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Timing• You will have 3 hours and 45 minutes to work on this test.

• There are ten separately timed sections:

One 25-minute essay Six other 25-minute sections

Two 20-minute sections One 10-minute section

• You may work on only one section at a time.

• The supervisor will tell you when to begin and end each section.• If you finish a section before time is called, check your work on that section.

You may NOT turn to any other section.• Work as rapidly as you can without losing accuracy. Don’t waste time on

questions that seem too difficult for you.

Marking Answers

• Carefully mark only one answer for each question.

• Make sure each mark is dark and completely fills the circle.• Do not make any stray marks on your answer sheet.

• If you erase, do so completely. Incomplete erasures may be scored asintended answers.

• Use only the answer spaces that correspond to the question numbers.

• You may use the test book for scratchwork, but you will not receive creditfor anything written there.

• After time has been called, you may not transfer answers to your answersheet or fill in circles.

• You may not fold or remove pages or portions of a page from this book,

or take the book or answer sheet from the testing room.

Scoring

• For each correct answer, you receive one point.

• For questions you omit, you receive no points.

• For a wrong answer to a multiple-choice question, you lose one-fourth ofa point.

If you can eliminate one or more of the answer choices as wrong,you increase your chances of choosing the correct answer and

earning one point.

If you can’t eliminate any choice, move on. You can return to thequestion later if there is time.

• For a wrong answer to a student-produced response (“grid-in”) mathquestion, you don’t lose any points.

• The essay is scored on a 1 to 6 scale by two different readers. The total

essay score is the sum of the two readers’ scores.• Off-topic essays, blank essays, and essays written in ink will receive a

score of zero.

The passages for this test have been adapted from published material. The ideascontained in them do not necessarily represent the opinions of the College Boardor ETS.

SAT Reasoning Test — General Directions

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It is not that people dislike being part of a community; it is just that they care about theirindividual freedoms more. People value neighborliness and social interaction— until being partof a group requires them to limit their freedom for the larger good of the group. But acommunity or group cannot function effectively unless people are willing to set aside their

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Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and fill in the correspondingcircle on the answer sheet.

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blankindicating that something has been omitted. Beneaththe sentence are five words or sets of words labeled Athrough E. Choose the word or set of words that, wheninserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of thesentence as a whole.

Example:

Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposeda compromise that they felt would be ------- to bothlabor and management.

(A) enforce . . useful(B) end . . divisive(C) overcome . . unattractive(D) extend . . satisfactory(E) resolve . . acceptable

1. Her political ------- came from her ------- vision of thenation, a vision that included and drew strength fromevery social constituency.

(A) autonomy . . sweeping(B) reticence . . mystical(C) triumph . . restricted(D) rebellion . . conventional(E) success . . comprehensive

2. As one would expect, the reclusive poet ------- publicappearances and invasions of privacy.

(A) rewarded (B) endorsed (C) neglected(D) invited (E) detested

3. Turn-of-the-century actress Sarah Bernhardt had

so ------- a talent that she ------- audiences with herdiverse and utterly convincing characterizations.

(A) unrealized . . enchanted(B) protean . . bedazzled(C) eclectic . . wearied(D) quixotic . . confounded(E) mediocre . . spellbound

4. In the classroom, Carol was unusually -------; on theplayground, however, she became as intractable asthe other children.

(A) optimistic (B) mercurial (C) magnanimous(D) taciturn (E) docile

5. Bubble gum is not a topic usually treated seriously, so

it is appropriate that this new book tracing the culturalhistory of bubble gum has a ------- tone.

(A) morbid (B) cathartic (C) pedantic(D) flippant (E) reticent

6. Jamake Highwater manages to touch on the arts ofalmost every American Indian nation in one reason-ably sized book that makes up for its occasional lackof ------- with its remarkable -------.

(A) specificity . . detail(B) discontinuity . . concreteness(C) loftiness . . inaccessibility(D) profundity . . inclusiveness

(E) uniqueness . . comparability

7. Though Judd is typically ------- and reserved in socialgatherings, at last night’s reception he spoke and actedwith uncharacteristic -------.

(A) loquacious . . alacrity(B) querulous . . languor(C) disaffected . . resentment(D) diplomatic . . decorum(E) diffident . . aplomb

8. Most politicians find television ------- to the -------of their messages: the medium plays an essential

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Questions 13-24 are based on the following passages.

The first of the following excerpts is adapted from a 1996essay about an exhibit of paintings by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675); the second is from an

autobiography written in 1962.

Passage 1

Anyone who has read Edward Snow’s highly personaland poetic Study of Vermeer is unlikely to be able to meetthe gaze of the young woman in The Girl with the Pearl Earring without feeling something of the confusion andcomplicity he so eloquently describes. “To meet this young5girl’s gaze is to be implicated in its urgency,” Snow writes.“It is me at whom she gazes, with real, unguarded humanemotions, and with an intensity that demands something just as real and human in return.” Snow describes the girl’sgaze as a stew of unresolved contradictions, which only10

leaves the captivated viewer all the more guilty andconfused. Surprise, bewilderment, yearning, acceptance,understanding—in sequence, or all at once—her glanceseems to convey all of these. “Suddenly, the most personalresponses, drawn from the most private, well-protected15regions of the self, are required.”

My responses to this and other Vermeer paintings wererarely as personal and passionate as Snow’s. To his privatetestimony regarding The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Iwould only add that a great deal of whatever impact it has20on the viewer seems to me to derive from very specific,very visible painterly techniques. The light-colored spotsthat appear to round her lip; the shift from light paint todarker that forms the ridge below her nose; the dots of

white on her pupils that make her eyeballs seem to bulge;25the brusque, Cézanne-like rounding of her turban byshifting the blue strokes to black—all of these are as vividas fingerprints, evidence of Vermeer’s presence, of hisattempts (as Snow put it) to nurse this face into being.

Today the entire painted surface of this work is spider-30webbed with a fine network of cracks—what art critics callcracquelure—which makes the ability of this imaginarygirl to reach out and disturb us from her paint-created,330-year-old flatness all the more astonishing.

Passage 2

There was an empty room at the top of our house and on35

the wall, between the fireplace and the window, almosthidden in the gloom, hung a small portrait in oils. Dim andyellowed by time, that picture showed the head of a man ofstrange appearance, for he had long hair and below hispointed beard was some kind of wide collar brim. His face40was melancholy and yet it always seemed to me that therewas a sneer upon those bearded lips.

Children rarely look up when they are playing withtoys on the floor, for they are too busy with their ownimaginings, but one day, when I had strayed into that45

vacant room and was amusing myself, I happened to glancetoward the portrait and saw, to my astonishment, that theeyes of the man were watching me. I turned away, thenlooked up, and once more his eyes met mine. I got to myfeet and, as I did so, those eyes turned to watch every50

movement I made. I backed toward the door and that lookstill followed me, half-mournful, half-accusing.

I did not tell anyone what had happened, but I did notventure into the room again for more than a few seconds ata time, except when I was with grown-ups. Emboldened by55their company, I learned to play a fearful but excitinggame. I moved slowly here and there about the room,knowing that wherever I went, those eyes followed me. Ipretended not to look, I talked with my elders, then swungaround sharply. I was still being watched. The searching60gaze was always the same, so melancholy and accusing thatI began to feel a sense of guilt, began to wonder what evil Icould have committed. Guilt and fear mingled in my mindand I was certain that the stranger was treacherous, that his

anger could be terrible when it was aroused. Sometimes65greatly daring, I crept up the stairs and opened the doorvery quietly, very quickly, and peeped in. Every time I didso, his eyes were looking straight at me.

13. Which of the following statements best characterizesthe individual perspectives presented in the twopassages?

(A) The first passage presents a critical perspective,whereas the second presents the view of anuneducated art lover.

(B) The first passage offers the perspective of arthistorians, whereas the second offers that of an

art student.(C) The first passage offers the perspective of adult

art collectors, whereas the second contains theviews of a child prodigy.

(D) The first passage offers the views of two adults,whereas the second presents a child’s perspec-tive.

(E) The first passage offers the views of two successfulartists, whereas the second presents the view ofa failed artist.

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14. The first paragraph of Passage 1 (lines 1-16) primarilyserves to

(A) indicate how critics have tended to see Vermeer’swork in the past

(B) outline the major events in the life of Vermeer(C) demonstrate the modern qualities of Vermeer’s

The Girl with the Pearl Earring (D) highlight the significance of Snow’s Study of

Vermeer (E) discuss Snow’s response to a painting by Vermeer

15. According to the author of Passage 1, the “confusion”mentioned in line 4 refers to the

(A) author’s initial misunderstanding of Vermeer’spainting

(B) arcane language Snow uses in his study ofVermeer

(C) facial expression of the figure depicted in the

painting(D) complex emotions experienced by someone

viewing the Vermeer painting(E) intricate arguments a critic has made about

Vermeer’s genius

16. In context, which of the following observations fromPassage 1 most nearly parallels an observation thenarrator of Passage 2 might make?

(A) “To meet this young girl’s gaze is to beimplicated in its urgency” (lines 5-6)

(B) “My responses to this and other Vermeer paintingswere rarely as personal and passionate as

Snow’s” (lines 17-18)(C) “whatever impact it has on the viewer seems to

me to derive from very specific, very visiblepainterly techniques” (lines 20-22)

(D) “all of these are as vivid as fingerprints, evidenceof Vermeer’s presence” (lines 27-28)

(E) “Today the entire painted surface of this work isspider-webbed with a fine network of cracks”(lines 30-31)

17. The second paragraph of Passage 1 (lines 17-29)primarily serves to

(A) illustrate the narrator’s emotional response to thepainting

(B) outline the different ways critics have viewedVermeer

(C) compare the artistic achievement of Cézanne andVermeer

(D) discuss how Vermeer achieved specific effects inhis painting

(E) describe the materials Vermeer used in hispainting

18. In relation to the reaction of the narrator of Passage 2to the painting, the reaction of the author of Passage 1can best be described as

(A) more emotional(B) more analytical(C) more fearful(D) less idealistic(E) less complimentary

19. The first paragraph of Passage 2 (lines 35-42) isprimarily concerned with

(A) providing a physical description of the portrait(B) showing the child’s growing fear of being

watched(C) revealing how the child overcame an irrational

dislike of the portrait(D) discussing some techniques used in the painting(E) explaining the significance of the man in the

portrait

20. The reaction of the child in Passage 2 to the painting(lines 43-52) was primarily one of

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(A) companionship(B) amusement(C) security(D) guidance(E) approval

22. The narrator of Passage 2 experiences emotions thatare most similar to those of the

(A) “young woman” (line 3)(B) “viewer” (line 11)(C) “man” (line 38)(D) “grown-ups” (line 55)(E) “stranger” (line 64)

23. In line 60, “searching” most nearly means

(A) hidden(B) beseeching(C) resourceful(D) forlorn(E) penetrating

24. The descriptions of the paintings in both passagessuggest that paintings

(A) require critical understanding to be appreciatedfully

(B) cannot withstand the test of time(C) can have a powerful impact on the life of a viewer(D) need careful restoration to achieve their full power(E) may fill viewers with a feeling of nostalgia

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Directions: For this section, solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the correspondingcircle on the answer sheet. You may use any available space for scratchwork.

1. Which of the following triples x y z, ,a f

does NOTsatisfy the equation

xy

z= 6 ?

(A) 9 2 3, ,a f

(B) 6 6 6, ,a

f

(C) 6 4 4, ,a

f

(D) 6 3 2, ,a

f

(E) 4 3 2, ,a

f

2. What is the perimeter of the triangle shown above?

(A) 18(B) 16(C) 15(D) 12(E) 9



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3. Based on the information in the graph above, whatpercent of the membership of the debating team ismade up of 11th and 12th graders?

(A) 40%(B) 50%(C) 60%(D) 70%(E) 80%

4. Points P, Q, R, and S lie on a line in that order. Q is

the midpoint of .PR If the length of RS is 3 and thelength of PS is 13, what is the length of ?QR

(A) 5(B) 6(C) 8(D) 9(E) 10

5. If three times a number x is twelve more than x ,what is ? x

(A) 2(B) 3(C) 4

(D) 6(E) 9

6. Today, Joaquín has 45 cents in his piggy bank andMarcy has 93 cents in her piggy bank. Startingtomorrow, Joaquín will add 6 cents to his bank eachday and Marcy will add 4 cents to her bank each day.In how many days will the amount in Joaquín’s bankfirst be greater than the amount in Marcy’s bank?

(A) 5(B) 15(C) 20(D) 25(E) 58



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7. In the figure above, ABCD is a parallelogram. If x = 300, what is the value of y ?

(A) 200(B) 240(C) 280(D) 320(E) 330

8. If xy = 2, yz = 5, xz = 10, and x > 0,then xyz =

(A) 5

(B) 10

(C) 17(D) 50

(E) 100

9. In the figure above, all angles are right angles and y x = 2 . If m, x , and y are lengths of the segments

indicated, what fraction of the figure is shaded?

(A)1

7

(B)1

5

(C)3

14

(D)3

10

(E)5

14

10. When a certain odd number is divided by 5, theremainder is 1. Which digit must be in the unitsplace of this odd number?

(A) 1(B) 3(C) 5

(D) 7(E) 9



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11. Let the functions f , g, and h be defined by

( )

2 , f x x = ( )

,g x x = and( ) ( ) ( )

.h x f x g x = -

For 10, x > which of the following describes what

happens to h as x gets farther from 10 ?

(A) h increases only.(B) h decreases only.(C) h stays the same.(D) h decreases at first and then increases.(E) h increases at first and then decreases.

12. A certain physical fitness test lasts a total of 3 hours.

Each part of the test requires the same amount of time,and 12-minute breaks are included between consecutiveparts. If there are a total of 3 breaks during the 3 hours,what is the required time, in minutes, for each part of thetest?

(A) 33(B) 36(C) 38(D) 45(E) 48

If x is an integer between 2,000 and 2,016and if the sum of the digits of x is even,then x must be even.

13. Which of the following is one possible value of x that

proves that the statement above is FALSE?

(A) 2,008(B) 2,009(C) 2,010(D) 2,011(E) 2,012

14. The centers of the three circles above lie on

segment CP (not shown), and the three circles are

mutually tangent at point P. The center of the largest

circle is point C , and the center of the middle circle

lies on the smallest circle. If the radius of the smallest

circle is 5, what is the circumference of the largest

circle?

(A) 10 p

(B) 20 p

(C) 30 p

(D) 40 p (E) 60 p



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19. A container in the shape of a right circular cylinderhas an inside base radius of 4 inches and an insideheight of 9 inches. This cylinder is completely filledwith water. All of the water is then poured into asecond right circular cylinder with a larger insidebase radius of 9 inches. What must be the minimuminside height, in inches, of the second container?

(A)4

3

(B)16

9

(C)9

4

(D) 4

(E) 6

20. In the xy-plane, the graph of the function f is a line.

If( )

2 7 f = and( )

12 1, f = what is the value

of( ) 7 ? f

(A) 5.2

(B) 5(C) 4.6(D) 4(E) 3.4





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24 Questions



Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blankindicating that something has been omitted. Beneaththe sentence are five words or sets of words labeled Athrough E. Choose the word or set of words that, wheninserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of thesentence as a whole.

Example:

Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposeda compromise that they felt would be ------- to bothlabor and management.

(A) enforce . . useful(B) end . . divisive(C) overcome . . unattractive(D) extend . . satisfactory(E) resolve . . acceptable

1. Canaries are often said to have ------- voicesbecause they make such sweet, harmonious sounds.

(A) insistent (B) unnatural (C) melodious(D) inaudible (E) strident

2. The ------- plots of Agatha Christie’s detective storiesreflect the complexities hidden beneath the simpleappearances of English village life.

(A) intricate (B) discrete (C) straightforward(D) elementary (E) vacuous

3. Government officials authorized ------- becausethey wanted to have a complete enumeration ofthe country’s population.

(A) a discontinuance (B) an appointment(C) a waiver (D) a census (E) a levy

4. Even in her fiction writing, Denise Chavez functionsas a kind of historian in that she ------- the real experi-ences of Hispanic women through her characters.

(A) predicts (B) defends (C) chronicles(D) averts (E) surmises

5. Fanatically committed to one political cause, Andersonwas a -------, maintaining an exclusively ------- outlook.

(A) libertine . . provincial(B) zealot . . partisan(C) patriot . . indulgent(D) maverick . . altruistic(E) rebel . . vicarious



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The passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions following a pair of related passages may alsobe based on the relationship between the paired passages. Answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in thepassages and in any introductory material that may be provided.

Questions 6-9 are based on the following passages.

Passage 1

Many scientists tend to split the universe into tworealms: science and irrationality. They believe that“truth” is only what can be experimentally proved andthat “understanding” is only what fits into the straitjacketof logic. This approach may work beautifully within the5scope of questions that science can answer, but life is a farricher tapestry than the threads of logic alone can weave.It is myopic to define “reason” so narrowly that one can’tsee the other threads. Science can teach us many things,but there are some truths science cannot measure.10

Passage 2

After spending years training in Buddhist meditativepractices, neurologist James Austin got his first taste ofspiritual enlightenment while waiting on a London trainplatform, idly glancing toward the Thames River. Instantly,the panorama of sky and buildings acquired a sense of what15he calls “absolute reality, intrinsic rightness, and ultimateperfection.” He suddenly shed his formerly unshakableassumption that he was an individual, separated fromthe rest of the world by a skin suit. Within seconds, otherinsights dawned.20

Austin described in a book how this experience spurred

him to study brain processes that underlie spiritualexperiences. But the harsh reality of science is that thosewho study mysticism are rarely taken seriously. Forscientists, claims of mystical enlightenment have long25smacked of self-deception, charlatanism, or both.

6. The “scientists” referred to in line 1, Passage 1, wouldmost likely view the “book” mentioned in line 21,Passage 2, with

(A) respect(B) curiosity(C) objectivity(D) ambivalence

(E) skepticism

7. James Austin (in Passage 2) would most likely respondto the assertion in lines 6-7 of Passage 1 (“life is . . .weave”) by

(A) agreeing and citing his own experience asevidence

(B) agreeing and citing specific scientific findings asproof

(C) declining to offer an opinion either way(D) disagreeing and citing the beliefs of most

scientists(E) disagreeing and citing Buddhist texts for

support

8. The author of Passage 1 would most likely characterizethe “insights” mentioned in Passage 2, line 20, as

(A) mystical experiences that have little relevanceto most people’s lives

(B) truths that can be arrived at only through rigorousscientific studies

(C) potentially valuable perceptions that mostscientists would not consider legitimate

(D) sensory impressions that are unlikely to yieldmeaningful information

(E) personal experiences that scientists should notattempt to study

9. Unlike Passage 1, Passage 2 makes use of(A) generalization(B) anecdote(C) figurative language(D) literary allusion(E) technical jargon

Line



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Questions 10-18 are based on the following passage.

The following passage by an Asian American author hasbeen adapted from a short story published in 2000.Caroline and Marcella are former friends; Dean is

Caroline’s current boyfriend.

Caroline Yip and Marcella Ahn had a history. They hadboth lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in their twenties,and for several years they had been the best of friends—inseparable, really. But then their first books had comeout at the same time, Marcella’s from a major New York5publisher, Caroline’s from a small, albeit respected press.Both had very similar jacket photos, the two womenlooking solemn and precious, hair flowing in full regalia.An unfortunate coincidence. Critics couldn’t resistreviewing them together, mocking the pair, even then,10as “The Hair Poets,” “The Braids of the East,” and “TheNew Asian Poe-tresses.”

But Marcella escaped these barbs relatively unscathed.Her book was taken seriously, and she was even comparedto Marianne Moore and Emily Dickinson. Her poetry15was highly erudite, usually beginning with mundaneobservations about birds or plant life, then slipping intolong, abstract meditations on entropy and inertia, the Bible,evolution, and death, punctuated by the briefest mention ofpersonal deprivations. Or so the critics said. Dean still had20the book from the library, and he couldn’t make heads ortails of it.

In contrast, Caroline’s book had been skewered. Shewrote in a slangy, contemporary voice, full of topical,popculture allusions. She wrote about Marilyn Monroe25and moo goo gai pan, about alien babies and her strange,

loopy obsession with poultry. She was roundly dispatchedas a mediocre talent.

Worse, Caroline said, was what happened afterwards.Marcella began to thwart her at every turn. Teaching jobs,30coveted magazine publications, awards—everythingCaroline applied for, Marcella got. It didn’t hurt thatMarcella was a shameless schmoozer, flirting andnetworking with anyone who might be of use, all the whileridiculing them behind their backs. The fact was, Marcella35was rich. Her father was a shipping tycoon, and she hada trust fund in the millions. She didn’t need any of thesepitifully small sinecures which would have meant alivelihood to Caroline, and it became obvious that the onlyreason Marcella was pursuing them at all was to taunt her.40

“She’s a vulture, a vampire,” Caroline told Dean. “Youknow she won’t go out in the light of day? She stays upuntil four, five in the morning and doesn’t wake up untilpast noon.”

And then there was the matter of Evan Paviromo, the45English-Italian editor of a literary journal whom Carolinehad dated for seven years, waiting patiently for them to get

married and have children. He broke it off one day withoutexplanation. She dogged him. Why? Why was he ending it?She refused to let him go without some sort of answer.50Finally he complied. “It’s something Marcella said,” headmitted.

At first Caroline feared they were involved romantically,but the truth was more vicious. “Marcella told me sheadmired me,” Evan said, “that I was far more generous than55she could ever be. She said she just wouldn’t be ableto stay with someone whose work she didn’t really respect.I thought about that, and I decided I’m not that generousafter all. It’s something that would eat away at me, that’sbothered me all along. It’s something I can’t abide.”60

Caroline fled to California, eventually landing in thelittle nondescript town of Rosarita Bay. She completelydisengaged herself from the poetry world. She was stillwriting every day, excruciating as it was for her, but shehad not attempted to publish anything in six years. She65was thirty-seven now, and a waitress—the breakfast shift

at a diner, the dinner shift at a barbecue joint. Her feet hadgrown a full size from standing so much, and she wasbroke. But she had started to feel like her old self again,healthier, more relaxed, sleeping better. Dean had a lot to70do with it, she said. She was happy—or as happy as it waspossible for a poet to be. Until now. Until Marcella Ahnsuddenly arrived.

10. The word “history” (line 1) refers to a

(A) chronological record of actual occurrences(B) long-standing and noteworthy relationship(C) formal written account of an incident(D) branch of knowledge focused on the past

(E) creative work based on historical events

11. In context, what is the primary significance of thetwo similar “jacket photos” (line 7) ?

(A) They served as a way for critics to link twonewly published poets.

(B) They provided an opportunity for two poetsto announce their friendship.

(C) They revealed the animosity that had alwaysexisted between the two poets.

(D) They mirrored the similarity of topics inthe two books of poetry.

(E) They reflected the casualness and informality

of the language used in the poems.

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12. The tone of the characterizations quoted inlines 11-12 is best described as

(A) morose(B) curious(C) sardonic(D) threatening(E) incredulous

13. The tone of the statement in line 20 (“Or . . . said”)is best described as

(A) impatient(B) apologetic(C) reflective(D) anxious(E) unconvinced

14. Lines 25-27 (“She . . . poultry”) serve to provideexamples of

(A) particular references found in Caroline’s poetry(B) diverse subjects about which Caroline knew

surprisingly little(C) allusions in Caroline’s poetry that puzzled critics(D) topics that should not be mentioned even in

modern poetry(E) images that are found also in Marcella’s poetry

15. The “reason” mentioned in line 40 was most “obvious”(line 39) to

(A) magazine publishers(B) award committees

(C) Marcella’s father(D) Dean(E) Caroline

16. In context, lines 45-50 (“And . . . answer”) suggest thatCaroline’s response to Evan’s action encompassed allof the following EXCEPT

(A) shock(B) disbelief(C) confusion(D) persistence(E) retaliation

17. Which is most analogous to the situation describedin lines 62-70 (“She . . . better”) ?

(A) A ballerina achieves early success and famebut then is forced by personal problems tostop dancing.

(B) A novelist, undaunted by many initial rejections,continues to try to publish her stories.

(C) An artist is unable to support himself with hispainting but finds contentment working as

a clerk.(D) A scholar, discouraged by continuous harsh

criticism of his writings, gradually becomesdespondent.

(E) A violinist, skilled at interpreting the works ofothers, is unsuccessful at composing her ownmusic.

18. The statement in lines 71-72 (“She . . . be”) suggestswhich of the following about poets?

(A) They tend to be reclusive and uncommunicative.(B) They are by nature inclined to be discontented.(C) They rarely reveal their true feelings.

(D) Their poetry is shaped by real and imaginaryexperiences.

(E) Those who are most successful express a rangeof emotions in their poems.



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21. The passage as a whole suggests that the “two monu-mental claims” (line 21) are

(A) evidence of Jefferson’s profound politicalthinking

(B) useful principles that can help to solve everydayproblems

(C) more important to Americans than they probablyshould be

(D) incompatible when put into practice(E) irrelevant at this point in American history

22. The author’s view of “the implicit claim” (line 25)might best be characterized as

(A) dismissive(B) defensive(C) reverent(D) resentful(E) skeptical

23. The author uses the phrase “rarified region” (line 48) to

(A) hint that only a few people truly appreciate theoriginality of Jefferson’s philosophy

(B) indicate that Jefferson accurately predicted thepolitical problems of the future

(C) suggest that Jefferson’s world was remote fromthe realities faced by Americans today

(D) imply that Jefferson’s ideas are too obscure forthe average person to grasp

(E) emphasize the unique status that Jefferson’sassertions enjoy

24. The author would most likely describe the “federalbureaucracies and taxes” (line 54) as

(A) measures that limit some rights in order to safe-guard other rights

(B) excessive and unnecessary violations of individualfreedom

(C) examples of the kinds of governmental infringe-ment that Jefferson could not foresee

(D) proof that Jefferson’s words have an influence onpublic policy today

(E) regulations that reveal the true lack of freedom inAmerica





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35 Questions



The following sentences test correctness and effectivenessof expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentenceis underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways ofphrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats theoriginal phrasing; the other four choices are different. Ifyou think the original phrasing produces a better sentencethan any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, selectone of the other choices.

In making your selection, follow the requirements ofstandard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar,choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation.Your selection should result in the most effectivesentence—clear and precise, without awkwardness orambiguity.

EXAMPLE:

Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first bookand she was sixty-five years old then.

(A) and she was sixty-five years old then(B) when she was sixty-five

(C) at age sixty-five years old(D) upon the reaching of sixty-five years(E) at the time when she was sixty-five

1. It being agreed by world leaders that there should be amajor organized effort to address poverty, illiteracy,and disease; they then set goals by which progresscould be measured.

(A) It being agreed by world leaders(B) World leaders agreed(C) World leaders who should agree

(D) World leaders being in agreement(E) World leaders, in agreement

2. At lunchtime, Kevin paid for Anita’s hamburger; thereason is because he owed her money.

(A) hamburger; the reason is because he owed(B) hamburger; this was because he owed(C) hamburger, in that he owed(D) hamburger because he owed(E) hamburger because of owing

3. Reading poetry aloud usually helps me understand itbetter.

(A) Reading poetry aloud(B) Poetry, read aloud,(C) To read poetry aloud, this(D) If one reads poetry aloud it(E) I read poetry aloud, it

4. One of the most beautiful trees in North America, thechestnut tree brought nearly to extinction by a fungusduring the chestnut blight of 1909.

(A) tree brought nearly to extinction by a fungus

(B) tree, which a fungus brought nearly to extinction(C) tree, but a fungus brought it nearly to extinction(D) tree was brought nearly to extinction by a fungus(E) tree, having been brought nearly to extinction by a

fungus

5. A hot-air balloon rises when the air inside it becomeswarm, drops when that air cools, and moves sidewayswhen blown by the wind.

(A) moves sideways when blown by the wind(B) moving sideways when the wind blows(C) when the wind blows, the movement is sideways(D) caused to move sideways when blown by

the wind(E) it is blown by the wind, causing sidewaysmovement



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6. The supply clerk was careless in taking inventory, itsleading to a shortage of some items and an excess ofothers.

(A) The supply clerk was careless in taking inventory,

its leading(B) In taking inventory the supply clerk was careless,

this carelessness led(C) The supply clerk was careless in taking inventory

and it led(D) The supply clerk’s carelessness in taking

inventory led(E) The inventory, it was taken carelessly by

the supply clerk, which led

7. In 1903, physicist Marie Curie was the first woman towin the Nobel Prize, moreover, in 1911, she becamethe first person to win it a second time.

(A) physicist Marie Curie was the first womanto win the Nobel prize, moreover,

(B) Marie Curie, a physicist, won the Nobel prize,which was the first time a woman won it, then,

(C) physicist Marie Curie became the first woman towin the Nobel Prize;

(D) Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for the first timeas a woman who was a physicist, and

(E) physicist Marie Curie became the first winner ofthe Nobel Prize among women, moreover,

8. Sometimes called “the founder of art in Texas,” asculpture of William Jennings Bryan was completedby Elisabet Ney in her Austin studio in 1899.

(A) a sculpture of William Jennings Bryan wascompleted by Elisabet Ney in her Austin studioin 1899

(B) William Jennings Bryan’s sculpture wascompleted by Elisabet Ney in her Austin studioin 1899

(C) in her Austin studio, Elisabet Ney havingcompleted a sculpture of William JenningsBryan in 1899

(D) because a sculpture of William Jennings Bryanwas completed in 1899 in her Austin studio byElisabet Ney

(E) Elisabet Ney completed a sculpture of William

Jennings Bryan in her Austin studio in 1899

9. Professor Brand, who enjoys welcoming internationalstudents to her home on Thanksgiving, served thetraditional turkey dressed in Pilgrim clothing.

(A) served the traditional turkey dressed in Pilgrim

clothing(B) served the traditional turkey, dressing in Pilgrim

clothing(C) serving the traditional turkey and dressed in

Pilgrim clothing(D) dressed in Pilgrim clothing to serve the traditional

turkey(E) dressed in Pilgrim clothing and the traditional

turkey was served

10. Chop suey originated in the United States, and manypeople assume that it was China.

(A) and many people assume that it was

(B) many people assuming(C) not, as many people assume, in(D) not what many people assume being(E) but many people assume it to be

11. The discrepancy between the richness of Shakespeare’sworks and how much biographical information islacking has not diminished over centuries.

(A) how much biographical information is lacking(B) the lacking of much biographical information(C) the lack of biographical information about

Shakespeare(D) there is a lack of biographical information

(E) Shakespeare’s biography



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The following sentences test your ability to recognizegrammar and usage errors. Each sentence contains eithera single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more

than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlinedand lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select theone underlined part that must be changed to make thesentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice E.In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standardwritten English.

EXAMPLE:

The other

A

delegates and him

B

immediately

C

accepted the resolution drafted by

D

the

neutral states. No errorE

12. Global warming trends, what

A

play a big role in

the melting

B

of tropical glaciers like those on

Mt. Kilimanjaro, may cause

C

many ice caps

to vanish within

D

20 years. No error

E

13. Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations is a novel

in which

A

the main character becomes so obsessed with

B

the idea of becoming

C

a gentleman that

D

his moral

judgment is temporarily affected. No error

E

14. The candidate called for

A

medical insurance reform,

but to me he seemed less interested in

the plight of uninsured citizens than in

B

whether

enough is

C

registered

D

to vote. No error

E

15. Our new neighbors are the most

A

sociable people we

have ever met

B

, and our chief interests

C

, cooking and

politics, are similar to them

D

. No error

E

16. Katherine felt that she has not had

A

any understanding of

B

the highly intricate workings

C

of the stock market until

D

her uncle took her to the

New York Stock Exchange. No error

E

17. It was fortunate

A

that the police officer arrived quickly

because she was

B

the only person at the scene who

was able to investigate

C

the accident calm

D

and

dispassionately. No error

E

18. During rehearsals, the director praised the actors

which

A

had

B

supporting roles more often than

C

those

with the most demanding

D

roles. No error

E

19. What

A

becomes apparent from assessing

B

scientific

accomplishments is that only relatively recently haveC

the necessary technology been developed for

D

solving

the mysteries of genetics. No error

E



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20. Because

A

his experience in the naval medical corps had

been ,rewarding

B

Bob applied to

C

medical school after

he was discharged

D

from the navy. No error

E

21. Ocean currents that start in the warm waters of the

Pacific and Indian Oceans

A

are initially low

B

in salt

content but become more

C

saline as it flows

D

northward

into colder regions. No error

E

22. Plants grown for

A

their flowers should be treated with

B

a low-nitrogen fertilizer because excessive nitrogen

promotes

C

the growth of leaves at the expense of

D

flowers. No error

E

23. Those who

A

defend sequoia trees from

B

loggers

justified

C

doing so

D

on the grounds that such trees

are irreplaceable. No error

E

24. Extending

A

along several city blocks are

B

a row of

ginkgo trees, their leavesC

turningD

a brilliant yellow

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