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Which choice is most consistent with the first sentence of the passage?
NO CHANGE
minor
meager
limited
Which choice provides the smoothest transition between the first and second paragraphs?
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Many medical students do not wish to pursue primary care because of the unreasonable work hours.
In the 1980s, the number of primary care physicians in the United States plummeted.
DELETE the underlined portion.
Should the author make this adjustment?
NO CHANGE
their
his or her
they're
Which choice most effectively establishes the main topic of the paragraph?
The growth of hospitalist medicine introduces a number of benefits for both patients and hospitals alike.
Hospitalists introduce a number of challenges for hospital patients and staff.
The growth of the hospitalist movement is likely to accelerate in the coming years.
Patients generally prefer hospitalists to other types of doctors due to the fact that hospitalists provide continuity of care.
Should the author make this adjustment?
NO CHANGE
hospital,
hospital;
hospital:
Should the author make this adjustment?
NO CHANGE
physical and occupational therapy, social services, and nursing care management.
physical and occupational therapy, and social services, and also nursing care management.
the physical and occupational therapy department, and the social services department, and, in addition, the nursing care management department.
Should the author make this adjustment?
NO CHANGE
which can be
are
DELETE the underlined portion.
At this point, the writer wants to add accurate and specific information from the graph to support the claim made in the previous sentence. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Since 2006, the hospitalist movement’s rate of growth has continued to increase.
Between 2006 and 2009, the number of hospitalists increased from nearly 20,000 to about 28,000.
In 2009, the number of hospitalists in the United States leveled off at around 30,000.
Between 2006 and 2009, the number of hospitalists in the United States more than doubled.
Should the author make this adjustment?
NO CHANGE
workforce;
workforce
workforce.
The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the writer make this deletion?
Yes, because the sentence weakens the argument in favor of training more hospitalists.
Yes, because the sentence restates information provided earlier in the paragraph about the need for additional training for hospitalists.
No, because the sentence provides another example of a future challenge for the hospitalist movement
No, because the sentence provides another example of a benefit to patients for training more hospitalists.
The writer wants to conclude the passage by proposing a relevant question for the reader to consider. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
The question now is whether it would be worth the effort to train more hospitalists.
The question now is not whether to hire hospitalists, but how much to pay them.
The question now is whether training more hospitalists will really improve patients' quality of care.
The question now is not whether we should be training hospitalists in this country, but how.
The authors’ central claim is that
cuteness provokes the same emotional responses around the world.
encountering a cute object may lead to changes in behavior.
studies of cuteness should include tasks that involve social interaction.
cuteness elicits feelings of tenderness in test subjects.
The authors mention Pokémon and Hello Kitty in order to
provide examples of popular kawaii products from Japan
clarify an earlier statement by showing that some products use cuteness in their marketing.
demonstrate that cute products are more likely to be exported than other products.
support the claim that kawaii products are found in various fields.
As used in line 20, “elemental” most nearly means
inner.
chemical.
partial.
essential.
The words “capture” and “induce” (lines 21-22) primarily serve to
ironically depict the unclear effects of cute images on test subjects.
characterize the cute stimuli used in tests in unusually strong terms.
characterize the cute stimuli used in tests in unusually strong terms.
provide a formal tone to contrast with the rest of the passage’s informal tone.
The authors imply that they see Sherman, Haidt, and Coan’s experiments as mainly
interesting but unnecessary.
sloppy and inconclusive.
suggestive but incomplete.
inventive and groundbreaking.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
lines 38–40 (“The . . . actions”)
lines 40–41 (“Sherman . . . perspective”)
lines 41–43 (“That . . . state”)
lines 44–46 (“Although . . . reasons”)
The authors imply that Sherman, Haidt, and Coan’s Operation experiment would have been improved by changing the
methodology.
test subjects.
experimental setting.
researchers.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
lines 51–53 (“If . . . task”)
lines 53–56 (“The . . . body”)
lines 57–58 (“Using . . . improvement”)
lines 61–63 (“Instead . . . tendencies”)
According to the graph, the second-highest overall score in the study was achieved by the participants who
had just viewed pictures of baby animals.
had just viewed pictures of adult animals.
were about to view pictures of adult animals.
were about to view pictures of baby animals.
The average initial score of participants who were later shown the adult animal pictures was closest to which number?
7
8
9
10
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