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Section 81<br />

Practice Test Eight<br />

71 1<br />

SECTION 8<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 />

(A) effective<br />

(B) invented<br />

(C) useful<br />

(D) destructive<br />

(E) enormous<br />

©©©@ •<br />

1. While <strong>the</strong> federal government promised to ------- its<br />

tax <strong>for</strong>ms, many taxpayers still find <strong>the</strong>m so ------­<br />

that <strong>the</strong>y have to seek professional assistance.<br />

(A) mystify . . infuriating<br />

(B) shorten . . expensive<br />

( C) replace . . comprehensible<br />

(D) simplify . . bewildering<br />

(E) rewrite . . familiar<br />

2. The ------- hooves of <strong>the</strong> horses, <strong>the</strong> blaring of <strong>the</strong><br />

trumpets, and <strong>the</strong> beating of drums combined to<br />

create a ------- on medieval battlefields.<br />

(A) thundering . . cacophony<br />

(B) running . . danger<br />

(C) furious . . horror<br />

(D) thrashing . . situation<br />

(E) plodding . . calm<br />

3. Although <strong>the</strong> long-term effects of <strong>the</strong> council's<br />

measures could be -------, no one can deny that <strong>the</strong><br />

city is now enjoying an increase in tourism.<br />

(A) stated<br />

(B) compared<br />

(C) discussed<br />

(D) alleged<br />

(E) debated<br />

4. In order to maintain <strong>the</strong> ------- <strong>for</strong> which he was<br />

well-known, <strong>the</strong> manager refused a tempting offer<br />

to ignore ------- in <strong>the</strong> corporation's accounting<br />

practices.<br />

(A) geniality . . irregularities<br />

(B) integrity . . improprieties<br />

( C) dishonesty . . policies<br />

(D) cordiality . . inconsistencies<br />

(E) frankness . . rules<br />

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