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[B] [3] Envisioning a motel that combined the name La Concha (which translates to “shell”) with the arched roofs typical of Googie architecture, the lobby that Williams designed was meant to NO CHANGE 6 it had a lobby designed by Williams and Williams designed a lobby that the design for Williams’s lobby appear, from a distance like a giant shell. On three NO CHANGE 7 appear, from a distance, like appear, from a distance like, appear from, a distance like of the ones, Williams designed twenty-eight-foot-high N0 CHANGE 8 sides of the building, of those sides, of them, concrete arches that jutted out over the sidewalks. [C] NO CHANGE ? extended themselves out lengthily went and stuck out stuck super far out Inside, the lobby, which was a place for gathering, 10. NO CHANGE 1. lobby was a large space that consisted of a large, open space that functioned as lobby’s interior lobby a social gathering place, and included the registration ll. NO CHANGE 11 place, and included, desk. place and included place and, included ACT-BOS GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE. 1IIIIIIIII1 [4] Indeed most of the La Concha Motel was torn down in NO CHANGE 12 Although 2005, the famous shell-like lobby lives on. [D] Preservation Later Yet groups saved it from demolition, and, in 2006, the lobby NO CHANGE 13 demolition and in 2006, was moved across town in pieces. Reassembled, it became demolition, and in, 2006 demolition and in, 2006 the visitors’ center of the Neon Museum, where retired neon signs are put on display (the famous neon sign of 14. Given that all the choices are accurate, which one pro! vides the most relevant information at this point in the the cowboy named Vegas Vic was erectedlin 1951). With essay? F. NO CHANGE a distinctive design that enhances the Neon Museum, G. (including the La Concha’s original sign). H. (Las Vegas has over a dozen museums). Williams’s lobby is one of the last remaining celebrated J. (visitors must buy tickets in advance). examples of Googie architecture in the United States. Question 15 asks about the preceding passage - as a whole. 15. The writer wants to add the following sentence to the essay: Beneath each of the three arches was a glass wall with doors opening into the motel. This sentence would most logically be placed at: A. Point A in Paragraph 1. B. Point B in Paragraph 2. C.- Point C in Paragraph 3. D. Point D in Paragraph 4. PASSAGE II For Octopuses, Play’s the Thing Often dismissed as aquatic oddities, the octopus is part of a species that are among NO CHANGE 16 octopuses are the most intelligent animals on Earth. With the largest a species of octopus is an octopus is brains of any invertebrate, octopuses can solve complex problems. Researchers have documented octopuses navigating intricate mazes and octopuses even open NO CHANGE 17 they have even observed them opening screw-top jars. even opening even open In 2012, at the New England Aquarium, an octopus used its anatomical siphon to propel a pill bottle crossed its 18. NO CHANGE 18 across its tank. When the pill bottle reached the other side, ajet across it’s cross it’s stream in the tank returned it to the octopus. Amazingly, ACT-BOS GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. '1lllllllll1 the octopus propelled the pill bottle back toward the jet stream. The researchers at the aquarium realized the octopus was doing something extraordinary: inventing a version of pitch-and-catch. In inventing this game, the actions of the octopus were not based A. NO CHANGE B. basis of the octopus’s actions was not on survival. The olcgtopus simply wanted to C. octopus’s actions were not based D. octopus did not base its actions play. Evolutionary biologists believe play could have an important role through animals 20. F. NO CHANGE 20 G. through an animals’ cognitive development. According to the Theory H. in an animal’s J. in animals of Flexibility, play, the theory says, teaches an 21. A. NO CHANGE 21 B. play could be significant for cognitive ability; it C. play could have an important role because it D. play animal to modify its behaviors, helping the 22. F. NO CHANGE G. behaviors and this is something that can help animal prepare for unexpecteczi2 situations. H. behaviors, this, it seems, helps J. behaviors, this process helps Embracing this idea, researchers at Cincinnati’s Newport Aquarium have compiled an “Octopus Enrichment Handbook.” Crazy, right? Yet this book 23. A. N0 CHANGE 7.3 B. It isn’tjust a super engaging read because the C. This is for real. The D. This provides in-depth descriptions of toys and puzzles 24. F. NO CHANGE G. toys, and puzzles researchers have invented for octopuses. sue such puzzle H. toys and, puzzles J. toys and puzzles, is a series of nesting cubes. Each cube features a differerit latch for the octopus has to open until the octopus reaches 25. A. NO CHANGE B. and the smzasllest cube. Typically, after just a few weeks, C. so D. DELETE the underlined portion. octopuses master this puzzle, solving it in a matter of minutes. 26. If the writer were to delete the phrases “afterjust a few weeks,” and “solving it in a matter of minutes” from the previous sentence (adjusting the punctuation as needed), the paragraph would primarily lose: F. details emphasizing how adept octopuses are at mastering the puzzles created by the researchers. G. clarifications about how researchers gauge octo! puses’ interest in solving a given puzzle. H. clarifications about the length of time octopuses should be allowed to work on the puzzles. J. details emphasizing the intricacy of the puzzles created by the researchers. ACT-BOS GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1IIIIIIIII1 Researchers are interested not only in whether octopuses can solve such puzzles but also in the methods NO CHANGE 27 . also by which they do so. While one octopus might use and DELETE the underlined portion. trial-and-error to unlatch the cubes, another octopus may just use a lot of strength in opening the larger cubes 28. Which choice offers the most specific information 28 about the method applied by some octopuses? NO CHANGE focus on the cubes themselves (instead of the latches) opt to break the larger cubes ruin the larger cubes to get to the smaller ones. Therefore, researchers have 29. NO CHANGE 29 For example, researchers noted how octopuses modify and improve their methods Conversely, researchers Researchers over time, suggesting that play may indeed be a factor 30.