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Section 5 /<br />

Practice Test Six. 525<br />

SECTION 5<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 />

1.<br />

(A) effective<br />

(B) invented<br />

(C) useful<br />

(D) destructive<br />

(E) enormous<br />

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The chief reminded his officers that every piece<br />

of evidence had to be carefully ------- to ensure<br />

nothing was lost and everything was readily ------­<br />

those who needed it.<br />

(A) praised . . scrutinized by<br />

(B) displayed . . comprehensible to<br />

( C) labeled . . accessible to<br />

(D) administered . . overlooked by<br />

(E) catalogued . . unobtainable to<br />

2. In 1991, salsa outper<strong>for</strong>med ketchup by tens of<br />

millions of dollars in retail stores, ------- ketchup<br />

as <strong>the</strong> best-selling condiment in <strong>the</strong> United States.<br />

(A) supplanting<br />

(B) redoubling<br />

(C) augmenting<br />

(D) brandishing<br />

(E) evading<br />

3. Because his senior status made him <strong>the</strong> most<br />

influential doctor in <strong>the</strong> hospital, his ------­<br />

seemed to make <strong>the</strong> entire facility more ------- in<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir patient care.<br />

(A) sagacity . . unscrupulous<br />

(B) leniency . . decorous<br />

(C) nonchalance . . tenacious<br />

(D) acrimony . . cheerful<br />

(E) ardor . . assiduous<br />

4. Although Tom often looked -------, he actually<br />

dedicated ------- amount of time to attempting to<br />

maintain a neat appearance.<br />

(A) orderly . . an enormous<br />

(B) disheveled . . an inordinate<br />

(C) annoyed . . an un<strong>for</strong>tunate<br />

(D) distracted . . an unrealistic<br />

(E) agitated . . a considerable<br />

5. The Galapagos Islands sustain a ------- oflife<br />

<strong>for</strong>ms, an abundance that makes <strong>the</strong> area abound<br />

with life and activity.<br />

(A) melee<br />

(B) profusion<br />

( C) configuration<br />

(D) symmetry<br />

(E) dimension<br />

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