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Section 21<br />

Practice Test Two<br />

145<br />

SECTION 2<br />

Time-25 Minutes<br />

25 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. The usually ------- CEO shocked his employees by<br />

severely overreacting to <strong>the</strong> jocular teasing of one<br />

of his subordinates.<br />

(A) demanding<br />

(B) inarticulate<br />

(C) aggressive<br />

(D) persuasive<br />

(E) composed<br />

2. Although <strong>the</strong> vintage clothing store already has a<br />

large and devoted customer base among college<br />

students, <strong>the</strong> owner tries to expand her ------- by<br />

having big promotional sales.<br />

(A) clientele<br />

(B) investments<br />

( C) coverage<br />

(D) staffing<br />

(E) liability<br />

3. Despite <strong>the</strong>ir ------- backgrounds, those who<br />

fought <strong>for</strong> civil rights overcame <strong>the</strong>ir differences in<br />

a ------- ef<strong>for</strong>t.<br />

(A) incompatible . . divisive<br />

(B) eccentric . . prosaic<br />

( C) distinguished . . futile<br />

(D) disparate . . united<br />

(E) comparable . . joint<br />

4. Although it is not -------, <strong>the</strong> college's student<br />

directory is a useful tool because <strong>the</strong> supply of<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r resources <strong>for</strong> locating students is -------.<br />

(A) intense . . vast<br />

(B) obsolete . . outdated<br />

(C) ostentatious . . varied<br />

(D) contemporary . . plentiful<br />

(E) comprehensive . . meager<br />

5. Developmental psychologists often cite yelling at<br />

children as ------- and a poor way to help <strong>the</strong>m<br />

learn.<br />

(A) benign<br />

(B) diagnostic<br />

( C) inefficacious<br />

(D) discretionary<br />

(E) <strong>the</strong>rapeutic<br />

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