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1. According to Passage 1, seeking perfection
D. can negatively affect one's life - ✔✔Impossible Perfection
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2. As used in paragraph 2 of Passage 1, the word unattainable has the nearest
antonym in
A. achievable - ✔✔Impossible Perfection
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3. The main purpose of paragraph 3 of Passage 1 is to
B. provide examples to prove the author's point - ✔✔Impossible Perfection
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4. Which of the following best summarizes the argument made in Passage 2?
D. Perfection for one necessarily is failure for another, but it should still be sought. -
✔✔Impossible Perfection
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5. The authors of BOTH passages would most likely agree that
B. different people define perfection differently - ✔✔Impossible Perfection
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6. Which of the following is NOT used in either passage as an example of perfection?
C. a symphony by Michelangelo - ✔✔Impossible Perfection
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1. In paragraph 4, the author includes information from the research of Professor Piers
Steel. This evidence is included in order to
D. show readers that procrastination is a very common problem - ✔✔I'll Do it
Tomorrow ...
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,2. In the passage, the author cites the example of the bag of chips and the sandwich in
order to
B. explain the difference between instant gratification and delayed gratification - ✔✔I'll
Do it Tomorrow ...
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3. Based on its use in paragraph 6, it can be understood that the word minimal belongs
to which of the following word groups?
A. not much, little, hardly any - ✔✔I'll Do it Tomorrow ...
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4. In this passage, the author makes each of the following claims about procrastination
EXCEPT which one?
D. People work better under pressure. - ✔✔I'll Do it Tomorrow ...
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5. Jed has to read a very long book for his English class. He has been putting off
reading the book for a while, but he knows that he has to get it done. He looks at the
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book. "This book is too long!" he says. "I'll never finish it! Maybe I'll be able to
concentrate better if I make myself a snack ..." Based on the information in the
passage, what advice would the author give Jed to help him stop procrastinating?
C. Jed should start by just reading the first fifteen pages. - ✔✔I'll Do it Tomorrow ...
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6. Which of the following is explicitly mentioned by the author as one way the reader
might avoid procrastination?
A. turn your phone off - ✔✔I'll Do it Tomorrow ...
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1. Which of the following is true about the narrator of the passage?
D. The narrator's grandparents live in China. - ✔✔Saturday School
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2. The narrator's parents
I. were born in China
,II. spoke Mandarin at school
III. never learned English
C. I and II only - ✔✔Saturday School
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3. Based on its use in paragraph 2, the word literate means
B. able to read and write - ✔✔Saturday School
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4. Most of the students at the Saturday School
A. are of Chinese descent - ✔✔Saturday School
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5. Based on the information in the passage, the reader can understand that Mandarin,
Cantonese, and Hokkien are all
A. Chinese languages or dialects - ✔✔Saturday School
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6. In the final paragraph, the narrator says, "I don't think I'll need my parents to
translate for me." Why does she most likely mention this?
B. Previously, she has needed her parents' translation help. - ✔✔Saturday School
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1. Which of the following is NOT listed in the passage as a benefit of shorter flights?
B. Passengers will pay more for shorter flights. - ✔✔Concorde: Yesterday's Future
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2. As used in multiple parts of the passage, the word "supersonic" is best defined as
A. faster than the speed of sound - ✔✔Concorde: Yesterday's Future
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3. While developing Concorde, engineers encountered problems with which of the
following?
I. runway lengths
II. passenger comfort
, III. fuel costs
B. I and II only - ✔✔Concorde: Yesterday's Future
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4. According to the passage, Concordes flew from
A. London to New York - ✔✔Concorde: Yesterday's Future
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5. The passage suggests that the public originally viewed Concordes with
C. wonder - ✔✔Concorde: Yesterday's Future
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6. Which of the following contributed to Concorde being grounded?
D. All of the above - ✔✔Concorde: Yesterday's Future
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7. The author states that each of the following is true of Concorde EXCEPT
D. It was the fastest aircraft ever developed. - ✔✔Concorde: Yesterday's Future
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8. The title of the passage serves to highlight which true fact about Concorde?
B. Concorde was ahead of its time in one way but out of date in another way. -
✔✔Concorde: Yesterday's Future
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1. The author's description of high school students in paragraph 1 suggests that the
author believes high school students are
A. impressionable - ✔✔The Structure of Dickens
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2. Information in paragraph 2 makes it clear that
B. many adults do not read books - ✔✔The Structure of Dickens
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3. As used in paragraph 3, the word fallacious most nearly means
