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Section 5<br />

698 Practice Test Eight<br />

Directions: The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of <strong>the</strong> passage need to be rewritten.<br />

Read <strong>the</strong> passage and select <strong>the</strong> best answer <strong>for</strong> each question that follows. Some questions are about particular<br />

sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. O<strong>the</strong>r questions ask<br />

you to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow <strong>the</strong> conventions of standard written<br />

English.<br />

Questions 30-35 are based on <strong>the</strong> following passage.<br />

(I) Although all people process in<strong>for</strong>mation in a<br />

variety of manners, most people have one method<br />

<strong>the</strong>y prefer. (2) Some people are visual learners. (3)<br />

They process in<strong>for</strong>mation best by seeing <strong>the</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

displayed ei<strong>the</strong>r textually or graphically. (4) For<br />

<strong>the</strong>se types of students, a teacher should write <strong>the</strong> main<br />

points or key terms on <strong>the</strong> board as she lectures. (5)<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r students rely much more on oral processing. (6)<br />

These students are auditory learners. (7) They prefer to<br />

hear in<strong>for</strong>mation presented and <strong>the</strong>y particularly enjoy<br />

discussing <strong>the</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation. (8) These methods solidify<br />

<strong>the</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation in <strong>the</strong>ir minds. (9) O<strong>the</strong>r learners,<br />

although this is a much smaller group, are kines<strong>the</strong>tic<br />

learners. (IO) Kines<strong>the</strong>tic means movement. (I I) These<br />

learners like to do hands-on activities. (I2) They prefer<br />

<strong>the</strong> basics of <strong>the</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation be presented in bulleted,<br />

precise <strong>for</strong>m. (I3) Then, <strong>the</strong>y actually learn about <strong>the</strong><br />

material by working with it.<br />

30. The teacher explains to <strong>the</strong> student author of this<br />

passage that <strong>the</strong> assignment was to demonstrate<br />

<strong>the</strong> student's ability to use complex sentences. How<br />

could sentences 5, 6, and 7 be best merged into a<br />

complex sentence?<br />

(A) O<strong>the</strong>r students rely much more on oral processing,<br />

are auditory learners, and prefer to<br />

hear in<strong>for</strong>mation presented and discussing it.<br />

(B) O<strong>the</strong>r students rely much more on oral processing;<br />

<strong>the</strong>y are auditory learning; <strong>the</strong>y prefer<br />

to hear in<strong>for</strong>mation presented and <strong>the</strong>y<br />

particularly enjoy discussing <strong>the</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />

( C) O<strong>the</strong>r students are auditory learners who rely<br />

much more on oral processing and who prefer<br />

to hear <strong>the</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation presented and to<br />

discuss it.<br />

(D) Auditory learners prefer to hear in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

and to discuss it.<br />

(E) Some students are auditory and <strong>the</strong>y prefer<br />

hearing and discussing in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />

31. The main idea of this passage is that<br />

(A) students process in<strong>for</strong>mation in various ways<br />

(B) <strong>the</strong>re are three primary strategies <strong>for</strong> teaching<br />

students<br />

(C) visual learners are more numerous than auditory<br />

or kines<strong>the</strong>tic learners<br />

(D) learners employ a variety of in<strong>for</strong>mationseeking<br />

strategies<br />

(E) teachers should employ all three methods<br />

when teaching students<br />

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