Writing test

According to the United States Department of Labor, the 2021 median pay for veterinarians was approximately $100,000 annually, with the top 10percent _________ more than $165,000.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word orphrase?

• using

• discovering

• earning

• writing

Employing slightly subtler brushstrokes than most of his counterparts,the artist focused his labors on capturing the tranquil, shore-side recreationsof bourgeois vacationers. Around this time, it was becoming fashionableamong the middle class to possess commemorative depictions of the placesone had traveled, and he managed to fill this niche masterfully. As used in the text, what does the word “fashionable” most nearly mean?

• Tailored

• Popular

• Leisurely

• Economical

Occupational therapists work with many clients on any given day. If routine daily activities occupy _________ schedules, occupational therapists can provide treatments. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions ofStandard English

• their clients’

• they’re clients

• there client’s

• their clients

Although some invasive species do cause tremendous and irreparabledamage to their ecosystems, environments are not static; they change,develop, and adapt to transitions, whether these be natural or manmade. We must learn to be more discriminating in our eradication of invasive plantsfrom those areas where they have become an integral part of the greaterecosystem.

As used in the text, what does the word “discriminating” most nearly mean?

• Biased

• Intolerant

• Tasteful

• Selective

Among many discoveries, the Voyager 2 spacecraft________________volcanic activity— the first time another astronomicalbody was found to have this Earth-like characteristic. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• found that Io a moon of Jupiter has

• found that Io, a moon of Jupiter has

• found that Io, a moon of Jupiter, has

• found that Io a moon, of Jupiter has

A few years ago, a research team at Fermi Lab known as the DZero Collaboration announced observations of matter-antimatter asymmetries ona scale never seen before. Prior to the DZero study, baryon asymmetry and similar CP violations _______________ in laboratory settings only in muchsmaller—and thus, less helpful—orders of magnitude

• has been observed

• have been observed

• had been observed

• is being observed

Tim, while appropriately interested in diagnosing and treating_________ problems with their teeth and gums, demonstrated real passion for repairing teeth and aiding in cosmetic dental concerns.

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

• patients

• patient’s

• patients'

• those of patients

Allergens, pollution, bacteria, and sunlight—these are just some of the foreign objects that _______________________

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

• on a basis that is daily are attacking the human body.

• attacking the bodies of humans on a daily basis.

• attack the human body on a daily basis.

• attacks humans each and every da

22In 1937, Chinese American screen actor Anna May Wong, who had portrayed numerous villains and secondary characters but never a heroine, finally gota starring role in Paramount Pictures’ Daughter of Shanghai, a film that _______ “expanded the range of possibilities for Asian images on screen.”

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

• critic, Stina Chyn, claims

• critic, Stina Chyn, claims,

• critic Stina Chyn claims

• critic Stina Chyn, claims,

Not long after the Pinkertons surrendered, Pennsylvania governor Robert Pattison authorized the militia to advance and placed the town of Homestead under martial law. In the days that followed, steel production at the plant resumed, with strikebreakers living on the _____________ too dangerous for them to cross the picke

• mills grounds: it was still

• mills’ grounds—it was still

• mill’s grounds, it was still

• mill’s grounds; it was still