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Section 21<br />

Practice Test One<br />

55<br />

SECTION 2<br />

Time-25 Minutes<br />

25 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 parents, hoping to ------- <strong>the</strong> dispute<br />

between her and her younger bro<strong>the</strong>r, proposed a<br />

compromise that <strong>the</strong>y thought might be ------- to<br />

both children.<br />

(A) en<strong>for</strong>ce . . useful<br />

(B) end . . divisive<br />

(C) overcome . . unattractive<br />

(D) extend . . satisfactory<br />

(E) resolve . . acceptable<br />

2. Whe<strong>the</strong>r Nathan Lane is per<strong>for</strong>ming on Broadway,<br />

acting in a film, or discussing <strong>the</strong> techniques of<br />

acting, <strong>the</strong> actor's animated disposition ------- his<br />

passion <strong>for</strong> his profession.<br />

(A) misrepresents<br />

(B) exaggerates<br />

(C) satisfies<br />

(D) reflects<br />

(E) disguises<br />

3. When <strong>the</strong> principal addresses <strong>the</strong> students, he is<br />

very powerful and often has more ------- than do<br />

<strong>the</strong> teachers.<br />

(A) influence<br />

(B) pretense<br />

(C) discrimination<br />

(D) restraint<br />

(E) integrity<br />

4. Trying to ------- about postmodern literature is<br />

not only ------- but also foolish because this work<br />

encompasses many different styles and elements.<br />

(A) brag . . necessary<br />

(B) generalize . . difficult<br />

(C) complain . . important<br />

(D) rhapsodize . . fair<br />

(E) learn . . unproductive<br />

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