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directions for questions 1 through 5:
each of the following questions includes a sentence with a blank indicating that something has been omitted. following the sentence will be a list of six words or phrases, each of which could be used to complete the sentence. select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce complete sentences that are alike in meaning.
question 1.
it is truly paradoxical that the amazon, the lushest of all rainforests, is rooted in the most blank of all soils.
now consider the six answer choices, labeled a through f.
a. acidic
b. coarse
c. stark
d. impoverished
e. infertile
f. austere
indicate your two answer choices or go on to consider them in context.
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answer choices in context:
a. . acidic: it is truly paradoxical that the amazon, the lushest of all rainforests, is rooted in the most acidic of all soils.
b. . coarse: it is truly paradoxical that the amazon, the lushest of all rainforests, is rooted in the most coarse of all soils.
c. . stark: it is truly paradoxical that the amazon, the lushest of all rainforests, is rooted in the most stark of all soils.
d. . impoverished: it is truly paradoxical that the amazon, the lushest of all rainforests, is rooted in the most impoverished of all soils.
e…… infertile: it is truly paradoxical that the amazon, the lushest of all rainforests, is rooted in the most infertile of all soils.
f. . austere: it is truly paradoxical that the amazon, the lushest of all rainforests, is rooted in the most austere of all soils.
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question 2.
cynics believe that people who blank compliments do so in order to be praised twice.
now consider the six answer choices, labeled a through f.
a. conjure up
b. covet
c. deflect
d. grasp
e. shrug off
f. understand
indicate your two answer choices or go on to consider them in context.
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answer choices in context:
a. conjure up: cynics believe that people who conjure up compliments do so in order to be praised twice.
b. covet: cynics believe that people who covet compliments do so in order to be praised twice.
c. deflect: cynics believe that people who deflect compliments do so in order to be praised twice.
d. grasp: cynics believe that people who grasp compliments do so in order to be praised twice.
e. shrug off: cynics believe that people who shrug off compliments do so in order to be praised twice.
f understand: cynics believe that people who understand compliments do so in order to be praised twice.
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indicate your two answer choices.
question 3.
a restaurant’s menu is generally reflected in its decor; however despite this restaurant’s blank appearance it is pedestrian in the menu it offers.
now consider the six answer choices, labeled a through f.
a. elegant
b. tawdry
c. modern
d. traditional
e. conventional
f. chic
indicate your two answer choices or go on to consider them in context.
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answer choices in context:
a. elegant: a restaurant’s menu is generally reflected in its decor; however despite this restaurant’s elegant appearance it is pedestrian in the menu it offers.
b. tawdry: a restaurant’s menu is generally reflected in its decor; however despite this restaurant’s tawdry appearance it is pedestrian in the menu it offers.
c. modern: a restaurant’s menu is generally reflected in its decor; however despite this restaurant’s modern appearance it is pedestrian in the menu it offers.
d. traditional: a restaurant’s menu is generally reflected in its decor; however despite this restaurant’s traditional appearance it is pedestrian in the menu it offers.
e. conventional: a restaurant’s menu is generally reflected in its decor; however despite this restaurant’s conventional appearance it is pedestrian in the menu it offers.
f. chic: a restaurant’s menu is generally reflected in its decor; however despite this restaurant’s chic appearance it is pedestrian in the menu it offers.
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indicate your two answer choices.
question 4.
international financial issues are typically blank by the united states media BECause they are too technical to make snappy headlines and too inaccessible to people who lack a background in economics.
now consider the six answer choices, labeled a through f.
a. neglected
b. slighted
c. overrated
d. hidden
e. criticized
f. repudiated
indicate your two answer choices or go on to consider them in context.
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answer choices in context:
a. neglected: international financial issues are typically neglected by the united states media because they are too technical to make snappy headlines and too inaccessible to people who lack a background in economics.
b. slighted: international financial issues are typically slighted by the united states media because they are too technical to make snappy headlines and too inaccessible to people who lack a background in economics.
c. overrated: international financial issues are typically overrated by the united states media because they are too technical to make snappy headlines and too inaccessible to people who lack a background in economics.
d. hidden: international financial issues are typically hidden by the united states media because they are too technical to make snappy headlines and too inaccessible to people who lack a background in economics.
e. criticized: international financial issues are typically criticized by the united states media because they are too technical to make snappy headlines and too inaccessible to people who lack a background in economics.
f. repudiated: international financial issues are typically repudiated by the united states media because they are too technical to make snappy headlines and too inaccessible to people who lack a background in economics.
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indicate your two answer choices.
question 5.
while in many ways their personalities could not have been more different-she was ebullient where he was glum, relaxed where he was awkward, garrulous where he was blank-they were surprisingly well suited.
now consider the six answer choices, labeled a through f.
a. solicitous
b. munificent
c. irresolute
d. laconic
e. fastidious
f. taciturn
indicate your two answer choices or go on to consider them in context.
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answer choices in context:
music critics have consistently defined james p. johnson as a great early jazz pianist, originator of the 1920’s harlem "stride" style, and an important blues and jazz composer. in addition, however, johnson was an innovator in classical music, composing symphonic music that incorporated american, and especially african-american, traditions.
such a blend of musical elements was not entirely new: by 1924 both milhaud and gershwin had composed classical works that incorporated elements of jazz. johnson, a serious musician more experienced than most classical composers with jazz, blues, spirituals, and popular music, was particularly suited to expand milhaud’s and gershwin’s experiments. in 1927 he completed his first large-scale work, the blues- and jazz-inspired yamekraw, which included borrowings from spirituals and johnson’s own popular songs. yamekraw, premiered successfully in carnegie hall, was a major achievement for johnson, becoming his most frequently performed extended work. it demonstrated vividly the possibility of assimilating contemporary popular music into the symphonic tradition.
question 6.
this question has five answer choices, labeled a through e. select and indicate the best answer from among these choices.
the passage states that johnson composed all of the following except
a. . jazz works
b. . popular songs
c. . symphonic music
d. . spirituals
e. . blues pieces
select and indicate one answer choice from among the choices provided.
question 7.
this question has three answer choices, labeled a through c. consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply. the credited response may be one, two, or all three of the choices.
the author suggests which of the following about most classical composers of the early 1920’s?
a. . they were strongly influenced by the musical experiments of milhaud and gershwin.
b. . they had little working familiarity with such forms of american music as jazz, blues, and popular songs
c. . they made few attempts to introduce innovations into the classical symphonic tradition
indicate your answer choice or choices.
question 8.
this question has five answer choices, labeled a through e. select and indicate the best answer from among these choices.
the author suggests that most critics have
a. . underrated the popularity of yamekraw
b. . undervalued johnson’s musical abilities
c. . had little interest in johnson’s influence on jazz
d. . had little regard for classical works that incorporate popular music
e. . neglected johnson’s contribution to classical symphonic music
select and indicate one answer choice from among the choices provided.
questions 9 and 10 are based on the following reading passage.
. scholarship on political newspapers and their editors is dominated by the view that as the united states grew, the increasing influence of the press led, ultimately, to the neutral reporting from which we benefit today. pasley considers this view oversimplified, because neutrality was not a goal of early national newspaper editing, even when editors disingenuously stated that they aimed to tell all sides of a story. rather, the intensely partisan ideologies represented in newspapers of the early republic led to a clear demarcation between traditional and republican values. the editors responsible for the papers’ content-especially those with republican agendas-began to see themselves as central figures in the development of political consciousness in the united states.
a. solicitous: while in many ways their personalities could not have been more different-she was ebullient where he was glum, relaxed where he was awkward, garrulous where he was solicitous-they were surprisingly well suited.
b. munificent: while in many ways their personalities could not have been more different-she was ebullient where he was glum, relaxed where he was awkward, garrulous where he was munificent-they were surprisingly well suited.
c. irresolute: while in many ways their personalities could not have been more different -she was ebullient where he was glum, relaxed where he was awkward, garrulous where he was irresolute-they were surprisingly well suited.
d. ebullient: while in many ways their personalities could not have been more different-she was ebullient where he was glum, relaxed where he was awkward, garrulous where he was laconic-they were surprisingly well suited.
e. fastidious: while in many ways their personalities could not have been more different-she was ebullient where he was glum, relaxed where he was awkward, garrulous where he was fastidious-they were surprisingly well suited.
f. taciturn: while in many ways their personalities could not have been more different-she was ebullient where he was glum, relaxed where he was awkward, garrulous where he was taciturn-they were surprisingly well suited.
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indicate your two answer choices.
questions 6 through 8 are based on the following reading passage, which consists of two paragraphs.
question 9.
this question has three answer choices, labeled a through c. consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply. the credited response may be one, two, or all three of the choices.
the passage suggests that pasley would agree with which of the following statements about the political role of newspapers?
a. . newspapers today are in many cases much less neutral in their political reporting than is commonly held by scholars.
b. . newspapers in the early united states normally declared quite openly their refusal to tell all sides of most political stories.
c. . the editorial policies of some early united states newspapers became a counterweight to proponents of traditional values.
indicate your answer choice or choices.
question 10.
this question has five answer choices, labeled a through e. select and indicate the best answer from among these choices.
the word "disingenuously" appears in the second sentence of the passage. that sentence reads, "pasley considers this view oversimplified, because neutrality was not a goal of early national newspaper editing, even when editors disingenuously stated that they aimed to tell all sides of a story." in the context in which it appears, "disingenuously" most nearly means:
a. . insincerely
b. . guilelessly
c. . obliquely
d. . resolutely
e. . pertinaciously
indicate your answer choice.
directions for questions 11 and 12:
each of the following questions includes a short text with two or three blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. you will be asked to select the word or phrase that best fits the corresponding blank in the text. fill all of the blanks in the way that best completes the text.
for each question, first will come the text with the word "blank" in place of the omitted material. next will come the text again, but in place of each blank, there will be three lettered options for completing that blank. each option consists of a word or phrase. for questions containing two blanks, following the list of answer choices are nine readings of the text, one for each answer choice combination. each reading consists of two option letters, the two words or phrases being combined, and the text with the combination of the words or phrases inserted into the blanks. the nine readings are marked as skippable content.
for questions containing three blanks, the choices will not be read in context because it has been determined that replaying the question for all possible combinations of answer choices is not a useful way to present these questions.
question 11.
this question has two blanks.
the blank nature of classical tragedy in athens belies the modern image of tragedy: in the modern view tragedy is austere and stripped down, its representations of ideological and emotional conflicts so superbly compressed that there’s nothing blank for time to erode.
now consider the text with the three options inserted in place of each blank.
the (a. unadorned; b. harmonious; c. multifaceted) nature of classical tragedy in athens belies the modern image of tragedy: in the modern view tragedy is austere and stripped down, its representations of ideological and emotional conflicts so superbly compressed that there’s nothing (d. inalienable; e. exigent; f. extraneous) for time to erode.
indicate your two answer choices or go on to consider them in context. fill all the blanks in the way that best completes the text.
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answer choices in context:
a, d. unadorned, inalienable: the unadorned nature of classical tragedy in athens belies the modern image of tragedy: in the modern view tragedy is austere and stripped down, its representations of ideological and emotional conflicts so superbly compressed that there’s nothing inalienable for time to erode.
a, e. unadorned, exigent: the unadorned nature of classical tragedy in athens belies the modern image of tragedy: in the modern view tragedy is austere and stripped down, its representations of ideological and emotional conflicts so superbly compressed that there’s nothing exigent for time to erode.
a, f. unadorned, extraneous: the unadorned nature of classical tragedy in athens belies the modern image of tragedy: in the modern view tragedy is austere and stripped down, its representations of ideological and emotional conflicts so superbly compressed that there’s nothing extraneous for time to erode.
b, d. harmonious, inalienable: the harmonious nature of classical tragedy in athens belies the modern image of tragedy: in the modern view tragedy is austere and stripped down, its representations of ideological and emotional conflicts so superbly compressed that there’s nothing inalienable for time to erode.
b, e. harmonious, exigent: the harmonious nature of classical tragedy in athens belies the modern image of tragedy: in the modern view tragedy is austere and stripped down, its representations of ideological and emotional conflicts so superbly compressed that there’s nothing exigent for time to erode.
b, f. harmonious, extraneous: the harmonious nature of classical tragedy in athens belies the modern image of tragedy: in the modern view tragedy is austere and stripped down, its representations of ideological and emotional conflicts so superbly compressed that there’s nothing extraneous for time to erode.
c, d. multifaceted, inalienable: the multifaceted nature of classical tragedy in athens belies the modern image of tragedy: in the modern view tragedy is austere and stripped down, its representations of ideological and emotional conflicts so superbly compressed that there’s nothing inalienable for time to erode.
c, e. multifaceted, exigent: the multifaceted nature of classical tragedy in athens belies the modern image of tragedy: in the modern view tragedy is austere and stripped down, its representations of ideological and emotional conflicts so superbly compressed that there’s nothing exigent for time to erode.
c, f. multifaceted, extraneous: the multifaceted nature of classical tragedy in athens belies the modern image of tragedy: in the modern view tragedy is austere and stripped down, its representations of ideological and emotional conflicts so superbly compressed that there’s nothing extraneous for time to erode.
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indicate your two answer choices. fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.
question 12.
this question has three blanks.
murray, whose show of recent paintings and drawings is her best in many years, has been eminent hereabouts for a quarter century, although often regarded with blank, but the most blank of these paintings blank all doubts.
now consider the text with the three options inserted in place of each blank.
murray, whose show of recent paintings and drawings is her best in many years, has been eminent hereabouts for a quarter century, although often regarded with (a. partiality; b. credulity; c. ambivalence) but the most (d. problematic; e. successful; f. disparaged) of these paintings (g. exculpate; h. assuage; i. whet) all doubts.
indicate your three answer choices. fill all blanks in the way that best competes the text.
directions for questions 13 through 16:
each of the following questions includes a short text with a blank, indicating that something has been omitted. select the word or phrase that best fits the corresponding blank in the text.
for each question, first will be the text with the word "blank" indicating that a word or phrase is omitted. there are five answer choices, each consisting of a word or phrase, for filling in the blank. next will be the five lettered options for filling in the blank. you may then go on to the options in context, or skip that material (labeled as skippable content) and select your answer.
question 13.
far from viewing jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual, historians of the 1960’s portrayed him as blank thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like.
a. an adventurous
b. a doctrinaire
c. an eclectic
d. a judicious
e. a cynical
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answer choices in context:
a. an adventurous: far from viewing jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual, historians of the 1960’s portrayed him as an adventurous thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like.
b. a doctrinaire: far from viewing jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual, historians of the 1960’s portrayed him as a doctrinaire thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like.
c. an eclectic: far from viewing jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual, historians of the 1960’s portrayed him as an eclectic thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like.
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d. a judicious: far from viewing jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual, historians of the 1960’s portrayed him as a judicious thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like.
e. a cynical: far from viewing jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual, historians of the 1960’s portrayed him as a cynical thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like.
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indicate one answer choice.
question 14.
dramatic literature often blank the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.
a. confounds
b. repudiates
c. recapitulates
d. anticipates
e. polarizes
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answer choices in context:
a. confounds: dramatic literature often confounds the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.
b. repudiates: dramatic literature often repudiates the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.
c. recapitulates: dramatic literature often recapitulates the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.
d. anticipates: dramatic literature often anticipates the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.
e. polarizes: dramatic literature often polarizes the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.
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question 15.
although the movement to preserve historic buildings is not usually thought of as blank phenomenon, it deserves mention in the history of ideas because it launched the critique of the ideology of progress.
a…… an economic
b…… an intellectual
c…… an inconsequential
d…… a comprehensible
e…… a philanthropic
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answer choices in context:
a…… an economic. although the movement to preserve historic buildings is not usually thought of as an economic phenomenon, it deserves mention in the history of ideas because it launched the critique of the ideology of progress.
b…… an intellectual. although the movement to preserve historic buildings is not usually thought of as an intellectual phenomenon, it deserves mention in the history of ideas because it launched the critique of the ideology of progress.
c…… an inconsequential. although the movement to preserve historic buildings is not usually thought of as an inconsequential phenomenon, it deserves mention in the history of ideas because it launched the critique of the ideology of progress.
d…… a comprehensible. although the movement to preserve historic buildings is not usually thought of as a comprehensible phenomenon, it deserves mention in the history of ideas because it launched the critique of the ideology of progress.
e…… a philanthropic. although the movement to preserve historic buildings is not usually thought of as a philanthropic phenomenon, it deserves mention in the history of ideas because it launched the critique of the ideology of progress.
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question 16.
personal sacrifice without the promise of immediate gain is an anomaly in this era when a sense of blank is the most powerful predisposition shaping individual actions.
a…… fairness
b. . humanitarianism
c…… causality
d…… ambiguity
e…… entitlement
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answer choices in context:
a…… fairness. personal sacrifice without the promise of immediate gain is an anomaly in this era when a sense of fairness is the most powerful predisposition shaping individual actions.
b. . humanitarianism. personal sacrifice without the promise of immediate gain is an anomaly in this era when a sense of humanitarianism is the most powerful predisposition shaping individual actions.
c…… causality. personal sacrifice without the promise of immediate gain is an anomaly in this era when a sense of causality is the most powerful predisposition shaping individual actions.
d…… ambiguity. personal sacrifice without the promise of immediate gain is an anomaly in this era when a sense of ambiguity is the most powerful predisposition shaping individual actions.
e…… entitlement. personal sacrifice without the promise of immediate gain is an anomaly in this era when a sense of entitlement is the most powerful predisposition shaping individual actions.
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questions 17 through 19 are based on the following reading passage. some of the questions based on this passage refer to specific sentences in the passage. the passage contains five sentences.
in raisin in the SUN, lorraine hansberry does not reject integration or the economic and moral promise of the american dream; rather, she remains loyal to this dream while looking, realistically, at its incomplete realization. once we recognize this dual vision, we can accept the play’s ironic nuances as deliberate social commentaries by hansberry rather than as the "unintentional" irony that bigsby attributes to the work. indeed, a curiously persistent refusal to credit hansberry with a capacity for intentional irony has led some critics to interpret the play’s thematic conflicts as mere confusion, contradiction, or eclecticism. isaacs, for example, cannot easily reconcile hansberry’s intense concern for her race with her ideal of human reconciliation. but the play’s complex view of black self-esteem and human solidarity as compatible is no more "contradictory" than du bois’s famous, well-considered ideal of ethnic self-awareness coexisting with human unity, or fanon’s emphasis on an ideal internationalism that also accommodates national identities and roles.
question 17 .
this question has five answer choices, labeled a through e. select and indicate the best answer from among these choices.
the author’s primary purpose in the passage is to
a…… . explain some critics’ refusal to consider raisin in the sun a deliberately ironic play
b…… . suggest that ironic nuances ally raisin in the sun with du bois’s and fanon’s writings
c…… . analyze the fundamental dramatic conflicts in raisin in the sun
d…… . emphasize the inclusion of contradictory elements in raisin in the sun
e…… . affirm the thematic coherence underlying raisin in the sun
select and indicate one answer choice from among the choices provided.
question 18.
this question has five answer choices, labeled a through e. select and indicate the best answer from among these choices.
this question refers to the third sentence of the passage, which reads as follows: indeed, a curiously persistent refusal to credit hansberry with a capacity for intentional irony has led some critics to interpret the play’s thematic conflicts as mere confusion, contradiction, or eclecticism.
the author of the passage would probably consider which of the following judgments to be most similar to the reasoning of the critics described in the third sentence?
a…… . the world is certainly flat; therefore, the person proposing to sail around it is unquestionably foolhardy.
b…… . radioactivity cannot be directly perceived; therefore, a scientist could not possibly control it in a laboratory.
c…… . the painter of this picture could not intend it to be funny; therefore, its humor must result from a lack of skill.
d…… . traditional social mores are beneficial to culture; therefore, anyone who deviates from them acts destructively.
e…… . filmmakers who produce documentaries deal exclusively with facts; therefore, a filmmaker who reinterprets particular events is misleading us.
select and indicate one answer choice from among the choices provided.
question 19.
select and indicate a sentence in the passage in which the author provides examples that reinforce an argument against a critical response cited earlier in the passage.
question 20 has five answer choices, labeled a through e, and is based on the following text.
as an example of the devastation wrought on music publishers by the photocopier, one executive noted that for a recent choral festival with 1,200 singers, the festival’s organizing committee purchased only 12 copies of the music published by her company that was performed as part of the festival.
question 20.
which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the support the example lends to the executive’s contention that music publishers have been devastated by the photocopier?
a…… only a third of the 1,200 singers were involved in performing the music published by the executive’s company.
b…… half of the singers at the festival had already heard the music they were to perform before they began to practice for the festival.
c…… because of shortages in funding, the organizing committee of the choral festival required singers to purchase their own copies of the music performed at the festival.
d…… each copy of music that was performed at the festival was shared by two singers.
e. as a result of publicity generated by its performance at the festival, the type of music performed at the festival became more widely known.
select and indicate one answer choice from among the choices provided.
directions for questions 21 through 23:
each of the following questions includes a short text with two or three blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. you will be asked to select the word or phrase that best fits the corresponding blank in the text. fill all of the blanks in the way that best completes the text.
question 21.
this question has two blanks.
new technologies often begin by blank what has gone before, and they change the world later. think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam. instead, power could be blank their processes. in that sense, many of today’s computer networks are still in the steam age. their full potential remains unrealized.
now consider the text with the three options inserted in place of each blank.
new technologies often begin by (a. uprooting, b. dismissing, c. mimicking) what has gone before, and they change the world later. think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam. instead, power could be (d. transmitted to, e. consolidated around, f. incorporated into) their processes. in that sense, many of today’s computer networks are still in the steam age. their full potential remains unrealized.
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a, d…… uprooting, transmitted to
new technologies often begin by uprooting what has gone before, and they change the world later. think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam. instead, power could be transmitted to their processes. in that sense, many of today’s computer networks are still in the steam age. their full potential remains unrealized.
a, e…… uprooting, consolidated around
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a, f…… uprooting, incorporated into
new technologies often begin by uprooting what has gone before, and they change the world later. think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam. instead, power could be incorporated into their processes. in that sense, many of today’s computer networks are still in the steam age. their full potential remains unrealized.
b, d…… dismissing, transmitted to
new technologies often begin by dismissing what has gone before, and they change the world later. think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam. instead, power could be transmitted to their processes. in that sense, many of today’s computer networks are still in the steam age. their full potential remains unrealized.
b, e…… dismissing, consolidated around
new technologies often begin by dismissing what has gone before, and they change the world later. think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam. instead, power could be consolidated around their processes. in that sense, many of today’s computer networks are still in the steam age. their full potential remains unrealized.
b, f…… dismissing, incorporated into
new technologies often begin by dismissing what has gone before, and they change the world later. think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam. instead, power could be incorporated into their processes. in that sense, many of today’s computer networks are still in the steam age. their full potential remains unrealized.
c, d…… mimicking, transmitted to
new technologies often begin by mimicking what has gone before, and they change the world later. think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam. instead, power could be transmitted to their processes. in that sense, many of today’s computer networks are still in the steam age. their full potential remains unrealized.
c, e…… mimicking, consolidated around
new technologies often begin by mimicking what has gone before, and they change the world later. think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam. instead, power could be consolidated around their processes. in that sense, many of today’s computer networks are still in the steam age. their full potential remains unrealized.
c, f…… . mimicking, incorporated into
new technologies often begin by mimicking what has gone before, and they change the world later. think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam. instead, power could be incorporated into their processes. in that sense, many of today’s computer networks are still in the steam age. their full potential remains unrealized.
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question 22.
this question has two blanks.
there has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared american students are for college. graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. in his analysis, the university culture is largely blank entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. understandably, many students view academic life as blank ritual.
now consider the text with the three options inserted in place of each blank.
there has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared american students are for college. graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. in his analysis, the university culture is largely (a. primed for, b. opaque to, c. essential for) entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. understandably, many students view academic life as (d. an arcane, e. a laudable, f. a painstaking) ritual.
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answer choices in context:
a, d…… primed for, an arcane.
. there has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared american students are for college. graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. in his analysis, the university culture is largely primed for entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. understandably, many students view academic life as an arcane ritual.
a, e…… . primed for, a laudable.
. there has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared american students are for college. graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. in his analysis, the university culture is largely primed for entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. understandably, many students view academic life as a laudable ritual.
a, f…… . primed for, a painstaking.
. there has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared american students are for college. graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. in his analysis, the university culture is largely primed for entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. understandably, many students view academic life as a painstaking ritual.
b, d…… . opaque to, an arcane.
. there has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared american students are for college. graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. in his analysis, the university culture is largely opaque to entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. understandably, many students view academic life as an arcane ritual.
b, e…… . opaque to, a laudable.
. there has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared american students are for college. graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. in his analysis, the university culture is largely opaque to entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. understandably, many students view academic life as a laudable ritual.
b, f…… . opaque to, a painstaking.
. there has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared american students are for college. graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. in his analysis, the university culture is largely opaque to entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. understandably, many students view academic life as a painstaking ritual.
c, d…… . essential for, an arcane.
there has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared american students are for college. graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. in his analysis, the university culture is largely essential for entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. understandably, many students view academic life as an arcane ritual.
c, e…… . essential for, a laudable.
there has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared american students are for college. graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. in his analysis, the university culture is largely essential for entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. understandably, many students view academic life as a laudable ritual.
c, f…… . essential for, a painstaking.
there has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared american students are for college. graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. in his analysis, the university culture is largely essential for entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. understandably, many students view academic life as a painstaking ritual.
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question 23.
this question has two blanks.
of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of captain clark’s journals knows that the captain was one of the most blank spellers ever to write in english, but despite this blank orthographical rules, clark is never unclear.
now consider the text with the three options inserted in place of each blank.
of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of captain clark’s journals knows that the captain was one of the most (a. indefatigable, b. fastidious, c. defiant) spellers ever to write in english, but despite this (d. disregard for, e. partiality toward, f. unpretentiousness about) orthographical rules, clark is never unclear.
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a, d…… indefatigable, disregard for
of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of captain clark’s journals knows that the captain was one of the most indefatigable spellers ever to write in english, but despite this disregard for orthographical rules, clark is never unclear.
a, e…… indefatigable, partiality toward
of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of captain clark’s journals knows that the captain was one of the most indefatigable spellers ever to write in english, but despite this partiality toward orthographical rules, clark is never unclear.
a, f…… indefatigable, unpretentiousness about
of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of captain clark’s journals knows that the captain was one of the most indefatigable spellers ever to write in english, but despite this unpretentiousness about orthographical rules, clark is never unclear.
b, d…… fastidious, disregard for
of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of captain clark’s journals knows that the captain was one of the most fastidious spellers ever to write in english, but despite this disregard for orthographical rules, clark is never unclear.
b. e…… fastidious, partiality toward
of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of captain clark’s journals knows that the captain was one of the most fastidious spellers ever to write in english, but despite this partiality toward orthographical rules, clark is never unclear.
b, f…… fastidious, unpretentiousness about
of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of captain clark’s journals knows that the captain was one of the most fastidious spellers ever to write in english, but despite this unpretentiousness about orthographical rules, clark is never unclear.
c, d. . defiant, disregard for
of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of captain clark’s journals knows that the captain was one of the most defiant spellers ever to write in english, but despite this disregard for orthographical rules, clark is never unclear.
c, e…… defiant, partiality toward
of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of captain clark’s journals knows that the captain was one of the most defiant spellers ever to write in english, but despite this partiality toward orthographical rules, clark is never unclear.
c, f…… defiant, unpretentiousness about
of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of captain clark’s journals knows that the captain was one of the most defiant spellers ever to write in english, but despite this unpretentiousness about orthographical rules, clark is never unclear.
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question 24 has five answer choices, labeled a through e, and is based on the following text.
for the past two years at fascorp, there has been a policy to advertise any job opening to current employees and to give no job to an applicant from outside the company if a fascorp employee applies who is qualified for the job. this policy has been strictly followed, yet even though numerous employees of fascorp have been qualified for any given entry-level position, some entry-level jobs have been filled with people from outside the company.
question 24.
if the information provided is true, which of the following must on the basis of it also be true about fascorp during the past two years?
a…… . there have been some open jobs for which no qualified fascorp employee applied.
b…… . some entry-level job openings have not been advertised to fascorp employees.
c…… . the total number of employees has increased.
d…… . fascorp has hired some people for jobs for which they were not qualified.
e…… . all the job openings have been for entry-level jobs.
select and indicate one answer choice from among the choices provided.
questions 25 through 27 are based on the following reading passage.
a tall tree can transport a hundred gallons of water a day from its roots deep underground to the treetop. is this movement propelled by pulling the water from above or pushing it from below? the pull mechanism has long been favored by most scientists. first proposed in the late 1800’s, the theory relies on a property of water not commonly associated with fluids: its tensile strength. instead of making a clean break, water evaporating from treetops tugs on the remaining water molecules, with that tug extending from molecule to molecule all the way down to the roots. the tree itself does not actually push or pull; all the energy for lifting water comes from the sun’s evaporative power.
question 25.
this question has five answer choices, labeled a through e. select and indicate the best answer from among these choices.
the passage is primarily concerned with
a…… . refuting a hypothesis advanced by scientists
b…… . discussing the importance of a phenomenon
c…… . presenting a possible explanation of a phenomenon
d…… . contrasting two schools of thought
e…… . discussing the origins of a theory
select and indicate one answer choice from among the choices provided.
question 26.
this question has three answer choices, labeled a through c. consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply. the credited response may be one, two, or all three of the choices.
which of the following statements is supported by the passage?
a…… . the pull theory is not universally accepted by scientists.
b…… . the pull theory depends on one of water’s physical properties.
c…… . the pull theory originated earlier than did the push theory.
indicate your answer choice or choices.
question 27.
this question has five answer choices, labeled a through e. select and indicate the best answer from among these choices.
the passage provides information on each of the following except
a…… . when the pull theory originated
b…… . the amount of water a tall tree can transport
c…… . the significance of water’s tensile strength in the pull theory
d…… . the role of the sun in the pull theory
e…… . the mechanism underlying water’s tensile strength
select and indicate one answer choice from among the choices provided.
question 28 has five answer choices, labeled a through e, and is based on the following text.
producing and using biodiesel, a fuel derived from cultivated rapeseed, causes 35 percent less air pollution per gallon than does producing and using regular diesel fuel. the government plans to reduce diesel-related air pollution over the next decade by 25 percent, so replacing regular diesel with biodiesel would seem to be the obvious solution. unfortunately, the greatest possible production of biodiesel would amount to only one percent of all diesel fuel to be produced during the next 15 years.
question 28.
the passage is structured to lead to which of the following as a conclusion?
a…… . the use of biodiesel will increase by less than one percent over the next 15 years.
b…… . during the next 15 years, the production of biodiesel will be increased as fast as it is possible to increase it.
c…… . during the next 15 years, it will be impossible, just by switching to biodiesel, to meet the government’s stated goal with respect to reducing air pollution.
d…… . fifteen years from now, the air pollution caused by the production and use of one gallon of regular diesel fuel will be far less than it currently is.
e. . . there will be no significant year-to-year increase in the amount of regular diesel fuel used during the next 15 years.
select and indicate one answer choice from among the choices provided.
this is the end of the sample gre verbal questions. an answer key follows.
answer key: sample verbal reasoning questions
1. sentence to be completed: it is truly paradoxical that the amazon, the lushest of all rainforests, is rooted in the most blank of all soils.
answer: d-impoverished, e-infertile
2. sentence to be completed: cynics believe that people who blank compliments do so in order to be praised twice.
answer: c-deflect, e-shrug off
3. sentence to be completed: a restaurant’s menu is generally reflected in its decor; however despite this restaurant’s blank appearance it is pedestrian in the menu it offers.
answer: a-elegant, f-chic
4. sentence to be completed: international financial issues are typically blank by the united states media because they are too technical to make snappy headlines and too inaccessible to people who lack a background in economics.
answer: a-neglected, b-slighted
5. sentence to be completed: while in many ways their personalities could not have been more different-she was ebullient where he was glum, relaxed where he was awkward, garrulous where he was blank-they were surprisingly well suited.
answer: d-laconic, f-taciturn
6. d-spirituals
7. b-they had little working familiarity with such forms of american music as jazz, blues, and popular songs.
8. e-neglected johnson’s contribution to classical symphonic music
9. c-the editorial policies of some early united states newspapers became a counterweight to proponents of traditional values.
10. a-insincerely
11. blank (i) c-multifaceted
blank (ii) f-extraneous
answer in context: the multifaceted nature of classical tragedy in athens belies the modern image of tragedy: in the modern view tragedy is austere and stripped down, its representations of ideological and emotional conflicts so superbly compressed that there’s nothing extraneous for time to erode.
12. blank (i) c-ambivalence
blank (ii) e-successful
blank (iii) h-assuage
answer in context: murray, whose show of recent paintings and drawings is her best in many years, has been eminent hereabouts for a quarter century, although often regarded with ambivalence, but the most successful of these paintings assuage all doubts.
13. b-a doctrinaire
answer in context: far from viewing jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual, historians of the 1960’s portrayed him as a doctrinaire thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like.
14. c-recapitulates
answer in context: dramatic literature often recapitulates the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.
15. b-an intellectual
answer in context: although the movement to preserve historic buildings is not usually thought of as an intellectual phenomenon, it deserves mention in the history of ideas because it launched the critique of the ideology of progress.
16. e-entitlement.
. answer in context: personal sacrifice without the promise of immediate gain is an anomaly in this era when a sense of entitlement is the most powerful predisposition shaping individual actions.
17. e-affirm the thematic coherence underlying raisin in the sun
18. c-the painter of this picture could not intend it to be funny; therefore, its humor must result from a lack of skill.
19. sentence 5-but the play’s complex view of black self-esteem and human solidarity as compatible is no more "contradictory" than du bois’s famous, well-considered ideal of ethnic self-awareness coexisting with human unity, or fanon’s emphasis on an ideal internationalism that also accommodates national identities and roles.
20. c-because of shortages in funding, the organizing committee of the choral festival required singers to purchase their own copies of the music performed at the festival.
21. blank (i) c-mimicking
blank (ii) d- transmitted to
answer in context: new technologies often begin by mimicking what has gone before, and they change the world later. think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam. instead, power could be transmitted to their processes. in that sense, many of today’s computer networks are still in the steam age. their full potential remains unrealized.
22. blank (i) b-opaque to,
blank (ii) d-an arcane
answer in context: there has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared american students are for college. graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. in his analysis, the university culture is largely opaque to entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. understandably, many students view academic life as an arcane ritual.
23. blank (i) c. defiant
blank (ii) d. disregard for
answer in context: of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of captain clark’s journals knows that the captain was one of the most defiant spellers ever to write in english, but despite this disregard for orthographical rules, clark is never unclear.
24. a-there have been some open jobs for which no qualified fascorp employee applied.
25. c-presenting a possible explanation of a phenomenon
26. a-the pull theory is not universally accepted by scientists.
b-the pull theory depends on one of water’s physical properties.
27. e-the mechanism underlying water’s tensile strength
28. c-during the next 15 years, it will be impossible, just by switching to biodiesel, to meet the government’s stated goal with respect to reducing air pollution.
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