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Section 61<br />

Practice Test Two 169<br />

SECTION 6<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 />

1.<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 />

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When a baby first learns to walk, he will generally<br />

walk cautiously, placing one foot ------- in front of<br />

<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r while trying to find his balance.<br />

(A) heavily<br />

(B) clumsily<br />

( C) tentatively<br />

(D) confidently<br />

(E) languidly<br />

2. The salesperson showed off his latest acquisition<br />

to <strong>the</strong> eager crowd, claiming it was an amazing<br />

kitchen gadget with a ------- purpose; it could chop<br />

and seed a tomato.<br />

3.<br />

(A) <strong>for</strong>eign<br />

(B) literary<br />

(C) false<br />

(D) dual<br />

(E) direct<br />

Many astrophysicists believe that <strong>the</strong> universe is<br />

infinite in size and that it will continue to expand<br />

quickly and -------.<br />

(A) conclusively<br />

(B) precisely<br />

( C) periodically<br />

(D) indefinitely<br />

(E) occasionally<br />

4. Although <strong>the</strong> actress had lived in a large city all<br />

her life, she was such a ------- per<strong>for</strong>mer that she<br />

became <strong>the</strong> virtual ------- of <strong>the</strong> humble farm girl<br />

she portrayed in <strong>the</strong> play.<br />

(A) versatile . . opposite<br />

(B) melodramatic . . understudy<br />

(C) natural . . nemesis<br />

(D) consummate . . incarnation<br />

(E) drab . . caricature<br />

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