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Read this excerpt from "How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About."The Pentagon wanted to ensure that their pilots would be able to fly their jets and bombers in the most unpredictable, hostile environments, including the presence of huge winds whipped up by nuclear fireballs. To accomplish this, the Pentagon developed flight simulators, in what was the birth of virtual reality. The pilots would sit in chairs with goggles placed over their eyes and use joysticks to control the simulated computer image in their headset. Select the most accurate summary of Kaku’s argument.

A
Virtual reality allows people to experience harsh environments, such as nuclear warfare, in a safe location.
B
Virtual reality began as a Pentagon-generated tool that prepared jet pilots for nuclear war.
C
Virtual reality has impressive gadgetry, such as joysticks and headsets, that were inspired by the Pentagon.
D
Virtual reality is an indispensable tool that prepares pilots for the shock of nuclear fireballs.
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How does Michio Kaku establish the sense of urgency that compelled the development of the Internet in "How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About"?

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by comparing the United States’ emerging technology to the Soviet Union’s
B
by explaining the United States’ plans to launch World War III
C
by describing the paranoia of the nuclear arms race that reigned at the time
D
by detailing a quantitative study of Pentagon priorities
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Read this excerpt from "Like Mexicans.". . . I ignored them and climbed the back fence to see my best friend, Scott, a second-generation Okie.What is the meaning of the underlined term in this context?

A
someone who is from the West and whose parents are from the West
B
someone who is racist and whose parents who are racist
C
someone who is not Mexican and whose parents are not Mexican
D
someone who is fluent in English and whose parents are fluent in English
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Read the excerpt from Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.To this day I am shaken when I see a child, for behind him I glimpse other children. Starving, terrified, drained, they march without a backward glance toward truth and death—which are perhaps the same. Uncomplaining, unprotesting, asking no one’s pity, it is as if they have had enough of living on a planet so cruel, so vile and so filled with hate that their very innocence has brought their death.Read the text and study the images from Spiegelman’s Maus.Which best describes why Wiesel and Spiegelman include Jewish children in their works?

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Both texts point out the innocence and naivete of the children during the Holocaust.
B
Both texts reveal how the Holocaust altered the lives of families, especially the children.
C
Both excerpts focus on the children who survived the Holocaust and the generations that followed.
D
Both excerpts show how the children were sheltered from the horrors of the Holocaust as long as possible.
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Read the excerpt from Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.My very last resistance broken, I let myself be pulled, pushed, and kicked, like a deaf and mute sleepwalker. I could see everything, grasp it and register it, but only later would I try to put in order all the sensations and all the memories. How stunned I was, for example, to discover another time outside time, a universe parallel to this one, a creation within Creation, with its own laws, customs structures, and language.Read the text and study the image from Spiegelman’s Maus.Which theme is addressed in both excerpts?

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Ignorance of reality is preferable to awareness.
B
Physical sensations can be just as painful as the event itself.
C
People can be worn down to the point of giving up.
D
Reality can be inexplicably cruel and unfair.
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How does Michio Kaku illustrate the need for organization of the Internet in "Why No Policeman on the Block?"

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by criticizing the immaturity of Internet users
B
by using Netscape’s success as an example
C
by detailing government funding for research
D
by quoting Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft
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Read the excerpt from Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.My very last resistance broken, I let myself be pulled, pushed, and kicked, like a deaf and mute sleepwalker. Read the text and study the image from Art Spiegelman’s Maus.The theme best expressed by both Wiesel and Spiegelman is

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tragic misunderstanding
B
submissive obedience
C
inexperienced naivete
D
unconcerned laziness
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Read this excerpt from "DNA Testing."DNA samples from insects preserved in amber can date back to before the time of the dinosaurs, which died out 65 million years ago. George Poinar of Oregon State University, for example, has even extracted muscle tissue from a 125-million-year-old Lebanese weevil. This is, says Poinar, “the best preserved protein on the face of the earth.” So far, DNA has been successfully extracted from about a half dozen ancient samples in amber. Select the most accurate summary of Kaku’s argument.

A
Amber has allowed scientists to study DNA that has been preserved over millions of years.
B
Amber’s preservative uses have been studied and explained by scientists at Oregon State University.
C
Amber is an effective preservative for Lebanese weevils, as proven by ancient samples extracted by scientists.
D
Amber can preserve DNA over millions of years; this suggests a new method for preserving culture far into the future.
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Read this excerpt from "Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence."Clearly, we are on the threshold of yet another revolution. Human knowledge is doubling every ten years.What is the meaning of the underlined term?

A
battle or mutiny
B
change or transformation
C
type of rotation
D
style of leadership
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How does Michio Kaku develop the idea of how the Internet will evolve in "The Intelligent Planet"?

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by describing the companies that dominate the Internet
B
by providing quantitative research about Internet users
C
by presenting a metaphor of a dirt road being paved
D
by comparing the growth of other scientific fields
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How does Michio Kaku establish the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as an “Age of Discovery” in “Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence”?

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by describing the government support offered to scientists of the time
B
by offering quantitative proof of people’s improved health and lifespans
C
by highlighting the social and religious developments of the era
D
by listing the significant scientific developments of the era
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What is meant by the term “Magic Mirror” as it is used in "The Intelligent Planet"?

A
an evolved Internet that does research without human input
B
a futuristic home accessory that is capable of answering questions
C
a secretary who is capable of performing accurate research
D
a resource that responds accurately and intuitively
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Read the excerpt from Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.I didn’t understand, though I wanted to. Ask any survivor and you will hear the same thing: above all, we tried to understand. Why all these deaths? What was the point of this death factory? How to account for the demented mind that devised this black hole of history called Birkenau?Perhaps there was nothing to understand.Based on the excerpt, the author would most likely agree that

A
the rationale for the Holocaust will always be incomprehensible.
B
history is likely to repeat itself if past events remain unresolved.
C
there have been few mentally competent leaders throughout history.
D
understanding the past enabled him to move on with his life.
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Read the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066".I saw Denise today in Geography class.She was sitting on the other side of the room.“You’re trying to start a war,” she said, “giving secretsaway to the Enemy. Why can’t you keep your bigmouth shut?”Which is represented within these lines?

A
imprisonment of the innocent
B
misrepresentation of foreigners
C
loss of friendship
D
death of childhood innocence
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Read the excerpt from Roosevelt's Executive Order No. 9066.Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense material, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities as defined in Section 4, Act of April 20, 1918, 40 Stat. 533, as amended by the Act of November 30, 1940, 54 Stat. 1220, and the Act of August 21, 1941, 55 Stat. 655 (U.S.C., Title 50, Sec. 104).Which term best describes the tone of the paragraph?

A
formal
B
playful
C
indifferent
D
intimate
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Read the excerpt from Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.Why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into Poland? Why were the tracks leading to Birkenau never bombed? I have put these questions to American presidents and generals and to high-ranking Soviet officers. Since Moscow and Washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? That not a single Allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on Auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. Birkenau was “processing” ten thousand Jews a day. Stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives.Based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that

A
it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs.
B
people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice.
C
countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong.
D
Moscow and Washington are to be blamed for the Holocaust.
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Read the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066".I gave her a packet of tomato seedsand asked her to plant them for me, told herwhen the first tomato ripenedshe’d miss me.The narrator gives the impression that

A
she is an amateur gardener.
B
she is, in fact, guilty of espionage.
C
she is hoping the Americans win the war.
D
she will be gone for a long time.
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Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Third, they respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live; and they wish to see sovereign rights and self government restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them;Which approach best describes the tone of the excerpt?

A
subjective with a number of loaded words and phrases
B
subjective with a reliance on facts and logic
C
objective with a number of words relying on authority
D
objective with a string of logical deductions and facts
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Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Fifth, they desire to bring about the fullest collaboration between all nations in the economic field with the object of securing, for all, improved labor standards, economic advancement and social security;This statement is based on the assumption that

A
improved labor standards, economic achievement, and social security are not always possible.
B
most countries will want to cooperate with the US and Great Britain after the war ends.
C
Churchill and Roosevelt have already developed a plan for international economic improvements.
D
all countries will cooperate to achieve common goals with regard to the world economy.
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Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Eighth, they believe that all of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons must come to the abandonment of the use of force. Since no future peace can be maintained if land, sea or air armaments continue to be employed by nations which threaten, or may threaten, aggression outside of their frontiers, they believe, pending the establishment of a wider and permanent system of general security, that the disarmament of such nations is essential. They will likewise aid and encourage all other practicable measures which will lighten for peace-loving peoples the crushing burden of armaments.Which best describes the tone of the excerpt?

A
untrustworthy
B
personal
C
formal
D
impartial

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