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Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Here’s how the Pacific Northwest is preparing for “The Big One”. It’s the mother of all disaster drills for what could be the worst disaster in American history. California has spent

Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Effective Friday, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has declared a strike against 11 video game publishers over games that went into prod

Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.There\'re currently 21.5 million students in America, and many will be funding their college on borrowed money. Given that there\'s now over $1.3 trillion in student loans on the books, it\'

Did Sarah Josepha Hale write "Mary\'s Little Lamb," the eternal nursery rhyme (儿歌) about a girl named Mary with a stubborn lamb? This is still disputed, but it\'s clear that the woman 26 for writing it was one of America\'s most fascinating 27 . In hono

Rich Children and Poor Ones Are Raised Very DifferentlyA) The lives of children from rich and poor American families look more different than ever before.B) Well-off families are ruled by calendars, with children enrolled in ballet, soccer and after-sc

Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.We live today indebted to McCardell, Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, and Maxwell, and other women who liberated American fashion from the confines of Parisian design. Independence came in tying,

Elite Math Competitions Struggle to Diversify Their Talent PoolA) Interest in elite high school math competitions has grown in recent years, and in light of last summer\'s U.S. win at the International Math Olympiad (IMO)—the first for an American team

Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.More than 100 years ago, American sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois was concerned that race was being used as a biological explanation for what he understood to be social and cultural differen

The American Workplace Is Broken. Here\'s How We Can Start Fixing It.[A] Americans are working longer and harder hours than ever before.83% of workers say they\'re stressed about their jobs, nearly 50% say work-related stress is interfering with their sl

Reform and Medical Costs[A] Americans are deeply concerned about the relentless rise in health care costs and health insurance premiums.They need to know if reform will help solve the problem.The answer is that no one has an easy fix for rising medical

Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.America’s education system has become less a ladder of opportunity than a structure to transmit inequality from one generation to the next.That’s why school reform is so critical.This i

Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Economic inequality is the “defining challenge of our time,” President Barack Obama declared in a speech last month to the Center for American Progress. Inequality is dangerous, he argu

Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Across the board, American colleges and universities are not doing a very good job of preparing their students for the workplace or their post-graduation lives. This was made clear by the

Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.One hundred years ago, “Colored” was the typical way of referring to Americans of African descent. Twenty years later, it was purposefully dropped to make way for “Negro.” By the late

Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Our society places a high value on physical beauty. Americans spend an average of over $722 each year on their appearance. One in ten Americans has tried to look like a star.There\'s nothi