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ESSAY Time — 25 minutes

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e essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas You should, therefore, take

‘eto develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely

ur essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet-—you will receive no other paper on which to write

u will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size

member that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you write Try to write or print so that what

uare writing is legible to those readers

uhave twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below DO NOT WRITE ON ANOTHER TOPIC

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ink carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below,

Many Americans hold that individuals should be free to decide what they read, watch, and

listen to, unrestrained by censorship laws In a decision on the First Amendment guarantee

of the right to possess “obscene” books, U.S Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall

said that “our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the

power to control men’s minds.” Yet others believe that citizens, especially minors, should be

protected by law from unsuitable subject matter According to Susan Baker of the Parent’s

Music Resource Center, “It is simply the act of a responsible society that recognizes that

some material made for adults is not appropriate for children.”

signment: What is your opinion of the claim that sometimes censorship is justified? Plan and write an essay

in which you develop your point of view on this issue Support your position with reasoning and

examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations

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Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from arnong the choices given and fill in the se

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, best fits the meaning of the

sentence as a whole

Hoping to - the dispute, negotiators proposed

a compromise that they felt would be - to both

labor and management

(A) enforce useful

(C) overcome unattractive l

(D) extend satisfactory

(E) resolve acceptable ABOD &

i, Fortunately, Mary has a keen sense of awareness;

her - stopped her from taking the next step,

which would have landed her in the uncovered

manhole before her

(A) intuition (B) apprehensiveness

(C) perspective (D) agility (E) hesitation 7,

2 While Luis initially thought that his garden floun-

dered because of a - of water, he later found

that it struggled because of a - of it

(A) quantity inundation

3 His often difficult for parents to - their chil-

dren from danger while still - an attitude of

openness and curiosity throughout childhood

(A) release forgoing

(B) hide preventing

(C) shield rejecting

(D) safeguard fostering

(E) diminish embodying’

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Amateur bicyclists who aspire to race competitivel

at a professional level, but who - the demanding training regimen the sport requires, will eventually discover that they are underprepared

(A) eschew (D) absorb

(B) generate (E) infuse (C) acclimate With the introduction of the motorbus, the tramva suddenly seemed comparatively expensive to oper ate, and the - it enjoyed in the early 1900's diminished

(A) favor (B) obscurity (C) misfortune (D) affiliations (E) opinions

Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most - writers of hi generation, has garnered a reputation that high- lights this - characteristic and downplays his _ harrative abilities

(A) extroverted reclusive (B) ingenious limited (C) political aggressive (D) cynical sardonic Œ) reserved complex The Thanksgiving tradition in North America is more - than any other; people of all ages, reli gions, and ethnic backgrounds - this Occasio

by giving thanks for a bountiful harvest

(A) quintessential laud (B) rife promulgate (C) widespread cogitate (D) pervasive commemorate (E) tenable sanction The editor refused to approve the story because tl reporter had included some - statements that could not be verified by experts in the field (A) substantiated

(D) indubitable (B) serious (E) specious (C) ingenuot

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:h passage below is followed by questions based on its content Answer the questions on the basis oŸ what ¡s stated or

jlied in each passage and in any introductory material that may be provided

sfions 9-10 are based on the following passage

While virtually all scientists accept the principles

volutionary theory, there remains great uncertainty

‘erning the mechanism of rapid and drastic change

veen species Until recently, interspecies hybridization

dismissed as a possible solution, as hybrids are

y as vigorous as purebred species However, current

uch on hybridization suggests that although hybrids

wot as virile as either of the parent species, they are

i enough to pass their traits on Scientists have also

d hybrid species that have adapted to extremely

‘se habitats These findings suggest that hybridization

:afar more important role in evolution than

iously suspected

As used in line 6, the word “vigorous” means

(A) purebred and elite

(B) hearty and enthusiastic

(C) physically and reproductively heaithy

(D) able to survive harsh conditions

(E) forceful and spirited

The passage proceeds by

(A) presenting a difficulty in one aspect of

understanding a theory, suggesting why one

solution was dismissed, and then looking at

a specific example to support this dismissal

(B) presenting a difficulty in one aspect of

understanding a theory, suggesting why one

solution was dismissed, and then offering

evidence to support a new theory

(C) presenting a difficulty in one aspect of

understanding a theory, suggesting that

another theory is superior, and then showing

why this second theory should be accepted

(D) presenting a difficulty in one aspect of

understanding a theory, suggesting a new

theory to explain the evidence, and then

offering evidence that the dismissal was too

hasty

(E) presenting a difficulty in one aspect of

understanding a theory, suggesting why one

solution was ‘dismissed, and then offering

evidence that the dismissal was too hasty

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Questions 11-12 are based on the following passage

For 300 years, from the mid-seventeenth century to World War II, quinine was the only effective treatment for malaria Even now, it is still one of the best treatments available Strangely enough, while malaria has plagued the Old World for millennia, it took the spread of the disease to the New World for the cure to be discovered

The source for quinine is the bark of the cinchona tree, which grows in some of the most difficult-to-reach areas of Peru If European explorers had not brought the disease to South America, quinine might never have been discovered

il The statement “it is still one of the best treatments available” in lines 3-4 primarily serves to

(A) emphasize the surprising effectiveness of an ancient remedy in the modern world (B) suggest that replacements for quinine are ineffective

(C) explain why European exploration was beneficial to the world

* (D) suggest that older remedies are often the most

effective (E) stress that quinine will never cease to be useful

as a remedy

12 The author’s tone is primarily one of (A) interested exposition

(B) astonished incredulity (C) indifferent criticism (D) cautious praise (E) gentle rebuke

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Questions 13-24 are based on the following passage 45 of a Johannes Vermeer*? I looked at her slides, but '

I did not want to see My dismay with the class only heightened when Ms Wright announced that our class ’ would be making a trip to a local art gallery to view a | contemporary sculpture installation

50 The day arrived and J trooped off with my fellow classmates to the gallery I could see at once that it woul

be exactly as I predicted The front room of the gallery | featured a series of monochromatic paintings, creatures

of varying shades of black or red or white Ms Wright | then led us to the back room where the sculptures were | installed The large room was a sea of gray walls and gray carpet punctuated at intervals by the sculptures The pieces themselves were also an uninspired gray

The following passage recalls an art historian’s lifelong

love of pre-modern art and his first encounter with con-

temporary sculpture ,

By the time I had completed my second year at

college, I knew all that was important to know about the

world of art After all, hadn’t I been steeped in paintings

ine and sculptures ever since I could walk? My mother

5 came from a family of professors, and when she married 55

my father, she made it clear that her children would be

exposed to all that New York had to offer And so, by the

tender age of seven, I had spent what seemed like years

in New York’s great art museums: the Metropolitan, the They were large, simple shapes, virtually unadorned

10 Frick, and the Cloisters 60 As I studied one, I was highly unimpressed—where was

“Do you see the exquisite lace and beadwork on her the detail, the figure, the work? Then Ms Wright said

gown?” My mother was my constant companion and something unexpected She showed us to an area in the

guide on these artistic expeditions I dutifully admired middle of the room and told us to sit down

the amazingly detailed work Indeed, regal and beautiful “Try not to think of each sculpture as an isolated

15 society portraits, powerful stormy seascapes, graceful 65 work Rather, consider the installation a series of pieces

Grecian sculptures-—they all enthralled me 1 became an meant to make up a whole.” Despite myself, I found the ardent art lover But with a child’s stubborn intensity, I room around me transforming I was no longer seeing 2 insisted that good art must be o/d In rendering judgment number of disconnected and disappointing sculptures

of any piece, I would study that smali white card they The size and simplicity of each piece began to make

20 helpfully provide next to each painting detailing the 70 sense They worked together, perfectly placed within

artist, title, and, most important, the year of creation the empty spaces to create one of the most remarkable The later the date on that little card, the more contempt feats of artistic harmony I had ever experienced I was

I heaped upon it I was suspicious of anything from my transformed In that one day, Ms Wright brought down

own century, and I absolutely baiked at anything that was the walls of a lifetime

25 not older than I was

When I entered the university, my prejudices had *A seventeenth-century Dutch painter

not changed With my mother’s enthusiastic support, I

enrolled in the art history department For two years, 13 The word “dutifully” (line 13) implies that

I studied the old masters J could picture the studio

30 apprentices patiently grinding pigments, painstakingly

creating the palettes from which masterpieces would

be constructed Their meticulous and time-consuming

efforts set the benchmark for me What could modern

artists—-whose colors were simply squeezed from a

3 tube—do to compare?

(A) the detailed artwork was harder for a child to admire than the Grecian sculptures (B) the author would be punished if he did not appreciate the art he saw

(C) the author’s mother contributed to the formation of the author’s early opinions on

‘0 commentaries with a stony indifference I was not about

to abandon my hard-earned opinions

“Notice this painting’s remarkable sense of light

and color.” I scoffed How could this juvenile painting

claim to compare its use of light to the luminous quality

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The primary purpose of the first paragraph is to 39

(A) provide an illustration of the importance of art

in raising children

(B) state the author’s opinion on which of New

York’s art museums are the best

(C) describe a child’s exasperation with her

mother

(D) establish a foundation for the author’s passions

for and opinions of art

(E) justify the author’s decision to major in art

(B) as opposed to the works of art, the author had

great contempt for the cards

(C) each work of art was not complete without the

card :

(D) it provided biographical data that helped the

author to establish the value of the work

(BE) it was written for children 21

In line 24 the word “balked at” most nearly means

(E) closely attentive to detail

In lines 34-35, the author uses the example of art-

ists “whose colors were simply squeezed from a

tube” to illustrate his contention that

(A) the colors used by modern artists were inferior

to those of old masters

(B) modern art is inferior to that of the old masters

because the materials are cheaper

(C) modern artists do not know how to make paint

(D) a modern artist cannot compare to an old

master because the techniques and materials

they use are too different

(E) good art should never come from a tube

(B) Ms Wright used colors that had been

squeezed from a tube (C) he was ill disposed toward contemporary art (D) entering the class required him to abandon his opinions

(E) it was very boring The phrase “I did not want to see” (line 46) suggests that

(A) the author does not like field trips (B) the author’s dislike of Ms Wright prevented him from seeing the art › (C) that part of the problem was the viewer and not the art

(D) the author refused to look at the slides (E) neither the works of art nor the slides contained enough light

In the fifth and sixth paragraphs, the author’s attitude toward contemporary art is one of (A) inflexible contempt

(B) grudging acceptance (C) careless dismissal (D) qualified respect (E) cagey selectivity The author’s initial response to the “large, simple shapes” described in lines 59-61 implies that the author believes that good sculpture should include all of the following EXCEPT

(A) realistic representations (B) luminous use of color (C) close attention to detail (D) a high level of craftsmanship (E) a degree of complexity

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i 23 The function of the last paragraph is to

(A) conclude an argument established in the first

paragraph (B) introduce a new example of modern art

(C) describe the author’s aesthetic vertigo

(D) contrast Ms Wright’s influence with that of

the artist’s mother (E) reveal a change in the perception established

in each of the prior paragraphs

24, — If the role of the white cards described in the

second paragraph were to be the subject of a para-

graph immediately following the last paragraph of

this passage, in it, the author might conclude that

(A) the information presented by the cards must be

incorporated into the impression created when experiencing a work of art (B) the information provided by the cards was

incomplete (C) he will never look at the little white cards

again (D) his reliance on the information supplied by

the card distracted him from experiencing a work of art for its own sake

(E) Ms Wright would be an ideal choice for an

author of the little white cards

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circle on the answer sheet You may use any available space for scratchwork

4 1 The use of a calculator 1s permitted

2 All numbers used are real numbers

on 3 Figures that accompany problems in this test are intended to provide information useful in solving the problems

E They are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific problem that the figure is nc

Zz drawn to scale All figures lie in a plane unless other wise indicated

4, Unless otherwise specified, the domain of any function fis assumed to be the set of all real numbers x for whict

5 C= ear 2 „ Special Right Triangles

| The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360 _

Ể The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180

1 A 10-gallon bucket loses 2 gallons of water every 3 If2d+3=4, what is the value of 12d+ 18?

10 minutes How many minutes will it take a full

2 (A) 20

In the figure above, line / is represented by the

equation x = 3 All of the following points lie on

* Ordered pairs (x, y) are plugged into the computer to produce the art

* x and y must be positive integers

* The number of suns 2% within the artwork is

the sum of all x-values

¢ The number of lightning bolts SÀ within the artwork is the sum of all the y-values

Which of the following pieces of abstract art would

be represented when Heinrich plugs in coordinate sets (1, 2) and (3, 3) into his computer to be produced on a single piece of art?

Note: Figure not drawn to scale

If ABCD, shown above, is a paraliclogram and

AD = CD, then which of the following must be true?

1 BD LAC

II The measure of ZA = the measure of

Tl x=y

(A) Tonly (B) I only (C) Land I only (D) UW and I only (E) None

0

Ifthe sum of a and b is c, what is the average

(arithmetic mean) of a and b in terms of a, b,

Stephanie, Damon, and Karissa have been

contracted to paint an office building that contains

72 rooms If Stephanie paints half as many rooms

as Karissa and 12 more than Damon, how many

rooms does Karissa paint?

~ From the set of odd integers between 6 and 16, how

many pairs of distinct numbers have a sum of 23 or

(C) 12x (D) 3x+3 (E) 2x3

14 In a list of 4 positive even numbers, the mean, median, and mode are all equal Which of the

following CANNOT be done to the list if the mean,

median, and mode are to remain equal?

(A) Add one number to the list

(B) Add one number to the list that is greater than the mean

(C) Add two distinct numbers to the list

(D) Add 2 to each number in the list

(E) Remove the first and last numbers from the list

(C) 23 (D) 57 (E) 79

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A box with volume v has compartments each of

which has the same volume If x of the n compart-

ments are filled with sand and assuming all space

in the box is given to the n compartments, which of

the following gives the volume of the sand?

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(A) 5

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(C) 16 (D) 32

(E) 144

19 If the eleventh term of a geometric sequence is and the fourteenth term of this sequence is 297, what is the sixteenth term of this sequence?

(A) 33 (B) 88 (C) 187 (D) 891 (E) 2,673

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20 If the area of the circle in the figure above is 36 and

ABCD is a square, what is the area of AACD ?

(D) 6x

(E) 12m

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(— 1 The use of a calculator is permitted

2 All numbers used are real numbers

3 Figures that accompany problems in this test are intended to provide information useful in solving the problen They are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific problem that the figure is r drawn to scale All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated

= A=lbh V=iwh V=mr”h c?= a”+ bỉ :

() +4 2 Xand Y represent digits in the correctly worked

addition problem above What digit does Y represent?

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 9

The number above is formed by writing down,

in increasing order, the consecutive even integers

from 2 to 98, inclusive What is the fortieth digit in

Carlos paid $154.00 for two tickets to a concert

This price included a 25% handling fee for each

ticket and a $2 transaction fee for the total sale

What was the price for a single ticket before the additional fees?

(A) $95.00 (B) $60.80 (C) $57.50 (D) $57.00 (E) $38.00

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Jane is building a gingerbread house The front face

of the house is formed by a square and a right tri-

angle, as shown in the figure above If the height of

the square is 10 inches, then what is the combined

length, in inches, of the two sides of the triangle

(A) 12 (B) 28 (C) 144 (D) 210 (E) 256

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integers, what is one possible value of a + 5 ?

of cheese is ; of the volume of the whole whe

of cheese, then the price of the wedge is ; of’ Note: Figure not drawn to scale price of the whole wheel The price of the wed

shown above is $7 If the price of the whole wi

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of 4 When & is divided by 5, the remainder is 3 | " |

When k is divided by 3, the remainder is 2 What is x y 0 £

the value of k 2

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18 On the number line above, x, y, and z are coordinates of the indicated points If the values of x+y—z=-l6,x-y+z= 2, and y =—5, then the distance from y to z is what fraction of the distance from x to z?

, Circular bicycle wheels A and B roll down a ramp

without slipping Wheel A has circumference

54, and wheel B has circumference 36 If, over a

certain distance, B makes 12 complete revolutions,

then how many complete revolutions does A make

over the same distance?

All of the students in a history class are juniors or

seniors There are twice as many girls as boys in

the class, and there are 3 times as many senior girls

as junior girls If a student is selected at random,

what is the probability that the student is a junior

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corresponding circle on the answer sheet

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

EXAMPLE:

Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book

and she was sixty-five years old then

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

(B) when she was sixty-five

(C) at age sixty-five years old

(D) upon the reaching of sixty-five years

(E) at the time when she was sixty-five

The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness whether investing in a computer will encourave

of expression Part of each sentence or the entire sentence to do homework or simply provide another way

is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of avoid it

phrasing the underlined material Choice A repeats the oe ; a

original phrasing; the other four choices are different If (A) discussed, which was whether investing in : you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence ° computer will encourage |

than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select (3) discussed was if we would invest 1n a

one of the other choices computer would this encourage

(C) discussed was that investing in a computer

In making your selection, follow the requirements of would result in encouraging

standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, (D) discussed was will investing in a computer

choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation meanencouragement of =-

Your selection should result in the most effective (E) discussed was whether investing in a compt sentence—clear and precise, without awkwardness or would encourage

- the defeat of the French at the Battle of Puebla ir

1862 and it is a holiday in many American state: too

(A) Mayo celebrates the defeat of the French at Battle of Puebla in 1862, and it is a holida

in many American states, too (B) Mayo, which celebrates the defeat of the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, is also a holiday in many American states (C) Mayo, celebrating the defeat of the French a the Battle of Puebla in 1862, being also a holiday in many American states (D) Mayo, which celebrates the defeat of the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, but which is also a holiday in many American

states

(E) Mayo, being a celebration of the defeat of th French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, anc being a holiday in many American states, too

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Final exams were incredibly comprehensive and A

went on for two weeks, which length made it seem

as if they would never end

(A) comprehensive, and went on for two weeks,

which length made

(B) comprehensive and since they went on for two

weeks, that made

comprehensive and, since they went on for

two weeks, to make

comprehensive and went on for two weeks,

which made

‘E) comprehensive and, by going on for two -

weeks, it made

Louisiana resident Edmund Mcllhenny, who

‘eceived a patent for his unique way of processing 7

yeppers into a hot and spicy sauce, doing so less

than two years after he began marketing his

3roduct

A) Mcllhenny, who received a patent for his

unique way of processing peppers into a hot

and spicy sauce, doing so

B) Mcllhenny, who received a patent for his

unique way of processing peppers into a hot

and spicy sauce, and who did so

C) Mcllhenny received a patent for his unique

way of processing peppers into a hot and

spicy sauce

D) MclIlhenny received a patent for his unique

way of processing peppers into a hot and

spicy sauce, achieving this honor

E) McIhenny was receiving a patent for his

unique way of processing peppers into a hot

and spicy sauce, this was accomplished

dannah finished building her new all-purpose

wojects room last year, and she has been working

nthe room ever since

A) and she has been working in the room ever

B) and since that time she has worked there

C) where always since she works

D) she has been werking in that room ever since

E) and since then is working there

growing up, he found German - (C) Never having heard or read German, it was found by Harry

(D) Harry had never heard or read German while growing up; however, finding it

(E) Because Harry had never heard or read German while growing up, he found it Those who enjoy the challenge of understanding dense and complex poetry even though at times somewhat obscure and abstruse probably prefer the poems of Ezra Pound to those of Robert Frost

(A) even though at times somewhat obscure and abstruse probably prefer the poems of Ezra

(D) probably prefer the poems that are at times somewhat obscure and abstruse by Ezra Pound

(E) probably prefer the poems of Ezra Pound, although they are at times somewhat obscure and abstruse,

Being as she was an unusually talented painter Artemesia Gentileschi could render human figures and clothing, including intricate embroidery and lacework, with accuracy and beauty

(A) Being as she was an unusually talented painter (B) In having been an unusually talented painter (C) An unusuaily talented painter

(D) Even though she was an unusually talented painter

(E) Painting pictures with unusual talent

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