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1 ESSAY

Time - 25 minutes

The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively YOll can develop and express ideas . You should, therefore, take care to develop your point of view, present your ideas logicaUy and clearly. and use language precisely.

Your essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet-you will receive no other paper on which to write. You will have enough space if you write on every line. avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting La a reasonable size. Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you write. Try to write or print so that what you are writing is legible to those readers.

Important Reminders:

• A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero. • Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your

answer sheet. • An off4opic essay will receive a score of zero. • If your essay does not reflect your original and individual work, your scores for the entire test may be canceled. • An electronic copy of your essay will be made available to each of your designated score recipients: colleges,

universities, and scholarship programs.

You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below.

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.

People generally prefer originality to imitation, which is often considered inferior and second­rate. However, we have learned most of what we know by imitating others. Mastering any skill or gaining any knowledge means that we must learn from those who have gone before us. In fact, it is not until we have imitated others and learned from them what there is to know that we can strike out on our own and maybe create something new.

Assignment: Is it necessary for people to imitate others before they can become original and creative? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

BEGIN WRITING YOUR ESSAY ON PAGE 2 OF THE ANSWER SHEET.

If you f inish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only. Do not turn to any other section in the test.

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ESSAY (I) 1 ESSAY Unauthonzed copying or reuse of any part ollhis page is illegal.

ESSAY Time - 25 minutes

The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should, therefore, take care to develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely.

Your essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet-you will receive no other paper on which to write. You will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins. and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you write. Try to write or print so that what you are wri ting is legible to those readers.

Important Reminders:

• A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero. • Do not write your essay in your test book. You wi ll receive credit only for what you write on your

answer sheet. • An off-topic essay wiJJ receive a score of zero. • If your essay does not renect your original and inclividual work, your scores for the entire test may be canceled. • An electronic copy of your essay will be made available to each of your designated score recipients: colleges,

universities, and scholarship programs.

You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below.

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.

Many people say that money is not the most important thing in life and that being overly concerned about money leads only to unhappiness. Others point out, however, that money and wealth have always been of dramatic sign ificance in society. They argue that there is really nothing more important to one's overall quaEty of life than money.

Assignment: Is money the most significant factor in determining a person's quality of Life? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

BEGIN WRITING YOUR ESSA Y ON PAGE 2 OF THE ANSWER SHEET.

If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only. Do not turn to any other section in the test.

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E S SAY Unaulhorized. copyin~ or reuse of ESSAY !':'; 1 any part of th1s page IS dlegal. ;~

ESSAY Time - 25 minutes

The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should, therefore, take care to develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely.

Your essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet-you will receive no other paper on which to write. You will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting wiJi read what you write. Try to write or print so that what you are writing is legible to those readers.

Important Reminders:

• A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero. • Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your

answer sheet. • An off-topic essay will receive a score of zero. • If your essay does not renect your original and individual work, your scores for the entire test may be canceled. • An electronic copy of your essay will be made available to each of your designated score recipients: colleges,

universities, and scholarship programs.

You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below.

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.

Young people are highly influenced by popular culture. They attempt to define themselves on the basis of what they see on television, in newspapers and magazines, and in the movies. 1n fact, young people accept the values of popular culture as their own, believing that those values are central to their personal development and social acceptance.

Assignment: fs popular culture the strongest influence on a young person's identity? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

BEGIN WRITING YOUR ESSAY ON PAGE 2 OF THE ANSWER SHEET.

If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only. Do not turn to any other section in the test.

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ESSAY Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal.

ESSAY Time - 25 minutes

ESSAY (I) 111

The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should, therefore, take care tQ develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely.

Your essay must be written on the Lines provided on your answer sheet-you wil1 receive no other paper on which to write. You will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you write. Try to write or print so that what you are writing is legible to those readers.

Important Reminders:

• A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero. • Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your

answer sheet. • An off-topic essay will receive a score of zero. • If your essay does not reflect your original and individual work, your scores for the entire test may be cancel • An electronic copy of your essay will be made available to each of your designated score recipients: colleges,

universities, and scholarship programs.

You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below.

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.

Many people believe that our behavior should be consistent, that we should always be ourselves. They feel that we should not act one way with some people and another way with others. But is this right? Should our behavior aJways be consistent, or should we behave differently in different situations? Isn't behaving differently according to the people we are with or the situation we are in simply a matter of politeness and common sense?

Assignment: Should people change their behavior depending on what situation they are in? Plan and write an essay in whi you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

BEarN WRITING YOUR ESSAY ON PAGE 2 OF THE ANSWER SHEET.

If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only. Do not turn to any other section in the test.

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SECTION 2 Time - 25 minutes

24 Questions

Turn to Section 2 (page 4) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and fill in the corresponding I circle on the answer sheet.

Each sentence below has one or rwo blanks, each blank indicating Lhat something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Example:

Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ....... to both labor and management

(A) enforce .. useful (8) end .. divisive (C) overcome . . unattracti ve (D) extend .. satisfactory (E) resolve .. acceptable 0®®®.

1. In 2008, Muslims in the United States were the religious group most evenly ------- the political spectrum: 29 percent liberal, 38 percent moderate, 25 percent conservative.

(A) distributed across (8) predicted by (C) concerned about (D) opposed to

(E) disconnected from

2. As one of history's most visible proponents of -------, this activist lectured internationally on the evils of alcohol consumption.

(A) debauchery (D) temperance

(8) suffrage (e) democracy (E) individualism

3. By ------- many aspects of natural river ecosystems, some dams cause serious harm. producing ------­effects on water, land, wildlife, and even the atmosphere.

(A) improving .. pernicious (8) disrupting .. nominal (C) inhibiting .. negligible (0) altering .. deleterious (E) obliterating .. salutary

4. The company was so ....... , so unwilling to change, that it lost any ability to compete in a ------- market.

(A) flighty .. perilous (8) tractable .. global (C) innovative .. fluctuating (D) intransigent .. volatile (E) unmanageable .. regulated

5. Although it is natural to take umbrage at ------­remarks, Latoya always went to great pains to act as though she was not ....... when people harshly criticized her.

(A) . acerbic .. affronted (8) barbed .. unaffected (C) discreet .. flustered (D) droll .. intimidated (E) churlish .. mollified

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