2026 Practice Test D English

The details in paragraph 3 about cognitive offloading convey a central idea of the passage by

How do the details about the experiment described in paragraph 5 convey a central idea of the passage?

Read this sentence from paragraph 7. As the Internet’s resources continue to expand our “external” memory, some question whether the process may cause people to depend too heavily on technology.…

The study described in paragraph 6 influenced researchers’ ideas about memory in the digital age by

How does the diagram provide additional support for the topic presented in the passage?

Which evidence from the passage is most relevant to the claim in paragraph 7 that “ ‘far from making us stupid, these technologies are the only things that will keep…

The effect of the Internet on a person’s memory is illustrated in the passage through the presentation of studies that

How does paragraph 1 introduce the idea that the Wright brothers knew that their flight attempt was risky?

Read this sentence from paragraph 4. Wilbur having used his turn in the unsuccessful attempt on the 14th, the right to the first trial now belonged to me. The sentence…

The photograph mentioned in paragraph 4 is significant because it

How do the details in paragraph 5 about the uneven nature of the flight convey a central idea of the excerpt?

Read this sentence from paragraph 5. As the velocity of the wind was over 35 feet per second and the speed of the machine over the ground against this wind…

Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that the Wright brothers had to adapt their plans for the flight in order to accommodate the weather conditions?

The use of chronological structure contributes to the development of ideas in the excerpt by

The details in paragraph 1 contribute to a central idea of the passage by showing that Darimont

Why does the author include details about the conversation between Starr and Darimont in paragraph 2?

Read this sentence from paragraph 4. After collecting and analyzing the DNA in 800 samples of gray fur and wolf waste, researchers could produce hard biological evidence that sea wolves…

The author uses the word “admits” in paragraph 5 most likely to

Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that sea wolves had successfully adapted to living on the islands?

How did a change in habitat most affect the wolf population of the Great Bear Rainforest over time?

The comparison in lines 8–9 of the poem is used to convey

Read lines 22–23 from the poem. the sky at night written upon with those jewels. What does the word choice in these lines convey about the speaker?

The use of italics on the word “night” in line 24 is most likely intended to emphasize the

What is the purpose of the repeated words “rising and falling” in lines 26 and 37?

Read lines 41–42 from the poem. I kept waiting for those childhood bursts, watching as they escorted us home. How does this memory affect the speaker?

The fireworks in the poem represent the speaker’s

What is the best way to combine sentences 2 and 3?

Where should sentence 10 be moved to improve the organization of the second paragraph (sentences 6–10)?

Which revision of sentence 12 best maintains the formal style established in the passage?

Which transitional phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 17?

Which sentence would best follow and support sentence 18?

Which concluding sentence should replace sentence 23 to best support the topic presented in the passage?

Read this sentence. In the Whispering Gallery of Grand Central Terminal, people whispering a message in one corner can be clearly heard in the opposite corner, regardless of surrounding noise,…

Read this sentence. Robert Cornelius is credited with taking the first, official selfie as a daguerreotype, an image recorded on a copper plate coated in silver, using a process that…

What is the best way to combine the sentences? (1) Scientists now believe that Jupiter may have as many as seventy-nine moons. (2) One of Jupiter’s moons is named Io.…