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1. If t = nk , what is the value of k when t = 30 2. If 40, 404 + x = 44, 444, then 40, 404 - 10x =
3
and n = 9 ? (A) - 4.04
(A) 5 (B) 0
(B) 6 (C) 4
(C) 10
(D) 4.04
(D) 20
(E) 45 (E) 40.4

Questions 4-5 refer to the following graph.
3. On the number line above, the tick marks are equally

spaced. What is the value of w − p ?
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4
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2
1
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3
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4. Which of the following regions in Africa had an

elephant population in 1989 that was approximately
1
of its elephant population in 1979 ?
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II. Eastern
III. Southern
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and III only
(E) I, II, and III
5. From 1979 to 1989, the total elephant population in

the four regions of Africa decreased by approximately
what percent?
(A) 10%
(B) 30%
(C) 50%
(D) 70%
(E) 90%

6. For all numbers x, the function f is defined by 8. While driving on a 500-mile trip, Mr. Smith averages
f ( x ) = ( x + 4 ) ( x + 2 ) . Which of the following 60 miles per hour for the first t hours. In terms of t,
where t < 8, how many miles remain to be traveled?
has a negative value?
(A) 60t − 500
(A) f ( -5)
(B) f ( - 4 ) (B) 500 − 60t
(C) f ( -3)
(D) f ( -2 ) (C) 30,000 − t
(E) f ( -1) 60
(D) 500 −
t
500
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60t
7. In the figure above, EF divides square ABCD into

two rectangles, and CD bisects EF . If AB = 4,
what is the area of 䉭 DCF ? 9. In the figure above, the average (arithmetic mean) of
(A) 9 the numbers in each column is k. If the three circled
(B) 8 numbers are moved from the left to the right column,
(C) 7 which of the following combinations of numbers can
(D) 6 then be moved from the right to the left column so that
(E) 5 k remains the average of the numbers in each column?
(A) 6, 13
(B) 4, 5, 6
(C) 4, 7, 5
(D) 4, 7, 6
(E) 7, 5, 6

1 x y
10. By 7:00 P.M., of the junior class had arrived at
3 2 7
a school dance. By 8:00 P.M., 30 more juniors had
1 4 a
arrived, raising attendance to of the junior class. a b
2
How many people are in the junior class?
12. In the table above, if y = 2 x + 3, what is the
(A) 30 value of b ?
(B) 90
(C) 120 (A) 4
(D) 180 (B) 11
(E) 240 (C) 15
(D) 25
(E) 28
11. In the equilateral triangle RST above, what is the 13. In the figure above, the radius of the circle with center R
value of y ? is twice the radius of the circle with center P. What is
the radius of the circle with center R ?
(A) 60
(B) 70 (A) 5
(C) 75 (B) 6
(D) 80 (C) 7
(E) 85 (D) 8
(E) 10

14. A weather-watch camera is set so that its shutter opens
every 31 seconds. If g (h ) represents the number of
times the camera’s shutter opens in h hours, which of
the following defines g ?
(A) g (h ) = 31h
(B) g (h ) = 31 ⴢ 3600 h
31h
(C) g (h ) =
3600
3600h
(D) g (h ) =
31
16. In the figure above, || m. If v = 2 w, which of the
31 ⴢ 3600 following must be equal to q ?
(E) g (h ) =
h
(A) v +t
(B) v −t
(C) t
(D) 2v
(E) s + t
Marble 1 was red.

Marble 2 was not red.
Marble 3 was blue.
Marble 4 was the same color as marble 1.
Marble 5 was the same color as marble 2.
17. If the integer m is divided by 6, the remainder is 5.
15. A jar contained 10 marbles—some red, some white, What is the remainder if 4m is divided by 6 ?
and some blue. The information above is about
5 marbles that were drawn from the jar. If x is the (A) 0
total number of blue marbles drawn, which of the (B) 1
following statements must be true? (C) 2
(D) 4
(A) The only possible value of x is 1. (E) 5
(B) The only possible value of x is 2.
(C) The only possible value of x is 3.
(D) The only possible values of x are 1 and 2.
(E) The only possible values of x are 1 and 3.

18. The daytime telephone rate between two cities
is 90 cents for the first 3 minutes and c cents for
each additional minute. The total charge is reduced
65 percent on calls made after 11:00 P.M. The cost,
in dollars, of a 30-minute call made at 11:15 P.M.
between these two cities is
(A) 0.35 (0.90) + 27c
(B) 0.35 (0.90 + 0.27c ) 20. In the figure above, a square with sides of length
(C) 0.35 (0.90 + 9c ) 6 units is divided into 9 squares. What is the area of
the circle (not shown) that passes through the points A,
(D) 0.65 (0.90 + 27c ) B, C, and D, which are the centers of the four corner
(E) 0.65 (0.90 + 0.30c ) squares?
(A) 6π square units
(B) 8π square units
(C) 9π square units
(D) 10π square units
(E) 18π square units
19. How many positive four-digit integers have 1 as their

first digit and 2 or 5 as their last digit?
(A) 144
(B) 180
(C) 200
(D) 300
(E) 720
STOP

SECTION 3
Time — 25 minutes
24 Questions
Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and fill in the corresponding
circle on the answer sheet.
2. One critic asserts that modern urban architecture

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank causes sensory deprivation because it fails to provide
indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath visual and tactile -------.
the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A
through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when (A) latency (B) stimulation (C) complacence
inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the (D) confusion (E) extension
sentence as a whole.
3. Because little rain falls in the district during summer,
Example:
municipalities are necessarily ------- to ------- water
Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed from winter storms.
a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both
(A) ready . . squander
labor and management.
(B) reluctant . . retain
(A) enforce . . useful (C) free . . absorb
(B) end . . divisive (D) careful . . store
(C) overcome . . unattractive (E) unwilling . . conserve
(D) extend . . satisfactory
(E) resolve . . acceptable 4. Toni Cade Bambara’s novels are engrossing because
the protagonists, in striving to achieve goals, are not
simply ------- characters.
1. Although visitors initially may find touring the city by
subway to be -------, they are pleased to discover that (A) passive (B) tangible (C) abandoned
subways are an inexpensive and ------- way to get (D) autonomous (E) redundant
around.
5. Once his integrity had been -------, the mayoral
(A) wasteful . . generous candidate was quick both to ------- these attacks
(B) daunting . . efficient and to issue counterattacks.
(C) extravagant . . prohibitive
(D) convenient . . solitary (A) debunked . . buttress
(E) enjoyable . . easy (B) restored . . recommence
(C) revoked . . relinquish
(D) impugned . . repudiate
(E) vitiated . . avoid

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. 7. Compared to the description of Chaplin’s Tramp
in Passage 1, the account of the Tramp in Passage 2
is less
Passage 1
(A) optimistic
Before silent film star Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977) (B) ambiguous
came along, tramps and hoboes had long been a part of (C) sincere
the Anglo-American cartoon and comic strip tradition. (D) complicated
Line But Chaplin was to raise the tramp figure to heights of (E) humorous
5 poetic and mythic power. Chaplin’s famous Tramp is a
human being down and out on his luck but full of passion 8. In comparison to Passage 2, the tone of Passage 1 is
for life and hope that things will get better. He is complex
and many-sided, thereby touching most human beings at (A) more defensive
one or more points in our character and makeup. There is (B) more laudatory
10 a good deal in his nature that most of us identify with in (C) more sentimental
our secret selves, apart from what we are in the public (D) less analytical
world we inhabit. (E) less pretentious
Passage 2 9. Which best describes the relationship between
Chaplin was very forthcoming during a 1957 inter- Passage 1 and Passage 2 ?
view about how much the early comic strips “Weary (A) Passage 1 explains the profound effect of
15 Willie and Tired Tim” influenced his creation of his
Chaplin’s Tramp on audiences; Passage 2
own Tramp character. “There’s been a lot said about describes how Chaplin created the Tramp.
how I evolved the little tramp character who made my (B) Passage 1 explores how Chaplin expanded
name,” said Chaplin. “Deep, psychological stuff has the Tramp’s character; Passage 2 analyzes
been written about how I meant him to be a symbol the Tramp’s impact on audiences.
20 of all the class war, of the love-hate concept, the death-
(C) Passage 1 examines the origin of the Tramp
wish, and what-all. But if you want the simple Chaplin figure; Passage 2 traces the comedic evolu-
truth behind the Chaplin legend, I started the little tramp tion of the Tramp.
simply to make people laugh and because those other (D) Passage 1 illustrates how Chaplin gained fame
tramps, Weary Willie and Tired Tim, had always made as the Tramp; Passage 2 discusses Chaplin’s
25 me laugh.”
love of comic figures like the Tramp.
(E) Passage 1 argues that Chaplin added depth to
6. Given Chaplin’s statement in lines 22-25 the Tramp; Passage 2 focuses on Chaplin’s
(“I . . . laugh”), he would most likely view purpose in developing the Tramp.
Passage 1’s portrayal of the “famous Tramp”
(line 5) as
(A) misleading readers about his creative
intention
(B) disregarding his effort to render social
commentary through humor
(C) implying that the Tramp was derived from
a comic strip
(D) asserting that the Tramp was the only
character he portrayed
(E) assuming that few could embrace his ideas

Questions 10-18 are based on the following passage. Later that week, Joseph brought me a sandwich to thank
me for letting him use the phone. He stayed while I ate.
The following passage is from a 1994 novel about a young “What are you going to study in college?” he asked.
woman named Sophie who at age eleven had left Haiti to “I think I am going to be a doctor.”
join her mother in New York. 55 “You think? Is this something you like?”
“I suppose so,” I said.
I was eighteen and going to start college in the fall. We “You have to have a passion for what you do.”
moved to a one-family house in a tree-lined neighborhood; “My mother says it’s important for us to have a doctor
my mother continued working her two jobs, but she put in in the family.”
Line even longer hours. 60 “What if you don’t want to be a doctor?”
5 Before the move, I had been going to a Haitian Adventist “There’s a difference between what people want and
school. They guaranteed that they would get me into college what’s good for them.”
and they had lived up to their pledge. My mother couldn’t “You sound like you are quoting someone,” he said.
have been happier. Her sacrifices had paid off. “My mother.”
I never told my mother that I hated the Bilingual 65 “What would Sophie like to do?” he asked.
10 Institution. It was as if I had never left Haiti. All the That was the problem. Sophie really wasn’t sure. I had
lessons were in French, except for English composition never really dared to dream on my own.
and literature classes. “It is okay not to have your future on a map,” he said.
When my mother was home, she made me read out “That way you can flow wherever life takes you.”
loud from the English Composition textbooks. The first 70 “That is not Haitian,” I said. “That’s very American.”
15 words I read sounded like rocks falling in a stream. Then “What is?”
very slowly things began to take on meaning. There were “Being a wanderer. The very idea.”
words that I heard often. Words that jump out of New York “I am not American,” he said. “I am African American.”
Creole¹ conversations, like the last kernel in a cooling pop- “What is the difference?”
corn machine. Words like TV, building, and feeling. There 75 “The African. Most Haitians are of African descent. So
20 were other words that helped too, words that looked almost you see, it means that you and I, we are already part of each
the same in French, but were pronounced differently in other.”
English: nationality, alien, race, enemy. Eventually, I
began to read better. I answered swiftly when my mother 1 The French-derived language of Haiti
asked me a question in English. 2 French word for “yes,” pronounced “we”
25 “Sophie, there is a great responsibility that comes with
knowledge, to study hard,” my mother would say. I spent
six years doing nothing but that. School, home, and prayer.
10. Sophie “hated” (line 9) her school because
And then, I fell in love with Joseph. He broke the monot-
ony of my life when he moved next door. He was the color (A) she resented how hard her mother had to work to
30 of ground coffee, with a voice like molasses that turned to send her there
music when he held a saxophone to his lips. (B) she had little exposure to English
One day, he came to our door and asked if he could use (C) it was in a neighborhood that seemed foreign and
the phone. After his call, he announced that he had gotten a unfriendly
job. “I am a musician.” (D) the courses were too difficult
35 “I know,” I said. “Sometimes I hear you playing at night.” (E) the teachers were intolerant of her language errors
“Does it bother you?”
“Non, it’s very pretty.” 11. The comparison in line 15 emphasizes the
“I detect an accent,” he said.
Oh please, say a small one, I thought. After seven years (A) halting way in which Sophie thought she read
40 in this country, I was tired of having people detect my (B) powerful impact of the words Sophie read aloud
accent. I wanted to sound completely American, especially (C) feeling Sophie had about her native language
for him. (D) obstacles to Sophie’s writing in a new language
“Where are you from?” he asked. (E) strength of Sophie’s commitment to learn English
“Haiti.”
45 “Ah, do you speak Creole?”
“Oui, oui,”² I ventured, for a laugh.
“We, we,” he said, pointing to me and him, “We have
something in common. I speak a form of Creole, too. I am
from Louisiana. My parents considered themselves what
50 we call Creoles. Is it a small world or what?”

12. Sophie’s manner of answering her mother (lines 23-24) 16. By using Sophie’s name (line 65) instead of “you,”
shows her Joseph is attempting to
(A) struggle with an anger that she has tried to conceal (A) pose as a narrator of a story
(B) impatience with her mother’s persistent questioning (B) approach a frightening topic gradually
(C) growing command of a new language (C) make Sophie consider a new perspective
(D) need to revert to French to express her feelings (D) appear unconcerned about Sophie’s attitude
(E) eagerness to return to her reading as quickly as (E) pretend that he is unaware of Sophie’s presence
possible
17. The “problem” (line 66) for Sophie is that
13. The use of italics in line 55 serves to emphasize
(A) what she wants and what her mother wants are
(A) Joseph’s idealism as contrasted with Sophie’s radically different
cynicism (B) medical school would require her mother to make
(B) Joseph’s unsuccessful attempt to cheer Sophie even more financial sacrifices
(C) Joseph’s incredulity at Sophie’s approach to her (C) Joseph expects her to follow his dreams instead of
future her own
(D) the unlikelihood that Sophie will be able to pursue (D) she is uncomfortable with the long years of
her goal schooling that becoming a doctor entails
(E) the extent to which Sophie has underestimated her (E) she never considered her own needs as important
talents
18. Joseph’s statement in lines 68-69 (“It is . . . you”)
14. Sophie’s response in line 56 reveals that she primarily shows him to be
(A) is anxious to impress others (A) more tenacious than Sophie’s mother is
(B) is reluctant to confess her deepest fears (B) more tolerant of ambiguity than Sophie is
(C) is single-minded in her dedication to a medical (C) more cynical about the future than Sophie is
career (D) unsentimental about family and heritage
(D) has apparently decided that she should hide her (E) incapable of making commitments
heritage from Joseph
(E) has rarely questioned the decisions others have
made for her
15. In line 61, the “difference” is between

(A) selfishness and altruism
(B) desire and practicality
(C) intuitive knowledge and learned knowledge
(D) love for family and love for friends
(E) duty to the past and fear of the future

Questions 19-24 are based on the following passage. great deal of pious prose). And though, in our own nature
writing, guilt seems to have taken the rhetorical place of
The following passage is from an essay written in 1991 nineteenth-century ecstasy, the essential religiosity remains.
about fences in suburban culture. We may no longer spell it out, but most of us still believe
55 the landscape is somehow sacred, and to meddle with it
In the United States, the traditional view embraced sacrilegious. And to set up hierarchies within it—to set off
by society is that fences are European, out of place in the a garden from the surrounding countryside— well, that
American landscape. This notion turns up repeatedly in makes no sense at all.
Line nineteenth-century American writing about the landscape.
5 One author after another denounces “the Englishman’s * A Latin phrase that means “confined garden”
insultingly inhospitable brick wall, topped with broken
bottles.” Frank J. Scott, an early landscape architect who
had a large impact on the look of America’s first suburbs,
19. In line 1, “embraced” most nearly means
worked tirelessly to rid the landscape of fences, which he
10 derided as a feudal holdover from Britain. Writing in 1870, (A) caressed
he held that “to narrow our own or our neighbor’s views of (B) adopted
the free graces of Nature” was selfish and undemocratic. To (C) enfolded
drive through virtually any American suburb today, where (D) included
every lawn steps right up to the street in a gesture of open- (E) encircled
15 ness and welcome, is to see how completely such views
have triumphed. After a visit to the United States, British 20. In lines 10-12, Frank J. Scott’s observation implies that
novelist Vita Sackville-West decided that “Americans . . . nature
have no sense of private enclosure.”
In many American suburbs such as the one where I grew (A) is graceful and beautiful only in areas uninhabited
20 up, a fence or a hedge along the street meant one thing: the by humans
family who lived behind it was antisocial, perhaps even had (B) should be available for all to enjoy without
something to hide. Fences and hedges said: Ogres within; hindrance
skip this place on Halloween. Except for these few dubious (C) must be incorporated into the design of American
addresses, each little plot in our development was landscaped suburbs
25 like a miniature estate, the puniest “expanse” of unhedged (D) exerts a more powerful effect on the British than
lawn was made to look like a public park. Any enjoyment on Americans
of this space was sacrificed to the conceit of wide-open land, (E) is less evident in American suburbs than in the
for without a fence or hedge, front yards were much too British countryside
public to spend time in. Families crammed their activities
30 into microscopic back-yards, the one place where the use- 21. In lines 12-15, “To drive . . . welcome” suggests that
fulness of fences and hedges seemed to outweigh their suburban lawns
undemocratic connotations. (A) represent the American preoccupation with
But the American prejudice against fences predates the appearances
suburban development. Fences have always seemed to us (B) epitomize the values of capitalism
35 somehow un-American. Europeans built walled gardens; (C) reflect a particular American attitude
Americans from the start distrusted the hortus conclusus.* (D) emulate the inviting character of formal British
If the space within the wall was a garden, then what was gardens
that outside the wall? To the Puritans the whole American (E) reveal the distinctive personality of a homeowner
landscape was a promised land and to draw lines around
40 sections of it was to throw this paramount idea into question. 22. In line 27, “conceit” most nearly means
When Anne Bradstreet, the Massachusetts colony’s first
poet, set about writing a traditional English garden ode, she (A) grandiose ideal
tore down the conventional garden wall— or (it comes to (B) extreme vanity
the same thing) made it capacious enough to take in the (C) ingenious expression
45 whole of America. (D) ornate article
The nineteenth-century transcendentalists, too, considered (E) extravagant edifice
the American landscape “God’s second book” and they
taught us to read it for moral instruction. Residues of this
idea persist, of course; we still regard and write about nature
50 with high moral purpose (an approach that still produces a

23. The discussion in lines 41-45 (“When Anne . . . 24. In line 56, the “hierarchies” most closely represent
America”) implies that Anne Bradstreet’s garden
(A) a practical but undesirable consequence of urban
poetry
life
(A) reflected her disapproval of America’s rapid (B) a crucial method of determining territorial claims
development (C) a misguided division of nature’s sacred space
(B) followed the pattern set by more innovative (D) an effort to protect pristine land from development
British poets (E) an unfortunate legacy of nineteenth-century
(C) espoused the Puritans’ belief in religious freedom America
(D) promoted greater enthusiasm for gardening in
America
(E) focused on the vast American landscape rather
than on individual gardens
STOP

SECTION 4
Time — 25 minutes
18 Questions
Directions: This section contains two types of questions. You have 25 minutes to complete both types. For questions 1-8, solve
each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet. You may
use any available space for scratchwork.
1. If (0.0002) x = 0.0002, then x = 2. If n is 3 less than w and w is 1 more than z, what is

the value of n when z = 1 ?
(A) 0.0001
(A) −1
(B) 0.1 (B) 0
(C) 1
1 (D) 2
(C)
2 (E) 3
(D) 1
(E) 1,000

3. The pictograph above shows the results of a survey in
which 150 people were asked to indicate which of four
hot beverages they drink. How many more responses
did Coffee receive than Hot cider?
(A) 15
(B) 30 5. In the figure above, circular region P represents shirts
(C) 40 with pockets, circular region Q represents shirts with
(D) 45 buttons, and circular region R represents shirts with
(E) 60 collars. What is represented by the shaded region?
(A) Shirts with pockets, buttons, and collars
(B) Shirts with pockets and buttons, but without
collars
(C) Shirts with pockets and buttons (some possibly
with collars)
(D) Shirts with pockets and collars (some possibly
with buttons)
(E) Shirts with buttons and collars (some possibly
with pockets)
4. If k is a positive even integer, then (k + 1)(k + 2)

could equal which of the following?
(A) 10
(B) 20
(C) 30
(D) 40
(E) 50

1
6. In the figure above, the slope of line is . What is
2 8. In the figure above, N lies on MO. In terms of x,
the value of k ? which of the following must be equivalent to y ?
(A) 3 (A) 2x
(B) 2 x + 5
(B)
5 (C) 3 x + 5
2 (D) 90 - x
9 (E) 180 - 3x
(C)
4
(D) 2
3
(E)
2
v r t
7. If = 2 and = , where t π 0, which of the
s s v
r
following must be equal to ?
t
1
(A)
2
(B) 2
t
(C)
v
v
(D)
2s
2v
(E)
s

1 2 10. A recipe for making 10 loaves of bread requires
9. If = , what is the value of n ?
n 5 24 cups of flour and 4 tablespoons of baking powder.
If the proportions in this recipe are to be used to make
3 loaves of bread, how many cups of flour will be
needed? (Do not round your answer.)

−1, 0, 1, 2
13. A sequence is formed by repeating the 4 numbers

above in the same order indefinitely. What is the sum
of the first 28 terms of the sequence?
11. In the figure above, AE and BG intersect at C.

If x = 80 and CF bisects – ECG, what is the
value of y ?
12. The length and width of a rectangle have integer

values. If the area of the rectangle is 75, what is one
possible value for the perimeter of the rectangle? 14. In a survey, 3,400 people responded to the following
question: “How many weeks of vacation did you
take last year?” Their responses to the question are
summarized in the chart above, where n equals the
number of vacation weeks indicated. How many
respondents took more than 2 weeks of vacation
last year?

3 1 2 1 1I 3 2
15. If 90F x + x + x + = ax + bx + cx + d 17. The total cost of a taxicab ride is the sum of
H 10 30 90 K
for all values of x, where a, b, c, and d are constants, (1) a basic fixed charge for using the taxicab, and
what is the value of a + b + c + d ? 1
(2) an additional charge for each of a mile that is
4
traveled.
3
If the total cost to ride mile is $4.00 and the total
4
1
cost to ride 1 miles is $5.50, what is the total cost, in
2
dollars, of a 3-mile ride?
(Disregard the $ sign when gridding your answer.
If, for example, your answer is $1.37, grid 1.37)
18. Let the function s be defined so that s ( x ) is the area

of a semicircle with diameter x. If s (6 ) + s (8 ) = s (b ) ,
what is the value of b ?
16. In the xy-plane above, the area of OST is 8. What is

the value of a ?
STOP

SECTION 6
Time — 25 minutes
35 Questions
2. Several of Frank Stella’s paintings were inspired by

The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness the shapes of waves and whales, titled after chapter
of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence headings from Moby-Dick.
is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of
phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the (A) paintings were inspired by the shapes of waves
original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If and whales, titled
you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence (B) paintings had their inspiration from the shapes of
than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select waves and whales with titles
one of the other choices. (C) paintings, inspired by the shapes of waves and
whales, are titled
In making your selection, follow the requirements of (D) paintings, which were inspired by the shapes of
standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, waves and whales and which are titled
choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation. (E) paintings, being inspired by the shapes of waves
Your selection should result in the most effective and whales, titled
sentence—clear and precise, without awkwardness or
ambiguity.
3. The mayor claimed that a majority of the property
EXAMPLE: owners would have favored her proposal if put to the
vote.
Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book
and she was sixty-five years old then. (A) would have favored her proposal if put
(B) would have favored her proposal if it had been put
(A) and she was sixty-five years old then (C) favored her proposal if it would have been put
(B) when she was sixty-five (D) favored her proposal if put
(C) at age sixty-five years old (E) favored her proposal if they were put
(D) upon the reaching of sixty-five years
(E) at the time when she was sixty-five 4. The psychologist states that most people want the same
things: interesting and meaningful work, respect, and
to have them be loved for themselves alone.
1. A stranger, the students were surprised to see him enter (A) interesting and meaningful work, respect, and to
the classroom carrying a bowling ball. have them be loved for themselves alone
(A) A stranger, the students were surprised to see him (B) to have interesting and meaningful work, respect,
enter the classroom carrying a bowling ball. and loved for themselves alone
(B) A stranger carrying a bowling ball, the students (C) work that has interest and is meaningful, to have
were surprised to see him entering the classroom. respect, and to be beloved for themselves alone
(C) The students were surprised to see a stranger enter (D) interesting and meaningful work, respect, and
the classroom, and he carried a bowling ball. their own love
(D) The students were surprised to see a stranger (E) to have interesting and meaningful work, to be
carrying a bowling ball enter the classroom. respected, and to be loved for themselves alone
(E) The students, who were surprised to see a stranger
enter the classroom carrying a bowling ball.

5. By employing exotic harmonies and making unusual 9. Although known primarily as a poet, the paintings of
use of instruments, Mahler was a pathfinder from Lawrence Ferlinghetti have recently been receiving
romanticism to modern music. public attention.
(A) Mahler was a pathfinder (A) Although known primarily as a poet, the paintings
(B) a path was created by Mahler of Lawrence Ferlinghetti
(C) Mahler created a path (B) Although known primarily for his poetry,
(D) Mahler was the creator of a path Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s paintings
(E) was how Mahler created a path (C) Although his poetry is primarily what he is known
for, Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s paintings
6. In the past, many famous painters meticulously (D) Although Lawrence Ferlinghetti is known
ground their own colors, an attention to detail primarily as a poet and his paintings
that is noteworthy. (E) Although Lawrence Ferlinghetti is known
primarily for his poetry, his paintings
(A) an attention to detail that is noteworthy
(B) inasmuch as they showed attention to detail,
10. For many a brilliant architect, being free to innovate is
it is noteworthy
more important than being well paid.
(C) this makes it noteworthy in showing their
attention to detail (A) being free to innovate is more important than
(D) an idea that is noteworthy in showing their (B) having freedom of innovation is more
attention to detail important than
(E) which is noteworthy and it shows an attention (C) there is more importance in the freedom
to detail to innovate than
(D) freedom to innovate has more importance than
7. By including pieces of cloth, newspaper, wallpaper, (E) to have the freedom to innovate is more
and other materials in his work, Picasso’s innovation important than
had an important influence on twentieth-century art.
11. What was not achieved in last year’s county voter
(A) Picasso’s innovation had an important
registration drive was more than compensated for by
influence on
this year, which registered over three thousand new
(B) this innovation of Picasso’s was important in
voters.
its influence over
(C) Picasso’s important innovative influence was on (A) by this year, which registered over three thousand
(D) Picasso was influential, with his innovation, over new voters
(E) the innovative Picasso was an important (B) by this year, having over three thousand new
influence on voters registered
(C) by this year’s drive, which registered over three
8. Once American films looked slick and commercial thousand new voters
compared to European imports; now, almost the (D) when they registered three thousand new voters
reverse is true. this year
(E) this year, when they registered over three
(A) now, almost the reverse is true thousand new voters
(B) now they are almost the reverse
(C) instead, there is almost a reversal now
(D) now it is almost the reverse that is true
(E) it has now been almost reversed

The following sentences test your ability to recognize 15. People were trained to perform one tiny part of one
grammar and usage errors. Each sentence contains either A
a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more
than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and process in one department of one industry, and so
lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one
underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence having no sense of the process as a whole . No error
correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice E. In
choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard B C D E
written English.
16. The Stegosaurus, plant-eating dinosaurs with
EXAMPLE:
A
The other delegates and him immediately protective bony plates and tail spikes, was
A B C B
accepted the resolution drafted by the once common in what is now Colorado. No error
D C D E
neutral states. No error
E
17. Some plants use chemical signals that repel insects,
A
and also, these signals help to put neighboring plants
12. For the cyclist exploring Ireland’s western cliffs, B
A on alert so they can mount their own defenses .
every road leading out of the town of Clifden offers C D
B No error
their own set of wonders. No error E
C D E
18. Innovative use of computers in the classroom allows
13. The construction of a waterway linking the Atlantic
students to undertake projects that encourages them
and Pacific Oceans was first proposed in 1524, A B C
A to be both analytical and intellectually adventurous.
but not until the Panama Canal opened in 1914 did D
B No error
such a project become a reality . No error E
C D E
19. When one is researching the customs of a com-
14. The charm of Lofting’s book lies in the humorous A
A B munity, you must learn about its history and observe
reversal of roles— the animals guide, assist, and B C
C its people going about their ordinary activities.
generally they take care of the helpless humans. D
D No error
No error E
E

20. Working with consummate skill, Picasso sketched a 25. When M. R. Harrington, an archaeologist from the
A A
portrait of the youthful but experienced dancer who Museum of the American Indian, began to excavate
B C B
was posing for him. No error the ruins he named the Pueblo Grande de Nevada, he
D E C
unearthed artifacts indicating a 500-year occupation
21. From 1566 until 1576 Santa Elena, now an D
A by indigenous peoples. No error
excavation site in South Carolina, was the capital E
B
of Spanish Florida; however , it has become an 26. The supervisor cited three workers, each of which
C D A
English settlement by 1735. No error is likely to win a prize for having suggested cost-
E B C
effective changes at the factory. No error
22. Despite the attorney’s moving plea, the judge placed D E
A B
the juvenile offender on probation for an indecisive 27. Freedom of action and expression are at the
C D A
period. No error foundation not only of our system of government but
E B
also of our expectations concerning human relations
23. Yearning for a truly representative art form C
A B at all levels of society. No error
of the Americas, the art world of the 1920’s D E
looked hopefully to the three popular Mexican 28. While both disaster rescue workers and news reporters
C
mural artists of the day . No error may face physical danger, the latter can usually
D E A B
control his or her exposure to risk, whereas rescue
24. There has always been a great deal of friction between C D
A workers often cannot. No error
Joan and I because we have opposing political views E
B C
about which we are very vocal. No error 29. The refusal of the management to revise their
D E A B
policy on family leave caused an uproar among
C D
employees. No error
E

31. What is the best way to deal with sentence 2 ?
Directions: The following passage is an early draft of an
essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. (A) Omit it.
(B) Switch it with sentence 1.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the (C) Insert “Definitely” at the beginning.
questions that follow. Some questions are about particular (D) Change “many” to “lots of”.
sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve (E) Change “had” to “have achieved”.
sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask you
to consider organization and development. In choosing 32. Which of the following sentences is best inserted after
answers, follow the requirements of standard written sentence 3 ?
English.
(A) They think of science as a field in which
men have been traditionally encouraged
Questions 30-35 are based on the following passage.
to participate.
(B) The failure of the educational system to nurture
(1) Some of the world’s greatest scientists have been young girls’ interest in science
women, and most people still tend to think of science as a is certainly another.
“man’s game.” (2) There are probably many reasons that (C) Some of the best-known names in science are
more men than women had fame as scientists. (3) Unequal those of men such as Galileo and Einstein.
access to educational opportunities is certainly one. (D) The girls in my school are not given the same
(4) But sometimes the reason is plain old-fashioned opportunities to study scientific subjects as the
dishonesty. (5) James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice boys are.
Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery by (E) Yet Rosalind Franklin was a woman who made a
them of the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. number of extremely significant contributions to
(6) The discovery is seen by most as one of the greatest modern science.
contributions to the modern history of biology.
(7) One of the most important pieces of evidence used 33. In context, which of the following is the best way to
by Watson and Crick to figure out this structure was express the underlined portion of sentence 5
an x-ray diffraction photograph that had been taken by (reproduced below) ?
a woman, Rosalind Franklin. (8) Scientists often build on
the work of other scientists, but they usually do so openly. James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins
(9) Franklin’s photograph was secretly shown to Watson were awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery by
by her colleague Maurice Wilkins. (10) Who never told them of the double helix structure of the DNA
her what he had done. (11) And then Watson, Crick, and molecule.
Wilkins gave Nobel Prize lectures that contained (A) (As it is now)
98 references to the work of other scientists, not citing (B) They were awarded the Nobel Prize for the
a single one of Franklin’s papers. (12) Of them only discovery
Wilkins in his speech making even a casual reference to (C) Watson, Crick, and Wilkins were awarded the
her when he said she made some “very valuable Nobel Prize for the discovery by them
contributions to the x-ray analysis.” (D) James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice
Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize for their
30. In context, which of the following is the best change to discovery
make to sentence 1 ? (E) But the Nobel Prize was awarded to Watson,
Crick, and Wilkins for the discovery
(A) Insert “As one can see” at the beginning.
(B) Insert “In the field of genetics” at the beginning.
(C) Insert “of course” after “and”.
(D) Insert “yet” after “and”.
(E) Delete the quotation marks.

34. In context, which of the following is the best version of 35. Which of the following is the best way to express the
sentences 9 and 10 (reproduced below) ? underlined portion of sentence 12 (reprinted below) ?
Franklin’s photograph was secretly shown to Watson Of them only Wilkins in his speech making even a
by her colleague Maurice Wilkins. Who never told her casual reference to her when he said she made some
what he had done. “very valuable contributions to the x-ray analysis.”
(A) (As it is now) (A) (As it is now)
(B) Similarly, her colleague Maurice Wilkins showed (B) Having made his speech, only Wilkins had
Franklin’s photograph to Watson, and he never made even
told her about it. (C) Of the three, only Wilkins made even
(C) Unfortunately, she did not know that her (D) Only his speech contained even
colleague Maurice Wilkins had secretly shown (E) In the same manner, Wilkins made
this photograph to Watson.
(D) In fact, Franklin’s colleague Maurice Wilkins
never told her that he had shown Watson the
photograph.
(E) In this case, Franklin’s colleague Maurice Wilkins
secretly showed Watson her photograph without
telling her.
STOP

SECTION 7
Time — 25 minutes
24 Questions
4. Although the bystander’s account of the car accident at

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank first seemed -------, the police officer was surprised, on
indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath further investigation, to find that it was -------.
through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when (A) dubious . . erroneous
inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the (B) incongruous . . inconsistent
sentence as a whole. (C) implausible . . correct
(D) logical . . pertinent
Example: (E) probable . . coherent
Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed
a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both 5. The legislation facing Congress was so ------- that it
labor and management. threatened to shatter the governing body’s fragile
bipartisanship.
(A) enforce . . useful
(B) end . . divisive (A) divisive (B) transparent (C) concordant
(C) overcome . . unattractive (D) repetitive (E) rhetorical
(D) extend . . satisfactory
(E) resolve . . acceptable 6. In All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes, author
Maya Angelou uses -------, brief descriptive sketches,
to provide ------- view of Ghana that clearly details the
1. New data measuring the ------- of land beneath the land and its people.
oceans permit accurate generalizations about the
topography of the seafloor. (A) missives . . an illusory
(B) themes . . a thorough
(A) models (B) contours (C) remnants (C) vignettes . . a vivid
(D) populations (E) pigments (D) treatises . . an authentic
(E) abstracts . . an ambiguous
2. Excessive secrecy tends to ------- excessive curiosity
and thus serves to ------- the very impulses against 7. Because an older horse is more ------- than a younger
which it guards. one, it is safer for a novice rider.
(A) inhibit . . protect (A) frolicsome (B) cantankerous
(B) disguise . . supplant (C) gargantuan (D) tractable
(C) satisfy . . limit (E) precipitate
(D) compel . . deride
(E) invite . . provoke 8. The library’s collection is a ------- of Asian American
historical documents, including rare materials about
3. In frigid regions a layer of permafrost under the soil race relations.
surface prevents water from sinking deep into the soil,
and so the water ------- the land, helping to create bog (A) summary (B) fabrication (C) consensus
and ------- conditions. (D) trove (E) replication
(A) freezes . . tropical

(B) parches . . marsh
(C) inundates . . desert
(D) aerates . . jungle
(E) floods . . swamp

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 9-10 are based on the following passage. Questions 11-12 are based on the following passage.
There you are, driving along the freeway, nobody in When Dr. Mae C. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the
sight, just you, daydreaming, when RIGHT BEHIND YOU space shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992, she also
there’s a blast of sound, as of some eighteen-wheeler out blasted into history as the first woman of color to go into
Line of control, howling in rage . . . . WHERE IS IT? Without Line space. A chemical engineer, scientist, physician, teacher,
5 thinking, you see all directions at once: the empty road 5 and astronaut, Jemison has been undaunted by a lack of
ahead and behind, the lack of vehicles on all sides. . . . role models or by roadblocks to women and minority
Slowly, you come to understand that the sound is not people. “I had to learn very early not to limit myself
from the road but from a highballing freight train travelling due to others’ limited imagination,” says Dr. Jemison.
parallel to the freeway. An advocate for science and technology, Jemison main-
10 How long to go from full alert to anticlimax? Less than 10 tains, “we need to change the image of who does science.
a minute. It was a chemical reaction, pure and simple, and That’s important not only for folks who want to go into
it crippled time in your mind. science, but for the folks who fund science.”
9. The capital letters in lines 2 and 4 primarily serve to 11. The primary purpose of the passage is to
evoke a sense of
(A) note obstacles facing women in science
(A) anger (B) explain how Jemison fosters interest in science
(B) alarm (C) discuss how Jemison rose to fame
(C) impatience (D) provide a sketch of Jemison and her goals
(D) disbelief (E) describe Jemison’s introduction to science
(E) embarrassment
10. If the passage were to continue, the next paragraph 12. In lines 9-12, Jemison is represented as
would most likely discuss
(A) a political ideologue
(A) other qualities of freight trains that often cause (B) an arbitrator of disputes
anxiety in humans (C) a mentor to women
(B) the chemical reaction that occurs when drivers (D) a charismatic visionary
repeatedly honk their horns in traffic (E) a champion of reform
(C) the destination of the driver and the reason for
the driver’s haste
(D) the nature of the chemical reaction that occurs
when people become scared
(E) important differences between the effects of truck
horns and train whistles on humans

Questions 13-24 are based on the following pair of a wise purpose. Aristophanes, Shakespeare, and Chaucer
passages. are the true humorists of our world. They did not jest out
of season. Their humor is precious on account of its parsi-
Mark Twain is the pseudonym of Samuel Clemens mony. They do not at every turn slap their readers on the
(1835-1910), who is best known for his stories about life 45 back and assure them that there is nothing congruous in
along the Mississippi River. He also lectured and read the visible world. Of the irreverence that turns whatever
from his writings in many countries around the world. The is beautiful or noble into a stupid jest they knew nothing.
following passages are adapted from two essays about They kept their humor in its proper place; they used it for a
Clemens published while Clemens was still alive. wise purpose; they did not degrade it to catch an easy round
50 of applause; and, fortunately for them, they are today refused
Passage 1 the august title of humorist, which sits so aptly upon the
shoulders of Mark Twain.
While Mark Twain has declared that humor is a The essence of humor is that it should be unexpected.
“subject which has never had much interest” for him, it is The modern humorist is never unexpected. He beats the
as a humorist that the world persists in regarding him. It is 55 drum from the moment at which he appears upon the stage.
Line certain that Mark Twain is the greatest genius evolved by Mark Twain brings whatever time has honored down to
5 natural selection out of the ranks of American journalism. the level of a Yankee drummer. He finds every custom
Crude, rudimentary, and often coarse as much of his writing ridiculous that does not conform with the standard of the
was, it bore upon it the fresh stamp of contemporary United States. He holds his sides when he thinks of the
actuality. American humor, neither unfathomably absurd 60 old masters. Nor does he understand that there are certain
like the Irish, nor sharp and sensible and full of the realities manifestations of genius which should be sacred even for
10 of life like the Scottish, is simply the humor of imagination. the jester. In other words, Mark Twain the humorist is a
It consists in piling towers on towers and mountains on bull in the china shop of ideas. When, as in A Connecticut
mountains; of heaping a joke up to the stars and extending Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, he gave full rein to his
it to the end of the world. 65 fancy, he achieved such a masterpiece of vulgarity as the
Humor, it must be remembered, is a function of world has never seen. His book gives you the same sort
15 nationality. The same joke, as related by an American, of impression which you might receive from a beautiful
a Scotsman, or an Irishman, carries with it a distinctive picture over which a poisonous slug had crawled. The hint
ethnic flavor and individuality of approach. Indeed, it is of magnificence is there, pitilessly deformed and defaced.
open to question whether most humor does not require 70 And it is the more pitiful because he has a talent which
some specialized knowledge of some particular locality. stands in need of no folly for its embellishment. Had he
20 The secret of Mark Twain’s worldwide popularity as a never cut a joke, had he refrained always from grinning at
humorist is not to be attributed to any tricks of style, to grave and beautiful things, how brilliant a fame would have
any breadth of knowledge, or even to any depth of intel- been his!
lectuality. His humor has international range because it is
constructed out of a deep comprehension of human nature 13. Which statement best describes how the authors of the
25 and a profound sympathy for human relationships and two passages differ in their views of Twain’s humor?
human failings; thus, it successfully surmounts the diffi-
culties of translation into alien tongues. Above all, he has (A) The author of Passage 1 criticizes its offensive
sympathized with and admired the citizens of every nation, style, whereas the author of Passage 2 deplores
seeking beneath the surface veneer the universal traits of its American bias.
30 that nation’s humanity. It is a matter of fact that he has (B) The author of Passage 1 views it as mediocre,
made far more damaging admissions concerning America whereas the author of Passage 2 views it as
than concerning any other nation. “My secret, if there is a intolerable.
secret,” Twain has said, “is to create humor independent of (C) The author of Passage 1 concludes that it is trivial,
local conditions. Through studying humanity as exhibited whereas the author of Passage 2 concludes that it
35 in the people and localities I best knew and understood, I is harmless.
have sought to winnow out the encumbrance of the local. (D) The author of Passage 1 praises its universality,
Humor, like morality, has its eternal verities.” whereas the author of Passage 2 disparages its
lack of discrimination.
Passage 2 (E) The author of Passage 1 admires its vigor, whereas
Humor as a solid quality and a lucrative trade is of the author of Passage 2 considers it understated.
modern invention. The great men who dared to laugh in
40 an earlier age than ours laughed in moderation and with

14. In line 23, Passage 1, “range” most nearly means 19. Which of the following terms would the author of
Passage 2 most likely use to describe Twain?
(A) scope
(B) distance (A) Aristocrat
(C) variation (B) Reformer
(D) ranking (C) Apologist
(E) value (D) Visionary
(E) Chauvinist
15. In lines 23-27 (“His humor . . . tongues”), the author
of Passage 1 attributes Twain’s international popularity 20. In the last sentence of Passage 2 (lines 71-74), the
to his author indicates that Mark Twain
(A) knowledge of comedic style (A) would have enjoyed fame despite his vulgarity
(B) intellectual breadth and crudeness
(C) understanding of people (B) would have been a better writer if he had not
(D) mastery of foreign languages attempted humor
(E) reputation for appealing to ethnic humor (C) would have enjoyed a brilliant career if he had
perfected his comedic technique
16. Which of the following most nearly captures the (D) was an amateur and a dilettante whose interest in
meaning of “winnow . . . local” (line 36, Passage 1) ? humor was superficial
(E) was destined for failure as a result of his
(A) Intermix local details with universal truths insensitivity to his audience
(B) Take out that which prevents one from recognizing
the universal
21. Which of the following, if true, would best support the
(C) Use the universal as a way to place the specific
main argument presented in Passage 2 ?
in context
(D) Devise new ways to express old truths (A) Literary greatness can sometimes be the subject of
(E) Reap the benefits of local customs so as to offensive satire.
understand the universal (B) Certain subjects are not easily satirized.
(C) Intelligent men and women appreciate a good joke
17. Which of the following, if true, would most seriously at their own expense every now and then.
undermine the main argument presented in Passage 1 ? (D) Humorists are likely to be well received when they
undertake to ridicule respected writers of the past.
(A) Humor is intrinsically connected to a sense of (E) Contemporary humorists are never as insightful as
morality. the great comic writers of the past.
(B) Certain cultural differences are so powerful that it
is impossible for them to be transcended.
22. How would the author of Passage 1 most likely
(C) Humor is a function of imagination coupled with
respond to the assertion in Passage 2 that Twain
exaggeration.
ridicules everything “that does not conform with
(D) In order to be successful as a humorist, one must
the standard of the United States” (lines 58-59) ?
have specialized knowledge of local customs.
(E) Humor is based on perpetual truths. (A) Twain reserves his harshest criticism for America.
(B) Twain is a gifted American journalist.
18. Twain’s style of humor is criticized in Passage 2 (C) Twain achieved international success because he
mainly because the author believes that Twain is American.
(D) Twain attempts to create a uniquely American
(A) lacks the subtlety of the literary masters style of humor.
(B) ignores local customs (E) Twain is captivated by American culture.
(C) confuses the standards of different nations
(D) attempts too hard to appear refined
(E) is less amusing as a public speaker than as a writer

23. Which of the following pairs best represents each 24. How would the author of Passage 2 most likely respond
author’s attitude toward the term “humorist,” as used to the claim made by the author of Passage 1 that
in Passage 1 (line 3) and Passage 2 (line 62) ? Twain “admired the citizens of every nation, seeking
beneath the surface veneer the universal traits of that
Passage 1 Passage 2
nation’s humanity” (lines 28-30) ?
(A) Amusement Anger
(A) Twain’s humor is so unexpected that he is able
(B) Envy Mockery
to see startling aspects about the behavior of
(C) Pride Embarrassment
people all over the world.
(D) Approval Smugness
(B) Twain shares with the humorists of the past the
(E) Respect Disdain
tendency to attack foolishness whenever he
sees it.
(C) Twain is limited by his inability to see things from
anything other than an American perspective.
(D) Twain always uses his humor for a wise purpose
and uses humor to emphasize the importance of
people respecting each other.
(E) The effect of Twain’s probing beneath the surface
is limited by the fact that he is not nearly as
funny as many people claim he is.
STOP

SECTION 8
Time — 20 minutes
16 Questions
Directions: For this section, solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the corresponding
circle on the answer sheet. You may use any available space for scratchwork.
1. Classified ads cost $2.50 per 30 words at City 2. If 3x − x = 2 x + x + 20, then x =

Newspaper. What is the least number of words
that must be deleted from the text of a 75-word (A) −20
classified ad to reduce the cost to $5.00 or less? (B) −10
(C) −5
(A) 5 (D) 10
(B) 15 (E) 20
(C) 20
(D) 30
(E) 60

5. If 16 = 2 k , what is the value of k ?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
3. In the figure above, what is the value of x + y ? (E) 8
(A) 90
(B) 100
(C) 110
(D) 120
(E) 130
4. If a > b > 0, which of the following is greater

a
than ?
b
(A) 1
6. In the figure above, m. If p (not shown) is another
line in the plane, what is the least number of points at
b
(B) which p can intersect these four lines?
a
(A) None
1 (B) One
(C)
a (C) Two
b (D) Three
a (E) Four
(D)
2b
2a
(E)
b

7. If - 9 < x < 9, which of the following must be true? 9. The average (arithmetic mean) of a, b, and c is equal
to the median of a, b, and c. If 0 < a < b < c,
(A) x 2 < 9 which of the following must be equal to b ?
(B) x3 > 9 a +c
(A)
2
(C) x <9
a +c
(D) x-2 >7 (B)
3
(E) x-9 <9 c − a
(C)
2
c − a
(D)
3
(E) ac
10. There are x exposures on a certain roll of film. The

cost of the roll of film is d dollars, and the cost to
8. The table above gives values of the linear function k develop the film is c cents per exposure. What is
for selected values of x. Which of the following the cost, in dollars, to purchase and develop the roll
defines k ? of film?
(A) k ( x ) = -2 x + 1 (A)
cx
+d
100
(B) k ( x ) = - x + 1
dx
(B) +c
1 1 100
(C) k ( x ) = x -
2 2
cdx
(D) k ( x ) = x - 1 (C)
100
(E) k ( x ) = 2 x - 1 (D) cx + 100 d
(E) 100dx + c

11. A circular piece of cardboard is cut in half along a
diameter. If the diameter is 12 inches, what is the
perimeter, in inches, of one of the semicircular pieces?
(A) 6p + 6
(B) 6 p + 12
(C) 12 p + 6
(D) 12 p + 12
(E) 12 p + 24
13. In the figure above, the length of CD is 4, and the
length of each side of quadrilateral ABCE is 5. What
is the area of quadrilateral ABCD ?
(A) 32
(B) 28
(C) 27
(D) 26
(E) 22
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
14. A list consists of all possible three-letter arrangements
12. The figure above shows the remaining pieces of a formed by using the letters above such that the first
paper chain from which a section has been removed. letter is D and one of the remaining letters is A. If
The first link of the original chain was red and the no letter is used more than once in an arrangement in
colors of the links formed the repeating pattern of red the list and one three-letter arrangement is randomly
(R), yellow (Y), green (G), white (W), and blue (B) selected from the list, what is the probability that the
from left to right. Which of the following could be the arrangement selected will be DCA ?
number of links in the section that was removed?
1
(A) 60 (A)
5
(B) 61
(C) 62 1
(B)
(D) 63 6
(E) 64
1
(C)
9
1
(D)
10
1
(E)
12

16. For all x ≥ -1, let the function f be defined as
f ( x ) = x + 1. Which of the following is equal
to f (15) - f (8) ?
(A) f ( -1)
(B) f (0 )
(C) f (1)
(D) f (7)
15. The pyramid above has a square base and four
(E) f ( 7)
congruent triangular faces. The height of the pyramid
is 5 inches and each edge of the base is 4 inches long.
What is the length of AB , in inches?
(A) 29 (approximately 5.39)
(B) 33 (approximately 5.74)
(C) 39 (approximately 6.24)
(D) 43 (approximately 6.56)
(E) 57 (approximately 7.55)
STOP

SECTION 9
Time — 20 minutes
19 Questions
3. It would be a waste of time for any reviewer to bother

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank ------- a book whose utter worthlessness is ------- to
indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath even the least discerning reader.
through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when (A) enjoying . . doubtful
inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the (B) mocking . . figurative
sentence as a whole. (C) assessing . . welcome
(D) condemning . . obvious
Example: (E) ignoring . . obnoxious
Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed
a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both 4. The new policy has been called a quiet revolution
labor and management. because, though introduced without -------, it is already
producing ------- changes.
(A) enforce . . useful
(B) end . . divisive (A) warning . . specious
(C) overcome . . unattractive (B) fanfare . . momentous
(D) extend . . satisfactory (C) concealment . . transient
(E) resolve . . acceptable (D) hesitation . . ostensible
(E) debate . . negligible
1. Seeking to ------- what people view and read by deter- 5. When two chemical compounds are combined, a -------
mining what art and literature should be available, effect can be achieved: the resulting combination can
censorship laws directly ------- free expression. be more potent than either of the individual compounds
alone.
(A) govern . . liberate
(B) juxtapose . . prescribe (A) synergistic (B) naturalistic (C) competitive
(C) defer . . nullify (D) retroactive (E) neutralizing
(D) control . . prohibit
(E) balance . . promote 6. Artists who are described as ------- are the first to
experiment with new forms or concepts.
2. Myra laughed exuberantly and embraced her friends
repeatedly, so ------- was she about having been (A) aesthetic (B) partisan (C) decorous
selected. (D) cerebral (E) avant-garde
(A) ambivalent (B) quizzical (C) euphoric

(D) jaded (E) exacting

The passage below is followed by questions based on its content. Answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied
in the passage and in any introductory material that may be provided.
Questions 7-19 are based on the following passage. plains surmount. A river closes in, rounds the bend, runs
between banks, hides shallows and snags, tumbles over
The following passage was adapted from a book about rapids, skirts islands, is forever calling attention to itself,
the Great Plains, a plateau extending westward from the like a trail, which a river inevitably becomes. The plains,
prairies of central North America to the eastern base of 50 on the other hand, open out, unfold, beg the long and track-
the Rocky Mountains. less view. The river draws a line; the plains reveal a space.
It is like the difference between an interstate expressway
Before the railroads were built, the way west followed and a county road. An interstate is broad and swift and, in
the rivers: west along the Platte into Wyoming, over South its own way, keeps to the level. You can drive on an inter-
Pass, up the Snake River into the Oregon Territory; or up 55 state across the most endlessly enchanting of countrysides
Line the Missouri through the Dakotas and into Montana, then and encounter only an unrelieved monotony. The express-
5 west along the Yellowstone. It was the easiest but not the way exists in its own world, an unwalled tunnel, and moves
most accurate way to see the country. The country looked at its own urgent pace. It has a rhythm and a rigidly regular
better or worse from the prospect of the river; I can’t say time quite distinct from the landscape it crosses. It would
which, not having gone that way. But the country looked 60 not serve its purposes in any other way.
different, certainly, not at all like the Great Plains. There The county road, on the other hand, moves in and
10 are many reasons why it could not have seemed the same. through the landscape and exists as one more feature of
A river is an edge, for one thing, and not simply in the it. Where there is a tree and a sun, the road falls under
cartographer’s sense that it divides one piece of ground shadow; where there is a stream, the road follows down
from another. It is a biological edge. There worlds collide, 65 one bank, across the water, and up the other bank; where
strangers meet, and much business, although not of the a tall hill intervenes, the road goes around rather than
15 monetary kind, is transacted. Edges in the natural world through it and the traveler enjoys the sensation of having
are like cities in human cultures. They are the cosmopolitan moved among hills; at the village, the road unhesitatingly
places—populous, noisy, gaudy, rich, exciting —where one takes it in, and your own pace slows to accommodate the
expects the unexpected and the extraordinary is ordinary. 70 taking in, rather than swooping to the right or left around
They are altogether unlike the provinces, where the surprises the settlement at a curve calculated for high-speed safety.
20 lie not in discovering what is odd or new but in appreciating, A stray cow might cross in front of you and you will be
at last, what is routine and everyday, a larger accomplish- obliged to stop to let it pass, and so you will chance to
ment than one might imagine. The rivers of the earliest hear the song of the meadowlark on the fence post. The
westward travelers passed through the provinces, but these 75 hay wagon ahead cannot be gotten around; you are forced
rivers revealed a world that was not, in itself, characteristic to reduce your own speed to the local standard, and so you
25 of those regions. see the marsh hawk circling above a pothole.
Rivers carry water, for instance, but the region of the The best way to go west, therefore, is the slowest way
Great Plains is by its nature arid—not so arid as the deserts, possible and across country rather than along the rivers,
although for a long time the Great Plains were regarded 80 avoiding both the old watery rivers and the new ones of
as a desert, but arid enough to inhibit the growth of trees, asphalt and cast concrete.
30 except along rivers. You could no more know the Great
Plains by canoeing up the Missouri than you could see
7. The author’s primary purpose in the passage is to
the Sonoran Desert by rafting down the Colorado. River
travelers poled or steamed up the channels by day and (A) introduce the narrative figure of the traveler
fished for supper by twilight. The Blackfeet, the lords of (B) convey the excitement felt by the earliest explorers
35 the Great Plains and the prairie’s most serious students, (C) encourage an appreciation of the Great Plains
would no sooner have dined on catfish than we would on (D) establish the vanished beauty of western rivers
a dish of fricasseed sewer rat. The mucus-covered creatures (E) confirm the mysterious nature of the Great Plains
of the muddy river bottoms, the Blackfeet thought, were
simply not the best the plains had to offer; far from being
40 palatable, catfish were repulsive, disgusting.
The rivers, moreover, seek the level, that is, the low
ground, but the plains are the province of the big sky. The
rivers are always running away to the sea, but the plains
are always rising toward the mountains. They are contrary
45 forces working in contrary directions. The rivers dig in; the

8. For the author, a “biological edge” (line 13) represents a 13. In context, the word “tunnel” (line 57) most directly
emphasizes the expressway’s
(A) place where communities mingle
(B) barrier that separates different groups (A) function as a means of escape from provincial
(C) contrast to an urbanized environment dullness
(D) change over time in the geography of the land (B) role as a connection between two points
(E) clash between incompatible ways of life (C) independence from its surroundings
(D) intrusion into the landscape
9. In line 20, “appreciating” most nearly means (E) destruction of wildlife
(A) preserving from harm
14. The description of the county road (lines 61-77)
(B) increasing in value
suggests that it is most like the Great Plains in the
(C) understanding better
way that it
(D) praising
(E) thanking (A) encourages a feeling of satisfaction with one’s
lot in life
10. In lines 26-32 (“Rivers carry . . . Colorado”), the (B) fosters a sense of the world around one
author implies that viewing the plains from the (C) creates a desire to cultivate stillness and silence
prospect of a river might lead one to conclude that (D) evokes a sense of power and mastery over the land
the plains are (E) imparts an intuitive awareness of the complexity
of all life
(A) less arid than they actually are
(B) less populous than they actually are
15. Both the “stray cow” (line 72) and the “hay wagon”
(C) rising more rapidly toward the mountains than
(line 75) are presented as
they actually do
(D) not fertile enough to sustain the growth of trees (A) features of a rural landscape that are depicted
(E) not as arid as the desert sentimentally in American art
(B) objects that present unexpected dangers to the
11. The author mentions the Blackfeet (lines 34-40) unwary
primarily because (C) memories of the author’s childhood that are
typical of the Great Plains
(A) they appreciated the plains (D) obstacles that force people to pay attention to the
(B) they were experts in using the resources beauty of their surroundings
of the rivers (E) symbols of an agrarian ideal that attracted settlers
(C) they cared about the ecology of the plains to the west
(D) river travelers learned a lot from them
(E) local people were in awe of them
16. The opinion expressed in lines 78-81 (“The best . . .
concrete”) assumes that the westward traveler
12. The author indicates that the view offered by the inter-
state is similar to that offered by the river in that both (A) is familiar with the Great Plains
(B) dislikes cities
(A) are teeming with unexpected surprises (C) appreciates the slow pace of river travel
(B) are reflective of environmental changes (D) is interested in studying different species in nature
(C) are subjected to minor obstructions (E) wants to savor the countryside
(D) give the traveler an unobstructed look at nature
(E) give an erroneous impression of the countryside

17. How is the way referred to in line 78 “best”? 19. The passage as a whole most fully answers which
question?
(A) It is safe and easy.
(B) It provides the most insight. (A) Which western river provides the best access to
(C) It is the most convenient. the mountains?
(D) It has the most historical significance. (B) Which ecosystems of the Great Plains are most
(E) It illustrates the author’s fund of knowledge. exciting for visitors?
(C) What do the rivers of the West teach us about our
18. Which of the following best expresses the author’s past?
central point about river travel? (D) What route west provides most information about
the Great Plains?
(A) It was often hazardous. (E) How can one identify the best scenery in the Great
(B) It caused disputes between travelers and the Plains?
residents of the Northwest Territory.
(C) It was an inefficient way to travel.
(D) It offered little opportunity to learn about the
landscape of the Great Plains.
(E) It offered the safest route to the West Coast.
STOP

SECTION 10
Time — 10 minutes
14 Questions
2. Tickets are available at the box office they can be

The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness picked up one hour before the performance.
of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence
is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of (A) at the box office they can be picked up one hour
phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the before the performance
original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If (B) at the box office; they can be picked up one hour
you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence before the performance
than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select (C) one hour before the performance, they can be
one of the other choices. picked up at the box office
(D) and that can be picked up at the box office one
In making your selection, follow the requirements of hour before the performance
standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, (E) at the box office, one hour before the performance
choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation. is when they can be picked up
Your selection should result in the most effective
sentence—clear and precise, without awkwardness or
ambiguity. 3. Medical research now emphasizes that the best
treatment for many diseases is the body’s own defenses
EXAMPLE: being stimulated.
Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book (A) the best treatment for many diseases is the body’s
and she was sixty-five years old then. own defenses being stimulated
(B) the best treatment for many diseases is stimulation
(A) and she was sixty-five years old then of the body’s own defenses
(B) when she was sixty-five (C) there should be stimulation of the body’s own
(C) at age sixty-five years old defenses for the best treatment for many diseases
(D) upon the reaching of sixty-five years (D) there should be a stimulation of the body’s own
(E) at the time when she was sixty-five defenses to achieve the best treatment for many
diseases
(E) the body’s own defenses should have stimulation
for the best treatment for many diseases
1. The amount of garbage produced in the United States
could be reduced by recycling trash, minimizing
packaging, and developing new technology for 4. Some political scientists are convinced that the major
incinerators and landfills. conflict toward democracy and communism
is moral.
(A) and developing new technology
(B) and if they develop new technology (A) toward democracy and communism is moral
(C) and also by developing new technology (B) is a moral one between democracy and
(D) and new technology being developed communism
(E) and if there was new technology (C) between democracy, compared to communism,
is a moral one
(D) is a moral one for democracy, compared to
communism
(E) between democracy and communism is a
moral one

5. Until just recently many students would take 9. Having no additional funds to spend, the meeting
lengthy trips during spring break rather than of the budget committee was promptly concluded.
temporary jobs like now.
(A) the meeting of the budget committee was
(A) break rather than temporary jobs like now promptly concluded
(B) break instead of temporary jobs like now (B) the meeting of the budget committee concluded
(C) break; now they take temporary jobs promptly
(D) break; instead, students are taking (C) the conclusion of the budget committee meeting
temporary jobs was prompt
(E) break, but now it is temporary jobs (D) the budget committee promptly concluded
its meeting
6. To meet the college’s requirement of service to her (E) the budget committee’s meeting was promptly
community, 40 hours of her time to Habitat for concluded
Humanity were volunteered by Laurie.
10. In the early songs of the Beatles, one hears plaintive
(A) 40 hours of her time to Habitat for Humanity
Blues-inspired melodies that would seem to be more
were volunteered by Laurie
a product of rural southern America than an English
(B) Laurie volunteered 40 hours of her time to
industrial city.
Habitat for Humanity
(C) 40 hours of her time to Habitat for Humanity (A) a product of rural southern America than
was what Laurie volunteered an English industrial city
(D) through 40 hours of volunteering by Laurie (B) a product from rural southern America than that
to Habitat for Humanity of an English industrial city
(E) Laurie, to Habitat for Humanity, was volun- (C) produced in rural southern America than by an
teering 40 hours of her time English industrial city
(D) a product out of rural southern America than from
7. Reviews of books and films have generally been an English industrial city
exempt from the standards of libel that are applied (E) a product of rural southern America than of an
to news stories, but they are now questioning the English industrial city
distinction between reporting and criticism.
11. In 1968 air pollution from automobile exhaust,
(A) they are now questioning the distinction between
particularly like that in the Los Angeles environs,
reporting and criticism
became of an increasingly more urgent concern to
(B) questions are now being asked by them as to the
environmentalists.
distinction between reporting and criticism
(C) the distinction between reporting and criticism is (A) like that in the Los Angeles environs, became
now being questioned of an increasingly more urgent
(D) the question they are asking now is whether there (B) of the sort found in the Los Angeles area, became
is a distinction between reporting and criticism an increasingly urgent
(E) the distinction they make between reporting and (C) such as you have in the area of Los Angeles,
criticism is now questioned became of increasingly more urgent
(D) like the kind in and around Los Angeles and its
8. A writer who well understood the plight of the environs, became an increasingly urgent
underprivileged, many acclaim Richard Wright as (E) the kind similar to the Los Angeles area, became
the novelist of the downtrodden. an increasingly more urgent
(A) many acclaim Richard Wright as
(B) many have acclaimed Richard Wright as
(C) Richard Wright is being acclaimed by many as
(D) Richard Wright has been widely acclaimed as
(E) widely acclaimed is Richard Wright as

12. Although long considered a vestigial organ that has 14. Most often defenders of art have justified its existence
no function in humans, the appendix, some scientists with their pointing out a function that nothing but art
believe, may have a significant role as part of the itself could perform.
body’s immune system.
(A) with their pointing out a function that nothing but
(A) the appendix, some scientists believe, may have art itself could perform
(B) the appendix, which, some scientists believe, may (B) by them pointing out a function that only art could
have perform
(C) the appendix, in the belief of some scientists, is (C) through the pointing out of a function performed
possibly having by art alone
(D) the appendix is believed by some scientists as (D) by pointing to some function that art alone can
perhaps having perform
(E) some scientists believe the appendix may have (E) through their having pointed to a function
performed by art itself
13. Failing to anticipate the sharp downturn in the
economy, millions of dollars were lost through the
investment fund’s managers’ slowness to act.
(A) millions of dollars were lost through the
investment fund’s managers’ slowness
to act
(B) millions of dollars were lost due to the slowness
of the investment fund’s managers to act
(C) the investment fund’s managers were slow to act,
millions of dollars were lost as a result
(D) the investment fund’s managers were slow to act
and thus lost millions of dollars
(E) the investment fund lost millions of dollars
because its managers acted too slowly
STOP

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