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SECTION

I

Time

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25

minutes

24

Questions

(r-24)

Directions: For

each

question in this section,

select the

best

answer from

among the choices

given

and fill in the conesponding

circle on the answer

sheet.

t.

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank

indicating

that

something

has been

omitted.

Beneath

the

sentence

are five words or

sets

of words labeled A

through E.

Choose

the word or

set

of words that, when

inserted in the

sentence,

be$

fits the meaning of the

sentence as a

whole.

Example:

Hoping to

------

the dispute.

negotiators

proposed

a compromise that they

felt would be

------

to both

labor and management.

(A)

enforce

. .

useful

(B)

end

. .

divisive

(C)

overcome . . unattractiYe

(D)

extend

. . satisfactory

(E)

resolve.

.

acceptable

@@o@o

The

visiting

dignitaries

were

so

-------

by

the

sporting

event

that they

invited the two

teams

back to their

homeland to

-----

the sport.

(A)

inspired

. .

devastate

(B)

impressed

.

. demonstrate

(C)

unconcemed

.

.

promote

(D)

disturbed

. .

establish

(E)

bored

. .

glorify

Because

elephants

can hear

sounds

at

frequencies

too low for human

ears. lhey

can

communicate

in

ways that humans cannot

directly

------.

(A)

regulate

(B)

avoid

(C)

provide

(D)

detect

(E)

visualize

Captain

Cook's explorations

expanded

the field

of

----:

they

led to the creation

of

maps

of

previously

uncharted

lands.

(A)

psychology

(B)

botany

(C)

optometry

(D)

chemistry

(E)

cartography

Those

who

farm organically, having

----.-

chemical

fertilizers, rely instead on the addition of natural

materials

to

-----

the

soil.

(A)

discovered

. .

moisten

(B)

advertised

. .

nurture

(C)

harvested

.

.

blanket

(D)

rejected

.

.

enrich

(E)

ignored

. . exhaust

The legendary

songwriter was regarded

as

an

-------

the

romanticized heartland,

although some feel

that

he

exaggerated his countrified

roots to

enhance

his

-------.

(A)

insignia of.

. harmony

(B)

icon of. . credibility

(C)

adversary

of.

. fortune

(D)

opportunist

in.

.

repertoire

(E)

imposter

from.

.

renown

Describing

the link between

Martin

Luther King,

Jr.'s

speeches

and social change

as

------

is absurd: the

speeches

were

profoundly influential.

(A)

liberating

(B)

egalitarian

(D)

tenuous

(E)

draconian

(C) prohacted

The critic's review

of Hollister's

latest novel

was

quite

----,

predicting

that the

book

would

prove

to be

-------

for

even the most

devoted of Hollister's

tans.

(A)

laudatory

. . an

ordeal

(B)

vindictive.. a

lark

(C)

scathing

.

.

a

banquet

(D)

caustic..atrial

(E)

insolent..

a

repast

Since

Chen

was

not

------- person.

she recognized

immediately

that the dubious

investment

scheme

must

be

a scam.

(A)

an

ingratiating

(B)

a

gregarious

(C)

a

petulant

(D)

an

iresolute

(E)

a

credulous

7.

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The

passages below are

fotlowed

by

questions

based

on

their content;

questions

following

a

pair

of

rclated

passages may also

be

bised

on the

relationship

between the

paired passages.

Answer

the

questions on the basis

of what

is

9664

or imolied

in

the

passages

and

in

any

introductory material

that may be

provided.

5

Questions

9-10 are

based

on the following

passage.

When reading the biographies

of

the later Roman

emperorc,

the

founeenth-century

poet

Francis Petrarch

one day

came across

the statement that

Gordian

the

Younger

(who

ruled.q.o. 238-2,14) had been a man

of

handsome

features. "If

this

is rue," he

wrote in

the

margin of his

copy of

the

Historid Augusta, "he

employed

a l'eeble

sculptor." This

apparently

trivial

comment

constitutes

a

milestone in

the

development

of historical

thought, for

Petrarch is here not

only

giving

almost equal

weight to

a

visual

and a

literary

source,

but recognizing

that they are

not in

agreement.

9-

The discussion

of

Petrarch

chiefly

serves

to

(A)

chaltenge a line of inquiry

that is

still

pursued

by modem historians

(B)

demonstrate

how

Petrarch was

inspired

by historical figures

such as

Gordian

the YouDger

(C)

advocate an ancient model

of historical

investigation into

the

visual

arts

(D)

describe an

artistic

debate thar engaged

the

attention of writers

in

Petrarch's

day

(E)

cite

a

precedent

for

the comparative study

of

literary

texts

and the visual

arts

10,

Petrarch's

comment in

the

margin of

the

Historia

Aaglsra

implies which

of

the

following

judgments

about

the sculpture

of

Gordian

the Younger?

(A)

It reflected

the

artist's

political

bias.

(B)

It

was made

of

an

inferior material.

(C)

It confirmed

the

historical

record.

(D)

It depicted an unattractive

man.

(E)

It lacked a distinctive style.

Questions

11-12

are

based

on the

following

Passage.

In

1996

Rose

Ann

Robertson

l€searched

the

stories

that

"women's

page"

editors

at several

newsPapers

chose

to cover and

what

influenced

those choices

during

the

late

1960s and

1970s. when women's

sections

were

transitioning

into

"lifestyle"

sections. She

found that

these

editors

did

not

want to abolish the

women's

sections;

rather, they

wanted

to

include

in

theit

sections

stories

that

were more

relevant

to

their

readers than

traditional

fare

was. Robertson

looked

at

their

coverage

of

working women

and

civil

rights

and

found

that

these female

editors

were

running

progressive stories long

before

such

subjects

reached

the front

pages.

These

developments were

in

spite

of

rather than because

of directives from

management.

11. Which conclusion

about the

women's

sections

of

newspapers

in

the

late

1960s

and 1970s

is

supported

by

the

passage?

(A)

They

were more

concerned

with civit rights

than

with

the

rights of working

women.

(B)

They

reponed on

social

issues that

later

became the focus

of major

news coverage.

(C)

They

advocated

for

increased numbers

of

women

to

become newspaper editors.

(D)

Their

featured stories covered

only traditional

women's

topics.

(E)

Their

featured stories were

acclaimed for

their

well-written

style.

12.

The last sentence

suggests that the

"directives

from

management"

were

viewed

by

the

women's

page

editors

to

be

(A)

supportive of their own beliefs

(B)

progressive

in intent

(C)

ambivalent

about

women

s issues

(D)

indifferent to

tradition

(E)

at

odds

with

their own

goals

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5

Questions

13-24

are

based on the following passages.

These

passages

are adapted

from

books

published

in

2007

that

discuss

issues concerning

locall,-

grown

aru|

raised

food.

Passage

I

At

its

heart, a

genuine

food culture

is an

affinity

between

people

and the land rhat feeds

them.

Our family

set

out

to find

ourselves

a

real

culture of food

by

deliberately

eating

food

produced

in

the same place

where

we

worked, loved

our

neighbors,

drank

the water,

and

breathed the air.

It's

not at all necessary

to live

on a

food-

producing

farm

to

participate

in

this culture.

But it

is

necessary

to know

such farms

exist,

understand something

of what

they do, and

consider oneself

basically

in

their

court.

Will

our

single-family

decision

to

eat

only food that

does not need to

travel

thousands

of miles

give

a

big black

eye

to

the

petroleum-hungry

behemoth?

Similar

choices

have

been made

by

many

other families.

A lot

of

people

at

once are

waking

up

to

a troublesome

truth

about cheap

fossil tuels:

we

are

going

to run

out

ofthem.

Ourjet-age

dependence on

petroleum

to

teed

our faces

is

a limited-

time-only

proposition.

Dozens or even hundreds offossil-

fuel

calories

are

needed

to

supply every

food calorie we

presently

eat.

By

the

time my children

are

my

age,

that

version

of dinnenime will

surely

be an

unthinkable

extravagance.

I enjoy denial

as much as the next

person,

but this isn't

rocket

science:

our

kids will eventually

have to make

food

differently. They could

be assisted

by

some

familiarity with

how

vegetables

grow

from

seeds,

how

animals

grow

on

pasture,

and how whole ingredients can

be

made into

meals,

gee

whiz,

right

in

our

kitchen.

My

husband

and I

decided

our

children

would not

grow

up

without

knowing

a

potato

has

a

plant

part.

We would

take

a food

sabbatical.

getting

our hands dirty in

some

of

the actual

dying

arts

of

food

production.

We

hoped

to

prove-at least to

ourselves

-that

a

family living

on

or near

green

land need not

depend

for its lile

on

food

produced on a massive scale.

We

also hoped

that a

year

away

from

such

food would

taste so

good,

we

might actually

enjoy it. Doing

the

right thing, in

this

case,

is not about

throwing out

bread,

tightening

your

belt,

or

dragging

around

feeling righteous

and

gloomy.

Food is the rare

moral

arena

in

which

the

ethical

choice

is

generally

the one more

likely to

make

you groan

with

pleasure.

Passage

2

As

a society,

we

should resist

the urge

to

panic

over our

dislocation from agricuttural

life. Consider, for

example,

the stock

eulogy for

the wholesome

farming

life:

the

claim

that legions

of

modem

children

have

never seen a

cow. In

a typical

example, Illinois

Congresswoman

Ruth

Hanna

McCormick

noisily

donated

one

of

her cattle to the

Chicago

Zoo,

saying, "If

s

for

the

kids who

have

never

seen

one. Thousands . . . have seen

a rhinoceros and a

giraffe

but

have never seen

a cow." That

was in 1929.

In

perhaps

a

more accurate

suryey, a recent chat

group

on the

Internet

asked,

"Who's

never

seen a

cow in

real

life?"

The

mostly

young,

urban,

and

technologically

astute members

altemately rolled

their eyes

or expressed

horror at

the

question.

'"That is

such a

weird

concept," wrote Becca G.

"Are

there

really

people

out there

who

have never seen a

cow?'

Yet

there is a

reality

behind the

anxiety.

The

United

States has lost

two-thirds of its fams

since

1920:

industrialization

accounts

for one-half of

the

farms

lost.

And

the nature

of farming

has changed

just

as

radically.

Commercial fenilizer

use has

more

than

doubled

since

World War II.

The use

of

pesticides

and

herbicides

has

increased

dramatically.

Where once

North America's

farms

were home

to traditional bamyard

animals,

few are

today.

The change is

quantifiable:

for example,

just

four

percent

of American

farms today

keep chickens.

"The early

momings

are strangely

silent

where once they

were filled

with

the beaury

of bird song," wrote

Rachel Carson

in

1962,

of wild

songbirds. On the

modem farm,

the

strange

silence is dawn

without

the rooster's crow.

What

made us drift away? In 1920 the

rural

and

urban

populations

of both

the

United

States and Canada

were

evenly

split. Movement toward

the

cities rapidly

accelerated

with

the

boom

after

World

War II.

The

rural

customs-self-sufficiency,

buying

products

from

people

you

know,

shopping catalogs

for a few trusted

products-

could

not

hold. In

the

cities,

hundreds

of

brands competed

with

powerful

advertising, white

emerging

chain

stores

deployed tactics

like selling certain

items

at

a loss

to

break

shoppen' old loyalties.

There was no

going

back

to

the

farm.

Last

year,

a

United

Nations commission

reported

that

half of

the

world's

6.5

billion

peopte

will live

in cities

in

2007.

Most of

them,

I

suspect,

will

still

have

seen a

cow.

Fewer and

fewer, however, will

have touched one, cared

for one, watched one

give

birth, or seen a cow

give

milk

for our sustenance.

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13.

Both

passages

directly

support the

idea

that

(A)

locally

raised

food

is both tastier

and

healthier

than

food

purchased at a supermarket

(B)

fossil fuet

will

become

increasingly

expensive

to

procure

in

the

future

(C)

people

today

generally

have become

disconnected

from

the

way

products

are

raised and

grown

on

farms

(D)

adeptness

with technology

may

actually

make

it

more

difficult

to

learn

other useful skills

(E)

moving

to a

food-producing farm

is a

positive

step

for

many

families

14.

To

give

a

"black eye" to

the

"behemoth"

(lines

12-13)

would

most directly cause

injury to

(A)

future

generations

(B)

canle farmers

(C)

proponents

of

processed

foods

(D)

the

ransportation industry

(E)

the

commercial fertilizer industry

15.

The author

of Passage

2

would

most

likely

argue

that the

"choices"

(Passage

l, line 13) are

(A)

contary to

historical

trends

(B)

tikely to

succeed

in

the long

run

(C)

common

among

city dwellers

(D)

based on

widespread

misconceptions

(E)

unwise

because they

limit nutritional options

16.

The tone

of "gee whiz"

(line

28)

is best

described

as

(A)

mock

astonishment

(B) puzzled

amusement

(C)

oven

anger

(D)

honest

arnazement

(E)

embarrassedconfusion

17. Unlike

the author

of

Passage l,

the author

of

Passage 2

provides readers with

(A)

a

plan

to

enhance

the

connection

between city

dwellers

and

farming life

in rural

areas

(B)

a scientific basis for the human desire

to consume

a

wide vadety

of food

(C)

a discussion ofthe

morality

ofeating foods from

industrialized farms

(D)

descriptions

of

specific

methods

of

producing

local food

(E)

historical context for the

current relationship

between

urban

people

and

agriculture

lE. In line

47,

"noisily"

most

nearly

means

(A)

scandalouslY

(B)

insolentty

(C)

thunderously

(D)

conspicuouslY

(E)

rambunctiouslY

19. McCormick

refers

to "a

rhinoceros

and

a

giraffe"

(line

49)

primarily to

(A)

draw an

analogy

(B)

coin a

metaPhor

(C)

protest an

activity

(D)

make

a

recommendation

(E)

note

an

incongruitY

20.

The author

ofPassage

I

would

most

likely

view

McCormick's

donation (lines 45-50,

Passage

2)

as

ultimately

(A)

wrongheaded, because

the children

who visit

zoos

are the ones most

likely to be familiar

with cows

(B)

suspicious,

because

politicians often

make

donations

in

order

to

obtain favorable

publicity

(C)

inadequate, because

children

need

to

be exposed

to

working farms

(D)

patronizing,

because modern

children

iue more

sophisticated

than many adults

believe

(E)

amusing,

because cows are

not

generally found

in

zoos

21.

The

attitude

expressedin lines 55-57

("

That

is . . . cow?")

is

best

characterized

as one

of

(A)

disbelief

(B)

chagrin

(C)

admiration

(D)

indignation

(E)

alarm

22.

The author

of

Passage I

would

probably

consider

which

aspect

of

the shopping

pattems

described

in

lines

76-77,

Passage 2

("self-sufficiency

. . .

products"),

as

most

significant?

(A)

They involved

minimal transportation

across

large distances.

(B)

They worked equally

well for urban and

rural

populations.

(C)

They

included most family members in

purchasing

decisions.

(D)

They limited opponunities

for changes in

products.

(E)

They

discouraged farmers

from expanding

their businesses.

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23. In tine

80,

"break"

most

nearly

means

(A)

force

(B)

escape

(C)

exceed

(D)

solve

(E)

destoy

24.

The

references to borh

the

poraro plant

(lines

28-30, Passage l)

and the

cow

(lines

85-87,

Passage

2) serve

to

(A)

stress

the importance

of

social involvement

(B)

emphasize

the value

ofdirect

experience

(C)

illustrate

the

problem

with

an ordinary

activity

(D)

indicate

the cleverness

of a

parricular

solution

(E)

note the prevalence

ofa

common

specier

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finish

before

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Directions:

For

this

section, solve each

problem

and

decide

which is the

best ofthe

choices

given.

Fill

in

the

corresponding

circle

on

the answer

sheet.

You may

use any available

space for

scratch

work.

l,

lf

n

-

3

is an even

integer, which

of the following

could

be the

value

of n

?

(A)

-3

(B)

-2

(c)

0

(D)

4

(E)

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SECTION

2

Time

-

25 minutes

20

Questions

(1-20)

1

2, Arateof

j

mile

Per

minute

is equal

toarateof

how

many

miles

per

hour?

(A)

20

(B)

30

(c)

40

(D)

60

(E)

120

l. The use

of

a

calculator

is

permitted.

2.

Al[ numbers

used are

real numbers.

3.

Figues

tlat

accompany

problems in this test are

intended to

provide information

usetul

in solving

the

prohlems.

gl

i-l,.y

r.,lru*n

as

a .curately

as

possible EXCEPT

when

it

is stated

in a specitlc

problem that the

figure

is

not

Zl

drawn

to scale.

All

ilgures lie in a

plane

unless otherwise

indicated.

4. Unless

othelwise

specified,

the

domain

of any function

/

is

assumed

to be

he

Set

of all

real numbers

.r

for

which

/(.r)

is

a

real number.

cl

t=:;,

A=

tw

e=

)an

v=

twh

v=Erzh

c2=

a2

+ b2

The

number

ofdegrees

of

arc

in

a circle

is 360.

,t,arJJJ

LA,

V

=

lwh

V

=Erzh

c2

=

a2

+ b2

Special

Right

Triangles

Hl';=;,

A=

($'

A=;bh

v=

lwh

E I

te

numuer

of oegrees

of arc

in

a circle

is .160.

dl *-

^.--

^..,r,a

on^r-.

^r'ihe sum

of the

measures

in

degees

of the angles

of

a

triangle

is

180.

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3, If l5k +

5

=

80,

what

is rhe value

of

3/< +

I

?

(A)

l6

(B)

l0

(c)

8

(D)

5

(E)

4

In

the

xy-plane

above, point

M

is the midpoint

of

segment

AB.

What is

the

y-coordinate

of

point

I ?

(A)

5

(B)

6

(c)

7

(D)

8

(E)

e

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5. Which

of

the following

numbers

is between

"na

-L1r

8 16

0.3

0.5

0.62

0.67

0.75

6. If

r

and

1

are

positive

integers

such

that

r

+

)

=

8

and

x

-

y

>

5,

what is

the value

of r ?

(A)

(B)

(c)

(D)

(E)

(A)

I

(B)

2

(c)

4

(D)

6

(E)

7

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tr

P(O

=

k3

-

2ot2

+

3ook

soo

7.

A

manufacturer

estimates that

if t units of a certain

tool

are

produced and sold, the total

profit

will be

P

dollars,

where

P is defined above

as a function

of t.

Based

on

this

estimate, the

total

profit

of

producing and

selling 30

such tools

will be which

of

the

following?

$

r7,s00

$26,000

$35,s00

$,14,000

$s3,500

If

a

diameter

of

a circle

has length

18 inches,

what

is

the

area,

in

square

inches,

of

the

circle?

9x

l8z

36r

8lz

324r

(A)

(B)

(c)

(D)

(E)

8.

(A)

(B)

(c)

(D)

(E)

9. Kelly

paid

$60

last

month to

her health

club

and

visited

the

club at

least

once

that month.

If

she

visited

the club

r times

last month,

what

was her cost

Per

visit, in

dollars,

in terms

of

r ?

(A)

.t

(B)

6+r

(C)

60r

10.

If

.ro

=

2,

what

is the

value of .x3n

?

(D)

+

6o

(E)

q

(A)

4

(B)

6

(c)

8

(D)

e

(E)

l2

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l2x+_r,l

>5

11.

Which

of

the

following points

in

the ry-plane

satisfies

the inequality

above?

(A)

(-3,

-2)

(B)

(-3,4)

(c)

(0,

o)

(D)

(4,

-4)

(E)

(7,

-r0)

12.

Gino

bought 4 pounds

of

apples

and 2.5 pounds

of

peaches

for

a total

of$8.40.

Ifthe

apples

cost

$1.20

per pound, the cost

of

the

peaches

per pound

was

how

much greater

than

the cost ofthe

apples

per pound?

$0.24

s0.27

$0.30

$0.3s

$0.44

(A)

(B)

(c)

(D)

(E)

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13,

In the

figure above,

1 ll f

and, mll

n.

Which of the

following

expresses

x in terms

of

y

and

z

?

(A)

y-z

(B)

)+z

90-y-z

180-)-z

s+

(D)

(E)

14.

Of60

customers

at a convenience

store

one

moming,

l8

bought

milk,

23

bought candy,

and 26

bought a

newspaper.

Each

of

these customers

bought at least

one

of

these items,

and none

of those who

bought

milk

bought

either

of

the

other two items.

How many of

the

60

customers bought

both

candy and

a

newspaper?

(A)

2

(B)

7

(c)

l0

(D)

16

(E)

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15.

List 1:

2,3,4,5,6,7

List

2:

1,2,3,6,6,8

If,

in

the

lists above,

r

is inserted

in

List

I

and

2-r

is

inserted

in List

2, then

the

new lists

will

have

equal

medians.

What is the

value

of

x.?

(A)

2

(B)

3

(c)

4

(D)

s

(E)

6

COMPUTER

LAB

USAGE

tit

Znd

3id

Lunch 4th

5th

6th

Computer

Lab Periods

16.

The

line

graph

above

shows

the number

of

students

in

the

computer

lab during

seven

periods on one

school

day. Each

of

the students

in

the

computer

lab during

lunch

was also

in

the lab during

two

of the other

periods.

What

is the

maximum

number of

different

students

who could

have

been

in

the computer

lab

on

that

day?

(A)

156

(B)

148

(c)

132

(D)

124

(E)

116

26

-c

))

a"

E

EB

2t+

3

Er0

z6

0

/

I

/

I

17.

In

the figure

above,

LPQR

has

a height

of

12.

The

triangle

is to

be completely

divided

into

smaller,

congruent

nonoverlapping

triangles,

each

similar

to

LPQR

and

each

with

a

height

of 4.

How

many

of the

smaller

triangles

will

there

be?

(A)

6

(B)

e

(c)

t2

(D)

ls

(E)

l8

How

many

positive

4-digit

integers

are

divisible

by

5

and have

their

hundreds

digit

equal

to

8

?

18.

(A)

90

(B)

120

(c)

180

(D)

le0

(E)

2N

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19.

If

x

is an integer

such

that 2

<

x

<

8,

and

a

triangle

has

sides

of

length

2,7,

and

x,

how

many possible

values

are there

for

x ?

(A)

One

(B)

Two

(C)

Three

(D)

Four

(E)

Five

STOP

lf

you

finish

before

time

is

called,

you

may

check

your

work

on

this

section

only.

Do

not

turn

to

any

other

sectaon in

the

test.

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20. lf

x *

1

,

,'r,

-

1,

which

of the

following

could

.rI

be true

l

I.x>)

II.

x<y

III.

x

=.r'

(A)

I

only

(B)

II only

(C)

I and III

only

(D)

II

and

III

only

(E)

I, II,

and

III

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25.

Some

artists who

leave their

native countries

call

themselves

emigrants

rather

than exiles

because

they want

to show

that their

departuie

was

--:--.

(A)

forcible

(B)

dramatic

(C)

voluntary

(D)

particular

(E)

inrricate

26,

The word

"snowflake"

can refer

to either

a single

ice

crystal,

a

small

cluster

of ice crystals,

or

a large

-----

lormed when

such

clusters

-----

(A)

classification..

separate

(B)

aggregation

..

cohere

(C)

dimension

. .

disperse

(D)

accumulation..

melt

(E)

solution

.

.

collect

27.

She knew that

anything

done

-----

rather

than openly

was

likely

to arouse

the suspicions

of her

supedors.

(A)

ingenuously

(B)

sureptitiously

(C)obsaeperously

(D)

scrupulously

(E)

habitually

28.

The actor was

-------

to

-------

even when

offstage:

he

indulged

in theatrical

displays

of emotion

almost all

the

time.

(A)

averse . . dramatics

(B)

given.

.

equanimity

(C)

prone

. . histrionics

(D)

immune..exhibitionism

(E)

partial

.. dispassion

29.

Since

she

was

unaccustomed

to

playing

----

role

at

school

board meetings,

Marge

did

not

-------

when

asked

to

take the microphone

and voice

parents,

concerns.

(A)

a

submissive..

acquiesce

(B)

a confrontational

..

reciprocate

(C)

an

auxiliary

. . exult

(D)

apassive..

balk

(E)

apublic..demur

SECTION

3

Time

-

25 minutes

24

Questions

(2s-4E)

Directions:

For

each

question

in this

section,

sele.t the

best

answer from

among

the

choices

given

and

fill in the

conesponding

circle

on the

answer sheet.

Each

sentence

below has

one or two

blanks,

each blank

indicating

that

something

has been

omitted.

Beneath

the sentence

are fiye

words or

sets of words

labeled

A

through

E. Choose

the word or set

of words

that, when

inserted

in

the sentence,

bgst

fits

the meaning

of

the

sentence

as a whole.

Exarnple:

Hoping

to

----

the dispute,

negotiators proposed

a compromise

that they felt

would

be

----

to both

labor and management.

(A)

enforce

. . useful

(B)

end..

divisive

(C)

overcome

. .

unatfi-actiye

(D)

extend

. . satisfactory

(E)

rcsolve

. . acceptable

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The

passages

below

are

fotlowed

by

questions

based

on

tbeir contenti

questions foltowing

a

pair

of

related

passages

may also

be bised

on the

relationship between the

paired

passages.

Answer

the

questions on the basis

of what

is

51419{

or

imolied in

the

passages

and in any

introductory material that may

be

provided.

J

Questions

30-33 are

based on the following

passages.

Passage

I

While

henna body art, or mehndi,

as

it is

called

in

lndia,

is

a tradition

that

reaches

back to ancient

Egypt,

it is reassuring to know that

as an

art form it

is temporary,

usually lasting about

a

week or two. The intricate

designs

are

part

of the celebration of life's hansformations:

puberty,

marriage,

childbirth,

and

so

on. Some women

think of

mehndi hke

a

force

field during times

when they

are

panicularly

vulnerable.

Despite its ransience,

mehndi is

a

deeply

connective

and

intimate

art not

only

io its physical

application but also in the

exchanges that

occur between

women as they celebrate each

new

stage

of life by

decorating one another.

Passage 2

Recently,

Hollywood

celebrities

have

been

wearing

mehndi.lt

appeals

as a way

of altering

and staining

the

body without the long-term

effect of

tattoos. The

temporary

nature of this art form suits

Hollywood's

momentary

obsessions. The

purposeful

disassociation

of

rneirdi

from

its

history, culture,

and

ethnicity makes

its appropriation

easier,

less

anxious, for

those who mark

their bodies

using

this method of beautification.

Such

a

detaching

functions to

wash and

leach

away the

yery

traditions

in which mehndi is

steeped.

hs

"discovery"

by

pop

culture

icons

has simplified

its meaning,

glamorizing

its aesthetic qualities

above all

others.

30.

The attitude

of the author of

Passage

I toward

the

"exchanges"

described in lines

10-12

is

one

of

(A)

dismay

(B)

suspicion

(C)

uncertainty

(D)

amusement

(E)

appreciation

31.

The author of

Passage I

would most

likely

consider

a

person

who

focuses

exclusiyely

on fiet[di's

"aesthetic

qualities"

(line

23,

Passage

2) to

be

(A)

missing other significant

aspects

of

it

(B)

gaining

an

intimate appreciation ofit

(C)

seeking to become a

practitioner

of it

(D)

connecting meaningfulty with other

people

(E)

worrying too

much about

cultural traditions

32.

The authors ofboth

passages

would most likely

agree

that mehndi is

(A)

not

just

a

decorative art

but also

a

cultural

phenomenon

(B)

not

widely

known outside

of India and Egypt

(C)

used

not only by women

but

also

by

men

(D)

a

recently invented

and

popular

type of body art

(E)

no

longer

a

temporary

method

of beautification

33. Compared

with

the oyerall tone ofPassage l.

the overall tone of

Passage

2 is more

(A)

celebratory

(B)

satisfied

(C).

indifferent

(D)

cdtical

(E)

pompous

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39.

The

primary function

of

the

sentence in lines

36-38

("Since...lies")isto

(A)

describe

a

process

(B)

provide

a

transition

(C)

justify

an action

(D)

reiterate

an

argument

(E)

resolYe

a

contradiction

40.

The

author's

primary

purpose in the

passage

is to

(A)

reflect

on the

imporlance

of

mathematics

to

human

understanding

(B)

encourage

more

widespread

study

of

mathematics

(C)

show how

mathematics

determines

political

outcomes

(D)

chronicle

the history

of mathematics

as a

discipline

(E)

challenge

the claim that

mathematics

is often

misused

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l5

Questions

41-,18

are based

on

the following passage.

This

passage

is adapted.from

a

ZNt

novel.

Mr.

Hosokara

is

a

Japanese

business

executive who

travels

frequmtly

and

ofien requires

the services

ofa

translator.

When

he

was

younger,

Mr.

Hosokawa

saw the great

advantage

of

languages.

When he was

older he

wished

he

had

made the

commitment

to leam

them. The

translators

They were

ever changing,

some

good,

some

futl

of

schoolboy

stiffness, some

utterly, hopelessly

stupid.

Some

could hardly

speak

their

native

Japanese

and continually

halted

conversations

to look

up

a

word in

the

dictionary.

There were

those who

could

perform

theirjob

well

enough

but were

not the sofl

of

people

one wished

to travel

with.

Some would

abandon him

the moment the

final sentence

of

a

meeting

was completed,

leaving him stranded

and

speechless

if funher

negotiations were necessary.

Others

were dependent,

wanting to

stay

with

him through every

meal, wanting

to accompany

him

on

his walks

and recount

for

him every moment of their own lusterless

childhoods.

What he went through

just

for

a

mouthful

of French,

a

few clear

sentences

of English. What he went through

before Gen.

Gen

Watanabe

had

been

assigned to him

at a

conference in Greece on the worldwide distribution

of

goods.

Normally, Mr. Hosokawa

ried

to avoid the

surprise element local aanslators

so

often

provided,

but

his

secretary

had

been

unable to locate a Greek translator

who could travel on short notice. During

the

plane

ride

to

Athens, Mr. Hosokawa did not talk with the two senior

vice

presidents and thrce

sales

managers

who

accompanied

him on the trip.

Instead,

he

listened to Mada Callas sing

a collection of

Greek

songs

on his

headset,

thinking

philosophically

if the

meeting was

unintelligible

to

him

at least

he would have

seen

the country

she

considered her

home. After

waiting in line to have his

passport

stamped

and

his luggage rifled thrcugh,

Mr. Hosokawa

saw

a

young

man

holding

a

sign, I/osokawa, r,eatly

lettercd. The

young

man

was Japanese,

which, frankly,

was

a

relief. It was easier

to deal

with a countryman who knew a

litde Greek than

a

Greek

who knew

a

little

Japanese.

This translator was tall.

His hair

was heavy and long in the

front and it brushed

across

the

top rims of his small

round

glasses

even

as he

tried to keep it

pafied

to one

side. He

appeared

to be

quite

young.

It

was the

hair.

The

hair

denoted

to

Mr.

Hosokawa

a

lack of

seriousness,

or

perhaps

it

was

just

the

fact

that

the

young

man was

in Athens

rather

than Tokyo that

made.him

seem less

serious. Mr. Hosokawa

approached

him,

gave

the stightest bow of acknowledgment

that only

included

his

neck and upper shoulders,

a

gesture

that said,

You have found

me.

The

young

man reached

forward

and

took Mr. Hosokawa's

briefcase,

bowing

as he

did

so

to the

waist. He bowed

seriously,

though

somewhat less

deeply,

to both of the vice

presidents

and the three

sales

managers.

He

introduced himself

as

the

translator, inquired after

the

comfort

of

the

flight,

gave

the

estimated

driving

time to

the

hotel

and

the starting time

of

the

first meeting.

Mr. Hosokawa

heard something

in this

young

man's voice, something

familiar

and soothing.

It was

not

a

musical voice,

and

yet

it

affected him like

music. Speak

again.

. . .

Over the next

two days, everything

Gen touched

became

a

smooth surface.

He typed up

Mr.

Hosokawa's

handwritten

notes,

(ook

care

of scheduling, found

tickets to

an

opera

that had

been

sold out for six weeks.

At the

conference

he

spoke

in

Greek for

Mr.

Hosokawa

and his associates,

spoke

in

Japanese

to them, and was, in all matters,

intelligent,

quick,

and

professional.

But it

was

not

his

presence

that

Mr.

Hosokawa was

drawn to;

it

was

his lack of

presence.

Gen was

an

extension, an

invisible

self that was constantly

anticipating

his

needs.

He

felt

Gen

would

remember

whatever had

been

forgotten.

One aftemoon during

a

private

meeting

conceming

shipping interests,

as

Gen

translated into

Greek

what he

had

just

that moment said

himself, Mr. Hosokawa finally recognized the voice.

Something

so familiar,

that's what he had thought.

It

was

his own voice.

41.

The

passage

focuses

primarily

on Mr. Hosokawa's

(A)

goals

as a

business executive

(B)

attitude toward international

travel

(C)

desire

to

learn French and

English

(D)

appreciation of Gen's

skills

(E)

resentment

of

Gen's

influence

42.

In context, the attitude expressed

in

the

statement

"The translatorsl"

(line

3)

is

best

described

as

one

of

(A)

affection

(B)

nostalgia

(C)

exasperation

(D)

bitterness

(E)

alarm

43.

Lines

4-t5

("They

.

.

.

childhoods") are best

described

as

a

(A)

series of excuses

(B)

list

of

proposals

(C)

litany of complaints

(D)

summary

of

injustices

(E)

recitation

of responsibilities

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44. ln

the context

of the

passage

as a

whole,

the lirst

paragraph

(lines

1- 18) serves

primarily

to

(A)

state

the

narrator's

view

of

the main characters

(B)

introduce

a

criticism of

language education

(C)

reveal

the location

for

the story

that

follows

(D) prepare the reader

for a

significant

contrast

(E)

demonstrate

the

scale

of

a social

problem

45.

Which

best characterizes

the

way

in

which the

third

paragraph is

presented

(lines

47-56)

?

(A)

A

detached

observer

reports

a

variety

of

factual

data.

(B)

A

satirical commentator

mocks some formal

actions.

(C)

An

objective

account

is followed

by a subjective

reaction.

(D)

An

exaggerated

description

is

qualified by

the

narator.

(E)

An

imagined

event

parallels

actual

ongoing

events.

,16.

ln

tine 55,

the

na[ator

refers to "music"

in order

to

(A)

praise the

mellow

tones of Gen's

voice

(B)

convey

the

nature of

Mr.

Hosokawa's

reaction

(C)

note

the

shared interests

of two

characters

(D)

evoke

Mr.

Hosokawa's

experience

on the

flight

(E)

characterize

Gen's

determination

to be

pleasant

47.

The

metaphorical

expression

in lines 57-58

("everything . .

. surface")

most

directly

indicates

that Gen

(A)

effectively

handled many

tasks

(B)

leamed

how to explain

Greek customs

(C)

meddted

in

everyone

else's

concerns

(D)

won

over those

who

were suspicious

of

him

(E)

anticipated

a

series

ofunusual

problems

48.

In context,

the

description

in lines 65-66

("Gen

was

. .

.

needs")

presents Gen

as if

he

(A)

were

an invention

of

Mr.

Hosokawa's

imagination

(B)

were

more secretiYe

than

Mr,

Hosokawa

preferred

(C)

resembled

Mr.

Hosokawa

physically

(D)

saw himself

as an

equal

to Mr.

Hosokawa

(E)

had

access

to

Mr.

Hosokawa's

thought

processes

lf

you

linish before

time

is

called,

you

may

check

your

work

on

this

section

only'

Do nol turn

to

any

other section

in the

test'

STOP

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Dirtctions:

This

sec(on contains two

types of

questions. You have 25

minutes to

complete

both tyPes.

For

questions

2l-28,

solve

each

problem and

decide which

is'tle

best of

the choices

given.

Fill

in

the conesponding

circle on the

answer sheet.

You

may use any

available

space

for

scratch work.

1. The use of a

calculator

is

permitted.

2.

All

numbers

used are

real numbers.

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3.

Figures

that accompany

problems

in this

test

are

intended to

provide informadon

useful

in

solving

the

problems.

3l

They are

drawn as accuraely as

possible EXCEPT when

it

is stated

in a specific

problem that the

figure

is not

zl

drawn

to scale.

All

figures Iie

in

a

plane

unless

otierwise

indicated.

4. Unless

otherwise

specified,

the domain

of any function

/

is assumed

to

b€

tJIe set

of all

real numbers

r

for

which

flx)

is

a

real number.

SECTION

4

Time

-

25

minutes

18

Questions

(2r-3E)

22.

In

the figure

above,

lines I and

m

intersect

at a

point.

what is the Yalue of r

?

(A)

40

(B)

50

(c)

60

(D)

70

(E)

80

EIG

Afl

i

.v

b

t

2l

l=ri,

A=

lw

a=)rtn

v=

luh

{l

f,e

numue, of Oegrees

ol'arc

in

a

circle

is

.160.

gI

The.urn

of

the

measures

in

deerees ol

lhe

anglcsol

a

lri

,3,

V

=

7rr2h

,5

2r

*'N

arfis

c2

=

a2

+ b2

Special

Right'triangles

is

180.

21.

lf

x

--

2 and

1'

=

-1,

what is the

value

of 6r

-

5,v ?

(A)

-16

(B)

-7

(c)

7

(D)

ll

(E)

t'7

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E

EI

23,

On a number

line,

the distance

between

the

numberu

and

0

is

the same

as the

distance

between

n2

and

0.

Which

of

the

following

could

be the value

of

n

?

(A)

*2

(B)

-1

(o

-+

(D)

2

(E)

2/.

In the figure

above, nOl

lt

and ael

fO.

is

the area

of

square

FBCE

?

(A)

9

(B)

t2

(c)

16

(D)

20

(E)

25

Whar

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25. lf

az + b2

=

20

and

al,

=

8.

what

rs the

yalue

of

k*,bl'

?

AD

(A)

1.5

(B)

2.5

(c)

3.s

(D)

4.5

(E)

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O

()

(h

()

z

EstimatedYear of

Birth

26.

Each

of

25 students

was shown the

same

photograph

of

a

person

and

was then asked

to estimate the

year

the

person was

born.

The

graph

above shows

the estimates.

What

percent

of the

students estimated

a

year

of

birth

before

1992

?

24Vo

32Vo

44?o

567o

767o

27.

lt

the

ry-plane,

which of the

followinf

is a

point on the

line

that

passes

through

the

origin

and is

perpendicular

?

totheline

=:x-l?

(-i'-')

(-i,')

(i,

,)

(+,-,)

(i,,)

(A)

(B)

(c)

(D)

(E)

(A)

(B)

(c)

(D)

(E)

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

)

I

t 1942 t993 1994

28.

The

figure

above

shows

a

solid

formed

by

joining

the

bases

of two

square

pyramids to

opposite

faces of

a

cube.

Ifeach

edge

ofthe

solid

has

length

5

inches'

what

is the total

surface

area,

in

square

inches,

ofthis

solid?

(A)

100

+ 25.6

(approximately 143.3)

(B)

100

+

50J5


(C)

150

+

25J5


(D)

200.

(E)

150

+

50J3


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[

Directions

for

Student-Produced

Response

Questions

Each

of the remaining

10

questions

re4uires you

to solve

the

problem

and

enter

your

answer by marking

the circles

in the special grid,

as shown in

the examples

below.

You may

use any

available

space

for

scratch

work.

Ana*"r,

,1

Answer:

2.5

Write

answer

---r

in

boxes.

Grid

in

--+

result,

.

Mark

no more

than one circle

in any

column.

.

Because

the answer

sheet will

be machine-

scored,

you

will

receive

credit only

if

the circles

are

filled in

correctly.

.

Although

not required,

it

is suggested

that

you

write your

answer

in the boxes

at the

top of the

columns to

help

you

fill in

the circles

accurately.

o

Some

problems

may have

more than

one correct

answer.

ln

such cases,

grid

only one

answer

.

No

question

has a negative

answer

I

o

Mixed

numbers such

as

.1,

must

be

gridded

a\

3.5 or 7 /2.(,f

n;l.;lrl

is-gridded.

it

wiu be

..1I

I

rnterpreted

as

7

,

not

-.i

r.

)

is correct.

Decimal

poinr

NOlSi

You

may start

your

answers

in

any

column,

space

permitting.

Columns

not needed

should

be

left

blank.

.

D€clmel

Answers:

Ifyou

obtain

a decimal

answer

with

more

digits than the grid

can

accommodate,

it

may

be either rounded

or truncated,

but

it must

fill

the entire grid.

For

example,

if

you

obrain

an

answer such

as 0.6666..., you

should

record

your

result

as

.666

or .667.

A

less

accurat€ value

such

as .66

or

.67

will

be scored

as

incorrect.

)

Acceptable

ways

to

grid

j

are:

Fraction

line

Answer:

201

29.

If 2 is

added to 4 times

a certain number,

the result

is 26. What

is the number?

30.

As

a

car

salesman,

each week

Ted

eams

$250

plus

I

percent

of the

selling

price

of

each

of

the

cars he

sells.

One week he

sold three

cars with

selling prices

of

$15,000, $22,500,

and

$25,000. How

much money,

in dollars,

did

Ted earn

that week

as a car

salesman?

(Disregard

the

$

sign when gridding

your

answer.)

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31.

The

lengths

of the sides of a triangle are 10, x,

and

-r.

If the

perimeter

of the triangle is 24, what

is the

value

of

x ?

27,9,3,...

32.

The first

term

ofthe

sequence

above is

27, and each

term

after

the

frst

is equal

to

]

of

the

preceding

term.

What

is

the 6th

term of

the sequence?

33.

RESULTS OF

A SURVEY

OF

COLLEGE

MAJORS

English

Math

History

E

=

lostudents

=s

students

In a

survey,

120 college

students each

indicated

their

major,

and

the results

are shown in

the

pictogram

above.

If

a student

fiom the

group

is chosen

at

random,

what

is the

probability

that

the student

is a

history

major?

34.

rf

9,

what does

x-2 equal?

+1=

x

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4rr

VVMM

35. A

fan is made

by

gluing

tissue

paper

to seven bamboo

sticks

that are

joined

at

one

point.

The figures

above

show the nearly

closed fan at the left

and the

fully

opened

fan on the right.

When

fully

opened,

the fan

forms

a

semicircle.

lf rhe fan is opened

ro

f

of the

iull

semicircle

and the

angles formed between

consecutive

bamboo sticks

are equal, what is the

degree measure

of

one

of these angles?

(Disregard

the degree symbol

when

gridding your

answer.)

36.

If

x

and

,y

are two different numbers

selected

from

the

integers

from 500

to

1000, inclusiye,

what is

the

greatest possible

va;gs

1q1

jj-l

r

.{- I'

STOP

lf

you

finish

belore time is

called,

you

may check

your

wo.k

on

this

section

only.

Do not turn

to

any other

section in

the test.

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37.

The

fourpoints

A(-2,

n),

B(-1,2n),

C(a,k),

and

D(3. l)

lie in the x)'qqs1(inate plane.

lf

AB

and

CD

are opposite

sides

of

parallelo

gram

ABCD

and 2

<

n

< 4,

what

is one

possible

value

of

t

?

3E. Two functions;f

and

g

are

defined by

f(r)

=

*2

+

bx + c and

g(*)

=

or2

+b-r

+ c, where

a,

b,

and

c

are constants.

If

/(5)

=

0 anO

g(5)

=

50,

what

is the value

of

a

?

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SECTION 5

Time

-

30 minutes

39

Questions

(1-3e)

Directions: For each question

in this section,

select the best

answer from among the

choices

given

and

fill

in

the

co[esponding

circle

on the answer sheet.

The following sentences

test corectness and

effectiveness

of

expression. Part

of each sentence or the

entire sentence

is underlinedl

beneath each sentence are

five ways

of

phrasing

the underlined material.

Choice A repeats

the

original

phrasing;

the other four

choices

are

different.

If

you

think the original

phrasing produces

a better

sentence

than any of the

altematives, select choice A;

if

not, select

one

of

the

other choices.

ln making

your

selection,

follow

the requirements

of

standard

wrilten

EnEllishl that is.

pay

attention

to

grammar.

choice of words, sentence construction,

and

punctuation.

Your selection

should result in the most

effective

sentence--clear

and

precise,

without

awkwardness or

ambiguity.

EXAMPLE:

Laura

Ingalls Wilder

published

her first

book

and she was sixty-five

,ears

old then.

(A)

and she was

sixty-five

years

old then

(B)

when she

was sixty-five

(C)

at age sixty-fiYe

years

old

tD)

upon

lhe

reaching of sixty-five

years

(E)

at

the time when

she

was sixty-five

@oo@@

l.

The Moon, which is Earth's only

satellite. moving

in

an orbit that increases

yearly.

(A)

satellite, moving

(B)

satellite, moves

(C)

satellit€,

it

moves

(D)

satellite

and moves

(E)

satellite

and

is moving

3.

Takashi Murakami

and Jasper Johns are an excellent

examgle of artists which have

incorporated images

from

popular

culture

into

their works.

(A)

an

excellent

example of artists which have

(B)

an

excellent example

ofan

artist who has

(C)

excellent

examples of artists who have

(D)

excellent

examples ofan

anist who

has

(E)

excellent

examples

of how

artists

One

automobile

manutacturer

has

proposed

installing

a device

in its cars that would allow parents

to control

the maximum

speed

at which their

children can drive.

(A)

manufacturer has

proposed

(B)

manufacturer, which

has

proposed

(C)

manufacturer,

having

proposed

(D)

manufacturer. who has proposed

(E)

manufacturer

have

proposed

Some

people

find

orange

juice

a more

stimulating

morning beverage

than drinking coffee.

(A)

drinking

coffee

(B)

if

they drank coffee

(C)

to drink coffee

(D)

is

coffee

(E)

coffee

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5.

When there is a

vacancy on the

Supreme Court,

the

president nominates

a new

justice,

and the

Senate

votes

either to

approve or they do not approve the

nomination.

(A)

they

do not

(B)

it

does not

(C)

do

not

(D)

does

not

(E)

not to

When archaeologists

unearth delicate

wooden

artifacts,

th€y Eeat

them with

polyethylene glycol.

a

waxlike

substance@

porous materials.

(A)

that

permeates, hardens, and

preserves

(B)

for

permeating,

hardening,

and

to

preserve

(C)

to

permeate, harden, and it

preserves

(D)

it

permeates, hardens, and

preserves

(E)

permeates, hardens,

and

preserves

Guitarists

Jimi

Hendrix and Roben Fripp shook

teft

hands

when

they first

met not because both were

left-

handed

but Hendrix

had his right arm in

a

sling.

(A)

Hendrix

had

his right

arm

(B)

Hendrix's

right arm

was

(C)

from

Hendrix having

his dght

arm

(D)

because

Hendrix's right arm was

(E)

because

ofHendrix's

right

arm being

8.

Inspired

by a love of birds,

Nancy

Yi

Fan

has begun

to write her

novel Swordbird

when

she

was in the

tifth

grade.

(A)

has

begun to write

(B)

had

began writing

(C)

begun

to write

(D)

began

writing

(E)

begins

to write

9. New Guinea.

the

world's

second-largest

island

located

iust

north of Ausralia.

(A)

New Guinea,

the world's

second-largest

island

located

just

north of

Australia.

(B)

New

Guinea,

the

world's second-largest

island,

being

located

just

nonh of

Australia.

(C)

New Guinea,

the

world's

second-largest island,

is

located

just

nonh

of Australia.

(D)

The

world's second-largest

island is New Guinea,

it

is located

just

nonh

of Australia.

(E)

Located

just

north of

Australia is New Guinea,

it

is the

world's secondJargest

island.

10. Since its

publication

in

1964, Up

the

Down

Staircase.

a novel

based on author

Bel Kaufman's experiences

teaching

in New York City

pubtic

schools,

have sold

more than six million

copies.

(A)

have

sold

(B)

has

sold

(C)

sold

(D)

selling

(E)

which sold

1

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11.

Bob Marley

wrote "Redemption

Song"

in the late

1970s,

inspired

by a speech

Marcus Garvey

had

gave

40

years

earlier.

(A)

by a speech

Marcus Garvey had gave'

(B)

by a speech

Marcus Garvey has

given

(C)

by

a speech

Marcus

Garvey had

given

(D)

from a speech

Marcus

Garvey

gave

(E)

from

a

speech

given

by Marcus

Garvey

12.

A

regressive

tax is

when a tax imposes

a

heavier

burden

on

low-income

taxpayers than

on high-income

taxpayers.

(A)

when

a tax

(B)

where

the tax

(C)

a tax where

it

(D)

one

that

(E)

if

it

13. Although

medieval

abbess Hildegard

of Bingen

wrote

theological, botanical,

and medical

texts,

it is

her

musical

compositions

that have received

the most recognition.

(A)

it is her

(B)

there

was her

(C)

they are her

(D)

but

it is her

(E)

her

14.

Making its return

to the inner solar

system after

a 7 6-year absence,

Chinese astronomers

observed

Hallev's Comet in 240 n c

p'

(A)

Chinese astronomers observed

Halley's Comet

in 240 s.c.s.

(B)

it

was

Chinese astronomers

who

in

240 s.c.e.

observed Halley's

Comet.

(C)

observations

of Halley's

Comet were made

by Chinese

astronomers

in 240 s.c.E.

(D)

Halley's

Comet

was

observed

by Chinese

astronomers in 240 s.c.B.

(E)

in 240 B.C.E.

Chinese

astronomers observed

Halley's

Comet.

15.

During

the Second

World

War

was

when the

United

States

formed

the

Office of

Strategic Services,

the

precursor

of the

Central Intelligence

Agency.

(A)

War was when

(B)

War, that

was when

(C)

War, when

(D)

War, which

(E)

War,

16. In

one scene, Nike,

the

ancient

Greek

goddess

of

victory,

alights on

a ship, her wings

are outspread.

with

her

sarments rioolins in

the wind.

(A)

her

wings are

outspread,

with

her

garments

rippling

(B)

her wings

are outspread,

her garments

ripple

(C)

her wings

outspread

and

her

garments

rippling

(D)

she

has outspread

wings

and garments

that

ripple

(E)

whose wings

are

outspread

and

her

garments

rippling

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17.

The

fashion

writer walked into a boutique

and, seeing

the latest

styles on display, it reminded

her of the

colorful

dresses

that Frida Kahlo had worn

more than

50

years

earlier.

(A)

it reminded her

(B)

they reminded

her

(C)

which

reminded her

(D)

were reminded

(E)

was reminded

18. One

of the students collected

specimens of plants

native to

her region that were then labeled and

arranged by

her in a display case.

(A)

region that

were

then

labeled

and arranged

by her

(B)

region

that

she

then

labeled and arranged

them

(C)

region

and

labeling

them and

arranging

them

(D)

region,

labeled

them,

and

arranged

them

(E)

region, then she

labeled

and arranged them

Her

poetry.

most

of which is about

the birds and

other

animals she encounters

on her daily

walks,

give

the

illusion of being

composed in the

language of everyday

conversation.

(A)

poetry,

most

of

which is

(B) poeky,

most of

it

being

(C)

poety,

which

is

mostly

(D)

poems, most of them

are

(E)

poems, most of which are

The Irish author

Samuel Beckett

originally

wrote his

most famous

play,

Waiting

for

Godot,

in French. but

one might assume

it to

be

English.

French, but one might

assume it to be

French, not, as one might

assume, in

French.

however,

one

might

assume he

wrote

it in

French: although one

might assume it

u

as

Frenchl

despite the assumption

that it was

written in

19.

(A)

(B)

(c)

(D)

(E)

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The following

sentences test

your

ability to recognize

grammar

and usage

errors. Each sentence

contains

either

a

single

error or

no

error

at

all. No

sentence

contains more

than one

error. The error, if

there is one, is

underlined

and lettered.

If

the sentence

contains an error.

select the

one underlined part

that must be changed

to make

the

sentence

correct.

If

the

sentence

is correct.

select choice E.

In

choosing answers, follow the requirements

of standard

written English.

EXAMPLE:

The

other delegates

and

him

immediately

C

accepted

the resolution

drafted

by

the

D

neutral states.

No error

@o@@@

21. The outcome

of the 1960

debatebetween Kennedy

--A-

and

Nixon,

the

first

United States

presidential

debate

ever televised, was determined not only

by what

--_-T-._-__-e-

the candidates said

but how did they look

on camera

No error

:

ts

People have been launching

objects

into

space

for

AB

more than

50

years,

thereby created a kind

of

C

orbiting

junkyard

around Earth. No

error

DE

23, Largely

self-taught,

composer Heitor Villa-Lobos

A

traveled

widely

as

a

young

man,

learning

local

musical

styles not

only

in

his native Brazil and also

D

in

Caribbean

nations. No error

E

Her fiction

was so uproarious

funny

that

people

A

were often

surprised,

upon meeting her,

to

discover

BC

that

she was

quite

serious and reserved.

No error

DE

25.

Leaders

ofthe

Northern

Arapaho

nation

hopes

to

preserve

Arapaho traditions

by establishing

BC

a school where

children

are taught

in

the

D

Arapaho language.

No

error

E

26.

At

a recent

public

meeting,

town residents

complained

that

the mayor should

of

devoted

AB

more thought

to

how

the city's

operation

of

C

C

24.

)',

a municipal

incinerator

environment.

No

error

E

affect

the

local

ight

D

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