As Mexico’s ﬁrst president from an Indigenous community, Benito Juarez became one of the most ______ ﬁgures in his
country’s history: among the many signiﬁcant accomplishments of his long tenure in oﬃce (1858–1872), Juarez
consolidated the authority of the national government and advanced the rights of Indigenous peoples.
unpredictable
important
secretive
ordinary
Choice B is the best answer because it most logically completes the text’s discussion of Juarez. In this context, “important”
means marked by signiﬁcant work or consequence. The text indicates that Juarez, who was the ﬁrst president of Mexico
from an Indigenous community, became a certain kind of ﬁgure in Mexico’s history. It then supports that claim by describing
some of the “many signiﬁcant accomplishments” from Juarez’s long tenure in oﬃce. This context conveys that Juarez is a
signiﬁcant and consequential ﬁgure in Mexico’s history.
Choice A is incorrect because the text focuses on Juarez’s role as the ﬁrst president of Mexico from an Indigenous
community and on his many major accomplishments during his lengthy time in oﬃce; nothing in the text suggests that
Juarez was “unpredictable,” or tended to behave in ways that couldn’t be predicted. Choice C is incorrect because nothing in
the text suggests that Juarez was a particularly “secretive” ﬁgure, or that he tended to keep things private or hidden from
others. Instead, the text focuses on things that are known about Juarez: that he was the ﬁrst president of Mexico from an
Indigenous community, that he had a lengthy tenure, and that his many major accomplishments included consolidating the
national government’s authority and advancing Indigenous rights. Choice D is incorrect because the text focuses on the idea
that Juarez, who was the ﬁrst president of Mexico from an Indigenous community, had many major accomplishments during
his lengthy time in oﬃce. Rather than suggesting that Juarez was an “ordinary,” or common and typical, ﬁgure in Mexico’s
history, this context conveys that Juarez was instead a notable ﬁgure.