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Question 1

Read the following passage from a college library's research guide. How Old Is Too Old? Students are often told to use "current" sources, but the right age for a source depends on the question being asked. In fields that change quickly, such as medicine, nutrition guidelines and computer security, findings can be replaced within a few years, so a ten-year-old source may give advice that experts no longer accept. In contrast, a question about the past often requires older material. A researcher studying how a city responded to a 1950s flood will want newspaper reports, council minutes and letters from that decade, because only they show what people knew and believed at the time. Publication type matters too. Articles in peer-reviewed journals are read by independent experts before they are printed, which catches many errors, although it cannot guarantee that a study's conclusions are correct. A source's age, then, is one clue among several, not an automatic reason to accept or reject it. According to the passage, which statement about peer-reviewed journal articles is accurate?

1. AThey are written by independent experts instead of by the original researchers
2. BThey are always more current than other kinds of sources
3. CThey are examined by independent experts, which reduces but does not remove errors
4. DThey are guaranteed to reach correct conclusions because experts check them

Question 2

Read the following sorting guide mailed to residents of the town of Fairhaven. Item | Cart | Notes Glass bottles and jars | Blue (recycling) | Rinse; remove lids Clean cardboard and paper | Blue (recycling) | Flatten boxes Food scraps and food-soiled paper | Green (compost) | Includes greasy pizza boxes and used napkins Plastic bags and film | None | Return to store drop-off bins Batteries | None | Take to the Household Hazardous Waste Depot Everything else | Gray (trash) | — Collection: Blue and green carts are picked up every Tuesday; gray carts every other Friday. A resident has a grease-stained pizza box and a stack of used plastic grocery bags. According to the guide, how should these be handled?

1. APizza box in the blue cart; bags in the blue cart
2. BPizza box in the green cart; bags in the gray cart
3. CPizza box in the blue cart; bags returned to a store drop-off bin
4. DPizza box in the green cart; bags returned to a store drop-off bin

Question 3

Read the following directions included with a home air-quality device. Using the Brightline Portable Air Monitor 1. Before your first use, charge the monitor for at least four hours using the cord provided. 2. Place the monitor on a flat surface at least three feet from windows, vents and cooking areas, since drafts and steam can skew the results. 3. Press and hold the power button until the screen lights up. The first reading may jump around for several minutes; wait until the number holds steady before you write it down. 4. Record the reading on the log sheet, along with the date and the room tested. 5. If the warning light flashes red, open a window and contact your building manager. Which choice best describes the purpose and point of view of these directions?

1. ATo instruct the reader, using second person and commands
2. BTo explain the causes of indoor air pollution, using third person
3. CTo persuade the reader to buy the monitor, using first person
4. DTo entertain the reader with a story, using third person

Question 4

Read the following passage from a local history article. For most of the 1800s, the town of Marrow Falls drew its drinking water directly from the Pell River, downstream from three tanneries and a paper mill. Typhoid fever struck the town nearly every summer. In 1891, after an outbreak sickened more than 300 residents, the town council hired engineer Clara Voss to study the problem. Voss tested water at a dozen points along the river and found the dirtiest samples just below the mills. Her 1892 report recommended two changes: moving the town's intake pipe four miles upstream, above the mills, and passing all water through beds of sand and gravel before it reached homes. The council approved the new intake in 1893 but voted down the sand filters as too costly. Typhoid cases fell by about half over the next two years. In 1897, after another summer outbreak, the council finally funded the filters. By 1900, the town recorded only four typhoid cases, and the council placed a bronze plaque bearing Voss's name at the waterworks. Which conclusion about the town council's view of Clara Voss's work by 1900 is best supported by the passage?

1. AThe council had accepted all of her recommendations as soon as she made them.
2. BThe council had come to value her recommendations after seeing the results.
3. CThe council regretted spending money on her study of the river.
4. DThe council believed the intake pipe alone had solved the typhoid problem.

Question 5

Read the following article from a local history magazine. [1] Before 1883, the town of Brannock Junction kept its own time. Each day, the jeweler on Main Street set the courthouse clock to noon at the moment the sun stood highest in the sky, and every other clock in town followed it. Ten miles to the east, the village of Ferris Mill ran about one minute ahead of Brannock, because the sun reaches its highest point earlier the farther east you go. [2] This patchwork caused little trouble while people traveled by wagon. The railroad changed that. By 1880, four rail lines passed through Brannock Junction, and each ran on the time of its own home city. The depot hung four clocks on a single wall, each showing a different time. A departure printed as "12:10" on a timetable could mean four different moments, and passengers regularly missed their connections. [3] On November 18, 1883, the railroads adopted a system of standard time zones, and Brannock's courthouse clock was moved back nine minutes. Not everyone welcomed the change. Grocer Amos Kell wrote to the local paper: "If we let the railroads set our clocks today, tomorrow they will set our wages, our prices, and the hour we may go to church." A few churches kept the old sun time for years. [4] Within a decade, however, most residents had stopped noticing. Standard time, once a railroad convenience, had quietly become everyone's time. Which detail from the article best supports the idea that the town's old timekeeping system became a problem once the railroads arrived?

1. AFerris Mill ran about one minute ahead of Brannock Junction.
2. BA few churches kept the old sun time for years.
3. CThe depot displayed four clocks on one wall, each showing a different time.
4. DThe courthouse clock was moved back nine minutes in 1883.