1 Grasshoppers are intriguing insects that have both served as potent symbols in literature \[Question 1\]. 2 Also called locusts, \[Question 2\]. 3 Grasshoppers may be best known from the Aesop’s fable “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” in which ants and grasshoppers \[Question 3\].

4 Yet grasshoppers have also caused terrible famine \[Question 4\] Ancient Egypt, China, and the Rocky Mountains. 5 Farmers today attempt to control grasshoppers swarms \[Question 5\]. 6 On the other hand \[Question 6\] is sometimes used as a term of endearment. 7 What do you think about grasshoppers?

Which of the following phrases best completes Sentence 5?

1 Grasshoppers are intriguing insects that have both served as potent symbols in literature \[Question 1\]. 2 Also called locusts, \[Question 2\]. 3 Grasshoppers may be best known from the Aesop’s fable “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” in which ants and grasshoppers \[Question 3\].

4 Yet grasshoppers have also caused terrible famine \[Question 4\] Ancient Egypt, China, and the Rocky Mountains. 5 Farmers today attempt to control grasshoppers swarms \[Question 5\]. 6 On the other hand \[Question 6\] is sometimes used as a term of endearment. 7 What do you think about grasshoppers?

Which of the following phrases best completes Sentence 6?

1 Writer’s block is a challenge that faces many creative people \[Question 1\]. 2 Inventors and theoreticians alike have long speculated about the possible \[Question 2\]. 3 Some people believe that it comes from lack of preparation \[Question 3\]. Recently, neurological and psychological studies have identified potential underlying causes of creative block \[Question 4\]. 5 Still others assert that a lack of resources (including time, money, and community) \[Question 5\].

6 People faced with writer’s block \[Question 6\] may take comfort in the fact that many of the world’s greatest artists have struggled similarly. 7 Take Ludwig van Beethoven, Vincent van Gogh, and Frida Kahlo as just a few examples of individuals who \[Question 7\] prevailed in creating lasting masterpieces. 8 \[Question 8\] then an artist can always try consulting with peers, taking a break, or turning their attention to a new art form altogether. 9 After all, through \[Question 9\] a person can overcome almost any artistic impediment.

Which of the following phrases best completes Sentence 5?

1 Reason and emotion are often seen \[Question 1\] in other words, people believe the two can’t coexist. 2 Pure rationality is often considered \[Question\].3 Emotion, on the other hand \[Question 3\]. 4 However, scientists have recently discovered that the reason-emotion binary is in fact a false dichotomy. 5 \[Question 4\] the two are not mutually exclusive, and emotion often aids reason in filtering out poor, dangerous, or distracting choices. 6 This symbiosis is particularly obvious in decision making \[Question 5\]. 7 All in all, one should strive to make choices using \[Question 6\].

Which of the following phrases best completes Sentence 7?

1 Overfishing is a serious threat \[Question 1\]. 2 Essentially, it means that humans are depleting the ocean’s supply of fish, crustaceans, sea mammals, kelps, and other \[Question 2\]. 3 The problem \[Question 3\] when sailors killed vast numbers of whales for their valuable blubber. 4 Since then, industrial fishing fleets and increased consumer demand have led to \[Question 4\] everything from sharks to blue fin tuna. 5 Even species that are not typically eaten \[Question 5\] have become accidental “bycatch” and are thereby threatened with endangerment. 6 If the process is not reversed soon, \[Question 6\].

What is the correct way to complete Sentence 6?

1 Reason and emotion are often seen \[Question 1\] in other words, people believe the two can’t coexist. 2 Pure rationality is often considered \[Question\].3 Emotion, on the other hand \[Question 3\]. 4 However, scientists have recently discovered that the reason-emotion binary is in fact a false dichotomy. 5 \[Question 4\] the two are not mutually exclusive, and emotion often aids reason in filtering out poor, dangerous, or distracting choices. 6 This symbiosis is particularly obvious in decision making \[Question 5\]. 7 All in all, one should strive to make choices using \[Question 6\].

Which of the following phrases best completes Sentence 6?

1 Learning a new musical instrument can be frustrating, challenging, rewarding, and exhilarating. 2 While some experts recommend jumping in on your own \[Question 1\]. 3 For example \[Question 2\] or you might pay a pianist to show you scales. 4 It’s important to remember that \[Question 3\] the payoff will be well worth it. 5 If you find yourself on the brink of giving up \[Question 4\]. 6 Of course, some instruments have a steeper learning curve \[Question 5\]. 7 Learning the bagpipes, for instance, may be a process that \[Question 6\].

Which of the following phrases best completes Sentence 5?

1 Baby elephants have an extensive gestation period of around two years, \[Question One\]. 2 Although they can walk soon after they are born, baby elephants are quite feeble for the first few weeks of their lives. 3 Around three months after birth, baby elephants are capable of foraging for their own food \[Question 2\]. 4 They communicate with their mothers by intertwining or touching their trunks \[Question 3\]. 5 Young elephants are very intelligent, \[Question 4\]. 6 That is to say, all ages of elephants can communicate, interpret human behavior, use tools, and even mourn their dead.

Which of the following phrases best completes Sentence 1?

1 Grasshoppers are intriguing insects that have both served as potent symbols in literature \[Question 1\]. 2 Also called locusts, \[Question 2\]. 3 Grasshoppers may be best known from the Aesop’s fable “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” in which ants and grasshoppers \[Question 3\].

4 Yet grasshoppers have also caused terrible famine \[Question 4\] Ancient Egypt, China, and the Rocky Mountains. 5 Farmers today attempt to control grasshoppers swarms \[Question 5\]. 6 On the other hand \[Question 6\] is sometimes used as a term of endearment. 7 What do you think about grasshoppers?

Which of the following phrases best completes Sentence 3?

1 Learning a new musical instrument can be frustrating, challenging, rewarding, and exhilarating. 2 While some experts recommend jumping in on your own \[Question 1\]. 3 For example \[Question 2\] or you might pay a pianist to show you scales. 4 It’s important to remember that \[Question 3\] the payoff will be well worth it. 5 If you find yourself on the brink of giving up \[Question 4\]. 6 Of course, some instruments have a steeper learning curve \[Question 5\]. 7 Learning the bagpipes, for instance, may be a process that \[Question 6\].

Which of the following phrases best completes Sentence 4?