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Section 61<br />

Practice Test Nine<br />

785<br />

SECTION 6<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 />

1.<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 />

Until his defeat by <strong>the</strong> newcomer, <strong>the</strong> veteran<br />

boxer had won most of his bouts by knockouts and<br />

had achieved an ------- series of wins.<br />

(A) inconsequential<br />

(B) exaggerated<br />

( C) able-bodied<br />

(D) unbroken<br />

(E) observable<br />

2. Photographer Edward Weston's work was akin to<br />

alchemy, his camera lens magically trans<strong>for</strong>ming<br />

-------, everyday items such as vegetables into<br />

objects of------- beauty.<br />

(A) inexpensive . . tawdry<br />

(B) mundane . . resplendent<br />

( C) small . . enormous<br />

(D) decorative . . functional<br />

(E) artificial . . natural<br />

3. The spokesperson <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> group said that <strong>the</strong><br />

issues raised by <strong>the</strong> controversy have ------- that go<br />

far beyond <strong>the</strong> matter presently under discussion.<br />

(A) expectations<br />

(B) ramifications<br />

(C) proponents<br />

(D) inferences<br />

(E) critics<br />

4. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of Great<br />

Britain adopted a ------- approach to Hitler, even<br />

accepting Germany's annexation of Austria.<br />

5.<br />

(A) hasty<br />

(B) precarious<br />

(C) haughty<br />

(D) conciliatory<br />

(E) dependent<br />

Many who were ------- enough to witness Sir<br />

Michael Redgrave's per<strong>for</strong>mance in <strong>the</strong> role of<br />

Uncle Vanya assert that it was <strong>the</strong> ------- of his<br />

career.<br />

(A) close . . scourge<br />

(B) astute . . encore<br />

(C) <strong>for</strong>tunate . . pinnacle<br />

(D) hapless . . height<br />

(E) lucky . . nadir<br />

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