Q1: There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.
**Sentence:**
“Yet each day the flock produced eggs with calcareous shells though they apparently had not ingested any calcium from land which was entirely lacking in limestone.”
**Paragraph:**
Early in this century a young Breton schoolboy who preparing himself for a scientific career began to notice a strange fact about hens in his father’s poultry yard. ___(1) ___. As they scratched the soil they constantly seemed to be pecking at specks of mica, a siliceous material dotting the ground. ___(2)___. No one could explain to Louis Kervran why the chickens selected the mica, or why each time a bird was killed for the family cooking pot no trace of the mica could be found in its gizzard. ___(3) ___. It took Kervran many years to establish that the chickens were transmuting one element into another. ___(4)___.
**Options:**
1) Option 1
2) Option 4
3) Option 2
4) Option 3
Correct Answer: Option 3
Analysis:
The given sentence describes a puzzling observation about the hens’ ability to produce calcium-rich eggs despite the lack of calcium sources. It logically follows the description of the hens’ behavior and the mystery about mica consumption but precedes the explanation about element transmutation.
Placement Evaluation:
Option 1: Placing the sentence at the very beginning disrupts the narrative setup.
Option 2: After describing the hens pecking at mica, this placement is possible but less logical than Option 3.
Option 3: This placement is ideal as it bridges the mystery of mica consumption with the observation about calcium-rich eggs.
Option 4: Placing the sentence after the explanation of transmutation would make it redundant.
Conclusion: Option 3 is the best placement as it builds on the hens’ behavior and mystery.
Q2: There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.
**Sentence:**
“[T]he Europeans did not invent globalization.”
**Paragraph:**
The first phase of globalization occurred long before the introduction of either steam or electric power…Chinese consumers at all social levels consumed vast quantities of spices, fragrant woods and unusual plants. The peoples of Southeast Asia who lived in forests gave up their traditional livelihoods and completely reoriented their economies to supply Chinese consumers….___(1)___. These exchanges of the year 1000 opened some of the routes through which goods and peoples continued to travel after Columbus traversed the mid-Atlantic. ___(2)___. Yet the world of 1000 differed from that of 1492 in important ways….the travellers who encountered one another in the year 1000 were much closer technologically. ___(3)___. They changed and augmented what was already there since 1000. ___(4)___. If globalization hadn’t yet begun, Europeans wouldn’t have been able to penetrate the markets in so many places as quickly as they did after 1492.
**Options:**
1) Option 2
2) Option 3
3) Option 4
4) Option 1
Correct Answer: Option 4
Analysis:
The sentence emphasizes that globalization predated European influence. It fits best as a summary following the discussion of routes and exchanges before Columbus and aligns with the paragraph’s conclusion about Europe building on existing systems.
Placement Evaluation:
Option 1: Interrupts the discussion of Southeast Asian economies.
Option 2: Doesn’t directly connect to the continuation of routes.
Option 3: Focuses on technological differences, making this placement less logical.
Option 4: Summarizes the paragraph and connects the historical points effectively.
Conclusion: Option 4 is the best placement as it ties the paragraph’s ideas together.
Q3: There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.
**Sentence:**
“Science has officially crowned us superior to our early-rising brethren.”
**Paragraph:**
My fellow night owls, grab a strong cup of coffee and gather around: I have great news. ___(1)___. For a long time, our kind has been unfairly maligned. Stereotyped as lazy and undisciplined. Told we ought to be morning larks. Advised to go to bed early so we can wake before 5am and run a marathon before breakfast like all high-flyers seem to do. Now, however, we are having the last laugh. ___(2)___. It may be a tad more complicated than that. A study published last week, which you may have already seen while scrolling at 1am, suggests that staying up late could be good for brain power. ___(3)___. Is this study a thinly veiled PR exercise conducted by a caffeine-pill company? Nope, it’s legit. ___(4)___. Research led by academics at Imperial College London studied data on more than 26,000 people and found that “self-declared ‘night owls’ generally tend to have higher cognitive scores”.
