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Section 8<br />

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Practice Test Two<br />

SECTION 8<br />

Time-20 Minutes<br />

18 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 coach's clo<strong>the</strong>s were ------- with water<br />

from <strong>the</strong> water cooler dumped over him by <strong>the</strong><br />

victorious football team.<br />

(A) diverted<br />

(B) confined<br />

(C) scuttled<br />

(D) cleansed<br />

(E) drenched<br />

2. As sea otters rely on air trapped in <strong>the</strong>ir fur to ------­<br />

warmth, oil spills can damage this fine fur and cause<br />

<strong>the</strong>m to become ------- to <strong>the</strong> cold arctic waters.<br />

(A) insure . . inclined<br />

(B) maintain . . vulnerable<br />

(C) squander . . liable<br />

(D) stimulate . . resistant<br />

(E) retain . . immune<br />

3. Henry David Thoreau found inspiration <strong>for</strong> his<br />

writing in <strong>the</strong> ------- woods of Walden Pond,<br />

where he immersed himself in nature ra<strong>the</strong>r than<br />

in <strong>the</strong> company of people.<br />

(A) sequestered<br />

(B) urbane<br />

(C) intrusive<br />

(D) luxurious<br />

(E) frugal<br />

4. Despite U.S. ef<strong>for</strong>ts to provide <strong>the</strong> <strong>for</strong>eign country<br />

with <strong>the</strong> means to ------- <strong>the</strong> drug trade, <strong>the</strong><br />

production and trafficking of cocaine and heroin<br />

continues to ------- as narcotics are still being<br />

smuggled across <strong>the</strong> border at an alarming rate.<br />

(A) cure . . flag<br />

(B) foster . . thrive<br />

(C) combat . . abate<br />

(D) scrutinize . . prosper<br />

(E) eradicate . . flourish<br />

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