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English

  1. Q1 · Topic sentences and introductionsWhich choice most effectively sets up the contrast the rest of the passage develops?
  2. Q2 · Word choice and precisionWhich choice most precisely describes the significance of the spacing effect's research status?
  3. Q3 · Supporting details and evidenceWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence with the specific comparison the paragraph's argument requires?
  4. Q4 · Supporting details and evidenceWhich choice most effectively supports the paragraph's claim that this finding should not be dismissed as a fluke?
  5. Q5 · Topic sentences and introductionsWhich choice most effectively introduces the question this paragraph goes on to answer?
  6. Q6 · Word choice and precisionWhich choice most precisely describes the specific relationship this sentence establishes between rereading and recall?
  7. Q7 · Tone and styleWhich choice most effectively maintains the paragraph's measured, evidence-based tone while introducing the claim that…
  8. Q8 · TransitionsWhich choice most effectively transitions into the paragraph's discussion of cramming's real but limited benefit?
  9. Q9 · Conclusions and paragraph endingsWhich choice most effectively concludes the paragraph by connecting back to its central point about timing?
  10. Q10 · Subject-verb agreementWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence, maintaining agreement with its subject?
  11. Q11 · Subject-verb agreementWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence, maintaining subject-verb agreement with the sentence's true…
  12. Q12 · Pronoun reference and agreementWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence while maintaining clear pronoun reference?
  13. Q13 · Punctuation: commasWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence?
  14. Q14 · Pronoun reference and agreementWhich choice most effectively combines these two sentences to avoid a vague pronoun reference?
  15. Q15 · Pronoun reference and agreementWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence, maintaining consistent verb tense and pronoun number with the…
  16. Q16 · Subject-verb agreementWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence, maintaining subject-verb agreement with the sentence's true…
  17. Q17 · Parallel structureWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence, maintaining parallel structure?
  18. Q18 · Possessives and apostrophesWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence with the correct possessive form?
  19. Q19 · Sentence fragments and run-onsWhich choice most effectively joins this sentence to the one before it, avoiding a sentence fragment?
  20. Q20 · Punctuation: commasWhich choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
  21. Q21 · Punctuation: commasWhich choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
  22. Q22 · Punctuation: hyphens and colonsWhich choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
  23. Q23 · Punctuation: hyphens and colonsWhich choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
  24. Q24 · Verb tense and consistencyWhich choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
  25. Q25 · Punctuation: commasWhich choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
  26. Q26 · Subject-verb agreementWhich choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
  27. Q27 · Punctuation: commasWhich choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
  28. Q28 · Verb tense and consistencyWhich choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
  29. Q29 · Punctuation: commasWhich choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
  30. Q30 · Punctuation: commasWhich choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?
  31. Q31 · Supporting details and evidenceWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence with the specific detail the paragraph's contrast requires?
  32. Q32 · Word choice and precisionWhich choice most precisely completes the sentence with the qualification the paragraph's central finding requires?
  33. Q33 · Topic sentences and introductionsWhich choice most effectively introduces the paragraph's claim about the effect's scientific standing?
  34. Q34 · Word choice and precisionWhich choice most precisely restates the mechanism the paragraph has just described?
  35. Q35 · Supporting details and evidenceWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence with the specific consequence this smoothness produces?
  36. Q36 · Topic sentences and introductionsWhich choice most effectively introduces the paragraph's specific claim about prior knowledge?
  37. Q37 · Supporting details and evidenceWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence with a detail that reinforces the paragraph's point about the…
  38. Q38 · Topic sentences and introductionsWhich choice most effectively introduces the paragraph's discussion of attempted countermeasures?
  39. Q39 · Word choice and precisionWhich choice most precisely states the outcome of the warning-label intervention described in this sentence?
  40. Q40 · Conclusions and paragraph endingsWhich choice most effectively introduces the passage's concluding, balanced perspective on repetition?
  41. Q41 · Topic sentences and introductionsWhich choice most effectively concludes the paragraph by introducing the passage's central figure?
  42. Q42 · TransitionsWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence with the specific distinction this paragraph goes on to explain?
  43. Q43 · Topic sentences and introductionsWhich choice most effectively restates the specific goal introduced in the previous sentence?
  44. Q44 · Topic sentences and introductionsWhich choice most effectively introduces the specific problem the rest of the paragraph describes?
  45. Q45 · Topic sentences and introductionsWhich choice most effectively introduces the specific solution this paragraph describes?
  46. Q46 · Supporting details and evidenceWhich choice most effectively supports the paragraph's claim about the scale of Ben-Yehuda's word-creation effort?
  47. Q47 · Topic sentences and introductionsWhich choice most effectively introduces the specific personal strategy this paragraph goes on to describe?
  48. Q48 · Conclusions and paragraph endingsWhich choice most effectively completes the paragraph by explaining the significance of this personal experiment?
  49. Q49 · TransitionsWhich choice most effectively introduces the paragraph's account of the revival's broader success?
  50. Q50 · Conclusions and paragraph endingsWhich choice most effectively concludes the passage by connecting to its broader significance?

Reading

  1. Q51 · Main ideaThe main purpose of the passage is to
  2. Q52 · Key detailsAccording to the passage, why were the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams originally built without fish passage structures?
  3. Q53 · Vocabulary in contextAs used in the passage, "raw material" most nearly means
  4. Q54 · Cause-effect relationshipsThe passage indicates that the decision to remove the dams gradually, rather than all at once, was primarily driven by…
  5. Q55 · Text structure and functionWhich choice best describes the function of the fourth paragraph (beginning "Even a carefully staged removal") in the…
  6. Q56 · InferenceBased on the passage, which of the following can be reasonably inferred about the invertebrates mentioned in the…
  7. Q57 · Author's purpose and viewpointThe passage's description of the Elwha's recovery as something other watershed projects now cite as evidence primarily…
  8. Q58 · Text structure and functionWhich choice best describes the relationship between the third and fourth paragraphs?
  9. Q59 · Cause-effect relationshipsWhich statement best captures the overall relationship the passage establishes between short-term cost and long-term…
  10. Q60 · Main ideaThe main purpose of the passage is to
  11. Q61 · Key detailsAccording to the passage, what specific limitation makes it impossible to verify Kuleshov's original claims directly?
  12. Q62 · Vocabulary in contextAs used in the passage, "a tidy history" most nearly means
  13. Q63 · Key detailsBased on the passage, which choice best describes the outcome of early modern attempts to test the Kuleshov effect?
  14. Q64 · Author's purpose and viewpointThe passage's discussion of brain-imaging research primarily serves to
  15. Q65 · Text structure and functionWhich choice best describes the relationship between the third and fourth paragraphs?
  16. Q66 · InferenceSuppose a future researcher discovered a written eyewitness account from someone who claims to have attended…
  17. Q67 · Main ideaWhich choice best captures the passage's final assessment of what the modern research actually establishes?
  18. Q68 · Text structure and functionWhich choice best describes how the passage's two types of modern evidence, viewers' emotional ratings and…
  19. Q69 · Main ideaThe main purpose of the passage is to
  20. Q70 · Key detailsAccording to the passage, what is the main limitation of traditional archaeological sources like bones and seeds?
  21. Q71 · Vocabulary in contextAs used in the passage, "sealed in" most nearly means
  22. Q72 · InferenceBased on the passage, which of the following can be reasonably inferred about dental calculus itself?
  23. Q73 · Text structure and functionWhich choice best describes the function of the fourth paragraph (beginning "The significance of this finding") in the…
  24. Q74 · Key detailsThe passage indicates that molecular evidence from dental calculus offers a specific advantage over traditional…
  25. Q75 · Author's purpose and viewpointWhich choice best captures the passage's overall stance toward the relationship between calculus analysis and…
  26. Q76 · InferenceSuppose researchers later found a population whose dental calculus showed no dairy protein despite genetic evidence…
  27. Q77 · Data and graphicsAccording to Table 1, which statement is most strongly supported by the data?
  28. Q78 · Key detailsWhich choice best describes Maren's overall emotional response to returning to her grandmother's house, as presented…
  29. Q79 · Vocabulary in contextAs used in Passage A, "an emptiness the tongue keeps returning to out of habit rather than hope" most nearly suggests…
  30. Q80 · Main ideaWhich choice best describes the central conflict the narrator experiences in Passage B?
  31. Q81 · Vocabulary in contextAs used in Passage B, "the specific vertigo of not being able to fully trust my own memory" most nearly means
  32. Q82 · Comparing paired passagesBased on both passages, which choice best describes a key difference between Maren's experience in Passage A and the…
  33. Q83 · Comparing paired passagesWhich choice best describes how the narrator of Passage A would most likely respond to the specific experience…
  34. Q84 · Comparing paired passagesWhich choice best identifies a similarity in how both passages present their central characters' initial expectations…
  35. Q85 · Comparing paired passagesWhich choice best captures a thematic idea shared by both Passage A and Passage B?
  36. Q86 · Point of viewWhich choice best describes a key difference in narrative point of view between the two passages?