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Section 41<br />

Practice Test Twelve<br />

1029<br />

SECTION 4<br />

Time-25 Minutes<br />

24 Questions<br />

Directions: For each of <strong>the</strong> following questions, choose <strong>the</strong> best answer and darken <strong>the</strong> corresponding oval on<br />

<strong>the</strong> answer sheet.<br />

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each<br />

blank indicating that something has been omitted.<br />

Beneath <strong>the</strong> sentence are five words or sets of words<br />

labeled (A) through (E). Choose <strong>the</strong> word or set of<br />

words that, when inserted in <strong>the</strong> sentence, best fits<br />

<strong>the</strong> meaning of <strong>the</strong> sentence as a whole.<br />

EXAMPLE:<br />

Today's small, portable computers contrast<br />

markedly with <strong>the</strong> earliest electronic computers,<br />

which were -------.<br />

(A) effective<br />

(B) invented<br />

(C) useful<br />

(D) destructive<br />

(E) enormous<br />

®®©® •<br />

1. Leonardo da Vinci was a ------- artist; he was<br />

a painter, sculptor, draftsman, architect, and<br />

inventor.<br />

(A) demonstrative<br />

(B) nebulous<br />

( C) meticulous<br />

(D) versatile<br />

(E) metaphoric<br />

2. Jamal found <strong>the</strong> movie stubs lying on <strong>the</strong> counter<br />

to be ------- evidence that his friends had gone to<br />

<strong>the</strong> cinema without him; it was unquestionable<br />

that <strong>the</strong>y had seen Spider-Man.<br />

(A) immaterial<br />

(B) potential<br />

(C) erroneous<br />

(D) nominal<br />

(E) indisputable<br />

3. When training <strong>for</strong> a marathon, runners prepare<br />

<strong>the</strong>mselves <strong>for</strong> a challenge that is both ------- and<br />

mentally -------.<br />

(A) illusory . . taxing<br />

(B) exaggerated . . balanced<br />

( C) physically . . demanding<br />

(D) appealing . . indulgent<br />

(E) strenuous . . dubious<br />

4. Healthy lifestyle choices such as exercising<br />

regularly and maintaining a nutritious diet can<br />

promote ------- yet are often ------- by <strong>the</strong> busy<br />

lives people today lead.<br />

(A) extinction . . enhanced<br />

(B) longevity . . hampered<br />

(C) behavior . . belied<br />

(D) morality . . bolstered<br />

(E) reproduction . . confirmed<br />

5. The detectives knew <strong>the</strong>y had to act punctiliously<br />

because any mistakes, even <strong>the</strong> slightest -------,<br />

would compromise <strong>the</strong> stakeout.<br />

(A) query<br />

(B) gibe<br />

(C) gaffe<br />

(D) tryst<br />

(E) tribute<br />

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