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Read the sentences.My goal when visiting Alaska is to see the northern lights. I learned that the city of Fairbanks and Denali National Park are the two best locations in the state for viewing and photographing the lights.Which phrase is an infinitive phrase?

A
my goal when visiting Alaska
B
to see the northern lights
C
two best locations in the state
D
for viewing and photographing
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Read the passage from A Doll’s House.Nora: And when she heard you had been appointed manager of the Bank—the news was telegraphed, you know—she travelled here as quick as she could. Torvald, I am sure you will be able to do something for Christine, for my sake, won't you?Helmer: Well, it is not altogether impossible. I presume you are a widow, Mrs. Linde?Mrs. Linde: Yes.Helmer: And have had some experience of book-keeping?Mrs. Linde: Yes, a fair amount.Helmer: Ah! well, it's very likely I may be able to find something for you—Nora: [clapping her hands] What did I tell you? What did I tell you?Helmer: You have just come at a fortunate moment, Mrs. Linde.Mrs. Linde: How am I to thank you?Helmer: There is no need. [Puts on his coat.] But today you must excuse me—Rank: Wait a minute; I will come with you. [Brings his fur coat from the hall and warms it at the fire.]

A
the dialogue
B
the speaker tags
C
the stage directions
D
the characters’ actions
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Read the passage from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.In the 1950s, Khrushchev predicted: "We will bury you." But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history. In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind—too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor.And now the Soviets themselves may, in a limited way, be coming to understand the importance of freedom. We hear much from Moscow about a new policy of reform and openness. Some political prisoners have been released. Certain foreign news broadcasts are no longer being jammed. Some economic enterprises have been permitted to operate with greater freedom from state control. Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the Soviet state? Or are they token gestures, intended to raise false hopes in the West . . . ? We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

A
exclusive language
B
repetition
C
emotional appeal
D
inclusive language
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Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night.When at last a grayish light appeared on the horizon, it revealed a tangle of human shapes, heads sunk deeply between the shoulders, crouching, piled one on top of the other, like a cemetery covered with snow. In the early dawn light, I tried to distinguish between the living and those who were no more. But there was barely a difference. My gaze remained fixed on someone who, eyes wide open, stared into space. His colorless face was covered with a layer of frost and snow.

A
It is an atmosphere of relief.
B
It is an atmosphere of hesitation.
C
It is a skeptical atmosphere.
D
It is a nightmarish atmosphere.
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Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.They stood together quietly, in the dark, in the growing cool of the night, and the sea breeze gave up on them and played in the dark leaves above, and the sound of the waves came in with the quiet. The stars popped in the night sky like distant firecrackers, and beyond them the great streak of the Milky Way came down out of heaven and draped a swathe into the ocean beyond. Turner could almost feel the globe sliding under his feet. Lizzie felt it, too and she reached out and took his hand for a moment—as if for balance—and then dropped it.

A
The reader can follow the thoughts and feelings of only Lizzie.
B
The reader can follow the thoughts and feelings of only Turner.
C
The reader can follow the thoughts and feelings of both Lizzie and Turner.
D
The reader can follow the thoughts and feelings of neither Lizzie nor Turner.
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Which excerpt from Fast Food Nation best states the author’s overall claim?

A
The fast food industry’s obsession with throughput has altered the way millions of Americans work, turned commercial kitchens into small factories, and changed familiar foods into commodities that are manufactured.
B
Unlike Olympic gymnastics—an activity in which teenagers consistently perform at a higher level than adults—there’s nothing about the work in a fast food kitchen that requires young employees.
C
Although Richard and Mac McDonald introduced the division of labor to the restaurant business, it was a McDonald’s executive named Fred Turner who created a production system of unusual thoroughness and attention to detail.
D
Teenagers have been the perfect candidates for these jobs, not only because they are less expensive to hire than adults, but also because their youthful inexperience makes them easier to control.
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Sometimes hyphens are used to link words that work together to modify a single noun. These linked words are called

A
compound modifiers.
B
nonrestrictive elements.
C
independent clauses.
D
restrictive elements.
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Examine the page from a public service campaign website.Which statement best describes this public service campaign?

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It makes logical and emotional appeals to encourage people who have been bullied to get help.
B
It makes logical and emotional appeals to encourage adults to help stop bullying.
C
It makes ethical and emotional appeals to encourage bystanders to take action.
D
It makes ethical and emotional appeals to encourage bullies to change their behavior.
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Read the passage from The Arabian Nights Entertainments.Sire, there was once upon a time a fisherman so old and so poor that he could scarcely manage to support his wife and three children. He went every day to fish very early, and each day he made a rule not to throw his nets more than four times. He started out one morning by moonlight and came to the sea-shore. He undressed and threw his nets, and as he was drawing them towards the bank he felt a great weight. He thought he had caught a large fish, and he felt very pleased. But a moment afterwards, seeing that instead of a fish he only had in his nets the carcase of an ass, he was much disappointed.Vexed with having such a bad haul, when he had mended his nets, which the carcase of the ass had broken in several places, he threw them a second time. In drawing them in he again felt a great weight, so that he thought they were full of fish. But he only found a large basket full of rubbish. He was much annoyed."O Fortune," he cried, "do not trifle thus with me, a poor fisherman, who can hardly support his family!"So saying, he threw away the rubbish, and after having washed his nets clean of the dirt, he threw them for the third time. But he only drew in stones, shells, and mud. He was almost in despair.

A
keep his nets clean of dirt.
B
support his wife and three children.
C
be up and working by moonlight.
D
catch stones, shells, and mud.
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What evidence from the passage best supports the inference that white sugar was rarer and more valuable than brown sugar? Select two options.

A
"Egypt became the world's great sugar laboratory"
B
"The kind of sugar easiest to produce from cane is dark"
C
"drain out the dark molasses to use by itself"
D
"wanted it to be as pure, sweet, and white as possible"
E
"Egyptians figured out how to meet that need"
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.THE AGE OF HONEYThere was a time before sugar, when those white grains that melt on your tongue did not exist anywhere on earth. Historians speak of the Iron Age, the Bronze Age—metals that were used in weapons and tools. But we could just as well speak of the first several thousand years of human history as the Age of Honey.

A
It lets the reader know that the authors are going to describe how honey relates to the story of sugar.
B
It suggests that the authors think that honey is more important because it was used before sugar.
C
It informs the reader that the authors are going to talk about many different types of sweeteners.
D
It reveals that the authors will focus on how honey is made and why it is still a popular sweetener.
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Ruth is writing an essay about the reasons for changing a folk tale from a dark, grotesque story to a story that is appropriate for children.How should Ruth organize her writing to provide the best structure for her essay? Select two options.Ruth should use the cause-and-effect structure to show that the darkness of the earlier stories caused authors to change them in order to be appropriate for children.Ruth should use the problem-solution structure to show why the dark stories are problematic, and how changing them solves the problem.Ruth should use the problem-solution structure to show that the darkness of earlier stories was the rationale for rewriting them for children.Ruth should give examples of the problems that dark stories can cause for younger audiences, and the changes that can solve the problem.Ruth should describe the effects of dark stories on children, and the changes that lessen those effects.

A
Ruth should use the cause-and-effect structure to show that the darkness of the earlier stories caused authors to change them in order to be appropriate for children.
B
Ruth should use the problem-solution structure to show why the dark stories are problematic, and how changing them solves the problem.
C
Ruth should use the problem-solution structure to show that the darkness of earlier stories was the rationale for rewriting them for children.
D
Ruth should give examples of the problems that dark stories can cause for younger audiences, and the changes that can solve the problem.
E
Ruth should describe the effects of dark stories on children, and the changes that lessen those effects.
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Read the line from Robert Hayden’s poem "Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” then look at the painting Water Lilies by Claude Monet.O light beheld as through refracting tears.

Question illustration
A
It points out that the artwork addresses a sad topic.
B
It explains the importance of light to supporting life.
C
It compares the painting to an emotional experience.
D
It suggests that the scene was painted at night.
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What evidence in the excerpt supports Schwartz's claim? Select three options.

A
"The processes at Orange County and most other plants that clean the water include microfiltration that strains out anything larger than 0.2 microns, removing almost all suspended solids, bacteria and protozoa."
B
"A zap with powerful ultraviolet light and a bit of hydrogen peroxide disinfects further and neutralize other small chemical compounds."
C
"But after all that, 13 percent of adult Americans say they would absolutely refuse to even try recycled water, according to a recent study in the journal Judgment and Decision Making."
D
"'A small minority of people are very offended by this, and can slow it down or stop it because of legal and political forces,' said Paul Rozin, a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania who studies revulsion and a co-author of the study."
E
"Opponents of reusing water have long had the upper hand, said Paul Slovic, a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon, because of the 'branding problem.'"
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Study the chart of Latin word roots.

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A
conjecture
B
indictment
C
infrastructure
D
deduction

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