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Archaeologists discovered several rooms carved into rock in the oldest section of Jerusalem. In one of the rooms, there were three V-shaped markings carved into the floor. They are about 2 inches (5 centimeters) deep and 20 inches (50 centimeters) long. H...

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A ship called Odyssey is on a mission. It is studying whales in oceans around the world. The scientists on the ship want to see whether the chemicals we use have hurt the whales. The ship has been traveling around the world for nearly four years. Its crew...

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German scientists have developed a new car. Drivers can steer it using only their eyes. The car can be driven in two modes: free drive or route selection. In free drive, the driver wears a helmet fitted with a camera. The camera tracks the driver's eyes....

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Fleming is one of the world's most popular opera stars. In 2010, she accepted a job at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Part of her job is to share this form of music with wider audiences. She was full of ideas, but what she was especially excited about was co...

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In the 1600s, the king of India, Shah Jahan, had everything he wanted. India's gemstone mining made the country very wealthy. Shah Jahan was deeply in love with his wife and queen, Mumtaz Mahal. Shah Jahan ruled a peaceful kingdom, but when his wife died,...

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Army pilot Gail Halvorsen remembered how German children would beg U.S. soldiers for candy during World War II. After the war, Halvorsen wanted to give more to the children. He was determined to spread joy in the form of candy. However, Germany had lost t...

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Some foods, like potato chips and pretzels, are obviously salty. But many packaged foods may also contain hidden salt. Food companies often add sodium to help improve taste. Things such as canned tuna, hot dogs, cheese, and even some breads and pasta have...

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The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of African-American fighter pilots. They served with distinction in World War II despite bigotry and racism at home. In March 2007, Congress awarded the airmen one of the nation's highest honors. President Bush joined cong...

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Scientists studied the 3,300-year-old mummy of King Tut, conducting DNA testing and CT scans. DNA tests were also performed on 15 other mummies, some of which belonged to relatives of the young king. Results confirmed that he was not a healthy man. Scient...

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For over 150 years, a carving of the face of Pharaoh Ramses VI sat in the British Museum. That carving, however, was originally part of Ramses's sarcophagus—a stone coffin with a carving of his image. Ramses VI ruled Egypt over 3,000 years ago. He was one...

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Coatis are raccoon-like mammals native to South and Central America. Many people find them cute, and tourists have made a habit of offering the coatis food. Coatis realize that it is easier to seek out tourists than to search the forest for bugs. Like hum...

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Activists say that the Brazilian government is not doing enough to stop the destruction of the Amazon rain forest. In 2004, the government reported the second-highest rate of destruction ever. Brazil's government estimates that farmers cut down 10,590 squ...

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Scientists want to study Jupiter because the planet may hold clues about the formation of the solar system. According to Scott Bolton, an astrophysicist at the Southwest Research Institute in Texas, Jupiter is like a time capsule. Many astronomers theoriz...

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The age of discovery is nowhere near ending when it comes to space exploration. In 2003, scientists discovered an object about three times farther away from Earth than Pluto is. The new discovery is called Sedna, named for an Inuit goddess who created Arc...

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Is it possible to make up for missed sleep on the weekends? Dr. Daniel Cohen investigated this prevalent belief by disrupting the circadian rhythms of a group of volunteers. Participants remained conscious for 33-hour stretches—equivalent to staying awake...

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Constructed in sections over several centuries beginning in the third century BCE, the Great Wall is the most famous monument in China. The oldest sections of the wall are believed to have crumbled away completely. Modern mapping technologies have reveale...

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In 1717, Blackbeard and his men took over a French ship and named it Queen Anne's Revenge, after the Queen of England. The English Navy then considered Blackbeard and his crew wanted criminals. The next year, the ship ran aground near the North Carolina c...

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A painting called "Still Life with Carnations" was left to the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1990. The artwork was attributed to celebrated nineteenth-century Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, but scholars and art experts were suspicious. They questioned the...

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Spanish is spoken by about 400 million people. It is spoken from Madrid to Manila to Mexico City. It may seem impossible to set rules of grammar for a language that is spoken so widely. However, a group of experts has attempted to do so. The Spanish Royal...

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It is no secret that the Internet is not always a safe place. Cyberspace often plays host to criminals trying to steal users' personal and financial information. A new study has found that even major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing are vuln...

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After the economic depression of the 1930s and World War II in the 1940s, a great demand for housing arose in the United States. The U.S. government helped resolve the situation by assisting with mortgages on nearly half of the houses built in the 1950s....

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After Henry Hudson arrived at the island of Manhattan, Dutch settlers established a trading post there. In 1625, the settlers bought the land from Native Americans. They called the village New Amsterdam. Pieter Schaghen, a Dutch government representative,...

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A former lawyer, Erin Kenny elected to pursue a new career after reading a book called Last Child in the Woods. The author asserted that children benefit considerably from spending time in nature and that a modern lifestyle suffused with technology underm...

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Between 1827 and 1838, John James Audubon embarked on an odyssey across America, illustrating indigenous birds with vibrant watercolors. People paid to receive a set of five life-size prints every month or two. Each delivery typically comprised one large,...

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Dunta Robinson, a professional football player, played for the Houston Texans. During the first game of the 2009 football season, Robinson displayed a message written on his shoes. That message, which read "Pay Me Rick," had its origins in a contract disp...

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Each variety of crop seed possesses its own set of characteristics. Some varieties of apple seeds, for example, are more resistant to disease than others. Some yield fruit with higher nutritional value. Others are more adaptable to diverse climates. As ti...

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Trees can remove pollution from the atmosphere. Agree Disagree

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Trees can remove pollution from the atmosphere. Agree Disagree Explain why you voted the way you did.

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The best alternate headline for this article would be __________. A.Nitrogen Oxide Found To Contribute to the Formation of Ground-Level Ozone B.Obscure EPA Notation Suggests Reforestation as Alternative to Expensive Industrial Scrubbers in Cleaning Air C....

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Which of these is a statement of opinion? A.While reforestation may not completely replace traditional technology, it could complement it, allowing factories to use smaller, cheaper equipment. B.Cleaning a short ton (0.9 metric tons) of nitrogen oxide thr...

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Which is the closest antonym for the word pristine? A.Vibrant B.Unadulterated C.Contaminated D.Tranquil

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Which of these must have happened first? A.Research determined that a 1,000-acre (405-hectare) forest would remove 4 to 7 short tons (3.6 to 6.4 metric tons) of nitrogen oxide annually. B.The EPA required companies to rid the air of industrial pollutants,...

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The reader can infer from the article that __________. A.Experts disagree on whether the benefits of using trees to help purify the air outweigh the drawbacks in using living organisms. B.Experts are minimally concerned with nitrogen oxide, a common bypro...

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The article states: …The plan drafted by Dow Chemical and the Nature Conservancy is only in its infancy and faces many impediments…. Look at the statement above and think about the article. Which would be the closest synonym for the word impediments? A.Ob...

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Which of these statements is contrary to the ideas presented in this article? A.Dow Chemical and the Nature Conservancy have collaborated on ways to use nature to save the company money numerous times. B.Nitrogen oxide, a common byproduct of combustion th...

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Which passage from the article best supports the idea that the reforestation proposal between Dow and the Nature Conservancy will not be completed at the end of the organizations' six-year collaboration?

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Which passage from the article best supports the idea that the reforestation proposal between Dow and the Nature Conservancy will not be completed at the end of the organizations' six-year collaboration? A."The conclusion that we reached was that what [re...

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Create an argument to support the claim made in the readings that reforestation will help to improve air quality. Cite reasons and evidence from the texts, as well as what you may already know about trees and air pollution, to support the claim.

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Which is the closest antonym for the word copious?

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Which is the closest antonym for the word copious? A.Exorbitant B.Scant C.Perfunctory D.Ample

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Which of these must have happened first? A.Another scientific group researched a similar idea to the one Dow Chemical and the Nature Conservancy proposed and decided that it would not pay off. B.The EPA required companies to rid the air of industrial poll...

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The reader can infer from the article that __________. A.Experts disagree on whether the benefits of using trees to help purify the air outweigh the drawbacks in using living organisms. B.Texas officials are not likely to agree to a plan that uses living...

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Which would be the closest synonym for the word supplanted? A.Superseded B.Suffused C.Squandered D.Surrendered

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Which of these statements is contrary to the ideas presented in this article? A.Reforestation may not completely replace traditional technology utilized to rid the air of industrial pollutants, but it could complement it. B.Nitrogen oxide, a common byprod...

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Which passage from the article best supports the idea that the reforestation proposal between Dow and the Nature Conservancy will not be completed at the end of the organizations' six-year collaboration? A.Even if it wins broad support, the plan won't be...

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Think about the article. What did human alarm clocks do when customers lived far apart? A.They used peashooter tubes that could reach windows far away. B.They helped customers trade shifts, so they could have different wake-up times. C.They asked police o...

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Read this passage from the article: Early risers built businesses out of waking people up every morning by knocking or rapping on their bedroom windows. Some used long sticks resembling fishing poles. Some employed peashooters, blowing through a tube to p...

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Which passage from the article best supports the idea that working as a human alarm clock was a good way to make extra money? A.Sometimes police officers multitasked while on early morning duty, supplementing their incomes by rapping on windows to awaken...

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Which is the closest synonym for the word indispensable, as it is used in the article? A.essential B.exceptional C.explosive D.elaborate

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Write a brief summary of the passage in the video. Be sure to include only the main idea and essential supporting details from the text.

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Read this passage. Then answer the question that follows. What do you do when an experiment fails? Gad Norton opened an amusement park. Lake Compounce is the oldest amusement park in the U.S. And it began with a bust. It was 1846. Thousands of people gath...

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Read the passage. Then answer the question that follows. What's for lunch? That's what many students want to know. But it depends on where you live. Some countries have laws about school lunches. They want to make sure students eat healthfully. Do you eve...

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Based on the article, which of these is true? A.The trigeminal and optic nerves have very similar functions. B.Scientists agree that more than half of the population experiences sunny sneezes. C.Scientists do not devote much research to sunny sneezes beca...

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Which is most important to include in a summary of this article? A.The trigeminal and optic nerves send electrical signals to the brain. B.Some people sneeze in bright light when two nerves get their signals crossed. C.Scholars in ancient Greece proposed...

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Which is the closest antonym for the word stimulate, as it is used in the article? A.staple B.strengthen C.streamline D.stifle

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Which passage from the article best supports the idea that sunny sneezes are inherited? A.The genetic nature of the condition is reflected in its alternative name, autosomal-dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst syndrome. B.When the trigeminal ner...

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Which passage from the article best supports the idea that worm charming can be a profitable business? A.On a typical morning, professional charmers may collect about 4,000 earthworms, which are sorted into buckets of 50 and sold for freshwater fishing ba...

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Based on the article, which of these is true about worm grunters? A.Worm grunters take advantage of an earthworm's fear of moles. B.Worm grunters must use special tools made just for grunting. C.Worm grunting is a highly specialized skill with a single ef...

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Which is the closest antonym for the word decrepit, as it is used in the article? A.horrendous B.makeshift C.colossal D.sturdy

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What cause-and-effect relationship is described in this article? A.When vibrations run through the soil, earthworms flee to the surface. B.When dance music floats through the air, earthworms flee to the surface. C.When the sound of chainsaws cuts through...

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What is this Article mainly about? A.Researchers taught gray seals to sing the first few notes of some well-known songs with the hope that the knowledge gained could result in new treatments for people who need speech therapy. B.Of the three seals involve...

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Which of these is a statement of opinion? A.It's a good idea to keep animals like Zola, Janice, and Gandalf in captivity and use them as research subjects if the knowledge gained could ultimately be used to help humans. B.The gray seals used in the experi...

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The Article states: Because the way seals produce sounds is very similar to the way humans do, making seals optimal test subjects. By studying how seals control their vocal cords when they serenade, scientists think they can come to a better understanding...

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Which two words are the closest synonyms? A.renditions and caricatures B.lounging and assailing C.enticed and allured D.specifically and inadvertently

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Which passage from the Article best supports the idea that some people might not think that using animals for research is a good idea? A.We're referring to the seal, of course—specifically, the gray seal, a species found in the waters of the North Atlanti...

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Read this passage from the Article: Ever had a conversation with something not quite human, like a cat or a dog or a bird…or maybe even a garrulous gorilla or a chatty chimp?! You might chuckle at the idea, but surely you've heard of talented parrots, wel...

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Based on the Article, the reader can predict that __________. A.scientists will conduct experiments on chimps to understand how their vocalizations differ from those of the gray seal B.scientists could be able to help people with speech disorders by using...

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Which information is not in the Article? A.Which animals besides seals can communicate with humans B.How researchers taught the gray seals to sing C.How gray seals use their vocalizations in the wild D.Why scientists performed their experiment on the seal...

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Follow the first three steps of MIDAC. M—Write the main idea of the passage. I—Then write two important supporting details. D—Be sure to disregard, or leave out, any nonessential information. Write the main idea of the passage. Then write two important su...

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Think about the history of pizza in the U.S. Which of these happened first? A.Pizza restaurants in the U.S. take in more than $45 billion each year. B.Gennaro Lombardi applied for a license to sell pizza on Spring Street in New York City. C.New York newsp...

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Which is most important to include in a summary of this article? A.Pizza was introduced to the U.S. by Italian immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s. B.A pizzeria on Spring Street in New York City has been open for more than a century. C.Filippo Mi...

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Which is the closest synonym for the word conventional, as it is used in the article? A.prevailing B.cunning C.destructive D.alternative

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Which passage from the article best supports the idea that Gennaro Lombardi was not the first person to sell pizza in the U.S? A.Italian immigrants whose names have been forgotten probably also played a part. B.For many years, Gennaro Lombardi was conside...

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Read this sentence. If you know that the word concept means an idea, can you figure out what the word misconception means?

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What is this article primarily about? A.Personal diary entries that John Winthrop wrote about rowing up the Muddy River B.Flying machines and special effects in the Massachusetts Bay Colony C.The combustible organic matter found in the marshlands around B...

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Based on the article, which of these is true about the first documented UFO sighting in the U.S.? A.The first sighting sparkled like lights from the moon that were joined together. B.The first sighting was witnessed by men who were setting off fireworks....

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Which is the closest synonym for the word enthralled, as it is used in the article? A.riveted B.supervised C.impaired D.amused

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Which passage from the article best supports the idea that the men in the boat were completely absorbed by what they saw? A.This time it happened in the early evening, and multiple people witnessed the unusual sight. B.Five years later, Winthrop recorded...

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