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1. The following text is adapted from Spreading the News. Jack Smith and Bartley Fallon
encountered each other at the local fair.

JACK: It isn't to the fair I came myself, but up to the Five Acre Meadow I'm going, where I
have a contract for the hay. We'll get a share of it into tramps [drying stacks] to-day.

BARTLEY: You will not get into tramps today. The rain will be down on it by evening, and on
myself too. It's seldom I ever started on a journey but the rain would come down on me
before I'd find any place of shelter.

JACK: If it didn't itself, Bartley, it is my belief you would carry a leaky pail on your head in place
of a hat, that way you'd not be without some cause of complaining.
=> You'd be with some cause of complaining.
Based on the text, what does Jack most likely believe about Bartley?
A. Bartley is worried that Jack is unaware of the coming rain.
B. Bartley will be able to help jack with cutting the hay.
C. Bartley is a poor judge of the weather.
D. Bartley will find fault with any situation.

2. At the TIGER-Unwin observatory site in New Zealand, radars point their antennae to the
sky to track geomagnetic storms and other geospace phenomena. These radars are not the
only ones scanning the _____ more than thirty other radar sites around the globe monitor
these same phenomena as part of the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network.
A. sky; though B. sky, though: C. sky, though, D. sky though

3. Writer Silvia Moreno-Garcia's love of short fiction began when she read a collection of
Edgar Allan Poe stories as a child, and she later would become a prolific short story writer
herself, publishing pieces like “Ahuizotl” (2015) and "Water"(2007). Yet she's best known, due
in part to her 2020 novel Mexican Gothic reaching the New York Times Best Sellers _____ as a
novelist.
A. list; B. list C. list, D. list:

4. The following text is adapted from Matthew Arnold's 1869 nonfiction book Culture and
Anarchy.

The men of culture are the true apostles of equality. The great men of culture are those who
have had a passion for diffusing, for making prevail, for carrying one end of society to the
other, the best knowledge, the best ideas of their time; who have labored to divest knowledge
of all that was harsh, uncouth, difficult, abstract, professional, exclusive; to humanize, to make
it efficient outside the clique of the cultivated and learned, yet still remaining the best
knowledge and thought of the time, and a true source, therefore, of sweetness and light.

What is the main idea of the passage?

A. People who spread the most worthwhile ideas of a culture to the public do valuable work.

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B. Academics and the general public usually have conflicting opinions regarding which ideas
are most valuable to society.
C. Knowledge that cannot be understood by the general public is unlikely to be preserved.
D. Culture's duty is to impartially determine which ideas are most useful to a society.

5. Permafrost in Alaska has been degrading in response to climate warming, potentially

enabling increased carbon dioxide (CO2) absorption through greater productivity of bird
vetch (Vicia cracca) plants and other vegetation, but also potentially enabling increased CO2
output through greater heterotrophic respiration (CO2 generated by the activity of soil
microorganisms). Hydrologist Yonghong Yi and her colleagues developed a model
incorporating numerous inputs—years of daytime temperature and snow cover data among
them—to evaluate the effects of warming on the CO2 balance in Alaska, concluding that net
CO2 is likely to increase if warming hastens spring snow melt.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researchers’ conclusion?

A. Early snow melt extends the period in which plant species such as V.cracca can absorb CO2
but has no effect on the rate of heterotrophic respiration.
B. Early snow melt amplifies the effect of daytime temperature on the
growth of plant species such as V. cracca and on the rate of heterotrophic respiration.
C. Early snow melt slows the growth of plant species such as V. cracca by reducing soil
insulation, and it suppresses heterotrophic respiration.
D. Early snow melt reduces the amount of soil moisture available for the growth of plant
species such as V. cracca, and it raises the rate of heterotrophic respiration.

6. Most people are right-handed, which means that they use their right hands more often.
Scientists want to know whether primates are just like humans, so they conducted two
experiments: they first examined the monkeys captured in cages and zoos and found that
more monkeys were right-handed; then they looked at wild gorillas and did not reach the
same finding. All these observations suggest that _______________.
caged primates: right-handed. wild primates: not so => human exposure plays a role.
A. monkeys are more likely to use right hands than gorillas in the wild.
B. exposure to humans caused the captured monkeys to use right hands more often.
C. monkeys face more difficult situations than gorillas do.
D. people should not capture animals and put them in zoos.

7. The price of a certain type of toy or card has increased. Contrary to expectations, the
increase in price ________ demand, and sales of this toy or card actually increased. Merchants,
confident they could sell it at a higher price, began purchasing it in bulk, believing that the
price would continue to rise.

A) capitalize
B) elicit "elicit" is not really true. I'd expect "engender", "catalyze" here.
C) exploit

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D) exonerate

8. After World War II, there was an outpouring of Mexican-American literary and artistic
expression in the United States, and this artistic form became very popular. Post-war writer
Harris is likely the most influential writer contributing to the Mexican-American literary and
artistic movement in the United States, and Harris's work also garnered ______ attention.
However, pre-war Mexican-American literature was not widely recognized, such as the works
of pre-war writer Hanks. Hanks's writings should not be forgotten, and more attention should
be given to Hanks's work.

A) erratic
B) understated
C) overlooked
D) outsized

9. The Art Institute of Chicago has many art exhibitions, but if visitors can observe some of
the other artworks placed on the streets of Chicago, it can ________ their art appreciation
experience.

A）satisfy This means that the AIC has many exhibitions, but the street exhibitions even MAKE
YOUR EXPERIENCE better.
B）supplement ------> adds to, enhance
C）provoke
D）aggregate

10. Some African companies have expended significant resources and efforts to attract
investors. If the governments had not assisted these companies, the expenses incurred in
seeking investment would be______.

A）misconstrued
B）distinctive
C）prohibitive
D）beneficial

11. Thomas proposed the hypothesis that the word "own" is one of the most common
adjectives. By analyzing all the texts in a comprehensive encyclopedia, it was found that the
frequency of "own" ranks 8th among all words (a remarkably high rank, indicating that "own"
is indeed quite common), which ________ Thomas's hypothesis.

A）entail
B）refute
C）substantiate
D）repudiate

12. Although researching old newspaper clippings and candy wrappers may seem like a

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comical and futile endeavor, these past newspapers, advertising flyers, posters, and candy
wrappers can actually better ________ the historical transitions in people's behaviors, norms,
and values experienced in the past (on multiple occasions), making them highly valuable for
this study.

A) preclude
B) evince
C) mitigate
D) induce

13. Researchers are studying the growth distribution of a specific cactus species. This cactus
species, known by its Latin name, can only thrive in the climate of a certain state and has only
been found in the central region of that state. The eastern and western parts of this state are
nearly inaccessible deserts with treacherous terrain, making it impossible to send people to
search. Scientists have concluded that it is premature to assert that this cactus species exists
only in the central region of this state because___________.

Which of the following options most logically completes the text?

A) The climate in the eastern and western parts of the state is better than in the central region.
B) This cactus species exists in the mountainous regions of the eastern and western parts of
the state but is overshadowed by other vegetation.
C) Future advancements in exploration technology may make it possible to send people to
the eastern and western parts of the state, and in the future, it may be discovered that this
cactus species exists in those areas.

14. Despite numerous _______ regarding writer Richard/James/Jackson/Michael's several

works, he eventually established himself in the literary world. For example, his work Sunshine
was selected for inclusion in high school Chinese language textbooks and some fiction
anthologies, which indicates that the literary community eventually embraced him.

A) precursors
B) detractors = hater
C) imitators
D) protractors

15. A person presented a conjecture. Although mathematicians were initially ________ by this
conjecture, later on, two other individuals provided evidence for it, leading all mathematicians
to agree with this conjecture.
A）indoctrinated
B）confounded = confused
C）appeased
D）disregarded

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16. Lebanon's growth rate in a particular industry has been quite high, attracting many
investors, but this industry has some flaws and vulnerabilities. To address this issue, Lebanon
has specifically taken some measures that ________ the concerns of numerous investors.

A）repudiate
B）assuage
C）amplify
D）designate

17. About fifty years ago, between 1969 and 1972, the Apollo spacecraft made multiple trips
to the moon. When returning to Earth, astronauts left many items on the moon, including
approximately ten experimental facilities to record lunar conditions. After humans left the
moon, these facilities continued to operate and recorded a wealth of data. Later, NASA shifted
its focus to other matters, and the data stored in these facilities was left unused. Recently,
NASA has attempted to restart lunar missions, and some scientists have once again
discovered the previously forgotten data, finding ways to ________ the use of this data.

A) renew
B) persist
C) neglect
D) reject

18. In the past, scholars consistently regarded the works of two authors as having two distinct
styles. In the future, scholars will begin to _____ some of the nuances between the two authors'
works, dismissing these distinctions and viewing them as writers belonging to the same
stylistic category for comparison.

A）discount
B）denounce
C）scrutinize
D）provoke

19. Wikipedia users frequently encounter the annoyance of misinformation and

disinformation. The commonality between the two is that they both involve ________
statements of fact, while the difference lies in the former typically being unintentionally
disseminated, and the latter always being intentionally distributed.

A）spurious
B）bashful
C）desperate
D）dramatized

20. Although she had a general understanding of the topic of educating children, she was
actually ________ about her specific knowledge in this field. Nevertheless, she confidently

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discussed it, mentioning several authors in the field.

A) insight into
B) hesitancy about
C) affinity with
D) unaware of

21. In a cave discovered in a region of France, there are handprint patterns that contemporary
people consider a form of art. These patterns date back over twenty thousand years ago.
However, there is a question: did the people from over two million years ago view these
handprint patterns in the same way as we do today, as art? This question is ________, and we
can never answer it.

Which of the following options logically completes the passage?

A) irresolvable
B) imperative
C) self-contradictory
D) speculative

22. To answer the question of whether the cultivation of rice and the formation of strict social
norms happened in response to each other or independently, one must look for a place where
climate and geographical conditions alone do not permit rice cultivation. For instance, if there
is a country where the climate and geographical conditions across the entire nation are
suitable for rice cultivation, but only the regions with established social norms actually grow
rice, this indicates ______________.

Which of the following options logically completes the passage?

A) The climate and geographical conditions preventing rice cultivation in a specific area also
influence the formation of stricter social norms.
B) The formation of strict social norms led people to begin rice cultivation.
C) The cultivation of rice and the formation of social norms are entirely unrelated processes.

23. Bird eggs have hard shells due to the presence of calcium carbonate, which is why many
bird egg fossils can be found on Earth. In contrast, snake eggs are not hard but rather soft.
The soft exterior of snake eggs feels like leather and is prone to decay easily, which is why
_______________.

Which of the following options logically completes the passage?

A) There are also many snake egg fossils in existence.

B) There are very few snake egg fossils in existence.
C) The soft exterior of snake eggs serves as a protective feature.

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D) The hardness of an eggshell depends on the species of bird.

24. A scientist researched consumer attitudes toward food and beverages and found the
following result: if consumers value environmental protection, they are less likely to purchase
a food or beverage when they believe its production process harms the environment. Later,
several scientists studied the willingness to purchase a skincare product among various
consumer segments. They found that among these consumer segments, young parents with
infants at home are the least concerned about the environmental impact of the skincare
product's production when making purchase decisions. Combining the findings of these two
studies it suggests that _______________________.

Which of the following options logically completes the passage?

A) Young parents with infants at home may prioritize factors other than considering the
environmental impact of the skincare product's production when making their purchase
decisions.
B) Young parents with infants at home are likelier to purchase this skincare product than other
consumer segments.
C) The studies did not yield conclusive results about the environmental concerns of consumers.
D) Environmental concerns played a minor role in the skincare product purchase decisions
across all consumer segments.

25. Some argue that understanding knowledge in economics, history, or environmental

conservation is ________ for the general public, and this matter should be left to professional
economists, historians, or environmental conservationists. Alternatively, it suggests that only
those in politics should study it. This viewpoint is incorrect. While knowledge in these fields
may be challenging, learning about them should not be limited to a few scholars. All members
of society should study and comprehend knowledge in these areas. They should then have
the opportunity to participate in the formulation of public policies, helping those responsible
for policymaking.

Which of the following options logically completes the passage?

A) unattainable
B) superfluous too much or not necessary
C) commonplace
D) equitable

26. On the internet, if a product has a relatively low number of user reviews, the proportion
of biased reviews among them may be excessively high. Inadequate sampling can lead to
issues like sample imbalance, making sampling unviable. Therefore, on the internet, if the
reviews for a certain product are not numerous, these reviews are not worth referencing. Only
when the number of user reviews reaches a significant quantity are these reviews worth
considering. For instance, there's a game called Twilight with over 34,000 user reviews online;
such a large number of reviews is deemed ________.

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Which of the following options logically completes the passage?

A) excessive
B) adequate
C) fanciful
D) irrelevant

27. Some people have proposed increasing the toll fee for a certain bridge. The workers who
have to cross this bridge every day would, of course, be ________ this proposal. Therefore, it
would be impossible to convince those workers to support this proposal. Instead, those who
support this proposal should focus their efforts on persuading other groups of people,
excluding those workers, to vote in favor of this proposal. This way, the chances of success
would be higher.

A. unsympathetic to
B. placated by
C. apprised of
D. despised for

28. Some genres of literature, despite evolving over the years, still maintain a traditional
structure. For example, the genre of novels follows this pattern. However, there are other
genres of literature that do not adhere to this convention. Such genres are ________: it does
not have a fixed structure. An example of this is prose poetry, which straddles between prose
and poetry.

A. amorphous
B. intermediate
C. dispersed
D. customary

29. Traditional beliefs suggest that people's perceptions of good and bad odors are related
to their geographic and cultural backgrounds. However, one scientist doubted this traditional
view and wanted to experiment to test it. So, this scientist designed an experiment involving
ten people from different cultural and geographic backgrounds. They were asked to smell
various odors and then rate them. If they found a scent pleasant, they gave it a higher score.
The experiment's results showed that people from different cultures and regions chose the
same odors as the most pleasant and the least pleasant. This indicates that ______________.

Which of the following options can logically complete the passage?

A) People's perceptions of good and bad odors are unrelated to their geographic and cultural
backgrounds.
B) The experiment's results may not be reliable due to the limited number of participants.
C) The scientist's doubts about traditional beliefs were unwarranted.

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D) The experiment did not consider other factors influencing odor preferences.

30. In habitats with limited nutrients, certain fungus species grow on the roots of trees,
engaging in mutually beneficial relationships known as ectomycorrhizae: in this symbiotic
exchange, the tree provides the fungus with carbon, a nutrient necessary for both species ____
the fungus reciprocates by enhancing the tree’s ability to absorb nitrogen, another key
nutrient, from the soil.
A ; and
B , and
C and
D and,

31. Researchers and conservationists stress that biodiversity loss due to invasive species is
preventable.______, people can take simple steps such as washing their footwear after travel
to avoid introducing potentially invasive organisms into new environments.
A. For example B. Moreover C. However D. Indeed state a fact that supports the
previous claim
32. It is by no means unimportant to recognize the influence of Dutch painter Hieronymus
Bosch on Ali Banisadr’s paintings; ______, Banisadr himself cites Bosch as an inspiration.
However, some scholars have suggested that the ancient Mesopotamian poem Epic of
Gilgamesh may have had a far greater impact on Banisadr’s work.
A. In addition
B. Nevertheless
C. Indeed
D. On the contrary

33. Researchers have struggled to pinpoint specific causes for hiccups, which happen when a
person’s diaphragm contracts involuntarily. ________, neuroscientist Kimberley Whitehead has
found that these uncontrollable contractions may play an important role in helping infants
regulate their breathing.
A. However B. Furthermore C. For example D. Thus

34. Scholars have noted that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s writings were likely influenced in part by his
marriage to Zelda Fitzgerald, but many don't recognize Zelda as a writer in her own right.
__________, Zelda authored several works herself, such as the novel Save Me the Waltz and
numerous short stories. Thus, those who primarily view Zelda as an inspiration for F. Scott’s
writings risk misrepresenting the full range of Zelda’s contributions to literature.
A. However B. Furthermore C. For example D. Indeed

35. Newspaper editor and political commentator Henry Louis Mencken was a force of nature,
brushing aside all objects animal and mineral in his headlong rush to the publicity that surely
awaited him. He seized each day, shook it to within an inch of its life, and then gaily went on
to the next. No matter where his writing appeared, it was quoted widely, his pungently
outspoken opinions debated hotly. Nobody else could make so many people so angry, or

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make so many others laugh so hard.

The words “seized” and “shook” help establish which aspect of Mencken’s personality?
(A) His code of honor
(B) His sense of humor
(C) His vindictiveness
(D) His intensity

36. Black holes are the most efficient engines of destruction known to humanity. Their intense
gravity is a one-way ticket to oblivion, and material spiraling into them can heat up to millions
of degrees and glow brightly. Yet, they are not all-powerful. Even supermassive black holes
are minuscule by cosmic standards. They typically account for less than one percent of their
galaxy’s mass. Accordingly, astronomers long assumed that supermassive holes, let alone
their smaller cousins, would have little effect beyond their immediate neighborhoods. So it
has come as a surprise over the past decade that black hole activity is closely intertwined with
star formation occurring farther out in the galaxy.

Which best describes the function of the statement in underline?

(A) It summarizes the points made in the first four lines of the passage.
(B) It provides support for the argument asserted in the preceding statement.
(C) It introduces a new view of information presented earlier in the passage.
(D) It challenges recent scientific findings. not so recent

37. The Second World War was a watershed event for all Americans. It brought the Great
Depression to an end and marked the beginning of significant socioeconomic and political
changes for women and racial minorities. Chinese American women played an important role
in these long-term changes.

Galvanized by motives ranging from Chinese nationalism to American patriotism and

feminism; Chinese American women initiated an outpouring of highly organized activities in
such areas as fund-raising, propaganda, civil defense, and Red Cross work. While some
women in San Francisco's Chinatown enlisted in the armed services, many others went to
work in businesses outside their neighborhood and in defense industries for the first time.

The primary purpose of the passage is to

(A) highlight the contributions of San Francisco's Chinatown to the war effort
(B) describe the different jobs held by women during the Second World War
(C) explain how the Second World War helped to end the Great Depression
(D) discuss the impact of the Second World War on Chinese American women
It is CA women that impacted the the socioeconomic situations, not Second WW and not vice versa.
38. A century ago, opponents of women's suffrage in the United States scoffed at the notion
that extending the vote to women would make any difference. "Women will vote with their
husbands" was the commonly accepted wisdom. This was an argument made in the absence
of evidence, as women did not yet have the vote. Ever since women won the vote, researchers
have been keeping close track of female voting behavior. A "gender gap" in voting behavior

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has been found in the United States as in many other countries. In the United States, the 1994
and 1996 elections showed the largest gaps ever between candidates favored by women and
those favored by men.

The primary purpose of the passage is to

(A) describe the evolution of a gender gap in the United States
(B) present a concise history of the women's suffrage movement
(C) show the inaccuracy of a prediction about women's suffrage
(D) discuss the resistance women faced in acquiring the vote
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39. Some critics believe that the frequent use of repetition in Native American ceremonial
texts was a result of their oral nature and helped make the works easy to remember. Native
American scholar Paula Gunn Allen argues that this factor must be peripheral, however,
because people in societies without writing traditionally have had more finely developed
memories than do people who use writing. Native American children learned early to
remember complicated instructions and long stories by heart. For a person who couldn't run
to a bookshelf to look up information, reliance on memory became very important in
everyday life. Such a highly developed everyday memory is not likely to fail on ceremonial
occasions.

The primary purpose of the passage is to

(A) refute a claim
(B) describe a process
(C) analyze a discovery
(D) advocate a practice

40. From the earliest times, the complications inherent in deciphering the movements of
planets in the night sky must have seemed a curse to baffled astronomers. In the long run.
though, they proved a blessing to the development of cosmology, the study of the physical
universe. Had the celestial motions been simple, it might have been possible explain them
solely in terms of the simple, poetic tales that had characterized the early cosmologies. Instead,
these motions proved to be so intricate and subtle that astronomers could not predict them
accurately without eventually coming to terms with the physical reality of how and where the
Sun, Moon, and planets actually move in real, three-dimensional space.

The primary purpose of the passage is to

(A) emphasize the importance of myth in ancient civilizations
(B) explain how an astronomical problem affected the development of a physical science
(C) predict the motions of planets outside of our solar system
(D) challenge the major achievements of some ancient astronomers

41. Archaeologists have traditionally thought that the rise of agriculture required early farmers
to settle down near their crops. But new findings suggest that Catalhoyuk, Turkey—a large
Neolithic village of such early farmers—was smack in the middle of marshy wetlands.

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Archaeologist Arlene Rosen's analysis of fossil remains of wheat and barley found at
Catalhoyuk indicates that the grain was grown in a dry area. Some experts reject the
implication that Catalhoyuk's farmers cultivated distant fields, since large quantities of grain
would have had to be transported. However, archaeobotanist Eleni Asouti has shown that the
wood used for construction at Catalhoyuk grew at least twelve kilometers away from the
village.

Which of the following, if true, would most challenge the "implication"?

(A) Catalhoyuk's farmers obtained through trade the wheat and barley that Rosen analyzed.
(B) Catalhoyuk's farmers understood the impact of soil conditions on crop productivity.
(C) Catalhoyuk's farmers alternated on an annual basis the crops they planted.
(D) Catalhoyuk's farmers shared wheat and barley fields with neighboring villages.

42. Some researchers believe that the genes that enable groundhogs and certain other
mammals to hibernate through the winter by slowing their breathing and heart rates and
lowering their body temperature may be dormant in humans _______ having essentially no
effect on our bodily processes. (it exists but is not active)
A. : present yet
B. ; present yet
C. and present yet
D. present and yet

43. Working from an earlier discovery of Charpentier’s, chemists Emmanuelle Charpentier

and Jennifer Doudna—winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry—re-created and then
reprogrammed the so-called “genetic scissors” of a species of DNA-cleaving bacteria _____ a
tool that is revolutionizing the field of gene technology.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. to forge
B. forging
C. forged
D. and forging

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