Digital PSAT Reading and Writing Practie Test 16

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Though today the familiar names of French Impressionism-Degas, Pissarro, Cézanne, Renoir, and Monet-are nearly synonymous with what we may inscrutably refer to as great art, in its own time the impressionist movement was often identified with artistic dissidence, the avant-garde, and painterly provocateurs. In its development, the impressionist style boldly challenged the entrenched principles of French painting, and ultimately transformed art for most of the Western world.

It can reasonably be inferred that the narrator's general attitude towards impressionism can best be characterized as

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The issues of both convenience and synchronous exposure in color photography were eventually solved by two professional, classical musicians-Leopold Mannes and Leopold Godowsky, Jr.-working recreationally for the Eastman Kodak Company. Together they designed a film that consisted of three separate emulsion layers mounted on a single flexible base, each of which captured and individually filtered the lens image. Their design was marketed by Kodak under the name Kodachrome and was the first system to make the use of color film widely available to lay photographers. With respect to their photographic research, Mannes and Godowsky can best be described as __________________

Which choice most logically completes the text?

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_______________ the Parthenon is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world, enticing millions of people each year and warranting an ongoing restoration project currently in its third decade.

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

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Apart from the drum, there is perhaps no instrument more widespread among the world's ancient cultures than the curious noisemaker known severally as the bullroarer, _____________ tundun, or whizzing-stick.

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

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Pitch modulation can be achieved by altering the speed of rotation, or the length of the cord. The capacity for pitch modulation has _____________ to the idea that bullroarers could be used to communicate coded messages, with certain meanings attached to certain pitches.

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

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We know with surprising certainty not only the composition of the bodies in our solar system _____________ that of many interstellar bodies, and even some intergalactic ones as well.

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

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The tough competition and demanding prerequisites for the job market need not be deterrents. Leading journalism ___________ students leave undergraduate programs with all the tools necessary for success.

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

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A newly formed photon carries with it a sort of chemical signature called an emission spectrum, which is _____________ to the element from which it was emitted.

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

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Marjorie, an immensely popular young woman, is plagued by Bernice, her dull cousin who fails to entertain _____________ Marjorie's many social environments.

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

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Nearly all tortoiseshell and calico cats are female. This is because the gene that dictates whether the cat's fur is orange or black is located on the X chromosome. Since male cats have XY chromosomes, they will usually only have one allele coding for either orange fur or black fur. Males would be calico or tortoiseshell if they had two X chromosomes along with a Y, ____________ this is very rare.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?