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Section 3<br />

768 Practice Test Nine<br />

SECTION 3<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. The British social philosopher Thomas Malthus<br />

predicted that population growth would eventually<br />

------- world food production, resulting in massive<br />

famine and political unrest.<br />

(A) pressure<br />

(B) <strong>for</strong>bid<br />

(C) resist<br />

(D) surpass<br />

(E) confront<br />

2. While ------- a belief in intellectual discussion,<br />

Dr. Brown brooked no deviation from his ideas<br />

and cut off anyone who did not -------.<br />

(A) regretting . . agree<br />

(B) admitting . . debate<br />

( C) professing . . concur<br />

(D) avowing . . question<br />

(E) abandoning . . protest<br />

3. Employers often find that even if wage increases<br />

can be ------- over a particular period of serious<br />

economic difficulties, dissatisfaction is built up<br />

and demands are merely -------, not canceled.<br />

(A) abolished . . satisfied<br />

(B) realized . . increased<br />

(C) overturned . . redressed<br />

(D) requested . . relinquished<br />

(E) moderated . . postponed<br />

4. Though <strong>the</strong> Greek author Thucydides used<br />

psychological insight ra<strong>the</strong>r than documented<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation to ------- speeches to historical<br />

figures, he is still considered an impartial and<br />

------- historian.<br />

(A) dictate . . endless<br />

(B) transmit . . illustrious<br />

(C) disseminate . . relevant<br />

(D) attribute . . accurate<br />

(E) promote . . inventive<br />

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