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Section 81<br />

Practice Test Nine<br />

797<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 />

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1. Except <strong>for</strong> life stages when <strong>the</strong>y may function as<br />

"loners," wolves act as ------- animals, generally<br />

living in packs with strong bonds and clear<br />

hierarchies.<br />

(A) carnivorous<br />

(B) fearsome<br />

(C) social<br />

(D) singular<br />

(E) wild<br />

2. Psychologists disagree about whe<strong>the</strong>r multiple<br />

personality is ------- disease or a shield behind<br />

which some criminals hide in order to ------­<br />

prosecution.<br />

3.<br />

(A) a fallacious . . <strong>for</strong>estall<br />

(B) an au<strong>the</strong>ntic . . ensure<br />

(C) a genuine . . evade<br />

(D) an invalid . . elude<br />

(E) a diagnosable . . guarantee<br />

Despite its stated goals of fostering productivity<br />

and hard work, <strong>the</strong> company promotes many<br />

unproductive and ------- employees.<br />

(A) creative<br />

(B) discontented<br />

( C) independent<br />

(D) lackadaisical<br />

(E) meritorious<br />

4. Many ecologists believe that a recent <strong>for</strong>est fire<br />

that ------- a vast, remote section oflndonesia<br />

was <strong>the</strong> most severe ------- disaster <strong>the</strong> earth has<br />

suffered in centuries.<br />

(A) destroyed . . inflammable<br />

(B) devastated . . environmental<br />

( C) precipitated . . natural<br />

(D) singed . . intangible<br />

(E) burned . . scientific<br />

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