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QUESTION
(1) In observi... [Show More] ng a live performance such as a play or a stand-up routine, each individual
member of the audience is affected by the group's emotional response to the show. (2) Some
research shows that audience members are likely to laugh along with the laughter of others in the
audience much more frequently than they would laugh at the same performance if viewing it
alone.
(3) As performances moved to radio and television in the first half of the twentieth century,
producers were well aware of the important role of this social laughter. (4) Early radio and
television comedies were broadcast live with a real audience in the studio to provide the
reactions that helped at-home audiences feel connected to the performance. (5) As advances in
technology allowed performances to be prerecorded, edited, and enhanced for later broadcast,
recorded laughter gained wider use. (6) It can be called "canned laughter" or a "laugh track."
(7) The laugh track gives producers the ability to create an audience response that aligns with the
finished, edited performance. (8) In live broadcasts, the show is performed from beginning to
end without stopping, and live studio audiences have an authentic, if unpredictable, response to
the performance, just like that of audiences listening or watching at home. (9) In a recorded
performance, though, directors are free to stop the scene, ask performers to redo a particular
segment or have the crew switch equipment, and start again. (10) This interrupted, disjointed
style of performance makes it difficult for them to hold a live studio audience's interest. (11)
Therefore, editors often add recorded laughter into the final edited version of the program. (12)
Highlighting each joke with just the right volume, duration, and quality of laughter to prompt
audiences at home to laugh at the intended times. (13) Although some contemporary television
comedies do not use a laugh track, many programs for children and adults alike rely on recorded
laughter to create a sense of audience participation.
In context, which of the following is the best revision to the underlined portion of sentence 2
(reproduced below)?
Some research shows that audience members are likely to laugh along with the laughter of others
in the audience much more frequently than they would laugh at the same performance if viewing
it alone.
A. However, some
B. Nonetheless, some
C. In contrast, some
D. In fact, some
E. Conversely, some
Answer:
D. In fact, some
QUESTION
(1) Winter counts are physical records, mainly drawings on animal hides or muslin, that Plains
Indians, primarily the Lakota, used for showing each year of their history. (2) In this method, a
year consists of one event recorded as an image in the winter count. (3) People could keep track
of other events, such as births and deaths, by knowing the years in which it occurred. (4) In
consultation with members of the Lakota people, curators at the Smithsonian Institution created
an online exhibit of about a thousand winter counts.
(5) Scholars generally agree that collectively, probably, they chose which event would stand for
a year. (6) An event chosen to represent a year was not necessarily the most important of that
year, just one that was memorable for everyone in the group. (7) One person was the keeper of
the winter count. (8) Once the group made its selection, he then recorded this event.
(9) Like any calendar, the winter counts named years but did not go into detail about what
happened. (10) Here is where the keeper of the winter count came in. (11) He was the group's
official historian. (12) He remembered stories passed down to him and could place them in the
winter count. (13) He could provide the significance of the events chosen to represent the years
in the winter count. (14) Fortunately, several keepers were interviewed and their stories recorded
in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
(15) Even without their accompanying oral histories, however, the winter counts show that life
for the Lakota was always on the move.
In context, which is best to add to the beginning of sentence 13?
A. Or,
B. In addition,
C. Despite this,
D. However,
E. Not to mention,
Answer:
B. In addition,
QUESTION
Which of the following needs to be cited:
A. China is the most populous country in the world.
B. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
C. Pablo Neruda was the greatest poet of the 20th century.
D. The French revolution was in 1789.
Answer:
C. Pablo Neruda was the greatest poet of the 20th century.
QUESTION
Which of the following does not involve secondary sourcing?
A. "Hafferson explains that the reason was "way too obvious, beyond a doubt" (qtd. in Keller
196).
B. As Hichens explains, Stevenson thought that there were too many obstacles to move forward
in the elections (184).
C. "We found the results to be different from those previously observed" (345).
D. Samson and Iglebert found many fallacies in Sansorky's Foundations and Revelations of
Truth (45).
Answer:
C. "We found the results to be different from those previously observed" (345).
QUESTION
Which one of these sources is probably the least biased?
A. a website about the best French recipes
B. a journal about conservative political reform
C. a book examining the pros and cons of protectionism
D. a newsletter about spiritual revivalism
Answer:
C. a book examining the pros and cons of protectionism
QUESTION
(1) Invasive species are plant or animal species that become established in ecosystems where
they did not originate. (2) Some blend in harmlessly with native species, but others cause
ecological and economic damage. (3) A notorious example is the zebra mussel, native to Russia,
that was first identified in the United States Great Lakes in 1988 (McKee 2003, 141). (4)
Scientists believe that the mussels were inadvertently transported to North America in the ballast
water of ships.
(5) Like many invasive species, zebra mussels threaten the biodiversity of the habitats they
invade. (6) Zebra mussels reproduce so quickly and are so hardy that they have suppressed
populations of the Great Lakes' native mussels (Fields 2005, 164) and, along with other invasive
species, threaten the Great Lakes' entire food web. (7) Environmental chemist Mike Murray
claims, "As invasive species like zebra mussels overwhelm the Great Lakes, large stretches of
the lakes have become underwater deserts." (8) Although some skeptics dismiss the concern
about invasive species as overblown, arguing that the majority of nonnative species cause no
harm, many scientists are alarmed by the changes produced by the zebra mussel and other
invasive species. (9) The economic damage caused by the zebra mussel has prompted
government officials and scientists to seek solutions to this problem.
(10) Many industrial facilities use chlorine to clear the mussels from their power and sewage
plants. (11) Other facilities use chemicals specifically developed to kill mussels. (12)
Unfortunately, both of these methods have certain harmful consequences. (13) An alternative
may become available: a bacterium that kills zebra mussels without harming native species.
Which is best to do with sentence 7 (reproduced below)?
Environmental chemist Mike Murray claims, "As invasive species like zebra mussels overwhelm
the Great Lakes, large stretches of the lakes have become underwater deserts."
A. Leave it as it is.
B. Paraphrase Murray's comment rather than quote it directly.
C. Add information in parentheses explaining Murray's claim.
D. Provide Murray's credentials as a scientist.
E. Add a citation indicating the source of the quotation from Murray.
Answer:
E. Add a citation indicating the source of the quotation from Murray.
QUESTION
Akmajian, Adrian, et al. Linguistics:
An Introduction to Language and
Communication. 6th ed. Cambridge:
MIT P, 2010. Print.
In the citation shown, "et al." indicates that the book was
A. published in Cambridge
B. edited by Adrian Akmajian
C. written by several authors
D. first published in 2010
E. an introduction to the fifth edition [Show Less]
