A. A comforting

B. An outright

C. An optimistic

D. A realistic

A. growing

B. increasing

C. lingering

D. persistent

A. The change

B. The greater

C. The shift

D. The break

A. criticism

B. justification

C. exemplification

D. comparison

A. The manufacturer has received

B. The manufacturer has changed

C. Astronomers have succeeded

D. The manufacturer and astronomers

A. Passage 1 mainly discusses

B. Passage 1 focuses

C. Passage 1 evaluates

D. Passage 1 offers

A. Radio telescopes

B. The Green Bank

C. Increased sales

D. The lack of

A. narrator's serious

B. narrator's frustration

C. irregularity of

D. ways in which

A. Biographical incidents

B. An author's life

C. The works of two

D. A list of advantages

A. would have been

B. would have grown

C. had the head

D. had body features

A. family members

B. early musical

C. interest in

D. fondness for

A. A person's confidential

B. A person enjoys

C. A person's unfiltered

D. A person wants

A. The variety

B. The educational

C. The kind

D. The amount

A. The change in

B. The use of

C. The decrease in

D. The development of

A. introduce irony

B. signal a nonliteral

C. mark a citation

D. indicate the inclusion

A. influence of

B. overabundance of

C. pressure on

D. operation of

A. evaluate

B. present

C. propose

D. provide

A. known for

B. pleased with

C. worthy of

D. interested in

A. lavish

B. culpable

C. antagonistic

D. benign