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Pre-Exam Drills 18
Pre-Exam Drills 18
Ibrahim Ibrahimli
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2. Luxury goods brands have typically embraced a personal 1/1
approach to their elite clientele, believing only a hands-on, in-person
experience can convey the value of their distinctive products.
Researcher Miao Wang has noted that leading manufacturers are
now _____ technology, such as Virtual Reality headsets, to expand
the consumer experience beyond established boundaries.
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3.University of Torino researchers Giada Cordoni and Ivan Norscia 1/1
wanted to determine if the bystander effect-the decrease in
likelihood of an individual to intervene in a conflict as the number of
bystanders in a group increases-might apply to a group of social
mammals, such as pigs. After observing strong indications of the
effect in a group of pigs, the researchers declared that pigs are,
indeed, ________ some of the same social behaviors that humans
are.
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4.The following text is excerpted from Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 story 1/1
"The Black Cat." The narrator talks about one of the many animals
that he and his wife kept as pets.
Pluto -- this was the cat's name -- was my favorite pet and playmate.
I alone fed him, and he attended me wherever I went about the
house. It was even with difficulty that I could prevent him from
following me through the streets.
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5.Responding to an increasing world population, the United Nations 0/1
has focused on food security and the need for greater diversity in
sustainable food sources. Traditional farming methods often add
substantial
amounts of greenhouse gases and negatively impact biodiversity.
Among possible alternatives are "blue foods," water-based foods
such as seaweed, which have been farmed in countries such as
China and Japan for centuries. Harvesting these foods on such a
large scale, however, could change the ecosystems of coastlines,
and further studies are needed to assess how transforming the diets
of large populations would affect the planet.
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6. The following text is excerpted from The Duke of Stockbridge, an 0/1
1879 novel by Edward Bellamy. In the text, the narrator describes a
battle in Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War,
fought between the American Continental Army and the nearby British
forces, commanded by General Burgoyne.
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7. The following text is adapted from Henry James's 1898 novella The 1/1
Turn of the Screw.
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8. When asked to give up her first-class train seat, African American 0/1
schoolteacher Ida Wells (1862-1931) refused. Claiming protection
from the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which banned racial segregation in
public accommodations, she protested and successfully sued the
railroad company. When the Tennessee Supreme Court reversed the
ruling, her resolve to fight for African American rights was further
fueled by her adversity. For decades she wrote and edited articles
for black publications condemning Jim Crow policies, fighting to
reverse racist wrongful convictions, and even toured Britain as a
lecturer, inspiring others to defend their rights under the law.
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9. The songs of male humpback whales typically develop and evolve 1/1
slowly within discrete social groups. But researchers in the South
Pacific have observed total replacement of song types from one
neighboring humpback whale population to the next in rapid
succession from French Polynesia to Ecuador, with the potential for
complete circumpolar transmission in the Southern Hemisphere.
The researchers have urged that humpback populations to the east
of Ecuador be monitored for the song that first evolved in French
Polynesia.
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10. Formed by an accumulation of algae and agricultural nutrients 0/1
and chemicals, sargassum-a type of brown seaweed-contains
alginate, a gelatinous substance that disintegrates naturally.
Because of this property, alginate has shown to be useful in creating
biodegradable packaging as well as building bricks that withstand
earthquakes and strong winds better than traditional bricks. Due to
these potential benefits, investors and entrepreneurs alike have
shown interest in extracting alginate from sargassum despite the
often-shifting locations from which sargassum can be harvested.
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11. A team of researchers conducted an experiment that showed 1/1
that expressions of gratitude can benefit social relationships and
psychological conditions. The researchers organized study
participants into two- person teams that had to complete a
collaborative task, with some teams expressing gratitude to each
other before beginning the task while others started working directly
on the task. Based on biometric responses, the research team
claims that expressions of gratitude during a stressful task cause a
person to react more positively to the task as a whole.
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12. Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to 1/1
complete the statement?
A) there was a 147% increase in arrival delays, but only a 40% increase
in all flight operations.
C) there was a 40% increase in all flight operations, but only a 24%
increase in on-time arrivals.
D) there was a 147% increase in arrival delays but only a 129% increase
in cancelled flights
14. Mosaic art flourished during the Hellenistic period of Greece, 0/1
and the Greek island of Delos contains about half of all surviving
Hellenistic Greek mosaics. While art historian and archaeologist
John Boardman purports that the only known mosaic artist to have
his name recorded was Sosus, archaeologist Katherine Dunbabin
asserts that a second artist also left his signature on his mosaic
work as "Gnosis epoesen," which translates to "Gnosis created."
Therefore, while Sosus remains the only mosaic artist whose name
has been recorded in formal writing, _________
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15. The Saman dance is one of the most popular dances in 1/1
__________ Saman dances are normally performed during important
occasions, such as national or religious holidays. The dance is done
by a group of individuals who sing without any musical
accompaniment.
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16. There are different systems, known as romanization systems, for 1/1
writing Mandarin Chinese in the Latin alphabet. While some systems
use glyphs or numbers to indicate the four tones of
_________ Gwoyeu Romatzyh system uses different spellings to
convey the tones.
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17. Solace Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, considered one of the 1/1
most wild and isolated places in Ontario, contains a boreal forest
and a chain of narrow ___________ that appeal to backcountry
canoeists.
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18. The Cat's Eye Nebula is part of the constellation Draco and was 0/1
discovered by astronomer William Herschel in 1786. Later, amateur
astronomer William Huggins analyzed the nebula's spectrum
________ that nebulae are made of gas and not actual stars.
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19. Mapuche author Pedro Cayuqueo has authored investigative 1/1
pieces analyzing the political conflict regarding his Indigenous
community for both books and _______ he also authored a children's
book in 2022.
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20. The dazzling light show of the aurora borealis is most easily 0/1
observed in the Arctic and occurs when charged particles emitted
from the Sun _________ with oxygen and nitrogen molecules in the
Earth's atmosphere, leading to the emission of visible light. These
particle storms are concentrated around the planet's magnetic
poles; the southern equivalent is called the aurora australis.
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21. In 2010, physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov were 0/1
awarded a Nobel Prize for their discovery of graphene. Made up of a
two-dimensional network of carbon atoms, _________ possible
applications in emerging technologies in a variety of fields from
sports equipment to electronics.
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22. Argentine scientist Karen Hallberg, a professor of physics, has 1/1
noted that 92% of her graduate school classmates were male.
________ Hallberg has promoted the need to break down barriers for
female scientists as well as for scientists from lower socioeconomic
backgrounds.
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23. Named after the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Garnet 1/1
Douglass Baltimore was the first African American student to
graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with an engineering
degree in 1881. While working on a lock on the Oswego Canal in
New York, Baltimore experimented with different materials.
__________ he developed a new method to test cement that was used
for many years.
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24. While researching a topic, a student has taken the following 1/1
notes:
. Anna Coble was an American biophysicist.
. She studied mathematics at Howard University.
. She studied biophysics at University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign.
. She was the first Black woman to earn a doctorate in biophysics.
. She was the first Black woman to be hired at Howard University.
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