13 tháng 11, 2013
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1) A
An author’s purpose is directly related to the content of the passage. In paragraph 1, the author gives a brief history of the Iditarod Trail. Paragraph 2 identifies the reasons why the trail fell out of use. Paragraph 3 describes the inspiration behind the Iditarod race. Paragraph 4 explains the efforts that made the race a reality. Paragraph 5 describes how the race was lengthened and changed over the years. From this overview, we can understand that the content of the passage discusses the history of the Iditarod Trail and the race that memorializes it. This means the author’s primary purpose is to recount this history. Therefore (A) is correct. Although
paragraph 4 identifies the efforts that made the race a reality, the passage does not overtly discuss the obstacles to founding the race. This makes (B) incorrect. Paragraph 1 outlines the circumstances that led to the establishment of the Iditarod Trail, but the rest of the passage goes on to describe how the trail fell into disuse and was eventually memorialized with a race. Because it is too narrow in scope, (C) is incorrect. Dorothy G. Page’s purpose was to reestablish the important place of the Iditarod Trail in Alaska’s history, as the author explains in paragraph 3. Yet the author’s purpose is different from Page’s purpose. The author merely tells the story of this history; he or she does not seek to reestablish the important place of the trail in history. Therefore (D) is incorrect.
2) C
In paragraph 2, the author identifies the factors that contributed to the disuse of the Iditarod Trail. The author does not mention highway routes to ghost towns, so (C) is correct. In paragraph 2, the author states, “The introduction of the airplane in the late 1920’s meant dog teams were no longer the standard mode of transportation…The final blow to the use of the dog teams was the appearance of snowmobiles.” From this we can infer that more modern forms of transportation, like airplanes and snowmobiles, contributed to the disuse of the trail. Therefore (A) is incorrect. In paragraph 2, the author writes, “Once the gold rush ended, many gold-seekers went back to where they had come from, and suddenly there was much less travel on the Iditarod Trail.” From this we can infer that depleted gold mines reduced the amount of travel on the trail, so (B) is incorrect. In paragraph 2, the author writes,
“With the airplane carrying the mail and supplies, there was less need for land travel in general.” From this we can infer that a reduced demand for land travel contributed to the disuse of the trail. This makes (D) incorrect.
3) B
Mode (noun): a way or manner in which something is done.
In paragraph 2, the author writes, “The introduction of the airplane in the late 1920’s meant dog teams were no longer the standard mode of transportation.” In paragraph 1, the author tells us that in the past, “in the winter, the settlers’ only means of travel down this trail was via dog sled.” From this we can understand that previously the only means of travel in the winter was by dog sled, but once airplanes were introduced, dog sleds were not the standard mode of transportation, or not the only means of travel. Way is a good definition for mode or means in this context, so (B) is correct. Formula means a recipe or prescription for doing something, often with more than one step. Since using dog sleds is not a formula for transportation, (A) is incorrect. Preference means something that is chosen over something else. Since the dog sleds were the “only” means of travel, it was not a preference. This makes (C) incorrect. Option means choice, but because the dog sleds were the “only” means of travel, people did not have a choice to use something else. Therefore (D) is incorrect.
4) B
In paragraph 3, the author tells us that “Dorothy G. Page, a self-made historian, recognized how few people knew about the former use of sled dogs as working animals and about the Iditarod Trail’s role in Alaska’s colorful history. To raise awareness about this aspect of Alaskan history, she came up with the idea to have a dog sled race over the Iditarod Trail.” From this we know that the founder of the initial Iditarod race was a “historian” who wanted to “raise awareness about…Alaskan history.” Another way to say this is that Dorothy G. Page was an advocate for Alaskan history. Therefore (B) is correct. The passage does not contain
information to support choices (A), (C), and (D). Therefore they are incorrect.
5) C
In paragraph 3, we learn that “Dorothy G. Page, a self-made historian, recognized how few people knew about the former use of sled dogs as working animals and about the Iditarod Trail’s role in Alaska’s colorful history.” To describe Page as “self-made” implies that she did not hold formal credentials as a historian, but rather had pursued the study of Alaska’s history out of her own interest. Therefore (C) is correct. The passage does not contain information to support choice (A). Therefore it is incorrect. The passage tells us that Page wanted people to remember the Iditarod Trail as well as the history of dog sledding in Alaska. This is not the same thing as honoring the glories of the gold rush. This means (B) is incorrect. The passage tells us that Page wanted people to remember Alaska’s history, and we can infer that she likely did educate others about Alaska’s history through the creation of the Iditarod race. However, the phrase “self-made historian” does not imply anything about educating others. This means (D) is incorrect.
6) A
This is a fact about the history of the Iditarod Trail. Since paragraph 1 is devoted to the history of the trail, and particularly its historical uses, this fact would fit in well there. Also, paragraph 1 discusses the early 1920’s, whereas paragraph 2 discusses the late 1920’s and beyond. This means that a fact about the 1925 medicine run best fits in paragraph 1 chronologically as well. Therefore (A) is correct. Paragraph 2 identifies the reasons why the trail fell out of use, so this fact would not fit in well. This means (B) is incorrect Paragraph 3 describes the inspiration behind the Iditarod race, so this fact would not fit in well. This means (C) is incorrect. Paragraph 5 describes how the race was lengthened and changed over the years, so this fact would not fit in well. This means (D) is incorrect.
7) C
In paragraph 4, we learn that in order to put on the first race, men had to “clear years of overgrowth from the first nine miles of the Iditarod Trail.” In the same paragraph, we learn that the original two races were only “27 miles long.” Then, in paragraph 5, the author states, “After these first two successful races, the goal was to lengthen the race a little further to the ghost town of Iditarod by 1973. However in 1972, the U.S. Army reopened the trail as a winter exercise, and so in 1973, the decision was made to take the race all the way to the city of Nome—over 1,000 miles.” From this we can infer that originally the creators of the race planned to
lengthen the 1973 race only to the ghost town of Iditarod. Based on the fact that men had to clear the first nine miles of the trail, we can assume they would have to clear the trail further to make it suitable for a longer race. However, the U.S. Army reopened the trail, “and so…the decision was made to take the race all the way to the city of Nome—over 1,000 miles.” The words “and so” tell us that taking the race all the way to Nome was a result of the U.S. Army reopening the trail. Because the U.S. Army reopened the trail, we can infer that the trail was cleared all the way to Nome, and therefore making the race go all the way to Nome was a possibility for the first time. This means (C) is correct. In paragraph 5, we learn that 22 people finished the race in 1973. However, we do not know whether this is more or fewer people than in the previous years. This means (A) is incorrect. The passage does not contain information to support choices (B) and (D). Therefore they are incorrect.
