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Section 21<br />

Practice Test Three<br />

237<br />

SECTION 2<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 <strong>the</strong><br />

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. Because this time he had at least ------- <strong>the</strong> culprit,<br />

<strong>the</strong> security officer was able to ------- <strong>the</strong> ridicule<br />

he usually received <strong>for</strong> his laziness.<br />

(A) detained . . succumb to<br />

(B) escaped . . subvert<br />

( C) pursued . . avoid<br />

(D) ignored . . observe<br />

(E) disavowed . . enjoy<br />

2. Diane was finally able to satisfy her passion <strong>for</strong><br />

both sports and writing when she ------- <strong>the</strong> two<br />

by becoming a sports journalist.<br />

(A) reclaimed<br />

(B) merged<br />

(C) defined<br />

(D) abandoned<br />

(E) conveyed<br />

3. Instead of being ------- by her oppressive boss<br />

and un<strong>for</strong>tunate working conditions, <strong>the</strong> young<br />

professional found ------- in <strong>the</strong> workplace by<br />

exhibiting her talents to higher executives and<br />

moving up <strong>the</strong> corporate ladder.<br />

(A) discouraged . . reconciliation<br />

(B) defeated . . prosperity<br />

(C) elevated . . happiness<br />

(D) aided . . opportunity<br />

(E) delayed . . unity<br />

4. Many pieces of ancient pottery we now consider<br />

art were originally made <strong>for</strong> purely ------- reasons,<br />

such as to carry water.<br />

(A) utilitarian<br />

(B) grandiose<br />

(C) imaginative<br />

(D) aes<strong>the</strong>tic<br />

(E) external<br />

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