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A REALLY Long Race

Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Ultra-marathon running is a sport that requires both physical strength and a positive
mentality.

Q. Based on the text, why is the Self-Transcendence 3,100-Race held on a short, looping course?
Ans: to ensure medical attention can be administered in a timely manner

Q. Why is “Self-Transcendence” an appropriate name for the 3,100 race?
Ans: Runners must exceed their mental and physical limits.

Q. Why was Stage Five considered to be the “most interminable” leg of The Last Desert race in 2008?
Ans: It was to cover over 60 miles, the longest leg of the race.

Q. Based on this selection, what condition is this dehydrated runner displaying?
Ans: bonking

Q. In this excerpt, Karnaze’s description of his experience in Antarctica has a tone of
Ans: ebullience.

Q. Which sentence supports the author’s claim that ultra-marathon runners can overcome injury with positive thinking?
Ans: The runner meditated each day so that she could complete the race with a good attitude, despite her serious injuries.

Q. Why was it so amazing that Kyung Tae Song finished The Four Deserts series?
Ans: Song was blind, deaf, and had been severely depressed, but found a purpose in finishing all the races.

Q. Why does the author mention the $12,000 entrance fee for The Last Desert Race?
Ans: to highlight the challenging logistics of conducting a race in the Arctic.

Q. When the fifth stage of The Last Race was canceled, you could tell that
Ans: not all the runners were disappointed they didn’t have to run in an arctic storm.

Observing Animal Behavior

Q. What is the main idea of this selection
Ans: The scientific notion that animals possess the ability to think, feel, and learn as…

Q. Which of the following could be considered an obstacle to the widespread acceptance of Charles Darwin’s ideas about animal cognition in the early 20th century
Ans: Cognitive behaviorists’…

Q. It can be considered “ironic that animals like birds, dogs, and dolphins are now considered by most…
Ans: For much of history it was believed that…

Q. Read this excerpt. based on how it is used, what does the word “taboo” most closely mean in the second…
Ans: Abhorred

Q. In this excerpt, the tone of the scientist could best be described as
Ans: Skeptical

Q. Put these milestones in the development of modern animal cognition theory in order, starting with the first.
Ans: Charles Darwin published his book…
Dr.Thomas Struhsaker established his…
Dr.Peperberg taught Alex the African…
Dr.John piles taught his border collie to…

Q. Based on the research of Dr. Seyfarth, Dr. Cheney, Dr. Marker, and Dr. Struhskar, the screams of wild vervet…
Ans: Emitting distinct calls of alarm

Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that illustrates just how many words Chaser the border collie learned…
Ans: Remarkably, Chaser can distinguish each of the 800 toy animals, 116 balls, and 26…

Q. Read the following excerpt. Why does the author say that Dr. Pile mentioned that “he hasn’t used one morsel of food to entice chaser to learn in his 10 years…
Ans: To challenge the typical day training method of using food by explaining…

Q. Based on this excerpt, Dr. Pepper Berg’s lab seems to most closely resemble a
Ans: Kindergarten classroom

The Knight’s Tale / Canterbury Characters Part 1 & Part 2

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Job Hunting 101

Q. The main idea of this story is
Ans: ethical behavior is a major component of the job search process.

Q. An ethical person most likely
Ans: will demonstrate a high level of integrity on the job.

Q. It is acceptable to highlight your accomplishments on your resume because of all the following reasons except
Ans: listing all your accomplishments will make you look better than you really are.

Q. This story suggests that which of the following should be excluded from the resume of a college student who is about to graduate?
Ans: details about the student’s travel to foreign countries

Q. Which of the following students is exercising proper etiquette and ethics when meeting with professionals?
Ans: A male medical student meets with a doctor in a city hospital. He arrives on time, wearing a lab coat over his street clothes. He sends a thank-you note.

Q. If an interviewer asks what salary you expect, you should respond by saying
Ans: “I’m sure your company pays a competitive salary for this position.”

Q. A major drawback to online job recruitment is
Ans: employers cannot distinguish serious from casual applicants.

Q. During the interview process, it is unethical to
Ans: criticize or downplay another job candidate’s qualifications.

Q. Accepting an interview for a job you do not really want results in all of the following except
Ans: the vacant position will be filled quickly and with the best candidate.

Q. If you decide to turn down a job offer, you should not
Ans: take your time notifying the employer

The Amazing Human Brain

Q. What is the main idea of this selection
Ans: The ever-changing human brain constantly responds to its environment…

Q. Based on this selection, what is the overall role of neurons
Ans: They gather information and transmit it as signals between the nervous system…

Q. When the author of the selections states that the brain’s “simper” processes deserve some credit, to which two of the following functions was he referring
Ans: Voluntary actions, such as brushing your…
Involuntary processes, such as breathing

Q. Put the following steps required to jump over a mud puddle in order from first to last
Ans: Your brain processes the visual image…
Your brain retrieves memories of your…
Your brain confirms that the puddle is…
Your brain directs your body’s muscles…

Q. What type of cell does our brain use to control muscle movement
Ans: Motor neurons

Q. Based on this selection, what do researchers from Harvard believe causes the brain function responses involved in the placebo effect
Ans: Therapeutic encounters

Q. Based on this excerpt, what evidence did neuroscientist find that convinced them the placebo effect is not merely psychological
Ans: The placebo effect results in changes in brain activity and chemistry

Q. How could repurposing visual sections of the brain in blind people result in their developing virtuosic talents
Ans: Previously visual sections now focus their resources on processing other senses…

Q. Read this excerpt. how could models of computer architecture based on organization of the human brain be more effective than old architectures based on sequential operations
Ans: Distributing functions between many parallel processors reduces overloading a single point and increases processing efficiency and speed

Q. Based on this excerpt, which two of these statements about human positivity research are valid
Ans: Research…ambiguous…positivity APPEARS
Results…on positive emotions SEEM TO…

Q. The bottlenecking effect that can occur during times of peak used in computer architectures based in sequential operation an analogous to a
Ans: Traffic Jam

Q. Why does the author draw similarities between functions of the brain and superpowers of fictional characters?
Ans: To illustrate how amazing the brains abilities are as well as the potential for further discovery into its function

Wretched Lives Part 1 & Part 2

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Demining: A Slow, Dangerous Business

Q. This selection is mainly about
Ans: What landmines are, how they became a problem, and what people are doing now to work toward a solution

Q. Read this excerpt. The author’s intention for including this line in the text is to
Ans: Give a balanced point of view about an optimistic new development that could address landmines.

Q. In this quote from the text, the word “barbarous” most closely means
Ans: Atrocious

Q. Which two of the following statements about the “Rains Patent” are most accurate
Ans: The rains patent is a modern iteration of the explosive devices used to defend the Chinese Song Dynasty.
Use of devices made with this patent increased globally following their debut in the American Civil War.

Q. Which of the following sentences most accurately compares these two excerpts
Ans: The first excerpt offers early accounts of landmines’ destructiveness, while the second offers a more recent account pointing to landmines’ problematic legacy.

The Women Pilots of WWII / A First For Female Pilots

Q. Which statement expresses the central idea of this selection?
Ans: Women played an unprecedented role as World War II pilots at a time when air warfare was intensifying

Q. Why does the author describe Melitta Schiller and Hanna Reitsch as having the “rare position” of working for the German military?
Ans: Both women worked for the German Air Force at a time when laws kept most women in the home

Q. In 1935 the US government hired commercial pilot Nancy Love to air mark the country. This describes a
Ans: Navigation aid for pilots

Q. Read this excerpt from the text and one other. Based on these excerpts, you can reasonably conclude that Cornelia fort was
Ans: Training a new pilot for the us military the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor

Q. The United States military began using aircraft in WWI. Based on these two excerpts which two of the following show what changed in WWII
Ans: The nature of air warfare
•Having secretly built up its Air Force

The Hard Truth About Concrete Part 1 & Part 2

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The Mystical City

Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: The natural rights of man are often in jeopardy because of greed.

Q. What does this excerpt tell you about the beliefs of the Piro Indians?
Ans: They derived their beliefs from traditional tribal stories and mythical legends.

Q. Why was Uini insulted that first day when he awoke in confinement?
Ans: His captors did not treat him like a guest and offered him an inferior meal.

Q. After Uini grew fully into manhood, his attitude toward Saramama changed
Ans: from trust to skepticism.

Q. What is meant by description of Paititi as “existing both within and beyond the limits of space and time”?
Ans: The city possesses both physical and spiritual characteristics.

Q. What was the author’s purpose in writing this story?
Ans: to show how an ancient culture chose to survive despite the odds

Q. In this excerpt, the author describes the initial stage of Uini’s quest by creating a mood of
Ans: confidence.

Q. Based on this selection, you can deduce that Uini’s tribe
Ans: possessed a deep respect for nature.

Q. When Uini finally discovers the Lost City of Paititi, he has the revelation that
Ans: those who don’t respect the earth degrade their own environment.

Q. In the end, Uini learned
Ans: to distrust hollow promises to protect his people’s homeland.

The Lost City of Gold

Q. What is the main idea of this selection
Ans: The natural rights of man are often…

Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that best shows the Piro’s belief that man and nature are connected spiritually
Ans: Uni learned that trees were revered friends, with the death of a tree…

Q. Why was Uni insulted that first day when he awoke in confinement
Ans: His captors did not treat him like a guest and offered him an inferior meal

Q. Based on this excerpt, after Uni grew fully into manhood, his attitude toward Saramama changed
Ans: From trust to skepticism

Q. In which two ways did the mohanese heal Uni of his illness
Ans: They canted and gesticulated over him
They sucked his deceased breath from…

Q. What is meant by the description of paititi as “existing both within and beyond the limits of space and time”?
Ans: The city possessed both physical and spiritual characteristics

Q. In this excerpt, the author describes the initial stage of Uni’s quest by creating a mood of
Ans: confidence

Q. Based on this selection, you can deduce that Uni’s tribe
Ans: Possessed a deep respect for nature

Q. When Uni finally discovered the lost city of paititi, he has the revelation that
Ans: Those who don’t respect the earth degrade their own environment

Q. Put these events of Uni’s journey of self-discovery in the correct order, starting with the earliest.
Ans: Uni wakes up in a strange abode
Uni discovers the mythical city of paititi
A giant waddle carries Uni through the…
Uni turns his back on Saramama

The Decision

Q. This selection is mainly about a
Ans: Princess who must choose…

Q. Why is this tribunal method of justice described as “semi-barbaric”
Ans: The accused was free to make a…

Q. Irony is a liter device in which the intended meaning of a word or phrase is opposite that of what is actually stated. which line or lines from this excerpt is an example of irony
Ans: This was the king’s semi-barbaric…

Q. How do these two passages from the selection work together
Ans: The first characterizes…

Q. Of what is the young man accused
Ans: Loving the princess

Q. Choose the two sentences in this excerpt that indicate why the king objected to the young man his daughter loved
Ans: This royal maiden…
It so happened that among the kings…

Q. The selection states, “But gold, and the power of a woman’s will, had brought the secret to the princess…
Ans: She knew behind which door was the…

Q. Place these events in order…
Ans: The princess discovered…
The princess knew…
The princess and the accused…
The princess gave the young man…

Q. In literature, conflict is a fight between two forces that adds tension to the plot. One conflict in this piece…
Ans: The princess

Q. The author left it to the readers to decide whether the lady or the tiger came out of the chosen door…
Ans: Wanted readers to analyze the princess’ motivations…

Breeding a Problem / The Quintessential Fur Babies

Q. The central focus of this selection is…
Ans: An ethical quandary at the intersection of animal welfare and human culture.

Q. The author includes this excerpt in the selection primarily for the purpose of…
Ans: Warning readers against the normalization of health problems in ‘bratty’ dog breeds

Q. Read this excerpt from the selection. Hemivertebrae in flat-faced dogs is an example of…
Ans: An unintended consequence of inbreeding.

Q. Based on what you have read about the consequences of inbreeding, it’s likely that…
Ans: Nature tends toward diversity to prevent the buildup of recessive genes.

Q. In this excerpt, the author describes the…
Ans: Inherent irony involved in breeding purebred dogs means to fit a certain appearance.

From Clunky to Sleek

Q. What is the main…
Ans: TV is undergoing dramatic…

Q. Based on this excerpt…
Ans: Increasingly personal
Encouraging socialization

Q. Based on information…
Ans: It will become an…

Q. What does the word “pale”…
Ans: To lose significance

Q. What does the author mean…
Ans: They have resulted in…

Q. Why does the author mention “Sesame Street?”
Ans: To provide an example of how children’s programs are becoming more interactive.

No Jog in the Park / Alternative Foot Races

Q. What is the main idea of this selection
Ans: Alternative foot races are meant to challenge runners of all ages and…

Q. Why has it become possible for tower runners to become after since the earliest tower-running races, such as the inaugural Empire State building run-up, were held
Ans: Improved nutrition, training, and education have contributed to tower runners’ abilities to run faster

Q. What reason does the author give to support her statement that participating in the first Empire State Building Run-Up “was considered a privilege”?
Ans: At the time, the building was the third-tallest building in the world.

Q. Organizing and executing the inaugural tough cookie 8k trail race required several steps. put these steps in the order hankinson accomplished them, starting with the first
Ans: She determined the theme of the race…
She complied with the requirements of…
She made the decision to hold the race…
She mapped a course for the race that…

Q. According to the selection, the person in this photo would benefit most from which of the following charities
Ans: Long Island greenbelt trail conference

Q. If ranked in order from most competitive to least competitive, how would the three primary alternative foot races described in this excerpt be listed
Ans: Empire State building run-up, tough cookie 8k…

Q. Third-place 1978 state building run-up finisher Paul fetcher defined his tower-running strategy as
Ans: Ape-like, drawing inspiration from a popular media icon associated with…

Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that indicates the reason lebow selected the Empire State building as the location of the first tower run in the U.S.
Ans: Defending his choice, lebow stated austerely, “No other building in the world has the charisma of the empire…

Q. How do you know participant in the first tough mudder excused the organizers for the race’s early flaws?
Ans: The successive surge in the race’s popularity suggests participants saw the flaws as minor and correctable.

Q. Dean and Livingstone encountered all of the following challenges on the day of the first tough mudder except
Ans: Overtly muddy conditions

Q. The author of the selection writes that people primarily participate in alternative foot races for which two of the following reasons
Ans: The races are accessible for athletes…
The races are enjoyable

The Art Of Deception

Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Forgery in its many forms.

Q. Why was the West German magazine’s printing of…
Ans: Journalists did not fulfill their ethical responsibility.

Q. Which two features are utilized in Canada’s…
Ans: Two lines of micro type, Hundreds of tiny moose hoofprints.

Q. In what way has counterfeit money been used as a war tactic?
Ans: To lower the value of the enemy’s currency.

Q. Based on this selection, what are superdollars?
Ans: Forged U.S. dollars that are nearly indistinguishable from real dollars.

Q. Why were British counterfeiters in the…
Ans: Because of their ability to push fake currency into circulation.

Q. Place the following in the order in which…
Ans: Roman artists.
Albrecht Durer.
Rembrandt cemented.
An artist.

Q. Why does the author mention Canada’s $5 moose stamp?
Ans: To show how the Canadian postal service designed the stamp to frustrate forgers.

Q. This excerpt makes the point that…
Ans: Photographs that appear even in reputable media outlets cannot be assumed to be authentic.

Q. Which sentence reflects the view…
Ans: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that explains how software companies can help prevent the counterfeiting of money…
Ans: In addition, software programs.

Research Unlimited

Q. What is the main idea of this selection
Ans: The governments of many countries…

Q. Why has Singapore been producing a profusion of high-quality candidates for jobs in the STEM fields
Ans: For almost five decades, the government has stressed an understanding of the…

Q. Put the following educational landmarks in historical order, starting with earliest
Ans: The government of Singapore focuses…
Singapore’s agency for science, tech…
A*STAR encourages Singaporean and…
President Obama launches an initiative…

Q. In this excerpt, which words create a vibrant image of the biopolis complex
Ans: Enticing and bubbling

Q. Which sentence reflects the connection the author makes between STEM advances and a successful future for humanity
Ans: STEM innovations can provide us with the tools we need to maximize human health, safety, and quality of life

Q. Which of the following would most likely describe a STEM job candidate
Ans: Critical thinker and imaginative problem-solver

Q. Choose the sentence that explains how schools could enhance educational equality among students, thus creating social justice
Ans: Since those working in the STEM fields…

Q. What benefits do female engineering students receive from being part of ewha’s “hands-on” research program
Ans: They can perform studies to further…
They get state of the art experience…

Q. The author compares Singapore’s biopolis to
Ans: An ideal place for stimulating innovative ideas

Q. In this excerpt, the phrase “all hands on deck” refers to
Ans: A concentrated effort by a variety of people

Global Investigation Finds Dirty Secret/A Failing Recycling System

Q. The central idea of this text is that
Ans: U.S. plastic waste is taking a human toll on the countries receiving that plastic

Q. Read this excerpt from the text. Based on what you have read, you can reasonably conclude that
Ans: It is easier for the United States to ship plastic waste overseas than find ways to reduce plastic use

Q. Authors may use irony to contrast what is expected with what actually happened. Which of the following descriptions from the text is an example of irony?
Ans: The pile of plastic trash in Hanoi with a plastic bag from New Jersey that urges people to recycle

Q. Read these two excerpts. As some countries ban the import of plastic waste,
Ans: Countries that had not dealt with U.S. plastic will become overwhelmed by the problem

Q. Experts have found Malaysia to be “the most frightening example: of U.S. plastic overwhelming a country. Based on what you have read, this includes which two factors?
Ans: Enormous heaps of plastic waste left behind by illegal business operations
Illegal plastics-processing factories emitting fumes that are toxic to people who live in that area

Breaking Barriers in the Military

Q. Which one of the following statements best expresses the central idea of this selection?
Ans: Women have performed crucial work in the military for centuries and continue to break barriers in the armed forces.

Q. Based on these two excerpts, while Margaret Corbin received a lifetime pension (pay) for her service in the Revolutionary War, women who served in World War I
Ans: Were denied veteran benefits until a law was passed decades later

Q. Based on what you have read, which one of the following statements describes an irony of women in the U.S military?
Ans: Women have fought for their nation since the 1700s, but could not enroll in military academies until 1975

Q. The first digital computer was introduced in 1946. Personal computers became common in the 1980s. This relates to Dorothy Blum’s work for the National Security Agency by
Ans: Underscoring the transformative change her work brought to intelligence collection

Q. Women have served in the U.S military since the civil war. Place these events in order
Ans: The first woman in U.S military history attained the rank of
Women who served in World War I were granted veteran status
The U.S. Military Academy graduated its first female class
The number of military occupants open to women

Super-Speed Collisions

Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Discoveries at the LHC contribute to formulating a Unified Field Theory

Q. What is another name for the Unified Field Theory?
Ans: Theory of everything

Q. In this image, which fundamental interaction is responsible for attracting the electron?
Ans: Electromagnetism

Q. What does a particle accelerator use to propel clusters of isolated protons to extremely high velocities?
Ans: Superconductive magnets

Q. Put the steps in a particle collision at the LHC in order, from first to last
Ans: Isolated protons are released into a tunnel
Superconductive magnets propel protons
Protons reach a very high velocity
Protons collide into each other at seven designated points

Q. Based on this excerpt, how does positive beta decay work to stabilize a nucleus within an atom?
Ans: By converting a proton into a neutron

Q. The tone of this quote By Albert Einstein illustrates the physicist’s
Ans: Insight and eloquence

Q. In this concluding paragraph, what was the author’s purpose for mentioning the graviton?
Ans: To confirm that the graviton is the next step toward advancing a Unified Field Theory.

Storms in Outer Space

Q. What is the main idea
Ans: Space weather comes in form…

Q. The monitoring, tracking, and forecasting…
Ans: Space Weather Prediction, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

Q. To predict storms, forecasters…
Ans: Massive explosions on the sun’s surface

Q. The text states the biggest solar storms arise…
Ans: A bubble of plasma expelled by the sun

Q. Which statement best summarizes the effect of space…
Ans: Space weather changes the transmission paths of HF…

Q. Choose the sentence in this paragraph that uses simile
Ans: These smaller scale instabilities…

Q. How do ionosphere scintillations differ from…
Ans: They are not associated with any sort of space weather…

Q. The text states that in the presence of plasma…
Ans: The loss of intensity or potency through a medium

Q. What phenomenon does the image show
Ans: The collision of…

Q. The need for space weather monitoring…
Ans: Our increasing reliance on satellite dependent technology…

Q. How can space weather impact earth?
Ans: Solar storms can cause fluctuations of electrical…

Q. How do these two excerpts compare to or contrast with each other?
Ans: Both explain how GPS communications…

Q. Based on this selection, what is the most significant distinction between space weather and terrestrial weather?
Ans: Space weather has the potential to impact

Architects of the Web

Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: The Internet allows a vast body of collective knowledge to be accessible to anyone.

Q. Which of the following organizations was responsible for creating the World Wide Web?
Ans: CERN

Q. Which of the following events triggered the rise of Internet Service Providers?
Ans: The ARPANET was decommissioned.

Q. Place these events in the development of the Internet in the order in which they occurred, from first to last.
Ans: Early networking between computers involved digitizing information into quantified units called bits.
The U.S. Department of Defense set the groundwork for what would become the ARPANET.
NASA worked with SPAN to create the NASA Science Internet, connecting scientists in the first worldwide network.
Commerce restrictions were lifted, giving rise to Internet Service Providers.

Q. Why was the term “bandwidth” so important to the development of the Internet?
Ans: All networking channels have a limitation on the rate they transmit data.

Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that summarizes the concept upon which Newton was able to hypothesize the laws of motion.
Ans: “Working under the premise that Earth is one of many planets orbiting the Sun at the center of our solar system, Newton was able to articulate the laws of motion dictating the orbit of planets, stars, and other celestial bodies.”

Q. In the opening paragraph, the author reviews the accomplishments of Isaac Newton to make the point that
Ans: All discoveries are built off of a collective body of knowledge.

Q. What effect has competition among private-sector technology companies had on the availability of computers and Internet connections?
Ans: It’s driven down the costs of these technologies, making them more accessible.

Q. Which of the following does the author use to support his statement on the rapid rise of Internet use in households?
Ans: U.S. Census Bureau reports

Q. What does the place in this image have to do with the selection?
Ans: It’s the place from which the first digital message was sent.

Q. In these excerpts, the author explains the importance of the printing press and the Internet. Why were both developments pivotal points during the information revolution?
Ans: Both expanded public access to a vast body of collective knowledge

Super-Tall, Super-Expensive

Q. What is the central idea of this selection?
Ans: New skyscrapers introduced to the skyline have been met with both positive and negative reactions.

Q. Read these two excerpts. Which one of the following statements is correct?
Ans: People disagree on the effect shadows caused by new skyscrapers will have on the city.

Q. The author uses similes to help readers visualize the new towers. Choose the two sentences from the following excerpt that use this device.
Ans: Poking up above the Manhattan skyline like etiolated beanpoles, they seem to defy the laws…
They stand like exposed elevator shafts awaiting their floors…

Q. I forgot the question
Ans: Something about air rights without public use

Q. Which of the following statements best confirms the impact the current zoning policy has on the development of the pencil-thin towers?
Ans: It allows builders to use the airspace

Q. Put these policies in order in which they occurred, from first to last
Ans: Setback requirements
Sky exposure plane rule
Floor area ratio rule
Air rights

Sharks! Part 1 & Part 2

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High-Risk Competitions

Q. What is the main idea
Ans: Extreme sports involve a high level of inherent danger

Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that best summarizes its main idea
Ans: Extreme sports are often based on traditional sports

Q. Based on this selection, what distinguishes extreme sports
Ans: They involve more uncontrollable environmental variables

Q. Based on this selection, an experienced extreme athlete would… in which two areas?
Ans: Risk Management & Psychological composure

Q. Based on what you read, which extreme athlete has a connection… (Great Wall)…
Ans: Danny Way

Q. Which sentence most strongly supports the author’s contention
Ans: Sarah Burke had been considered

Q. What do these two excerpts indicate about extreme sports
Ans: Media and marketing campaigns have transformed extreme sports

Q. Put these developments in the history of extreme sports in order, from earliest to most recent
Ans: – Hawaiian natives invent surfing.
– Sir Edmund Hillary summits Mount Everest.
– Four men bungee jump from a bridge in England.
– The first X Games are held

Q. In this excerpt, Warren’s quote has a tone of
Ans: Candidness

Q. Based on what have you read, you can tell that Xpogo is
Ans: Similar to most extreme sports because it modifies a traditional sport

What’s A Biopolis?

Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: The governments of many countries play an important role in delivering high-quality STEM programs to their students.

Q. Based on this selection, countries on which continent are producing a profusion of high-quality candidates for jobs in the STEM fields?
Ans: Asia

Q. In this excerpt, which words create a vibrant image of the Biopolis complex?
Ans: enticing and bubbling

Q. Which sentence reflects the connection the author makes between STEM advances and a successful future for humanity?
Ans: STEM innovations can provide us with the tools we need to maximize human health, safety, and quality of life.

Q. Which of the following would most likely describe a STEM job candidate?
Ans: critical thinker and problem-solver

Q. What can be considered a main cause of Singapore’s success in biotechnology?
Ans: government-sanctioned educational initiatives

Q. Which sentence supports the author’s claim that establishing relationships between climatic and ecosystem changes are important?
Ans: Scientists can illustrate specific consequences of climate change and how they may affect people, animals, and plants, influencing government policies and practices.

Q. The author compares Singapore’s Biopolis to
Ans: an ideal place for stimulating innovative ideas.

Q. The educational philosophy of A*STAR could be best described as based on hands-on and
Ans: collegial experiences.

Q. In this excerpt, the phrase “all hands on deck” refers to
Ans: a concentrated effort by a variety of people.

Zap Actions Spark a Movement / ACT UP: Organizing for LGBT Rights

Q. What is the central idea of this selection?
Ans: In order to enact social change, gay activists switched from modeling respectability to a strategy focused on directly confronting public figures.

Q. In the context of this selection, the term “zap action” refers to…
Ans: Protests that focused on directly confronting public figures and gaining media attention.

Q. Read this excerpt. Which two of the following most strongly support that Mark Segal’s protest at CBS news influenced the public’s view of gay rights?
Ans: Mark Segal’s action in front of an audience of 60 million viewers // Walter Cronkite’s decision to take LGBT rights more seriously and speak up for them

Q. Choose the sentence that acknowledges that during the early stages of gay liberation movement some members of the LGBT community had negative perception of using zaps as a tool for social change.
Ans: As GAA activist Arthur Evans explained, at first the greater LGBT community was “disturbed at the demonstrators for rocking the boat,” but eventually this turned into “anger [and] a sense of class consciousness.”

Q. Read this excerpt. What does the phrase “assimilationist goals” mean in the context of this excerpt?
Ans: Early gay rights groups tried to gain acceptance by creating gradual change inside current societal frameworks instead of confronting them.

On Writing a Dictionary

Q. What was Johnson’s primary purpose…
Ans: To explain

Q. Reread this excerpt. The tone…
Ans: A dry humor

Q. What was Johnson’s opinion of the English language…
Ans: He found…

Q. Johnson’s original plans…
Ans: Was concerned…

Q. Which of the following best describes…
Ans: Reading the works of…

Q. Johnson admitted…
Ans: The nature…
Some shortcomings…

Q. How does this image…
Ans: While reviewing…

Q. What does this excerpt reveal…
Ans: He began his work with the intention…

Q. The first excerpt…
Ans: Johnson believed…

Q. Johnson stated…
Ans: Wrote the dictionary…