A Increase the fee for admission to the public market, but leave the admission fees for horse shows unchanged.. B Increase the fees for admission to the horse shows, but leave the admiss
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than the area of Quadrilateral S?
(1) The perimeter of R is greater
than the perimeter of S
(2) R and S are both squares
27 If x N y 5 x(x 2 y), then (21 N 22) N
(1 N 2) 5
(A) 22
(B) 21
(C) 0
(D) 1
(E) 2
28.
A
B O
In the figure above, if O lies at the
center of the circle, what is the
degree measure of minor arc AB?
(1) The length of line segment AB
equals the radius of the circle
(2) ∠OAB measures 60°.
29 In a horse show, nine of the horses
competing were awarded ribbons
The show’s judge never awards
ribbons to fewer than 15% of the
horses and never to more than 30%
of the horses If h is the number of
horses competing, how many
differ-ent values of h are possible?
(A) 15
(B) 16
(C) 24
(D) 30
(E) 31
30 Distribution Q {15, 10, x, 7, 12, 10}
has a median of 11 Which of the following describes all possible values
of x?
(A) x ≥ 10
(B) x 5 11
(C) x 5 12
(D) x 5 10 or 12
(E) x ≥ 12
31 Machine X, Machine Y, and Machine
Z produce widgets Machine Y’s rate
of production is one third that of
Machine X, and Machine Z’s produc-tion rate is twice that of Machine Y.
If Machine Y can produce 35 widgets
per day, how many widgets can the three machines produce per day working simultaneously?
(A) 105
(B) 164
(C) 180
(D) 210 (E) 224
32 On the xy plane, what is the unit
area of the quadrilateral defined by
the xy coordinate pairs (21,21),
(25,3), (2,21), and (2,3)?
(A) 12=2
(B) 11=3
(C) 18
(D) 20 (E) 25
33 A bag contains 185 cards: 160 “Try
Again” cards and 25 “Winner” cards
How many “Try Again” cards must be removed for the probability of
selecting a “Winner” card among 25 such cards to be1
6?
(A) 35
(B) 40
(C) 42
(D) 48 (E) 64
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particular series of numbers, if the tenth number in the series is 450?
(1) The ninth number in the series
is 150
(2) Each number in the series is three times the previous number
35 Ifx 1 y
x 2 y5
x 1 y
x , which of the
following expresses the value of x in terms of y? (y Þ 0, x Þ y)
(A) 2y
(B) y2
(C) y
2
(D) y 2 1
(E) 2y
36.
The figure above shows a solid cube
3 inches on a side but with a 1-inch square hole cut through it How many square inches is the total surface area of the resulting solid figure?
(A) 24
(B) 42
(C) 52
(D) 58 (E) 64
37 By what percent has the price of a
gallon of gasoline decreased since January 1 of this year?
(1) The price of gasoline has de-creased by 20 cents per gallon since January 1 of this year (2) The current price of gasoline is
$1.90 per gallon
524 PART VI: Five Practice Tests
Trang 3VERBAL SECTION
41 QUESTIONS • 75 MINUTES
Directions for Sentence Correction Questions: (These directions will appear on
your screen before your first Sentence Correction question.)
This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined Beneath the
sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part The first of these
repeats the original; the other four are different If you think the original is best, choose
the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others
This question tests correctness and effectiveness of expression In choosing your answer,
follow the requirements of Standard Written English; that is, pay attention to grammar,
choice of words, and sentence construction Choose the answer that produces the most
effective sentence; this answer should be clear and exact, without awkwardness,
ambiguity, redundancy, or grammatical error
Directions for Critical Reasoning Questions: (These directions will appear on your
screen before your first Critical Reasoning question.)
For this question, select the best of the answer choices given
Directions for Reading Comprehension Questions: (These directions will appear
on your screen before your first group of Reading Comprehension questions.)
The questions in this group are based on the content of a passage After reading the
passage, choose the best answer to each question Answer all the questions following the
passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage
1 The need of third-world countries for
trained workers are partially met by
the efforts of the Peace Corps
(A) The need of third-world
coun-tries for trained workers are
(B) Trained workers for the needs
of third-world countries are
(C) Third-world countries in need of
trained workers are
(D) The need for trained workers in
third-world countries is
(E) The trained workers needed by
countries of the third world are
2 Many of India’s museums, libraries,
and its other cultural institutions bear the last name of the nation’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru
(A) museums, libraries, and its other cultural institutions
(B) museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions
(C) museums, many libraries, and many other cultural institutions
(D) cultural institutions, museums,
and libraries
(E) museums and libraries and other cultural institutions
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of chemical products decide to emit harmful chemicals into the environ-ment instead of disposing of them safely Often, these emissions are the obvious cause of health problems for people who live near the source of the emissions Eventually, many manufacturers engaging in these activities are compelled by the courts
to compensate their victims for these health problems
Which of the following is most readily inferable from the informa-tion above?
(A) Emitting harmful chemicals to reduce costs ultimately results
in lower profitability levels than
if the manufacturer refrains from emitting the chemicals
(B) Manufacturers of chemical products place a higher value
on saving money than on public health
(C) These manufacturers will eventually discontinue emitting harmful chemicals into the environment
(D) The courts consider the rights
of those harmed by the emis-sions to be more important than the rights of chemical manufac-turers
(E) Those harmed by the emissions deserve to be compensated for the resulting health problems
4 To indicate the fact that they are in
opposition to a bill, legislators sometimes engage in a filibuster—a dilatory tactic designed to essentially kill the bill
(A) To indicate the fact that they are in opposition to
(B) To indicate the fact of their opposition to
(C) To show their opposition to
(D) To show that they themselves
oppose
(E) In indicating that they are in opposition to
5 Last year, more job-seekers applied
for jobs with companies that regu-larly investigate their employees’ personal medical histories than for jobs with companies that rarely do
so As a group, last year’s job applicants were obviously uncon-cerned about the privacy of their medical records
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?
(A) A common reason employers review employee medical files is
to check for health problems that disqualify employees from receiving health-insurance benefits
(B) Job applicants have no way of knowing whether a prospective employer investigates its employees’ medical histories
(C) A certain proposed law, if enacted, would make it easier for employers to gain access to the medical histories of their employees
(D) Information about which
companies investigate their employees’ medical histories, and which do not, is widely available to job seekers
(E) The number of people applying for jobs last year was signifi-cantly greater than during most years
526 PART VI: Five Practice Tests
Trang 56 Only one pie can win first place at
the annual pie-baking contest held at
the county fair Pies will be judged
for flavor, freshness of ingredients,
proper “doneness,” and distinctness
among the pies entered in the
contest The contest rules provide
that only fruit-filled pies may
be entered
Which of the following would best
support a prediction that the winning
pie at the pie-baking contest will be a
cherry pie?
(A) More cherry pies than any other
type of pie have been entered in
the contest
(B) Achieving proper doneness is
more difficult with fresh
cherries than with other pie
ingredients
(C) Fresh fruits are not available to
any of the pie-baking
contes-tants
(D) Judges prefer the flavor of
cherry pies over the flavors of
other pies
(E) Baking fresh cherries to their
proper doneness results in
over-baking the pie’s crust
QUESTIONS 7–9 ARE BASED ON THE
FOLLOWING PASSAGE:
Line Dorothea Lange was perhaps the most
notable of the photographers
commis-sioned during the 1930s by the Farm
Security Administration (FSA), part of
a federal plan to revitalize the nation’s
economy and to communicate its
human and social dimensions The
value of Lange’s photographs as
documents for social history is
en-hanced by her technical and artistic
mastery of the medium Her
well-composed, sharp-focus images reveal a
wealth of information about her
subjects and show historical evidence
that would scarcely be known but for
her camera Her finest images
portray people who appear
indomi-table, unvanquished by their reverses
“Migrant Mother,” for example,
por-trays a sense of the innocent victim, of perseverance, of destitution as a temporary aberration calling for compassion, solutions, and politics to alter life for the better The power of that photograph, which became the symbol of the photographic file of the FSA, endures today
The documentary book was a natu-ral genre for Lange and her husband Paul Taylor, whose narrative
accompa-nied Lange’s FSA photographs In An
American Exodus, produced by Lange
and Taylor, a sense of the despair of Lange’s subjects is heightened by the captioned quotations of the migrants
Taken from 1935 to 1940, the Exodus
pictures became the accepted vision of the migration of Dust Bowl farm work-ers into California
7 According to the passage, the
photo-graph entitled “Migrant Mother”
(A) appeared in the documentary
book An American Exodus.
(B) was accompanied by a caption written by Lange’s husband
(C) was taken by Lange in 1935
(D) portrays the mother of a Dust
Bowl farm worker
(E) is considered by the author to be one of Lange’s best photographs
8 The passage provides information for
responding to all of the following questions EXCEPT:
(A) What was the FSA’s purpose in compiling the photographic file
to which Lange contributed?
(B) How did the FSA react to the photographs taken by Lange under its commission?
(C) In what areas of the United States did Lange take her
photographs appearing in An
American Exodus?
(D) Why did Lange agree to work
un-der the commission of the FSA?
(E) What qualities make Lange’s photographs noteworthy?
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20
25
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characteriza-tions, the passage is best viewed as
(A) a survey of the great photogra-phers of the Depression era
(B) an examination of the photo-graphic techniques of Dorothea Lange
(C) an argument for the power of pictures to enact social change
(D) a discussion of the goals and
programs of the FSA’s photo-graphic department
(E) an explanation of Lange’s interest in documenting the plight of Depression victims
10 Most people know what an eclipse is
and have heard the terms “solar eclipse” and “lunar eclipse”; yet, most people could not explain how their different
(A) how their different
(B) them differently to others
(C) the difference between them
(D) why the difference (E) how their different from each other
11 Freshmen college students are
typically surprised to discover that even an introductory course in English literature can be challenging
in that it requires a great deal
of reading
(A) it requires a great deal
(B) it is necessary to do large amounts
(C) you need to do a lot
(D) they all require large amounts (E) one requirement is a large quantity
12 Engineering teams monitor over a
hundred former nuclear test sites for radiation levels, the civilian populace is banned from any area with sufficiently high levels
(A) for radiation levels, the civilian populace is
(B) to measure radiation levels, yet the civilian populace is
(C) for their radiation levels, the civilian populace are
(D) for their levels of radiation, and
the civilian populace is
(E) to determine radiation levels, and the civilian populace are
13 Everybody agrees that a decline in
the quality of television programming invariably results in a decrease in television viewership Members of the Television Writers Union are threatening to go on strike this season to compel the television studios to meet certain demands Clearly, the movie studios whose movies are shown in theaters should hope that the television writers will indeed decide to go on strike
Each of the following must be assumed to be true in order for the conclusion above to be properly drawn EXCEPT:
(A) Television writers are not the same writers who write screen-plays for movies shown in movie theaters
(B) An increase in movie theater attendance will result in increased profits for movie theaters
(C) A television writers’ strike would result in a decline in the quality
of television programming
(D) Movie studio profits are directly
correlated to the profits of the movie theaters themselves
(E) When people watch less televi-sion their movie theater attendance increases
528 PART VI: Five Practice Tests
Trang 714 Six weekends each year, Alpha
Show-grounds are used exclusively for
public horse shows During all other
weekends, the grounds are used
exclusively as a public market For its
revenues, Alpha depends entirely on
admission fees, and revenue from a
typical weekend horse show is far
greater than from a typical weekend
market However, Alpha’s annual
revenues from the market far exceed
its annual revenues from horse shows
Which of the following strategies is
likely to provide the greatest boost to
Alpha’s revenues?
(A) Increase the fee for admission
to the public market, but leave
the admission fees for horse
shows unchanged
(B) Increase the fees for admission
to the horse shows, but leave
the admission fee for the public
market unchanged
(C) Discontinue use of the grounds
for horse shows, and schedule
the public market for each and
every weekend of the year
(D) Schedule some horse shows for
weekdays instead of weekends
and, during those weekends,
use the grounds as a public
market instead
(E) Schedule some weekend
markets for weekdays instead of
weekends and, during those
weekends, use the grounds for
horse shows instead
QUESTIONS 15–17 ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE:
Line Viewing the undersea world from a land-based perspective, it is easy to consider a colony of coral to be some-thing similar to a bed of flowers: Many species of both display brilliant
markings and have intricate, visually appealing shapes Yet, their relation-ship is predominantly aesthetic, as the
basic composition of a coral polyp, an
animal, differs markedly from that of a self-photosynthesizing plant like a rose
or zinnia
It could even be argued that lichen,
a fungus, bears more in common with corals than flowers do, since both lichen and corals are typified by mutually beneficial relationships with photosynthesizing algae While there are some species of coral that can exist solely by capturing food, most corals receive energy by hosting millions of single-celled organisms known as
zooxanthellae The zooxanthellae are
provided safety from predation as well
as certain by-products of the coral’s metabolism, such as ammonia, which
zooxanthellae require to grow and
reproduce In return, the coral uses a
portion of the energy zooxanthellae
produce through photosynthesis for its own sustenance, growth, and reproduction
15 The author compares coral to a bed
of flowers to illustrate
(A) how human perceptions of other habitats are influenced by their own environment
(B) the zoological similarities that exist between corals and flowers
(C) why a better understanding of corals is needed to preserve endangered forms
(D) how plants and animals have
more in common than most people realize
(E) the ability of underwater life
to mimic that of the land-based world
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20
25
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the author suggests that
(A) lichen use zooxanthellae algae
for use in photosynthesizing
(B) lichen provides some form of photosynthesizing algae with the same basic nutrients that
corals provide to zooxanthellae
(C) zooxanthellae serve a function
with corals that is served by some photosynthesizing organ-isms in lichen
(D) corals are not as dependent as
lichen on their photosynthesiz-ing partners
(E) corals and lichen are both able
to capture food for themselves if necessary
17 According to the passage, corals
provide zooxanthellae with
(A) lichens needed for sustenance and growth
(B) enzymes that immunize them from harmful bacteria
(C) metabolic byproducts needed for reproduction
(D) brilliant coloration usually
associated with flowering plants
(E) a certain fungus that camou-flages them from predators
18 In the city of Ocean View, escalating
prices of single family homes are forcing more and more people who work in Ocean View and wish to purchase a home to move inland, where homes are more affordable This trend is unhealthy for Ocean View, both economically and socially But the city can reverse the trend by providing economic incentives for home-building companies to build houses that are affordable to a greater percentage of Ocean view residents
Which of the following, if true, would provide the most support for the argument above?
(A) Workers who commute a short distance to work are more productive, on average, than workers who commute further
(B) Most of Ocean View’s workers would rather reside in Ocean View than in other areas
(C) The supply of rental housing in Ocean View currently exceeds the demand for such housing
(D) At present, there are a
signifi-cant number of lots in Ocean View on which it is possible to build new single-family homes
(E) Home builders generate a greater profit from building expensive homes than less expensive ones
530 PART VI: Five Practice Tests
Trang 919 Some of this year’s Faimount College
graduates are eligible for the
intern-ship program with the district
attorney’s office Any person meeting
the eligibility requirements for this
program is likely to gain admission
to the local law school if he or she
applies, whether or not that person
actually participates in the
intern-ship program However, only this
year’s Faimount College graduates
are eligible to participate in the
internship program
If the information provided is true,
which of the following must on the
basis of it also be true?
(A) Any of this year’s Faimount
Col-lege graduates who apply for
ad-mission to the local law school
are likely to gain admission
(B) Some people likely to gain
ad-mission to the local law school
would not have been eligible for
the internship program
(C) Some of this year’s Faimount
College graduates are likely to
gain admission to the local law
school if they apply
(D) Everyone who is eligible for the
internship program graduated
from Faimount College this year
(E) Unless a person is among this
year’s Faimount College
gradu-ates, he or she cannot gain
ad-mission to the local law school
20 Considered to be the most
unforgiv-ing course in the world, cyclists must train especially hard to meet the challenge
(A) Considered to be the most unforgiving course in the world, cyclists must train especially hard to meet the challenge
(B) Considered as the most unfor-giving course in the world, the challenge is be met only by cyclists training especially hard
(C) Cyclists must train especially hard to meet the challenge of the course considered more unforgiving than any other course in the world
(D) The most unforgiving course in
the world, the challenge for cyclists is to train especially hard for it
(E) Meeting the challenge requires cyclists to train especially hard for the most unforgiving course
in the world
21 Based on controlled experiments
involving laboratory animals, any new drug which is proved to be a cause of cancer will subsequently be denied approval by the Food and Drug Administration
(A) which is proved to be a cause of
(B) proven to cause
(C) that is proved to cause
(D) which proves that it causes (E) proved to cause
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are developing more new types of ailments Pharmaceutical companies are responding by developing new prescription drugs that prevent these new ailments But elderly people of modest financial means must essentially choose among ailments because our federal health-insurance program for the elderly does not cover prescription drugs Thus, to promote health among our elderly citizens the federal government should force pharmaceutical compa-nies to lower their prices for these new drugs
Each of the following, if true, weak-ens the conclusion above EXCEPT:
(A) If forced to reduce their prices for the new drugs, pharmaceuti-cal companies could not afford
to develop drugs for the preven-tion of more new ailments
(B) The new drugs prevent not only new types of ailments but also ailments already common among elderly people
(C) Other new drugs are available
to treat, but not prevent, the same new ailments
(D) None of the new drugs has been
shown to prolong an elderly person’s life
(E) The federal health insurance program for the elderly covers all medical expenses of the elderly other than prescription drugs
23 This county’s current dumping
ordinance, which requires that all refuse be hauled at least ten miles outside the city limits for dumping, should be repealed in the interest of public health The purpose of the ordinance in the first place was to prevent the spread of Smith’s Disease, which has been found to be most prevalent in regions near outdoor dumps But the county funds used to maintain the roads to the dumping sites have been diverted from a proposed countywide educa-tion program for Smith’s Disease awareness, which would have been more effective than the dumping ordinance in preventing the disease Which of the following, if true, would best support the assertion that the dumping ordinance should be repealed?
(A) The geographic area within the city limits is more heavily populated than the area outside the city limits
(B) Treating Smith’s Disease is more expensive on average than preventing it in the first place
(C) The roads to the dumping sites are of no practical use other than for transport between the city limits and the dumping sites
(D) The proposed education
pro-gram would have been available
to all county residents
(E) The most effective means of preventing Smith’s disease is an expensive vaccine that is not readily available
532 PART VI: Five Practice Tests