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SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Boundaries Hard

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In crafting her fantasy fiction, Nigerian-born British author Helen Oyeyemi has drawn inspiration from the
classic nineteenth-century fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. Her 2014 novel Boy, Snow, Bird, for instance,
is a complex retelling of the story of Snow White, while her 2019 novel ______ offers a delicious twist on
the classic tale of Hansel and Gretel.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. Gingerbread—
B. Gingerbread,
C. Gingerbread
D. Gingerbread:
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Eli Eisenberg, a genetics expert at Tel Aviv University in Israel, recently discovered that ______ have a
special genetic ability called RNA editing that confers evolutionary advantages.
A. cephalopods, ocean dwellers that include the squid, the octopus, and the cuttlefish
B. cephalopods—ocean dwellers—that include the squid, the octopus, and the cuttlefish,
C. cephalopods, ocean dwellers that include: the squid, the octopus, and the cuttlefish,
D. cephalopods—ocean dwellers that include the squid, the octopus, and the cuttlefish—
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In 2000, Nora de Hoyos Comstock, herself an owner of a successful consulting firm, sought to increase
Latina representation in corporate ______ founded Las Comadres para las Americas, an international
community that for over two decades has served as a resource and information network for Latina
business professionals.
A. settings she
B. settings, she
C. settings and she
D. settings. She
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In 2018, a team of researchers led by Dr. Caitlin Whalen compiled every available measurement of ocean
mixing rates from the past two decades. With this novel data set, the team was able to determine how
current-driven mixing varies across ______ and what impact it has on the distribution of heat and nutrients
in the ocean.
A. regions,
B. regions:
C. regions;
D. regions
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In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo is a leader of Umuofia (a fictional Nigerian clan)
and takes pride in his culture’s traditions. However, when the arrival of European missionaries brings
changes to Umuofia, the novel asks a central question: How ______
A. Umuofia’s traditions will be affected.
B. will Umuofia’s traditions be affected.
C. Umuofia’s traditions will be affected?
D. will Umuofia’s traditions be affected?

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Po’Pay was a Tewa leader from Ohkay Owingeh, a pueblo located about twenty-five miles north of present-
day Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was instrumental in organizing the Pueblo Revolt of ______ as a result of
his leadership, the Spanish colonizers were expelled from the region for a time.
A. 1680
B. 1680 and
C. 1680,
D. 1680, and
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Stomata, tiny pore structures in a leaf that absorb gases needed for plant growth, open when guard cells
surrounding each pore swell with water. In a pivotal 2007 article, plant cell ______ showed that lipid
molecules called phosphatidylinositol phosphates are responsible for signaling guard cells to open
stomata.
A. biologist, Yuree Lee
B. biologist Yuree Lee,
C. biologist Yuree Lee
D. biologist, Yuree Lee,

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Humans were long thought to have begun occupying the Peruvian settlement of Machu Picchu between
1440 and 1450 CE. However, a team led by anthropologist Dr. Richard Burger used accelerator mass
spectrometry to uncover evidence that it was occupied ______ 1420 CE, according to Burger, humans were
likely inhabiting the area.
A. earlier. In
B. earlier, in
C. earlier, which in
D. earlier in
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Typically, underlines, scribbles, and notes left in the margins by a former owner lower a book’s ______
when the former owner is a famous poet like Walt Whitman, such markings, known as marginalia, can be
a gold mine to literary scholars.
A. value, but
B. value
C. value,
D. value but
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In paleontology, the term “Elvis taxon” gets applied to a newly identified living species that was once
presumed to be extinct. Like an Elvis impersonator who might bear a striking resemblance to the late
musical icon Elvis Presley himself, an Elvis taxon is not the real thing, ______ is a misidentified look-alike.
A. however but it
B. however it
C. however, it
D. however. It
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In 1727, dramatist Lewis Theobald presented a new play, Double Falsehood, at a London theater. Theobald
claimed that his drama was based on a little-known play by William Shakespeare, Cardenio. Many,
including poet Alexander Pope, were ______ historians have determined that Shakespeare’s company did
perform a play called Cardenio in 1613.
A. skeptical but
B. skeptical, but
C. skeptical,
D. skeptical
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In 1955, Indian Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray released his first movie, Pather ______ quiet black-and-white
drama about a family in rural India, Ray’s film was quite different from the loud, colorful action-romance
movies that were popular at the time.
A. Panchali a
B. Panchali, which was a
C. Panchali, a
D. Panchali. A
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In 1959, the film industry debuted Smell-O-Vision. Theaters were fitted with specialized vents that emitted
odors at specific points in a ______ as the scent of roses when roses appeared in a scene. Smell-O-Vision
failed to impress, however, with one reviewer declaring it “briefly weird and not very interesting.”
A. movie such
B. movie; such
C. movie. Such
D. movie, such
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Joshua Hinson, director of the language revitalization program of the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma,
helped produce the world’s first Indigenous-language instructional app, Chickasaw ______ Chickasaw TV,
in 2010; and a Rosetta Stone language course in Chickasaw, in 2015.
A. Basic; in 2009, an online television network;
B. Basic; in 2009, an online television network,
C. Basic, in 2009; an online television network,
D. Basic, in 2009, an online television network,

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A study published by Rice University geoscientist Ming Tang in 2019 offers a new explanation for the
origin of Earth’s ______ structures called arcs, towering ridges that form when a dense oceanic plate
subducts under a less dense continental plate, melts in the mantle below, and then rises and bursts
through the continental crust above.
A. continents geological
B. continents: geological
C. continents; geological
D. continents. Geological
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To serve local families during the Great Depression, innovative New York City librarian Pura Belpré offered
storytelling in both English and Spanish, an uncommon ______ celebrated el Día de los Tres Reyes Magos,
an important community holiday; and put on puppet shows dramatizing Puerto Rican folktales.
A. practice, at the time
B. practice at the time;
C. practice, at the time,
D. practice at the time,

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The fine, powdery substance that covers the Moon’s surface is called regolith. Because regolith is both
readily available and high in oxygen ______ scientists have wondered whether it could be used as a
potential source of oxygen for future lunar settlements.
A. content and
B. content,
C. content
D. content, and
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The Mission 66 initiative, which was approved by Congress in 1956, represented a major investment in the
infrastructure of overburdened national ______ it prioritized physical improvements to the parks’ roads,
utilities, employee housing, and visitor facilities while also establishing educational programming for the
public.
A. parks and
B. parks
C. parks;
D. parks,
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In 2008, two years after the death of science fiction writer Octavia Butler, the Huntington Library in ______
received a collection of more than 8,000 items, including Butler’s private notes, research materials,
manuscripts, photos, and drawings. Today, the Octavia E. Butler Collection is one of the most researched
archives at the library.
A. California,
B. California:
C. California—
D. California
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In a 2016 study, Eastern Washington University psychologist Amani El-Alayli found that, among the study
participants who experienced frisson (a physiological response akin to goosebumps or getting the chills)
while listening to music, there was one personality trait that they scored particularly ______ openness to
experience.
A. high. On
B. high on;
C. high on
D. high on:
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In her two major series “Memory Test” and “Autobiography,” painter Howardena Pindell explored themes
______ healing, self-discovery, and memory by cutting and sewing back together pieces of canvas and
inserting personal artifacts, such as postcards, into some of the paintings.
A. of
B. of,
C. of—
D. of:
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In 2017, artists Isabel and Ruben Toledo redesigned the costumes and sets for The Miami City Ballet’s
production of The ______ to reviewers, the Toledos’ designs helped infuse the production with elements of
Miami’s Latin American culture.
A. Nutcracker according,
B. Nutcracker, according
C. Nutcracker according
D. Nutcracker. According
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Over twenty years ago, in a landmark experiment in the psychology of choice, professor Sheena Iyengar
set up a jam-tasting booth at a grocery store. The number of jams available for tasting ______ some
shoppers had twenty-four different options, others only six. Interestingly, the shoppers with fewer jams to
choose from purchased more jam.
A. varied:
B. varied,
C. varied, while
D. varied while
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After a spate of illnesses as a child, Wilma Rudolph was told she might never walk again. Defying all odds,
Rudolph didn’t just walk, she ______ the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, she won both the 100- and 200-
meter dashes and clinched first place for her team in the 4x100-meter relay, becoming the first US woman
to win three gold medals in a single Olympics.
A. ran—fast—during
B. ran—fast during
C. ran—fast, during
D. ran—fast. During
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About 70,000 meteorites have been found on Earth. Although most meteorites are fragments of ______
hundred have been identified as being from the Moon or Mars.
A. asteroids. Several
B. asteroids, several
C. asteroids; several
D. asteroids: several
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It is generally true that technological change is a linear process, in which once-useful technologies are
replaced by new and better ______ the reawakening of interest in the steam engine (from advocates of
carbon-neutral rail travel) reminds us that ostensibly obsolete technologies may be brought back into
service to address society’s changing needs.
A. ones, even so;
B. ones even so,
C. ones; even so,
D. ones, even so,

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Santa Clara Pueblo artist Roxanne Swentzell’s sculpture Mud Woman Rolls On consists of five human
figures made of clay and plant fiber and arranged in descending size; each figure holds the smaller one in
front of it. The arrangement of the figures, according to ______ represents her idea that “we all come from
the Earth, generation after generation.”
A. Swentzell
B. Swentzell,
C. Swentzell:
D. Swentzell—
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Seneca sculptor Marie Watt’s blanket art comes in a range of shapes and sizes. In 2004, Watt sewed
strips of blankets together to craft a 10-by-13-inch ______ in 2014, she arranged folded blankets into two
large stacks and then cast them in bronze, creating two curving 18-foot-tall blue-bronze pillars.
A. sampler later,
B. sampler;
C. sampler,
D. sampler, later,
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When particles are suspended in liquid (like pollen in a water glass), they will zigzag randomly through the
liquid and collide with one another in perpetuity. This type of random, continuous ______ is known as
Brownian motion, can be observed throughout the natural world.
A. movement: which
B. movement, which
C. movement which
D. movement. Which
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To humans, it does not appear that the golden orb-weaver spider uses camouflage to capture its ______
the brightly colored arachnid seems to wait conspicuously in the center of its large circular web for
insects to approach. Researcher Po Peng of the University of Melbourne has explained that the spider’s
distinctive coloration may in fact be part of its appeal.
A. prey, rather,
B. prey rather,
C. prey, rather;
D. prey; rather,
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In 1959, marine biologist Dr. Albert Jones founded the Underwater Adventure Seekers, a scuba diving
______ that is the oldest club for Black divers in the United States and that has helped thousands of diving
enthusiasts become certified in the field.
A. club
B. club,
C. club—
D. club, and
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Luci Tapahonso is the inaugural poet laureate of the Navajo Nation. Her book Sáanii Dahataal/The Women
Are Singing—a combination of fiction and memoir, poetry and ______ serves as a testament to her
versatility as a writer.
A. prose;
B. prose
C. prose,
D. prose—
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According to Naomi Nakayama of the University of Edinburgh, the reason seeds from a dying dandelion
appear to float in the air while ______ is that their porous plumes enhance drag, allowing the seeds to stay
airborne long enough for the wind to disperse them throughout the surrounding area.
A. falling,
B. falling:
C. falling;
D. falling
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While one requires oxygen and one does ______ and anaerobic respiration are both forms of cellular
respiration—that is, they are processes by which cells break down glucose to use as energy.
A. not aerobic
B. not. Aerobic
C. not, aerobic
D. not; aerobic
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Researchers studying magnetosensation have determined why some soil-dwelling roundworms in the
Southern Hemisphere move in the opposite direction of Earth’s magnetic field when searching for ______
in the Northern Hemisphere, the magnetic field points down, into the ground, but in the Southern
Hemisphere, it points up, toward the surface and away from worms’ food sources.
A. food:
B. food,
C. food while
D. food
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Photosynthesis, the mechanism by which plants use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into ______
is fueled in part by an enzyme called Photosystem II that harvests energy-giving electrons from water
molecules.
A. nutrients
B. nutrients and
C. nutrients,
D. nutrients—
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In 1937, Chinese American screen actor Anna May Wong, who had portrayed numerous villains and
secondary characters but never a heroine, finally got a starring role in Paramount Pictures’ Daughter of
Shanghai, a film that ______ “expanded the range of possibilities for Asian images on screen.”
A. critic, Stina Chyn, claims
B. critic, Stina Chyn, claims,
C. critic Stina Chyn claims
D. critic Stina Chyn, claims,

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Beatrix Potter is perhaps best known for writing and illustrating children’s books such as The Tale of Peter
Rabbit (1902), but she also dedicated herself to mycology, the study of ______ more than 350 paintings of
the fungal species she observed in nature and submitting her research on spore germination to the
Linnean Society of London.
A. fungi; producing
B. fungi. Producing
C. fungi producing
D. fungi, producing
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While many video game creators strive to make their graphics ever more ______ others look to the past,
developing titles with visuals inspired by the “8-bit” games of the 1980s and 1990s. (The term “8-bit”
refers to a console whose processor could only handle eight bits of data at once.)
A. lifelike but
B. lifelike
C. lifelike,
D. lifelike, but
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In 2010, archaeologist Noel Hidalgo Tan was visiting the twelfth-century temple of Angkor Wat in
Cambodia when he noticed markings of red paint on the temple ______ the help of digital imaging
techniques, he discovered the markings to be part of an elaborate mural containing over 200 paintings.
A. walls, with
B. walls with
C. walls so with
D. walls. With
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The poem Beowulf begins with the word “hwæt,” which is an Old English ______ as “hark!” or “listen!” in
some versions, the word was playfully rendered as “bro!” by Maria Dahvana Headley in her 2020
translation of the poem.
A. exclamation, translated
B. exclamation and translated
C. exclamation translated
D. exclamation. Translated
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Hegra is an archaeological site in present-day Saudi Arabia and was the second largest city of the
Nabataean Kingdom (fourth century BCE to first century CE). Archaeologist Laila Nehmé recently traveled
to Hegra to study its ancient ______ into the rocky outcrops of a vast desert, these burial chambers seem
to blend seamlessly with nature.
A. tombs. Built
B. tombs, built
C. tombs and built
D. tombs built
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Human-made (synthetic) fibers used in clothes and many other consumer products are more durable than
most natural plant ______ the manufacture of synthetic fibers requires toxic chemical solvents that can
pollute air and water.
A. fibers,
B. fibers but
C. fibers
D. fibers, but
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Nine months before Rosa Parks made history by refusing to comply with the segregated seating policy on
a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, a fifteen-year-old Montgomery girl named Claudette Colvin was arrested for
the same ______ to some historians, Colvin’s arrest led to Parks’s action and eventually to the
desegregation of Montgomery’s bus system.
A. offense. According
B. offense, according
C. offense according
D. offense and according

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During the English neoclassical period (1660–1789), many writers imitated the epic poetry and satires of
ancient Greece and Rome. They were not the first in England to adopt the literary modes of classical
______ some of the most prominent figures of the earlier Renaissance period were also influenced by
ancient Greek and Roman literature.
A. antiquity, however
B. antiquity, however,
C. antiquity, however;
D. antiquity; however,
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With some 16,000 in attendance, the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and ______ or
FESTAC ‘77, as the event was more commonly known—became the largest pan-African event on record.
FESTAC drew people from around the world to Lagos, Nigeria, for a monthlong celebration of Black and
African art, scholarship, and activism.
A. Culture:
B. Culture—
C. Culture,
D. Culture
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A group of ecologists led by Axel Mithöfer at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany
examined the defensive responses of two varieties of the sweet potato ______ TN57, which is known for
its insect resistance, and TN66, which is much more susceptible to pests.
A. plant.
B. plant;
C. plant
D. plant:
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On July 23, 1854, a clipper ship called the Flying Cloud entered San Francisco ______ left New York Harbor
under the guidance of Captain Josiah Perkins Creesy and his wife, navigator Eleanor Creesy, a mere 89
days and 8 hours earlier, the celebrated ship set a record that would stand for 135 years.
A. Bay and having
B. Bay. Having
C. Bay, having
D. Bay having
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Psychophysicist Howard Moskowitz was hired by a soda company to determine how much artificial
sweetener ______ After conducting consumer taste tests, he found that no such ideal existed: participants
expressed a wide range of preferences for different blends of sweetener, carbonization, and flavoring.
A. do most people prefer in a diet drink?
B. do most people prefer in a diet drink.
C. most people prefer in a diet drink?
D. most people prefer in a diet drink.

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From afar, African American fiber artist Bisa Butler’s portraits look like paintings, their depictions of
human faces, bodies, and clothing so intricate that it seems only a fine brush could have rendered them.
When viewed up close, however, the portraits reveal themselves to be ______ stitching barely visible
among the thousands of pieces of printed, microcut fabric.
A. quilts, and the
B. quilts, the
C. quilts; the
D. quilts. The
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The first computerized spreadsheet, Dan Bricklin’s VisiCalc, improved financial recordkeeping not only by
providing users with an easy means of adjusting data in spreadsheets but also by automatically updating
all calculations that were dependent on these ______ to VisiCalc’s release, changing a paper spreadsheet
often required redoing the entire sheet by hand, a process that could take days.
A. adjustments prior
B. adjustments, prior
C. adjustments. Prior
D. adjustments and prior

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In 2018, the innovative works of Congolese sculptor and architect Bodys Isek ______ were featured in City
Dreams, a solo exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
A. Kingelez;
B. Kingelez,
C. Kingelez
D. Kingelez:
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In addition to advocating for South America’s independence in two political treatises, the Cartagena
Manifesto and the Letter from Jamaica, Simón Bolívar personally led armies against the Spanish, liberating
three South American territories—New Granada (present-day Colombia and Panama), Venezuela, and
Quito (present-day ______ from colonial rule.
A. Ecuador,)
B. Ecuador)
C. Ecuador),
D. Ecuador)—
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Before the Erie Canal was completed in 1825, transporting goods by wagon between New York City and
the Midwest took up to forty-five days and cost one hundred dollars per ton. By linking the Hudson River
to Lake ______ canal reduced transport time to nine days and cut costs to six dollars per ton.
A. Erie; the
B. Erie (the
C. Erie, the
D. Erie: the
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Swedish scientists Eva Engvall and Peter Perlmann developed a method for measuring the concentration
of different proteins in a biological sample. Their ______ ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), is
used to detect and measure proteins that indicate the presence of certain diseases.
A. method (called
B. method—called
C. method, called
D. method called
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Quantum particles of light—photons—provide an unhackable means of transmitting encryption keys over
networks, as attempts to observe particles in quantum states will invariably alter the particles ______
dismantle any information they transmit.
A. and in the process,
B. and, in the process,
C. and in the process—
D. and, in the process

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The city of Pompeii, which was buried in ash following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, continues
to be studied by archaeologists. Unfortunately, as ______ attest, archaeological excavations have
disrupted ash deposits at the site, causing valuable information about the eruption to be lost.
A. researchers, Roberto Scandone and Christopher Kilburn,
B. researchers, Roberto Scandone and Christopher Kilburn
C. researchers Roberto Scandone and Christopher Kilburn
D. researchers Roberto Scandone, and Christopher Kilburn

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Fans of science fiction will ______ multiple references to classic sci-fi stories in Janelle Monáe’s song
lyrics, including her recurring nods to the plot of the 1927 sci-fi film Metropolis.
A. appreciate the
B. appreciate. The
C. appreciate, the
D. appreciate: the
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Lucía Michel of the University of Chile observed that alkaline soils contain an insoluble form of iron that
blueberry plants cannot absorb, thus inhibiting blueberry growth. If these plants were grown in alkaline
soil alongside grasses that aid in iron solubilization, ______ Michel was determined to find out.
A. could the blueberries thrive.
B. the blueberries could thrive.
C. the blueberries could thrive?
D. could the blueberries thrive?

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Detroit natives Timothy Paule and Nicole Lindsey have combined their two passions, Detroit and
beekeeping, to improve the health of their city’s flowers and other vegetation. In 2017, the couple
converted a vacant lot in the city into an ______ in the years that followed they acquired nine additional lots
and established more than 35 hives.
A. apiary,
B. apiary, and
C. apiary and
D. apiary
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Materials scientist Marie-Agathe Charpagne and her colleagues believed they could improve on the
multicomponent alloy NiCoCr, an equal-proportions mixture of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and chromium (Cr),
by replacing chromium with ruthenium ______ the alloy that resulted, NiCoRu, turned out to be an
unsuitable replacement for NiCoCr.
A. (Ru)
B. (Ru) but
C. (Ru),
D. (Ru), but
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How do scientists determine what foods were eaten by extinct hominins such as Neanderthals? In the
past, researchers were limited to studying the marks found on the fossilized teeth of skeletons, but in
2017 a team led by Laura Weyrich of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA tried something ______ the
DNA found in Neanderthals’ fossilized dental plaque.
A. new: sequencing
B. new; sequencing
C. new, sequencing:
D. new. Sequencing
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After the United Kingdom began rolling out taxes equivalent to a few cents on single-use plastic grocery
bags in 2011, plastic-bag consumption decreased by up to ninety ______ taxes are subject to what
economists call the “rebound effect”: as the change became normalized, plastic-bag use started to creep
back up.
A. percent, such
B. percent and such
C. percent. Such
D. percent such
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Journalists have dubbed Gil Scott-Heron the “godfather of rap,” a title that has appeared in hundreds of
articles about him since the 1990s. Scott-Heron himself resisted the godfather ______ feeling that it didn’t
encapsulate his devotion to the broader African American blues music tradition as well as “bluesologist,”
the moniker he preferred.
A. nickname, however
B. nickname, however;
C. nickname, however,
D. nickname; however,
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In her book The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, author Maxine Hong Kingston
examines themes ______ childhood, womanhood, and Chinese American identity by intertwining
autobiography and mythology.
A. of:
B. of
C. of—
D. of,
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A subseasonal weather forecast attempts to predict weather conditions three to four weeks in ______ its
predictions are therefore more short-term than those of the seasonal forecast, which attempts to predict
the weather more than a month in advance.
A. advance,
B. advance
C. advance;
D. advance and
Question ID 2680b96d

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The Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden in Norway and the Jardim Botânico of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil are two of
many botanical gardens around the world dedicated to growing diverse plant ______ fostering scientific
research; and educating the public about plant conservation.
A. species, both native and nonnative,
B. species, both native and nonnative;
C. species; both native and nonnative,
D. species both native and nonnative,

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The field of geological oceanography owes much to American ______ Marie Tharp, a pioneering
oceanographic cartographer whose detailed topographical maps of the ocean floor and its multiple rift
valleys helped garner acceptance for the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift.
A. geologist,
B. geologist
C. geologist;
D. geologist:
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In ancient Greece, an Epicurean was a follower of Epicurus, a philosopher whose beliefs revolved around
the pursuit of pleasure. Epicurus defined pleasure as “the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the
______ that all life’s virtues derived from this absence.
A. soul,” positing
B. soul”: positing
C. soul”; positing
D. soul.” Positing
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American writer Edwidge Danticat, who emigrated from Haiti in 1981, has won acclaim for her powerful
short stories, novels, and ______ her lyrical yet unflinching depictions of her native country’s turbulent
history, writer Robert Antoni has compared Danticat to Nobel Prize–winning novelist Toni Morrison.
A. essays, praising
B. essays and praising
C. essays praising
D. essays. Praising
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The haiku-like poems of Tomas Tranströmer, which present nature- and dream-influenced images in crisp,
spare language, have earned the Swedish poet praise from leading contemporary ______ them Nigerian
American essayist and novelist Teju Cole, who has written that Tranströmer’s works “contain a luminous
simplicity.”
A. writers. Among
B. writers among
C. writers; among
D. writers, among
Question ID 9bcab648

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In 1976, the Inuit rock group Sikumiut recorded the album People of the Ice. Though only their first record,
it shows a band already skilled at the difficult task of making music that sounds easy and fun. On songs
like “Utirumavunga,” Lucassie Koperqualuk’s guitar riffs effortlessly ______ Charlie Adams’s delightfully
catchy vocal melodies.
A. blend, with
B. blend. With
C. blend; with
D. blend with
Question ID 836e370c

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When external forces are applied to common glass made from silicates, energy builds up around
minuscule defects in the material, resulting in fractures. Recently, engineer Erkka Frankberg of Tampere
University in Finland used the chemical ______ to make a glassy solid that can withstand higher strain than
silicate glass can before fracturing.
A. compound, aluminum oxide
B. compound aluminum oxide,
C. compound, aluminum oxide,
D. compound aluminum oxide

Question ID 5684e9ad

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As British scientist Peter Whibberley has observed, “the Earth is not a very good timekeeper.” Earth’s
slightly irregular rotation rate means that measurements of time must be periodically adjusted.
Specifically, an extra “leap second” (the 86,401st second of the day) is ______ time based on the planet’s
rotation lags a full nine-tenths of a second behind time kept by precise atomic clocks.
A. added, whenever
B. added; whenever
C. added. Whenever
D. added whenever
Question ID 9e56d8e7

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Award-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe was known for his innovative filming techniques.
While filming a boxing match for the movie Body and Soul ______ Howe had a handheld camera operator
wear roller skates. This allowed the operator to move smoothly around actors in a boxing ring, creating an
immersive experience for viewers.
A. (1947), and
B. (1947),
C. (1947) and
D. (1947)
Question ID fb0a6682

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At eight paragraphs long, the preamble to the constitution of ______ country in Western Asia—is much
longer than the one-paragraph preamble to the United States Constitution.
A. Bahrain—a
B. Bahrain, a
C. Bahrain a
D. Bahrain: a
Question ID 36e0f3e2

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The Tantaquidgeon Museum in Uncasville, Connecticut, was founded in 1931 with the goal of showcasing
the culture and history of the Mohegan ______ today, nearly a century later, it is the oldest Native-owned
and -operated museum in the country.
A. Tribe, and
B. Tribe
C. Tribe and
D. Tribe,
Question ID 082574fc

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The life spans of rockfish vary greatly by species. For instance, the colorful calico rockfish (Sebastes dalli)
can survive for a little over a ______ the rougheye rockfish (Sebastes aleutianus) boasts a maximum life
span of about two centuries.
A. decade: while
B. decade. While
C. decade; while
D. decade, while
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Sociologist Alton Okinaka sits on the review board tasked with adding new sites to the Hawai‘i Register of
Historic Places, which includes Pi‘ilanihale Heiau and the ‘Ōpaeka‘a Road Bridge. Okinaka doesn’t make
such decisions ______ all historical designations must be approved by a group of nine other experts from
the fields of architecture, archaeology, history, and Hawaiian culture.
A. single-handedly, however;
B. single-handedly; however,
C. single-handedly, however,
D. single-handedly however
Question ID d7b89c91

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Gathering accurate data on water flow in the United States is challenging because of the country’s
millions of miles of ______ the volume and speed of water at any given location can vary drastically over
time.
A. waterways and the fact that,
B. waterways, and the fact that,
C. waterways, and, the fact that
D. waterways and the fact that

Question ID 11db42e0

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On sunny days, dark rooftops absorb solar energy and convert it to unwanted heat, raising the surrounding
air ______ a light-colored covering to an existing dark roof, either by attaching prefabricated reflective
sheets or spraying on a paint-like coating, helps combat this effect.
A. temperature; by adding
B. temperature, adding
C. temperature. Adding
D. temperature by adding
Question ID 3233279a

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Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta’s celebrated literary oeuvre includes The Joys of Motherhood, a novel
about the changing roles of women in 1950s ______ a television play about the private struggles of a
newlywed couple in Nigeria; and Head Above Water, her autobiography.
A. Lagos, A Kind of Marriage,
B. Lagos; A Kind of Marriage,
C. Lagos, A Kind of Marriage:
D. Lagos; A Kind of Marriage

Question ID ae88a59f

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Using satellite remote sensing, Dr. Catherine Nakalembe, director of NASA’s Harvest Africa initiative,
gathers important data on crop health. Nakalembe doesn’t just compile the ______ she also shares her
findings with African farmers, enabling them to make data-driven decisions about managing critical food
crops.
A. information, though;
B. information, though,
C. information; though
D. information though,
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Emperor Ashoka ruled the Maurya Empire in South Asia from roughly 270 to 232 BCE. He is known for
enforcing a moral code called the Law of Piety, which established the sanctity of animal ______ the just
treatment of the elderly, and the abolition of the slave trade.
A. life
B. life;
C. life:
D. life,
Question ID 1e43d5ea

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A recent study tracked the number of bee species present in twenty-seven New York apple orchards over
a ten-year period. ______ found that when wild growth near an orchard was cleared, the number of
different bee species visiting the orchard decreased.
A. Entomologist Heather Grab:
B. Entomologist, Heather Grab,
C. Entomologist Heather Grab
D. Entomologist Heather Grab,

Question ID 0b05d2d6

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The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three pioneers in the field of click chemistry: two-time
Nobel laureate Barry Sharpless, who coined the term “click chemistry” in 1998; Carolyn Bertozzi, founder
of the Bertozzi Group at ______ and Morten Meldal, a professor at the University of Copenhagen in
Denmark.
A. Stanford
B. Stanford,
C. Stanford:
D. Stanford;
Question ID e6201ac0

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Archaeologists have estimated that the pre-Columbian Native American city of Cahokia, located across
the Mississippi River from modern-day St. Louis, Missouri, had as many as 20,000 inhabitants in the year
1150 ______ it one of the largest cities in North America at the time.
A. CE making
B. CE. Making
C. CE, making
D. CE; making
Question ID 6378f094

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Emperor penguins don’t waddle out of the ocean. They launch themselves at such a high speed that they
travel up to two meters before landing. How ______ A layer of microbubbles on their plumage reduces
friction as the penguins speed to the surface.
A. they are able to move so fast!
B. are they able to move so fast.
C. they are able to move so fast.
D. are they able to move so fast?

Question ID c18d995f

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The Alvarez theory, developed in 1980 by physicist Luis Walter Alvarez and his geologist son Walter
Alvarez, maintained that the secondary effects of an asteroid impact caused many dinosaurs and other
animals to die ______ it left unexplored the question of whether unrelated volcanic activity might have also
contributed to the mass extinctions.
A. out but
B. out, but
C. out
D. out,
Question ID 47e67c42

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Polyphenols are organic compounds ______ among their many roles, provide pigment that helps protect
plants against ultraviolet radiation from sunlight.
A. that—
B. that;
C. that,
D. that:
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Generations of mystery and horror ______ have been influenced by the dark, gothic stories of celebrated
American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849).
A. writers
B. writers,
C. writers—
D. writers;
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A standard Argo float, a type of autonomous robot, measures temperature and salinity in the upper
regions of ice-free oceans. More advanced floats can measure a wider range of ______ and monitor
seasonal ice zones.
A. variables: travel to greater depths
B. variables, travel to greater depths,
C. variables travel to greater depths,
D. variables, travel to greater depths;

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The intense pressure found in the deep ocean can affect the structure of proteins in fish’s cells, distorting
the proteins’ shape. The chemical trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) counters this effect, ensuring that
proteins retain their original ______ is found in high concentrations in the cells of the deepest-dwelling fish.
A. configurations. TMAO
B. configurations TMAO
C. configurations, TMAO
D. configurations and TMAO

Question ID dcc8a25e

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In 1943, in the midst of World War II, mathematics professor Grace Hopper was recruited by the US
military to help the war effort by solving complex equations. Hopper’s subsequent career would involve
more than just ______ as a pioneering computer programmer, Hopper would help usher in the digital age.
A. equations, though:
B. equations, though,
C. equations. Though,
D. equations though
Question ID 3152fbb0

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Researcher Lin Zhi developed a process for increasing the tensile strength—measured in gigapascals, or
GPa—of silkworm ______ dissolving and reweaving the silk in a solution of iron metal ions, zinc, and sugar,
Zhi increased the amount of force required to stretch it from approximately 0.5 GPa to 2 GPa.
A. silk, by
B. silk by
C. silk and by
D. silk. By
Question ID c4d6b754

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The forty-seven geothermal springs of Arkansas’ Hot Springs National Park are sourced via a process
known as natural groundwater recharge, in which rainwater percolates downward through the earth—in
this case, the porous rocks of the hills around Hot ______ collect in a subterranean basin.
A. Springs to
B. Springs: to
C. Springs—to
D. Springs, to
Question ID 17ece48a

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A study led by scientist Rebecca Kirby at the University of Wisconsin–Madison found that black bears that
eat human food before hibernation have increased levels of a rare carbon isotope, ______ due to the higher
13
C levels in corn and cane sugar. Bears with these elevated levels were also found to have much shorter
hibernation periods on average.
A. carbon-13, (13C)
B. carbon-13 (13C)
C. carbon-13, (13C),
D. carbon-13 (13C),
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Both Sona Charaipotra, an Indian American, and Dhonielle Clayton, an African American, grew up
frustrated by the lack of diverse characters in books for young people. In 2011, these two writers joined
forces to found CAKE Literary, a book packaging ______ specializes in the creation and promotion of
stories told from diverse perspectives for children and young adults.
A. company,
B. company that
C. company
D. company, that
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The Lion Light system, developed by Kenyan inventor Richard Turere, consists of LED lights installed
around the perimeter of livestock pastures. Powered with ______ the blinking LEDs keep lions away at
night, thus protecting the livestock without risking harm to the endangered lions.
A. energy collected, by solar panels, during the day
B. energy collected by solar panels during the day
C. energy collected by solar panels during the day,
D. energy, collected by solar panels during the day,

Question ID 08fe665d

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A conceptual artist and designer embraced by both the art world and the fashion ______ Mary Ping was
chosen to curate the exhibition Front Row: Chinese American Designers for the Museum of Chinese in
America.
A. world
B. world:
C. world;
D. world,
Question ID 6b4c8b42

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The 1977 play And the Soul Shall Dance depicts two Japanese American farming families in Depression-
era Southern California. Critics have noted the way pioneering ______ compares the experiences of issei
(Japanese nationals who emigrated to America) and nisei (their American-born children).
A. playwright, Wakako Yamauchi,
B. playwright, Wakako Yamauchi
C. playwright Wakako Yamauchi,
D. playwright Wakako Yamauchi

Question ID 0d0e04ec

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After immigrating from Mexico and obtaining U.S. citizenship, Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo entered
politics, earning a reputation for being a fervent defender of Hispanic civil rights. In 1919 Larrazolo was
elected governor of ______ in 1928 he became the nation’s first Hispanic U.S. Senator.
A. New Mexico and
B. New Mexico,
C. New Mexico, and
D. New Mexico
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After the printing press was introduced in 1440, handwritten manuscripts from Europe’s medieval period
were often destroyed and the paper used for other purposes. In one instance, pages ______ a collection of
Norse tales dating to 1270 were discovered lining a bishop’s miter (hat).
A. from:
B. from,
C. from
D. from—
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In her analysis of Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth (1905), scholar Candace Waid observes that the
novel depicts the upper classes of New York society as “consumed by the appetite of a soulless ______ an
apt assessment given that The House of Mirth is set during the Gilded Age, a period marked by rapid
industrialization, economic greed, and widening wealth disparities.
A. materialism”; and
B. materialism” and
C. materialism,”
D. materialism”
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In discussing Mary Shelley’s 1818 epistolary novel Frankenstein, literary theorist Gayatri Spivak directs the
reader’s attention to the character of Margaret Saville. As Spivak points out, Saville is not the protagonist
of Shelley’s ______ as the recipient of the letters that frame the book’s narrative, she’s the “occasion” of it.
A. novel
B. novel,
C. novel; rather,
D. novel, rather,
Question ID 4439e901

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Robin Wall Kimmerer of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation is a bryologist, a plant scientist who specializes in
mosses. To Kimmerer, mosses are Earth’s most adaptable plants: they can clone ______ enter a dormant
state in times of drought, and grow in areas that don’t have soil.
A. themselves;
B. themselves,
C. themselves. And
D. themselves
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Winding through the ice atop Norway’s Jotunheim Mountains is the Lendbreen pass, an ancient route that
was used by hunters, farmers, traders, and travelers in the Middle Ages before eventually falling into
disuse. Recently, archeologists have ______ knives, horseshoes, wool tunics, and thousands of other
artifacts from the icy pass.
A. unearthed:
B. unearthed,
C. unearthed—
D. unearthed

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C. settings and she

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B. will Umuofia’s traditions be affected.

C. Umuofia’s traditions will be affected?

D. will Umuofia’s traditions be affected?

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B. biologist Yuree Lee,

C. biologist Yuree Lee

D. biologist, Yuree Lee,

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B. Panchali, which was a

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A. Basic; in 2009, an online television network;

B. Basic; in 2009, an online television network,

C. Basic, in 2009; an online television network,

D. Basic, in 2009, an online television network,

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B. practice at the time;

C. practice, at the time,

D. practice at the time,

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A. ones, even so;

B. ones even so,

C. ones; even so,

D. ones, even so,

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B. critic, Stina Chyn, claims,