Mock 1 Writing

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Writing and Language Test

35 MINUTES, 44 QUESTIONS
DIRECTIONS
Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you
will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For
other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in
sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied
by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make
revising and editing decisions.
Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will
direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.
After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively
improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the
conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a “NO CHANGE” option.
Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the pas-
sage as it is.
uestions 1–11 are based on the

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following passage.

Living Walls
The practice of building living walls (also
known as vertical gardens) has exploded in
popularity in recent years, and promises only to
increase in the future as a premium continues
to be placed on space, greenery, and food
independence in the face of urbanization and
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global climate change.
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A. NO CHANGE
Living walls are, essentially, gardens (of either
B. When a vertical garden is built,
wherever it is built and whoever
decorative or produce plants, like leafy greens) builds it, a frame is constructed
around a specifically designed
vertical irrigation platform.
that through careful cultivation and construction C. When a vertical garden is built,
a frame is constructed around
and the use of hydroponic technology can be a specifically designed vertical
irrigation platform.
D. When someone builds a vertical
made to flourish inside an urban home. 1 garden is built, no matter where
that person builds it, a frame is
constructed around a specifically
When a vertical garden is built, wherever it
designed vertical irrigation
platform.
is built and by whomever it is built, a frame
is constructed around a specifically designed
vertical irrigation platform. This allows the
plants to grow upwards along a specifically
designed pattern, and in a particular location
within a home. Instead of taking up essential
floor space, thoughtfully designed vertical
gardens can inhabit negative space along walls,
or sometimes even on roofs, growing in specified
locations rather than inhabiting entire rooms of
a home or apartment. In addition to providing

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food or greenery, that is practical or aesthetic
2
Which of the following options provides the
value, 2 such walls can also help to keep the most relevant detail?
temperature in an enclosed space down. A. NO CHANGE

B. such walls can also help to keep the
temperature in an enclosed space
These gardens, by virtue of being in an perfectly regular.
C. such walls can also help to keep the
temperature in an enclosed space
enclosed space, also save their owners the down, as the plants absorb heat and
light.
D. such walls also help to decrease
trouble of protecting the gardens from insects
one’s energy, as they convert the
sun’s energy into fuel.
and rodents. Whereas an outdoor garden
3
may require 3 elaborate fencing to keep
he use of the word “elaborate” has what
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effect on the author’s description of outdoor
away animals and may even require the use of
gardens?
pesticides to keep away bugs, not to mention

A. It helps convey the ornate nature of
some garden fences.
growing season limited by weather, indoor
B. It helps highlight the hassle and
complications associated with
gardens are kept a steady temperature year outdoor gardens.
C. It helps ground the description by
providing realistic details.
round and, unless the gardener happens to have D. It helps demonstrate the greater
skill needed to maintain an outdoor
deers or rabbits running free in their home, are garden.
protected from 4 animals’. 4

A. NO CHANGE
B. animal’s
The practice of keeping houseplants for
C. animal
D. animals
decorative purposes has been common for

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many years, but with recent developments in
5
Which of the following best emphasizes the
technology, the idea of a potted plant has been potential importance of how the vertical
gardens look?
expanded, both in terms of its 5 aesthetic
A. NO CHANGE
B. acetic
potential (e.g. a whole wall as opposed to an
C. artistic
D. visual
isolated plant on a shelf) and its practical,
6
environmental application (e.g. a living wall that
To make this paragraph the most logical, the
underlined sentence would best be placed
reuses water and provides food as opposed to a
___________.
purely decorative plant that is maintained with

A. NO CHANGE
B. The sentence is irrelevant and
tap water). incoherent, and should be removed
entirely.
C. at the beginning of the paragraph
It is no secret that the world has been D. at the end of the paragraph,
following the sentence citing a
World Health Organization statistic
undergoing a massive and fundamental shift
towards urbanization in the last two centuries. 7

A. NO CHANGE
6 Clearly, as people move from the country B. In 2014, the World Health
Organization estimated that 54% of
the world’s population lived in cities
to the city and from houses to condominiums or suburbs,
C. In 2014, the World Health
or apartments, the possibility of urban-dwelling Organization estimated that 54% of
or suburbs.
families and individuals growing their own food D. In 2014, the World Health
Organization estimated that 54% of
and plants within their living space only makes
or suburbs . . .
more and more sense. 7 In 2014 the World

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Health Organization estimated that 54% of the 8
A. NO CHANGE
world’s population lived in cities or suburbs; B. All this is not to say that vertical
gardens are being the perfect
solution to all of our problems
meaning that almost four billion people lived in C. All this is not to say that vertical
gardens are the perfect solution to
these urban areas. all of our problems
D. All this is not to say that vertical
gardens were the perfect solution to
all of our problems
8 All this is not to say that vertical
9
gardens is the perfect solution to all of our
he writer is considering deleting the
T
underlined sentence. Should he or she do so,
problems. 9 The hydroponic systems
and why or why not?
A. Yes, the underlined sentence
required to maintain these gardens are costly, undermines the overall thesis by
presenting the views of those critical
complicated, and require a good deal of energy of the passage’s overriding thesis
about vertical gardens.
B. Yes, the underlined sentence
to maintain, leading critics to question their discusses views that are irrelevant
to the passage’s overall argument
about the popularity and viability of
practical and environmental value. Those
vertical gardens.
C. No, the underlined sentence
concerns are certainly important and probably provides useful context that
supports the passage’s overall
argument about the popularity and
valid 10 because as the technology continues viability of vertical gardens.
D. No, the underlined sentence
to develop and urban space continues to become provides useful context, and lends
the author’s argument legitimacy by
providing and addressing alternative
inhabited, 11 the desire city-dwellers all have viewpoints.
that is to grow their own fresh vegetables right 10

A. NO CHANGE
in their living room will almost certainly grow as B. but
C. after
well. D. Delete “because”; the first word of
the second sentence should be “as.”

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How can the underlined portion best be
rewritten to convey the author’s conclusion
more efficiently?
A. NO CHANGE
B. the desire city dwellers all have is to
grow
C. the desire of city dwellers to grow
D. the desire city dwellers that is to
grow

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Q
following passage. 12
A. NO CHANGE
B. apologies
“Japanese Internment”
C. apologizing
D. apologize
In October of 1990, the Attorney General of
13
the United States met with nine elderly Japanese hich choice most effectively sets up the
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information that follows and transitions into
Americans, in a ceremony in Washington the next sentence?
A. NO CHANGE
D.C. The ceremony focused on the actions of B. forcibly
C. enforcibly
the United States government in World War D. enforced
II. Unlike typical World War II ceremonies
celebrating heroism, sacrifice, leadership,
and victory, this ceremony undertook an
entirely different task— 12 apology. The
nine individuals represented the most elderly
surviving Japanese Americans who were
incarcerated and 13 forcefully relocated during
the war. The attorney general presented each
of them with a formal apology from President
George Bush and a check for 20,000 dollars

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as redress for the forced internment that was,
14
Which of the following statements would be
as Congress admitted, “motivated largely by most relevant to the passage if added after
Location 14 ?
racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and a failure
A. This pairing of specified
bureaucratic language, whereby
of political leadership.” 14 By the end of the
longtime residents of America of
Japanese descent were specifically
decade, the American government would pay precluded from acquiring
citizenship and then systematically
punished for the lack of that
reparations to more than 80,000 survivors and citizenship, is a classic example of
institutionalized racial and cultural
prejudice.
their descendants, 1.6 billion dollars in all.
B. The conditions of these camps,
in particular were deplorable in
the sense that the residents of
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the these camps had no say in the
administration of food, and no
choice as to which camp or location
United States at Pearl Harbor. The next day,
they were placed.
C. This forcible internment was
the Congress formally declared war on Japan. exacerbated by the extremely poor
conditions at the camps themselves.
In particular the aforementioned
Within two months, the popular opinion in the lack of medical care and food in
the camps form a particularly
United States had turned against the Japanese convincing case against any societal
or security value such internment
camps were said to provide.
American population and placed enormous D. The dollar amount of the
reparations is clear evidence of
not only the grievous nature of
pressure on the government to take action
the violation of the individual
human rights of those held, but
against them. On February 19, 1942, President of the extremely wide scale of the
internment.
Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which
allowed all or part of Washington, Oregon,
California, and Arizona to be declared military

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zones, 15 and all people of Japanese descent
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being excluded from those areas unless they A. NO CHANGE
B. and all people of Japanese descent
to be excluded
were residing in government camps. In March,
C. and all people of Japanese descent
to be excluding
residents of these areas began to report to D. and all people of Japanese descent’s
exclusion
Civilian Assembly Centers, and the forced 16

hich choice most effectively sets up the
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relocation to internment camps began. From information that follows and transitions into
the next sentence?
here, they were sent to Relocation Centers A. The language and regional focus of
the Order was hardly an accident,
and as a result
located, for the most part, on Native American B. Because the relocation occurred
only in war zones,
reservations in remote areas. C. On the other hand,
D. In spite of this,
The forced relocation was widespread and
systematic. At the time, nearly ninety percent
of all Japanese Americans in the continental
United States resided in the West-coast areas
that comprised the military zone. 16 By the
end of the war, perhaps as many as 120,000 of
the 127,000 Japanese Americans living in the
continental United States were relocated. Two-
thirds of these people were U.S. citizens.

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17 The majority of the non-citizens had 17
The author’s inclusion of this statement serves
actually resided in the United States for a longer to __________.
A. indicate that the given statistics are
inaccurate
period of time, but racially-specific laws passed
B. suggest that the source of the given
statistics was biased
in the 1920’s prevented Japanese immigrants C. illustrate the validity of the given
statistics
D. provide context for the previous
(but not their children, who were born on statement
American soil) from ever acquiring citizenship. 18

Which of the following could replace the word
“urban” to better describe the placement of the
Conditions in the Relocation Centers camps in remote deserts?
A. crowded
were often poor. Many of the camps were B. tempered
C. uninhabitable
D. sparse
located in 18 urban desert locations with
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extreme weather conditions. Camps such as
A. NO CHANGE
B. featured incessantly high winds
Manzanar, located at the base of the Sierra as well as many large fluctuations
between day and night.
C. featured incessant high winds
Nevada Mountains in California, 19 featured
as well as large fluctuations in
temperature between day and night.
incessant high winds as well as large fluctuations D. featured incessant high winds as
well as large fluctuations in between
day and night.
between day and night. 20 Additionally,
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the barracks-style housing featured shoddy,
A. NO CHANGE
B. But
threadbare construction, as well as cramped C. In addition to
D. On top of this,
living conditions.

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21 Multiple families were packed into areas
Which of the following is the best way to com-
bine the final two sentences of this passage?
built for a single family. Medical care and food A. Multiple families were packed
into areas built for a single family:
medical care and food were often
were often lacking. 22
lacking.
B. Multiple families were packed
into areas built for a single family,
lacking.
C. Multiple families were packed into
areas built for a single family, and
lacking.
D. All of the provided options create
grammatical errors. The sentences
cannot be combined.
22
The author of this passage wants to break the
final paragraph into two paragraphs, both dis-
cussing different aspects of the conditions of
the internment. What is the best point at which
to do so?
A. Before the sentence beginning with
“Additionally”
B. After the sentence ending with
“extreme weather conditions”
C. Before the sentence beginning with
“Multiple families”
D. There is no logical point at which to
break this paragraph.

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following passage. The first sentence’s underlined claim performs
which of the following functions?
A. It sets the tone with a bold,
A History of Chess aggressive claim.
B. It provides an initial thesis
statement about the historical
development of chess through the
23 People have been playing the game of
ages that is supported by the rest of
the passage.
chess for centuries with relatively little variation, C. It provides an initial perspective
against which the rest of the passage
argues.
and the ways in which the game has changed D. It fulfills a purely grammatical
function, linking the clauses of the
over the ages and in different countries offers an sentences. This claim is irrelevant to
the content of the passage itself.
interesting look at some of the details of history. 24

A. NO CHANGE
24 The game originated in sixth-century BCE
B. The game originally originated in
sixth-century BCE India, called
India, originally called “chaturanga.” 25 This “chaturanga.”
C. The game originated as
“chaturanga” in sixth-century BCE
name, which roughly translated means “four India.
D. Originally called “chaturanga” in
parts,” references what were the four traditional sixth-century BCE India, the game
originated.
parts of the Indian military. The modern bishops 25

The author’s inclusion and explanation of the
initial Indian name for chess serves what pur-
began as elephants, rooks as chariots, knights as
pose in the passage overall?
A. Provides initial historical detail and
cavalry units, and pawns as infantry units. context, setting the tone for this
historical treatment of the subject.
B. Provides key details needed to
support the author’s overall claims
about the progress of the social
significance of the game.
C. It serves very little purpose, and
is just included as a noteworthy
historical aside.
D. It serves no purpose, and should be
removed for concision and clarity.

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26 [1] The game arrived in Europe as early 26
Which of the following locations is the best
as the ninth century by way of contact with location for the sentence, “Chess didn’t just
remain in India; it spread as the culture
contacted others”?
Persia and the Byzantine and Arabian empires. A. Location [1]
B. Location [2]
[2] There, it continued to be associated with C. Location [3]
D. Location [4]
royalty and nobles. [3] Coverage of the game can
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be found in books from the period, and ornate A. NO CHANGE
B. it is based on skill and just not on
luck
chessboards were constructed. [4] Eventually,
C. it is just based on skill, and not on
luck
chess became popular with laypeople. Chess D. it is based on skill and not on luck
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didn’t just remain in India; it spread as the
If a sentence directly comparing the complexity
of the gameplay of chess and checkers were
culture contacted others. People would gather to inserted at the end of the second paragraph it
would __________.
bet on the game at noisy tournaments, resulting A. help to emphasize the passage’s
fundamental purpose of highlighting
the beauty and complexity of chess
in the Catholic Church and various monarchs gameplay through a meaningful
comparison
banning the game at various points of European B. help to improve the overall focus
of the essay by ending a digression
about monarchs and ecclesiastical
history. Not every ruler and ecclesiastical official leaders and refocusing the
paragraph on the logistics of chess
gameplay
was set against the game, though; some saw C. distract from the historical focus of
the passage by inserting completely
merit in it because 27 it is based on skill and irrelevant content about the
gameplay of another game
D. distract from the logistical,
not on just being lucky. 28 game-theoretical focus of the pas-
sage by inserting content about
the gameplay of a totally separate,
unrelated game

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At this point in history, the chess played
29
A. NO CHANGE
was still a bit different from chess as it’s
B. These adapted rules changed the
strategy players used: since a pawn
played today. The queen was comparatively moved all the way to the opponents’
side of the board can become a
queen and dramatically change the
underpowered. Around the end of the fifteenth balance of power in a game, the new
rules made moving one’s pawns to
century, a special version of chess called “queen’s the other side of the board a more
crucial part of chess strategy.
C. These adapted rules changed the
chess” introduced the more powerful move sets strategy players used, and since
a pawn moved all the way to the
opponents’ side of the board can
for these two pieces. It became popular in Spain
become a queen and dramatically
change the balance of power in a
and spread across Europe, leading to the game game, the new rules made moving
one’s pawns to the other side of the
board a more crucial part of chess
taking a form close to its modern one. 29 strategy.
D. These adapted rules changed the
strategy players used, and since
These adapted rules changed the strategy players
a pawn moved all the way to the
opponents’ side of the board can
used, since a pawn moved all the way to the become a queen and dramatically
change the balance of power in a
game, the new rules made moving
opponents’ side of the board can become a queen one’s pawns to the other side of the
board a more crucial part of chess
and dramatically change the balance of power in strategy.
a game, the new rules made moving one’s pawns 30

A. NO CHANGE
to the other side of the board a more crucial part B. Standardized and competitive chess
tournaments became popular as a
of chess strategy. sport
C. Standardized-competitive chess
tournaments became popular as
sporting events
30 Standardized competitive chess D. Standardized, competitive chess
tournaments became popular as
tournaments became popular as a sport in sporting events

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Europe beginning around the mid-nineteenth
31
Which of the following options best
century, though they did not yet involve time emphasizes that the players took a long time in
making their moves?
limits. This aspect of tournament play was only A. NO CHANGE
B. deliberated about
C. critiqued
added after players 31 considered potential
D. selected
moves for hours during the first European chess 32

hich of the following details would be
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tournament, held in 1851 London. Time limits most relevant to the passage if inserted after
a comma at Location 33 ? (Assume they
began to be implemented in the following years are all true statements.)
A. but many people who play chess
32 . Strategically impressive games and famous casually today don’t use time limits
B. even though hourglasses could be
unreliable
players became touchstones of the growing C. with the first timed tournament
being held in 1861
community. 33 The World Chess Federation D. but some people didn’t like the
change
(FIDE), founded in 1924 and presiding over 33

A. NO CHANGE
the titles of “Grand Master” and “World Chess
B. The World Chess Federation
(FIDE) was founded in 1924, and
Champion” ever since. Since then, people have has presided over the titles of
“Grand Master” and “World Chess
Champion” ever since.
continued to enjoy the game of chess in casual C. The World Chess Federation
(FIDE), founded in 1924, presided
and competitive environments. over the titles of “Grand Master”
and “World Chess Champion” ever
since.
D. The World Chess Federation (FIDE)
founded in 1924 has presided over
the titles of “Grand Master” and
“World Chess Champion” ever since.

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following passage. 34
A. NO CHANGE
“Two Perspectives in Studying Physics” B. Mechanics, quantum and classical,
represent two different ways
C. Quantum mechanics is one
representation, and classical
34 Quantum mechanics and classical mechanics another,
D. Quantum mechanics and classical
mechanics represents two different ways of mechanics represent two different
ways
looking at the world when studying physics. 35

A. NO CHANGE
Classical mechanics investigates the laws
B. This can range from the small-scale,
such as an apple falling off of a tree,
governing physical motion. 35 This can range to the large-scale, such as the orbits
of planets.
C. This can range from the small-
from the small-scale, such as an apple falling off scale—such as an apple falling off of
a tree—to the large-scale such as the
of a tree—to the large-scale, such as the orbits of orbits of planets.
D. This can range, from the small-scale
such as an apple falling off of a tree,
planets. Many students find classical mechanics to the large-scale, such as the orbits
of planets.
to be challenging, but they can take heart in the
36
Which of the following could be added to the
fact that most if not all of the examples they
passage at Location 36 to connect the sen-
tences before and after this location?
are likely to come across in a high school or
A. Problems in classical mechanics
involve rolling, pushing, dropping,
college introductory physics class involve visible,
falling, throwing, and bouncing.
B. High school physics classes
tangible objects. 36 37 [1] Even if a problem frequently cover classical
mechanics.
C. Hypothetical problems are
is purely hypothetical, it’s easy to imagine
considered commonplace in
quantum mechanics.
observing it. [2] Quantum mechanics is very D. Classical mechanics, also known as
Newtonian mechanics, was initially
proposed by Sir Isaac Newton.

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different. [3] This system grew out of classical
37
The author of this passage wants to break
mechanics’ inability to answer certain questions apart the first paragraph into two paragraphs
at a point that will most distinguish quantum
mechanics from classical mechanics. At which
or offer explanations for certain observed
of the following points should the author break
apart the paragraph?
phenomena. [4] 38 Experiments in this field A. Location [1]
B. Location [2]
involve electrons, photons, particles, waves, and C. Location [3]
D. Location [4]
other phenomena that are either not visible with
38
the naked eye and often not visible with powerful A. NO CHANGE
B. Experiments in this field involve
electrons, photons, particles, waves,
microscopes. As a result, understanding and other phenomena that are
either not visible with the naked
eye or not visible with powerful
quantum mechanics’ major breakthroughs and
microscopes.
C. Experiments in this field involve
discoveries often involves thought experiments electrons, photons, particles, waves,
and other phenomena that are not
visible with the naked eye and are
and theoretical situations that may leave often not visible with powerful
microscopes.
students without tangible intellectual ground to D. Experiments in this field involve
electrons, photons, particles, waves,
and other phenomena that are on
stand on. the one hand not visible with the na-
ked eye and on the other not visible
with powerful microscopes.

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39 In addition, many of quantum mechanics’ 39
A. NO CHANGE
core experiments yield inherently puzzling B. In addition, many of quantum
mechanics core experiments yield
results that are not as neat and tidy as those inherently puzzling results that
are not as neat and tidy as those
produced by classical mechanics
produced by classical mechanics’ calculations. calculations
C. In addition, many of quantum
mechanic’s core experiments yield
As an example of such an experiment, let’s inherently puzzling results that
produced by classical mechanic’s
consider Thomas Young’s famous 1803 double- calculations
D. In addition, many of quantum
mechanics’s core experiments yield
slit experiment. Young observed characteristics
inherently puzzling results that
of light that 40 demonstrated that light produced by classical mechanics’s
calculations
behaves like a stream of discrete particles, but in 40

Which of the following could replace the word
the same experiment, he observed characteristics “demonstrated” to indicate the theoretical
nature of Young’s conclusions from the double-
that suggested light behaves as a wave. These slit experiment?
A. proved
results flummoxed scientists and 41 created B. indicated
C. suggested
confusion; they helped generate the modern D. illustrated
41
view of light as a “wave-particle duality.”
Which of the following verb phrases can best
replace the underlined phrase to emphasize
the effort that scientists put into attempting
to make sense of the phenomena being
discussed?
A. NO CHANGE
B. did not make sense in terms of
traditional concepts
C. dodged traditional explanations
D. were revolutionary in the scientific
community

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That concept is difficult for many students and
42
The author is considering omitting the phrase
scientists to picture— 42 much more so than “much more so than picturing a falling apple”
that concludes the second paragraph. Should
the author do this?
picturing a falling apple.
A. Yes, because the author has

associated the falling apple with
classical mechanics, not quantum
mechanics, so it interrupts the flow
of the paragraph.
B. Yes, because falling apples are
associated with Newton, and the
paragraph has concluded talking
about Young.
C. No, because the phrase is necessary
to lead the reader into the next
paragraph and without it, the
passage would be confusing.
D. No, because the phrase contrasts
quantum mechanics with classical
mechanics, working toward the
purpose of the passage.

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43 Modern scientists continue to investigate 43
Which of the following is the best way to
the ways in which the two systems of thought combine the underlined sentences?
A. Modern scientists, paying particular

interact. They pay particular attention to attention to moments in which
they are incompatible, continue to
moments in which they are incompatible. investigate the ways in which the
two systems of thought interact
B. Paying particular attention to
moments in which they are
If you like really difficult puzzles, maybe incompatible, modern scientists
continue to investigate the ways in
studying quantum mechanics is for you! 44 which the two systems of thought
interact.
C. Modern scientists continue to
Just remember: just because classical mechanics investigate the ways in which the
two systems of thought interact,
paying particular attention to
isn’t as active in pushing the frontiers of
moments in which they are
incompatible.
scientific knowledge doesn’t mean that it is a D. The two systems of thought
continue to be investigated by
modern scientists, paying particular
core part of a physics education. Many of its attention to moments in which they
are incompatible.
tenets still hold, and quantum mechanics often
44
functions in the interstices where they do not. A. NO CHANGE
B. Just remember: just because
classical mechanics is as active in
Understanding both systems is the best way to pushing the frontiers of scientific
knowledge doesn’t mean that it is a
approach learning about the world through the core part of a physics education.
C. Remember: just because classical
mechanics isn’t as active in pushing
lens of physics. the frontiers of scientific knowledge
means that it isn’t a core part of a
physics education.
D. Remember: just because classical
mechanics isn’t as active in pushing
the frontiers of scientific knowledge
doesn’t mean that it isn’t a core part
of a physics education.

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Writing and Language Test

 uestions 1–11 are based on the

The practice of building living walls (also

known as vertical gardens) has exploded in

popularity in recent years, and promises only to

increase in the future as a premium continues

to be placed on space, greenery, and food

independence in the face of urbanization and

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is constructed around a specifically designed

vertical irrigation platform. This allows the

plants to grow upwards along a specifically

designed pattern, and in a particular location

within a home. Instead of taking up essential

floor space, thoughtfully designed vertical

gardens can inhabit negative space along walls,

or sometimes even on roofs, growing in specified

locations rather than inhabiting entire rooms of

a home or apartment. In addition to providing

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temperature in an enclosed space down. A. NO CHANGE

pesticides to keep away bugs, not to mention

protected from 4 animals’. 4

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purely decorative plant that is maintained with

towards urbanization in the last two centuries. 7

more and more sense. 7 In 2014 the World

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II. Unlike typical World War II ceremonies

celebrating heroism, sacrifice, leadership,

and victory, this ceremony undertook an

entirely different task— 12 apology. The

nine individuals represented the most elderly

surviving Japanese Americans who were

incarcerated and 13 forcefully relocated during

the war. The attorney general presented each

of them with a formal apology from President

George Bush and a check for 20,000 dollars

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Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which

allowed all or part of Washington, Oregon,

California, and Arizona to be declared military

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Civilian Assembly Centers, and the forced 16

The forced relocation was widespread and

systematic. At the time, nearly ninety percent

of all Japanese Americans in the continental

United States resided in the West-coast areas

that comprised the military zone. 16 By the

end of the war, perhaps as many as 120,000 of

the 127,000 Japanese Americans living in the

continental United States were relocated. Two-

thirds of these people were U.S. citizens.

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American soil) from ever acquiring citizenship. 18

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interesting look at some of the details of history. 24

parts of the Indian military. The modern bishops 25

uestions 1–11 are based on the