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Passage V The Intricate Layers of Matryoshka

Natasha Pugaeva is a professional painter of matryoshki,

the nesting dolls that rank among Russia's most recognizable

national symbols. She painted her first matryoshka doll in

1990, while she was in (61) Kazakhstan, who worked as a painting

instructor. The matryoshka trade has flourished among former

Soviet state employees who could produce the dolls from their

homes. (62)Three years later, she and her husband moved to a

city east of Moscow, where she has expanded

(63)her matryoshka production.

All dolls in a set except the smallest are hollow, with

"daughter" dolls nesting inside one another, (64)so it's not surprising

that the word matryoshka recalls the Russian word for "mother."

While the exact origins of matryoshki are unclear,

one (65)possibility, travel played a key role, is that a Russian who

had visited Asia brought home a Japanese nesting doll in the

1890s. The development of a similar doll in Sergiev Posad--a

Russian region famous for its folk art--resulted from, or perhaps

simply (66)coinciding with, that cross-cultural exchange. Soon, the

lathes that were operated by local workers to craft various

wooden objects (67)was used to produce great numbers of blank

matryoshka dolls (68)(particularly games and nesting Easter eggs).

Then came the painting. Over the years, amateur and

professional artists alike have hand-painted the (69)smooth, curved

surfaces, and brought beautiful images to life. Inspiration for

these designs comes from Russian life, and less traditional

subjects include fantastical fairy tales, politicians of great power,

revered religious figures, and (70)iconic works of art. Since an early

matryoshka set was displayed in Paris in 1900, the dolls have

had a long career as an evocative example of traditional

Russian (71)goods.

For Natasha, her exceptional skills offer a means of engaging

with her community. (72)Instead, she runs a workshop in which

she instructs and collaborates with students. The students do not

pay for their lessons, and they receive a portion of the (73)profits.

(74) With artists like Natasha passing on their skills, Russia's

(75)generation's-old folk tradition of matryoshka may well last for

generations more.

Question 61

Please find the underlined section next to (61) and choose one of the four choices below.

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• Kazakhstan, and worked

• Kazakhstan, and having work

• Kazakhstan working

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Passage V The Intricate Layers of Matryoshka

Natasha Pugaeva is a professional painter of matryoshki,

the nesting dolls that rank among Russia's most recognizable

national symbols. She painted her first matryoshka doll in

1990, while she was in (61) Kazakhstan, who worked as a painting

instructor. The matryoshka trade has flourished among former

Soviet state employees who could produce the dolls from their

homes. (62)Three years later, she and her husband moved to a

city east of Moscow, where she has expanded

(63)her matryoshka production.

All dolls in a set except the smallest are hollow, with

"daughter" dolls nesting inside one another, (64)so it's not surprising

that the word matryoshka recalls the Russian word for "mother."

While the exact origins of matryoshki are unclear,

one (65)possibility, travel played a key role, is that a Russian who

had visited Asia brought home a Japanese nesting doll in the

1890s. The development of a similar doll in Sergiev Posad--a

Russian region famous for its folk art--resulted from, or perhaps

simply (66)coinciding with, that cross-cultural exchange. Soon, the

lathes that were operated by local workers to craft various

wooden objects (67)was used to produce great numbers of blank

matryoshka dolls (68)(particularly games and nesting Easter eggs).

Then came the painting. Over the years, amateur and

professional artists alike have hand-painted the (69)smooth, curved

surfaces, and brought beautiful images to life. Inspiration for

these designs comes from Russian life, and less traditional

subjects include fantastical fairy tales, politicians of great power,

revered religious figures, and (70)iconic works of art. Since an early

matryoshka set was displayed in Paris in 1900, the dolls have

had a long career as an evocative example of traditional

Russian (71)goods.

For Natasha, her exceptional skills offer a means of engaging

with her community. (72)Instead, she runs a workshop in which

she instructs and collaborates with students. The students do not

pay for their lessons, and they receive a portion of the (73)profits.

(74) With artists like Natasha passing on their skills, Russia's

(75)generation's-old folk tradition of matryoshka may well last for

generations more.

Question 62

The writer is considering deleting the preceding sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?

Please find the underlined section next to (62) and choose one of the four choices below.

• Kept, because it places Natasha's painting in a broader social context.

• Kept, because it explains why Natasha was one of many people to begin painting matryoshka dolls in the early 1990s.

• Deleted, because it detracts from the paragraph's focus on the development of Natasha's matryoshka-painting practice.

• Deleted, because it contradicts the paragraph's explanation of where Natasha learned to paint matryoshka dolls.

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Passage V The Intricate Layers of Matryoshka

Natasha Pugaeva is a professional painter of matryoshki,

the nesting dolls that rank among Russia's most recognizable

national symbols. She painted her first matryoshka doll in

1990, while she was in (61) Kazakhstan, who worked as a painting

instructor. The matryoshka trade has flourished among former

Soviet state employees who could produce the dolls from their

homes. (62)Three years later, she and her husband moved to a

city east of Moscow, where she has expanded

(63)her matryoshka production.

All dolls in a set except the smallest are hollow, with

"daughter" dolls nesting inside one another, (64)so it's not surprising

that the word matryoshka recalls the Russian word for "mother."

While the exact origins of matryoshki are unclear,

one (65)possibility, travel played a key role, is that a Russian who

had visited Asia brought home a Japanese nesting doll in the

1890s. The development of a similar doll in Sergiev Posad--a

Russian region famous for its folk art--resulted from, or perhaps

simply (66)coinciding with, that cross-cultural exchange. Soon, the

lathes that were operated by local workers to craft various

wooden objects (67)was used to produce great numbers of blank

matryoshka dolls (68)(particularly games and nesting Easter eggs).

Then came the painting. Over the years, amateur and

professional artists alike have hand-painted the (69)smooth, curved

surfaces, and brought beautiful images to life. Inspiration for

these designs comes from Russian life, and less traditional

subjects include fantastical fairy tales, politicians of great power,

revered religious figures, and (70)iconic works of art. Since an early

matryoshka set was displayed in Paris in 1900, the dolls have

had a long career as an evocative example of traditional

Russian (71)goods.

For Natasha, her exceptional skills offer a means of engaging

with her community. (72)Instead, she runs a workshop in which

she instructs and collaborates with students. The students do not

pay for their lessons, and they receive a portion of the (73)profits.

(74) With artists like Natasha passing on their skills, Russia's

(75)generation's-old folk tradition of matryoshka may well last for

generations more.

Question 63

Please find the underlined section next to (63) and choose one of the four choices below.

• NO CHANGE

• her production.

• their production.

• the production of them.

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Passage V The Intricate Layers of Matryoshka

Natasha Pugaeva is a professional painter of matryoshki,

the nesting dolls that rank among Russia's most recognizable

national symbols. She painted her first matryoshka doll in

1990, while she was in (61) Kazakhstan, who worked as a painting

instructor. The matryoshka trade has flourished among former

Soviet state employees who could produce the dolls from their

homes. (62)Three years later, she and her husband moved to a

city east of Moscow, where she has expanded

(63)her matryoshka production.

All dolls in a set except the smallest are hollow, with

"daughter" dolls nesting inside one another, (64)so it's not surprising

that the word matryoshka recalls the Russian word for "mother."

While the exact origins of matryoshki are unclear,

one (65)possibility, travel played a key role, is that a Russian who

had visited Asia brought home a Japanese nesting doll in the

1890s. The development of a similar doll in Sergiev Posad--a

Russian region famous for its folk art--resulted from, or perhaps

simply (66)coinciding with, that cross-cultural exchange. Soon, the

lathes that were operated by local workers to craft various

wooden objects (67)was used to produce great numbers of blank

matryoshka dolls (68)(particularly games and nesting Easter eggs).

Then came the painting. Over the years, amateur and

professional artists alike have hand-painted the (69)smooth, curved

surfaces, and brought beautiful images to life. Inspiration for

these designs comes from Russian life, and less traditional

subjects include fantastical fairy tales, politicians of great power,

revered religious figures, and (70)iconic works of art. Since an early

matryoshka set was displayed in Paris in 1900, the dolls have

had a long career as an evocative example of traditional

Russian (71)goods.

For Natasha, her exceptional skills offer a means of engaging

with her community. (72)Instead, she runs a workshop in which

she instructs and collaborates with students. The students do not

pay for their lessons, and they receive a portion of the (73)profits.

(74) With artists like Natasha passing on their skills, Russia's

(75)generation's-old folk tradition of matryoshka may well last for

generations more.

Question 64

Which choice most clearly builds on the information provided earlier in the sentence about the relationship of the dolls' structure to their name?

Please find the underlined section next to (64) and choose one of the four choices below.

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• but, while matryoshka dolls are more often female, it is possible to find male dolls as well.

• and, as Russian speakers know, the plural of matryoshka is matryoshki.

• which means the largest matryoshka doll is the one most people see.

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Passage V The Intricate Layers of Matryoshka

Natasha Pugaeva is a professional painter of matryoshki,

the nesting dolls that rank among Russia's most recognizable

national symbols. She painted her first matryoshka doll in

1990, while she was in (61) Kazakhstan, who worked as a painting

instructor. The matryoshka trade has flourished among former

Soviet state employees who could produce the dolls from their

homes. (62)Three years later, she and her husband moved to a

city east of Moscow, where she has expanded

(63)her matryoshka production.

All dolls in a set except the smallest are hollow, with

"daughter" dolls nesting inside one another, (64)so it's not surprising

that the word matryoshka recalls the Russian word for "mother."

While the exact origins of matryoshki are unclear,

one (65)possibility, travel played a key role, is that a Russian who

had visited Asia brought home a Japanese nesting doll in the

1890s. The development of a similar doll in Sergiev Posad--a

Russian region famous for its folk art--resulted from, or perhaps

simply (66)coinciding with, that cross-cultural exchange. Soon, the

lathes that were operated by local workers to craft various

wooden objects (67)was used to produce great numbers of blank

matryoshka dolls (68)(particularly games and nesting Easter eggs).

Then came the painting. Over the years, amateur and

professional artists alike have hand-painted the (69)smooth, curved

surfaces, and brought beautiful images to life. Inspiration for

these designs comes from Russian life, and less traditional

subjects include fantastical fairy tales, politicians of great power,

revered religious figures, and (70)iconic works of art. Since an early

matryoshka set was displayed in Paris in 1900, the dolls have

had a long career as an evocative example of traditional

Russian (71)goods.

For Natasha, her exceptional skills offer a means of engaging

with her community. (72)Instead, she runs a workshop in which

she instructs and collaborates with students. The students do not

pay for their lessons, and they receive a portion of the (73)profits.

(74) With artists like Natasha passing on their skills, Russia's

(75)generation's-old folk tradition of matryoshka may well last for

generations more.

Question 65

Please find the underlined section next to (65) and choose one of the four choices below.

• NO CHANGE

• possibility and

• possibility, which

• possibility, in which

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Passage V The Intricate Layers of Matryoshka

Natasha Pugaeva is a professional painter of matryoshki,

the nesting dolls that rank among Russia's most recognizable

national symbols. She painted her first matryoshka doll in

1990, while she was in (61) Kazakhstan, who worked as a painting

instructor. The matryoshka trade has flourished among former

Soviet state employees who could produce the dolls from their

homes. (62)Three years later, she and her husband moved to a

city east of Moscow, where she has expanded

(63)her matryoshka production.

All dolls in a set except the smallest are hollow, with

"daughter" dolls nesting inside one another, (64)so it's not surprising

that the word matryoshka recalls the Russian word for "mother."

While the exact origins of matryoshki are unclear,

one (65)possibility, travel played a key role, is that a Russian who

had visited Asia brought home a Japanese nesting doll in the

1890s. The development of a similar doll in Sergiev Posad--a

Russian region famous for its folk art--resulted from, or perhaps

simply (66)coinciding with, that cross-cultural exchange. Soon, the

lathes that were operated by local workers to craft various

wooden objects (67)was used to produce great numbers of blank

matryoshka dolls (68)(particularly games and nesting Easter eggs).

Then came the painting. Over the years, amateur and

professional artists alike have hand-painted the (69)smooth, curved

surfaces, and brought beautiful images to life. Inspiration for

these designs comes from Russian life, and less traditional

subjects include fantastical fairy tales, politicians of great power,

revered religious figures, and (70)iconic works of art. Since an early

matryoshka set was displayed in Paris in 1900, the dolls have

had a long career as an evocative example of traditional

Russian (71)goods.

For Natasha, her exceptional skills offer a means of engaging

with her community. (72)Instead, she runs a workshop in which

she instructs and collaborates with students. The students do not

pay for their lessons, and they receive a portion of the (73)profits.

(74) With artists like Natasha passing on their skills, Russia's

(75)generation's-old folk tradition of matryoshka may well last for

generations more.

Question 66

Please find the underlined section next to (66) and choose one of the four choices below.

• NO CHANGE

• coincided

• as a coincidence

• it was to coincide

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Passage V The Intricate Layers of Matryoshka

Natasha Pugaeva is a professional painter of matryoshki,

the nesting dolls that rank among Russia's most recognizable

national symbols. She painted her first matryoshka doll in

1990, while she was in (61) Kazakhstan, who worked as a painting

instructor. The matryoshka trade has flourished among former

Soviet state employees who could produce the dolls from their

homes. (62)Three years later, she and her husband moved to a

city east of Moscow, where she has expanded

(63)her matryoshka production.

All dolls in a set except the smallest are hollow, with

"daughter" dolls nesting inside one another, (64)so it's not surprising

that the word matryoshka recalls the Russian word for "mother."

While the exact origins of matryoshki are unclear,

one (65)possibility, travel played a key role, is that a Russian who

had visited Asia brought home a Japanese nesting doll in the

1890s. The development of a similar doll in Sergiev Posad--a

Russian region famous for its folk art--resulted from, or perhaps

simply (66)coinciding with, that cross-cultural exchange. Soon, the

lathes that were operated by local workers to craft various

wooden objects (67)was used to produce great numbers of blank

matryoshka dolls (68)(particularly games and nesting Easter eggs).

Then came the painting. Over the years, amateur and

professional artists alike have hand-painted the (69)smooth, curved

surfaces, and brought beautiful images to life. Inspiration for

these designs comes from Russian life, and less traditional

subjects include fantastical fairy tales, politicians of great power,

revered religious figures, and (70)iconic works of art. Since an early

matryoshka set was displayed in Paris in 1900, the dolls have

had a long career as an evocative example of traditional

Russian (71)goods.

For Natasha, her exceptional skills offer a means of engaging

with her community. (72)Instead, she runs a workshop in which

she instructs and collaborates with students. The students do not

pay for their lessons, and they receive a portion of the (73)profits.

(74) With artists like Natasha passing on their skills, Russia's

(75)generation's-old folk tradition of matryoshka may well last for

generations more.

Question 67

Please find the underlined section next to (67) and choose one of the four choices below.

• NO CHANGE

• used

• were used

• has been used

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Passage V The Intricate Layers of Matryoshka

Natasha Pugaeva is a professional painter of matryoshki,

the nesting dolls that rank among Russia's most recognizable

national symbols. She painted her first matryoshka doll in

1990, while she was in (61) Kazakhstan, who worked as a painting

instructor. The matryoshka trade has flourished among former

Soviet state employees who could produce the dolls from their

homes. (62)Three years later, she and her husband moved to a

city east of Moscow, where she has expanded

(63)her matryoshka production.

All dolls in a set except the smallest are hollow, with

"daughter" dolls nesting inside one another, (64)so it's not surprising

that the word matryoshka recalls the Russian word for "mother."

While the exact origins of matryoshki are unclear,

one (65)possibility, travel played a key role, is that a Russian who

had visited Asia brought home a Japanese nesting doll in the

1890s. The development of a similar doll in Sergiev Posad--a

Russian region famous for its folk art--resulted from, or perhaps

simply (66)coinciding with, that cross-cultural exchange. Soon, the

lathes that were operated by local workers to craft various

wooden objects (67)was used to produce great numbers of blank

matryoshka dolls (68)(particularly games and nesting Easter eggs).

Then came the painting. Over the years, amateur and

professional artists alike have hand-painted the (69)smooth, curved

surfaces, and brought beautiful images to life. Inspiration for

these designs comes from Russian life, and less traditional

subjects include fantastical fairy tales, politicians of great power,

revered religious figures, and (70)iconic works of art. Since an early

matryoshka set was displayed in Paris in 1900, the dolls have

had a long career as an evocative example of traditional

Russian (71)goods.

For Natasha, her exceptional skills offer a means of engaging

with her community. (72)Instead, she runs a workshop in which

she instructs and collaborates with students. The students do not

pay for their lessons, and they receive a portion of the (73)profits.

(74) With artists like Natasha passing on their skills, Russia's

(75)generation's-old folk tradition of matryoshka may well last for

generations more.

Question 68

The best placement for the underlined portion would be:

Please find the underlined section next to (68) and choose one of the four choices below.

• Where it is now.

• after the word lathes.

• after the word workers.

• after the word objects.

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Passage V The Intricate Layers of Matryoshka

Natasha Pugaeva is a professional painter of matryoshki,

the nesting dolls that rank among Russia's most recognizable

national symbols. She painted her first matryoshka doll in

1990, while she was in (61) Kazakhstan, who worked as a painting

instructor. The matryoshka trade has flourished among former

Soviet state employees who could produce the dolls from their

homes. (62)Three years later, she and her husband moved to a

city east of Moscow, where she has expanded

(63)her matryoshka production.

All dolls in a set except the smallest are hollow, with

"daughter" dolls nesting inside one another, (64)so it's not surprising

that the word matryoshka recalls the Russian word for "mother."

While the exact origins of matryoshki are unclear,

one (65)possibility, travel played a key role, is that a Russian who

had visited Asia brought home a Japanese nesting doll in the

1890s. The development of a similar doll in Sergiev Posad--a

Russian region famous for its folk art--resulted from, or perhaps

simply (66)coinciding with, that cross-cultural exchange. Soon, the

lathes that were operated by local workers to craft various

wooden objects (67)was used to produce great numbers of blank

matryoshka dolls (68)(particularly games and nesting Easter eggs).

Then came the painting. Over the years, amateur and

professional artists alike have hand-painted the (69)smooth, curved

surfaces, and brought beautiful images to life. Inspiration for

these designs comes from Russian life, and less traditional

subjects include fantastical fairy tales, politicians of great power,

revered religious figures, and (70)iconic works of art. Since an early

matryoshka set was displayed in Paris in 1900, the dolls have

had a long career as an evocative example of traditional

Russian (71)goods.

For Natasha, her exceptional skills offer a means of engaging

with her community. (72)Instead, she runs a workshop in which

she instructs and collaborates with students. The students do not

pay for their lessons, and they receive a portion of the (73)profits.

(74) With artists like Natasha passing on their skills, Russia's

(75)generation's-old folk tradition of matryoshka may well last for

generations more.

Question 69

Please find the underlined section next to (69) and choose one of the four choices below.

• NO CHANGE

• smooth curved surfaces,

• smooth curved, surfaces

• smooth, curved surfaces

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Passage V The Intricate Layers of Matryoshka

Natasha Pugaeva is a professional painter of matryoshki,

the nesting dolls that rank among Russia's most recognizable

national symbols. She painted her first matryoshka doll in

1990, while she was in (61) Kazakhstan, who worked as a painting

instructor. The matryoshka trade has flourished among former

Soviet state employees who could produce the dolls from their

homes. (62)Three years later, she and her husband moved to a

city east of Moscow, where she has expanded

(63)her matryoshka production.

All dolls in a set except the smallest are hollow, with

"daughter" dolls nesting inside one another, (64)so it's not surprising

that the word matryoshka recalls the Russian word for "mother."

While the exact origins of matryoshki are unclear,

one (65)possibility, travel played a key role, is that a Russian who

had visited Asia brought home a Japanese nesting doll in the

1890s. The development of a similar doll in Sergiev Posad--a

Russian region famous for its folk art--resulted from, or perhaps

simply (66)coinciding with, that cross-cultural exchange. Soon, the

lathes that were operated by local workers to craft various

wooden objects (67)was used to produce great numbers of blank

matryoshka dolls (68)(particularly games and nesting Easter eggs).

Then came the painting. Over the years, amateur and

professional artists alike have hand-painted the (69)smooth, curved

surfaces, and brought beautiful images to life. Inspiration for

these designs comes from Russian life, and less traditional

subjects include fantastical fairy tales, politicians of great power,

revered religious figures, and (70)iconic works of art. Since an early

matryoshka set was displayed in Paris in 1900, the dolls have

had a long career as an evocative example of traditional

Russian (71)goods.

For Natasha, her exceptional skills offer a means of engaging

with her community. (72)Instead, she runs a workshop in which

she instructs and collaborates with students. The students do not

pay for their lessons, and they receive a portion of the (73)profits.

(74) With artists like Natasha passing on their skills, Russia's

(75)generation's-old folk tradition of matryoshka may well last for

generations more.

Question 70

Which choice best maintains the stylistic pattern of descriptions established earlier in the sentence?

Please find the underlined section next to (70) and choose one of the four choices below.

• NO CHANGE

• art.

• famous artworks that are imitated.

• some famous artworks.

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