CRITICAL READING
For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given:
1. The Mona Lisa, shipped in a private cabin and received by important dignitaries, was treated more like _______ than a painting upon its arrival in the United States.
(a) a perfectionist (b) a maverick (c) a potentate (d) an ascetic (e) an interloper
Answer: C
2. Despite its patent ______, this belief has become so ______ that no amount of rational argument will suffice to eradicate it
(a) Validity . . inconsequential
(b) Implausibility . . entrenched
(c) Credibility . . prevalent
(d) Absurdity . . outmoded
(e) Novelty . . infrequent
Answer: B
3. The charlatan’s seemingly frank and open demeanor was actually a _____ means of enlisting his patient’s confidence.
(a) Disingenuous (b) debilitating (c) diminutive (d) cathartic (e) prosaic
Answer: A
MATH I
Figure not drawn to scale
1. In the figure above, three lines intersect at a point; if f
= 85 and c = 25, what is the value of a?
(a) 60
(b) 65
(c) 70
(d) 75
(e) 85
Answer: B
2. If 4(t + u) + 3 = 19, then t + u =
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
(e) 7
Answer: C
3..For all numbers x and y, let x^y be defined as x^y = x2 + xy +
y2. What is the value of (3^1)^1
(a) 5
(b) 13
(c) 27
(d) 170
(e) 183
Answer: E
WRITING
Instructions: 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
1. The poet Claude McKay was a native of Jamaica who spent most of his life in the United States but writing some of his poems in the Jamaican dialect
(a) The poet Claude McKay was a native of Jamaica who spent most of his life in the United states but writing
(b) Being that he was a Jamaican who spent most of his life in the United States, the poet Claude McKay writing
(c) Although a native of Jamaica, the poet Claude McKay spent most of his life in the United States, he wrote
(d) Although the poet Claude McKay spent most of his life in the United States, he was a native of Jamaica and wrote
(e) Because he was a native of Jamaica who spent most of his life in the United States, the poet Claude McKay writing
Answer: D
2. All the demands on soprano Kathleen Battle for operatic performances, solo concerts, and special guest appearances, tempting her to sing too often and straining her voice
(a) Appearances, tempting her to sing too often and straining
(b) Appearances not only to tempt her to sing too often plus they strain
(c) Appearance tempts her not only into singing too often but then she strains
(d) Appearances, tempting her into singing too often and she therefore strains
(e) Appearances tempt her to sing too often and strain
Answer: E
Instructions: The following sentences test your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. Each sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered in brackets. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice E. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
1. The bar graph above shows the number of tons of beans produced on a large farm for the years 1985 through 1991. For which of the following two-year periods was the average (arithmetic mean) bean production closest to the bean production in 1985?
(a) 1986-1987
(b) 1987-1988
(c) 1988-1989
(d) 1989-1990
(e) 1990-1991
Answer: A
2. If (x+y)/(a-b) = 2/3, then (9x+9y)/(10a-10b) =
(a) 9/10
(b) 20/23
(c) 20/27
(d) 2/3
(e) 3/5
Answer: E
3. The interior dimensions of a rectangular fish tank are 4 feet long, 3 feet wide and 2 feet high. The water level in the tank is 1 foot high. All of the water in this tank is poured into an empty second tank. If the interior dimensions of the second tank are 3 feet long, 2 feet wide and 4 feet high, what is the height of the water in the second tank?
(a) 0.5 ft
(b) 1 ft
(c) 1.5 ft
(d) 2 ft
(e) 4 ft
Answer: D
WRITING
Instructions: 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
1. The poet Claude McKay was a native of Jamaica who spent most of his life in the United States but writing some of his poems in the Jamaican dialect
(a) The poet Claude McKay was a native of Jamaica who spent most of his life in the United states but writing
(b) Being that he was a Jamaican who spent most of his life in the United States, the poet Claude McKay writing
(c) Although a native of Jamaica, the poet Claude McKay spent most of his life in the United States, he wrote
(d) Although the poet Claude McKay spent most of his life in the United States, he was a native of Jamaica and wrote
(e) Because he was a native of Jamaica who spent most of his life in the United States, the poet Claude McKay writing
Answer: D
2. All the demands on soprano Kathleen Battle for operatic performances, solo concerts, and special guest appearances, tempting her to sing too often and straining her voice
(a) Appearances, tempting her to sing too often and straining
(b) Appearances not only to tempt her to sing too often plus they strain
(c) Appearance tempts her not only into singing too often but then she strains
(d) Appearances, tempting her into singing too often and she therefore strains
(e) Appearances tempt her to sing too often and strain
Answer: E
Instructions: The following sentences test your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. Each sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered in brackets. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice E. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
3. The ambassador was entertained lavish(a) by Hartwright, whose company(b) has(c) a monetary interest in(d) the industrial development of the country. No error(e)
Answer: A
4. Experiments have shown(a) that human skin provides(b) natural protection against a surprising(c) large number of(d) infectious bacteria. No error(e)
Answer: C
MATH II
1. The bar graph above shows the number of tons of beans produced on a large farm for the years 1985 through 1991. For which of the following two-year periods was the average (arithmetic mean) bean production closest to the bean production in 1985?
(a) 1986-1987
(b) 1987-1988
(c) 1988-1989
(d) 1989-1990
(e) 1990-1991
Answer: A
2. If (x+y)/(a-b) = 2/3, then (9x+9y)/(10a-10b) =
(a) 9/10
(b) 20/23
(c) 20/27
(d) 2/3
(e) 3/5
Answer: E
3. The interior dimensions of a rectangular fish tank are 4 feet long, 3 feet wide and 2 feet high. The water level in the tank is 1 foot high. All of the water in this tank is poured into an empty second tank. If the interior dimensions of the second tank are 3 feet long, 2 feet wide and 4 feet high, what is the height of the water in the second tank?
(a) 0.5 ft
(b) 1 ft
(c) 1.5 ft
(d) 2 ft
(e) 4 ft
Answer: D
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