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Reading and Writing_ Practice Test 4 Command of Textual Evidence QUESTION 1: The Land of Enchantment is a 1906 travel book by Lilian Whiting. In the book, which describes the experience of traveling through the southwestern United States by train, Whiting reflects on the escape from everyday life that such a journey provides: ______ Which quotation from The Land of Enchantment most effectively illustrates the claim? A. “The social and the picturesque charm of the long journey is singularly enhanced by the leisurely stops made for refreshment.” B. “One experiences a certain sense of detachment from ordinary day and daylight duties that is exhilarating.” C. “The real journey begins, of course, at Chicago, and as these trains leave in the evening the traveller fares forth in the seclusion of his berth.” D. “The opportunities and advantages already offered and constantly increasing are greater than would at first be considered possible.” QUESTION 2: Some residents in a neighborhood in Atlanta recently founded a community garden inside a local park. The residents agreed to volunteer to take care of the garden together. Students at a local high school surveyed some of the volunteers as part of a project to understand the impact of the new garden. The students concluded that the new garden benefited the community overall by fostering connections and relationships between the volunteers and other residents of the neighborhood who weren’t volunteering at the garden. Which quotation from a survey respondent would best illustrate the students’ conclusion? A. “I love getting the opportunity to be outside and around nature, especially on days when the weather is nice.” B. “We’re lucky to have a few expert gardeners living in the neighborhood. Some volunteers and I have gone to them a few times with questions, and they’ve been eager to help us and to learn more about the project.”

C. “My favorite thing about the garden is the feeling of pride I get when I walk by each day. As I see the plants growing, I feel good knowing I had a small part in creating this beautiful space in the neighborhood.” D. “Our first challenge was deciding what plants would be most suitable to the climate and soil here in Atlanta. We needed plants that could survive the hot and humid summers.” QUESTION 3: As a monthly newsletter formed in 1969 by a group of Asian American students at the University of California, Los Angeles, Gidra helped raise awareness about social and political issues concerning the Asian American community on campus and at large. The newsletter had an expansive reach for a publication of its kind: around 4,000 copies were published each month. A student writing a history paper, however, hypothesizes that Gidra ’s influence cannot be measured by the number of newsletters published monthly alone. Which finding, if true, would most directly support the student’s hypothesis? A. The students who initially formed Gidra each contributed financially to its creation. B. Gidra was initially based out of the Asian American Studies Center at UCLA. C. People would often give their copies of Gidra to others once they had finished reading an issue. D. In addition to covering current events, Gidra also featured works of art and literature. QUESTION 4: Roasted green chiles are a popular ingredient in Southwestern cuisine, but the traditional roasting method of burning propane is not environmentally friendly. To see if solar power could provide a better alternative, engineer Kenneth Armijo and his team roasted batches of green chiles using between 38 and 42 heliostats, which are devices that concentrate sunlight. The team was successful in reaching the same roasting temperature used in traditional propane roasting, but they found that propane yielded faster results. While the fastest solar-roasted green chiles took six minutes, batches using propane took only four. Armijo hypothesizes that they can reduce the roasting time for solar-roasted green chiles by using more heliostats. Which finding, if true, would most directly support Armijo’s hypothesis?

A. Attempts to roast green chiles using 50 heliostats yields results in fewer than six minutes. B. Green chile connoisseurs prefer the flavor of solar-roasted green chiles over the flavor of propane roasted green chiles. C. The skins of solar-roasted green chiles are easier to peel than the skins of propane-roasted green chiles. D. The temperature inside the roasting drum is distributed more evenly when roasting green chiles with solar power than with propane. QUESTION 5 A 2019 study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution looked at data from more than 1,500 species of birds, mammals, and fish in order to determine whether their rate of evolutionary change was linked to species survival. The study found that while some species did evolve faster than others, there was no clear relationship between evolutionary rate and survival. Instead, the study suggests that previous species success predicts species survival much more accurately than speed of adaptation does. Which finding, if true, would most directly support the underlined claim? A. Endangered and extinct species displayed a significantly slower evolutionary rate than other species. B. Evolutionary rate only impacted species survival when adaptations were linked to environmental pressures. C. Successful species tended to remain more successful than more quickly-evolving competitors. D. Invasive species that overtook competitors tended to exhibit a higher evolutionary rate than other species. QUESTION 6: Many scientists have believed that giraffes are solitary creatures, preferring to spend their time alone instead of with others. But observations of giraffes and their behavior in recent years has suggested that these animals may be more social than we once thought. For example, scientists Zoe Muller and Stephen Harris claim that giraffes may even help each other care for one another’s newborns.

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