38 Qns on Verbal New GRE Pattern

8/9/2019 38 Qns on Verbal New GRE Pattern

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Directions: Each passage in this section is followed by questions based on its content. After reading the

passage, choose the best answer to each question. Answer all questions following the passage on the basis of

what is stated or implied in the passage.

Passage 1: Although most of the fastest growing jobs in today's economy will require a college degree, many of

the new jobs being created-from home health aide to desktop publisher-require knowledge other than that gainedfrom earning a degree. For workers in those jobs, good basic skills in reading, communication, and mathematics

play an important role in getting a job and deeloping a career.

!. From the information gien aboe it can be alidly concluded that, in today's economy,

A. skills in reading, communication, and mathematics play an important role in deeloping a career as a desktop

publisher

". the majority of the new jobs being created require knowledge other than that gained from earning a college

degree

#. a job as a home health aide will rely more on communication skills than on basic skills in reading and

mathematics

$. if a job is one of the fastest growing jobs, it will require a college degree

E. desktop publisher jobs and home health aide jobs are not among the fastest growing jobs

Passage 2: According to the %ational Agricultural Aiation &ociety %AA&(, without the use of crop protection

products to control insects, weeds, and diseases, crop yields per acre will drop by more than )* percent. +he first

aerial applicators of insecticide occurred in !!, and it was a huge success. "y contrast, in today's economy all

aircraft that are classified as aerial applicators do more than just apply insecticide today, they also spread seed

and apply fertili/er.

. From the information gien aboe it #A%%0+ be alidly concluded that1

A. in today's economy, if an aerial applicators is used, then it will be able to spread seed and to apply fertili/er

". according to the %AA&, if crop yields per acre neer drop by more than )* percent, then crop protectionproducts hae been used to control insects, weeds, and diseases

#. in today's economy, any aircraft that cannot be used to apply fertili/er cannot be classified as an aerial

applicators

$. in !!, if an aircraft was used for the applicators of insecticide, then it was not also used to spread seed

E. according to the %AA&, if crop yields per acre drop by more than )* percent, then crop protection products

hae not been used to control insects, weeds, and diseases.

Passage 3: %o national productiity measures are aailable for underground industries that may e2ist but remain

unreported. 0n the other hand, at least some industries that are run entirely by self-employed industrialists are

included in national productiity measures.

3. From the information gien aboe, it can be alidly concluded that

A. there are at least some industries run entirely by self-employed industrialists that are underground industries

". no industries that are run entirely by self-employed industrialists operate underground

#. there are at least some industries other than those run entirely by self-employed industrialists that are

underground industries

$. there are at least some industries run entirely by self-employed industrialists that are not underground

industries

E. there are at least some underground industries for which national productiity measures are aailable

Passage 4: 4ou obseres that if flight 5* is canceled, then the manager could not possibly arrie in time for the

meeting. "ut the flight was not canceled. +herefore, 4ou concludes, the manager will certainly be on time.Eelyn replies that een if 4ou's premises are true, his argument is fallacious. And therefore, she adds, the


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manager will not arrie on time after all.

5. 6hich of the following is the strongest thing that we can properly say about this discussion7

A. Eelyn is mistaken in thinking 4ou's argument to be fallacious, and so her own conclusion is unwarranted.

". Eelyn is right about 4ou's argument, but neertheless her own conclusion is unwarranted.

#. &ince Eelyn is right about 4ou's argument, her own conclusion is well supported.$. &ince Eelyn is mistaken about 4ou's argument, her own conclusion must be false.

E. Eelyn is right about 4ou's argument, but neertheless her own conclusion is false.

Passage 5: &ally has neer receied a iolation from the Federal Aiation Administration during her !8-year

flying career. &ally must be a great pilot.

). 6hich of the following can be said about the reasoning aboe7

A. +he definitions of the terms create ambiguity.

". +he argument uses circular reasoning.

#. +he argument works by analogy.

$. +he argument is built upon hidden assumptions.

E. +his is an e2ample of an argument that is directed against the source of the claim rather than the claim itself.

Passage 6: +he 9apanese economic model created strong domestic industries through subsidies from its

:inistry of +rade and by closing off competitie foreign firms to its domestic market. +his strategy promised to

help economic growth by incubating domestic industries. %ew 9apanese industries could count on a known local

demand and would be protected from competition by tariffs and other barriers. +he program could reduce the

amount of imports and therefore improe the nation's balance of trade.

8. 6hich of the following, based on the passage aboe, is a weakness in this economic strategy7

A. A protectionist policy will create animosity among other nations.". Fast growth of small industries will create a class of millionaires and increase the inequality of income.

#. &ubsidies and import constraints keep domestic prices high and impose a burden on consumers.

$. ;uotas are more regressie than tariffs.

E. +he demand for the products made by the incubated industries would not be known.

Passage 7: 5*s is an e2ception it resulted in the death or emigration of half of =reland's population,

but there was no significant rise in the aerage wages in =reland in the following decade.

?. 6hich one of the following, if true, would 4EA&+ contribute to an e2planation of the e2ception to the

generali/ation7

A. =mproed medical care reduced the mortality rate among able-bodied adults in the decade following the

famine to below prefamine leels.

". Eiction policies of the landowners in =reland were designed to force emigration of the elderly and infirm, who

could not work, and to retain a high percentage of able-bodied workers.

#. Adances in technology increased the efficiency of industry and agriculture, and so allowed maintenance of

economic output with less demand for labor.

$. +he birth rate increased during the decade following the famine, and this compensated for much of the loss of

population that was due to the famine.

E. England, which had political control of =reland, legislated artificially low wages to proide English-owned

industry and agriculture in =reland with cheap labor.


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Passage 8: #ars are safer than planes. Fifty percent of plane accidents result in death, while only one percent of

car accidents result in death.>. 6hich of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument

aboe7

A. @lanes are inspected more often than cars.

". +he number of car accidents is seeral hundred thousand times higher than the number of plane accidents.#. @ilots neer fly under the influence of alcohol, while car driers often do.

$. @lane accidents are usually the fault of air traffic controllers, not pilots.

E. @lanes carry more passengers than cars do.

Passage 9: +he body of anyone infected by irus will, after a week, produce antibodies to fight the irus the

antibodies will increase in number for the ne2t year or so. +here is now a test that reliably inestigates how many

antibodies are present in a person's body. =f positie, this test can be used during the first year of infection to

estimate to within a month how long that person has had the irus.

. 6hich one of the following conclusions is best supported by the statements aboe7

A. Antibodies increase in number only until they hae defeated the irus.

". 6ithout the test for antibodies, there is no way of establishing whether a person has irus .

#. Antibodies are produced only for iral infections that cannot be fought by any other body defenses.

$. =f a person remains infected by irus indefinitely, there is no limit to the number of antibodies that can be

present in the person's body.

E. Anyone infected by irus will for a time fail to e2hibit infection if tested by the antibody test.

Passage 10: Eer since = arried at the college last week, ='e been shocked by the poor behaior of the

students. +he student population is completely lacking in proper social skills.

!*. 6hich of the following, if true, would weaken the aboe conclusion7 A. &tudents who are away from their parents often e2hibit rude behaior.

". +he college numbers oer )*,*** students.

#. +he narrator is a student and has interacted with many students.

$. &ocial skills should not be e2pected of college students.

E. +he narrator was reluctant to stay at the college.

Passage 11: +estifying before the &enate committee inestigating charges that cigarette manufacturers had

manipulated nicotine leels in cigarettes in order to addict consumers to their products, tobacco e2ecuties

argued that cigarette smoking is not addictie. +he primary reason they gae in support of this claim was that

cigarette smoking was not regulated by the Federal $rug Administration.

!!. For the tobacco e2ecuties' argument to be logically correct, which of the following must be assumed7

A. &ubstances that are not addictie are not regulated by ...........the Federal $rug Administration.

". +he tobacco e2ecuties lied when they claimed that ...........cigarette smoking was not addictie.

#. &ome addictie substances are not regulated by the ...........Federal $rug Administration.

$. +here is no scientific proof that cigarette smoking is ...........addictie.

E. &ubstances that are not regulated by the Federal $rug ...........Administration are not addictie.

Passage 12: @eople should be held accountable for their own behaior, and if holding people accountable for

their own behaior entails capital punishment, then so be it.


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!. 6hich of the following is the most logical conclusion of the argument aboe7

A. @eople should not be held accountable for the ........... behaior of other people.

". @eople hae control oer their own behaior.

#. @eople cannot control the behaior of other people.

$. "ehaior that cannot be controlled should not be ........... punished.

E. @eople hae control oer behaior that is subject ...........to capital punishment.

Passage 13: +here is clear eidence that the mandated use of safety seats by children under age four has

resulted in fewer child fatalities oer the past fie years. #ompared to the fie-year period prior to the passage of

laws requiring the use of safety seats, fatalities of children under age four hae decreased by3* percent.

!3. 6hich one of the following, if true, most substantially strengthens the argument aboe7

A. +he number of serious automobile accidents inoling ...........children under age four has remained steady

oer the ...........past fie years.

". Automobile accidents inoling children hae decreased...........sharply oer the past fie years.

#. +he use of air bags in automobiles has increased by ...........3* percent oer the past fie years.

$. :ost fatal automobile accidents inoling children under ...........age four occur in the drieway of their home.

E. +he number of teenage driers has increased by 3* ........... percent oer the past fie years.

Passage 14: 4ycopene, glutathione, and glutamine are powerful antio2idants that neutrali/e the free radicals that

are produced in the body as a result of routine bodily

processes. An e2cess of these free radicals in your system causes rapid aging because they accelerate the rate

of cellular damage. Aging is simply the result of this damage. +hus, to slow down aging it is necessary to

supplement your diet with these antio2idants on a daily basis.

!5. 6hich of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the author's contention7

A. :ost persons aren't concerned with the effects of aging ...........until it is too late to do anything.

". E2ercise associated with normal daily actiities effectiely ...........neutrali/es and dissipates the free radicalsthat are ...........produced as a result of routine bodily processes.

#. +he cost of antio2idants is e2orbitantly high and well ...........beyond the budget of most consumers.

$. 0nly oerweight people who do not e2ercise on a daily ...........basis are likely to hae an e2cess of free

radicals in their ...........systems.

E. &moking cigarettes is one of the main causes of cellular ...........damage in humans.

Passage 15: =s it wrong for doctors to lie about their patients' illnesses7 Aren't doctors just like any other people

we hire to do a job for us7 &urely, we would not tolerate not being told the truth about the condition of

our automobile from the mechanic we hired to fi2 it, or the condition of our roof from the carpenter we employed

to repair it. 9ust as these workers would be guilty of iolating their good faith contracts with us if they were to do

this, doctors who lie to their patients about their illnesses iolate these contracts as well, and this is clearly wrong.

!). +he conclusion of the argument is best e2pressed by which of the following7

A. $octors who lie to their patients about their illnesses ...........iolate their good faith contracts with their patients.

". $octors often lie to their patients about their illnesses.

#. $octors are just hired workers like mechanics and ...........carpenters.

$. =t is wrong for doctors to lie about their patients' ........... illnesses.

E. $octors, like mechanics and carpenters, enter into good ...........faith contracts with us when we hire them.

Passage 16: As any economist knows, healthy people pose less of an economic burden to society than

unhealthy people. %ot surprisingly, then, eery dollar our state goernment spends on prenatal care for

undocumented immigrants will sae ta2payers of this state three dollars.


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profitable one in this city has steadily declined during the last two years, while the circulation of one of its

competitors has steadily increased.

*. Any of the following, if true, would help e2plain the apparent discrepancy between the two statements aboe

E#E@+1

A. Adertisers generally switch from the most widely ...........circulated newspaper to another one only whenthe ...........other one becomes the most widely circulated

........... newspaper instead.

". Adertising rates charged by the most profitable ...........newspaper in the city are significantly higher

than ...........those charged by its competitors.

#. +he most profitable newspaper in the city receies ........... reenue from its subscribers as well from

adertisers.

$. +he circulation of the most profitable newspaper ...........in the city is still greater than than of any of its ...........

competitors.

E. +he number of newspapers competing iably with the ...........most profitable newspaper in the city has

increased ...........during the last two years.

Directions: Each passage in this section is followed by questions based on its content. After reading the

passage, choose the best answer to each question. Answer all questions following the passage on the basis of

what is stated or implied in the passage.

Passage 21: Coger Cosenblatt's book "lack Fiction,manages to alter the approach taken in many preious

studies by making an attempt to apply literary rather than sociopolitical

criteria to its subject. Cosenblatt points out that criticism of "lack writing has ery often sered as a prete2t for an

e2pounding on "lack history. +he recent work of Addison Dayle's passes a judgement on the alue of "lack

fiction by clearly political standards, rating each work according to the ideas of "lack identity, which

it propounds. +hough fiction results from political circumstances, its author react not in ideological ways to thosecircumstances, and talking about noels and stories primarily as instruments of ideology circuments much of the

fictional enterprise. Affinities and connections are reealed in the works of "lack f iction in Cosenblatt's literary

analysis these affinities and connections hae been oerlooked and ignored by solely political studies.

+he writing of acceptable criticism of "lack fiction, howeer, presumes giing satisfactory answers to a quite a

few questions. +he most important of all, is there a sufficient reason, apart from the racial identity of the authors,

for the grouping together of "lack authors7 &econdly, what is the distinction of "lack fiction from other modern

fiction with which it is largely contemporaneous7 =n the work Cosenblatt demonstrates that "lack fiction is a

distinct body of writing, which has an identifiable, coherent literary tradition.


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!. +he author of the passage raises and objection to criticism of "lack fiction like that by Addison Dayle as it1

A.


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other sectors mentioned. A !8-!? growth in inestment, including a 3* increase in inestment in business

premises has been recorded in trade and serices. Although there continued to be a decline in the share of

agriculture in total gross inestment in the economy, inestment grew by in absolute terms, largely spurred on

by a 3 e2pansion of inestment in agriculture equipment.


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33. +he aboe discussion would be weakened most seerely in case it is shown that

A. @eople contracting jungle feer are usually the ictims of the bite of the &outh American 4esser


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Passage 34: &tee and 9oAnne are both members of a certain club, though they are not speaking to each other

and refuse to work with each other. #ecily, the club president, is appointing members to the fundraising

committee, but she has resoled that she will not appoint anyone without his or her e2plicit consent. &tee tells

#ecily, G= will not consent to appointment on that committee unless = know whether 9oAnne is to be a member of

it.G And 9oAnne says, G= will not consent to be a member of that committee unless = know whether &tee will be

appointed to it.G

58. =f all three of these people stick by these resolutions, then1

A. %either of them can be appointed to the committee.

". +he situation described in the scenario cannot arise, because it is inherently incoherent.

#. +hey must either both be appointed or both be left out.

$. +he committee may finally hae one of them, both of them, or neither of them as members.

E. Either one of them can be appointed, but not both.

Passage 35: Cussia's aggressie fishing in the prime fishing grounds of the %orthern @acific has led to a sharp

decline in the populations of many fish and a general increase in the retail price of fish. +his same pattern has

occurred with far too many of our scarce ital natural resources, resulting in high prices for many products. =t is

likely then, that fish prices will continue to rise in the near future.

5?. =n making the argument aboe, the author relies on all of the following assumptions E#E@+1

A. +he scarcity of fish is a determining factor in its price.

". +he decline in the number of fish aailable will result in

higher prices for fish in stores.

#. +here will not be any substantial decrease in other costs inoled in the fishing process that could keep the

price of fish from increasing.

$. Fish populations will not recoer in the near future.

E. Fishing practices can substantially influence the demand for fish.

Passage 36: $uring the past year, "o/ #orporation, a cigarette manufacturer, has engaged in a Gcorporate

imageG adertising campaign. 0ne e2ecutie now urges that the adertising be e2tended for another year

because profits hae increased by oer the preious year. Another e2ecutie, howeer, is skeptical. &he

obseres that the increases are typical for the industry oer the past year, although none of their competitors

hae used corporate

image adertising.

5>. +he most accurate way of summari/ing the second e2ecutie's point would be1

A. &he argues that the effect may not really be due to its supposed cause because there has not been a

sufficient lapse of time between the cause and the effect.

". &he argues that the assignment of a cause for this effect is premature,because there is as yet no well-

established theory of such interactions.

#. &he argues that corporate image adertising is unprofitable, since it has eidently benefited competitors as

much as the corporation that paid for it.

$. &he knows that effectie adertising requires a constant influ2 of new ideas and approaches, and she argues

that one year of corporate image adertising is enough for awhile.

E. &he argues that the effect may not be due to its alleged cause since the same effect is found elsewhere

without that cause.

Passage 37: +he senate candidate e2pressed outrage that few judges hae any background in technology, yet

they try to resole cases inoling high tech companies.


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5. A promising response to this concern, arguing that things are not as bad as they might seem, could inole

which of the following claims7

A. :ost of the public policy questions in this area are really about the morality and the alue of scientific and

technological deelopments. +hey do not require much technical understanding beyond that of a layperson.

". #omputer scientists, by and large, hae little interest in politics and public policy. =t would be difficult to findscientists with the degree of commitment required for a serious contribution to the judicial system.

#. +here is a lack of people who are qualified in both technical and legal areas of e2pertise.

$. +here is ery little opportunity for, and indeed little need for, technical e2pertise in the judicial branch. +here is

therefore almost no way for a technical specialist to rise through the ranks to a top-leel position in goernment.

E. +he rewards of a life as a judge, in terms of both money and prestige, are not high enough to attract top-flight

technical e2perts to this area.

Passage 38: +here has been a sharp increase in the subscription prices of many professional and scholarly

journals in the past seen years. :any publishers ascribe the necessity for these increases to the easy

aailability of photocopying facilities, which enable people simply to copy the articles they want rather than buying

the journal.

)*. 6hich of the following, if it is true, would make this e2planation more plausible7

A. +he great majority of professional and scholarly journals hae a massie backlog of papers awaiting

publication.

". 0er the past fie years there has been a substantial decline in the number of indiidual subscriptions to

professional and scholarly journals, while library

subscriptions hae remained fairly stable.

#. =n the fie years immediately preceding the price surge, there was a substantial decline in the number of

indiidual subscriptions to professional and scholarly journals, while library subscriptions remained fairly stable.

$. :any libraries hae recently begun cutting back on subscriptions to professional and scholarly journals.

E. =n almost eery field, seeral new professional and scholarly journals hae begun publication in the past few

years.

!. =n scientific studies, supporting eidence is much more satisfying to report than are discredited hypotheses,

but, in fact, theJJJJJJJJJJ of errors is more likely to beJJJJJJJJJJ than is the establishment of probable truth.

A. formulation . . permitted

". correction . . ignored

#. detection . . useful

$. accumulation . . agreeable

E. refinement . . conditional. Although skeptics say financial problems will probably JJJJJJJJJJ our establishing a base on the :oon,

supporters of the project remain JJJJJJJJJJ, saying that human curiosity should oercome such pragmatic

constraints.

A. beset . . disillusioned

". hasten . . hopeful

#. postpone . . pessimistic

$. preent . . enthusiastic

E. allow . . unconinced

3. +he state of a nationKs science determines its prosperity and political power, and scientists should not

JJJJJJJJJJ this relationship een if their own interest in science is of a less practical nature.


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A. oerlook

". consider

#. oerestimate

$. rely on

E. notice

5. All JJJJJJJJJJ biological traits fall into one of two categories1 those giing their possessors greater

JJJJJJJJJJthe enironment and those rendering them more independent of it.

A. widespread . . detachment from

". beneficial . . control oer

#. successful . . freedom from

$. neutral . . compatibility with

E. harmful . . adantage in

). :ost histories of science are success stories that conclude on JJJJJJJJJJ note with the final JJJJJJJJJJ of

a theory that is the basis of subsequent inquiries by later researchers.

A. a retrospectie . .e2trapolation

". an analytic . . rebuttal

#. an objectie . . rationali/ation

$. a positie . . refutation

E. a triumphal . . ascendancy

8. 6hereas the Eli/abethans struggled with the transition from a medieal JJJJJJJJJJ e2perience to modern

indiidualism, we confront an electronic technology that seems likely to reerse the trend, rendering indiidualism

obsolete and interdependence mandatory.

A. literary

". intuitie

#. corporate

$. heroic

E. spiritual

?. +he attempt to breed suitable arieties of jojoba by using hybridi/ation to JJJJJJJJJ faorable traits was

finally abandoned in faor of a simpler and much faster JJJJJJJJJJ1 the domestication of flourishing wild strains.

A. eliminate . . alternatie

". reinforce . . method

#. allow . . creation

$. reduce . . idea

E. concentrate . . theory

>. =n spite of the increasing JJJJJJJJJJ of their opinions, the group knew they had to arrie at a consensus so

that the award could be presented.

A. impartiality

". consistency

#. judiciousness

$. incisieness

E. polarity

. &upporters praised the mayorKs action as speedy and judicious, but critics condemned it as JJJJJJJJJJ and

unfairly influenced by recent eents.


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A. innocuous

". fortuitous

#. beguiling

$. discreet

E. premature

!*. Although frequent air traelers remain unconinced, researchers hae found that, parado2ically, the

JJJJJJJJJJ orientation inherent in jet lag also may yield some mental health JJJJJJJJJJ

A. temporal . . benefits

". acquired . . ha/ards

#. somatic . . disorders

$. random . . deficiencies

E. typical . . standards

Answer:

!. #. $

3. A

5. "

). E

8. #

?. "

>. E

. E

!*. A

!. &ome artists immodestly ideali/e or e2aggerate the significance of their work, yet others, JJJJJJJJJJ to e2alt

the role of the artist, reject a transcendent iew of art.

A. appearing

". disdaining

#. seeking

$. failing

E. tending

.#alculus, though still indispensable to science and technology, is no longer

JJJJJJJJJJ it has an equal partner called discrete mathematics.

A. preeminent

". pertinent

#. beneficial

$. essential

E. pragmatic

3. sually the first to spot data that was inconsistent with the findings, in this particular e2periment she let a

number of JJJJJJJJJJ results slip by in this particular e2periment

A. inaccurate

". erifiable

#. redundant


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$. salient

E. anomalous

5. $espite itsJJJJJJJJJJ, the book deals JJJJJJJJJJwith a number of crucial issues.

A. optimism . . cursorily

". importance . . needlessly

#. irtues . . inadequately

$. noelty . . strangely

E. completeness . . thoroughly

). "ecause the most recent research has JJJJJJJJJJ earlier criticism of her work, one has to conclude that

scientists who persist in dismissing her contribution are either JJJJJJJJJ the latest findings or simply obstinate.

A. disparaged . . satisfied with

". refined . . preoccupied with

#. rejuenated . . unmoed by

$. confirmed . . opposed to

E. inalidated . . ignorant of

8. "abcockKs criticism of the business practices of fellow merchants was colored by JJJJJJJJJJ1 the more

successful the other entrepreneurs, the more bitterly they were JJJJJJJJJJ

A. sensitiity . . courted

". jealousy . . castigated

#. admiration . . admonished

$. ambialence . . dismissed

E. blame . . e2onerated

?. +hough his contemporaries tended to f i2ate on the politicianKs supposed JJJJJJJJJJ, his personal

correspondence JJJJJJJJJJ a surprising largesse.

A. charity . . confirms

". parsimony . . contradicts

#. aarice . . betrays

$. integrity . . reeals

E. generosity . . bespeaks

>. =n contrast to more JJJJJJJJJJ publications of eer narrower puriew, the journal Antiquity has remained as

JJJJJJJJJJ as it was when it began, continuing to sere the broader interests of the discipline of archaeology.

A. atypical . . anomalous

". speciali/ed . . eclectic

#. dierse . . idiosyncratic

$. irreleant . . superfluous

E. authoritatie . . autocratic

. =f the theory is self-eidently true, as its proponents assert, then why does JJJJJJJJJJ it still e2ist among well-

informed people7

A. support for

". e2citement about

#. regret for

$. resignation aboutE. opposition to


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A. justifies . . conspicuous

". characteri/es . . timely

#. epitomi/es . . unnecessary

$. reeals . . conscientious

E. conceals . . ine2plicable

). +he few do/en gray seals that hae thus far died of canine distemper can, at least for now, be considered

JJJJJJJJJJ, since most of the remaining **,*** gray seals appear uninfected by the disease.

A. une2ceptional

". immune

#. anomalous

$. endangered

E. contagious

8. A century ago the physicianKs word was JJJJJJJJJJ1 to doubt it was considered almost sacrilegious.

A. ineitable

". intractable

#. incontroertible

$. objectie

E. respectable

?. &o much of modern fiction in the nited &tates is autobiographical, and so much of the autobiography

fictionali/ed, that the JJJJJJJJJJ sometimes seem largely JJJJJJJJJJ

A. authors . . ignored

". needs . . unrecogni/ed

#. genres . . interchangeable

$. intentions . . misunderstood

E. misapprehensions . . uncorrected

>. @rior to the work of


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A. innate . . understood

". organic . . imposed

#. contradictory . . coneyed

$. oblique . . captured

E. peripheral . . demanded

Answer:

!. #

. E

3. E

5. #

). #

8. #

?. #

>. $

. A

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$irections1 Ceading #omprehension - read the following passage to answer the question below.

0ne of the first uses of concentration camp as a military strategy was during the "oer 6ar, which

pitted the "ritish against the "oers, $utch &outh Africans, from !> to !*. nlike the use of

concentration camps by the %a/is in 6orld 6ar ==, these camps did not hae annihilation of internees

as an e2plicit object. =nstead, dependents of "oer soldiers were rounded up and incarcerated."ecause the costly war had reached a stalemate, the "ritish theori/ed that, with their wies and

children imprisoned and their farms destroyed, "oer soldiers would defect to reclaim their homes and

families. 6hile this tactic was effectie on some leels, the poor conditions of the camps leads to

widespread disease among the prisoners, resulting in an estimated ?,*** ciilian deaths. 6hen

news of this blatant manipulation of dependents reached the international community, it e2acerbated

the preailing anti-"ritish sentiment and generated a domestic protest moement. 6hile the "ritish

ultimately ended the camps and won the war, it foreshadowed the *th century willingness to obscure

any distinction between armed combatants and ulnerable ciilians in the conte2t of larger military

objecties. =t also e2emplifies the pyrrhic nature of many ictories in modern warfare.

+he passage implies which of the following about the "oer 6ar7 &elect a single answer choice.

A +he "ritish were justified in using any means necessary because of the

"oer's tactics.

B +he original intent of the concentration camp was to protect ciilians from the

brutal nature of war during the "oer 6ar.

C +he "oer 6ar marks a definitie shift in military tactics that continued into the

ne2t century.D @rior to the "oer 6ar, ciilians had not been causalities of war.


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E $efeating the "oer was a significant military ictory for the "ritish.

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