By contrast, Gates said, when public institutions lose state funding, they do whatever they can to ...

By contrast, Gates said, when public institutions lose state funding, they do whatever they can to protect the academic core' but often don't count services that support students outside the classroom in that core, so those services
  end up being cut.
  An antonym for academic is
 
  a. educational c. school-related
  b. learning environment d. non-educational

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Ques. 2

We sneak into each other's classrooms as often as we can' to watch each other teach to learn from each other and give honest feedback, Mulvihill says.
  A synonym for feedback is
 
  a. comment/observation/criticism c. lecture
 
  b. complication d. homework assignment

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Ques. 3

Gates, the Microsoft founder whose Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has spent roughly a half billion dollars on higher education, made his case to college business officers Monday that colleges must hold themselves more accountableor someone else will bring them to account.
 
  A synonym for accountable is
 
  a. irresponsible c. uncaring
 
  b. responsible d. irrelevant

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Ques. 4

Peer critiquing can be intimidating, but the confidence they have in each other and their drive to improve helps them use criticism constructively.
  An antonym for peer is
 
  a. brother c. comrade
 
  b. sister d. superior

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Ques. 5

Which of the following does the author not mention as one of the benefits of reading literature?
 
  a. It encourages us to see the worthiness in others. c. It prepares us for our careers.
  b. It links us with a larger world. d. It stretches our minds

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Ques. 6

The author writes that literature nurtures our ability to appreciate the beauty of order and arrangement gifts that are also bestowed by a well-structured song, a beautifully painted canvas, or a skillfully chiseled statue. What can you infer from this statement?
 
  a. He believes songs, paintings, and statues are more beautiful than written texts.
  b. He believes that reading and painting are very similar activities.
  c. He believes that works of art encourage us to enjoy the beauty of order and arrangement.
  d. He values law and order.

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Ques. 7

It can be inferred from the way Berniece speaks with Boy Willie that she
 
  a. wishes he would stay and move in with the family. c. is nostalgic for her past life.
  b. misses her cousin. d. doesn't trust his intentions.