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Section 21<br />

Practice Test Seven<br />

597<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<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. Recent fossil evidence suggests that carnivorous<br />

dinosaurs were ------- swimmers, but some<br />

paleontologists still think that <strong>the</strong>se dinosaurs<br />

------- <strong>the</strong> water.<br />

(A) swift . . entered<br />

(B) nervous . . loa<strong>the</strong>d<br />

(C) accomplished . . feared<br />

(D) unskilled . . avoided<br />

(E) natural . . enjoyed<br />

3. A Portuguese man-of-war moves over <strong>the</strong><br />

sea -------, blown by <strong>the</strong> wind.<br />

(A) covertly<br />

(B) motionlessly<br />

(C) defiantly<br />

(D) passively<br />

(E) consistently<br />

4. Her agent cultivated <strong>the</strong> actress's reputation <strong>for</strong><br />

being -------, but in fact she was quite ------- in her<br />

private life and had many close friends.<br />

(A) reclusive . . gregarious<br />

(B) generous . . frugal<br />

(C) charming . . deranged<br />

(D) truculent . . admirable<br />

(E) eccentric . . garrulous<br />

5. Though she earned her ------- as a muralist, <strong>the</strong><br />

artist felt that she ------- more acclaim <strong>for</strong> her<br />

sculpture.<br />

(A) anonymity . . escaped<br />

(B) reputation . . deserved<br />

(C) fame . . deferred<br />

(D) distinction . . justified<br />

(E) notoriety . . publicized<br />

2. Ca<strong>the</strong>dral windows are often -------, composed of<br />

thousands of pieces of luminous stained glass.<br />

(A) mysterious<br />

(B) intricate<br />

(C) sacred<br />

(D) descriptive<br />

(E) burnished<br />

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