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Answers and Complete Explanations for Practice Test 2
27. D. The author contrasts an early concern with social, motivational, and aptitudinal aspects
of learning with the more recent interest in class activities. None of the other choices is an
explicit point of the passage.
28. B. By citing the value of planning the presentation of material in an orderly way, the author
must assume that such organized instruction is beneficial. Each of the other choices
draws conclusions beyond the scope of the passage.
29. C. None of the other choices makes good sense when substituted for integral, and
essential is one of the meanings of integral.
30. E. Because the third sentence includes the negative (“not the only problem”), any of the
three connectives “Yet,” “However,” or “But” can be used. The blank in the second paragraph
calls for a word to introduce a contrast with “until recently.” Of the three possibilities,
only “Now” fits.
31. B. The “shelf-life” of a product is its durability, how long it will last on the shelf of the
market without going stale or spoiling.
32. E. The paragraph is about the search for better-looking and better-tasting tomatoes, but the
fifth sentence deals with the available varieties in the past and now.
33. D. The second paragraph suggests that “better-looking and better-tasting tomatoes” are
what American growers most need.
34. A. Understanding punishment to be a type of negative reinforcement, one may infer that
punishment “may cause continued learning disabilities.”
35. C. The passage says that budget cuts result in teaching staff cuts; choices C and D mention
a staff cut, but D is a weak answer because it’s overly specific and not necessarily
true.
36. B. “Migratory” is the adjectival form of the verb “to migrate,” which means “to move
from one place to another,” or “to move from one place to another with the change of
season.”
37. C. The first sentence of the third paragraph says “the monarchs use the position of the sun
to determine flight direction.” The choices D and E are not presented as certainties as
choice C is. The winds propel the insects, as in choice A, but do not aid in navigation.
Choice B is untrue.
38. A. Because the point of the passage is that scientists cannot yet fully explain how the migrating
butterfly finds its way, A is the best choice. They don’t know enough about how
the butterfly navigates to know whether choice B is true. Nothing in the passage supports
or refutes choice C or E, and D may or may not be true.
39. E. The author’s encouraging parents to increase their children’s interest in butterflies is a
statement of opinion rather than a statement of fact.
40. D. This choice can be eliminated because it includes three literature courses not within the
same century.
41. C. Sentence 6 introduces a new topic; it shifts from a discussion of education legislation
in general to a discussion of John Dewey in particular.
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