Question 1

Select the word that best completes the sentence. Although Carl Linnaeus is now famous for creating a system for classifying plants and animals, he __________.

Options :

A : was always widely revered for creating this system.

B : had always known where to find certain tree species.

C : first gained renown by writing a book about plant reproduction.

D : taught his students to recognize what plants should be classified under what categories.

Answer: C

Question 2

Which best states the main point of the first paragraph (lines 1-21)?

Options :

A : People should spend more time in the ocean so that it will seem less alien

B : Coral reefs are probably the most beautiful part of the ocean

C : The earth-s oceans contain a great variety of organisms and environments.

D : The abyssal plains are the deepest parts of the ocean.

Answer: C

Question 3

Emily is eating her colored candies in the following pattern: one green, one blue, one red, one orange, one brown, one green, one blue, and so on. If this pattern continues, the 27th candy she eats will be what color?

Options :

A : green

B : red

C : brown

D : blue

Answer: D

Question 4

A long distance phone call costs $10.00 for the first ten minutes, and $0.75 for each additional thirty seconds. Which of the following expressions, in dollars, represents the cost of a phone call lasting for 23 minutes?

Options :

A : 10.00 + 0.75(13)

B : 10.00 + 1.5(13)

C : 10.00 + 0.75 + 23

D : 10.00 + 23/0.75

Answer: B

Question 5

The passage suggests that:

Options :

A : Oparin and Haldane-s theory is the only explanation left for how life could have begun.

B : although it was interesting, the Miller-Urey experiment was ultimately a failure

C : there-s no evidence one way or another for how life really began.

D : we may need to learn more before we can finally determine how life began

Answer: D