RW question 1
The following text is adapted from Abraham Lincoln’s last public address,
given April 11, 1865.
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If this course of rejection, discouraging and paralyzing both white and black,
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has any tendency to bring Louisiana into proper practical relations with the
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Union, I have, so far, been unable to perceive it. If, on the contrary, we
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recognize, and sustain the new government of Louisiana the converse of all
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this is made true. We encourage the hearts, and nerve the arms of the twelve
thousand to adhere to their work, and argue for it, and proselyte for it, and
fight for it, and feed it, and grow it, and ripen it to a complete success.
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As used in the text, what does the word “recognize” most nearly
mean?
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A) identify
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B) accept
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C) realize
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D) appreciate
RW question 2
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An easy way to reduce energy consumption is to scale back the use of energy
for nonessential activities. No energy source capable of _______ the needs
of a large population will be entirely safe and free of destructive
consequences. As citizens of the world, people need to be mindful of the
effects of their actions and strive to reduce their energy footprint.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and
precise word or phrase?
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, A) obtaining B) supplying C) exhausting D) donating
RW question 3
In explaining the title of his historical account of multiculturalism and
immigration, A Different Mirror, Ronald Takaki acknowledges that
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metaphorical “mirrors” have been _______ by earlier historians such as
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Carlos Fuentes (author of The Buried Mirror) and Barbara W. Tuchman
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(author of A Distant Mirror). Takaki’s analysis, however, is distinct in its
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expanded scope and intensified self-consciousness.
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Which choice completes the text with the most logical and
precise word or phrase?
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A) gathered
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B) celebrated
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C) utilized
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D) eschewed
RW question 4
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Explaining the coexistence of various plant and butterfly species is
_______ to truly understanding the region’s biodiversity and the forces
that sustain or reduce it. Such an understanding will help ecologists devise
an appropriate plan that maximizes the limited funding available for
conservation and that still allows for future development of the area.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and
precise word or phrase?
A) critical
B) perilous
C) condemning
D) analytical
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