Online SAT Tests - Full Length Test # 1

Section – 1

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. Note:

1. The use of a calculator is permitted.
2. All numbers used are real numbers.
3. Figures that accompany problems in this test are intended to provide information useful in solving the problems. They are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific problem that the figure is not drawn to scale. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
4. Unless otherwise specified, the domain of any function f is assumed to be the set of all real numbers x for which f(x) is a real number.

John solves problems 77 to 128 inclusive in a practice test. How many problems does he solve?

A* and *B together can do a job in 12 days. B* alone can finish it in 28 days. In how many days can *A alone finish the work?

If and , then

10 pencils and 5 pens were bought for $60. If the average price of pencil be $4, what is the average price of a pen.

Melody works 8 hours per day on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and 6 hours per day on Monday and Wednesday. She does not work on Saturday and Sunday. She earns $324 per week. How much does she earn in dollars per hour?

A machine puts x* items in box in *m minutes. How many hours will it take to put items in bnboxes?

If , what is the value of ?

If 5 poles are erected at an equal distance between two points which is 20 miles apart, what is the distance between any of the two poles?

How many 1/8’s are there in 75/2 ?

If 5 men can cane 5 chairs in 5 hours, then how many hours should a man take to cane one chair?

If , what is the value of ?

Diana’s age is one-third of her father’s age minus 5 years. If her age is 7 years, her father’s age is

A man eats b bananas in a week. In how many days will he eat 84 bananas?

Let and be two integers such that . The greatest possible value of is:

If a machine A* makes *x items in an hour and another machine B*, makes *y items every half an hour, how many items will both machine make in 4 hours?

If , then the value of is

40% of 40 soldiers were shot down. How many soldiers escaped?

Adam won 6 games and lost 4. The fraction of the games he won is

In a city, 1/2 of the population are males, 3/4 of the remaining population is females and the remaining 150 are children. Find the total population of the city?

Section – 2

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.

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

These articles are intellectually …...... and represent various levels of complexity.

Success comes to those who are vigilant not to permit …...... from the chosen path.

His actions had …......... pain and suffering on thousands of people.

He was initially …........ at the suggestion but was soon …....... it himself.

It is not …........ to come across a man who can take ups and downs without losing …........

If it were true that enduring lessons are learned from …......... errors, Broadway would be the repository of …........ theatrical wisdom.

In a changing and …....... unstructured business environment, creativity and innovation are being …........ demanded of executives.

He was so convinced that people were driven by …......... motives that he believed there was no such thing as a purely …......... act.

Question based on the following passage

Some modern anthropologists hold that biological evolution has shaped not only human morphology but also human behaviour. The role those anthropologists ascribe to evolution is not of dictating the details of human behavior but one of imposing constraints – ways of feeling, thinking, and acting that ’’come naturally’’ in archetypal situations in any culture. Our ’’frailties’’ – emotions and motives such as rage, fear, greed, gluttony, joy, @#$%, love-may be a very mixed assortment quality: we are, as we say, ’’in the grip’’ of them. And thus they give us our sense of constraints.

Unhappily, some of those frailties our need for ever-increasing security among them are presently maladaptive. Yet beneath the overlay of cultural detail, they, too, are said to be biological in direction, and therefore as natural to us as are our appendixes. We would need to comprehend throughly their adaptive origins in order to understand how badly they guide us now. And we might then begin to resist their pressure.

The author implies that control to any extent over the ’’frailties’’ that constrain our behavior is though to presuppose

Question based on the following passage

Some modern anthropologists hold that biological evolution has shaped not only human morphology but also human behaviour. The role those anthropologists ascribe to evolution is not of dictating the details of human behavior but one of imposing constraints – ways of feeling, thinking, and acting that ’’come naturally’’ in archetypal situations in any culture. Our ’’frailties’’ – emotions and motives such as rage, fear, greed, gluttony, joy, @#$%, love-may be a very mixed assortment quality: we are, as we say, ’’in the grip’’ of them. And thus they give us our sense of constraints.

Unhappily, some of those frailties our need for ever-increasing security among them are presently maladaptive. Yet beneath the overlay of cultural detail, they, too, are said to be biological in direction, and therefore as natural to us as are our appendixes. We would need to comprehend throughly their adaptive origins in order to understand how badly they guide us now. And we might then begin to resist their pressure.

It can be inferred that in his discussion of maladaptive frailties the author assumes that

Question based on the following passage

Some modern anthropologists hold that biological evolution has shaped not only human morphology but also human behaviour. The role those anthropologists ascribe to evolution is not of dictating the details of human behavior but one of imposing constraints – ways of feeling, thinking, and acting that ’’come naturally’’ in archetypal situations in any culture. Our ’’frailties’’ – emotions and motives such as rage, fear, greed, gluttony, joy, @#$%, love-may be a very mixed assortment quality: we are, as we say, ’’in the grip’’ of them. And thus they give us our sense of constraints.

Unhappily, some of those frailties our need for ever-increasing security among them are presently maladaptive. Yet beneath the overlay of cultural detail, they, too, are said to be biological in direction, and therefore as natural to us as are our appendixes. We would need to comprehend throughly their adaptive origins in order to understand how badly they guide us now. And we might then begin to resist their pressure.

The primary purpose of the passage is to present

Question based on the following passage

Some modern anthropologists hold that biological evolution has shaped not only human morphology but also human behaviour. The role those anthropologists ascribe to evolution is not of dictating the details of human behavior but one of imposing constraints – ways of feeling, thinking, and acting that ’’come naturally’’ in archetypal situations in any culture. Our ’’frailties’’ – emotions and motives such as rage, fear, greed, gluttony, joy, @#$%, love-may be a very mixed assortment quality: we are, as we say, ’’in the grip’’ of them. And thus they give us our sense of constraints.

Unhappily, some of those frailties our need for ever-increasing security among them are presently maladaptive. Yet beneath the overlay of cultural detail, they, too, are said to be biological in direction, and therefore as natural to us as are our appendixes. We would need to comprehend throughly their adaptive origins in order to understand how badly they guide us now. And we might then begin to resist their pressure.

Which of the following most probably provides an appropriate analogy from human morphology for the ’’details’’ versus ’’constraints’’ distinction made in the passage in relation to human behaviour?

Question based on the following passage.

The following passage is an excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written in 1831. Natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardor those works, so full of genius and discrimination, that modern inquirers have written on these subjects. I attended the lectures and cultivated the acquaintance of the men of science of the university. In (Line 5)M. Waldman I found a true friend. His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry. In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.

As I applied so closely, it may be easily conceived that my progress was rapid. My (Line 10)ardor was indeed the astonishment of the students, and my proficiency that of the masters. None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study; and I, who continually sought the attainment of one object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this, improved so rapidly that at the (Line 15)end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university. When I had arrived at this point and had become as well acquainted with the theory and practice of natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of the professors at Ingolstadt, my residence there being no longer conducive to my improvements, I thought of returning to my friends and my native town, (Line 20)when an incident happened that protracted my stay.

Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply (Line 25)myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.

To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy, but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human (Line 30)body. In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the (Line 35)corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life; I saw how the worm inherited the wonders of the eye and brain. I paused, examining and analyzing all the minutiae of causation, as exemplified in the change from life to death, and death to life, until from the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke in upon me—a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was surprised (Line 40)that among so many men of genius who had directed their inquiries towards the same science, that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret.

In the first paragraph, the narrator indicatesthat the instruction given to him by M. Waldman was

Question based on the following passage.

The following passage is an excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written in 1831. Natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardor those works, so full of genius and discrimination, that modern inquirers have written on these subjects. I attended the lectures and cultivated the acquaintance of the men of science of the university. In (Line 5)M. Waldman I found a true friend. His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry. In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.

As I applied so closely, it may be easily conceived that my progress was rapid. My (Line 10)ardor was indeed the astonishment of the students, and my proficiency that of the masters. None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study; and I, who continually sought the attainment of one object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this, improved so rapidly that at the (Line 15)end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university. When I had arrived at this point and had become as well acquainted with the theory and practice of natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of the professors at Ingolstadt, my residence there being no longer conducive to my improvements, I thought of returning to my friends and my native town, (Line 20)when an incident happened that protracted my stay.

Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply (Line 25)myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.

To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy, but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human (Line 30)body. In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the (Line 35)corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life; I saw how the worm inherited the wonders of the eye and brain. I paused, examining and analyzing all the minutiae of causation, as exemplified in the change from life to death, and death to life, until from the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke in upon me—a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was surprised (Line 40)that among so many men of genius who had directed their inquiries towards the same science, that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret.

In line 8, the word “apprehension” most nearly means

Question based on the following passage.

The following passage is an excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written in 1831. Natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardor those works, so full of genius and discrimination, that modern inquirers have written on these subjects. I attended the lectures and cultivated the acquaintance of the men of science of the university. In (Line 5)M. Waldman I found a true friend. His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry. In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.
As I applied so closely, it may be easily conceived that my progress was rapid. My (Line 10)ardor was indeed the astonishment of the students, and my proficiency that of the masters. None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study; and I, who continually sought the attainment of one object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this, improved so rapidly that at the (Line 15)end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university. When I had arrived at this point and had become as well acquainted with the theory and practice of natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of the professors at Ingolstadt, my residence there being no longer conducive to my improvements, I thought of returning to my friends and my native town, (Line 20)when an incident happened that protracted my stay.

Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply (Line 25)myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.

To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy, but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human (Line 30)body. In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the (Line 35)corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life; I saw how the worm inherited the wonders of the eye and brain. I paused, examining and analyzing all the minutiae of causation, as exemplified in the change from life to death, and death to life, until from the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke in upon me—a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was surprised (Line 40)that among so many men of genius who had directed their inquiries towards the same science, that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret.

The narrator indicates that proficiency in an academic study requires which of the following?

I. genius
II. diligence
III. financial resources

Question based on the following passage.

The following passage is an excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written in 1831. Natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardor those works, so full of genius and discrimination, that modern inquirers have written on these subjects. I attended the lectures and cultivated the acquaintance of the men of science of the university. In (Line 5)M. Waldman I found a true friend. His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry. In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.
As I applied so closely, it may be easily conceived that my progress was rapid. My (Line 10)ardor was indeed the astonishment of the students, and my proficiency that of the masters. None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study; and I, who continually sought the attainment of one object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this, improved so rapidly that at the (Line 15)end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university. When I had arrived at this point and had become as well acquainted with the theory and practice of natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of the professors at Ingolstadt, my residence there being no longer conducive to my improvements, I thought of returning to my friends and my native town, (Line 20)when an incident happened that protracted my stay.

Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply (Line 25)myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.

To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy, but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human (Line 30)body. In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the (Line 35)corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life; I saw how the worm inherited the wonders of the eye and brain. I paused, examining and analyzing all the minutiae of causation, as exemplified in the change from life to death, and death to life, until from the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke in upon me—a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was surprised (Line 40)that among so many men of genius who had directed their inquiries towards the same science, that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret.

The narrator indicates that he considered leaving Ingolstadt because he

Question based on the following passage.

The following passage is an excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written in 1831. Natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardor those works, so full of genius and discrimination, that modern inquirers have written on these subjects. I attended the lectures and cultivated the acquaintance of the men of science of the university. In (Line 5)M. Waldman I found a true friend. His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry. In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.
As I applied so closely, it may be easily conceived that my progress was rapid. My (Line 10)ardor was indeed the astonishment of the students, and my proficiency that of the masters. None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study; and I, who continually sought the attainment of one object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this, improved so rapidly that at the (Line 15)end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university. When I had arrived at this point and had become as well acquainted with the theory and practice of natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of the professors at Ingolstadt, my residence there being no longer conducive to my improvements, I thought of returning to my friends and my native town, (Line 20)when an incident happened that protracted my stay.

Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply (Line 25)myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.

To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy, but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human (Line 30)body. In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the (Line 35)corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life; I saw how the worm inherited the wonders of the eye and brain. I paused, examining and analyzing all the minutiae of causation, as exemplified in the change from life to death, and death to life, until from the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke in upon me—a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was surprised (Line 40)that among so many men of genius who had directed their inquiries towards the same science, that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret.

In saying that he was “animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm” (line 26) the narrator suggests that he

Question based on the following passage.

The following passage is an excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written in 1831. Natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardor those works, so full of genius and discrimination, that modern inquirers have written on these subjects. I attended the lectures and cultivated the acquaintance of the men of science of the university. In (Line 5)M. Waldman I found a true friend. His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry. In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.
As I applied so closely, it may be easily conceived that my progress was rapid. My (Line 10)ardor was indeed the astonishment of the students, and my proficiency that of the masters. None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study; and I, who continually sought the attainment of one object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this, improved so rapidly that at the (Line 15)end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university. When I had arrived at this point and had become as well acquainted with the theory and practice of natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of the professors at Ingolstadt, my residence there being no longer conducive to my improvements, I thought of returning to my friends and my native town, (Line 20)when an incident happened that protracted my stay.

Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply (Line 25)myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.

To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy, but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human (Line 30)body. In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the (Line 35)corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life; I saw how the worm inherited the wonders of the eye and brain. I paused, examining and analyzing all the minutiae of causation, as exemplified in the change from life to death, and death to life, until from the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke in upon me—a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was surprised (Line 40)that among so many men of genius who had directed their inquiries towards the same science, that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret.

The “seat of beauty and strength” (line 33) is a reference to

Question based on the following passage.

The following passage is an excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written in 1831. Natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardor those works, so full of genius and discrimination, that modern inquirers have written on these subjects. I attended the lectures and cultivated the acquaintance of the men of science of the university. In (Line 5)M. Waldman I found a true friend. His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry. In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.
As I applied so closely, it may be easily conceived that my progress was rapid. My (Line 10)ardor was indeed the astonishment of the students, and my proficiency that of the masters. None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study; and I, who continually sought the attainment of one object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this, improved so rapidly that at the (Line 15)end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university. When I had arrived at this point and had become as well acquainted with the theory and practice of natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of the professors at Ingolstadt, my residence there being no longer conducive to my improvements, I thought of returning to my friends and my native town, (Line 20)when an incident happened that protracted my stay.

Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply (Line 25)myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.

To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy, but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human (Line 30)body. In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the (Line 35)corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life; I saw how the worm inherited the wonders of the eye and brain. I paused, examining and analyzing all the minutiae of causation, as exemplified in the change from life to death, and death to life, until from the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke in upon me—a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was surprised (Line 40)that among so many men of genius who had directed their inquiries towards the same science, that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret.

In line 35, the phrase “succeed to” most nearly means

Question based on the following passage.

The following passage is an excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written in 1831. Natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardor those works, so full of genius and discrimination, that modern inquirers have written on these subjects. I attended the lectures and cultivated the acquaintance of the men of science of the university. In (Line 5)M. Waldman I found a true friend. His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry. In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.
As I applied so closely, it may be easily conceived that my progress was rapid. My (Line 10)ardor was indeed the astonishment of the students, and my proficiency that of the masters. None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study; and I, who continually sought the attainment of one object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this, improved so rapidly that at the (Line 15)end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university. When I had arrived at this point and had become as well acquainted with the theory and practice of natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of the professors at Ingolstadt, my residence there being no longer conducive to my improvements, I thought of returning to my friends and my native town, (Line 20)when an incident happened that protracted my stay.

Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply (Line 25)myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.

To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy, but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human (Line 30)body. In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the (Line 35)corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life; I saw how the worm inherited the wonders of the eye and brain. I paused, examining and analyzing all the minutiae of causation, as exemplified in the change from life to death, and death to life, until from the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke in upon me—a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was surprised (Line 40)that among so many men of genius who had directed their inquiries towards the same science, that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret.

The final sentence of the passage suggests that the narrator feels

Question based on the following passage

There was an increase of about 10 % in the investment in the public sector, like electricity, irrigation quarrying, public services and transport; even though the emphasis leaned towards transport and away from the other sectors mentioned. A 16-17% growth in investment, including a 30% increase in investment in business premises has been recorded in trade and services. Although there continued to be a decline in the share of agriculture in total gross investment in the economy, investment grew by 9% in absolute terms, largely spurred on by a 23% expansion of investment in agriculture equipment. Housing Construction had 12% more invested in it in 1964, not so much owing to increase demand, as to fears of impending new taxes and limitation of building.

There was a rise of close to 11% in the total consumption in real terms during 1964 and per capita personal consumption by under 7%, as in 1963. The undesirable trend towards a rapid rise in consumption, evident in previous years, remains unaltered. Since at current prices consumption rose by 16% and disposable income by 13%, there was evidently a fall in the rate of saving in the private sector of the economy. Once again a swift advance in the standard of living was indicated in consumption patterns. Though fruit consumption increased, expenditure on food, especially bread and staple items, declined significantly. There was a continuing increase in the outlay on furniture and household equipment, health, education and recreation. The greatest proof of altered living standards was the rapid expansion of expenditure on transport (including private cars) and personal services of all kinds, which occurred during 1964. The changing composition if purchased durable goods demonstrated the progressive affluence of large sectors of the public. On the one hand increased purchase of automobiles and television sets were registered, a point of saturation was rapidly being approached for items like the first household radio, gas cookers, and electric refrigerators.

It is possible to to conclude from this passage, that the people of the country were

Question based on the following passage.

The following passage is an excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written in 1831. Natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardor those works, so full of genius and discrimination, that modern inquirers have written on these subjects. I attended the lectures and cultivated the acquaintance of the men of science of the university. In (Line 5)M. Waldman I found a true friend. His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry. In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.
As I applied so closely, it may be easily conceived that my progress was rapid. My (Line 10)ardor was indeed the astonishment of the students, and my proficiency that of the masters. None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study; and I, who continually sought the attainment of one object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this, improved so rapidly that at the (Line 15)end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university. When I had arrived at this point and had become as well acquainted with the theory and practice of natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of the professors at Ingolstadt, my residence there being no longer conducive to my improvements, I thought of returning to my friends and my native town, (Line 20)when an incident happened that protracted my stay.

Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply (Line 25)myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.

To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy, but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human (Line 30)body. In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the (Line 35)corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life; I saw how the worm inherited the wonders of the eye and brain. I paused, examining and analyzing all the minutiae of causation, as exemplified in the change from life to death, and death to life, until from the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke in upon me—a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was surprised (Line 40)that among so many men of genius who had directed their inquiries towards the same science, that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret.

According to the author the trend towards a rapid rise in consumption is “undesirable” as:

Question based on the following passage.

The following passage is an excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written in 1831. Natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardor those works, so full of genius and discrimination, that modern inquirers have written on these subjects. I attended the lectures and cultivated the acquaintance of the men of science of the university. In (Line 5)M. Waldman I found a true friend. His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry. In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.
As I applied so closely, it may be easily conceived that my progress was rapid. My (Line 10)ardor was indeed the astonishment of the students, and my proficiency that of the masters. None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study; and I, who continually sought the attainment of one object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this, improved so rapidly that at the (Line 15)end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university. When I had arrived at this point and had become as well acquainted with the theory and practice of natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of the professors at Ingolstadt, my residence there being no longer conducive to my improvements, I thought of returning to my friends and my native town, (Line 20)when an incident happened that protracted my stay.

Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply (Line 25)myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.

To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy, but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human (Line 30)body. In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the (Line 35)corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life; I saw how the worm inherited the wonders of the eye and brain. I paused, examining and analyzing all the minutiae of causation, as exemplified in the change from life to death, and death to life, until from the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke in upon me—a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was surprised (Line 40)that among so many men of genius who had directed their inquiries towards the same science, that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret.

It is possible to conclude that the United States is not the discussed country as:

Question based on the following passage.

The following passage is an excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written in 1831. Natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardor those works, so full of genius and discrimination, that modern inquirers have written on these subjects. I attended the lectures and cultivated the acquaintance of the men of science of the university. In (Line 5)M. Waldman I found a true friend. His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry. In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and facile to my apprehension.
As I applied so closely, it may be easily conceived that my progress was rapid. My (Line 10)ardor was indeed the astonishment of the students, and my proficiency that of the masters. None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study; and I, who continually sought the attainment of one object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this, improved so rapidly that at the (Line 15)end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university. When I had arrived at this point and had become as well acquainted with the theory and practice of natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of the professors at Ingolstadt, my residence there being no longer conducive to my improvements, I thought of returning to my friends and my native town, (Line 20)when an incident happened that protracted my stay.

Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply (Line 25)myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.

To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy, but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human (Line 30)body. In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the (Line 35)corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life; I saw how the worm inherited the wonders of the eye and brain. I paused, examining and analyzing all the minutiae of causation, as exemplified in the change from life to death, and death to life, until from the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke in upon me—a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was surprised (Line 40)that among so many men of genius who had directed their inquiries towards the same science, that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret.

The area, which saw the greatest expenditure of investment funds was

Section – 3

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.

The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

In making your selection, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation. Your selection should result in the most effective sentence— clear and precise, without awkwardness or ambiguity.

I am sorry, but I don’t believe what you say.

The plane broke open for want of funds

It is time the six year old is learning how to read and write.

Maria washes all her cloths in the washing machine.

He plays cricket and badminton also.

Inspired by reading about the great explorers, it was Cheryl’s decision to sail around the world.

The European dream was foremost in the mind of early immigrants, the majority of them came to this country for a better life.

The Principal lamented that though a detailed report was submitted to the management a month ago no action is being taken so far.

The black shirt is the least expensive of the two apparels.

He spent much time and energy over it, and lost a large sum in the bargain.

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact(A) with the best man that has been (B) thought and said in this world (C) he will become simple and selfish(D).No error (E)

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

12. Now that she is living(A) in her own flat (B), she cleans the windows (C) twice a week in the summer and once a week in the winter(D). No error (E)

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

To perform(A) this experiment, drop little(B) sugar into(C) a glass(D) of water. No error(E)

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

Troy was taken by Greeks;(A) this formed the basis (B) of a story (C) which has become(D) famous . No error(E)

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

Inspite of (A) the doctor’s stern(B) warning, he continued (C) taking sugar in his tea(D). No error(E)

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

If only he had (A) listened to the words(B) of his mother, he wouldn’t be (C) in this awkward situation(D) . No error (E)

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

The station was a hive (A) of bustling activity,(B) the arrival of the train was the most important (C) event of the day in (D) that remote place. No error (E).

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

The bridal gown was most(A) unique: the (B) bridegroom designed it (C) and his(D) mother provided the lace fabric. No error(E).

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

I will (A) not object to his(B) delivering the lecture as (C) long as he is told not to make personal attacks on (D) his critics. No error (E).

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

In such (A) areas as sports, ranking of individual performance is(B) relatively well accepted since (C) the parameters on which the rating are (D) based are generally objective. No error(E).

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

Scientific advances over the last fifty years have led(A) to revolutionary changes in health, agriculture and communication, and(B) generally enhancing(C) socio-economic development and the quality of our lives(D). No error(E)

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

Neither of the answers provided in the memorandum(A) address(B) my concerns about(C) the validity of(D) the procedure. No error(E).

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

The new law is too (A) stringent; it (B) will be (C) neither respected or(D) obeyed. No error (E)

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

Many scientists initially regarded (A) quantum theory as(B) unnatural, absurd, and(C) incompatible to (D) common sense. No error(E).

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

You shall definitely(A) win the(B) election(C) of the college president(D). No error.(E)

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

No sooner he received(A) the letter(B) from his father(C) than he went out(D).No error(E)

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

Now that(A) we have(B) shifted our house(C) seldom we go(D) to his house. No error (E)

Directions : Choose the error from underline part and If there is no error then choose option (E) No Error

Neither he came (A) nor did he (B) send the (C) money through his brother(D). No error (E)

Directions: The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask you to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Question based on the following passage.

(1) Oceans play an indispensable role in supporting life. The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amount, about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean. More than 24,00 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the (5)continents. This vast amount is necessary to refresh the lakes and streams, springs and water tables on which all life is dependent. Thus the hydrosphere permit organic existence.

(2) Paragraph 2
The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has (10) properties unlike those of any other liquid. One analogy is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 percent, whereas most liquids shrink on cooling. This is why ice floats to the surface of water instead of sinking at the bottom. If ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly, except for a thin layer of water on the surface that melts during summer.

This vast amount is necessary to refresh the lakes and streams, springs and water tables. Which is a better option than the verb underlined?

Directions: The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask you to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Question based on the following passage.

(1) Oceans play an indispensable role in supporting life. The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amount, about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean. More than 24,00 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the (5)continents. This vast amount is necessary to refresh the lakes and streams, springs and water tables on which all life is dependent. Thus the hydrosphere permit organic existence.

(2) Paragraph 2
The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has (10) properties unlike those of any other liquid. One analogy is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 percent, whereas most liquids shrink on cooling. This is why ice floats to the surface of water instead of sinking at the bottom. If ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly, except for a thin layer of water on the surface that melts during summer.

In context, what revision is needed in the sentence 8?
Thus the hydrosphere permit organic existence.

Directions: The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask you to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Question based on the following passage.

(1) Oceans play an indispensable role in supporting life. The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amount, about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean. More than 24,00 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the (5)continents. This vast amount is necessary to refresh the lakes and streams, springs and water tables on which all life is dependent. Thus the hydrosphere permit organic existence.

(2) Paragraph 2
The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has (10) properties unlike those of any other liquid. One analogy is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 percent, whereas most liquids shrink on cooling. This is why ice floats to the surface of water instead of sinking at the bottom. If ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly, except for a thin layer of water on the surface that melts during summer.

In Context which is the best version of sentence 11 (reproduced below)?
Most liquids shrink in cooling.

Directions: The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask you to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Question based on the following passage.

(1) Oceans play an indispensable role in supporting life. The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amount, about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean. More than 24,00 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the (5)continents. This vast amount is necessary to refresh the lakes and streams, springs and water tables on which all life is dependent. Thus the hydrosphere permit organic existence.

(2) Paragraph 2
The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has (10) properties unlike those of any other liquid. One analogy is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 percent, whereas most liquids shrink on cooling. This is why ice floats to the surface of water instead of sinking at the bottom. If ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly, except for a thin layer of water on the surface that melts during summer.

Choose one of the following options to improve the sentence given below.
Ice floats to the surface of water instead of sinking at the bottom.

Directions: The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask you to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Question based on the following passage.

(1) Oceans play an indispensable role in supporting life. The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amount, about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean. More than 24,00 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the (5)continents. This vast amount is necessary to refresh the lakes and streams, springs and water tables on which all life is dependent. Thus the hydrosphere permit organic existence.

(2) Paragraph 2
The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has (10) properties unlike those of any other liquid. One analogy is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 percent, whereas most liquids shrink on cooling. This is why ice floats to the surface of water instead of sinking at the bottom. If ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly, except for a thin layer of water on the surface that melts during summer.

Choose one of the following options to improve the sentence given below.
If ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly

Directions: The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask you to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Question based on the following passage.

(1) Oceans play an indispensable role in supporting life. The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amount, about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean. More than 24,00 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the (5)continents. This vast amount is necessary to refresh the lakes and streams, springs and water tables on which all life is dependent. Thus the hydrosphere permit organic existence.

(2) Paragraph 2
The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has (10) properties unlike those of any other liquid. One analogy is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 percent, whereas most liquids shrink on cooling. This is why ice floats to the surface of water instead of sinking at the bottom. If ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly, except for a thin layer of water on the surface that melts during summer.

Choose one of the following options that is contextually relevant to replace the underlined word in the sentence below.

One analogy is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 percent, whereas most liquids contract on cooling.

Section – 4

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.

Note:

1. The use of a calculator is permitted.

2. All numbers used are real numbers.

3. Figures that accompany problems in this test are intended to provide information useful in solving the problems. They are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific problem that the figure is not drawn to scale. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.

4. Unless otherwise specified, the domain of any function f is assumed to be the set of all real numbers x for which f(x) is a real number.

In 1997, the total enrollment in school was 1500. Next year it increased by 10%. What was the enrollment in 1998?

The ratio of number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2. 20% of the boys and 25% of the girls are holding scholarship. Find the percentage of school students who do not hold scholarship.

If 4 men reap 40 acres in 30 days, how many acres will 18 men reap in 12 days?

Each side of an equilateral triangle is 12 cm long. What is the area?

The price of a cycle is reduced by 25 per cent. The new price is reduced by a further 20 per cent. The two reductions together are equal to a single reduction of

If , which of the following must be true?

I ab <0
II bc <0
III ac <0

If , then

Student-Produced Response questions
A parking garage rents parking spaces for $10 per week or $30 per month. How much does a person save in a year by renting by the month rather than by the week?

Student-Produced Response questions
If and , then

Student-Produced Response questions
At a certain diner, a hamburger and coleslaw cost $3.59, and a hamburger and french fries cost $4.40. If french fries cost twice as much as coleslaw, how much do french fries cost?

Student-Produced Response questions
A certain culture of bacteria quadruples every hour. If a container with these bacteria was half full at 10:00 a.m., at what time was it one-eighth full?

Student-Produced Response questions
Al, Lew, and Karen pooled their funds to buy a gift for a friend. Al contributed $2 less than of the cost of the gift and Lew contributed $2 more than of the cost. If Karen contributed the remaining $15, what was the cost of the gift?

Student-Produced Response questions

Dan and Karen, who live 10 miles apart meet at a cafe that is directly north of Dan’s house and directly east of Karen’s house. If the cafe is 2 miles closer to Dan’s house than to Karen’s house, how many miles is the cafe from Karen’s house?

Student-Produced Response questions

The market value of a certain machine decreased by 30 percent of its purchase price each year. If the machine was purchased in 1982 for its market value of $8,000, what was its market value two years later?

Student-Produced Response questions

A certain business printer can print 40 characters per second, which is 4 times as fast as an average printer. If an average printer can print 5 times as fast as an electric typewriter, how many characters per minute can an electric typewriter print?

Student-Produced Response questions

If 6 gallons of gasoline are added to a tank that is already filled to of its capacity, the tank is then filled to of its capacity. How many gallons does the tank hold?

What percent of 50 is 15?

Section – 5

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.

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

The two artists differed markedly in their temperaments; Palmer was reticent and considerate, Frazer …..... and boastful.

............. by nature, John spoke very little even to his own family members.

The conclusion of his argument, while …....... , is far from …........

Reluctant to admit that they had been in error, the scientists tried to …........ their case with more data obtained from dubious sources.

Adam was extremely foolhardy; he had the …....... to question the senior professor’s judgment.

Question based on the following passage.

Mr. Harding was not a happy man as he walked down
the palace pathway, and stepped out into the close. His
position and pleasant house were a second time
gone from him; but that he could endure. He had been

5 schooled and insulted by a man young enough to be
his son; but that he could put up with. He could even
draw from the very injuries which had been inflicted
on him some of that consolation which, we may
believe, martyrs always receive from the injustice of

10 their own sufferings. He had admitted to his daughter
that he wanted the comfort of his old home, and yet he
could have returned to his lodgings in the High Street,
if not with exultation, at least with satisfaction, had
that been all. But the venom of the chaplain’s

15 harangue had worked into his blood, and sapped the
life of his sweet contentment.
‘New men are carrying out new measures, and
are carting away the useless rubbish of past centuries!’
What cruel words these had been- and how often are

20 they now used with all the heartless cruelty of a
Slope! A man is sufficiently condemned if it can only
be shown that either in politics or religion he does not
belong to some new school established within the last
score of years. He may then regard himself as rubbish

25 and expect to be carted away. A man is nothing now
unless he has within him a full appreciation of the
new era; an era in which it would seem that neither
honesty nor truth is very desirable, but in which
success is the only touchstone of merit. We must

30 laugh at everything that is established. Let the joke be
ever so bad, ever so untrue to the real principles of
joking; nevertheless we must laugh – or else beware
the cart. We must talk, think, and live up to the spirit
of the times, or else we are nought. New men and new

35 measures, long credit and few scruples, great success
or wonderful ruin, such are now the tastes of
Englishmen who know how to live! Alas, alas! Under
such circumstances Mr. Harding could not but feel
that he was an Englishman who did not know how to

40 live. This new doctrine of Mr. Slope and the rubbish
cart sadly disturbed his equanimity.
‘The same thing is going on throughout the
whole country!’ ‘Work is now required from every
man who receives wages!’ And had he been living all

45 his life receiving wages, and doing no work? Had he
in truth so lived as to be now in his old age justly
reckoned as rubbish fit only to be hidden away in
some huge dust-hole? The school of men to whom he
professes to belong, the Grantlys, the Gwynnes, are

50 afflicted with no such self-accusations as these which
troubled Mr. Harding. They, as a rule, are as satisfied
with the wisdom and propriety of their own conduct
as can be any Mr. Slope, or any Bishop with his own.
But, unfortunately for himself, Mr. Harding had little

55 of this self-reliance. When he heard himself
designated as rubbish by the Slopes of the world, he
had no other resource than to make inquiry within his
own bosom as to the truth of the designation. Alas,
alas! the evidence seemed generally to go against him.

The main cause of Mr. Harding’s unhappiness as he leaves the Bishop’s Palace is

Question based on the following passage.

Mr. Harding was not a happy man as he walked down
the palace pathway, and stepped out into the close. His
position and pleasant house were a second time
gone from him; but that he could endure. He had been

5 schooled and insulted by a man young enough to be
his son; but that he could put up with. He could even
draw from the very injuries which had been inflicted
on him some of that consolation which, we may
believe, martyrs always receive from the injustice of

10 their own sufferings. He had admitted to his daughter
that he wanted the comfort of his old home, and yet he
could have returned to his lodgings in the High Street,
if not with exultation, at least with satisfaction, had
that been all. But the venom of the chaplain’s

15 harangue had worked into his blood, and sapped the
life of his sweet contentment.
‘New men are carrying out new measures, and
are carting away the useless rubbish of past centuries!’
What cruel words these had been- and how often are

20 they now used with all the heartless cruelty of a
Slope! A man is sufficiently condemned if it can only
be shown that either in politics or religion he does not
belong to some new school established within the last
score of years. He may then regard himself as rubbish

25 and expect to be carted away. A man is nothing now
unless he has within him a full appreciation of the
new era; an era in which it would seem that neither
honesty nor truth is very desirable, but in which
success is the only touchstone of merit. We must

30 laugh at everything that is established. Let the joke be
ever so bad, ever so untrue to the real principles of
joking; nevertheless we must laugh – or else beware
the cart. We must talk, think, and live up to the spirit
of the times, or else we are nought. New men and new

35 measures, long credit and few scruples, great success
or wonderful ruin, such are now the tastes of
Englishmen who know how to live! Alas, alas! Under
such circumstances Mr. Harding could not but feel
that he was an Englishman who did not know how to

40 live. This new doctrine of Mr. Slope and the rubbish
cart sadly disturbed his equanimity.
‘The same thing is going on throughout the
whole country!’ ‘Work is now required from every
man who receives wages!’ And had he been living all

45 his life receiving wages, and doing no work? Had he
in truth so lived as to be now in his old age justly
reckoned as rubbish fit only to be hidden away in
some huge dust-hole? The school of men to whom he
professes to belong, the Grantlys, the Gwynnes, are

50 afflicted with no such self-accusations as these which
troubled Mr. Harding. They, as a rule, are as satisfied
with the wisdom and propriety of their own conduct
as can be any Mr. Slope, or any Bishop with his own.
But, unfortunately for himself, Mr. Harding had little

55 of this self-reliance. When he heard himself
designated as rubbish by the Slopes of the world, he
had no other resource than to make inquiry within his
own bosom as to the truth of the designation. Alas,
alas! the evidence seemed generally to go against him.

It can be inferred that Slope is

Question based on the following passage.

Mr. Harding was not a happy man as he walked down
the palace pathway, and stepped out into the close. His
position and pleasant house were a second time
gone from him; but that he could endure. He had been

5 schooled and insulted by a man young enough to be
his son; but that he could put up with. He could even
draw from the very injuries which had been inflicted
on him some of that consolation which, we may
believe, martyrs always receive from the injustice of

10 their own sufferings. He had admitted to his daughter
that he wanted the comfort of his old home, and yet he
could have returned to his lodgings in the High Street,
if not with exultation, at least with satisfaction, had
that been all. But the venom of the chaplain’s

15 harangue had worked into his blood, and sapped the
life of his sweet contentment.
‘New men are carrying out new measures, and
are carting away the useless rubbish of past centuries!’
What cruel words these had been- and how often are

20 they now used with all the heartless cruelty of a
Slope! A man is sufficiently condemned if it can only
be shown that either in politics or religion he does not
belong to some new school established within the last
score of years. He may then regard himself as rubbish

25 and expect to be carted away. A man is nothing now
unless he has within him a full appreciation of the
new era; an era in which it would seem that neither
honesty nor truth is very desirable, but in which
success is the only touchstone of merit. We must

30 laugh at everything that is established. Let the joke be
ever so bad, ever so untrue to the real principles of
joking; nevertheless we must laugh – or else beware
the cart. We must talk, think, and live up to the spirit
of the times, or else we are nought. New men and new

35 measures, long credit and few scruples, great success
or wonderful ruin, such are now the tastes of
Englishmen who know how to live! Alas, alas! Under
such circumstances Mr. Harding could not but feel
that he was an Englishman who did not know how to

40 live. This new doctrine of Mr. Slope and the rubbish
cart sadly disturbed his equanimity.
‘The same thing is going on throughout the
whole country!’ ‘Work is now required from every
man who receives wages!’ And had he been living all

45 his life receiving wages, and doing no work? Had he
in truth so lived as to be now in his old age justly
reckoned as rubbish fit only to be hidden away in
some huge dust-hole? The school of men to whom he
professes to belong, the Grantlys, the Gwynnes, are

50 afflicted with no such self-accusations as these which
troubled Mr. Harding. They, as a rule, are as satisfied
with the wisdom and propriety of their own conduct
as can be any Mr. Slope, or any Bishop with his own.
But, unfortunately for himself, Mr. Harding had little

55 of this self-reliance. When he heard himself
designated as rubbish by the Slopes of the world, he
had no other resource than to make inquiry within his
own bosom as to the truth of the designation. Alas,
alas! the evidence seemed generally to go against him.

The word ‘equanimity’ (line 41) most nearly means

Question based on the following passage.

Mr. Harding was not a happy man as he walked down
the palace pathway, and stepped out into the close. His
position and pleasant house were a second time
gone from him; but that he could endure. He had been

5 schooled and insulted by a man young enough to be
his son; but that he could put up with. He could even
draw from the very injuries which had been inflicted
on him some of that consolation which, we may
believe, martyrs always receive from the injustice of

10 their own sufferings. He had admitted to his daughter
that he wanted the comfort of his old home, and yet he
could have returned to his lodgings in the High Street,
if not with exultation, at least with satisfaction, had
that been all. But the venom of the chaplain’s

15 harangue had worked into his blood, and sapped the
life of his sweet contentment.
‘New men are carrying out new measures, and
are carting away the useless rubbish of past centuries!’
What cruel words these had been- and how often are

20 they now used with all the heartless cruelty of a
Slope! A man is sufficiently condemned if it can only
be shown that either in politics or religion he does not
belong to some new school established within the last
score of years. He may then regard himself as rubbish

25 and expect to be carted away. A man is nothing now
unless he has within him a full appreciation of the
new era; an era in which it would seem that neither
honesty nor truth is very desirable, but in which
success is the only touchstone of merit. We must

30 laugh at everything that is established. Let the joke be
ever so bad, ever so untrue to the real principles of
joking; nevertheless we must laugh – or else beware
the cart. We must talk, think, and live up to the spirit
of the times, or else we are nought. New men and new

35 measures, long credit and few scruples, great success
or wonderful ruin, such are now the tastes of
Englishmen who know how to live! Alas, alas! Under
such circumstances Mr. Harding could not but feel
that he was an Englishman who did not know how to

40 live. This new doctrine of Mr. Slope and the rubbish
cart sadly disturbed his equanimity.
‘The same thing is going on throughout the
whole country!’ ‘Work is now required from every
man who receives wages!’ And had he been living all

45 his life receiving wages, and doing no work? Had he
in truth so lived as to be now in his old age justly
reckoned as rubbish fit only to be hidden away in
some huge dust-hole? The school of men to whom he
professes to belong, the Grantlys, the Gwynnes, are

50 afflicted with no such self-accusations as these which
troubled Mr. Harding. They, as a rule, are as satisfied
with the wisdom and propriety of their own conduct
as can be any Mr. Slope, or any Bishop with his own.
But, unfortunately for himself, Mr. Harding had little

55 of this self-reliance. When he heard himself
designated as rubbish by the Slopes of the world, he
had no other resource than to make inquiry within his
own bosom as to the truth of the designation. Alas,
alas! the evidence seemed generally to go against him.

It can be inferred that Mr Harding is especially disturbed because he

Question based on the following passage.

Mr. Harding was not a happy man as he walked down
the palace pathway, and stepped out into the close. His
position and pleasant house were a second time
gone from him; but that he could endure. He had been

5 schooled and insulted by a man young enough to be
his son; but that he could put up with. He could even
draw from the very injuries which had been inflicted
on him some of that consolation which, we may
believe, martyrs always receive from the injustice of

10 their own sufferings. He had admitted to his daughter
that he wanted the comfort of his old home, and yet he
could have returned to his lodgings in the High Street,
if not with exultation, at least with satisfaction, had
that been all. But the venom of the chaplain’s

15 harangue had worked into his blood, and sapped the
life of his sweet contentment.
‘New men are carrying out new measures, and
are carting away the useless rubbish of past centuries!’
What cruel words these had been- and how often are

20 they now used with all the heartless cruelty of a
Slope! A man is sufficiently condemned if it can only
be shown that either in politics or religion he does not
belong to some new school established within the last
score of years. He may then regard himself as rubbish

25 and expect to be carted away. A man is nothing now
unless he has within him a full appreciation of the
new era; an era in which it would seem that neither
honesty nor truth is very desirable, but in which
success is the only touchstone of merit. We must

30 laugh at everything that is established. Let the joke be
ever so bad, ever so untrue to the real principles of
joking; nevertheless we must laugh – or else beware
the cart. We must talk, think, and live up to the spirit
of the times, or else we are nought. New men and new

35 measures, long credit and few scruples, great success
or wonderful ruin, such are now the tastes of
Englishmen who know how to live! Alas, alas! Under
such circumstances Mr. Harding could not but feel
that he was an Englishman who did not know how to

40 live. This new doctrine of Mr. Slope and the rubbish
cart sadly disturbed his equanimity.
‘The same thing is going on throughout the
whole country!’ ‘Work is now required from every
man who receives wages!’ And had he been living all

45 his life receiving wages, and doing no work? Had he
in truth so lived as to be now in his old age justly
reckoned as rubbish fit only to be hidden away in
some huge dust-hole? The school of men to whom he
professes to belong, the Grantlys, the Gwynnes, are

50 afflicted with no such self-accusations as these which
troubled Mr. Harding. They, as a rule, are as satisfied
with the wisdom and propriety of their own conduct
as can be any Mr. Slope, or any Bishop with his own.
But, unfortunately for himself, Mr. Harding had little

55 of this self-reliance. When he heard himself
designated as rubbish by the Slopes of the world, he
had no other resource than to make inquiry within his
own bosom as to the truth of the designation. Alas,
alas! the evidence seemed generally to go against him.

Mr. Harding differs from others of his ‘school’ (line 49) because they

Question based on the following passage.

Mr. Harding was not a happy man as he walked down
the palace pathway, and stepped out into the close. His
position and pleasant house were a second time
gone from him; but that he could endure. He had been

5 schooled and insulted by a man young enough to be
his son; but that he could put up with. He could even
draw from the very injuries which had been inflicted
on him some of that consolation which, we may
believe, martyrs always receive from the injustice of

10 their own sufferings. He had admitted to his daughter
that he wanted the comfort of his old home, and yet he
could have returned to his lodgings in the High Street,
if not with exultation, at least with satisfaction, had
that been all. But the venom of the chaplain’s

15 harangue had worked into his blood, and sapped the
life of his sweet contentment.
‘New men are carrying out new measures, and
are carting away the useless rubbish of past centuries!’
What cruel words these had been- and how often are

20 they now used with all the heartless cruelty of a
Slope! A man is sufficiently condemned if it can only
be shown that either in politics or religion he does not
belong to some new school established within the last
score of years. He may then regard himself as rubbish

25 and expect to be carted away. A man is nothing now
unless he has within him a full appreciation of the
new era; an era in which it would seem that neither
honesty nor truth is very desirable, but in which
success is the only touchstone of merit. We must

30 laugh at everything that is established. Let the joke be
ever so bad, ever so untrue to the real principles of
joking; nevertheless we must laugh – or else beware
the cart. We must talk, think, and live up to the spirit
of the times, or else we are nought. New men and new

35 measures, long credit and few scruples, great success
or wonderful ruin, such are now the tastes of
Englishmen who know how to live! Alas, alas! Under
such circumstances Mr. Harding could not but feel
that he was an Englishman who did not know how to

40 live. This new doctrine of Mr. Slope and the rubbish
cart sadly disturbed his equanimity.
‘The same thing is going on throughout the
whole country!’ ‘Work is now required from every
man who receives wages!’ And had he been living all

45 his life receiving wages, and doing no work? Had he
in truth so lived as to be now in his old age justly
reckoned as rubbish fit only to be hidden away in
some huge dust-hole? The school of men to whom he
professes to belong, the Grantlys, the Gwynnes, are

50 afflicted with no such self-accusations as these which
troubled Mr. Harding. They, as a rule, are as satisfied
with the wisdom and propriety of their own conduct
as can be any Mr. Slope, or any Bishop with his own.
But, unfortunately for himself, Mr. Harding had little

55 of this self-reliance. When he heard himself
designated as rubbish by the Slopes of the world, he
had no other resource than to make inquiry within his
own bosom as to the truth of the designation. Alas,
alas! the evidence seemed generally to go against him.

The tone of the sentence ‘New men….live’ (lines 34-37) is

Question based on the following passage.

Mr. Harding was not a happy man as he walked down
the palace pathway, and stepped out into the close. His
position and pleasant house were a second time
gone from him; but that he could endure. He had been

5 schooled and insulted by a man young enough to be
his son; but that he could put up with. He could even
draw from the very injuries which had been inflicted
on him some of that consolation which, we may
believe, martyrs always receive from the injustice of

10 their own sufferings. He had admitted to his daughter
that he wanted the comfort of his old home, and yet he
could have returned to his lodgings in the High Street,
if not with exultation, at least with satisfaction, had
that been all. But the venom of the chaplain’s

15 harangue had worked into his blood, and sapped the
life of his sweet contentment.
‘New men are carrying out new measures, and
are carting away the useless rubbish of past centuries!’
What cruel words these had been- and how often are

20 they now used with all the heartless cruelty of a
Slope! A man is sufficiently condemned if it can only
be shown that either in politics or religion he does not
belong to some new school established within the last
score of years. He may then regard himself as rubbish

25 and expect to be carted away. A man is nothing now
unless he has within him a full appreciation of the
new era; an era in which it would seem that neither
honesty nor truth is very desirable, but in which
success is the only touchstone of merit. We must

30 laugh at everything that is established. Let the joke be
ever so bad, ever so untrue to the real principles of
joking; nevertheless we must laugh – or else beware
the cart. We must talk, think, and live up to the spirit
of the times, or else we are nought. New men and new

35 measures, long credit and few scruples, great success
or wonderful ruin, such are now the tastes of
Englishmen who know how to live! Alas, alas! Under
such circumstances Mr. Harding could not but feel
that he was an Englishman who did not know how to

40 live. This new doctrine of Mr. Slope and the rubbish
cart sadly disturbed his equanimity.
‘The same thing is going on throughout the
whole country!’ ‘Work is now required from every
man who receives wages!’ And had he been living all

45 his life receiving wages, and doing no work? Had he
in truth so lived as to be now in his old age justly
reckoned as rubbish fit only to be hidden away in
some huge dust-hole? The school of men to whom he
professes to belong, the Grantlys, the Gwynnes, are

50 afflicted with no such self-accusations as these which
troubled Mr. Harding. They, as a rule, are as satisfied
with the wisdom and propriety of their own conduct
as can be any Mr. Slope, or any Bishop with his own.
But, unfortunately for himself, Mr. Harding had little

55 of this self-reliance. When he heard himself
designated as rubbish by the Slopes of the world, he
had no other resource than to make inquiry within his
own bosom as to the truth of the designation. Alas,
alas! the evidence seemed generally to go against him.

The first two sentences of paragraph 3 relate the

Question based on the following passage

But man is not destined to vanish. He can be killed, but he cannot be destroyed, because his soul is deathless and his spirit is irrepressible. Therefore, though the situation seems dark in the context of the confrontation between the superpowers, the silver lining is provided by amazing phenomenon that the very nations which have spent incalculable resources and energy for the production of deadly weapons are desperately trying to find out how they might never be used. They threaten each other, intimidate each other and go to the brink, but before the total hour arrives they withdraw from the brink.

The main point from the author’s view is that