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Section 7<br />

Practice Test Six<br />

SECTION 7<br />

Time-20 Minutes<br />

19 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 />

3. When <strong>the</strong> mysterious manuscript was originally<br />

discovered, it was merely -------, but after years of<br />

fruitless research and more bewilderment, it has<br />

been determined to be -------.<br />

(A) dignified . . mystifying<br />

(B) perplexing . . inexplicable<br />

( C) eccentric . . stolid<br />

(D) intriguing . . reasonable<br />

(E) logical . . questionable<br />

(A) effective<br />

(B) invented<br />

(C) useful<br />

(D) destructive<br />

(E) enormous<br />

©©©®•<br />

1. Be<strong>for</strong>e he could even hope to sell his faded, dirty<br />

furniture, he had to have it -------.<br />

(A) requisitioned<br />

(B) enlarged<br />

(C) refurbished<br />

(D) demolished<br />

(E) relocated<br />

4.<br />

Although he had vigorously ------- a career in<br />

journalism, Ricardo could not ------- <strong>the</strong> feeling<br />

that he lacked <strong>the</strong> initiative necessary to enter <strong>the</strong><br />

newspaper business.<br />

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

(B) escaped . . subvert<br />

( C) pursued . . avoid<br />

(D) ignored . . observe<br />

(E) disavowed . . enjoy<br />

2. His teacher deemed his absence from class -------;<br />

she had observed him playing vigorously with his<br />

friends throughout <strong>the</strong> day, without <strong>the</strong> slightest<br />

indication of illness.<br />

(A) indefensible<br />

(B) surreptitious<br />

(C) indefatigable<br />

(D) comprehensive<br />

(E) corrective<br />

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