hat is stated or implied in the pas

hat is stated or implied in the passage.

1. In 2010, talk show host Oprah Winfrey and novelist Jonathan Franzen kissed and made
up after a nine-year feud. In 2001, Franzen was disinvited from appearing on Winfrey's
TV show to pitch his novel The Corrections after he made it clear that he was unhappy
about the book's being chosen for the Oprah Book Club. Describing his work as "in the
high-art literary tradition," Franzen said he didn't want to be associated with the Club,
which he accused of occasionally choosing "schmaltzy, one-dimensional" novels. But
Winfrey is apparently able to forgive and forget: she chose Franzen's next novel,
Freedom, for her book club and said of it, "Now you haven't heard me say this word often,
but this book is a masterpiece."

The passage implies that Franzen's criticism of the Oprah Book Club was motivated primarily by

A. pride

B. anger

C. insensitivity

D. ignorance

Directions for questions 2-3

Read the 2 passages below and then choose the best answer to each question. Answer the
questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passages.

Passage 1
I recently met a fifth-grade teacher who had asked her students what they did after school. Most said they stayed inside and watched TV or spent time on the computer. Some went to a recreation center for an afterschool program -- where they played computer games. A handful of students played outside, but most of those were doing organized sports. It turned out that fewer than 10% of the children were enjoying unstructured time outside rather than concentrating on electronic devices. This is a tragedy! Now more than ever, kids need opportunities to learn and develop through outdoor activities -- and not just on organized teams. Parents, limit computer use and encourage your kids to get outside and play every day!

Passage 2
There is almost no reliable data about the level of technological literacy among children in the United States. Our students perform relatively poorly on international tests in science and math, however, and many other Western countries teach more about technology than we do. It seems that American students are not as technologically literate as their international counterparts. This could put them at a disadvantage when it comes to their careers, because technology is everywhere, from medical facilities to farms. Obviously, it is imperative that teachers and parents make the use of technology, including computers, a more central part of children's lives.

2. The author of Passage 2 probably would respond to the last sentence of Passage 1
("Parents...ever day!") by

A. asserting that parents should help children find a balance of indoor and outdoor activities

B. claiming that young children often know more about computers than their parents do

C. pointing out that many children would rather use technology than play outside

D. arguing that children should be spending more time using computers

3. The author of Passage 1 would most likely criticize the author of Passage 2 for

A. overemphasizing the strength of the data about students' technological literacy

B. overlooking the drawbacks of increasing the time children spend using technology

C. dismissing as unimportant the development that occurs during outdoor activities

D. exaggerating the proportion of careers that require knowledge of science and math.


Writing Sample Questions
All questions must be answered. Please select only one answer per question.

Directions for questions 1-2

Read the following early draft of an essay and then choose the best answer to the question or the best completion of the statement.

(1) Seaweed-based fuel could one day power your car. (2) It is more than just and
ingredient in a purifying face mask or a sushi roll. (3) According to new research,
seaweed has the potential to become an advanced biofuel known as biobutanol.

(4) In the past, U.S. scientists have looked to the possibility of algae-based biofuels, but
most of these explorations have shied away from kelp and seaweed. (5) One reason why
seaweed may not have taken off as a potential fuel source is the fact that it's not a
major part of American culture. (6) In contrast, in Asian countries such as Japan, there
has been a long history of seaweed in the cuisine. (7) Japanese researchers are much
more familiar with it and have spent decades studying its potential uses.

(8) A second reason for the U.S. avoidance of seaweed-based biofuel is the country's lack
of experience with seaweed farming. (9) The U.S. is no stranger to seaweed harvesting.
(10) However, for the biobutanol project to be environmentally sustainable, seaweed
cannot be harvested; it must be farmed. (11) "one of the challenges of harvesting a
natural seaweed bed is you can only [use] a certain percent of the bed if you don't want
to have a negative environmental impact," Nikesh Parekh, CEO of Bio Architecture Lab, said.

(12) Farming enough seaweed to support mass production of biofuel would be very expensive
initially, but it could pay off handsomely. (13) They say that the seaweed-based fuel
would work better in automobiles than ethanol and be easier to transport.

1. In context, which of the following is the best way to revise and combine sentences 1 and 2
(reproduced below)?

Seaweed-based fuel could one day power your car. It is more than just an ingredient in a
purifying face mask or a sushi roll.


A. Seaweed-based fuel could one day power your car, it is more than just an ingredient in a purifying face mask or sushi roll.

B. Seaweed-based fuel could one day power your car because it is more than just and ingredient in a purifying face mask or sushi roll.

C. Seaweed is more than just an ingredient in a purifying face mask or sushi roll; seaweed based fuel could one day power your car.

D. Fuel form seaweed could one day power your car so it is more than just an ingredient in a purifying mask or sushi roll.

2. In context, which of the following sentences would best be inserted between sentences 9
and 10?

A. New research shows that seaweed may also possess the power to repair tissue damage in heart attack patients

B. Planting a large-scale seaweed farm will likely meet stiff opposition.

C. Maine Seaweed Co., for instance, harvests the seaweed naturally available along the U.S. coast.

D. Some say that seaweed-based fuel may one day be competitive with petroleum.

Directions for question 3

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence
is best, choose the first answer.

3. In the Roman Empire, the first fish to be brought indoors was the sea barbell, it was kept
under quest beds in small tanks made of marble.

A. sea barbell, it

B. sea barbell, which

C. sea barbell, but

D. sea barbell and

Directions for question 4

Think about how you would rewrite the following sentence according to the directions given, and then choose
the best answer. Keep in mind that your revision should not change the meaning of the original sentence.

4. In some places, virtually all the topsoil has washed away, leaving the subsoils to sustain the crops.

Rewrite, beginning with
In some places, the subsoils must sustain the crops...

The next word will be

A. although

B. because

C. until

D. before