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21. The passage asserts which of the following about
the exposures involved in the “research on
olfactory adaptation”( )?
A The exposures are of long enough duration for
researchers to investigate many aspects of
olfactory adaptation.
B The exposures have rarely consisted of
reexposures following extended absences
from the odorous environment.
C The exposures are intended to reproduce the
relatively transient olfactory changes typical
of exposures to odors in natural environments.
D Those exposures of relatively short duration
are often insufficient to produce the
phenomenon of receptor fatigue in study
subjects.
E Those exposures lasting several hours produce
reductions in receptors in the olfactory
epithelium that are similar to the reductions
caused by prolonged odor stimulation.

22. The author of the passage discusses “receptor
fatigue”( )primarily in order to
A explain the physiological process through
which long-lasting reductions in response are
thought to be produced
B provide an example of a process that subjects
would probably not experience during a
prolonged period of odorant stimulation
C help illustrate how the information gathered
from most olfactory research may not be
sufficient to describe the effects of extended
exposures to odors
D show how studies of short-term olfactory
adaptation have only accounted for the
reductions in response that follow relatively
brief absences from an odorous environment
E qualify a statement about the severity and
duration of the perceptual changes caused by
exposure to chronically present ambient odors

Questions 23 and 24 are based on this passage.
Among academics involved in the study of
Northern Renaissance prints (reproducible graphic
artworks), an orthodox position can be said to have
emerged. This position regards Renaissance prints as
passive representations of their time—documents that
reliably record contemporary events, opinions, and
beliefs—and therefore as an important means of
accessing the popular contemporary consciousness.
In contrast, pioneering studies such as those by
Scribner and Moxey take a strikingly different
approach, according to which Northern Renaissance
prints were purposeful, active, and important shaping
forces in the communities that produced them.
Scribner, for example, contends that religious and
political prints of the German Reformation
(ca. 1517–1555) functioned as popular propaganda:
tools in a vigorous campaign aimed at altering
people’s behavior, attitudes, and beliefs.
Consider each of the choices separately and select all
that apply.

23. The passage suggests that an adherent to the
“orthodox position”( )would agree with
which of the following statements?
A Northern Renaissance prints should be
regarded as passive representations of their
time.
B Northern Renaissance prints were part of a
campaign aimed at altering contemporary
thinking.
C Northern Renaissance prints provide reliable
records of contemporary events, opinions, and
beliefs.

24. Replacement of the word “passive”( )
which of the following words results in the least
change in meaning for the passage?
A disinterested
B submissive
C flaccid
D supine
E unreceptive

Question 25 is based on this passage.
Recently an unusually high number of dolphins
have been found dead of infectious diseases, and
most of these had abnormally high tissue
concentrations of certain compounds that, even in
low concentrations, reduce dolphins’ resistance to
infection. The only source of these compounds in the
dolphins’ environment is boat paint. Therefore, since
dolphins rid their bodies of the compounds rapidly
once exposure ceases, their mortality rate should
decline rapidly if such boat paints are banned.

25. Which of the following, if true, most strengthens
the argument?
A The levels of the compounds typically used in
boat paints today are lower than they were in
boat paints manufactured a decade ago.
B In high concentrations, the compounds are
toxic to many types of marine animals.
C The compounds break down into harmless
substances after a few months of exposure to
water or air.
D High tissue levels of the compounds have
recently been found in some marine animals,
but there is no record of any of those animals
dying in unusually large numbers recently.
E The compounds do not leach out of the boat
paint if the paint is applied exactly in
accordance with the manufacturer’s directions.

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