kilograms
Ancient Caribbean trade routes connected Puerto Rico per hectare)
T.K. Das and
with Colombia but not with Peru. Therefore, guinea pigs India maize 2,760 4,040
colleagues
in Puerto Rico probably came from Colombia and Igor
descended from Colombian guinea pigs Bogunovic
Croatia maize 8,553 6,065
and
colleagues
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken the Vinicius
underlined claim? Brown and Brazil soybeans 3,070 2,270
colleagues
A) Guinea pigs are common in ancient Puerto Rican art, Adrian
especially in pottery. Gracia-
Zimbabwe maize 2,420 2,990
Romeo and
B) Ancient guinea pigs in Puerto Rico were genetically
colleagues
less similar to ancient guinea pigs in Colombia than
to ancient guinea pigs in Peru. Missing
C) The guinea pig population of ancient Colombia was
much larger than the guinea pig population of Which choice best describes data from the table that
ancient Peru. weaken the student’s claim?
D) Modern breeds of guinea pigs don’t look like images
A) There are some studies, such as the study by T.K.
of guinea pigs in ancient art from Puerto Rico,
Das and colleagues, that have found crop yields
Colombia, and Peru.
to be lower with tilling than without it.
B) The finding that tilling is associated with an
increase in crop yield has not been replicated
outside of Croatia.
C) The study by Bogunovic and colleagues actually
found that tilling was associated with a decrease
in crop yield rather than an increase.
D) Vinicius Brown and colleagues reported a crop
yield of 3,070 kilograms per hectare when no
tilling was used but a yield of only 2,270
kilograms per hectare when tilling was used.

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Almost all works of fiction contain references to the As exemplified by Temiar songs about landforms and
progression of time, including the time of day when landmarks and Lakota songs about gathering mouse
events in a story take place. In a 2020 study. Allen Kim, beans, ecological information can be transmitted in
Charuta Pethe, and Steven Skiena claim that an observable Indigenous songs, and in some instances is maintained
pattern in such references reflects a shift in human only in this way. Kwaxsistaha Wathl’thla, a song
behavior prompted by the spread of electric lighting in the keeper for the Kwakwaka’wakw people in Canada,
late nineteenth century. The researchers drew this collaborated with ethnobiologist Dana Lepofsky et al.,
conclusion from an analysis of more than 50,000 novels sharing songs referencing terraced intertidal clam
spanning many centuries and cultures, using software to gardens the people implemented in the past to foster
recognize and tally both specific time references—that is, healthy development of a dietary staple. Drawing on
clock phrases, such as 7 a.m. or 2:30 p.m.—and implied archaeological evidence as well, Lepofsky et al.
ones, such as mentions of meals typically associated with determined that the prevalence of the practice
a particular time of day. described in the songs corresponded with growth in
clam size and abundance despite increased harvesting
Which finding from the study, if true, would most pressure—a finding that demonstrates that ______
directly support the researchers’ conclusion?
Which choice most logically completes the text?
A) Novels published after the year 1800 include the
clock phrase 10 a.m. less often than novels published A) representation of practical applications of
before the year 1800 do. ecological knowledge is the defining
B) Among novels published in the nineteenth century, characteristic of the music of certain Indigenous
implied time references become steadily more peoples.
common than clock phrases as publication dates B) the Kwakwaka’wakw people likely would not
approach 1900. have detailed their creation of clam gardens in
C) The time references of noon (12 p.m.) and midnight songs if their efforts had hot produced
(12 a.m.) are used with roughly the same frequency significantly larger clams.
in the novels. C) the clams harvested from intertidal terraces by
D) Novels published after 1880 contain significantly Kwakwaka’wakw people in the past likely were a
more references to activities occurring after 10 p.m. different species than the clams found in those
than do novels from earlier periods. areas today.
D) effective methods for the cultivation of sources
of sustenance are among the ecological
knowledge preserved in Indigenous songs

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A group of primate conservationists recently began a Writing in hieroglyphs, ancient Egyptians recorded
long-term study of the effects of different conservation measurements using units such as the sa, a unit of _____
strategies on the white-headed langur (Trachypithecus and the khar, a unit of volume. The sa for instance, is
poliocephalus). The species population is currently written as a hieroglyph that looks like a duck or goose
estimated to be around 1,000. It is challenging to
accurately count these primates, however, which makes Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
it difficult to tell whether the population is increasing, the conventions of Standard English?
decreasing, or staying stable. The study may thus _____
A) area; the shesep; a unit of length;
B) area the shesep, a unit of length
Which choice most logically completes the text?
C) area; the shesep, a unit of length;
A) risk making inaccurate conclusions about the
D) area, the shesep; a unit of length,
effectiveness of different conservation strategies.
B) cause other conservationists to adopt a new
methodology for counting populations.
C) benefit from including species beyond the white-
headed langur.
D) fail to consider less-well-known conservation
approaches for the white-headed langur.

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Included in Serial Intent, a 2017 group exhibition at the Contrasting a high saturation color palette against
Akron Art Museum in Ohio, was the work of artist Lorna dark paper and stoneware, Atlanta-based artist Jiha
Simpson, who is best known for her multimedia artworks Moon creates fused pieces, wherein Korean folk art,
that ______ images of African American women with text Western contemporary art, and global popular culture
fragments. Her work is credited with expanding the mix. New York’s Derek Eller Gallery_____ her work in a
horizons of conceptual photographic art, and it challenges solo exhibition that ran in early 2022.
conventional notions of race gender, history, and memory.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the the conventions of Standard English?
conventions of Standard English?
A) features
A) juxtapose— B) has been featured
B) juxtapose, C) featured
C) juxtapose: D) will feature
D) juxtapose

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While the greater adjutant can be found in places like the The human shoulder contains the infraspinatus, a
Inner Gulf of Thailand and the Chhep Wildlife Sanctuary in skeletal muscle that is attached to the _____ this muscle
Cambodia, more than 80 percent of this endangered stork plays a role in rotating the upper arm.
species is found in Assam, India. There, wildlife biologist
Dr. Purnima Devi Barman is on the front lines of
conservation efforts that—through community Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
involvement and scientific ______ aim to bring adjutants the conventions of Standard English?
back from near extinction. A) scapula,
B) scapula;
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the
C) scapula
conventions of Standard English?
D) scapula that
A) study,
B) study—
C) study:
D) study

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The unconventional literary philosophy with which William Shakespeare likely arrived in London as early
Fernando Pessoa approached his writing is manifested in as 1585, at the age of 21, to pursue a career in the
the Portuguese poet’s “heteronyms,” his term for the theater. Little is known of his early years there, but by
dozens of fictional personas in whose voices he authored 1593 he was becoming known for plays such as
many of his among these personas was Ricardo Richard III. in 1599, he would delight audiences
Reis, author of classical odes in a Horatian style. with Much Ado About Nothing, considered by some to
be one of his greatest works.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the
conventions of Standard English? Which choice completes the text with the most logical
transition?
A) works: and
B) works; A) In other words,

C) works and B) Conversely,

D) work, C) Thus,
D) Later,

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Soil polluted with cadmium (a heavy metal) is harmful to While researching a topic, a student has taken the
many plants and animals, but the plant species Elodea following notes:
canadensis, or Canadian waterweed, not only thrives in
such conditions but also helps remediate them. As a • A supercontinent is a single landmass made up of
metal hyperaccumulator, Elodea canadensis absorbs a most or all of Earth’s continents.
large amount of cadmium and stores it safely in its roots • Over time, continents merge together to form
and shoots; cadmium concentrations in the soil supercontinents, which then break apart.
decrease. • This process is believed to take hundreds of millions
of years and is known as the supercontinent cycle.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical • Ur and Columbia were supercontinents.
transition? • Ur formed about 3.1 billion years ago.
• Columbia formed about 1.8 billion years ago.
A) specifically,
B) nevertheless,
The student wants to specify when Ur formed. Which
C) in addition, choice most effectively uses relevant information from
D) accordingly, the notes to accomplish this goal?
A) Ur was a supercontinent, a single landmass made
up of most or all of Earth’s continents.
B) The supercontinent Ur formed about 3.1 billion
years ago.
C) Long ago, the Earth was home to supercontinents
like Ur and Columbia.
D) Over hundreds of millions of years, the
supercontinent cycle results in supercontinents
forming and breaking apart.

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the While researching a topic, a student has taken the
following notes: following notes:

• Ixmiquilpan is a municipality in the state of Hidalgo,

• Oak Tree House is an Ancestral Puebloan dwelling
Mexico.
site located in southwestern Colorado.
• Municipalities are governmental regions responsible
• It was built under a rock overhang and inhabited
for providing many public services to their residents.
from approximately 1180-1210 CE.
• One service they provide is water treatment.
• The overhanging rock ledges offered protection
• Ixmiquilpan’s population was 98,654 in 2020.
from heavy rain and snow.
• Hidalgo is divided into 84 municipalities.
• Yucca House is an Ancestral Puebloan dwelling site
located in southwestern Colorado.
The student wants to provide an example of a public
• It was built on relatively flat terrain and inhabited
service that Ixmiquilpan is responsible for. Which choice
from approximately 1080-1275 CE.
most effectively uses relevant information from the notes
• This level surface allowed for the construction of
to accomplish this goal?
large terraced buildings.
A) Ixmiquilpan is one of 84 municipalities in Hidalgo
providing public services to their communities. The student wants to explain an advantage of the Oak
B) Ixmiquilpan—a governmental region in the state of Tree House dwelling site. Which choice most
Hidalgo, Mexico—provides public services to its effectively uses relevant information from the notes to
residents accomplish this goal?
C) As a municipality, Ixmiquilpan is responsible for
A) The location of Oak Tree House, an Ancestral
providing water treatment to its residents.
Puebloan dwelling site in southwestern
D) In 2020, the municipality of Ixmiquilpan had a
Colorado, provided an advantage to its
population of 98,654.
inhabitants.
B) Located in southwestern Colorado, Oak Tree
House is an Ancestral Puebloan dwelling site that
was inhabited from approximately 1180-1210
CE.
C) The relatively flat terrain on which Oak Tree
House was built allowed for the construction of
large terraced buildings.
D) Since it was built under a rock overhang, Oak
Tree House was naturally protected from heavy
rain and snow

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the

following notes:

• In a 2010 study, researchers Katrin Heer, Larissa

Albrecht, and Elisabeth K.V. Kalko wanted to explore the
effects of ingestion by bats on the germination of Ficus
obtusifolia seeds in Panama.
• The team of researchers tested 120 Ficus obtusifolia
seeds that had been ingested by Jamaican fruit bats.
• Of these, 111 seeds (93%) germinated.
• As a control, K. Heer et al. tested 120 Ficus obtusifolia
seeds that had not been ingested by Jamaican fruit bats.
• Of these, 116 seeds (97%) germinated

The student wants to describe the study’s research

methodology. Which choice most effectively uses relevant
information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A) In the study, a lower percentage of Ficus obtusifolia
seeds ingested by bats germinated than those that
had not been ingested by bats.
B) The team of researchers tested the germination of
120 Ficus obtusifolia seeds that had been ingested by
Jamaican fruit bats and 120 Ficus obtusifolia seeds
that had not been ingested.
C) K. Heer et al. wanted to explore the effects of
Jamaican fruit bats’ ingestion on Ficus obtusifolia
seed germination.
D) Research by K. Heer et al. revealed that 111 of 120—
that is 93%—of the Ficus obtusifolia seeds that had
been ingested by (missing)

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