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Academic Expository Texts, Inferences, and Contextual Vocabulary

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  1. Passage: 'The migration of monarch butterflies across North America represents one of the most remarkable navigational feats in the animal kingdom. Every autumn, millions of monarchs travel up to thre…
  2. In the passage above, the word 'remarkable' in line 1 is closest in meaning to...
  3. According to the passage, why is the monarch migration considered astonishing?
  4. In the passage, the word 'it' in line 5 refers to...
  5. Passage: 'During the Pleistocene epoch, continental ice sheets repeatedly advanced and retreated across vast swaths of North America and Eurasia. These glacial cycles caused dramatic fluctuations in g…
  6. In the passage above, the word 'fluctuations' is closest in meaning to...
  7. It can be inferred from the passage that the Bering Land Bridge...
  8. Passage: 'The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a vibrant cultural, social, and artistic movement centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. African American writers such as Langston Hugh…
  9. In the passage, the word 'flourished' is closest in meaning to...
  10. Which of the following figures is NOT mentioned as a literary figure of the Harlem Renaissance in the passage?
  11. Passage: 'Bioluminescence, the production and emission of light by living organisms, occurs widely among marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some fungi and insects such as fireflies. T…
  12. In the passage, the word 'emission' is closest in meaning to...
  13. What two chemical substances are required for the bioluminescent reaction described in the passage?
  14. Passage: 'The Rosetta Stone, discovered near the Egyptian port town of Rashid in 1799, proved to be the indispensable key for deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Carved in 196 BCE, the granodi…
  15. In the passage, the word 'indispensable' is closest in meaning to...
  16. According to the passage, the Rosetta Stone was carved during the reign of which monarch?
  17. The passage implies that before the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, modern scholars...
  18. Passage: 'Lichen is not a single organism, but rather a remarkable mutualistic partnership between a fungus and a photosynthetic partner, typically an alga or a cyanobacterium. The fungus provides str…
  19. In the passage, the word 'thrive' is closest in meaning to...
  20. What does the fungal partner provide in the lichen relationship according to the text?
  21. Passage: 'The concept of continental drift, proposed by German meteorologist Alfred Wegener in 1912, posited that Earth's continents were once joined in a supercontinent called Pangaea. Wegener suppor…
  22. In the passage, the word 'plausible' is closest in meaning to...
  23. According to the passage, what type of evidence did Wegener cite to support continental drift?
  24. Passage: 'Echolocation is a biological sonar utilized by microbats, toothed whales, and certain cave-dwelling birds to navigate and forage in total darkness. By emitting high-frequency sound pulses an…
  25. In the passage, the word 'forage' is closest in meaning to...
  26. The author's description of a bat detecting a target as thin as a human hair illustrates the...
  27. Passage: 'The Industrial Revolution, which originated in Great Britain during the mid-eighteenth century, transformed agrarian societies into industrialized urban economies. Innovations such as James…
  28. In the passage, the word 'dislocation' is closest in meaning to...
  29. Which of the following inventions is explicitly mentioned in the passage?
  30. Passage: 'Dendrochronology, or tree-ring dating, is the scientific method of dating environmental events and archaeological wooden artifacts by analyzing annual growth rings. Because tree ring width v…
  31. In the passage, the word 'systematically' is closest in meaning to...
  32. What environmental factors most directly influence tree ring width according to the passage?
  33. Passage: 'The Great Barrier Reef, spanning over two thousand kilometers off the northeastern coast of Australia, is the world's most extensive coral reef ecosystem. Composed of billions of tiny organi…
  34. In the passage, the word 'expel' is closest in meaning to...
  35. What is the ultimate risk to corals that experience bleaching according to the passage?

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