Questions1-11are based on the following passage.

Teaching English Abroad A) NO CHANGE

Given today's competitive job market, many B) However,
students in the United States worry that they lack C) As a result.
the skills needed to gain entry into a rewarding D) In addition,
profession. 1 Therefore, the vast majority of 2
these young people already possess one attribute A) NO CHANGE
that is in demand around the world: fluency in the B) billions’
English language. Millions, possibly even C) billions,
2 billions — of people around the world would D) billions;
like to learn English or improve their ability to
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speak, read,
A) NO CHANGE
3 or writing the language—and who better to B) or writing of
teach this difficult subject than a native speaker? C) and writing
Such jobs are available in virtually every city in the D) or write
world to English speakers 4 willing to take the 4
proper steps. A) NO CHANGE
The first step is to get certified. The B) willing of taking
5 minimum qualification to teach English
C) who, willing to take
abroad is generally a bachelor’s degree and some D) who are willing the taking of
type of certificate in TESOL (Teaching English to 5
Speakers of Other Languages). The good news is A) NO CHANGE
that TESOL certification programs are plentiful, B) standard path to the perfect career
are online, are relatively inexpensive, and can be C) basic requirement to study English abroad
completed in as few as six weeks. On the other D) traditional way to enter the workforce
hand, some experts warn that you should invest
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more than the bare minimum amount of time and
money in your TESOL education. Poorly trained Which choice provides the clearest transition
job seekers are far more likely to end up in positions from the previous paragraph to this one?
with low pay, no benefits, and long hours. A) NO CHANGE
B) These obstacles are easily overcome by
6 Experts are not always right, [Link] most people.
are many factors to consider. For example, if you C) Of course, not everyone is cut out to be
want to save money, schools in South Korea and a language instructor.
the Middle East tend to pay more and offer more D) The second step is to choose a country or
benefits than schools in Latin America. However, region in which to teach.
teaching in Latin America is often a more popular
option among job seekers from the United States, 7
perhaps because, having taken Spanish in high
A) NO CHANGE
school, these prospective teachers would prefer to
B) found positions by chance,
live and work in a Spanish-speaking country than
C) found accidental positions by chance,
in one in which they do not speak the language.
D) chanced upon positions by accident.
The last step is to find a school. Some English
teachers have 7 accidentally found positions by 8
chance, traveling to a city of their choice and then
answering a local ad, but experts recommend that it A) NO CHANGE
is better 8 for one to establish connections with a B) for someone
school before you travel. Some TESOL certification C) for them
programs are skilled in placing students in jobs and D) DELETE the underlined portion.
providing support and connections along the way.
Online job boards also
 9 allows job seekers to and find out about 9
opportunities in different schools, but beware:
some prospective teachers have accepted what they A) NO CHANGE
thought were 10 tight job offers, only to arrive B) allowing
at the schools and find no job waiting for them. C) to allow
Regardless, 11 motivated job seekers have an D) allow
extremely good chance of being successful.
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A) NO CHANGE
B) rigid
C) firm
D) stationary

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At this point the writer is considering adding

the following information.
with tens of thousands of English-language
schools around the world.
Should the writer make this addition here?
A) Yes, because it supports the sentence's point
about the likelihood of finding a school.
B) Yes, because it gives an example of the
support that TESOL certification programs
can provide.
C) No, because it contradicts the previous
sentence's point about online job boards.
D) No, because it blurs the focus of the
paragraph by introducing extraneous
information.
Questions 12-22 are based on the following 12
passage.
A) NO CHANGE
The Dipylon Master B) 1800s; in Athens. Greece.
In the Iate 12 1800s in, Athens Greece, an C) 1800s. in Athens. Greece;
excavation of an ancient cemetery for wealthy D)1800s in Athens. Greece,
Athenians uncovered a treasure trove of enormous
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ceramic urns, some up to six feet 13 tall, they
dated back to 750 BCE. Examination of the A) NO CHANGE
14 urn’s by archaeologists’ revealed that most of
B) tall, they were dated
them were made by the same artist, who came to C) tall; dating
be called the Dipylon Master (after the name of the D) tall, dating
cemetery). While the size of the urns was certainly
impressive, the archaeologists were even more 14
excited about the urns' decoration. The detailed
painting on the urns was distinctive, and the A) NO CHANGE
Dipylon Master is now recognized for starting an B) urns by archaeologists
artistic movement that produced some of the finest C) urns’ by archaeologists
Greek pottery paintings ever made. D) urns by archaeologists'
As archaeologists compared the works of the
Dipylon Master with pottery pieces made in the 15
years before and after him, 15 it became clear that
he was an important transitional [Link] the Which choice best establishes the main idea
Dipylon Master. paragraph?
A) NO CHANGE
B) they concluded that his themes reflect
prosperity and militarism of the period.
C) they concluded that many wealthy
Athenians wanted his vases.
D) they came to recognize his distinctive way
of portraying human figures.
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pottery showed minimal decoration. 16 though Which choice provides an example supporting
Athens had long been a center for talented artists. the assertion made earlier in this sentence?
But the Dipylon Master used more varied patterns, A) NO CHANGE
often combining 17 greater than one pattern on B) which could be seen as a reflection of
a single piece and thereby turning the available Athenian tastes at the lime.
space into a field for individual creativity. Artists C) perhaps a few plain horizontal bands drawn
who followed the Dipylon Master continued his around a vase.
practices and built on 18 it, solidifying his role as D) and few other pottery artists showed
the founder of a new artistic era. comparable technical skill.

19 In addition to inventing a motif known 17

as the"Dipylon wheel." he started the practice of A) NO CHANGE
using the surface of the pottery to tell a story in B) an excess of
pictures, something not done by his predecessors. C) over
In addition to such decorative elements as bands D) more than
of repeated squares or triangles, he included 18
something else 20 new: included in the pottery A) NO CHANGE
were figures of animals and human beings arranged B) him, solidifying their
in scenes. These figures were not drawn in a three- C) them, solidifying their
dimensional, realistic style—they look more like D) them, solidifying his
stick figures—but they were shown engaging in 19
activities that the viewer would recognize. A group Which choice provides the most effective
of human figures riding in horse-drawn chariots, transition from the previous paragraph to this
21 likewise, would remind viewers of battles and
one?
heroes. A) NO CHANGE
20 B) What makes the Dipylon Master special is
not just that he lavished decoration on
A) NO CHANGE
pieces of pottery; he also
B) new, adding
C) In addition to showing a major interest in
C) new;
scenes of warfare and military processions,
D) new. The things he included were
the Dipylon Master also
21 D) The Dipylon Master employed a distinctive
A) NO CHANGE technique of using silhouettes in depicting
B) instead, human figures; he also
C) for example,
D) additionally.
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One hundred years later, artists were still
22 imitating the Dipylon Master's practice of A) NO CHANGE
storytelling on pottery. But in a refinement of the B) cloning
technique, they began drawing more realistic C) impersonating
looking people and animals, and they depicted D) counterfeiting
characters from mythology and literature that their
well-educated patrons would be able to identify.