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C. pervasive

C. pervasive

Text corpora such as the Corpus of Contemporary American English are enormous collections of electronically stored texts that can be used for empirical testing of hypotheses regarding how __________ a word is in spoken and written English. For instance, one might have a guess about the incidence of the word "day," but only an analysis of a corpus can prove that "day" is the fifth most commonly used noun.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A. assertive

B. credible

C. pervasive

D. profound

D. To explain why a certain rap album is particularly innovative

In 2020, rap artist and professor A.D. Carson published the first peer-reviewed rap album about his experiences with Black masculinity called "i used to love to dream." Typically in peer review, experts evaluate scholarly articles prior to publication. For Carson's album, dubbed a

"mixtap/e/ssay," peer review involved both scholars and rap artists. In combining elements of a mixtape album with scholarly essays that connect Carson's lyrics to historical and contemporary contexts for listeners both inside and outside academia, Carson's album helped redefine how scholarship is created and shared.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

A. To compare the relative public impact of scholarly articles and

albums

B. To describe how each step of the peer review process unfolds

C. To capture one scholar's opinion of a new rap album

D. To explain why a certain rap album is particularly innovative

D. Bartley will find fault with any situation.

The following text is adapted from Lady Gregory's 1904 play Spreading the News. Jack Smith and Bartley Fallon have encountered each other at the local fair.

JACK: It isn't to the fair I came myself, but up to the Five Acre Meadow I'm going, where I have a contract for the hay. We'll get a share of it into tramps [drying stacks] to-day.

BARTLEY: You will not get it into tramps to-day. The rain will be down on it by evening, and on myself too. It's seldom I ever started on a journey but the rain would come down on me before l'd find any place of shelter.

JACK: If it didn't itself, Bartley, it is my belief you would carry a leaky pail on your head in place of a hat, that way you'd not be without some cause of complaining.

Based on the text, what does Jack most likely believe about Bartley?

A. Bartley will be able to help Jack with cutting the hay.

B. Bartley is concerned that Jack hasn't prepared for the weather.

C. Bartley is a poor judge of the weather.

D. Bartley will find fault with any situation.

A. In 2010, Peru had 3 women on its high courts, the Philippines had 3, and Mexico had 3.

A report from an international organization that monitors the numbers of women serving as judges or magistrates on various nations' highest courts, such as the Supreme Court of Justice in Mexico and the Supreme Court in the Philippines, found that the overall trend is toward more women serving on the high courts in 2010 than in 1980. For example, none of the countries in the graph had more than 2 women in these positions in 1980, but_______________

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the example?

A. In 2010, Peru had 3 women on its high courts, the Philippines had 3, and Mexico had 3.

B. the increase in the number of women on the high courts from 1980 to 2010 in Peru was greater than that in either the Philippines or Mexico.

C. neither Peru nor the Philippines saw a reduction in the women on their high courts in any of the years shown on the graph, but Mexico did after 1990.

D. Mexico had 2 women on its high courts in 1980 and 3 in 2010.

D. 2,330,000 km2 Arabian Desert

Within Earth's biomes, there are four main types of desert: arid, semiarid, coastal, and cold. The roughly ____________ is classified as an arid desert.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of

Standard English?

A. 2,330,000 km2, Arabian Desert,

B. 2,330,000 km2, Arabian Desert

C. 2,330,000 km2 Arabian Desert,

D. 2,330,000 km2 Arabian Desert

Just as the state of Texas has a designated state flower, tree, and bird, it also has a state soil: Houston Black soil. Houston Black is a fitting choice for state soil, in large part because it can be found in abundance across the state____________it plays an important role in Texas's agricultural industry and is used to grow a variety of crops, like cotton and sorghum.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

A Additionally,

B. At that time,

C. By contrast,

D Alternatively,