In January 1530, with three ships under his command, Pizarro departed from Spain. When finally he arrived in Panama, Luque and Almagro awaited him on the dock. Almagro in particular was furious to learn how small a share of the coming conquest he was to receive. He bitterly condemned Pizarro for breaking his word. Only after Luque convinced Pizarro to pledge an equal division of the profits among the three (following a deduction of the emperor's usual one-fifth share) did Almagro once again begin to smile. Almagro had felt .
guilty
confident
welcome
betrayed
betrayed
Oceanography is the study of the oceans in all their aspects, the plants and animals that live therein, and the geological and geographical nature of the basins in which they lie. It is not a single science but the application of many sciences to study in this field. The field of oceanography is .
comprehensive
glacial
speculative
controversial
comprehensive
Read the passage from John Muir’s 1901 book, Our National Parks.
When, like a merchant taking a list of his goods, we take stock of our wildness, we are glad to see how much of even the most destructible kind is still unspoiled. Looking at our continent as scenery when it was all wild, lying between beautiful seas, the starry sky above it, the starry rocks beneath it, to compare its sides, the East and the West, would be like comparing the sides of a rainbow. But it is no longer equally beautiful.
What is the literal meaning of the underlined analogy?
It is pointless to compare the land to the ocean, or the ocean to the sky, because each is special in its own way.
It is the differences, both in the landscapes and the people, that give the country its magnificence and charm.
At one time, the eastern and western regions of the continent were equally wild, and therefore, equally lovely.
In both size and population, the eastern and western regions of the nation used to be equivalent to each other.
It is pointless to compare the land to the ocean, or the ocean to the sky, because each is special in its own way.
"Jack Elliott," they will tell you who know him, "has an artistic temperament." Well, if this be the artistic temperament, what a pity there is not more of it in the world! It is not the temperament that is self-centered, whining, ineffectual. It is the temperament that does whatever comes to hand as well as it can, for sheer love of the task, and of beautiful workmanship that through imagination wins to sympathy, and through imagination grasps the opportunity to do practical work beautifully, where others would only do it practically. It is the temperament eternally boyish and buoyant, which is on the side of sweetness and light. Jack has an exceptional .
occupation
infatuation
transformation
disposition
disposition
Read the passage from John Muir’s 1901 book, Our National Parks.
[Humankind] . . . is rapidly multiplying and spreading, covering the seas and lakes with ships, the land with huts, hotels, cathedrals, and clustered city shops and homes, so that soon, it would seem, we may have to go farther than [Arctic explorer] Nansen to find a good sound solitude. None of Nature’s landscapes are ugly so long as they are wild; and much, we can say comfortingly, must always be in great part wild, particularly the sea and the sky, the floods of light from the stars, and the warm, unspoilable heart of the earth, infinitely beautiful, though only dimly visible to the eye of imagination.
What does the underlined phrase MOST LIKELY refer to?
the sun
Earth’s core
human creativity
America’s landscapes
America's landscapes
Read the excerpt from a style manual.
“Writers proof their sentences to avoid careless errors. When making comparisons, do not omit words that are necessary for clarity.”
Based on the information in the style manual, choose the BEST way to write the sentence below.
Sand here is as abundant as the Sahara Desert.
Sand here is plentiful like the Sahara Desert.
Sand here, like the Sahara Desert, is abundant.
Sand here is as plentiful as the Sahara Desert is.
Sand here is as abundant as it is in the Sahara Desert.