Y8 Verbal Reasoning

VIC SELECTIVE SCHOOL ENTRY TRIAL TEST
Verbal Reasoning Test Week 12 (Unit 6)
(Questions 1 ~ 5) Directions: In each of the following sentences, either all or part of the
sentence is underlined. Below each question are five ways of stating the underlined portion;
“A” is the same as the underlined portion. Choose the answer that gives a grammatically
correct sentence, is not ambiguous and does not change the meaning of the original.
1. Grinning idiotically, the camera made Nellie look like a fool.
(A) Grinning idiotically, the camera made Nellie look like a fool.
(B) Grinning idiotically, Nellie was made to look like a fool by the camera.
(C) Grinning idiotically, Nellie looked like a fool to the camera.
(D) Nellie, grinning idiotically, looking like a fool.
(E) Nellie looked like a fool, grinning idiotically.
2. Because Mother had been asking me to sweep the floor for a week, she had trouble believing
me when I told her that I had done it this morning.
(A) when I told her that I had done it this morning.

(B) when I told her that I had done so this morning.
(C) when I told her that I did it this morning.
(D) when I told her this morning that I had done it.
(E) when I did it this morning.
3. The receptionist looked up politely when I asked for an appointment and asked what it was in
regards to.
(A) and asked what it was in regards to. (B) asked what it was in regards to.
(C) asking what it was in regards to. (D) and asked what it was in regard to.
(E) and asked what it is in regard to.
4. Laughing like crazy men seem to be a habit of my fraternity brothers.
(A) Laughing like crazy men seem to be (B) Laughing like crazy men seems to be
(C) Laughing like crazy men are (D) Laughing like crazy men is
(E) Laughing and being crazy men seems
5. Few of the remaining students are actually studying; most seem to be in a state of shock that the
exam is today!
(A) Few of the remaining students are actually studying;

(B) Few of the remaining students is actually studying;
(C) Few of the remaining students are actually studying,
(D) Few of the remaining students is actually studying,
(E) Few actual studying students remain;
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(Questions 6 ~ 10) Directions: you are given a related pair of words or phrases. Select the
lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that in the original pair of words.
6. PREMONITION : WARY
(A) rejection : unsympathetic (B) realisation : ignorant (C) recollection : uncertain
(D) tension : relaxed (E) reward : jubilant
7. SLITHER : SNAKE
(A) swing : monkey (B) gallop : horse (C) weave : spider

(D) amble : bear (E) dig : ant
8. SUGGEST : INSIST
(A) plague : protect (B) twist : rotate (C) survey : detour

(D) mix : blend (E) hint : disclose
9. CONSTITUENT: REPRESENTATIVE
(A) atom : molecule (B) investor : broker (C) populace : judiciary

(D) speaker : investigator (E) goose : gaggle
10. INESTIMABLE : MEASURE
(A) multiple : restrict (B) incessant : terminate (C) infrequent : regulate

(D) disconnected : relate (E) voiceless : characterize
11. (16) Arrange the letters to complete the sentence. What letter does the word begin with?
Milk and wine are all ________.

QISIDLU
(A) D (B) L (C) Q (D) S (E) none of these
12. (18) Arrange the letters in capitals to complete the sentence. What letter does the word begin with?
_________ helps the blind to communicate.

LEBARIL
(A) B (B) E (C) L (D) R (E) none of these
13. (31) ‘The arms of the tree swayed with the wind’. This is an example of:
(A) A METAPHOR (B) A SIMILE (C) HUMOUR

(D) PERSONIFICATION (E) none of these
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14. (41) Choose a word for the following definition.
“Political protection given by a government to a person from another country”
(A) SANCTUARY (B) ASYLUM (C) SHELTER

(D) REFUGE (E) none of these
15. (42) Which word best completes the sentence?
The __________ moved out as the lease expired.
(A) OWNERS (B) GUESTS (C) RESIDENTS

(D) TENANTS (E) none of these
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VIC SELECTIVE SCHOOL ENTRY TRIAL TEST

Verbal Reasoning Test Week 12 (Unit 6)

(A) when I told her that I had done it this morning.

4. Laughing like crazy men seem to be a habit of my fraternity brothers.

(A) Few of the remaining students are actually studying;

(A) swing : monkey (B) gallop : horse (C) weave : spider

(A) plague : protect (B) twist : rotate (C) survey : detour

(A) atom : molecule (B) investor : broker (C) populace : judiciary

10. INESTIMABLE : MEASURE

(A) multiple : restrict (B) incessant : terminate (C) infrequent : regulate

Milk and wine are all ________.

(A) D (B) L (C) Q (D) S (E) none of these

_________ helps the blind to communicate.

(A) B (B) E (C) L (D) R (E) none of these

(A) A METAPHOR (B) A SIMILE (C) HUMOUR

“Political protection given by a government to a person from another country”

(A) SANCTUARY (B) ASYLUM (C) SHELTER

15. (42) Which word best completes the sentence?

The __________ moved out as the lease expired.

(A) OWNERS (B) GUESTS (C) RESIDENTS

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