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Section 4
Practice Test Seven
Directions: The passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions following a pair of related
passages may also be based on the relationship between the paired passages. Answer the questions on the basis of
what is stated or implied in the passages and in any introductory material that may be provided.
Questions 6-7 are based on the following passage.
Recently, I casually looked through a journal
from my childhood. The pages were filled with
ragged cartoons that seemed to have been drawn
Line by someone else. Yet, as I flipped toward the end
(5) of the book, these awkward, almost unrecognizable
creations from my past slowly began to come
alive with familiarity. One page, covered in a
mess of squares and stick figures depicting a billiards
game, captured my attention. Suddenly, I
(10) felt transported back to my grandparents' musty
basement game room, even recalling my older
brother's victorious taunts. I turned to the next
page eagerly, now exhilarated by a sense of deep
connection to this record of bygone years.
Questions 8-9 are based on the following passage.
While the tarantula, the largest spider in the
world, can easily intimidate with its impressive
size, it actually poses no more danger to humans
Line than a housefly. In fact, the tarantula's large size is
(5) rather ironic, for it constitutes a distinct disadvantage
in the wild. Slow and conspicuous, the tarantula
is relatively easy prey for its most common
predator, a black wasp-aptly called a tarantula
hawk-that uses a tranquilizing sting to incapaci-
(10) tate its prey. Then, in a rather gruesome display
of parasitic behavior, the tarantula hawk drags the
paralyzed spider to a burrow, where it lays larva
that slowly consume the still alive but helpless
tarantula for months.
6. The author implies that initially he only "casually
looked" (line 1) through the childhood journal
because
(A) he could not remember the events it
described
(B) he was not skilled at drawing
( C) he found its content unfamiliar
(D) he was not interested in his childhood
(E) he was embarrassed by his cartoons
7. The author's purpose in mentioning his brother's
"victorious taunts" (line 12) is most likely to
(A) indicate that he had a strained relationship
with his brother
(B) imply that this billiards game was particularly
memorable
(C) criticize his brother's behavior
(D) suggest the journal recalled painful memories
(E) underscore the journal's ability to powerfully
recall the past
8. The author uses the term "ironic" in line 5
primarily in order to
(A) imply the tarantula is not as large as many
assume
(B) underscore how tarantulas pose little threat
to humans
(C) describe how the tarantula is more often prey
than predator
(D) suggest the tarantula's vulnerability is incongruous
with its appearance
(E) indicate the tarantula's vicious reputation is
unwarranted
9. The author characterizes the tarantula as all of the
following EXCEPT
(A) distinctive
(B) defenseless
( C) noticeable
(D) vulnerable
(E) impressive
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