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BasedonHillandSpicer,thetermnation-stateisamisnomer,sincetheidealmodelofamonolingual,culturallyhomogeneousstatehasneverexisted,notevenamongEuropeans,whoinventedthenation-stateconceptandbroughtinittotherestoftheworld.ModernEuropeanstates,theycontend,appearedaftertheRenaissancethroughtheriseofnations(i.e.,specificethnicgroups)topositionsofpoliticalandeconomicdominanceoveranumberofothereth-nicgroupswithintheboundedpoliticalterritories.Thetermnation-state,HillandSpicerargue,blurstheinternalculturalandlinguisticmultiplicityofstatesthatcouldmorepreciselybecalledconqueststates.Theresurrectionofmulti-pleethnicgroupswithinasinglestate,Hillsays,isnotpotentiallythreatingtothesovereignjurisdictionofthestate,asUrbanandSherzersuggest;rather,theallegationofculturaldifferencesthreatenstodiscloseethnocentricbeliefsandpracticesuponwhichconqueststateswerehistoricallyfoundedandhencetoopenupthepossibilityforanations-stateinwhichconqueredethnicgroupsenjoyequalrightswiththeconqueringethnicgroupbutdonotfacethethreatofpersecutionorculturalassimilationintothedominantethnicgroup.

Theprimarypurposeofthepassageisto

discussissuesrelatingtoaformofpoliticalorganizationbyraisingdoubtsabouttheterminologyusedtorefertoit

tracechangesinaformofpoliticalorganizationbyexaminingtheevolutionoftheterminologyusedtoreferto

justifythe useofanestablishedtermforanevolvingformofpo-liticalorganization

questiontheaccuracyofanewtermforaformofpoliticalorganization

comparetwotermsforaformofpoliticalorganization

TheauthorofthepassagequotesUrbanandSherzermostprobablyinorderto

introduceadiscussionofthelegalramificationsofexpandingthenation-stateconcept

summarizeaclaimaboutonepossibleeffectofassertingculturaldifferenceswithinastate

shiftthefocusofdiscussionfrominternalthreatsthatstatesfacetoexternalthreatsthattheyface

pointoutsimilaritiesbetweenthethreatstostatesseenbyUrbanandSherzerandthoseseenbyHill

describeonewayanethnocentricpracticehasaffectedattemptstoassertculturaldifferenceswithinastate

Accordingtothepassage,HillandSpicerdefinenationsaswhichofthefollowing?

coalitionsofdistinctethnicgroupswithsimilarconcerns

Distinctethnicgroups

Culturallyhomogeneousstates

Linguisticallydiversestates

Territoriallyboundedstates

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Althoughsociallearning(theacquisitionofspecificbehaviorsbyobservingotherindividualsexhibitingthosebehaviors)iswelledamongfish,fewstudieshaveinvestigatedsociallearningwithinadevelopmentalcontextinthesetaxa.Ratherthaninvestigatingthedevelopmentofaparticularskill,Chapman,Ward,andKrauseinvestigatedtheroleofgroupdensityduringdevelopmentinlaterforagingsuccessinlaboratory-housedguppies.Whenraisedwithasmallnumberofconspecifics(membersofthesamespecies),guppieswerequickertolocatefoodbyfollowingatrainedadultguppythanwereguppiesraisedinlargegroups.Thiscounterintuitivefindingisexinedbythefactthatguppiesrearedinthehigh-densityconditionwerelesslikelytoshoal(swiminagroup)withothersand,therefore,werelesslikelytolearnthebenefitsofsociallearning.Instead,fishrearedinhigh-densitysituationsmaylearnthatconspecificsaretobeviewedascompetitors,ratherthanaspotentialsourcesofadaptiveinformation.Thisfindingsuggeststhatatleastforguppies,theearlysocialenvironmentmayhaveaneffectonthecapacityforsociallearning,ifnotonthesociallylearnedbehaviorsthemselves

Theprimarypurposeofthepassageisto

noteaflawinascientificfinding

describeaparticularscientificstudy

presentaninterpretationofafindings

noteadifferencebetweentwoscientificfindings

contrasttwoconditionsinwhichaparticularphenomenonhasbeenobserved

Regardingresearchonfish,itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat

researchstudiesoftheacquisitionofimportantskillsbyfishhaveonlyre-centlybeguntotheroleofconspecificsinthelearningprocess

researchonsociallearninginguppiessuggeststhatguppiesdifferinimpor-tantwaysfrommostotherfishinthemeansbywhichtheylearnparticularskills

researchonsociallearninginfishhasgenerallyfocusedontheacquisitionofskillsotherthanforaging

researchhasestablishedthatsociallearningoccursinsomefishspecieswith-outinvestigatingthedevelopmentcontextinwhichitoccurs.

researchtoinvestigatesociallearninghasbeendonemoreextensivelyonfishthanonotheraquaticanimals.

WhichofthefollowingcanbeinferredaboutthestudybyChapman,Ward,andKrause?

Itwasinitiallydesignedtoinvestigatesomethingotherthansociallearning

Itrequiredresearcherstoobserveindividualguppiesatmultiplepointsintheirlifespans.

Itpointedtothepossibilitythatpopulationdensitymayhavelittletodowithguppies’sociallearning

Itrequiredtheobservationofguppiesunderconditionsthatcloselymimickedtheconditionsofguppiesinthewild.

Itindicatedthatguppiesgainadaptiveinformationfrombeingrearedwitharelativelylargenumberofconspecifics

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Passage92

Asitwaspublishedin1935,MulesandMen,ZoraNealeHurstonslandmarkcollectionoffolktales,maynothavebeenthebookthatitsauthorfirsthadinmind.Inthisanthropologicalstudy,Hurstondescribesindetailthepeoplewho lthestories,ofteneveninsertingherselfintothestory lingscene.Evidently,however,Hurstonhadpreparedanotherversion,amanuscriptthatwasrecentlydiscoveredandpublishedafterhavingbeenforgottensince1929.ThisversiondiffersfromMulesandMeninthatitsimplyrecordsstories,withnodescriptiveorinterpretiveinformation.

WhilewecannotknowforcertainwhyHurstonsoriginalmanuscriptwentun-publishedduringherlifetime,itmayhavebeenbecausepublisherswantedsome-thingmorethanatranscriptionoftales.ContemporarynovelistandcriticJohnEdgarWidemanhasdescribedBlackli tureasthehistoryofawritingthatsoughttoescapeitsframe,inotherwords,astheeffortofBlackwriterstopresentthestoriesofBlackpeoplewithouthavingtohaveamediatingvoicetoexinthestoriestoanon-Blackaudience.Inthis,Hurstonmayhavebeenaheadofhertime.

SelectthesentencethatsuggestsapossiblereasonwhyHurstonwrotetheversionofMulesandMenthatwaspublishedin1935.

ThepassagesuggeststhatHurstonmayhavedonewhichofthefollowinginpreparingheroriginalversion?

Discussedhermodeofpresentationwithherpublisherbeforewritingthefirstdraft,inordertoreducethepossibilityofmisunderstanding.

Shortenedherpresentationofthestoriestothebareminimuminordertobeabletopresentmorefolklorematerial.

Putitasideforseveraldecadesinordertoizeitspotentialaudiencewhenitwaspublished.

Reluctantlyagreedtoreshapeitinordertotakeoutvariouselementswithwhichherpublisherhadbeendissatisfied.

Chosenottoincludeeditorialcommentary,inordertopresentthestoriesontheirownterms.

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Passage93

Adecreaseinface-to-facesocialcontactcanprecipitatedepression.TimespentusingtheInternetcannotbespentinface-to-facesocialcontact,sopsycholo-gistshavespeculatedthatsharplyincreasingInternetusecancausedepression.StudiesofregularInternetusershavefoundasignificantlyhigherincidenceofdepressionamongthosewhohadrecentlydoubledtheamountoftimetheyspentusingtheInternetthanamongthosewhoseusehadnotincreased.Hence,thepsychologists’speculationiscorrect.

Whichofthefollowingisanassumptiononwhichtheargumentdepends?

Ingeneral,thereasonthatthepeopleinthestudieshaddoubledtheirIn-ternetusewasnotthattheyhadearlierexperiencedasignificantdecreaseinopportunitiesforface-to-facesocialcontract.

Asharpdecreaseinface-to-facesocialcontactistheonlychangeindailyactivitythatcanleadtoanincreasedincidenceofdepression

UsingtheInternetpresentsnoopportunitiesforpeopletoincreasetheamountofface-to-facesocialcontacttheyexperiencedintheirdailylives.

RegularInternetuserswhoaredepressedwillexperienceanimmediateim-provementinmoodiftheysharplydecreasetheamountoftimetheyspendontheInternet.

BeforetheydoubledthetimetheyspentontheInternet,thepeoplewhodidsowerealreadymorepronetodepressionthanareregularInternetusersingeneral.

1506-yd-A36-10

AfricanAmericandramahas,untilrecently,beenrootedinthemimetictra-ditionofmodernAmericannaturalism.Themostdistinctiveattributeofthistraditionisthemechanistic,materialisticconceptionofhumanity.Naturalismseeseachindividualasinextricablyboundtotheenvironmentanddepictseach assomeonecontrolledby,insteadofcontrolling,concretereality.AslongasAfricanAmericandramamaintainednaturalismasitsdominantmode,itcouldonlyexpress

the”plightofAfricanAmericanpeople.Itsheroesmightdeclarethemadnessofreality,butrealityinevitablytriumphedoverthem.ThesurrealisticysofAdrienneKennedymarkoneofthefirstdeparturesfromnaturalismbyanAfricanAmericandramatist.Theoverallgoalofherworkhasbeentodepicttheworldofthesoulandthespirit,nottomirrorcon-cretereality.Withinthisframework,KennedyhasbeenabletoportrayAfricanAmericanmindsandsoulsliberatedfromtheirconnectionstotheexternalenvironment.

Whichofthefollowingbeststatesthecentralideaofthepassage?

AfricanAmericandramahasbeenprimarilyinfluencedbynaturalismsem-phasisonthematerialistic.

AfricanAmericandramahastraditionallyacknowledgedtherelationshipbe-tweentheindividualandtheenvironment.

AfricanAmericandrama,traditionallynaturalistic,hasbeenlittleinfluencedbydramatistKennedysspiritualandpsychologicalapproachtodrama.

TheworkofKennedysuggestsashiftawayfromacommitmenttostrictnaturalisminAfricanAmericandrama.

TheworkofKennedybestexemplifiesthecurrentinterestofAfricanAmer-icansinthespiritualandpsychologicalworlds.

Accordingtothepassage,Kennedyisconcernedwithdepictingthe

Internalratherthantheexternallifeofhercharacters

Madnessofrealityratherthantheeffectsofreality

EffectsofmaterialismonAfricanAmericanmindsandsouls

Relationshipbetweennaturalismandthehumanspirit

Effectsthathercharactershaveontheenvironment

Whichofthefollowingstatements,iftrue,wouldmoststrengthentheauthorsassertionthatKennedysworkmarksaseriousdeparturefromthetraditionde-scribedinthefirstparagraph?

Kennedycestheactioninareal-lifesettingthatisneverthelessunfamiliartotheaverageviewerorreader.

KennedymovinglyportraysthelivesandstrugglesofprominentAfricanAmericansintheUnitedStates.

KennedyusescharactersfoundonlyinancientAfricanlegendsandmythol-ogy

KennedyprovidesinsightsintoAmericanmimetictraditionanddramaticconvention

Kennedydepictstheeventsinastylereminiscentofaevisionary

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Althoughmanyhypotheseshavebeenproposedtoexinwhysomentcom-munitiesaremoresusceptiblethanotherstoinvasionbynonnativespecies,resultsfromfieldstudieshavebeeninconsistentandnovasibilityhasyetemerged.However,atheorybasedonfluctuatingresourceavailabilitycouldintegratemostexistinghypothesesandsuccessfullyresolvemanyoftheapparently

ingandambiguousresultsofpreviousstudies.Thesuggestedtheoryisthatantcommunity esmoresusceptibletoinvasionwheneverthereisanincreaseintheamountofunusedresources.

Thediversityintherangeofresource-releasemechanismscouldpartlyexintheabsenceofconsistentecologicalcorrelatesofinvasibility.Inparticular,thetheorypredictsthattherewillbenonecessaryrelationshipbetweenthespeciesdiversityofantcommunityanditssusceptibilitytoinvasion,sincenear-completeexploitationcaneachoccurinbothspecies-richandspecies-poor

com-munities.ThoughLonsdalefoundapositiveassociationbetweenspeciesrichnessandinvasion,thismayarisefromthetendencyofdiversentcommunitiestobenutrientpoorandthereforemoreresponsivetotheeffectsofhuman-causedinfluxesofnutrients.

Thepassageisprimarilyconcernedwith

Assessingtheempiricalsuccessofatheory

Exiningwhynoconsistenttheoreticalaccountofaphenomenonhasbeenpossible

Advocatingapotentialsolutiontoatheoreticalimpasse

Deducingtestablepredictionsfromaproposedtheory

Describingthedifficultiesinvolvedinexiningcertainempiricalresults

Itcanbeinferredthattheauthorwouldmostlikelyagreewithwhichofthefollowingassessmentsoftheresultsfromfieldstudies

Manyoftheresultscontradictedpredictionsofsusceptibilitytoinvasionthatarebasedontheavailabilityofresourcesunusedbythecommunity.

Iffluctuatingresourceavailabilityweretakenintoaccount,manyoftheap-parentinconsistenciesamongtheresultscouldbeexined.

Theapparentinconsistenciesandambiguitiesintheresultsarecausedbytryingtomakethemfitaninadequategeneraltheoryofinvasibility.

Nogeneraltheoryofinvasibilityhasemergedbecausenoneofthestudieshasbeenabletoassessthedegreeofaninvasionaccura y.

Theresultstendtoshowadegreeofsusceptibilitytoinvasionthatislowerthanwouldbeexpectedgiventheprevalenceinthewildofnonnativespecies.

Accordingtotheauthor,thetheorybasedonfluctuatingresourceavailabilitymightresolve”apparently ingandambiguousresults”because

Itexinshowaparticularcircumstancecanproducedisparateeffects

Itdoesnotassumethatalloftheresultsareinstancesofthephenomenonthatthetheoryisintendedtoexin

Itpredictsthatseeminglyminorvariationsinresearchmethodologycanhaveadramaticeffectonresults

Itsaccountisbasedonastatisticaltendencyratherthanonthesuppositionthattheresultsarisefromacausalconnection

Itindicateswhyasimilar emaybeprecededbyverydifferentcir-cumstancesondifferentoccasions

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Passage96

Althoughpassengerpigeons,nowextinct,wereabundantineighteenth-andnineteenth-centuryAmerica,archaeologicalstudiesattwelfth-centuryCahokiansitesinthepresent-dayUnitedStatesexaminedhouseholdfoodtrashandfoundthattracesofpassengerpigeonwerequiterare.Giventhatthesiteswereclosetoahugepassengerpigeonroost edbyJohnJamesAuduboninthenineteenthcenturyandthatCahokiansconsumedalmosteveryotheranimalproteinsourceavailable,thearchaeologistconductingthestudiesconcludedthepassengerpigeonpopulationhadoncebeenverylimitedbeforeincreasingdra-maticallyinpost-ColumbianAmerica.Otherarchaeologistshavecriticizedthoseconclusionsonthegroundsthatpassengerpigeonboneswouldnotbelikelytobe

p .Butallthearchaeologicalprojectsfoundplentyofbirdbones–andevensometinybonesfromfish.

Theauthorofthepassagementionstinybonesfromfishprimarilyinor-derto

ExinwhytracesofpassengerpigeonarerareatCahokiansites

SupportaclaimaboutthewidevarietyofanimalproteinsintheCahokiandiet

Provideevidencethatconfirmsatheoryabouttheextinctionofthepassen-gerpigeon

Castdoubtontheconclusionreachedbythearchaeologistswhoconductedthestudiesdiscussedinthepassage

CounteranobjectiontoaninterpretationofthedataobtainedfromCa-hokiansites

Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,wouldmostcallintoquestionthereason-ingofthearchaeologistsconductingthestudies?

Audubonwasunabletocorrectlyidentifytwelfth-centuryCahokiansites.

Audubonmadehisobservationsbeforepassengerpigeonpopulationsbegantodecline

Passengerpigeonswouldhavebeenattractedtohouseholdfoodtrash.

Archaeologistshavefoundpassengerpigeonremainsamongfoodwasteateighteenth-centuryhumansettlements.

Passengerpigeonstendednottoroostatthesamesitesforverymanygenerations.

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Passage97. Althoughsomeskepticspointsto

AlthoughsomeskepticspointstoArcticcessuchasthehighlatitudesofGreenland,wheretemperaturesseemtohavefallen,arecentscientificreportconcludesthatinrecentdecadesaveragetemperatureshaveincreasedfasterintheArcticthanelsewhere.ScientistshavelongedthatseveralfactorsleadtogreatertemperatureswingsatEarth’spolarregionsthanelsewhere.First,mostoftheArcticiscoveredinsnowandice,whicharehighlyreflective;ifsnowandicemelt,theexposedsoil,whichabsorbsheat,servestoacceleratewarming.Second,thepolaratmosphereisthin,solittleenergyisrequiredtowarmit.Third,lesssolarenergyislostinevaporationatthefrigidpolesthaninthetropics.

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ThepassagementionswhichofthefollowingasfactorsthatmightleadtolargetemperatureswingsinEarth’spolarregions?

Theamountofenergylostduetoevaporationatthepoles

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Therelativelythinatmosphereatthepoles

InpointingtotheapparenttemperaturechangeinthehighlatitudesofGreenland,the“skeptics”mentionedinthepassageintendtoraiseasaquestionwhether

GreenlandislesslikelytoexperienceextremetemperaturechangesthanareotherareasoftheArctic.

ThosemorelocalizedtemperaturedropsmightindicateanimportanttrendnotcapturedbytheupwardtrendofaverageArctictemperatures.

TheremightbeareversalofthetemperaturetrendinthehighlatitudesofGreenland.

ThefactorsthatcausetemperaturechangeinthehighlatitudesofGreenlandaredifferentfromthosethataffecttherestoftheArct