Average expected family contribution (EFC) for dependent students, by family income: Academic year 1995-96

The Blacksmith Institute issues annual reports on the world"s worst-polluted places, ______ of life-threatening hot spots all over the globe.

For Questions 5 to 7, select one entry from the corresponding column of choices for each blank. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

By any measure, computers are among the most influential and powerful tools of the modern age. They represent the high-tech revolution that has transformed the ways in which human beings interact with each other and with the world at large. Seemingly, computers are the very definition of the modern era. Although modern computers have only been a part of our everyday world for a few decades, a discovery made just over a century ago found that the concept behind them is far older than anyone could have imagined. In fact, according to the experts who have studied an ancient Greek shipwreck, one particular "computer" dates back more than 2,000 years. Made of metal, this mechanism is approximately the size of a shoebox. It was found in 1901 by divers working off the isle of Antikythera. Uncertain of the mechanism's function, the divers naned it after the island near which it was found. At the time, the Antikythera was in terrible shape from being underwater for so long. Its pieces had merged into a broken mass and all experts could deduce was that it had something to do with astronomy. Recently, thanks to a combination of advanced imaging methods and x-ray computer tomography, scientists have been able to re-create the possible design of the apparatus. The Antikythera mechanism once had at least 30 bronze gears with as many as 225 hand-cut teeth. Scientists believe it was designed to compute eclipses of the sun and moon a number of years into the future, as well as show the motions of the planets. While experts are still uncertain as to why the device was made, there is no doubt that its technology was at least 1,000 years ahead of its time.

Coffee seems to be one of the world"s biggest and most enduring passions, as coffee houses continue to pop up on every corner, each one sporting beans from multiple exotic and sometimes completely unfamiliar locations. Although usually referred to as coffee beans, they are actually closer to berries, which grow on bushes found on slopes several thousand feet above sea level in places like Brazil. The berries are soaked, dried, sorted, and finally roasted for various amounts of time, depending on how strong and dark the consumer prefers his coffee. Which of the following can be inferred from the overall process involved in preparing coffee beans?

Over the years there have been countless fans of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Yogi Bear. The cartoon series enjoyed by young and old alike revolved mostly around the misadventures of this loveable bear and his sidekick Boo-Boo as they attempted to snag "pic-a-nic" baskets in the made-up land of Jellystone Park. It"s not often that people think about where the ideas for these cartoons characters came from, which brings up an interesting point: do bears actually search for food left in picnic baskets and unattended campsites? Anyone who has watched an episode of the classic cartoon can see that the bears" behavior goes far beyond the limits of what is natural. The thing that must be explored, then, is which of those humorous antics were license on the part of Hanna-Barbera, and which were actually based on a bear"s normal behaviors. The passage implies which of the following about the cartoon character Yogi Bear?

Coffee seems to be one of the world's biggest and most enduring passions, as coffee houses continue to pop up on every corner, each one sporting beans from multiple exotic and sometimes completely unfamiliar locations. Although usually referred to as coffee beans, they are actually closer to berries, which grow on bushes found on slopes several thousand feet above sea level in places like Brazil. The berries are soaked, dried, sorted, and finally roasted for various amounts of time, depending on how strong and dark the consumer prefers his coffee.

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For Questions 5 to 7, select one entry from the corresponding column of choices for each blank. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

In Rembrandt's day, many of his fellow painters portrayed their characters much like the idealized gods of Greek and Roman mythology. Rembrandt differed by painting people in a more realistic and humble manner. He used himself, his family members, and even beggars as models. He viewed these individuals as being just as worthy of immortalization in art as mythological figures. He also fittingly enhanced his work by the use of chiaroscuro, a painting technique where light striking the foregrounded figures dramatically contrasts with a darkened background. Rembrandt reflected his paintings by remaining true to his singular artistic vision and casting his own light on the darkness of conformity.

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It sounds like the premise for a science fiction novel, but scientists are today developing a drug that could eliminate traumatic events from our memories. Thus far the research is focused on altering memories immediately following one particular type of trauma, car accidents, with promising results. But the potential applications of the research are far more wide reaching and morally ambiguous. On one hand, such a drug could provide a breakthrough in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in war veterans and rape victims. On the other hand, by relegating our memories to oblivion, such a drug could fundamentally change our sense of self and personal history. It is unclear how the human brain stores memories, and much is unknown about why painful memories of traumatic events come back to haunt some and not others. But one thing is certain--as research into the technology of altering memories continues, so will the ethical debates on whether this pharmaceutical innovation falls outside the spectrum of appropriate medical interventions.

For centuries, the first gospel was ______ to St. Matthew, probably incorrectly; most scholars today believe it was written by an anonymous author at the end of the first century.

For Questions 16 through 20, select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.

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For Question 13, select one entry from the corresponding column of choices for each blank. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text. Many people suspect that __(i)__ humans are only a few inventions away since it is already possible to __(ii)__ many body parts with improvements made out of plastic and metal, and many key organs can be __(iii)__ from one body to another. A. artificial B. geriatric C. mortal D. articulate E. discard F. replace G. stabilized H. transferred I. filched