| Each passage below is following by a question based on its content. Answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passages. |
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To complicate further the question of identity, not only are parentage and geographical factors significant, but external or social factors impinge as well. That recent immigrants feel a sense of alienation and strangeness in a new country is to be expected, but when American-born Chinese Americans, from families many generations in the US, are asked where they learned such good English, they too are made to feel foreign and alien. |
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| In the above paragraph, "impinge" means |
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Great as the picture was, its very flatness and extent, which left nothing to the imagination, tamed it down and cramped its interest. I felt little of that sense of freedom and exhilaration that the open landscape of a Scottish moor, or even the rolling hills of our English downlands, inspires |
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When I began looking for a dissertation topic at the University of Washington two decades ago, I was seeking a subject that would sustain me intellectually, as well as one that would engage an audience and rattle a few cages. |
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Often I don¡¯t remember much of what I¡¯ve read. My lifelong capacity for forgetting distresses me. What do I have then for my years of indulgence in books? A feel, a texture, an aura: the fragrance of Shakespeare, the crisp breeze of Tolstoy, the carnal stench of the great Euripides. Are they worth the investment of a life? Would my mind be freer without them? |
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| In the above paragraph, "capacity" is closest in meaning to |
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What makes Armstrong¡¯s trumpet playing so remarkable? First, there is his mastery of his instrument. His tone is warm and full, like honey, in all registers. The way he begins a musical phrase is one of strongest and cleanest of any jazz trumpeter. Where many jazz brass players employ a smooth and continuous style replete with slurs and half-tongues, Armstrong always introduced a note with a razor-sharp front edge. |
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| In the above paragraph, "replete with" means |
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| Each of the following sentences may contain some problems in grammar, usage, diction, or idiom. Some sentences are correct. None of the sentences contains more than one error. Circle the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct or circle No error (E) if there is no error. |
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Even those who (A) profess to care (B) about ¡°green¡± issues often fail to consider how (C) their daily choices effect (D) the environment. No error (E) |
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The masterpiece auctioned so successfully (A) today depicts a Biblical scene in which (B) the king is on his throne with his counselors (C) standing respectively (D) below. No error (E) |
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"Elementary, my dear Watson," was (A) a frequent (B) observation of (C) the imminent (D) Sherlock Holmes. No error (E) |
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The night-shift supervisor who (A) rarely praises anyone for his work said that I usually do a credible (B) job in setting the staff up (C) for their (D) assignments at night. No error (E) |
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Mr. Webster¡¯s paper is highly imaginary (A) and very creative (B), but (C) lacking in (D) cogency. No error (E) |
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A research paper requires (A) footnotes or endnotes and a bibliography irregardless (B) of which (C) references and sources the writer uses (D). No error (E) |
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| Solve each of the following problems, using any available spaces on the page for scratch work. Then circle the answer that is the best of the choices given.
Note: All numbers used are real numbers. Figures that accompany problems in this test are intended to provide information userful in solving the problem. 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.
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The formulas for three paint colors are given as follows.
Regarl purple: 1 quart blue + 2 quarts red
Leaf green: 3 quart blue + 5 quarts yellow
Amazon: 3 quart regal purple + 2 quarts leaf green
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| Based on the formulas above, how many quarts of blue are needed to make 10 quarts of Amazon |
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The hypotenuse of a right triangle has length 10 and the legs have lengths x and y. If x£¼6£¬which of the following describes all possible values of y ? |
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How many vertical posts, spaced 5 feet apart, would be needed to build a free-standing fence that is 40-feet long? |
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| Each of the following two questions requires you to solve the problem and write your answer in the boxes provided. If you obtain a decimal answer, enter the most accurate value the boxes will accommodate. For example, if you obtain an answer such as 0.666....., you should write down .666 or .667. Less accurate values such as .66 or .67 are not acceptable. You may alse use fractions, 2/3, in this case.
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If the digits of a certain two-digit positive integer are interchanged, the resulting integer is 18 more than the original integer. What is the greatest possible value of the original integer? |
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The chart below shows the results of a poll of 5000 voters concerning a proposition in an election to be held the next day. All 5000 voters actually voted in the election, and those who favored or opposed the proposition in the poll did not change their minds. If the undecided voters voted for or against the proposition in the same propositions as those who were decided, how many of the 5000 voters voted against Proposition Q? |
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Favor |
36% |
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44% |
Undecided |
20% |
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