(A) I only (B) III only ( C) I and III only (D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III
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SECTION 8 Time-20 Minutes
19 Questions
Directions: For each of the following questions, choose the best answer and darken the corresponding oval on the answer sheet.
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.
EXAMPLE:
Today's small, portable computers contrast markedly with the earliest electronic computers, which were ---.
(A) effective (B) invented (C) useful
(D) destructive
(E) enormous © © © @ •
1 . Although his leadership skills had been questioned, once the coach won his first championship, everyone realized he was quite --- managing his team.
(A) remiss m (B) adept at
(C) humorous about
(D) hesitant about (E) contemptuous of
2. With the cave opening --- by a dense wall of vines, the artifacts it contained remained concealed for centuries.
(A) released (B) elevated (C) entangled (D) shrouded
(E) attained
3. Although he usually felt comfortable speaking in front of audiences, this particular group was so large and intimidating that he suddenly found himself too --- to --- the topic before them.
(A) impassioned . . analyze (B) timid . . discuss ( C) cautious . . suppress
(D) knowledgeable . . disregard
(E) perceptive . . defend
4. Due to his --- reputation, few were surprised when he joined the fight against --- medical reforms.
(A) modest . . acceptable (B) inescapable . . legitimate ( C) insufficient . . overpowering (D) admirable . . unjust
(E) unbelievable . . tolerable
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5. While fans faithful to the old ballpark considered its demolition ---, proponents of the
new stadium found it --- addition to the community.
(A) momentous . . a formidable
(B) decisive . . an unavoidable
( C) unexpected . . an ambiguous
(D) advantageous . . a beneficial (E) catastrophic . . a constructive
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6 . The prosecutor was so frustrated by his lack of credible or convincing evidence that when describing the defendant during the trial, he shamefully resorted to ---.
(A) arbitration
(B) narc1ss1sm (C) calumny
(D) tenacity (E) solicitude
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Directions: The passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions follo � ng a pair of rel � ted passages may also be based on the relationship between the paired pass�ges. Answer the qu�st10ns on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passages and in any introductory matenal that may be proVIded.
Questions 7-19 are based on the following passage.
The following passage is from a 1 994 novel about a man who inadvertently rediscovers his long-lost daughter. The two main characters are Oscar and his daughter Celia.
Oscar stumbled his way through the darkness into the harsh light of the bathroom. The image reflected in the medicine cabinet mirror was that
Line of an attractive middle-aged man, well over six
(5) feet tall with broad shoulders and a mop of black hair dappled with gray. His eyes were two dif
ferent colors-his left was chocolate brown and his right was a deep ocean blue intertwined with a marbleized yellow and green-and they were
( 1 O) set beneath a telling brow that more than once betrayed the true feelings hidden behind the steely demeanor of his strong jaw. Indeed, to the many eyes that admired him it was never hard to discern that Oscar perceived things in a manner so intense
(1 5) it often reflected in his every movement, like he was some kind of marionette in the hands of a clumsy puppeteer.
Oscar stooped close to the mirror and examined the faint lines on his face in the same meticulous
(20} manner he approached his art-proofreading each tiny crease on the cheeks and around his eyes and then the slightest documents near his mouth.
Spawned from an excess of smiling in younger days that seemed a lifetime ago, in the landscape
(25) of Oscar's mind these wrinkles imploded into deep crevices of a progressive doom. He snapped off the light and got dressed for his fierce daily run of over six miles; then he hit the street and disappeared into the darkness, where the race
(30} against his self started yet again.
Fifty-two years old, he cut swiftly through the evening. Each window he passed seemed to fall out of the darkness, like various portraits of the
scenes inside. A portrait of a smiling wife in a
(35) blue space painted by the TV; another portrait of a young man readying himself for the promise of the evening; rooms peopled with old men com
fortably relaxing in the materialization of their dreams that taunted Oscar and pushed him even
( 40) further into the shadows.
In those shadows Oscar broke into a sprint. The streets darkened and were silenced by the breeze created by his speed. Though he was completely alone, he ran like a man being chased down and
( 45) his pace did not flag until he neared the entrance to his building. He gathered his breath and walked back into the bright lobby towards the elevator, oblivious to the doorman's welcome as he entered.
At that same moment on the elevator, Celia
(SO) Hargrove was leaning on her grandmother's wheelchair. As they descended toward the lobby,
1 8-year-old Celia reluctantly looked at her reflec
tion in the elevator's mirrored wall, whispered to herself "I am not cruel, only truthful, "1 and sighed.
(55) Since she came to New York to spend the summer taking care of her grandmother, she had never felt more unsure and childish. The sophisticated man
ner of the women Celia enviously glimpsed on the city streets made her feel as if she'd be a child for-
( 60} ever. She watched them hurrying across Broadway on their way to interesting places Celia could only imagine, or laughing with carmine mouths and fresh cigarettes in the dim backseats of taxicabs, on the inside of some joke to which Celia was not
(65) privy. They worked behind imposing store coun
ters and breezy shop curtains, and held the hands of tall, handsome gentlemen as they leisurely strolled past, while Celia pushed her crabby old grandmother on their daily walks. Spending �er
(70) days with the wizened old woman helped Ceha to appreciate the gift of her own youth, yet every
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morning she awoke to find the disappointing blessing of still feeling like a young girl.
Celia's mind shuffled through her young
(75) thoughts and she quickly realized they'd forgotten something.
"Grammy, we've forgotten your medication again, we'll have to go back up to get it."
"Oh I didn't forget. It makes me too tired, and
(80) I'm tired enough as it is."
"Well that's no excuse," said Celia, "We're going back up."
The elevator doors parted and there Oscar stood waiting for the two figures inside to exit. When
(85) they did not, he found himself staring straight into the face of Celia. Oscar was overcome with a feeling that he could not immediately identify.
Certainly, the young girl in front of him was beau
tiful. Her long and shining black hair, which she
(90) tucked behind her small ears, framed soulful eyes and lightly glossed lips that were uncommonly large, and set perfectly in the seraphic glow of her face. It was not Celia's remarkable beauty, howev
er, that disconcerted Oscar. She had one blue and
(95) one brown eye almost identical to Oscar's eyes; it was like he was looking into his own.
"Are you just going to stand there like an idiot,"
asked Grandma of Oscar, "or are you coming in?"
"I'm coming in," Oscar quietly replied as he
(1 00) entered the elevator.
Celia nervously fumbled through her purse and put on her sunglasses.
"I hated them when I was your age," Oscar tim
idly offered to Celia.
(1 05) "Hated what?"
"My eyes. I couldn't stand them," Oscar replied,
"But then one day I heard this famous quote about beauty, and it changed my whole perspective."
The elevator doors opened before he could
(1 1 0) finish.
"This is my floor. I guess I'll have to keep you in suspense until the next time we run into each other."
I . A line from Sylvia's Plath's poem "Mirror," which is written from the point of view of a mirror.
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7. The best description of this passage would be (A) a depiction of a chance encounter between a
long-lost father and daughter
(B) a tearful reunion between a parent and child ( C) an illustration of how a father and daughter
can look very different
(D) the acquainting of the reader to one character through the point of view of another
(E) a story of the conclusion of a parent's search for his missing child
8. What does the description of Oscar in lines 6-- 1 2 ("His eyes . . . jaw.") suggest about his character?
(A) He has an obsession with health and exercise.
(B) He tries to hide his sensitive nature.
( C) He is arrogant and abrasive.
(D) He is not trustworthy.
(E) He seems impenetrable.
9. In reference to Oscar's "art" in lines 1 8-22, the metaphorical use of the phrases "proofreading"
and "slightest documents" implies that Oscar is (A) a book editor
(B) an office clerk (C) a novelist
(D) a lawyer
(E) a painter
10. The streets in the latter half of Oscar's run in the fourth paragraph ("In those shadows . . . building.") can most closely be described as (A) obstructed
(B) threatening (C) teeming
(D) deadly
(E) clamorous
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1 1 . Oscar's impressions while running in the third paragraph and Celia's observations of the
"sophisticated" New York women in lines 57-60 both function primarily to
(A) add a bit of humor to the otherwise humorless passage
(B) emphasize the contentedness of both characters
( C) describe the different lifestyles of New York City residents
(D) illustrate both characters' sense of being on the outside looking in
(E) contrast Oscar's joyful personality to Celia's brooding personality.
1 2 . In line 45, "flag" most closely means
(A) to signal
(B) to revive ( C) to diminish
(D) to identify
(E) to fall down
1 3 . The reference to Oscar being oblivious to the doorman in line 48 gives the impression that Oscar
(A) could not hear the doorman's weak voice
(B) has had an argument with the doorman ( C) is not wearing his hearing aid
(D) is completely lost in his own thoughts
(E) is uncomfortable in social situations
14. Celia's quote of Sylvia Plath in line 54 reveals that she
(A) believes herself to be unattractive
(B) inherited a talent for writing from her father (C) is conceited about her good looks
(D) has read all of Sylvia Plath's work
(E) feels a connection with Sylvia Plath
1 5 . The phrase "disappointing blessing" in lines 72-73 implies that Celia's urge to feel older was
lessened by
(A) her lack of any responsibilities
(B) her religious beliefs
( C) the promise of discovering her father
(D) an understanding that youth is fleeting
(E) the resentment of her grandmother
1 6. In the context of the passage, Oscar's first impression of Celia in lines 88-93 ("Certainly . . . face.") functions to emphasize
(A) Celia's insecurities about herself
(B) Oscar's natural bias toward his daughter (C) Oscar's sensitive nature
(D) the reason behind Celia's boastfulness
(E) why first impressions are important
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1 7. Grandma's attitude toward Oscar in lines 97-98 is best described as
(A) sycophantic (B) tactful (C) feeble
(D) diffident (E) brazen
1 8. Celia most probably put on her sunglasses because
(A) she is sensitive to sunlight (B) she noticed Oscar's eyes
( C) she wanted to Oscar to notice her
(D) she did not want Oscar to recognize her (E) she started crying
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19. Which of the following is most probably the quote about beauty to which Oscar referred in lines 1 07-1 08?
(A) "Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy" by Anne Frank
(B) "Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together" by Petrarch
(C) "There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" by Francis Bacon
(D) ''Beauty is a form of genius" by Oscar Wilde (E) "As we grow old .. . the beauty steals inward"
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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SECTION 9 Time-10 Minutes
14 Questions
Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and fill in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet.
The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A) repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice (A); if not, select one of the other choices.
In making your selection, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation. Your selection should result in the most effective sentence-clear and precise, without awkwardness or ambiguity.
EXAMPLE: ANSWER:
Every apple in the baskets are ripe and labeled according to the date it was picked.
(A) are ripe and labeled according to the date it was picked
® e © ® CD (B) is ripe and labeled according to the date it was picked
(C) are ripe and labeled according to the date they were picked (D) is ripe and labeled according to the date they were picked (E) are ripe and labeled as to the date it was picked
1 . To consider the idea ofbecoming a doctor and to think of it that it is something that can be accomplished while working full-time is to underestimate the time and commitment required to complete medical school.
(A) that it is something that can be accomplished
(B) as something that can be accomplished (C) that it is an accomplishment one can do (D) as it was something that can be accomplished (E) as if it were like something to accomplish
2. The development of modern democracy's
present-day tenets has required many sacrifices by generations of freedom-seeking individuals.
(A) The development of modern democracy's present-day tenets
(B) The present-day tenets of modern democracy have had development who
(C) The way in which the present-day tenets of modern democracy get to be developed (D) Developing modern democracy and the
present-day tenets of them
(E) For modern democracy to develop their present-day tenets
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3 . No lawyer can guarantee that he or she will win a case for a client, an attorney who handles personal injury cases is no exception.
(A) client, an attorney who handles personal injury cases is no exception
(B) client, and an attorney who handles personal injury cases is no exception
( C) client; personal injury cases handled by attorneys are no exception
(D) client; such a case as personal injury handled by an attorney is no exception
(E) client, with those personal injury cases han
dled by attorneys being no exception
4. Unlike most documentary filmmakers, Michael Moore actually appears in the movies he produces.
(A) Unlike most documentary filmmakers, Michael Moore actually appears in the mov
ies he produces.
(B) Unlike most documentary filmmakers, Michael Moore is different in that he actually appears in the movies he produces.
(C) Unlike most documentary filmmakers, Michael Moore actually appears in the mov
ies he produces and others do not.
(D) Other documentary filmmakers do not, but Michael Moore's movies have him in them.
(E) Different from most documentary filmmak
ers, appearances of Michael Moore are in the movies he produces.
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5. One way Cameron raised his math grade was because of doing the extra-credit problems on his final exam.
(A) because of doing the extra-credit problems on his
(B) when he did the extra-credit problems on his (C) through his doing of the extra-credit prob
lems on his
(D) by its doing of the extra-credit problems on his
(E) by doing the extra-credit problems on his
6. Having missed the application deadline, the plan for Katy now was to work for a semester, then reapply in February.
(A) the plan for Katy now was
(B) Katy's plan now was
(C) Katy now devising the plan to
(D) Katy nevertheless now devised the plan to
(E) Katy now planned to
7. For the past few days, one of our teachers were so absentminded that we became concerned.
(A) were so absentminded that we became concerned
(B) were so absentminded; that we became concerned
(C) were so absentminded that that we become concerned
(D) was so absentminded that we became concerned
(E) was very absentminded; so we becoming concerned
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8. Maria Montessori had a number of theories concerning how children learn, which developed into what is now known as the Montessori Method for education.
(A) which developed into (B) so they were to be
(C) with a result that they developed into (D) therefore developing into
(E) consequently they would develop into
9. Although the participation in extracurricular activities often results in students having less time to do homework, the benefits of these activities outweigh their drawbacks.
(A) Although the participation in extracurricular activities often results in students having less time to do homework
(B) Although less time to do homework is often the result of students' participation in extra
curricular activities
(C) Students who participate in extracurricular activities often have less time for homework, but
(D) Despite the fact of participating in extracur
ricular activities often resulting in less time for students to do their homework
(E) In spite of the result of students having less time to do homework when they participate in extracurricular activities
10. The fund-raising campaign continued for a week;
volunteers counted money every morning and night with growing amazement.
(A) week; volunteers counted money every morn
ing and night
(B) week, which meant volunteers counting money every morning and night
(C) week; therefore, it meant that volunteers would count money every morning and night (D) week and therefore the volunteers would be
counting money every morning and night
(E) week; with volunteers counting money every morning and night
1 1 . Whereby the waiters sing as they serve the
customers, their tips are much higher than those of servers at other restaurants.
(A) Whereby the waiters sing as they serve the customers
(B) With the waiters and their singing as they serve the customers
( C) In that there being singing by the waiters as they serve the customers
(D) Because there is singing by the waiters as they serve the customers
(E) Because the waiters sing as they serve the cus
tomers
1 2 . The students found the members of the Irish theater troupe equally as talented as their accents were thick.
(A) equally as talented as their accents were (B) equally talented and their accents
(C) as talented and their accents (D) as talented as their accents were
(E) as talented and their accents were
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1 3 . Although Vincent Van Gogh influenced countless artists after his death, during his lifetime, he failed to achieve fame for the art he created nor profiting from sales of his work.
(A) created nor profiting
(B) created nor did he profit
(C) created nor to have profited
(D) created or profited
(E) created or to profit
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14. The convenience and value of today's digital cameras account for their popularity.
(A) account for their popularity
(B) account for its popularity
(C) accounts for its popularity
(D) is why they are popular
(E) are a reason for their popularity
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