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Which of the following best characterizes the voice of the author in the passage as a whole?

An informal, public voice

In context, "carefully wrought" (Paragraph 2) suggests both

technical mastery and craftsmanship

In the context of the whole passage, the last sentence serves to

validate the form of English the author hears from her mother

The word "burdened" (Paragraph 2) modifies

"speech"

In the firsts paragraph of the passage, "Randy roosters and operatic hens" contrast most directly with

"true songster" (fourth sentence)

The writer wants to improve the coherence of the first paragraph by adding a transitional sentence between sentences 2 and 3. Which of the following choices most effectively accomplishes this goal?

However, insights from the present inform the discipline in many ways.

The author uses directly quoted speech at various points in the passage to

illustrate various forms of English

In the first paragraph, the author uses the phrase "a 'Renaissance Maecenas' " primarily to emphasize

Mendoza's support for the work of Indian artists

The third paragraph provides

an anecdote that reinforces ideas expressed in the previous paragraphs

The final sentence of the third paragraph ("For our own . . .") marks a shift from

discursive musing to direct argument

The effect of using the second person pronoun in Paragraphs 4 and 6 is to

emphasize the author's awareness of an audience

In the context in which it appears, "stimulation" in the third paragraph most nearly means

motivation

The speaker uses the matter of a nickname as a

pretext for characterizing Parker and his musical technique

In context, the phrase "the Iberian project" refers to Spain's efforts to

extend Spanish power and global reach

In the last paragraph, the author insists on the

sophistication of some of her mother's English language skills

During the talk described in paragraph 2, the author responds to her mother's presence by

thinking about how audience determines the appropriateness of a style

The writer wants to add more information to the third paragraph (sentences 6-9) to support the main argument of the paragraph. All of the following pieces of evidence help achieve this purpose EXCEPT which one?

A quote from Thomas Jefferson's eighteenth-century proposal for a new decimal system to standardize weights and measures

n sentence 2 (reproduced below), the writer wants an effective transition from the introductory paragraph to the main idea of the passage. The culprit was a discrepancy in the software that controlled the spacecraft's thrusters: one team of engineers had calculated the force needed from the thrusters in pounds, an imperial unit, while another team calculated the force in newtons, a metric unit. Which of the following versions of the underlined text best achieves this purpose?

(as it is now)

The stance assumed by the speaker is most similar to which of the following?

A scholar weighing the merits of various theories

The writer wants to add the following sentence to the third paragraph (sentences 6-9) to provide additional explanation. This means that the United States must convert to metric units whenever it is dealing with the rest of the world. Where would the sentence best be placed?

After sentence 6

The writer wants to add a phrase at the beginning of sentence 5 (reproduced below), adjusting the capitalization as needed, to set up a comparison with the idea discussed in sentence 4. The imperial measurement system used in the United States assigns values haphazardly: one mile is 5,280 feet long, while one pound is 16 ounces. Which of the following choices best accomplishes this goal?

By contrast,

Which of the following types of evidence, if added to the third paragraph (sentences 11-13), would most effectively support the conclusion reached by the researchers?

Details about the mechanics of pottery making to show exactly how the craft would have caused the worn cartilage in the Eleutherna skeleton

The writer is considering deleting sentence 8 (reproduced below). This anomaly signified that the woman must have engaged in a long-term strenuous activity involving the right side of her body. Should the writer keep or delete this sentence?

Keep it, because it establishes a cause-effect relationship that is elaborated on in the sentences that follow.

The writer wants to add commentary after sentence 10 that further explains the significance of the evidence presented in the sentence in relation to the paragraph's line of reasoning. Which of the following sentences, if inserted after sentence 10, best accomplishes this goal?

No activity typically associated with women would have taxed the body to the extent evidenced by the skeleton.

The first two sentences in the last paragraph do which of the following?

Present contrasts

Which of the following is true of the mother's quoted speech (Paragraph 5)?

The author expects the speech to be comprehensible enough to enable her to make a point about her mother's use of language.

In the context of the passage, the reference to the "canary" (third paragraph) most likely suggests which of the following?

The canary, like the goldfinch, does not sing with much variety.

Based on the tone and content of the passage as a whole, its author is most likely

a scholar intrigued by cultural evolution

The primary purpose in the passage is to

account for the transmission of culture during a period of global change

In the first sentence of paragraph 2, "failure" most directly refers to

an inability to ascertain definitively

The function of the first paragraph is to

characterize the author and her interests

In the lines ("A large number . . . local situations"), the author implies that the compilation of Relaciones Geográficas and Descripciones

helped to preserve elements of the indigenous artistic tradition

The speaker suggests that the primary purpose of the passage is to

probe for an appropriate association

A central concept in the passage is the notion that

speakers use different forms of language for different purposes

Which of the following best describes the function of the second paragraph?

It accounts for circumstances that increased European access to native culture.

The passage is most likely excerpted from

a scholarly work explaining historical developments in indigenous arts

In sentence 9 (reproduced below), the writer wants to provide a convincing explanation for why switching to the metric system would benefit United States industries. Switching to the metric system would also benefit United States industries; the European Union, for example, has been requiring its member states to standardize their metric systems since 1971. Which version of the underlined text best accomplishes this goal?

industries: those with products in both domestic and international markets would no longer need to design in and produce to two different measurement systems, reducing both product overlap and manufacturing inefficiencies

The passage most directly resembles the speaker's sense of Parker's style in its

juxtaposition of disparate elements

In sentence 3 (reproduced below), which of the following versions of the underlined text best establishes the writer's thesis in the passage? The Orbiter mission failure is just one reason, albeit an extremely expensive one, that the United States needs to abandon future Mars survey missions.

needs to adopt the metric system

The primary effect of the discussion in the second and third paragraphs is one of

subtle humor because of the contrived nature of the argument