NSHS JLAB Academic #3

A cell nucleus is often referred to as the

• control center

• cytoskeleton

• cell membrane

• chromosome

Scientific discoveries are often thought of as the result of ------- effort, but many discoveries have, in fact, arisen from ------- or a mistake.

• conscientious . . a method

• incidental . . a mishap

• collaborative . . a design

• persistent . . an extension

• systematic . . an accident

Nations that share a border are, by definition, -------.

• (A) allied

• (B) partisan

• (C) contiguous

• (D) pluralistic

• (E) sovereign

Much of this author’s work, unfortunately, is -------,

with ------- chapter often immediately following a

sublime one

• (A) mystical . . a superior

• (B) uneven . . a mediocre

• (C) predictable . . an eloquent

• (D) enthralling . . a vapid

• (E) flippant . . an intelligible

In young children, some brain cells have a ------- that enables them to take over the functions of damaged or missing brain cells.

• (A) fragility

• (B) reminiscence

• (C) perniciousness

• (D) whimsicality

• (E) plasticity

“Less government spending” is ------- of this political

party, a belief shared by most party members.

• (A) an acronym

• (B) a retraction

• (C) a tenet

• (D) a plight

• (E) a prospectus

Common garlic has ------- properties; during the

First World War British medics saved thousands

of lives by wrapping wounds with garlic-soaked

bandages.

• (A) curative

• (A) curative

• (C) inferior

• (D) questionable

• (E) infamous

In her poems, Sophia retrieves and ------- parts of Hispanic culture that some have been all too quick to ------- the past as fossilized artifacts.

• (A) revitalizes . . consign to

• (B) conjoins . . exclude from

• (C) realigns . . salvage from

• (D) diffuses . . defer to

• (E) refracts . . impose on

The modest acceptance speech of the Academy Award winning actress revealed a ------- that contrasted with her uninhibited screen performances.

• (A) theatricality

• (B) sullenness

• (C) flamboyance

• (D) reserve

• (E) nonchalance

Because howler monkeys rarely come out of the trees in their arboreal habitat, the continued well-being of the rain forest is ------- to their survival.

• (A) inadequate

• (B) tangential

• (C) indispensable

• (D) baneful

• (E) expeditious