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Intermediate
Passage 1
1. The point of view from which the passage is told can best be described as that of a first person narrator who:
A
A. is uncomfortable when he must traverse a large section of unfamiliar prairie.
B
B. has an experience that leads to a deeper appreciation of the prairie.
C
C. visits the prairie in order to experience life as early settlers might have.
D
D. has traded arduous hikes in the woods for leisurely walks in the prairie.
2
Intermediate
Passage 2
11. The main idea of the passage is that:
A
A. the system of coins and trade created by Lydians radically transformed commerce.
B
B. the development of currency can be traced chronologically from 640 BC to 560 BC.
C
C. money was invented when Croesus became king of Lydia.
D
D. the coins minted in Lydia are the first gold coins known to exist.
3
Intermediate
Passage 3
Questions 21–24 ask about Passage A. 21. The author of Passage A suggests that changes in Bunraku that occurred in the early 1700s led to which of the following effects?
A
A. They made Bunraku more popular in countries beyond Japan.
B
B. They differentiated Bunraku from the puppetry of other countries.
C
C. They created the illusion that Bunraku puppets moved and talked on their own.
D
D. They brought about a shift in the kinds of stories that were recounted in Bunraku theater.
4
Intermediate
Passage 4
31. One main purpose of the passage is to:
A
A. contrast the structure of a hyena’s brain with the structure of a human’s brain.
B
B. argue that studies of hyenas have revealed more about brain function than have studies of primates.
C
C. discuss what the study of hyenas has revealed about the evolution of social intelligence.
D
D. compare the evolutionary histories of the four species in the hyena family.