CRITICAL
READING
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.
1. Many
private universities depend heavily on -------, the wealthy individuals who
support them with gifts and bequests.
(A) instructors (B) administrators (C)
monitors (D) accountants (E) benefactors
Answer:
E
2. Many
economists believe that since resources are scarce and since human desires
cannot all be -----, a method of ------- is needed.
(A) indulged . . apportionment
(B) verified . . distribution
(C) usurped . . expropriation
(D) expressed . . reparation
(E) anticipated . . advertising
Answer:
A
3.
If
this page was folded along the dotted line in the figure above, the left half
of the letter W would exactly coincide with the right half
of W. Which of the following letters, as shown, CANNOT be folded along a vertical line so that its left
half would coincide with its right half?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
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3. Nightjars
possess a camouflage perhaps unparalleled in the bird world: by day they roost
hidden in shady woods, so ------- with their surroundings that they are nearly
impossible to -------.
(A) vexed . . dislodge
(B) blended . . discern
(C) harmonized . . interrupt
(D) impatient . . distinguish
(E) integrated . . classify
Answer:
B
4. One of the
characters in Milton Murayama’s novel is considered ------- because he deliberately
defies an oppressive hierarchical society.
(A) rebellious (B) impulsive (C)
artistic (D) industrious (E) tyrannical
Answer:
A
5. The range
of colors that homeowners could use on the exterior of their houses was -------
by the community’s stringent rules regarding upkeep of property.
(A) circumscribed (B) bolstered (C)
embellished (D) insinuated (E) cultivated
Answer:
A
The passages below are followed by
questions based on their content; questions following a pair of related
passages may also be based on the relationship between the paired passages.
Answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passages
and in any introductory material that may be provided.
Questions
6-9 are based on the following passages.
Passage 1
I know what your e-mail in-box looks
like, and it
isn’t pretty: a babble of come-ons and
lies from hucksters
and con artists. To find your real
e-mail, you must wade
through the torrent of fraud and
obscenity known politely
as “unsolicited bulk e-mail” and colloquially
as “spam.”
In a perverse tribute to the power of
the online revolution,
we are all suddenly getting the same
mail: easy weight
loss, get-rich-quick schemes, etc. The
crush of these messages
is now numbered in billions per day.
“It’s becoming
a major systems and engineering and
network problem,”
says one e-mail expert. “Spammers are
gaining control of
the Internet.”
Passage 2
Many people who hate spam assume that
it is protected
as free speech. Not necessarily so.
The United States
Supreme Court has previously ruled
that individuals
may preserve a threshold of privacy. (line
16)“Nothing in the
Constitution compels us to listen to
or view any unwanted
communication, whatever its merit,”
wrote Chief Justice
Warren Burger in a 1970 decision. “We therefore
categori
cally reject the argument that a
vendor has a right to send
unwanted material into the home of
another.”(line 21) With regard
to a seemingly similar problem, the
Telephone Consumer
Protection Act of 1991 made it illegal
in the United States
to send unsolicited faxes; why not
extend the act to include
unsolicited bulk e-mail?
6. The
primary purpose of Passage 1 is to
(A) make a comparison
(B) dispute a hypothesis
(C) settle a controversy
(D) justify a distinction
(E) highlight a concern
Answer:
E
7. The
primary purpose of Passage 2 is to
(A) confirm a widely held belief
(B) discuss the inadequacies of a
ruling
(C) defend a controversial technology
(D) analyze a widespread social
problem
(E) lay the foundation for a course of
action
Answer:
E
8. What would
be the most likely reaction by the author of Passage 1 to the argument cited in
lines 16-21 of Passage 2 (“Nothing . . . another”) ?
(A) Surprise at the assumption that
freedom of speech is indispensable to democracy
(B) Dismay at the Supreme Court’s
vigorous defense of vendors’ rights
(C) Hope that the same reasoning would
be applied to all unsolicited e-mail
(D) Concern for the plight of mass
marketers facing substantial economic losses
(E) Appreciation for the political
complexity of the debate about spam
Answer:
C
9. Unlike the
author of Passage 1, the author of Passage 2
(A) criticizes a practice
(B) offers an example
(C) proposes a solution
(D) states an opinion
(E) quotes an expert
Answer:
C
MATHS
1. If 10 + x is 5 more than 10, what is the value
of 2x?
(A) -5
(B) 5
(C) 10
(D) 25
(E) 50
Answer:
C
2. The
result when a number is divided by 2 is equal to the result when that same
number is divided by 4. What is that number?
(A) -4
(B) -2
(C) 0
(D) 2
(E) 4
Answer:
C
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Answer:
E
4. A total
of 120,000 votes were cast for 2 opposing candidates, Garcia and Pérez. If
Garcia won by a ratio of 5 to 3, what was the number of votes cast for Pérez?
(A) 15,000
(B) 30,000
(C) 45,000
(D) 75,000
(E) 80,000
Answer:
C
5. If a
positive integer n is picked at
random from the positive integers less than or equal to 10, what is the probability
that 5n + 3 ≤ 14 ?
(A) 0
(B) 1/10
(C) 1/5
(D) 3/10
(E) 2/5
Answer:
C
6. The
height of a right circular cylinder is 5 and the diameter of its base is 4.
What is the distance from the center of one base to a point on the
circumference of the other base?
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) √29 (approximately 5.39)
(D) √33 (approximately 5.74)
(E) √41 (approximately 6.40)
Answer:
C
7. What is
the greatest possible area of a triangle with one side of length 7 and another
side of length 10 ?
(A) 17
(B) 34
(C) 35
(D) 70
(E) 140
Answer:
C
Questions
8-10 refer to the following figure and information.
The grid above represents equally
spaced streets in a town that has no one-way streets. F marks the corner where
a firehouse is located. Points W, X, Y, and Z represent the locations of some
other buildings. The fire company defines a building’s m-distance as the
minimum number of blocks that a fire truck must travel from the firehouse to
reach the building. For example, the building at X is an m-distance of 2, and
the building at Y is an m-distance of ½ from the firehouse.
8. What is
the m-distance of the building at W from the firehouse?
(A) 2
(B) 2 1⁄2
(C) 3
(D) 3 1⁄2
(E) 4 1⁄2
(B) 2 1⁄2
(C) 3
(D) 3 1⁄2
(E) 4 1⁄2
Answer:
D
9. What is
the total number of different routes that a fire truck can travel the
m-distance from F to Z ?
(A) Six
(B) Five
(C) Four
(D) Three
(E) Two
Answer:
A
10. All of
the buildings in the town that are an m-distance of 3 from the firehouse must
lie on a
(A) circle
(B) square
(C) right isosceles triangle
(D) pair of intersecting lines
(E) line
Answer:
B
WRITING
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.
1. Since
last September Patricia has been working at the convenience store down the
road.
(A) has been working
(B) works
(C) is working
(D) will be working
(E) worked
Answer:
A
2. When for
the first time the United States imported more oil than it exported, Americans
should have realized that an energy crisis was
imminent and could happen in the future.
(A) was imminent and could happen in
the future
(B) could happen imminently in the
future
(C) will be imminent and happening
soon
(D) is an imminent thing
(E) might be imminent
Answer:
E
3. The article
featured the Sea Islands because many were known there to live much as their
ancestors of a century ago had lived.
(A) many were known there to live
(B) they were known there for living
(C) many of the people there were
known to live
(D) of the many people, they were
there living
(E) of knowing that many people lived
there
Answer:
C
4.
Intimacy, love, and marriage are three different, if interrelated, subjects.
(A) different, if interrelated,
subjects
(B) interrelated subjects, being,
however, different
(C) different subjects, whereas they
are interrelated
(D) different subjects when
interrelated
(E) subjects that are different
although being interrelated
Answer:
A
5. Many eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Romantic poets were
believers in rebellion against social conventions, express strong emotion, and
the power of imagination.
(A) were believers in rebellion
against social conventions, express strong emotion
(B) are believers in rebelling against
social conventions, strong emotions being expressed
(C) who believed in rebellion against
social conventions, express strong emotion
(D) believed in rebellion against
social conventions, to express strong emotions
(E) believed in rebellion against
social conventions, the expression of strong emotions
Answer:
E
The following sentences test your
ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. Each sentence contains either a
single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The
error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered in brackets. If the sentence
contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make
the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice E. In choosing
answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
6. According to last week’s survey, most voters were
disappointed by(A) legislators’(B) inability working(C) together
on(D) key issues. No error(E)
Answer:
C
7. When Marie Curie shared(A) the
1903 Nobel Prize for Physics with two other(B) scientists—her husband Pierre
Curie and Henri Becquerel—she had been(C) the first woman to win(D)
the prize. No error(E)
Answer:
C
8. Every
spring in rural Vermont(A) the sound of sap dripping(B) into
galvanized metal buckets signal(C) the beginning of the traditional
season for gathering(D) maple syrup. No error(E)
Answer:
C
9. America’s first roller coaster ride, which opened
in(A) 1884 at Coney Island, Brooklyn, and capable of(B) a top
speed(C) of only(D) six miles per hour. No error(E)
Answer:
B
10. The
inflation rate in that country is so high that(A) even with(B) adjusted
wages, most workers(C) can barely(D) pay for food and shelter. No
error(E)
Answer:
E